MAY 26, 2016 // 7
Share poems at
Reading for Ric
Hear inventive tunes
Open mic event
honors late local
poet Ric Vrana
NEHALEM — Musician
Jim Dorman will present
an evening of inventive
songs on Saturday, May
28, treating audiences to a
concert packed with music
and laughter at the North
County Recreation District’s
Performing Arts Center.
Dorman’s story is
captivating in itself. The
musician has a professional
background as a juggler and
lighting designer, but when
two degenerative retinal
disorders began to affect his
vision at age 19, his sight
began to steadily decline.
Because of his vision loss,
Dorman turned to music,
developing improvisation
skills, a passion for imagina-
tion, and a love of listening.
His music is steeped in ex-
ploration and discovery; and
this enthusiasm for creativity
is contagious.
Now, Dorman has
collected his music into
this solo, evening-length
performance. Each song
is a landscape of sound
overlowing with melodies,
harmonies and unexpected
twists. Playing with rhythm
and harmony, his music
captures the imagination.
ASTORIA — A poetry open
mic in honor of Astoria poet
Ric Vrana is set for 7 p.m.
Tuesday May 31 at Port of
Call Bistro & Bar, located at
894 Commercial St. Sign-up
to read starts at 6:45 p.m.
This Reading for Ric event
will be hosted by poets Jim
Dott and Florence Sage, who
are the former hosts of Mon-
day Mike at the River Theater.
Vrana died unexpected-
ly in March after a year of
hosting a monthly poetry
mic event in Astoria called
Last Tuesday Mic.
Poetry friends are asked
to come to this Reading for
Ric and read poems that they
think he would like to hear
— any style, any subject,
any mood, with a time limit
of ive minutes — or come
to listen. Planning for the
future of the poetry event
will follow the open mic.
Vrana was known among
Northwest writers as a
founder in the 1980s of the
long-running Red Sky Po-
etry Theater in Seattle. For
a decade he was a frequent
reader at poetry events in
Portland, both at open mic
and as a featured reader.
A year ago he opened at a
poetry show on the KALA
stage in Astoria.
Vrana’s poetry is featured
in “Broken Word II: the Al-
berta Street Anthology” and
“Blown Out: Portland’s Indie
One-man show
inspires, captures
the imagination
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Ric Vrana died unexpectedly in March after a year of hosting a
monthly poetry open mic event in Astoria.
Poets.” A contributor to on-
line Portland zines like Work
and Elohi Gadugi, he also
authored three chapbooks of
poetry, including the poem
cycle “Postales desde Costa
Rica” and “Semi Ambivalent
Middle-Aged Male Lament
#25.”
A recording of Vrana
being interviewed and doing
a live reading of poems is at:
http://tinyurl.com/ricvrana
A few varied poems are
on KBOO 90.7 FM com-
munity radio’s “Talking
Earth” site: http://kboo.fm/
blog/2458, and on Vrana’s
own blog, ricpoems.blog-
spot.com
Register now for Teen Art Week
Youth can develop
art-making skills
at Columbia River
Maritime Museum
ASTORIA — Registration is
now open for Teen Art Week
at the Columbia River Mari-
time Museum.
Teens can explore their
creativity and be inspired this
summer at the museum. Teen
Art Week provides a one-of-
a-kind opportunity for youth
to unleash their imaginations
and develop their art-making
skills.
Attendees will explore
local galleries of Astoria for
inspiration and dive into a
variety of mediums. There
are three different Teen Art
Weeks offered this summer,
each focusing on a different
kind of art making.
Each week will culminate
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Each week of Teen Art Week will culminate with an evening
art show that will exhibit participants’ creations at the Barbey
Maritime Center.
with an evening art show
that will highlight and ex-
hibit participants’ creations
at the museum’s Barbey
Maritime Center. Youth can
sign up for one week or all
three.
The irst Teen Art Week
will take place from June 27
to July 1, and it will focus on
two-dimensional mediums,
including drawing, painting,
collage and photography.
Sessions will take place from
8 a.m. to noon and are open to
ages 12 to 18. The cost is $65
for museum members and
$80 for non-members.
The second Teen Art
Week will take place July
11 to 15, and it will focus
on three-dimensional art
mediums, including clay,
sculpture, bookmaking and
more. Sessions will take place
from 1 to 5 p.m. and are open
to ages 12 to 18. The cost is
$65 for members and $80 for
non-members.
The inal art week is set for
Aug. 15 to 19. Open to ages
8 to12, this week will focus
on mixed-media, including
sculpture, drawing, painting,
iber arts and more. Sessions
will take place from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Cost is $100 for mem-
bers and $125 for non-mem-
bers.
For more information or
to register, contact Columbia
River Maritime Museum Edu-
cation Program Coordinator
Christine Fleming at lem-
ing@crmm.org, call 503-325-
2323, or visit crmm.org
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Jim Dorman will lead a one-
man musical adventure May
28 at the NCRD Performing
Arts Center in Nehalem.
“Listeners will get a
sense of how amazing and
fascinating the world is,”
says Dorman. “Audiences
will leave the show inspired,
excited, ready for new ad-
ventures.”
Audiences hear inventive
tunes on a diverse selection
of instruments; from harp
guitar and baritone guitar, to
Japanese Koto. While Dor-
man’s style has hints of Leo
Kottke and Andy Mckee, his
tunes have an originality that
set them apart.
The show starts at 7
p.m. Admission is $10 per
person. Tickets are available
from Brown Paper Tickets at
http://bpt.me/2505457 or at
the door.
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