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16 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Cascade Crescendo brings own brand of bluegrass Continued from Pg. 11 Blues, Brews and Barbeques Even if there’s a raging windstorm outside, the atmo- sphere will be tranquil inside the community hall Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the festival’s new event, Blues, Brews and Barbeques. Three Stormy Weather beers, designed especially by Peli- can, Public Coast and Bill’s brew pubs, will be paired with pulled pork and egg- plant sliders prepared by chef John Sowa. Steve Chesebor- ough will play the blues. “This is our send-off luncheon,” Carrier said. “We thought people might want to stay an extra day in town or spend more time on Sunday and take a leisurely trip home in the afternoon.” Artists in Action Twelve local galleries and some shops are plan- ning a whirlwind of activity with artists’ demonstrations, receptions and music throughout the weekend. The weekend also will mark the opening of a new space for artistic endeavors on the second floor of Sandpiper SUBMITTED PHOTO “Midnight Crossing” by Oregon artist Jean-Marie Chapman. Chapman returns for her 11th year as artist in residence at the Cannon Beach Hotel during Stormy Weather Arts Festival. See her paint in oil 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as 2 to 4 p.m. Friday and 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday during an artist reception at the hotel. the festival, and a reception will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday. “It will be a pre- lude to the Art in Action gala, so the crowd can move from the gallery to the Surfsand ballroom,” Brumfield said. If you can’t fight the weather, you might as well make the most of it, noted Carrier, and that’s what the Stormy Weather Arts Festival does. “It’s an event that draws all parts of the town togeth- er,” he said. “To celebrate what’s so special in Cannon Beach is important.” Square. 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Pulling from their vast range of collective in- fluences, Cascade Crescendo plays original, high-energy bluegrass, jamgrass and Americana music with capti- vating lead vocals by Hunter White, blazing-fast mando- lin licks by Aden Beck, and creative, thumping bass lines by Taylor Skiles. Duluth, Minnesota banjo player, Harrison Olk, joined the band in late 2015, bringing with him solid Scruggs-style banjo and high lonesome harmony vocals. Cascade Crescendo re- corded its first studio album SUBMITTED PHOTO BY CARLTON WARD PHOTOGRAPHY Cascade Crescendo will perform Nov. 4 and 5 at Pickled Fish. in spring 2016 at The Hal- lowed Halls in Portland. The album features fiddle player Allie Kral (Yonder Mountain String Band) on five tracks and a guest appearance by drummer Nick Werth (Yak Attack, Ghost-Note). The band has been gain- ing steam in 2016, quickly winning over fans across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. They performed on the lineup of the 2016 Northwest String Summit and are touring the West Coast and beyond this fall and winter. The concerts have no cover. The Adrift Hotel is located at 409 Sid Snyder Drive. For more informa- tion, call the hotel at 360- 642-2311. Scientists to discuss ‘Columbia Under the Microscope’ Nov. 10 ASTORIA — Environmental advocacy group Columbia Riverkeeper will host three local scientists for “Colum- bia Under the Microscope,” a presentation about research on pollutants in the Colum- bia River. The event will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thurs- day, Nov. 10 at the Blue Scorcher Bakery & Cafe, lo- cated at 1493 Duane St. The event is free and open to all ages, with food and drinks available for purchase. The informal talk will cover Contaminants of Emerging Concern, or CECs, which are produced industrially yet are dis- persed to the environment from domestic, commercial and industrial uses, such as through pharmaceuticals and personal care products. Speakers will include: • Elena Nilsen, a research chemist and team lead at the U.S. Geological Survey. She will speak about the impacts of industrial-, agricultural- and household-sourced con- taminants on food webs and fish in the Columbia River. • Jennifer Morace, a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey. Her work includes the evaluation of water-quality conditions in the Willamette River and Columbia River basins, par- ticularly focused on contam- inants. Understanding the transport and ecological fate of contaminants and the role that we, as a society, play in protecting water quality are of particular interest to her. • Tawnya Peterson, an assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science Univer- sity’s Institute of Environ- mental Health in the division of environmental and biomolecular systems. Her interests include biological oceanography and the ecol- ogy and physiology of phy- toplankton and harmful algal blooms. She will discuss her studies of pharmaceuticals in the waterways.
