JUNE 9, 2016 // 7
Encore Dance Studio puts on LightBox observes seventh anniversary
Fantastic
weekend dance extravaganza ‘Plastic
Show VII’ opens
SEASIDE — For its 20th
anniversary, Encore Dance
Studio invites the public
to join in a special Dance
Recital Weekend Friday to
Sunday, June 10 to 12 at the
Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center. The weekend
of events celebrates the
performing arts in the local
community.
Friday night’s celebration
is a free event beginning at 5
p,m, with a Hip-Hop Dance
Workshop. All ages and lev-
els are invited to come learn
a hip-hop routine. Encore’s
tumbling demonstration be-
gins at 6:30 p.m. Then, the
dance studio’s award-win-
ning solo performers will
entertain audiences begin-
ning at 7 p.m.
Saturday night’s perfor-
mance is a ticketed event,
and will begin at 7 p.m. with
a dazzling 20th Anniversary
Opening Number Extrav-
aganza showcasing all the
razzle-dazzle of a 1920s
speakeasy. The evening will
feature dance routines of
all ages, genres and levels,
including ballet, jazz, tap,
hip-hop and lyrical.
General admission tickets
are $10 online or $12 at the
door; children age 10 and
under and seniors age 65
and older are free. Tick-
ets are available online at
www.getyoudancing.com
and clicking on the recital
button.
On Sunday, Encore’s
performing arts preschool
and after school programs
hit the stage with sparkling
dance routines and include
a delightful musical theater
showcase of “Peter Pan.”
General admission tickets are
$10 online or $12 at the door;
children are 10 and under and
seniors 65 and older are free.
Online tickets are available at
getyoudancing.com
If you have any ques-
tions, call Encore Dance
Studio at 503-717-1637,
email encoregearhart@
msn.com or ind Encore on
Facebook.
Merry Time Bar & Grill hosts
night of stand-up comedy
ASTORIA — The Merry
Time Bar & Grill will host
a night of stand-up comedy
with an all-star lineup of
Portland comics on Friday,
June 10.
Cheap Whiskey and
Dirty Jokes features Andie
Main, Gabe Dinger, Joann
Schinderle and Nariko Ott,
a veritable who’s who of the
stand-up comedy scene in
Portland. Comedians will
each do about a 20-minute
set with limited breaks.
Expect adult humor, political
content and general good
times.
The event will start at 9
p.m., and there is no cover.
The event is for ages 21 and
older.
Andie Mann is the host of
Curious Comedy Theater’s
weekly open mic and has
performed at Bumbershoot
in Seattle, The All Jane No
Dick Comedy Festival, Port-
land Pride 2014, the Treefort
Festival and more.
Gabe Dinger has per-
formed at several com-
edy festivals, including
the Bridgetown Comedy
Festival and Bumbershoot.
As a member of the improv
troupe Whiskey Tango, he
has also performed in the LA
Improv Festival, SF Sketch-
fest, and the Del Close
Marathon in New York City.
More notably, Dinger was
the irst comedian to perform
at a high-security prison
in the state of Oregon. The
Portland Mercury has called
him a “Punchline machine.”
He made Willamette Week’s
Funniest Five poll in 2015.
Joann Schinderle was re-
cently a inalist in Portland’s
Funniest Person Contest
2015 and has performed
across the country in such
festivals as Bumbershoot,
Bridgetown Comedy Festi-
val, Chicago Comedy Expo-
sition, SF Sketchfest, Hell
Yes Fest, Out of Bounds
Comedy Festival and more.
Nariko Ott was named
on Willamette Week’s The
Funniest Five poll in 2014.
Ott didn’t enter comedy
until his 30s, and he moved
to Portland in 2011.
The Merry Time Bar
& Grill looks forward
to hosting more music,
dance and comedy events
throughout the summer,
including a special guest
appearance by the DJs of
Decadent ’80s, Portland’s
longest running alterna-
tive ’80s dance night, at
10 p.m. Saturday, June
11. Decadent ’80s started
in 2004 and plays the best
of ’80s underground and
new wave; expect to hear
a sampling of all the music
genres that made the 1980s
so decadent. The event is
21 and over only, and there
is no cover.
The Merry Time Bar
& Grill is located at 995
Marine Drive. For more
information, contact Terry
Robinett at 503-468-0852
or email at merrytimebar@
gmail.com
ASTORIA — LightBox
Photographic Gallery cel-
ebrates its seventh anni-
versary with the opening
and artists’ reception of the
“Plastic Fantastic Show
VII” from 6 to 9 p.m. Sat-
urday, June 11.
This annual group exhib-
it originated with Light-
Box’s love for images made
with basic plastic “toy”
ilm cameras and as a way
to celebrate the gallery’s
anniversary each year.
A large number of
photographers from around
the world shoot images
with these basic cameras,
creating unique photos that
are captured on film. This
photographic method has
gained popularity because
of the images achieved us-
ing cameras with less than
perfect optics and control
lead to unpredictable and
sometimes extraordinarily
beautiful results.
Internationally renowned
ine art photographer Susan
Burnstine of Los Angeles
once again juried the exhib-
it. Burnstine uses home-
made cameras consisting of
plastic lenses and vintage
camera and household
parts. She has become an
acclaimed photographic
artist shooting with ilm and
using rudimentary cameras
of her own design.
“It is once again a great
honor to act as juror for
‘Plastic Fantastic VII.’ I’m
continuously surprised and
inspired by the remarkable
quality of work that is
submitted to this one-of-a-
kind show, which is the last
to solely honor the magic
of plastic, pinhole and
homemade cameras shot
exclusively with film,”
Burnstine said. “I congrat-
ulate everyone who was
selected for this exhibit
and applaud everyone
who submitted. The award
SUBMITTED PHOTO
“On the Hill” by Diane Peterson.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
“Polkadots” by Daniel Grant.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
“Man of the Sea” by Jim Ro-
han.
selections were incredibly
difficult, and I salute every
one of you for having the
courage to create such
beauty with limited tools
such as these.”
This year, Diane Peter-
son of Portland received the
juror’s top award for the
image, “On the Hill”; Lisa
Lindamood of Knoxville,
Tennessee, received the sec-
ond juror’s award for “Kiss
by a Ghost on New Years
Eve”; Daniel Grant from
San Francisco received
the third award for “Polka
Dots”; and Carole Glauber
of Portland received the
Honorable Mention.
LightBox opened in
Astoria on June 13, 2009.
Chelsea and Michael
Granger established the
venue to educate people in
the photographic arts. In
seven years and with over
90 exhibits since opening,
LightBox has become
important regionally as a
Northwest photographic
resource, hosting nation-
al and regional artists
with exhibits of fine
photography, conducting
artists’ presentations and
workshops, all as part
of the goal to provide a
center for the promotion
of creative and alternative
photography on the North
Coast of Oregon.
The ‘Plastic Fantastic
Show VII’ runs from June
11 until July 6. LightBox
is located at 1045 Marine
Drive. For more informa-
tion, call 503-468-0238
email info@lightbox-pho-
tographic.com or visit
lightbox-photographic.com