DECEMBER 8, 2016 // 21
Heather Douglas to
read from new book
Hear toe-tapping tuba
tunes for Christmas
Poetry collection
created during
AVA residency
ILWACO, Wash. — The public
is invited to enjoy some
sounds of the season at the
annual Tuba Christmas con-
cert at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
10 at the Columbia Pacific
Heritage Museum.
This free concert will
feature the Astoria Tuba
Quartet, which will perform
a variety of seasonal selec-
tions, jazz arrangements
and a polka or two at this
family-friendly event.
Astoria Tuba Quartet
was formed in 1980, and
its current members have
performed together since
1997. Original member
Dennis Hale plays F tuba,
Bob Joiner and Brian Berg-
man play euphoniums, and
Lee Stromquist plays double
bass F tuba. Stromquist also
arranges numerous selec-
tions for the group.
The tuba’s versatility
allows the quartet to perform
traditional Christmas selec-
tions like “Sleigh Ride,” jazz
selections by noted com-
poser and arrangers Lenny
Niehaus and Bill Holman,
ASTORIA — Local writ-
er and illustrator Heather
Douglas will read from her
new book of poems “Creo-
sote and Rain” on Saturday,
Dec.10 at Blue Scorcher
Bakery & Cafe, located at
15th and Duane streets.
The readings will coin-
cide with Astoria’s Second
Saturday Art Walk and are
scheduled to occur at 5:30
p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. The readings will be
accompanied by a display
of illustrations created by
Douglas that represent the
ways in which writing has
shaped her life. Copies of
“Creosote and Rain” and re-
freshments will be available
for purchase.
“Creosote and Rai”n is a
deeply personal, often funny
and sometimes painfully
honest book, in which Doug-
las explores everything from
her childhood growing up
in Astoria to body image,
friendship, love and fem-
inism. A deft touch, keen
eye and dry wit serve to
both deepen and leaven the
collection. The poems were
written over the last few
months during Douglas’s fall
2016 residency with Astoria
Visual Arts’ North Coast
Writers’ Retreat.
The North Coast Writers’
Retreat writer-in-residence
program offers local and
visiting writers the op-
portunity to launch new
endeavors, revise works
in progress or conclude
longstanding projects. The
program seeks to provide
writers with writing time
and space in an idyllic
setting at the foot of 11th
Street, featuring panoramic
views of downtown Astoria
and the Columbia River.
For more information, visit
astoriavisualarts.org
AVA was founded in 1989
as a nonprofit membership
organization to enhance,
strengthen and promote the
arts in the Astoria area.
Open 7am
Daily!
Regional selection of beers, wines and
vintage cocktails available.
We cater your event!
Weekly Specials: 5-8 PM
Sushi & Martinis Mondays
Taco & Margarita
Thursdays (3 Buck Tacos)
Stretch your still life art skills
ASTORIA — The Art Stall
is starting a new freestyle
still life art gathering. Each
month, The Art Stall will set
up a themed collection of
objects for the still life, and
artists will meet once a week
to start, make progress on,
and finish their compositions.
All levels of artists are
welcome; instruction will be
offered as needed. Artists can
draw or paint in acrylic or
watercolor. There is space for
six artists each month. Artists
must commit for all four
weeks of each still life.
The theme will change
every month. December
will feature a Christmas
theme. December sessions
will be held 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 8, 15, 22 and
29. January sessions will be
held Thursday, Jan. 5, 12,
19 and 26. Refreshments
will be served at a 6:45 p.m.
intermission.
The first week will focus
on composition and layout.
Artists will add medium
during the second week. Add
details and shading the third
week. And during the fourth
and final week, artists will
pull it all together.
The fee is $45 for all
four sessions per person.
The artists must be able to
use the artist bench that is
provided. All supplies are
provided. Come by The Art
Stall, in the Pier 11 building
to reserve your place.
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Enjoy a free holiday concert
by the Astoria Tuba Quartet
on Dec. 10.
the much-loved Evergreen
Polka, and, as arranged by
Lee Stromquist, the quartet’s
version of the “Dance of the
Reed Flutes” from “The Nut-
cracker,” playfully entitled
“Dance of the Rude Brass.”
The 2016 Tuba Christ-
mas concert is sponsored
by the Ilwaco Merchants
Association and is free and
open to the public. Seating
is limited. The museum is
located at 115 S.E. Lake St.
For more information, call
360-642-3446.
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