APRIL 12, 2018 // 7
Lady Liberty Awards honors
Fort George owners, Bloomfield
ASTORIA — The 2018 Lady
Liberty Awards luncheon
will take place noon to 1
p.m. Thursday, April 19, at
the Liberty Theatre (1203
Commercial St.) in Astoria.
Tickets are $50 for reserved
admission.
Please join us to salute and
honor persons of achievement
who live
or work in
Northwest
Oregon for
exemplary
volunteerism
in their com-
munities.
Marge
This
Bloomfield
year’s honor-
ees are Fort
George Brewery’s Jack Harris
and Chris Nemlowill, and the
late Marge Bloomfield.
The show will be em-
ceed by Christine Lolich,
the Liberty Theatre board
president. Featured speakers
will be Dulcye Taylor, Ste-
phen Forrester and Margaret
Bloomfield.
Lady Liberty honorees are
each individually diverse in
COURTESY COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM
Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland
Museum members can
access Portland’s Lan
Su Chinese Garden
COURTESY FORT GEORGE BREWERY
Chris Nemlowill, left, and Jack Harris of Fort George Brewery celebrate their Lady Liberty honors
with Liberty Theatre Executive Director Jennifer Crockett.
their accomplishments and
represent a wide range of in-
terests and fields of endeavor.
Honorees have been selected
on the basis of volunteerism,
professional excellence and
contributions to the commu-
nity as a whole. Catered by
Baked Alaska, this yearly
event is not to be missed.
To sponsor a table at the
$1,500 level, call the execu-
tive director: 503-325-5922
ext. 33.
Individual seats may be
purchased at libertyastoria.org
or in the Liberty Box Office
for $50.
PORTLAND — Members
of Astoria’s Columbia
River Maritime Museum
can visit Portland’s Lan Su
Chinese Garden in April.
Members must present
a valid membership card
from the museum, along
with photo ID, to receive
free admission, which
is valid for up to four
individuals, regardless of
membership level.
Lan Su Chinese Garden
(239 NW Everett St.) is
one of Portland’s greatest
treasures. Built by Chi-
nese artisans from our
sister city Suzhou (home
of China’s famous ancient
gardens), it’s among the
most authentic Chinese
gardens outside of China.
More than just a beautiful
garden, Lan Su is a cre-
ative wonder — a power-
fully inspiring experience
based on a 2,000-year-old
Chinese tradition that
melds art, architecture, de-
sign and nature in perfect
harmony.
Young choreographers
roll out their own routines
ASTORIA — Young choreog-
raphers offer their own works
7 p.m. Friday, April 13. There
will be 13 young choreogra-
phers ready to dance onto the
Liberty Theatre stage to pres-
ent the annual Young Choreog-
raphers Concert Showcase.
The dancers are members
of Little Ballet Theatre and
students of Maddox Dance
Studio.
They select their cos-
tumes, prepare the staging,
select their music, then
appear in front of a panel of
adjudicators for feedback
on their creations one week
before the performance.
This unique experience
culminates in a public showing
at Astoria’s historic theater.
Augmenting the perfor-
mance will be several Little
Ballet Theatre group perfor-
mances, highlighting chore-
ography of faculty members
Emily Madsen, Carleta Lewis
Allen and Caroline Wright.
Featured styles of musical
theater, ballet, modern, lyrical
and hip-hop will make up the
program.
Tickets are available at
the Liberty 30 minutes before
the performance. Admission
is $10 general, $5 for seniors
and students; children 12 and
under are admitted free.
For more information, call
Jeanne Peterson at 503-861-
1971.
COURTESY MADDOX DANCE STUDIO
Young dancers choreograph individual pieces to perform in the Young Choreographers Showcase.