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Hear cello and piano at the Liberty Theater
Astoria Music
Festival presents
Sergey Antonov,
Ilya Kazantsev in
concert Nov. 4
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Cat Winters will read from her new novel “Yesternight” Nov.19.
Cat Winters to read from
new novel in Manzanita
MANZANITA — The Manza-
nita Writers’ Series will host
author Cat Winters at 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 for a reading from
her new novel “Yesternight.”
The event will take place at
the Hoffman Center.
“Yesternight” is Winters’
second adult novel, released
Oct. 4. Set in 1925 in the
“rain-soaked coastal hamlet
of Gordon Bay, Oregon,” the
novel involves reincarnation
and madness as well as is-
sues of a professional wom-
an stifled by the conventions
of her time.
A review on Booklist
said: “Winters follows ‘The
Uninvited’ with another
gripping historical novel,
this one an exploration of
the effects of suppressed
trauma and desire. Win-
ters unveils the unspoken
complexities of humankind
in this well-written tale that
is suspenseful in all the right
places, and will keep readers
guessing at every page.”
Winters is an award-win-
ning, critically acclaimed
author of young adult and
adult fiction that blends
history with the supernatu-
ral. Her young adult works
include “In the Shadow of
Blackbirds,” “The Cure for
Dreaming,” “The Steep and
Thorny Way” and the forth-
coming “Odd & True.”
She has been a Morris
Award finalist, a Bram Stok-
er Award nominee, and an
Oregon Spirit Book Award
winner, and her books have
appeared on numerous state
and “best of” lists.
Winters will also lead a
writing workshop during the
day from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Nov.
19 titled “Writing Scary.”
In the workshop, writ-
ers and learn how to make
readers’ hearts race with
fear, whether you’re a writer
of horror or you simply want
to write a chilling scene.
Through lectures, group
discussions, and a variety of
exercises, Winters will share
her favorite tools for produc-
ing writing that’s evocative
and spooky. Tuition is $30.
Register at hoffmanblog.org
Following Winters’ read-
ing and Q&A in the evening,
Manzanita Writers’ Series
will host an Open Mic where
up to nine local or visiting
writers will read five min-
utes of their work. The sug-
gested (not required) theme
for the evening’s Open Mic
is “It Was a Dark & Stormy
Night.” Admission for the
evening reading is $7.
Both events are part of
the second annual Dark
and Stormy Night: Mystery
Weekend in Manzanita.
For more info, contact
Kathie Hightower at kathie-
jhightower@gmail.com
ASTORIA — The Astoria
Music Festival will present a
special concert at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 4 at the Liberty
Theater.
The concert will feature
Sergey Antonov, the young-
est winner of Moscow’s
prestigious International
Tchaikovsky Cello Competi-
tion, and pianist Ilya Kazant-
sev, a two-time winner of the
World Piano Competition in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
A gala Artists’ Reception
for patrons will follow the
concert at Carruthers, a new
restaurant kitty-corner to the
theater.
The concert will feature
sonatas as well as shorter
pieces for cello and piano.
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Cellist Sergey Antonov, left, and pianist Ilya Kazantsev will per-
form Nov. 4 in Astoria.
Camille Saint-Saens’ tur-
bulent Cello Sonata No. 1 in
C Minor is on the program.
The sonata makes full use of
the lower registers of both
cello and piano, reflecting
the composer’s sadness at the
loss of a family member and
at the state of France follow-
ing Napoleon III’s crushing
defeat by Prussia in 1870.
The program also in-
cludes Benjamin Britten’s
Cello Sonata, the first of five
major works that Britten
wrote for Antonov’s cele-
brated cello teacher Mstislav
Rostropovich. In the timbre
and counterpoint of scher-
zo-pizzicato movement, one
can immediately detect in-
debtedness to the Indonesian
Balinese gamelan tradition.
The moto perpetuo final
movement uses the “DSCH”
motif (D-E flat-C-B natural)
as a coded tribute to the
name Dmitri Shostakovich,
the composer who inspired
Britten to write for cello.
Antonov and Kazantsev
regularly appear together in
the world’s finest concert
halls, and this performance
provides North Coast audi-
ences an opportunity to hear
a celebrated international
musical team. Antonov is a
long-time audience favorite
at the Astoria Music Festival,
where his accomplishments
have included concertos,
chamber music, solo recitals
and children’s concerts.
Ticket are $40 for patron
reserved seats and admission
to the post-concert recep-
tion; $25 general admission;
and $5 for students. Ticket
are available from the Liber-
ty Theater box office, open
2 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday, by phone
at 503-325-5922 ext. 55. The
theater is located at 1203
Commercial St. Tickets are
also available from Tickets
West by calling 503224-
8499 or 800-922-8499.
Be an angel — attend a fundraiser
for the Astor Street Opry Company
Event to feature
guest speakers,
silent and live
auctions, more
ASTORIA — The Astor
Street Opry Company will
put on its annual Be An An-
gel fundraiser on Wednes-
day, Nov. 9 at the Fort
George Lovell Showroom,
located at 426 14th St.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.,
and the live auction will
begin at 6:30 p.m.
With live and silent
auctions, this year’s event is
shaping up to be the biggest
and best ever.
Auction items include
everything from homemade
pies, lunch or dinner at
T.Paul’s Urban Café or the
Bridgewater Bistro, and
prime rib at Mary Todd’s
Workers Tavern to movie
tickets at a Coming Attrac-
tion Theatre, gift certificates
from Astoria Parks and Rec-
reation, and a night’s stay at
the Cannery Pier Hotel.
There will even be a spe-
cial auction for a priceless
piece of original art from the
world-famous Astoria artist
Bill Dodge.
If your house is already
full of stuff, would you
might be enticed with a
plane or helicopter ride, a
pass to ride the zip lines at
High Life Adventures, or a
pass to the Columbia River
Maritime Museum? Or
perhaps you have a need for
some professional services,
such as an hour of council
on your accounting needs
by accountant Walt Garnet,
or four hours of labor from
a master carpenter via L.J.
Allen Construction?
Have you always wanted
to learn how to paint? There
will be one private art lesson
from artist Kirsten Shauck
and even a 3-credit class
at Clatsop Community
College.
The Be An Angel
fundraiser will also feature
guest speakers, including
long-time ASOC supporter
Sen. Betsy Johnson and Rep.
Deborah Boone.
The Astor Street Opry
Company will also hold a
special presentation for its
in-house playwright, artist
and fearless community
theater champion Judith
Niland. Niland is celebrat-
ing 32 years at ASOC by
retiring a still partially sane
woman, and all are invited
to come help celebrate her
career.
Tickets cost $25 per
person and are available by
calling 503-325-6104 or by
stopping into Holly McHone
Jewelers in downtown Asto-
ria. The event is sponsored
by Van Dusen Beverages
and hosted by Fort George
Brewery. For more informa-
tion, visit www.astorstree-
toprycompany.com or email
info@astorstreetoprycompa-
ny.com.