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Music meets poetry in Cannon Beach
CANNON BEACH — The
Cannon Beach History Center
& Museum will put on a free
community concert 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 17. The pro-
gram is titled “Where Words
and Music Meet.”
Chris Lee and Colleen
O’Brien have presented
this chamber jazz program
in more than 150 venues
throughout the U.S. They
combine the vibraphone, cello
and voice with the poetry of
Jack Kerouac, Walt Whitman,
Robert Frost, Emily Dick-
inson, Rumi and more. The
chamber jazz duo will include
a slide show of photographs
and chosen portions of the
poems.
Lee and O’Brien have
performed together for more
than 30 years. They grew up
about a mile from each other
in Portland and met in 1980
when O’Brien asked Lee to
play drums in a quartet she
was forming. The meeting
of kindred musical spirits is
always a fortunate encounter,
and the two soon realized they
had more in common as soul
mates.
The museum is hosting
this event as a thank-you to
the community of Cannon
Beach and beyond. The event
is free and open to the public,
COURTESY PENINSULA ARTS CENTER
Dan Weber
COURTESY CANNON BEACH HISTORY CENTER & MUSEUM
Performers Colleen O’Brien, left, and Chris Lee
though we suggest getting
there early because seating is
limited and doors will close
at 7 p.m.
The Cannon Beach History
Center & Museum is located
at 1387 South Spruce St. For
more information, visit cbhis-
tory.org or call 503-436-9301.
Jazz up your Mother’s Day
RAYMOND, WASH. — Sunday
Afternoon Live brings jazz
great Gail Pettis to the historic
Raymond Theatre at 2 p.m.
on Mother’s Day — Sunday,
May 13.
Once an orthodontist,
Pettis now graces the stage
in the Pacific Northwest as a
premier jazz artist . Singing
classical music and hymns in
her youth, a 1996 workshop
launched her into a career
of jazz singing and a love
of live performance. Pettis
now performs throughout the
Dan Weber, a ‘mid-life
overnight sensation,’
performs in Long Beach
U.S., and has also performed
in Europe, Russia and the
Far East. Her soulful singing
connects with her audience on
an emotional level.
Trained by Greta Matassa
and two-time winner of the
Northwest Vocalist of the
Year Award by the Earshot
Jazz Society, Pettis combines
her warm contralto with the
talents of Darin Clendenin on
piano, Clipper Anderson on
bass and Brad Boal on drums.
Pettis croons love songs as
well as fresh arrangements
of popular standards. She is
also a favorite on KMKX jazz
radio.
Tickets are $15 at the door,
or can be purchased in ad-
vance for $12 at the Raymond
Theatre, Raymond Pharmacy
and South Bend Pharmacy.
Tickets also available on Pay-
Pal at sundayafternoonlive.
org, or by calling 360-836-
4419.
The show is sponsored by
Michael & Diane O’Meagh-
er, Seaquest Motel, Pioneer
Grocery and the Raymond
STEVE KOM PHOTO
Jazz artist Gail Pettis
Pharmacy.
Give Mom a lasting
memory this Mother’s Day by
sharing the gift of music!
LONG BEACH, WASH. — Dan
Weber, a musician in the
country/folk tradition,
plays the Peninsula Arts
Center 7 p.m. Saturday,
May 12.
An ex-park ranger, We-
ber follows in the tradition
of songwriting legends,
entertaining audiences with
energetic performances and
telling hilarious true stories
from the many roads he’s
traveled.
Songs from his debut
album, “Ash and Bone,”
received accolades from
American Songwriter
Magazine and the Great
American Songwriting
Contest. The U.K.’s Mav-
erick Magazine gave the
album four stars.
A gifted storyteller and
inspired performer, Weber
won third place in the
prestigious Woody Guthrie
Songwriting Competition
and the Silver Award in the
Mid-Atlantic Song Contest
in 2013. He was a 2012
finalist in the legendary
Kerrville New Folk com-
petition as well as the 2010
Dave Carter Memorial
Songwriting Contest, along
with garnering several
other regional and national
honors.
Admission is $15 at
the door or online through
Brown Paper Tickets, or
call Bill Svendsen at 360-
901-0962. Wine, beer and
other refreshments will be
available for purchase.
Concerts benefit the
Long Beach Peninsula
Acoustic Music Founda-
tion, a nonprofit charitable
organization. The Peninsu-
la Arts Center is located at
504 Pacific Ave. N., Long
Beach, Wash.