Indie Author & Book Fair
features 24 regional authors
Master gardeners to hold workshop
ILWACO, Wash. — On Satur-
day, April 9, master gardeners
are sponsoring a gardening
workshop on “Right Plant,
Right Place” at the Columbia
Paci¿c Heritage Museum, lo-
cated at 115 E. Lake St.
Learn how to choose plants
that are well-suited for the lo-
cal climate and the ideal set of
conditions in which they will
Àourish. The lecture begins at
10 a.m. Afterwards, join mas-
ter gardeners for a work par-
ty in the Museum Discovery
Garden. Bring your favorite
gardening tools.
Bring samples of any plant
problems and ask for help
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Master gardeners will also
sell wooden plant containers
and wooden trellises.
The workshop and plant
clinic are free and open to the
public. For more information,
contact Bev Arnoldy at bevar-
noldy@gmail.com.
Historical society hosts
Roaring ’20s Casino Night
ASTORIA — Get ready for a
roaring good time at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 9: The Clatsop
County Historical Society’s
annual Roaring ’20s Speak-
easy Casino Night promises a
fun time for all.
There will be games of
blackjack, roulette, craps, and
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1046 Grand Avenue
Astoria, OR 97103
503-325-2280
(for an additional fee) Texas
hold ‘em poker with prizes
for top chip holders and best
1920s costume at the end of
the night.
Make your reservations
today by calling 503-325-
2203 or by e-mailing cchs@
cumtux.org
The event takes place at
the Clatsop County Heritage
Museum, located at 1618 Ex-
change St.
Entry is $15 for an individ-
ual or $25 for a couple.
Get in on the action at the
Texas hold ’em tournament for
an additional buy-in of $30,
$40 or $50; call for additional
details.
This event has been spon-
sored by Uptown Café, Arbor
Care Tree Specialists, Astoria
Sunday Market, Lektro, Ocean
Crest, Old Town Framing,
Warrenton Deep Sea Market,
Windermere3aci¿c
Land
Company, and Whole Brain
Creative.
All proceeds from the ca-
sino night event support the
Clatsop County Historical
Society, which is a 501(c)(3)
nonpro¿t educational organi-
zation dedicated to preserving
and presenting the history of
Clatsop County and the sur-
rounding area. The society
operates the Flavel House
Museum, the Heritage Muse-
um, the Oregon Film Museum
and the Uppertown Fire¿ght-
ers Museum.
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Country folk singer Travis Champ will perform April 9 at the NCRD with guests.
NCRD auditorium hosts
Travis Champ, guests
NEHALEM — In an unveil-
ing of the recently renovated
auditorium, the North County
Recreation District welcomes
Nehalem songwriter Travis
Champ to its stage at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 9.
The performance is a send-
off event for Champ’s upcom-
ing European tour with folk
singer Longriver. The four-
week tour will cover six Euro-
pean countries with shows in
Paris, Zurich, Vienna, Berlin,
Copenhagen and Amsterdam.
At the NCRD, located at
36155 Ninth St., Champ will
be joined by Portland song-
writers Dusty Santamaria
and Galen Ballinger as well
as Royal Graves, founder of
Whatbang Records and pro-
ducer of last year’s full-length
LP from The Cedars Shakes,
“This Western Road.” Learn
more at whatbangrecords.com
CANNON BEACH — The second
annual Cannon Beach Indie
Author & Book Fair will take
place 12:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday,
April 10 in the courtyard be-
hind Jupiter’s Books, 244 N.
Spruce St. The event, orga-
nized by Cannon Beach author
Gregory E. Zschomler and
Jupiter’s Books owner Watt
Childress, follows on the heels
of Get Lit at the Beach.
Twenty-four independently
published authors from Ore-
gon and Washington will be
featured with nearly 100 book
titles. Authors will be on hand
to sign their work, which spans
a variety of genres. Musical en-
tertainment will be presented.
Authors include: Joe Ben-
jamin (and his illustrator
Matthew Boffemmyer), Paula
Judith Johnson, Thomas Gon-
dol¿, Lelia Rose Foreman, Ra-
chel Robinson, Barry L. Beck-
er, Jacob Wenzel, Phil Silver,
Andy R. Bunch, Aletha Bakke,
Rita Traut Kabeto, Windsor
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Last year’s big seller, author Thomas Gon-
dolfi, returns for the 2016 event.
Cole, Athena, Melissa Eskue
Ousley, Joe R. Blakely, Donald
McEwing, Gideon F. For-muk-
wai, Leandra Martin, Adam
Copeland, Pamela Cowen,
April Aasheim and Zschomler.
Cannon Beach authors David
Robinson and Steve Hudik
will be represented.
Cannon Beach Library welcomes three authors in April, May
Stephanie Kallos
power of love and language, a
book described as “tender, sad,
happy, discouraging and hope-
ful … at times painful to read,
too close to home and wonder-
fully inspiring.”
Kallos was born in Idaho,
raised in Nebraska and before
embracing writing as a career,
had a varied work history as
a musician, an actress and
teacher of voice, speech and
dialects. Her ¿rst novel, “Bro-
ken for You” received the Pa-
ci¿c Northwest Book Award
among other honors, and
“Sing Them Home” was an
award-winning book in 2009.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, April
9, author Stephanie Kallos
will talk about her recent book
“Language Arts.”
In the book, Kallos tells the
story of a dedicated teacher, his
enigmatic and possibly autistic
son, and a wartime survivor in a
tale of love, loss and handwrit-
ing. It is an engaging tale of the
At 4 p.m. Saturday, April
30, notable Arab author Abu-
Jaber will talk about her books
that are a mix of mystery,
biography, her mixed Ar-
ab-American background and
family themes.
Abu-Jaber is an American
CANNON BEACH — Book lov-
ers are in for a treat this April
and May. The Cannon Beach
Library and the Cannon Beach
Book Company celebrate
spring with three special au-
thors: Stephanie Kallos, Diana
Abu-Jaber and Lois Leveen.
All three talks are sched-
uled at the Cannon Beach Li-
brary, located at 131 N. Hem-
lock St. The Cannon Beach
Book Company will have the
author’s books for sale and
signing. All library events are
free of charge.
Diana Abu-Jaber
author and a professor at Port-
land State University. Born in
Syracuse, New York, to a Jor-
danian father and an Irish-Ger-
man-American mother, she
has lived in Jordan, Miami and
Portland. Her new culinary
memoir “Life Without A Rec-
ipe” has been described as “a
book of love, death and cake.”
Her most recent novel,
“Birds of Paradise,” won the
2012 National Arab-Ameri-
can Book Award. She often
writes about issues of identity
and culture, although her 2008
book “Origin” is a departure
into mystery, alienation and
unanswered questions.
Abu-Jaber’s writings have
been described as versatile, a
startling literary prowess that
is oftentimes unpredictable,
tackling diverse themes of
multi-racial experience, food
as a conduit between family,
tradition and cultural legacy,
mystery and memoir.
Lois Leveen
At 2 p.m. Saturday, May
14, Leveen, author of “The
Secrets of Mary Bowser,” will
talk about her latest book, “Ju-
liet’s Nurse,” the world’s most
famous love story told as it has
never been before.
An award-winning author,
Leveen dwells in the spaces
between literature and histo-
ry. A con¿rmed book geek,
Leveen earned degrees in his-
tory and literature from Har-
vard, University of Southern
California and University of
California-Los Angeles. She
has taught on the faculty of
UCLA and Reed College.
In “Juliet’s Nurse,” a book
which is, by turns, comic, sen-
sual and tragic, Leveen gives
voice to one of literature’s
most unforgettable charac-
ters, seen through the eyes of
her long-time nurse, Angelica.
The book is detailed, well re-
searched and fast paced.