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Gearhart Bowl fall
leagues kick off soon
GEARHART — Fall bowl-
ing leagues are now form-
ing for Gearhart Bowl,
located at 3518 Highway
101 N.
League play begins in
September, and length of
the league varies within the
different formats. There is
a minimum of four people
per team. If less than four,
Gearhart Bowl can assist
in placing bowlers with a
group.
Forms are available at
www.gearhartbowl.com,
or call 503-738-5333 for
details.
The fall leagues include:
The Monday Night League
— 33 weeks, beginning
Sept. 12.
Tuesday Night League
includes 21 weeks of bowl-
ing, beginning Sept. 13.
Wednesday Night
League begins Sept. 14.
Gearhart Bowl’s new
Thursday Night Footbowl
League begins Sept. 8. In a
new scoring format, the only
scores that count are Strikes
(touchdowns), worth seven
points, and Spares (ield
goals), worth three points.
Gearhart Bowl’s big
screen TVs will be show-
ing football during Thurs-
day Night Footbowl league
play.
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Wednesdays * 6-11 pm
Aug. 28 * 5 pm
Open Mic Jam Session
Hosted by Richard T.
Free
Port of Call Bistro & Bar
Pacifi c Northwest
Professional
Wrestling Pacifi c
&
(Last Sunday of Every Month)
SEPT. 17 * 7 pm
Astoria Event Center
Doors Open at 4:30 PM
$ 10
Bruce Thomas Smith
and Friends
Port of Call Bistro & Bar
AUGUST 27 * 9 pm
The
Hollywood
Knockouts
LIV
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Astoria Event Center
A One-Of-A-Kind Special Event!
• Gorgeous girls!
• Exciting dance performances!!
• Pulse-pounding LIVE Female Oil
Wrestling & Hot Cream Mania!!!
Doors Open at 8 PM
$ 10
Tickets Available At
Port of Call Bistro & Bar
894 Commercial Street
503*325*4356
The play’s the thing in Ilwaco
Find four one-act
plays in Peninsula
Players’ festival
ILWACO, Wash. — The Penin-
sula Players will put on their
One Act Play Festival this
weekend, starting Thursday,
Aug. 25.
“We’re here to make a
local splash,” says Joe Paliani,
local playwright and producer
of the festival for the past ive
years. “When it’s community
theater, everything becomes
a voluntary investment by
non-professional actors, direc-
tors, and stage and tech folks,
almost all local people,” Pa-
liani says. “Everyone’s hours
of combined energy produces
the desired results — we want
to entertain people: make it
an enjoyable experience that
the audiences will want to
remember and will come back
for more.”
The festival’s board of
directors called for play
submissions in the spring, and
actors have been rehearsing
all through July and August.
This year’s festival
features a collection of four
one-act plays.
Three are written by Long
Beach Peninsula writers:
“Storm Stories” by Rose
Power will be directed by
Sherry Ahlers; “You Never
Know” by Jim Tweedy will
be directed by Bob Goldberg;
and “Slug Girl” written and
directed by Paliani.
The fourth play, “Summer
of Love,” was written by
Albany playwright and poet
John Byrne, and it will be
directed by Laurie Carter.
“Come and see the
family-friendly plays and see
what your local community
of actors and directors have
prepared for your enjoyment,”
says Paliani.
Thursday’s opening of the
festival begins at 6 p.m. with
a champagne gala and live
music.
The festival will continue
at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Aug. 26 and 27. It will con-
clude with a 2 p.m. matinee
Sunday, Aug. 28.
The event takes place at
the River City Playhouse,
located at 127 S.E. Lake St.
Admission is $5.
Tickets are on sale now at
Okie’s Thriftway Market in
Ocean Park, Stormin’ Nor-
man’s in Long Beach, and The
Olde Towne Trading Post Cafe
in Ilwaco, and at the box ofice
on days of performances.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Bryan Foster, Clint Carter, Melissa Goldberg and Dixie Wood
make up the cast of the one-act play “Summer of Love.”
SUBMITTED PHOTO
From left, Steve Berk, Roger Ley, Dennis Allwein and Alan
Batchelder rehearse the one-act play “You Never Know.”
Astoria Art Lot hosts upcoming workshops, art sale
ASTORIA — It’s summer-
time, and Astoria Art Loft is
jumping with events.
August’s featured artist,
Carol Couch, entertains with
her original watercolors and
prints of Northwest land-
scapes and seascapes, boats,
people, and summertime
activities. Her style is full of
vibrant colors and whimsy.
Wildlife artists honed
their drawing skills during
a three-day workshop with
internationally known artist
David Kitler earlier this
month. Kitler will return
next August for another
stimulating workshop.
Astoria Art Loft offers
several other art workshops
and classes this month and
in September.
You can create beautiful
designs and gain mental har-
mony in a zentangle class.
Learn numerous tangle
forms (there are over 160)
from Sandi Kelley, certiied
zentangle teacher, on Satur-
day afternoons from 1 to 4
p.m. Aug. 27 and Sept. 3.
Discover the unexpected
at the Art Treasure Attic
sale on Friday, Aug. 26 and
Saturday, Aug. 27. There
is something for everyone,
including new as well as
gently used art supplies,
paintings, prints, cards,
collages, frames, mats and
more. Look for the white
tent in the Art Loft’s parking
lot from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. .
Have you thought of
making a painting with
grafiti? Wild and random
marks on food-wrap paper?
Making designs using your
intuition? Create exciting
collages with Linda Roth-
child Ollis from 9:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. Sept. 12 and 13. Most
supplies will be provided.
Have you ever admired
the inside covers of some
hard cover books? How are
those incredible designs and
vivid colors created? Re-
cently, local artists learned
how to marble paper using
a process hundreds of years
old and created complex
and vivid designs. A second
step in the process is turning
the bright papers into in-
ished artwork. Liz Walker,
well-known Portland artist,
will lead a workshop Sept.
15 and 16 to show how to
achieve a inished painting
from the marbled papers.
For more information,
visit Astoria Art Loft at 106
Third Street, or call 503-
325-4442.