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8 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Dick Weissman brings folk music to Astoria ASTORIA — Banjo pioneer, author and Americana com- poser Dick Weissman will return to the Northwest for a series of concerts in Septem- ber to celebrate the release of his seventh CD, “Night Sky,” and the release of his autobiography “The Music Never Stops.” Weissman will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 at KALA, located at 1017 Marine Drive. Doors open at 7 p.m., and admission is $10 at the door. Refreshments will be available. While in graduate school in the 1960s, Weissman was active in the folk music scene in Greenwich Village. He formed the folk-pop band The Journeymen with John Phillips and Scott McKenzie, producing three Capitol albums. Weissman worked as a musician, record producer and song- writer in New York before moving to Colorado in 1972, writing music instructional books and teaching at Colo- rado Women’s College and the University of Colorado at Denver. In 2002, Weissman and his wife, artist Susan Planalp, moved to Astoria. Weissman taught at Clatsop Community Sept. 10 SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO Dick Weissman, back right, was a member of the sem- inal 1960s folk music trio The Journeyman, which also included John Phillips, left, who went on to lead The Ma- mas & The Papas, and Scott McKenzie, best known for the hit 1967 single “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair).” College and worked with musicians Gary Kieski and David Crabtree, recording the album “Relections.” Weissman now lives in Portland, where he continues to perform, record, and to teach seminars and work- shops, including at Portland Community College. He has written or co-written 22 books on music and the Dick Weissman will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 at KALA in Astoria. music business. His new CD, “Night Sky,” on Longbridge Recordings, is a collec- tion of instrumentals that feature Weissman on banjo and guitar, accompanied on many cuts by Portland multi-instrumentalist Mitch Iimori (clarinet, dulcimer, English horn and oboe.) Though based in traditional Americana music, there is a “jazz attitude” to improvise within his eclectic composi- tional structures. The result represents the broad taste of his interests from Tunisian to Appalachian to oddly or- chestral. These shows weave stories from the book with Weissman’s instrumentals and songs. Coaster heatre hosts Patrick Lamb CANNON BEACH — Patrick Lamb will return to the Coaster Theatre Playhouse for another energetic concert of jazz and rhythm-and- blues at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. Lamb is a Bill- board-charting artist whose last three singles have been top ive nationally on the Billboard Charts. He was recently inducted as one of the youngest members into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, he has been awarded three Muddy Awards by the Cascade Blues Asso- ciation, the Hero Award SUBMITTED PHOTO Portland musician Patrick Lamb will perform Sept. 10 at the Coaster Theatre. by Children’s Cancer Association, the Yolanda Denis King Award by JW Matt Hennessey and irst Baptist Church, and has been given the Independent Spirit Award by the city of Portland. He has regularly toured the world, performing with Smokey Robinson, Esperan- za Spalding, Gino Vannelli, Bobby Caldwell, Jeff Lorber Fusion, as well as rock ’n’ rollers like lead guitarist of KISS Tommy Thayer, Alice Cooper, and lead guitar- ist for The Doors Robby Krieger. Tickets cost $35 or $40 for the concert. Purchase tickets online at coasterthe- atre.com, at the box ofice or by calling 503-436-1242. ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will hold Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Satur- day, Sept. 10. Meet artists and mingle with art lovers while enjoying refreshments and new exhibits. Some locations are open early or later. ART BUSINESSES 1. Imogen Gallery 240 11th St. Diane Kingzett of Portland brings the new series of oil paintings “Bury The Hatchet, Stars Are Falling” for her second solo show at Imogen. A painter of emotion, Kingzett leaves preconceived ideas of content and composition to consider her own internal dialogue, allowing psyche to become muse. For this series she explores issues of turmoil, from both a personal and global perspective. The work echoes her response to con- lict and hopes to ind ways to move beyond. It invites viewers to lay down “old relics and bones of interference so we may see the beauty that is ofered whether we are available to grasp it or not,” she says. “A move- ment toward peace over turmoil.” 2. RiverSea Gallery 1160 Commercial St. In “Primary Practice: Explor- ing Color,” Astoria artist Robert Paulmenn ofers a collection of new paintings in a wide-ranging show that delves into portraiture, igure study, still life and landscape. Paul- menn is excited to paint the igure and to “capture the subtle shift of color and emotional energy that each person brings to a painting.” He is also moved by the ever-changing quality of light in the North Coast landscape. However, the common thread in his work is a limited pal- ette, which challenges him to think of color in new ways. Showing in the Alcove is “The Reliquary Project,” assemblage sculpture by Charles Schweigert with accompanying poems by Karin Temple, who will give a reading at 4 p.m. Schweigert’s work expands the notion of the reliquary to include a container for holding the remains of something dear or something that cannot be contained. Each vessel is constructed with copper wire and found metal objects that have a patina of age. Though the sculptures appear to be long-buried artifacts, their themes relate to contem- porary Northwest environmental issues. This is a farewell show for Schweigert, an Astoria resident for the past seven years who is moving to Massachusetts. 3. Old Town Framing Co. 1287 Commercial St. Old Town Framing will welcome Rod Nichols back for art walk. He has been painting new work like a mad iend, in between cooking, cleaning and food webbing. Drop by, meet Nichols and see his new work. 4. Tempo Gallery 1271 Commercial St. Tempo Gallery will feature “River Life,” a collection of paintings of isher folk, ish and boats on the Columbia River by artist Phyllis Taylor, who continues to pursue her fascination with both the river and the ocean. Taylor will be present during art walk. Refreshments will be served. 5. KALA 1017 Marine Drive KALA presents two artists this month. Paul Soriano’s igurative paintings are rich in color, fused with aspects of nature and often elegant expressions in erotica. Soriano, a life long painter who grew up in New York, eventually moved west to open Cock Gallery in Portland. Soriano’s works are plays on the quantum universe. The process begins with a 45-minute meditation; paint is then randomly applied to the chosen surface. The resulting ield becomes analogous of the universe. Multidisciplinary artist Sergei Kh- lopof, aka SM@ck, shows new acrylic paintings and drawings on paper and select acrylic on canvas pieces from his “Alternate Evolutions” series, previously exhibited at the former Mark Woolley Gallery. SM@cK, who lives and primarily works in Portland, explores various media such as acrylic painting, watercolors, drawings, video and animation in his pursuit to deine an autonomous voice and to examine interactions with ourselves and with local and global environments. 6. Astoria Art Loft 106 Third St. Ellen Zimet’s marbled and tie-dye paintings show what experiment- ing with diferent techniques and materials can produce. Also see the paintings of the Palette Puddlers painting group and other art loft resident artists from 3 to 6 p.m. ALSO FEATURING ORIGINAL ART 7. Luminari Arts 1133 Commercial St. Luminari Arts presents the collaborative show “Where the Wild Continued on Pg. 9 ART WALK MAP
