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6 // COASTWEEKEND.COM COURTESY LABOR TEMPLE BAR The Lucky Thirteens Labor Temple gets punked out PHOTOS COURTESY HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS Eric Walter, a poet and musician An evening of story, poetry and song MANZANITA — Eric Walter, a prize-winning poet, musician, teacher and traveler, presents a multimedia program at the Hoffman Center for the Arts 7 p.m. Saturday, June 2. Admission is $10. Join him as he navigates different worlds of music, language and culture in this eclectic, uplifting eve- ning of story, poetry and song. Walter will present selections from his seven books, playing music on a variety of instruments and singing songs in multiple languages. His photographs will provide the visual backdrop to this unique solo performance. Books, prints and CDs will be available for purchase. Walter has published six books, the most recent of which is “Moves Eric Walter Between Worlds.” These far-ranging collections of poetry and short prose chronicle the author’s travels in diverse land- scapes. He is working on a new collection of poems distilled from recent expe- riences in the Kingdom of Cambodia. He has performed with numerous bands and eclectic ensembles, including The Open Rang- ers, Jawbone, Switch- back and Blue Holler Boys. Walter and his son Jacob form the core of the acoustic ensemble Indalo Wind. As a solo artist, Walter has produced two albums of instrumental music (“Ruin Sky” and “Hawk’s Reply”) and created soundtracks for theater, dance, video and spo- ken-word projects. He lives with his wife, Nikki, in the Ash Creek watershed in Northwest- ern Oregon. ASTORIA — Fans of 1990s Northwest Punk will delight in the Sunday, June 3, lineup at the Labor Temple Bar in Astoria. The Lucky Thirteens, Street Hassle and Pink Tornado will perform live start- ing at 10 p.m. This show is restricted to people 21 and older. There is a $5 cover. The Portland punk scene in the 1990s and early 2000s saw some mem- orable music rise out of clubs like The Satyricon and The Ash Street Saloon. Though most of the iconic music venues in Portland have since closed or turned into condominiums, the music lives on. The Lucky Thirteens features band members Bradly Battin formerly of The Weaklings and Jedediah Aaker, formerly of Diamond Tuck. When not on stage, you can also see Aaker making regular appearances on “Portlandia.” The Lucky Thirteens have been de- scribed as “greasy” and are something of a cross between The Cramps and Dead Boys. “Their sound is fun, poppy-punk like you’d hear coming out of the jukebox in the Sandy Hut back in 2000,” Labor Temple Co-owner Terry Robinett said. Street Hassle features Private Mike Albano, a mainstay in the punk and metal scene, Paul Monotone, Jim Tay- lor and Aaker. A late addition to the bill, Pink Tor- nado, is a four-piece from Portland with Sheri Dietrich, Erik Haines and Erica Thygesen. Other events coming soon to the Labor Temple Bar: Decadent 80s (an 80s dance night); Local Comic Showcase (Thursday, June 21); Erotic City, a Prince tribute band (Saturday, June 16); Kerfuffle Burlesque (Saturday, June 23); King Ghidora, surf/tiki (Saturday, June 30); West Youssi and The County Champs, honky-tonk country (Saturday, July 7). Indie pop rocker Mirah plays the Sou’wester SEAVIEW, WASH. — Brook- lyn-based songwriter Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn performs at the Sou’wester Lodge 8 p.m. Saturday, June 2. The con- cert is a benefit show for the Sou’wester Arts program. Mirah has been creating independent pop music since the late 1990s. She has released more than a dozen solo and collaborative recordings on K Records, Kill Rock Stars and various domestic and foreign inde- pendent labels. She has performed with COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE Singer-songwriter Mirah Yov Tom Zeitlyn the Oregon Symphony, Con- temporaneous Orchestra and the Portland Cello Project, and has toured solo and with countless iterations of her own band in concert halls, music clubs and punk base- ments across North America, Japan and Europe. Mirah lived in the Pacific Northwest for 16 formative years through the ’90s and early 2000s, and she loves coming back to visit. Tickets are $15 and can be found online at Brown Paper Tickets.