FEBRUARY 23, 2017 // 21
AVA welcomes new residency writers
ASTORIA — Michael and
Momo Meow are the Asto-
ria Visual Arts North Coast
Writer’s Retreat’s newest
writers-in-residence. The four-
month residency runs through
April 30.
The Meow team has been
working on an illustrated
fantasy/science fiction novel
for several years. “The novel
shows how technology can
hypnotize us,” says Michael
Meow, “and the harm that can
be caused when we neglect
those around us.” The story
follows Daisy, a girl whose
parents abandon her for a
virtual world.
“It is very exciting work,”
said AVA Board President Lisa
Smith. “Michael and Momo
hope their residency will result
in completion of the book and,
soon after, acceptance by a
publisher. We will be keeping
fingers crossed for them. In
the meantime, we’re planning
a reading from the novel, with
SUBMITTED PHOTO
A portrait of Michael and
Momo Meow.
an exhibition of some of its
illustrations, for early spring.”
AVA’s North Coast
Writer’s Retreat writer-in-res-
idence program offers local
and visiting writers an oppor-
tunity to launch new endeav-
ors, revise works in progress,
or conclude longstanding
projects. The program seeks
to provide writers with
writing time and space in an
idyllic setting. AVA’s PierLoft
Studio, at the base of 11th
Street, features panoramic
views of downtown Astoria
and the Columbia River.
AVA W-i-R is designed to
encourage the creative, intel-
lectual and personal growth of
both emerging and established
writers. A public reading of a
sample of their work by the
selected writers before the end
of their W-i-R session is a re-
quirement of the residency. All
writers are eligible; however,
the residency does not include
overnight accommodations,
and out-of-town writers must
make arrangements on their
own.
For more information, visit:
http://www.astoriavisualarts.
org/north-coast-writers-retreat.
html
Astoria Visual Arts was
founded in 1989 as a nonprofit
membership organization
to enhance, strengthen and
promote the arts in the greater
Astoria area.
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Join a community country dance
Bar-K Buckaroos
lead the way
Feb. 28 at AAMC
ASTORIA — Western swing
band The Bar-K Buckaroos
will once again provide
the tunes for a Community
Country Western Swing
Dance at the Astoria Arts
and Movement Center.
The dance is set for 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the
center, 342 10th St.
Admission is $6 per
person, $10 per couple and
$2 for students with ID at
the door.
The price of admission
includes a one-hour intro-
ductory dance lesson with
dance instructor Jen Miller
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The band will take the
stage from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. For further ticket info,
contact Brad Griswold at
360-951-9593.
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The Bar-K Buckaroos will play county Western music for a com-
munity dance Feb. 28.
The Bar-K Buckaroos
will play traditional West-
ern swing dance music in
the style of Bob Wills and
his Texas Playboys. The
band is made up of North
Coast musicians, featuring
Brad Griswold on rhythm
guitar, Dave Quinton on
bass, Richard Thomasian
on lead guitar, Tom Peake
on drums and John Orr on
pedal steel.
Collectively these mu-
sicians have played in such
local bands as The Floating
Glass Balls, The Bond Street
Blues Band, The Swingcats,
Acoustica World Music and
Ma’Barley.
Together they bring their
love of bluegrass, country,
jazz, blues and reggae to
form a great evening of
Western swing and ’20s- to
’40s-era swing music.
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