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Collection of short comedy plays opens in Tillamook Catch live music at Sou’Wester TAPA presents ‘Nothing Serious’ SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Sou’Wester Lodge offers two nights of live music this week- end. First, Portland singer-song- writer Shelley Short will per- form at 8 p.m. Friday, March 11. Short grew up among char- acters and artists in a wood-heat- ed home full of books, records, and wellcooked meals. “It was like growing up in a time machine; in some ways we lived like in 1876: chopping wood, growing our own food, wearing old clothes in a Victo- rian home and singing our own songs,” Short says. “Other times it seemed like we were living in 1955, driving around Cadillacs and Studebakers and listening to Jonny Ray and The Flamingos. And yet it all felt like growing up in a blurring movie made in 1963, full of these big personal- ities. As a kid I grew up so ac- customed to falling asleep to the sound of talk and laughter that when I moved out, the silence got to me.” Then, Portland folk band Alialujah Choir will perform at TILLAMOOK — The Tillamook Association for the Perform- ing Arts presents the ensemble comedy “Nothing Serious” this weekend. The play opens Friday, March 11 with an Opening Night Gala Celebration. Every ticket purchased will include compli- mentary hors d’oeuvres and a beverage of choice. The show runs through March 27. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7 p.m., and Sunday matinees will begin at 2 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain. The Barn Com- munity Playhouse is located at 1204 Ivy St. “Nothing Serious,” written by Richard Orloff and direct- ed by Rikki Reid, is a series of Orloff’s 10 most popular short comedies. From Antarctica and Disneyland to the Garden of Eden and inside the womb, his theatrical worlds are both imag- inative and hilarious. The Honolulu Advertiser called it “genuine fun that can’t help being contagious,” while the Rochester Post-Bulletin from Minnesota said, “A lot of laughs. Orloff’s skits are quick, clever, funny and touching.” The play’s cast is made up of TAPA veterans as well as new- FRPHUVPDNLQJWKHLU¿UVWDSSHDU- ance on the TAPA stage. Directed by Sheila Shaffer By Reginald Rose Adapted by Sherman L. Sergel March 11,12,18,19 at 7:30 pm March 13 at 3 pm CCC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 588 16th Street, Astoria Tickets - $15.00 http://www.supportthepac.org Permission from Dramatic Publishing Shelley Short, Alialujah Choir to perform ‘Nothing Serious’ 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20 and 27 Barn Community Playhouse 1204 Ivey St., Tillamook $15 adults, $10 children 12 and under Submitted photo Singer-songwriter Shelley Short will perform March 11 at the Sou’Wester Lodge. The cast includes seasoned performers Becki Wilhelm, San- dra Koops, Karen Downs, Kim- ber Lundy and Holly Waggerby. Making their TAPA debut will be Lynn Lothman, Abby Absher, Karyn Wigant, Lelani Waggerby, Irene Barajas, Daniel Reid, John Nordling and Tom Connaugh- ton. Tickets are $15 per person, and children 12 and under are $10. Reserved seating is avail- able through Diamond Art Jew- elers located at 307 Main St.; call Submitted photo by Tarina Westlund Photography 503-842-7940 for reservations. Alialujah Choir will perform at the Sou’Wester Lodge on March 12. For more information, email info@tillamooktheater.com Celebrating 35 years in Til- ODPRRN 7$3$ LV D QRQSUR¿W community theater dedicated to Bonnie Henderson to speak at Cannon Beach history center providing high quality perform- ing arts experiences through en- CANNON BEACH — Oregon Obviously humans have been ty Press in 2014. Her 2008 tertainment, education and com- author Bonnie Henderson will walking on the Oregon Coast book “Strand: An Odyssey of munity participation. present about her latest book Trail — or something like 3DFL¿F 2FHDQ 'HEULV´ ZDV at the Cannon Beach History it — much longer than that. listed as a Best Book of 2008 Center & Museum at 7 p.m. How long? And for how long by the Seattle Times and was PARTNERS FOR THE PAC Thursday, March 17. has the Oregon Coast been D¿QDOLVWIRUWKH2UHJRQ PRESENTS Henderson is the author of where it is today? It turns out Book Awards. She is also the four books, including the new- WKDW VFLHQWL¿F FRQVHQVXV RQ author of two popular hiking ly released second edition of both questions has evolved guidebooks, the aforemen- “Day Hiking: Oregon Coast,” radically in just the past few tioned “Day Hiking: Oregon which includes a comprehen- years, thanks to ground-break- Coast” and “Mountaineers sive guide to the Oregon Coast ing research in archaeology Books: Best Hikes with Trail. The OCT is unique in and paleogeology, much of it Kids: Oregon,” now in its the nation: a border-to-border by Oregon scientists. third edition. shoreline trail incorporating Henderson will discuss all Her varied journalism ca- more than 200 miles of sandy this in her talk “6,000 Years reer has included newspaper beach linked by footpaths over on the Edge: History and Pre- and magazine writing and headlands and boat shuttles history of the Oregon Coast editing. Today she is primar- DFURVVED\PRXWKV,WZDV¿UVW Trail.” ily focused on exploring the conceived in the late 1950s Henderson is author of intersection of the natural and was declared “hikeable” the critically acclaimed book world and the human experi- by Oregon State Parks in 1988. “The Next Tsunami: Living on ence close to home. She lives But that’s just the history; a Restless Coast,” published in Eugene. what about the prehistory? by Oregon State Universi- This presentation is free 22 | March 10, 2016 | coastweekend.com 8 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Alialujah Choir came about when three well-known mem- bers of Portland’s music scene took time away from the com- forts and constraints of their primary bands (Weinland, Norfolk & Western, M.Ward) to focus on the natural beauty they found when singing songs from their more personal artis- tic quivers. With the enlistment of a few local luminaries from Blind Pilot, Hook & Anchor and Neko Case’s band, Alialujah Choir now boasts an extend- HGOLQHXSWKDWUHÀHFWVPDMHVWLF sounds while preserving the intimate sensibilities the band was founded upon. The group’s newest album, “Big Picture Show,” was released in Febru- ary 2015. Sparse arrangements create an open bed for two-, three- and four-part vocal harmony, and instrumentation ranges from a guitar to an upright piano to a Theremin and a marching drum, allowing Alialujah Choir to sing their stories in ethereal allure. Learn the history of the Oregon Coast Trail Submitted photo Bonnie Henderson will speak about her book “Day Hiking: Oregon Coast” at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum on March 17. and open to the public. For more information, visit cbhsi- tory.org or call 503-436-9301. The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is located at 1387 S. Spruce St.
