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Jupiter’s holds 29 titles by Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky on its shelves.
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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
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NW
word
nerd
By RYAN HUME
Stout >VtDݜt@
adjective
1. (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.