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KALA hosts fundraiser for Filling Empty Bellies
ASTORIA — Filling Empty
Bellies (FEB) will put on
its first-ever fundraiser 5 to
8 p.m. Sunday, March 11,
at KALA. Doors open at
4:30 p.m.
The local nonprofit will
be raising funds for its Proj-
ect Hand Up Campaign that
will move the organization
into a permanent space for
advocacy, resources, reha-
bilitation and meeting the
immediate needs of people
suffering from homeless-
ness and poverty.
The event features a
concert of local perform-
ers, bucket raffle and art
show. Admission is $10 per
person and includes one
raffle ticket and locally
catered appetizers. Cock-
tails, wine and beer will be
available for purchase and,
of course, raffle tickets,
with generous donations
COURTESY KALA
Project Hand Up logo, de-
signed by Justin Dickau
from local/coastal hospi-
tality, retail and service
businesses. Street art will
be showcased, as well as
donated art for sale from
local artists.
Filling Empty Bellies
began more than three
years ago when founder
Corri Buck started serving
a meal to anyone who was
hungry out of the back of
her car. She estimates that,
since then, she and her vol-
unteers have served more
than 30,000 homemade
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Corri Buck, the founder of Filling Empty Bellies, at Peoples Park
meals to people in need.
FEB’s outreach does
not end with food. The
organization helps people
obtain sleeping bags, coats,
boots, work clothing, winter
‘Rising star’ pianist Xiaohui Yang performs in Cannon Beach
CANNON BEACH — Pianist
Xiaohui Yang from China will
give a concert 7 p.m. Satur-
day, March 10, at Cannon
Beach Community Church
(132 E. Washington St.).
Xiaohui will perform on
the church’s newly acquired
7-foot 2008 Steinway Grand
Piano, a show that will
include works by Schubert,
Ravel, Bartok and Chopin.
This concert is sponsored by
Portland Piano International
and features “rising stars,”
emerging concert pianists
from around the world. This
classical piano concert is
free and open to the public.
Xiaohui has been
featured as a soloist and
chamber musician in perfor-
mances throughout Asia and
North America.
Born in the Chinese town
of Liaoning, Xiaohui first
studied at the Shenyang
Conservatory of Music. She
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Pianist Xiaohui Yang
moved to the U.S. in 2008 to
attend the Curtis Institute of
Music, where she received
the Michael and Cecilia
Iacovella Capuzzi Memorial
Fellowship.
Upon earning her
bachelor’s degree in 2013,
Xiaohui was awarded Curtis’
Festorazzi Prize for best
graduating piano student and
was selected for the Curtis
On Tour performances in
the U.S. and Korea. In 2015,
Xiaohui earned her mas-
ter’s degree at The Juilliard
School as a recipient of the
Cecilia Felman Piano Schol-
arship.
Xiaohui lives in Balti-
more, where she is a Doctor
of Musical Arts candidate
at the Peabody Conserva-
tory.
clothing, interview clothing,
socks, hats and blankets.
FEB has facilitated three
large Thanksgiving meals
and provided Christmas
presents for many families
and individuals in need.
They also supply back-to-
school supplies for young
children, newborn baby
supplies, job and housing
referrals, medical advocacy,
laundry services, haircuts
and opportunities for local
high school students to
complete their senior proj-
ects through mentorship and
community service.
Directors Corri Buck
and Erin Hofseth share the
vision that “all humans are
worthy without condition,
that empowerment is pow-
erful, that everybody de-
serves another chance and
that nobody deserves to be
forgotten or unloved.”
For more information or
to donate, visit fillingemp-
tybellies.org.
Ireland’s Socks in the Frying
Pan performs in Raymond
RAYMOND, WASH. — Sun-
day Afternoon Live
welcomes Socks in the
Frying Pan for an ener-
getic performance 2 p.m.
March 11 at the historic
Raymond Theatre.
Heralding from County
Clare, Ireland, Socks in
the Frying Pan consists of
brothers Shane and Fia-
chra Hayes on accordion
and fiddle/banjo, accom-
panied by Aodán Coyne
on guitar and vocals. This
young, multi-talented trio
blends traditional Irish
music with new rhythms
and melodic poignancy.
Socks in the Frying Pan
offers high-energy acous-
tical music with three-part
harmonies and a love for
performing live. Irish
Music magazine wrote:
“Their sound flows in
magnetic, energetic waves
and so does their banter
on stage.” Don’t miss
this authentic Irish music
experience!
Tickets are $15 at the
door or $12 in advance
at the Raymond Theatre
(323 Third St.); Raymond
Pharmacy; and South
Bend Pharmacy. For more
information, call 360-836-
4419.
The show is sponsored
by Michael & Diane
O’Meagher, Bank of the
Pacific, Lornett Apart-
ments, Sherry Aust and
Janet Furfiord in memory
of Donald Furfiord. The
event is also brought to
you through grants provid-
ed by WESTAF, National
Endowment of the Arts
and Washington State Arts
Commission.