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Author Andrea Larson Perez releases Astoria book
ASTORIA — The Columbia
River Maritime Museum
will host local author Andrea
Larson Perez as she releas-
es her new book “Postcard
History Series: Astoria” at 2
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. The
event will take place in the
museum store.
This collection of images
pays homage to the many
facets of life in and around
Astoria. Its scenic beauty
remains a constant alongside
traditional industries and
the evolution of Astoria as a
tourist destination.
Located in the northwest
corner of Oregon, where
the mighty Columbia River
lows to the Paciic Ocean,
Astoria has always inspired
residents and visitors. The
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Angela Larson Perez is an As-
toria author.
town’s natural beauty and
accessible everyday life
invites documentation.
More than a century ago,
it was a place of big ish,
big trees, big dreams and
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Perez’s newest book gathers
together historic postcards of
Astoria.
big personalities. Luckily,
many professional pho-
tographers and everyday
shutterbugs made it their
business to capture life on
the lower Columbia from
the earliest days of pho-
tography. Today, there are
fewer giant Chinooks and
the remaining old growth
is protected, but the town,
dreams, personalities and
photographs remain.
Perez, 52, relocated to the
lower Columbia region in
1994 and resides in Astoria.
A native of St. Petersburg,
Florida, she is married and
a mother of two sons, 23
and 20. She graduated from
California State University,
Sacramento with degree in
public relations and a minor
in Journalism.
The museum is located at
1792 Marine Drive.
Audition for Neil Simon’s ‘Barefoot in the Park’ play
Astor Street Opry
Company to stage
romantic comedy
ASTORIA — The Astor
Street Opry Company will
hold open auditions for
its fall production of Neil
Simon’s “Barefoot in the
Park” play at 6 p.m. Sunday
and Monday, Aug. 14 and
15.
Auditions will be held
at the ASOC Playhouse,
located at 129 W. Bond St.
Rehearsals will begin the
following week in a nearby
off-site venue.
Set in the 1960s, this
romantic comedy play
revolves around a young
couple battling the day-to-
day ups and downs of being
newlyweds, coming to terms
with whom they married,
and who they really wanted
to begin with.
Experience The Read!
With a surprise visit
from the loopy mother-in-
law, and the continued rub
of differing sensibilities,
anything that can go wrong,
does, leaving the audience in
stitches and engaged as they
watch this all-too-familiar
story unravel.
Performance dates are
Fridays and Saturdays, Oct.
7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22.
There will be one matinee
on Oct. 16.
Lisa Fergus will direct
this fall show. Fergus is a
veteran director from the
Coaster Theatre in Cannon
Beach and comes with many
years of experience directing
such shows as “Beauty and
the Beast” and her current
show, “9 to 5: The Musical.”
For more information,
visit www.astorstreet
oprycompany.com or email
info@astorstreetopry
company.com
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Drag queen Daylight Cums will lead the cast of “Dragalution: Love
Wins” on Friday, Aug. 12 at the Columbian Theater in Astoria.
Dress up and experience
‘Dragalution: Love Wins’
ASTORIA — With Dolly
Party as a central inspiration
for its latest iteration, the
drag show “Dragalution:
Love Wins” will hit the
Columbian Theater stage on
Friday, Aug. 12.
Audiences should prepare
to embark on a journey of
love, illed with joy, sadness,
sexual longings, awaken-
ings, passion, community
and acceptance. Enjoy the
ride as the Cums drag family
perform numbers spanning
from Broadway shows to
Dolly Parton and around
again.
Surprises will be in
store — one of them being
that DJ Gray Matter will
lead everyone with his mad
beats — but shh... As lead
drag queen Daylight Cums
says,”One has always got to
maintain an aura of mystery;
keeps you wanting more.”
“Dragalution: Love
Wins” will give you more.
Get inspired, take a
chance and step beyond your
comfort zone. In the spirit of
“The Rocky Horror Picture
Show,” the audience is high-
ly encouraged to dress up in
costume. The drag show is a
safe space for creativity and
self-expression.
The show is for a 21-and-
over crowd. Some material
may be explicit.
Admission is $10. Doors
open at 9:30 p.m.; the show
starts at 10 p.m. Attendees
will ind a pre-party in the
Voodoo Room.