DECEMBER 7, 2017 // 19
‘OK Computer’ gets
Cello Project treatment
FILE PHOTO
Tufted puffins
Welcome to ‘The World
of Haystack Rock’
CANNON BEACH — The
next talk in “The World of
Haystack Rock” — a free
series co-sponsored by the
Friends of Haystack Rock
and the Cannon Beach
Library — is scheduled for
7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 13, at the library (131
N. Hemlock St.).
The event features
Shawn Stephenson, a wild-
life biologist with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service,
and is titled “The Puffin
Study.”
Stephenson will talk
about the ongoing tufted
puffins study at Haystack
Rock. The tufted puffin
(Fratercula cirrhata) is
a medium-large pelagic
seabird and member of the
Auk family. The bird is
widespread in the North
Pacific Ocean and nests on
the coastline and offshore
islands in California, Or-
egon, Washington, British
Columbia, Alaska, Japan
and Russia.
Tufted puffin populations
have generally declined
throughout the southern por-
tion of their range from Brit-
ish Columbia to northern
California. Possible causes
include factors related to
conditions at breeding sites,
at-sea mortality due to direct
human impacts and long-
term changes in marine food
webs.
The U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service conducted a
burrow-nesting seabird sur-
vey that encompassed the
entire coastline of Oregon
in 2008 and documented an
order of magnitude decline
in the puffin population
since the previous official
statewide survey in 1988.
The purpose of this project
was to conduct an intensive
population status assess-
ment of the tufted puffin at
Haystack Rock, which is
part of the Oregon Islands
National Wildlife Refuge.
The lectures are held at
the library 7 to 8:30 p.m. on
the second Wednesday of
each month through April.
Upcoming lectures:
• Jan. 10: Wolfe Wag-
man, Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife. The
talk is titled “The Marine
Reserves Research Project;
an Overview of Sites, Tech-
niques and Results.”
• Feb. 14: Leigh Torres,
assistant professor at
Oregon State university.
The talk is titled “Through
the Looking Glass: New
Perspectives on Whale
Ecology to Inform Conser-
vation.”
• March 14: Bill Chad-
wick, research professor at
Oregon State University’s
Hatfield Marine Science
Center. The talk is titled
“Axial Seamount: The
Most Active Volcano in the
Pacific Northwest.”
• April 11: Katie Volke,
Director of the North Coast
Land Conservancy. The talk
is titled “Life in the Coastal
Edge.”
ASTORIA — The Portland
Cello Project returns to
the Liberty Theatre 7:30
p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, with
a performance of Radio-
head’s “OK Computer” in
honor of the album’s 20th
anniversary.
The group will perform
the entire album, inter-
spersed with contrasting
and complementary pieces
of classical music. They
will be joined vocally by
Portland musicians Kyleen
King and Adam Shearer.
The performance is part
of the Liberty’s Sunset
Series. General admission
tickets are $25. The theatre
box office opens 2 p.m.
the day of the show.
Receive a 15-percent
discount at Holiday Inn
Express Astoria when you
buy tickets. Call HEI to
COURTESY LIBERTY THEATRE
book your room: 503-325-
6222. Ticket stubs must be
presented at hotel check-
out.
Ticket holders to this
event also receive 15
percent off food ordered at
Baked Alaska Restaurant.
Tickets must be presented
to your server.
Toe-tapping tuba tunes at Christmastime
ILWACO, WASH. — The public
is invited to enjoy some
rich sounds-of-the-season at
the annual Tuba Christmas
concert 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
9, at the Columbia Pacific
Heritage Museum (115 S.E.
Lake St., Ilwaco).
This free concert will
feature the Astoria Tuba
Quartet performing a variety
of seasonal selections, jazz
arrangements and a polka or
two at this family-friendly
event.
The 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
Bergman play euphoniums,
and Lee Stromquist plays
double bass F tuba. Strom-
quist also arranges selections
for the group.
COURTESY COLUMBIA PACIFIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
Enjoy a free holiday concert by the Astoria Tuba Quartet.
The tuba’s versatility
allows the group to perform
traditional Christmas selec-
tions like “Sleigh Ride,” jazz
selections by noted compos-
er/arrangers Lenny Niehaus
and Bill Holman, the beloved
Evergreen Polka, and, as
arranged by Stromquist,
the quartet’s version of the
“Dance of the Reed Flutes”
(from the Nutcracker Suite),
playfully titled “Dance of the
Rude Brass.”
The 2017 Tuba Christmas
concert is sponsored by the
Ilwaco Merchants Associa-
tion and is free and open to
the public. Seating is limited.
For more information, con-
tact the museum at 360-642-
3446.