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Guidi, Buehler team
up for Liberty recital
ASTORIA — The Clatsop Community
College Foundation presents “35 and You,”
featuring baritone Deac Guidi and piano ac-
companist Susan Buehler, 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 5, at the Liberty Theatre (1203 Com-
mercial St.).
The event is free but donations to the
Clatsop Community College
Foundation are welcome.
The show offers an after-
noon recital of 35 songs
by composers that include
Ravel, Copland, Poulenc,
Freiberger, Quilter and
Lynn.
Guidi is a teacher and
FILE PHOTO
Deac Guidi, performer living on the
an
Astoria North Coast. Recent perfor-
resident and mances include, at Portland
baritone
Opera, Haly in L’Italiana
in “Algeri” and Benoit in
“LaBoheme,” and Dr. Bartolo in “Il Barbiere
di Siviglia” with the Astoria Music Festival.
Buehler is professor emeritus from Baker
University in Baldwin City, Kansas, where
she was a member of the voice faculty for
25 years. A Cannon Beach resident, Buehler
maintains Music Lasts A Lifetime voice and
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Skip VonKuske
ERICK BENGEL PHOTO
Susan Buehler, a piano and voice teacher liv-
ing in Cannon Beach, tickles the ivories of her
baby grand in her home studio.
piano studio where she teaches students of
all ages. She is the pianist for the Cannon
Beach Chorus and organist at Calvary Epis-
copal Church in Seaside and Cannon Beach
Community Church.
For more information, call 503-338-2306.
Sou’wester welcomes folk musician Ora Cogan
SEAVIEW, WASH. — Ora
Cogan, a multi-instrumental
folk musician from Van-
couver, Washington, plays
the Sou’wester Lodge 8
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. The
event is free and open to the
public.
Cogan combines the
intricate guitar picking of
Americana with Psychedel-
ic dreamscapes, drawing
comparisons to 1970s folk
legend Karen Dalton. She
has shared the stage with the
likes of Grouper and Hope
Sandoval while touring ex-
tensively in North America,
Europe and the UK.
Cogan became a part of
Vancouver’s eclectic music
scene as a teen. Her new
offering, “Crickets,” comes
out November 2017. The
Groovy
Wallpaper
performs
at Peninsula
Arts Center
STASIA GARRAWAY PHOTO
Ora Cogan
album inhabits a place be-
tween psychedelic folk, dark
wave ambient and experi-
mental dream pop.
LONG BEACH, WASH. — Groovy Wallpaper, a
duo of amazing multi-instrumentalists, will
play 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Penin-
sula Arts Center in Long Beach, Washing-
ton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Groovy Wallpaper is Skip VonKuske
(Portland Cello Project, Vagabond Opera,
Cellotronik) and Don Henson (Sneakin
Out, The Adequates, The Druthers, Kath-
ryn Claire).
VonKuske is Portland’s foremost cellist,
and Henson is known for his Rube Gold-
berg-like percussion set-up and perfor-
mance. To call them a cello and percussion
duo would not do them justice.
Oregon Arts Watch recently referred to
VonKuske as “one of Oregon’s finest and
most adventurous musicians.”A co-founder
of the Portland Cello Project, a genre-de-
fying ensemble, VonKuske continues to
perform and collaborate with other artists.
His solo project is “cellotronik,” in which
he incorporates a rich array of cello, guitar,
mandolin, vocals, software instruments and
live looping.
The result is a unique blend of classical
virtuosity, rock’n’roll heart and folksy
charm wrapped in a cloak of inspired
originals, improvisations and unexpected
cover songs.
Henson — in addition to a set of
percussion instruments that has to be seen
to be believed — is also known for his
proficiency on keyboards, glockenspiel,
vibraphone and synthesizer. He has played
various stages with Pink Martini, “The To-
night Show (With Jay Leno)” and has also
opened for k.d. lang and played Carnegie
Hall with his own band.
The Peninsula Arts Center (peninsu-
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Don Henson
laartscenter.org) is located at 504 Pacific
Ave. N., Long Beach, Washington.
Tickets are $15 and are available on
Brown Paper Tickets, by emailing events@
peninsulaartscenter.org, or by calling 360-
901-0962.
Wine, beer and other refreshments are
available for purchase.
Open mic
The arts center holds an open mic the
Friday night before each concert. Sign-ups
start around 6:30 p.m.; the music begins at
7 p.m.
Singers, instrumentalists, poets, spo-
ken-word artists, stand-up comedians and
dramatists are all welcome. Or, just come
to listen, and be amazed by the breadth of
talent in the region.