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Caravan of GLAM brings Create your own book with Hofman Center issues call for submissions for LGBTQ cabaret to Astoria on-demand publishing ASTORIA — Caravan of GLAM, a new-age LGBTQ cabaret, will take over the As- toria Event Center on Saturday, March 26. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the 21-and-over show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. VIP tables for four are $120 and include two appetizers with a bottle of cham- pagne. Tickets are available at Port of Call Bistro & Bar or by calling 503-325-4356. The event center is located at 255 Ninth St. Caravan of GLAM was cre- ated in 2013 by Justin Buckles of Portland after he realized there was a need for LGBTQ community events in smaller cities throughout Oregon. The ¿rst Caravan of GLAM shows sold out in Portland, Bend and Eugene. Since then, the variety show has toured California, Ida- ho, Washington, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, Ha- waii and hit season 10 of “Amer- ica’s Got Talent.” The Caravan of GLAM con- sists of a rotating cast of over 50 performers from Seattle to Ha- waii, and performers come in all shapes, sizes and colors. All staff and entertainers are members of the LGBTQ community and identify as gay, lesbian, bi-sexu- al, trans-sexual, or queer. The Astoria show will be hosted by Ecstacy Inferno and feature Isaiah Esquire, Jayla Rose, Johnny Nuriel, Holly Dai and more. The will include a night full of debauchery, rafÀes, and off-the-wall performances all rolled into one. hree for Silver perform gritty folk at Sou’Wester SEAVIEW, Wash. — Three For Silver will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at the Sou’Wester Lodge, located at 3728 J Place. Three For Silver represents a hybrid of acoustic music. The twin melodies of Willo Sertain’s vocals and Greg Alli- son’s violin glide atop of chug- ging polyrhythms of Lucas Warford’s homemade bass in- struments and the idiosyncratic style in which he plays them. Described by Baby Gramps as “the acid baby of Tom Waits and Victor Wooten,” the trio combines a gritty aesthetic, folk traditions, and virtuosic tech- nique with modern songwriting. Pla ying toda y’s hit country 20 | March 24, 2016 | coastweekend.com Author Gregory E. Zschomler to lead one-day workshop at Tolovana Hall CANNON BEACH —Did you know you can print a book for around three dollars? And that’s not after a volume discount. You can get as many — or few — as you like. That three dollars gets you a full-color, glossy cover, proper binding, and a wholly custom- izable layout a ¿nished product that’s virtually indistinguishable from those at the bookstore. These are the perks of on-de- mand publishing, and whether you want to distribute your ¿rst novel, publish a book of poetry, or simply create a single keep- sake of letters, journals or family moments, Gregory E. Zschomler is here to show you how you can. From 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at Tolovana Hall, Zschomler will lead a class, step- by-step, through the self-publish- ing process. At the workshop Zschomler will guide participants through the on-demand publishing pro- cess from beginning to end. He’ll show you how to format, design and prepare your book for print- ing, as well as take you through the online ordering and proo¿ng process. He’ll also share tips on editing, marketing and what it takes to sell books as an indepen- dent author. Zschomler, a proli¿c writ- er, has self-published 11 books since 2009. His latest, “Hell, Heaven and Back,” is a super- natural tale of speculative ¿ction. While his books run the gamut — from fantasy to technological guides — a thread unites them. “Believe in yourself,” Zschom- ler says. “The advantages of self-pub- lishing are total control,” Zschomler says. “You don’t have to print thousands of books. You can print just one, for your- self and it’s available just as soon as you can do it. It’s fast. You don’t wait 18 months to get a book published.” The cost of the workshop is $25, and space is limited. For more information visit tolovanaartscolony.org, email tolovanaartscolony@gmail.com, or call 541-215-4445. 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Each artist and writer cre- ates original work in response to their partner’s work. Co-organizer Deborah De- Wit and Emily Ransdell call the creative experience “si- lent collaboration.” “We piloted this project last summer,” Ransdell ex- plained. “Writing in response to art has been popular for centuries — we thought it would be fun for artists to have their turn as well, cre- ating art in response to writ- ing.” “It turned out to be a great experience for the partici- pants,” DeWit added. “Un- like a more typical themed show, the concept of response art and writing enabled each participant to both show- case their own personal style and to connect with others through interpreting each oth- er’s work. People explored new mediums and methods with wonderful results.” The project began as a spin-off of the Hoffman’s weekly Writer’s Lounge, where writers are invited to create short pieces in response to various prompts, often re- sulting in work that surprises the authors themselves. Last summer’s call for submis- sions to “Word & Image” was so successful that Ransdell and DeWit will be jurying the entries this year via a blind submission process. “By limiting participants to 10 writers and artists, we can make sure we give all the participants the space and time for their work to be rep- resented well,” DeWit said. “And we want the community participation to be as broad and diverse as possible. There is so much talent in our area.” “Word & Image” is open to all artists and writers who live on the North Oregon Coast or have a strong connection to the area. Submissions will be ac- cepted from April 1 through May 1. Review submission guidelines at hoffmanblog. o rg / w o r d - i m a g e / s u b m i s - sion-guidelines Selected artists and writ- ers will be paired at a kick- off gathering June 4, with the resulting new work for the “Word & Image” exhibit due from each artist and writer by July 25. An opening reception and reading will be held at the Hoffman Center on Aug. 20. Participants will be select- ed by a Hoffman Center team, led by Ransdell and DeWit. Ransdell is a poet with a Master of Fine Art in creative writing. A past recipient of an American Academy of Po- ets Prize, she is currently a member of The Poet’s Studio at The Attic Institute in Port- land. She divides her time be- tween Manzanita and Camas, Washington. DeWit, a full-time paint- er and photographer for 35 years, has exhibited wide- ly. Her work is included in many private and public collections throughout the Pacific Northwest. She is also a published author and is the subject of the docu- mentary “Wetlands: Seasons of Mind” about her painting and its relationship with the natural world. Currently she exhibits with Whitebird Gal- lery in Cannon Beach and Rowboat Gallery in Pacif- ic City. She lives with her husband, filmmaker Carl Vandervoort, in Wheeler. This project is supported in part by a grant from The Oregon Cultural Trust.
