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COURTESY FIRE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
A dance around the maypole
COURTESY TILLAMOOK ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Back row, from left: Gary Barclay, Rikki Reid and Lora Ressler. Front row, from left: Kiel Kellow,
Bill Pickney, Carly Persons and Sue Wilson
In ‘Moonglow,’ love
grows as memory goes
TILLAMOOK — The Tilla-
mook Association for the
Performing Arts (TAPA)
presents the heartwarming
comedy “Moonglow,”
opening Friday, May 4,
with a Gala celebration and
running through Sunday,
May 20. Friday and Satur-
day shows begin at 7 p.m.,
Sunday matinees start at 2
p.m. on May 6 and 20.
“Moonglow” — written
by Kim Carney, directed by
Ann Harper and sponsored
by Berkshire Hathaway
Home Services — follows
Maxine, a feisty, bitter
Alzheimer’s victim who
doesn’t want to move into
a nursing facility. But when
she meets Joe, a widower
who shares her love for
dance, her outlook begins
to change. Though the two
clash when lucid, their hazy
memories overlap, and they
begin an affair that rejuve-
nates and fulfills them.
May Day! May Day!
ARCH CAPE — Fire Moun-
tain School is having a
family-friendly traditional
May Day Celebration, and
the whole community is in-
vited. The party takes place
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday,
May 6.
There will be frolicking
fun, music, cake and dancing
around the maypole. Come
watch the maypole dance at
noon — and join in, too!
May Day is a traditional
European celebration to wel-
come the coming of spring
and celebrate the Earth’s
bounty during this beautiful
time of year.
The school is located at
6505 Elk Flat Road in Arch
Cape. For more informa-
tion, visit firemountain-
school.org.
Workshop teaches forgiveness,
reconciliation and self-love
COURTESY TILLAMOOK ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
“Moonglow” poster
But can these lovers —
played simultaneously by
an elderly twosome and a
young, vivacious couple —
stay together despite their
families’ wishes and their
fading vitality?
The cast of “Moonglow”
includes TAPA veterans
Carly Persons, Rikki Reid,
Lora Ressler and Sue Wil-
son. Making their stage de-
buts are Kiel Kellow, Gary
Barclay and Bill Pickney.
Tickets are $15 per
person and available at
Diamond Art Jewelers
(503-842-7940). For more
information, email TAPA at
info@tillamooktheater.com,
visit tillamooktheater.com,
or find them on Facebook.
TAPA’s Barn Commu-
nity Playhouse is located at
1204 Ivy Ave., adjacent to
Les Schwab Tires.
ASTORIA — Yoga Gypsy
of Astoria will be hosting a
“Forgiveness and Reconcili-
ation” workshop 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, May 5, at their
studio (399 31st St.) in the
“Little Red Building” on the
waterfront.
The class will be led by
Ann Robben Dott of Astoria,
an interfaith minister and
chaplain with 30 years of
experience teaching person-
al growth, meditation and
self-healing. The day will
combine teaching and group
discussion along with guided
meditation practice sessions
for helping to understand
forgiveness in relationship to
self-love.
The process will include
exploring forgiveness for
oneself and others. What do
judgment and projection have
to do with forgiveness? How
do resentment, blame, guilt
and shame work to undermine
reconciliation and self-love?
The workshop will also in-
corporate author Ira Byock’s
book “The 4 Things That
Matter Most,” which takes the
power of four simple phrases
—“Please forgive me,” “I
forgive you,” “Thank you”
and “I love you” — to help us
resolve interpersonal difficul-
ties with integrity and grace.
The ancient Hawaiian
practice of reconciliation and
forgiveness called Ho’opono-
pono (ho-o-pono-pono) will
be introduced, along with tra-
ditional Sufi mantra practices
related to forgiving.
The cost for this five-hour
workshop is $80. A sack
lunch is recommended.
Ann is also available
for private spiritual healing
sessions through clairvoyant
reading and other modalities.
To register for the work-
shop, call Ann at 503-791-
3365 or online at awakening-
wonder@outlook.com.