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Clatsop youth can audition
for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
SEASIDE — The time has
come for all young theater
lovers in Clatsop County to
take a trip to Wonderland.
During the summer, all
local grade-school chil-
dren, from elementary to
high school students, have
the opportunity to take
part in a production of
“Alice in Wonderland (and
Back Again),” written by
Randy Wyatt and based
on the books by Lewis
Carroll.
The play, offered as a
summer program for the
Sunset Empire Park &
Recreation District, will
be directed by local stage
actress Katherine Lacaze.
Auditions will be held
at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June
9, at the Bob Chisholm
Community Center (1225
Avenue A).
“The play features
dozens of fun roles, large
and small, including Alice,
the Queen and King of
Hearts, the Mad Hatter, the
White Rabbit, and flowers,
ART BY OLIVIA
LACAZE
Kids are invited
to audition for
“Alice in Won-
derland.”
SUBMITTED PHOTO
John Yeon in 1977
soldiers and jurors galore,”
Lacaze wrote.
Trail’s End Art
Association
presents
67 th
JUDGED
ANNUAL
SHOW
July 1-28, 2017
Best of Show 2016 Debbie Loyd
Submit Art: June 25-26 • Reception: July 1, 2-5pm • Awards: 3pm
Get Call For Art at our Center or www.trailsendart.org
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS ALL AGES!
We’re located at
656 A St. in Gearhart
503-717-9458
No prior acting experi-
ence is necessary.
Rehearsals will take
place in Seaside a couple
of times per week from
mid-June to August. Per-
formances are scheduled
for Friday, Aug. 18, Satur-
day, Aug. 19, and Sunday,
Aug. 20, at the Seaside
Civic and Convention
Center (415 First Ave.).
The program is being
provided to children for
free, thanks to support
from the recreation dis-
trict and a grant from the
Clatsop County Cultural
Coalition.
Organizers also are
looking for community
volunteers to help with
costumes, set design and
stage management. For
more information or audi-
tion requirements, contact
Lacaze at 503-741-5668
or find “Alice Comes to
Seaside” on Facebook.
Acclaimed architect John Yeon
subject of Portland exhibition
PORTLAND — The Portland
Art Museum has launched
an exhibition of the work
of John Yeon, a celebrated
Pacific Northwest architect,
planner, environmentalist
and historic preservationist.
At age 21, Yeon, who
died in 1994, borrowed
on a life insurance poli-
cy to purchase Chapman
Point south of Ecola State
Park and thereby preserve
a beloved section of the
coastline.
The exhibition, titled
“Quest for Beauty: The Ar-
chitecture, Landscapes, and
Collections of John Yeon,”
opened May 13.
“Yeon is most widely
remembered as an architect,
in particular for a series of
innovative houses — most
prominently, the 1937 Au-
brey Watzek House — that
drew an international spot-
light to regional modernism
in the Pacific Northwest,”
the museum wrote.
Beaver art comes to Astoria Art Loft
ASTORIA — Following
May’s “Beaver Tales” art ex-
hibit in Seaside, the Astoria
Art Loft will open an art ex-
hibit Tuesday, June 6, about
beavers and their place in
the natural environment.
From 5 to 8 p.m. June
10, during Astoria’s Sec-
ond Saturday Art Walk, Jo
Pomeroy-Crockett, the loft’s
co-owner, said she “expects
to have one or more speak-
ers on hand to talk about the
artwork and about beavers’
contributions to the coastal
landscape,” organizers said.
Before the art walk, from
1 to 4 p.m., the loft will cel-
ebrate the show’s opening. A
portion of the proceeds from
sales of work in the beaver
art show — which features
work by adults and children
— will benefit the North
Coast Land Conservancy.
The gallery (106 Third
St.) is open 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Tuesdays through
Saturdays.