Get Lit at the Beach tickets on sale now Hear neo-classical pop,
Literary gathering will host prominent authors April 8 to 10 cosmic rock at KALA
CANNON BEACH — Best-sell-
ing and award-winning
authors will gather in Can-
non Beach April 8 to 10 for
Tolovana Arts Colony’s an-
nual literary event Get Lit
at the Beach. Attendees will
have the opportunity to meet
prominent authors, as well as
attend presentations, signings
and a keynote dinner presen-
tation.
Authors scheduled for the
2016 event include:
Jess Walter: New York
Times best-selling author,
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and winner of the 2005 Edgar
Allan Poe Award, Walter will
be the keynote speaker on
Saturday evening.
Elizabeth Engstrom:
Engstrom is a sought-after
teacher, keynote speaker and
author of 14 books and over
250 short stories, articles
and essays. Her novel “Can-
dyland” has been made into
the movie “Candiland” fea-
turing Gary Busey, to be re-
leased in 2016.
Jonathan Evison: Evi-
son’s book “West of Here”
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west Booksellers Association
award and was named Book
of the Year by Hudson Book-
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Author Jess Walter will be the keynote
speaker Saturday evening.
Elizabeth Engstrom is author of 14 books.
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Jonathan Evison will be a featured author
at Get Lit this April.
Author Terry Brooks will appear at Get Lit.
sellers. His widely acclaimed
“Revised Fundamentals of
Caregiving” is also heading
to the big screen this year in
a movie that will star Paul
Rudd, Selena Gomez and
Craig Roberts.
Terry Brooks: Brooks is
an acclaimed author with 35
books in print, most of which
have appeared on The New
York Times bestseller list.
He is best known for his 25-
book Shannara series that is
now an MTV television se-
ries and was personally asked
by George Lucas to write the
novelization of “Star Wars
Episode 1: The Phantom
Menace.”
The festivities begin with
an authors’ reception at 5
p.m. Friday, April 8 at the
Cannon Beach Community
Hall, providing attendees a
chance to meet and chat with
the authors. On Saturday at
the Surfsand Ballroom, the
authors will present talks
throughout the day about
their lives and craft, answer
questions and sign books. The
keynote speaker dinner fea-
turing Walter will cap off Sat-
urday’s schedule. The event
will wrap up with a panel dis-
cussion open to all and free of
charge on Sunday morning at
the Coaster Theatre.
Full pass tickets are $85,
Friday evening reception is
$30 and Saturday night din-
ner and keynote speaker pre-
sentation is $65. Online fees
apply. For more information
and tickets, call 206-914-
1255 or visit www.getlitatthe-
beach.eventbrite.com
Stunning Rayguns, Robin Bacior to play
ASTORIA — The beau-
tiful, manic, psychedelic
soundtracks of the Stunning
Rayguns returns to KALA at
8 p.m. Friday, March 4. A $7
cover will be charged at the
door, and a full bar will be
available.
Created with electric gui-
tars, drums and computer
noises that collide and ca-
reen, Stunning Rayguns’ mu-
sic forms sonic tapestries in a
constant quest for new musical
exploration. Band members
Raymond Martin and Collin
Colebank give listeners sol-
id rock grooves to hold onto
while the drums and guitar
consciously expand into what
can be described, for lack of a
better term, as cosmic rock or
experimental spy rock.
Portland-based
sing-
er-songwriter Robin Bacior
will open the evening with
a new ensemble backing her
mellow, neo-classical arrange-
ments. Bacior plays acous-
tic piano, electric piano and
guitar along with cellist Dan
Bindschedler. The two start-
ed mending in more textured
instrumentation, layering dy-
namic sounds into simple folk
structures, which now includes
drums and NORD keyboard,
to retain the lush but unusual
harmonic progressions created
by her former duo.
Bacior’s songs have re-
ceived praise from NPR’s “All
Songs Considered,” VH1,
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Portland singer-songwriter Robin Bacior
will open the show.
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Psychedelic band Stunning Rayguns will
perform March 4 at KALA.
MTV, NYLON, L Magazine,
CBS, Stereomood, Sound-
cloud, along with various
blogs and college radio sta-
tions.
KALA is located at1017
Marine Drive. For informa-
tion, call 503-338-4878.
ART CARDS,
ARTISAN CRAFTS,
GALLERY &
WORKING STUDIO
1133 COMMERCIAL ST. ASTORIA
503.468.0308
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