OCTOBER 20, 2016 // 7
Tour mid-century America
with vintage state tablecloths
Special exhibition
at Ilwaco museum
relives auto touring
days of yesteryear
ILWACO, Wash. — The Co-
lumbia Paciic Heritage Mu-
seum will present “Tabletop
Tourism: Picturing America,”
an special exhibition of over
30 vintage souvenir state
tablecloths from a private
collection.
Many of us have memo-
ries of traveling through the
United States by car. Stops
were often, since gas mileage
was low and truck stops,
roadside attractions and sou-
venir shops were plentiful.
Today, vintage souvenir
linens are collectible, as
more and more collectors are
drawn to the charm of these
pieces of our past. Not only
are they collectibles you can
use, but they also convey a
sense of nostalgia of days
gone by. They are a gentle re-
minder of mid-century quaint
roadside attractions and rural
small towns that today are
rapidly disappearing.
Strong graphics, bright
colors and the dizzying
array of designs make them
visually delightful. All states
at one time sold souvenir
tablecloths.
This private collection
of over 30 state tablecloths
gives viewers an opportunity
to relive those auto touring
days and even learn a bit
about the states. Each state
is usually depicted with its
state lower, bird and other
fun facts. Accompanying the
textiles will be a collection
of vintage souvenir salt and
pepper shakers to round out
the “tabletop.”
There will be an opening
reception for “Tabletop Tour-
ism” from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 21. The show will be on
view from Oct. 21 to Dec. 3.
Bayside Singers to perform in concert
CHINOOK, Wash. — The Bay-
side Singers will perform in
concert at 2:30 p.m. Satur-
day, Oct. 22 at the Chinook
School Event Center, located
at 810 U.S. Highway 101.
The 40-member chorus
will be initiating the use of
portable risers with chairs
for the irst time since their
summer purchase.
The concert will feature
a varied program with solos
and duets. The selections
will include secular and sa-
cred songs as well as several
numbers that will be part of
the chorus’ annual Christmas
concert in December.
Barbara Bate will be
pianist. Chorus president
Clay Nichols said that the
chorus is looking forward
to extending its music with
performances in the south-
east areas of the Long Beach
Peninsula.
Admission is free, but
donations will be accepted at
the door.
Astoria Visual Arts holds annual meeting
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
“Tabletop Tourism: Picturing America” will be on view Oct. 21
to Dec. 3 in Ilwaco, Washington.
ASTORIA — Astoria Visual
Arts will hold its Annual
Meeting from 10:30 a.m.
to noon Saturday, Oct. 22
in the Fort George Lovell
Showroom, located at 426
14th St.
The public is invited to
attend. Light refreshments
and coffee will be provided.
AVA Board of Directors
President Rebecca Rubens
will update the membership
on AVA projects and plans,
including the artist-in-res-
idence program and the
Coastal Oregon Artists
Residency.
The board also would like
to hear ideas from members
on how AVA might better
meet its mission to enhance,
strengthen and promote the
arts locally. AVA seeks to
pace the arts at the center of
a changing rural community
and economy by supporting
artists, encouraging artistic
opportunity and diversity,
and serving as an artistic hub
of cooperation, education
and information sharing.
In addition, the AVA
Board Nominating Com-
mittee will present a slate of
eight candidates for election
to the board.
AVA thanks outgoing
Board members Deborah
Linder Armington, Michael
Granger and Dulcye Taylor
for their service.
For more information,
email astoriavisualarts@
gmail.com
Teach-in to focus on Green Party, peace
ASTORIA — The public is
invited to attend the teach-in
“War, Peace, the Neocons
and the Greens” at 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 21 in Room 219
of Columbia Hall at Clatsop
Community College.
Stephen Berk will lead
the teach-in. Berk is current-
ly an adjunct professor of
U.S. history at CCC and an
emeritus professor of U.S.
history at California State
University, Long Beach.
Teach-ins were common-
ly held at colleges in the
mid-1960s as a way of in-
forming students and others
about the Vietnam War and
how the U.S. got involved.
They were an early stage in
what became the massive
peace movement of that era.
Berk will talk about
the wars the U.S. has been
involved in after Vietnam,
U.S. relations with Russia
and China, nuclear weapons
policy, as well as neoconser-
vative ideology and inter-
ventionist foreign policy.
He will also speak about
the Green Party, candidate
Jill Stein, and how the par-
ty’s principles are a founda-
tion for world peace.
Group holds workshop on aerial spraying
“Tabletop Tourism” relives auto touring days.
“Tabletop Tourism”
accompanies the Columbia
Paciic Heritage Museum’s
annual 6-by-6 exhibition and
auction. Over 60 artists have
contributed a piece with
this year’s theme “State of
Mind.” The 6-by-6 auction
will take place Nov. 5.
The Columbia Paciic
Heritage Museum is located
at 115 S.E. Lake St. For
more information, call 360-
642-3446 or visit colum-
biapaciicheriatgemuseum.
org
MANZANITA — Parcels of
forestland, including several
bordering Oswald West State
Park, were recently clearcut
and sprayed with herbicides
to control weeds, brush
and invasive species that
compete with tree seedlings
during the early stages of
reforestation.
The Rockaway Beach
Citizens for Watershed Pro-
tection will hold a commu-
nity workshop about aerial
spraying Saturday, Oct. 22.
Networking and work-
shop activities are planned
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and
experts on the issue of aerial
spraying will talk at 2 p.m.
The Rockaway Beach
Citizens for Watershed
Protection seeks more
timely public notiications
from timber companies. The
group also would like state
legislators to change Ore-
gon’s forest practice laws
and end aerial spraying on
the Oregon Coast.
The workshop will take
place at Pine Grove Com-
munity Center, located at
225 Laneda Ave.
For more information,
contact the citizens group
at rockawaycitizen.water@
gmail.com or visit savesh-
ortsands.org