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.
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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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‘Word & Image’ project
Exhibit pairs artists, writers together
MANZANITA — The Hoff-
man Center for the Arts will
open submissions April 1 for
“Word & Image,” an upcom-
ing summer exhibit that will
pair artists and writers togeth-
er. 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.