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8 // COASTWEEKEND.COM St. Mary’s Star of the Sea holds Musicfest, auction ASTORIA — St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church will hold its fourth annual Musicfest event, featuring a silent auction and raffles, from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. The event will be held in the old school auditorium located at 1411 Grand Ave. Admission is two cans of food at the door, to be donat- ed to a local food bank. The event will feature live music by two local groups. Two Crows Joy has played in the local area for several years. The band is led by Jane Duncan on fid- dle, banjo, guitar and vocals and her partner, Russ Hos- ley, on guitar and vocals; the rest of the group is made up of Darwin Turner on bass; and Dave Gager on drums and vocals. Astoria musician Barbie G. will also perform acoustic folk music. The event will also fea- ture free food, silent auction items and a drawing. Only cash and checks will be accepted. Sponsored by Court 151 Catholic Daughters, the event is a fundraiser with proceeds distributed among several local charitable organizations including food banks. E vents 894 Commercial Street 503*325*4356 thursday NOV. 17 * 8 pm Free Local Country Music with Rusty Spurs wednesdays 6-11 pm Open Mic & Jam Session Port of Call Bistro & Bar J AM SESSION MOVING TO T HURSDAY NIGHTS STARTING D EC .1 ST !!! Sunday GAME DAY Pacifi c Northwest Professional Wrestling (Last Sunday of Every Month) Astoria Event Center Doors Open at 4:30 PM Port of call specials • Monday: Closed for winter hours • Tuesday: Closed for winter hours • Thursday: Burger and draft beer for 10.00 • Breakfast every Sunday and Saturday- open at 10am • Sunday: $10 Bloody Mary Bar-10am to 2pm. Active military appreciation day 20% off with proof of service. $10 bottomless mimosa’s for 2 hours between 10am to 2pm. (LIFE-SIZED JENGA, CORN HOLE) Come in for the Bloody Mary bar & football! K LEVERKILL saturday November 19 * 8 pm Astoria Event Center $ 8 Author to share historical novel at Seaside library Novel set after World War II in Southern Rhodesia SEASIDE — The Seaside Public Library will host author Diana Polisensky for a presentation about her book “Whitewashed Jacarandas” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. Polisensky has just returned to the U.S. from a photo safari in her native southern Africa, where she also hosted book signings of her historical novel. After her PowerPoint presentation at the library Nov. 19, she’ll discuss the era of her book: the years after World War II in Southern Rhodesia, which is now called Zimbabwe. Polisensky considers herself a recluse living in a tree house on the Central Oregon Coast, although her friends think she gets around quite a lot. She was born into a medical family and grew up in a swimming pool in Africa, in the days when colonialism AUTHOR APPEARANCE 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Seaside Public Library 1131 Broadway, Seaside Free SUBMITTED PHOTO Diana Polisensky will talk about her book “White- washed Jacarandas” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 in Seaside. was still respectable on the other side of the Pond. She crossed it as a young woman, ending her career in genetic engineering “behind the hedg- es” at Rice University. “Whitewashed Jacaran- das” is the first of a quartet of novels about a Jewish doctor and his gentile wife in the burst of development after World War II until the crisis with Britain over the rise of African Nationalism that led to rebellion, civil war and finally the election of Robert Mugabe. Glowing reviews for “Whitewashed Jacarandas” range from London to Israel, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and of course on the Oregon Coast. “A remarkably detailed tour de force,” wrote Gerald Clarkson, a former reporter for Reuters. “An epic first book,” said Dave Bloom, an Israeli community historian. “It’s a fascinating book with engrossing story; beautifully written,” wrote Marcella Carmen, who lived in Tan- ganyika. Sharon Drews of Newport urges, “Every book club should read this book.” “Whitewashed Jacarandas” remained in the top five on Amazon’s Hot New Releases for a whole month. There are many contempo- rary books about Zimbabwe but very few about the time when life there was full of possibilities. It’s a controver- sial novel about a country that remains controversial 70 years later. Tea and shortbread will be served while Polisensky signs books available for sale at Seaside Public Library after the presentation and discus- sion of “Whitewashed Jaca- randas.” It is also available on interlibrary loan from Drift- wood and Newport libraries and for sale at Bob’s Beach Books in Lincoln City and Canyon Way Bookstore in Newport. Also from Amazon, including a Kindle version. Hear gritty roots country at the Sou’wester Lodge SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Sou’Wester Lodge will host a performance by Chuck Westmoreland at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. The Sou’wester Lodge is located at 3728 J Place. For more information, call 360- 642-2542. Eight years ago you would’ve seen Chuck West- moreland onstage, a busted sprinkler head of awkward and endearing gyrations, gesticulations, and sweat. Eight years ago he would’ve been preaching psycho-sexual pop songs with his band, The King- dom. Singing conceptually interconnected catchy nuggets about cars, gender metamorphosis, Dog Day Afternoon and — somehow — Johnny Unitas in a war- bling falsetto caught some- where between the pearly gates and a truck stop. Eight years ago. Before he walked away from it all. Before marriage. Before his wife’s cancer fight brought him to his knees. Before the birth of his first child chiseled away whatever remained of that almost-fa- mous man that used to bounce around under the spotlight. Nearly a decade lat- er, the Portland musician returns with his self-titled solo debut, a powerful roots country album that takes his gift for character sketches and deconstructions and turns the focus squarely, and unblinkingly, on himself. SUBMITTED PHOTO Chuck Westmoreland will perform Nov. 19 in Seaview. Owing more to Gordon Lightfoot than Guided by Voices, Chuck West- moreland shears away all outer influences for a singer-songwriter’s lunch pail full of bare-knuckle blood and guts. His heavy, lyric-driven songs focus on what to do with life gets tough and finding the good where you can.
