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In ‘Henry’s Hair,’ life changes forever
MANZANITA — The doc-
umentary short “Henry’s
Hair” will screen 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 18, at Hoffman
Center For The Arts. Doors
open at 7 p.m.
“Henry’s Hair” is a
25-minute film that follows
Henry McCrea for one
calendar year beginning
with his mother’s funeral
and ending at an assembly
at his high school. You will
be present for a number of
life-altering moments as we
watch a young man transi-
tion from the innocence of
childhood to the complexity
of young adulthood.
“Henry’s Hair” provides
a glimpse into the life
experience of a young man
and his struggle to adjust to
being a motherless child.
Leaving his mother’s
funeral, Henry announces to
his dad that he wants to find
some way to fight cancer. A
short while later he reveals
to his father that he will
grow his hair out as long as
he can and donate his hair
to Locks of Love in honor
in his mom.
“Henry’s Hair” takes
place at the end of 2007
through the year 2009. The
story culminates as Henry
completes his freshman
year at an assembly where
Locks of Love shaves his
head and accepts his dona-
tion.
At the end of the
film, we meet Henry again,
this time in 2017. He is
now 23 years old. In June
2017, Henry learns that his
father has been diagnosed
with a terminal disease and
given very little time left to
live.
Henry is now a full-time
college student, but he
drops out of school in order
to care for his ailing father.
Henry’s decision allows his
father to come home from
the hospital rather than get
transferred to an adult
foster care facility. We
talk to Henry about the
intervening years since
his mom’s death and the
pending death of his
father.
Auditions afoot for youth production of ‘Sherlock Holmes’
SEASIDE — The game’s
afoot and Clatsop County
youth are being called on
to do some crime-solving
in a summer production
of “Sherlock Holmes: The
Baker Street Irregulars.”
The Clatsop Children’s
Theatre Company, in part-
nership with the Sunset
Empire Park & Recreation
District, is looking for
children 7 and older to
participate in the show.
Auditions will be held
5:30 p.m. Monday, May
21, at the Mary Blake
Playhouse in Seaside and
5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May
22, at the Bob Chisholm
Community Center in
Seaside.
Rehearsals will take
place in Seaside from June
through August, and four
performances will be held
in mid-August (location to
be determined).
In this adaptation of
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s
works about the iconic
British sleuth, Sherlock
Holmes is missing, and
the streets of London are
COURTESY KATHERINE LACAZE
awash with crime. The
Baker Street Irregulars —
a gang of street kids hired
by Sherlock himself to
help solve cases — try to
fill the detective’s shoes.
They band together not
only to prove Sherlock
isn’t dead but to find the
mayor’s missing daughter,
untangle a murder mystery
from their own past and
face the masked criminal
mastermind behind it all.
The Clatsop Children’s
Theatre Company is also
searching for teen and
adult volunteers who want
to contribute to the pro-
duction as crew members,
from stage managers to
light and sound techni-
cians.
“Sherlock Holmes: The
Baker Street Irregulars”
is adapted by Eric Coble
from the graphic novels by
Tony Lee and Dan Boult-
wood and produced by
special arrangement with
the Dramatic Publishing
Company.
Seaside’s summer pro-
duction is sponsored
by Jeremy Mills State
Farm and made possible
through a grant from the
Clatsop County Cultural
Coalition.
For more information,
contact director Katherine
Lacaze at 503-741-5668
or find the group Sherlock
in Seaside on Facebook.
Texas Tribute plays the Liberty Theater on May 19.
A tribute to ZZ Top
ASTORIA — Texas Tribute
brings to life Texas’ greatest
boogie band, ZZ Top, at
the Liberty Theatre 7:30
p.m. Saturday, May 19. The
Beards! The fuzzy guitars!
The sound! The look! This
is Texas-sized entertain-
ment!
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $25, $20 for
military, seniors and stu-
dents.
Texas Tribute has been
featured regionally, includ-
ing at the Seaside Civic
and Convention Center, the
Clatsop County Fair, and
now the Liberty.
Seating is general ad-
mission. Bring your Liberty
Cups and enjoy a beverage
in the theater. Beverages
and cups are for sale in our
Lower Lobby.
This production is pre-
sented by GC Productions
and 94.9FM The Bridge.