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GRAB BAG book shelf • glimpse • wildlife • pop culture • words • q&a • food • fun Photo by Matt Love Jupiter’s holds 29 titles by Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky on its shelves. A G LIMPSE I NSIDE An occasional feature by MATT LOVE Jupiter’s Books I can’t state for sure, but I feel confi dent in claiming: Jupiter’s Books in Cannon Beach stocks more books by Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky in a single bookstore than any other bookstore in the Western United States, and that in- cludes Powell’s in Portland! Why not a little Trotsky for your getaway weekend at the beach? His complaints are still valid today. How this collection of 29 titles ended up in the venerable Jupiter’s Books is a great story, and proprietor Watt Childress will gladly spin the tale for you. Who would have thought that a renowned Russian scholar once lived in the city? Of course, who would have thought that Cannon Beach was once a hotbed of Oregon’s hippie counterculture? Watt has owned Jupiter’s for 11 years now and runs one of the best, eccentric, homey retail out- lets for literature, conversation and responsible sedition any- where on the Oregon Coast. The fi ction section is outstanding, as are the locally made kelp percus- sion instruments hanging from the ceiling that Watt will not sell (I tried.) Every time I visit the shop, Watt engages me with a local story, a rare book or a perfectly sane idea for social justice. Sometimes I buy a book; other times I don’t. But I never leave without a nour- ishing cultural experience. Being inside Jupiter’s Books is exponentially more than just an economic transaction. Just one step inside and a visitor will know this. Among other contribu- tions to his community, Watt is the publisher of Upper Left Edge, the biannual print mag- azine and ongoing website that publishes thought-pro- voking insights about living on the North Oregon Coast … and the rest of the plan- et. Both publications contain unique perspectives on what it means to take a stand for positive change in the world. Trotsky, kelp, rare tomes, straight talk, literary artifacts, a person who still believes in books and the power of people to enact a greater, fairer nation. All of that de- scribes Jupiter’s Books and Watt Childress, but there is a whole lot more. Check it out for yourself. Matt Love is the author/editor of 14 books about Oregon. His books are available through coastal bookstores or his web site, nestuccaspitpress.com Anyo ne fro m a ny sta te , a g e 21a nd o ve r, c a n purc ha se pro d uc ts a t M r. D o o be e s. This pro d uc t ha s into xic a ting e ffe c ts a nd m a y be ha bit fo rm ing . M a rijua na c a n im pa ir c o nc e ntra tio n, c o o rd ina tio n a nd jud g m e nt. D o no t o pe ra te a ve hic le o r m a c hine ry und e r the influe nc e o f this d rug . The re m a y be he a lth risk s a sso c ia te d w ith c o nsum ptio n o f this pro d uc t. 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(as applied to a person) solidly built of either fat or muscle; heavyset or corpu- lent 2. courageous, bold, strong, resolute or vigorous noun 3. a strong, choco- late-hued porter-style ale usually characterized by roasted malt and invigorated by a healthy dose of hops Origin: Before 1300 stout referred only to pride, bravery and strength, having arrived from the Old French, estout (earlier estolt), meaning strong. The Anglo-Norman is probably root- ed in the Germanic stult, stolt, which could imply being both SUMMER READING New Potter play to come out as book NEW YORK (AP) — The new Harry Potter play will be- come a new Harry Potter book. Scholastic Inc. announced Feb. 10 that a “script book” of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will be published July 31. The book is a based on the two-part stage collaboration of J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany and arrives just after the play premieres in London on July 30. Rowl- ing’s Potter website www.pot- termore.com will release an edition. The ¿ rst seven Potter books have sold more than 400 million copies worldwide, according to Scholastic, the series’ U.S. publisher. arrogant or stately. As describing the human body as thickset, large or physically strong, it was only fi rst recorded in 1804. The term is fi rst applied to beer in 1677 as an adjective mean- ing “strong” to denote a particularly potent ale. Then porter-style ales gained popularity in 1720s London among the working class. Porter, meaning carrier, is supposedly named for the laborers who liked their brews cheap and heady and as heavy as a meal. A stout porter was only meant to distinguish an especially brawny batch before each term took on its own particular stylistic char- acteristics, though to this day those characteristics are still interrelated and the source of plenty of debate in the brewery community. “Porter may be divided into two classes, namely, brown-stout, and porter properly so called. The Lon- don porter has deservedly obtained the reputation of being the best in the world; it is a whole- some, cooling and at the same time nutritive beverage ... Brown-stout is only a fuller bodied kind of porter than that which serves for ordinary drinking. A great deal of this is exported to America and the West Indies.” —Thomas Mortimer, A General Dictionary of Com- merce, Trade, and Manu- factures, Gillet and Son, London, 1810 “February is Stout Month at Fort George Brewery. The shortest and dark- est month of the year is the perfect time to showcase the variety within this rich, dark style of beer. Every Monday start- ing Feb. 1, new Fort specialty stouts are released at the pub.” —“It’s Stout Month at Fort George Brewery,” Coast Weekend, Feb. 1, 2016 Stage version of ‘Frozen’ to be directed by Broadway veteran By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Disney has tapped one of Broadway’s freshest talents to direct one of its most anticipated musicals, “Frozen.” According to a Disney Theat- rical Productions announcement Feb. 9 on Twitter, Alex Timbers will helm the show, which is ex- pected to land on Broadway in 2018 alongside “Aladdin” and “The Lion King.” Timbers is a two-time Tony Award nominee who directed “Peter and the Starcatcher,” “The Pee-Wee Herman Show” and “Rocky.” He also is co-creator and co-writer of the Amazon se- ries “Mozart in the Jungle.” The show will have sets by seven-time Tony winner Bob Crowley, choreography by Pe- ter Darling, and sound design by four-time Tony nominee Peter Hylenski. Two-time Tony winner Stephen Oremus is the music supervisor. It had been previously re- vealed that husband-and-wife team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are working on the show and Jennifer Lee, co-director and screenwriter of the ¿ lm, is writing the story. “Frozen” has earned more than $1.27 billion at the box of¿ ce worldwide, becoming the most successful animated movie of all time. Its signature song, “Let It Go,” won an Os- car. Apple said the soundtrack was the year’s top-selling al- bum on iTunes in 2014.
