DECEMBER 8, 2016 // 7
Watch stop-motion animated film with live band Salty Talks delves into
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KALA hosts Seattle fueled by hallucinations
the world of pollinators
live theatrical version has a
of political conspiracy and
filmmaker Clyde
Peterson Dec. 11
ASTORIA — KALA will
present a screening of “Tor-
rey Pines,” a stop-motion
animated feature film by
director Clyde Petersen, with
a live score performed by
Peterson’s band Your Heart
Breaks, on Sunday, Dec. 11.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.,
and the show starts at 7:30
p.m. Admission is $10 at the
door. Refreshments will be
available for purchase. All
ages are welcome with I.D.
KALA is located at 1017
Marine Drive.
“Torrey Pines” is a
stop-motion animated feature
film. Based on a true story,
the film is a queer punk com-
ing-of-age tale, taking place
in Southern California in the
early 1990s.
Raised by a schizophren-
ic single mother, Petersen’s
life story unfolds in a series
of baffling and hallucinat-
ed events. With a mother
family dysfunction, 12-year-
old Petersen is taken on a
cross-country adventure that
will forever alter the family
as they know it.
Just south of Del Mar,
California, is Torrey Pines
beach and state park. As a
child, Peterson lived several
blocks from Torrey Pines
and spent time there often
boogie boarding, throwing
rocks at train cars and count-
ing pelicans.
Handmade, textured and
full of life, every object in
the film was individually
constructed and hand-paint-
ed by a team of seven interns
in a small basement studio in
Seattle. The film is unique in
that it has no dialogue and is
driven by visual storytelling
and original music.
“This film is for queer
punks, trans youth and peo-
ple who struggle with mental
health issues in their lives.
It’s for people who grew up
without much money and
used their imaginations to
SUBMITTED PHOTO
BY JOSEPH P. TRAINA
Director Clyde Petersen will
present his stop-motion an-
imated feature film “Torrey
Pines” at KALA on Dec. 11.
escape and find safe spaces.
It’s about being transgender,
before you could look that
word up on the internet and
find others like you,” says
Peterson.
“Torrey Pines” is both a
feature film and a touring
theatrical show. The film
has a soundtrack produced
by Chris Walla, (Tegan and
Sara, Decemberists, Death
score, which debuted in Oc-
tober at Seattle’s Queer Film
Festival TWIST, performed
by the band Your Heart
Breaks and special guests,
including Kimya Dawson,
Lori Goldston, The Beacon-
ettes, Corey J. Brewer, Chris
Looney and Art Petersen.
Petersen is a Seattle-based
artist working in film, anima-
tion, music, installation and
spectacle. He is a member
of the transgender and queer
communities in Seattle.
His work has been fea-
tured around the world at the
London Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival, SXSW, the
Henry Art Gallery, the Walk-
er Art Gallery, Bumbershoot
Arts Festival, Seattle Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival, and
many more. His clients in-
clude The Thermals, Kimya
Dawson, Laura Veirs, Minor
Alps, Quasi, Deerhoof, Sean
Nelson, The Portland Cello
Project and Thao with the
Get Down Stay Down to
name a few.
Richard Rowland to discuss the creative journey
Nature Matters talk
to focus on natural
materials Dec. 8
ASTORIA — At the next
Nature Matters event, local
ceramics artist and Clatsop
Community College instruc-
tor Richard Rowland will give
the talk “Cultural Landscapes:
Collaborative Conversations
with the Natural World.”
The free presentation is
open to the public and starts
at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8
at the Fort George Lovell
Showroom.
Rowland will discuss the
universal and specific cul-
tural contexts of some of the
natural materials and forms
he uses to create ceramic
art. His focus will be on
demonstrating ways we can
discover our thoughts and
intentions in an unfamiliar
and sometimes seemingly
familiar environment.
He’ll explore questions
including: How do these
intentions manifest into
ceremony, inspiration,
responsibility, reflection,
justice and transformation?
How do certain materials
become symbolically em-
bedded in a spiritual life or
help us claim our identity/
cultural heritage? How and
why do natural materials
have the power to reconnect
us to a place and bring into
being our lost memories and
imagination?
Rowland will also share
images of his creative journey
that are rooted in these ques-
tions and his ancestral relation-
ships to the natural world.
PHOTO BY KATHERINE LACAZE
CCC art instructor Richard
Rowland will talk about the
creative journey and using
natural materials at the next
Nature Matters event Dec. 8.
Rowland, an Asto-
ria-based artist, has shown
his artwork around the world
including in Tasmania and
New Zealand. He has been
an art instructor at Clatsop
Community College since
2001. He specializes in
creating ceramics using an
anagama woodfired kiln and
incorporating local materials
into his work.
Doors will open at 6 p.m.
for those wanting to pur-
chase dinner or beverages
before the event.
Nature Matters, a lively
conversation about the inter-
section of nature and culture,
takes place on the second
Thursday of each month
from October through May.
Nature Matters is hosted by
Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park in partner-
ship with the North Coast
Watershed Association, the
Lewis & Clark National
Park Association, and the
Fort George Brewery.
Julie Tennis to talk
about native bees,
how to cultivate a
bee-friendly yard
ILWACO, Wash. — Pollinators
play an important role for
a healthy ecosystem. Learn
more about bees at the next
Salty Talks free community
lecture, “There’s a Buzz
Going Around: Let’s Keep
it That Way,” by naturalist,
writer and beekeeper Julie
Tennis. The talk is set for
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.
14 at the upstairs pub at Salt
Hotel & Pub, located at 147
Howerton Ave. The event is
free to the public.
Come discover the
steps to cultivate a pollina-
tor-friendly yard, and prac-
tice skills for making your
environment friendly to bees.
Salty Talks presenter Ten-
nis has kept bees since 2008
and is passionate about help-
ing native bees in the local
area. For Tennis, the route
to appreciating native bees
came through her work with
honeybees as a beekeeper,
and she strives to find a
balance between the two,
recognizing the importance
that each population brings
to the local ecosystem.
Tennis, business own-
er of BeeMentor.com and
Bee Haven Apiaries, has
multiple colonies from
Astoria to Skamokawa,
Washington. Topics of the
evening will range from
the background of native
bees, describing differences
in bee species living in the
Long Beach area, and how
human intervention can play
an important role to help
these pollinators survive and
prosper.
Salty Talks are in
partnership with the Salt
Hotel & Pub, Columbia
Pacific Heritage Museum,
Washington State Parks and
Recreation Commission and
Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park with support
from Friends of Columbia
River Gateway and the Port
of Ilwaco.
The Coaster Theatre Playhouse Presents
Nov. 18 - Dec. 23, 2016
Tickets $20 or $15
Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday shows at 3:00 p.m.
Sponsored by The Clark Family
Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com
108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR