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Filmmaker shows series at Seaside library
SEASIDE — The Friends
of the Seaside Library
will host documentary
filmmaker Ron Walker
on Saturday, June 9,
as he presents his film
series “This Place in
Time” and “Boxcar
Days.” The event will
take place in the Com-
munity Room at 1 p.m.
“This Place in Time”
recounts through person-
al recollections, re-en-
actments and dramatic
footage the eruption of
Mount St. Helens and
the terrifying events
of that day. The film
was produced by the
Film Loft in Portland,
and Walker wrote and
orchestrated the film’s
music.
In “Boxcar Days” we
hear stories from Frank
Rose, who rode the rails
as a hobo during the
Depression. In this film,
Walker intercuts old
black-and-white footage
of steam trains as Frank
tells his tales about the
hazards and adventures
of hobo life. Original
banjo music underscores
the film.
As a bonus, Walk-
er will also screen
“Cheechako’s First
Day.” This film was
shot at the Washington
Park Zoo in 1978. It was
one of the first times
a baby polar bear had
been filmed leaving its
den after a winter of
hibernation. We get to
see the young bear begin
to learn the ways of his
new world with help
from his very attentive
mother.
Walker is a filmmak-
er, musician and artist.
He learned the craft of
filmmaking when he
worked as the resident
music composer for the
Film Loft in Portland in
the 1980s. “This Place
in Time” is shown at
the Mount St. Helens
Interpretive center.
Walker’s films are about
people, their hobbies
and passions and often
feature historical themes
centered on the North
Coast.
The Seaside Public
Library is located at
1131 Broadway St. For
more information, call
503-738-6742 or visit us
at seasidelibrary.org.
COURTESY SEASIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Ron Walker, a filmmaker, musician and artist
Memoir workshop teaches self-forgiveness, compassion
SEAVIEW, WASH. — The Sou’west-
er Lodge hosts a writing work-
shop, “Writing Through the
Cracks: Self-Forgiveness and
Compassion in Memoir Writing,”
with Gina Senarighi and Cooper
Lee Bombardier, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, June 13. The cost is
$50.
Writing about pivotal events
in our lives requires a reckoning
with our past. How do we interro-
gate ourselves to get at the truth
of our stories when the details
do not always shine a glamorous
light on us?
“Writing Through the Cracks”
COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE
Gina Senarighi, left, and Cooper Lee
Bombardier
will give you tools to get vulnera-
ble in your writing, scrutinize the
past from a place of compassion,
and help you discover the story
beneath your stories.
Join Senarighi — an educator,
coach, consultant and professional
shame slayer — and Bombardier,
a nonfiction writer and educator,
for an engaging, accessible, inten-
sive writing workshop. Writers of
all levels are welcome.
Bring a couple of pens and a
notebook or paper to write on; a
legal pad with a cardboard back
is ideal. If people like to write on
laptops, great, but we cannot guar-
antee access to outlets for every-
one in the workshop space.
Bring a sack lunch or snacks.
Hot tea and coffee will be pro-
vided. There will be a half-hour
lunch break and an optional beach
walk afterward.
This workshop is for students
14 and older; 20 students max.
RSVP at souwesterfrontdesk@
gmail.com or 360-642-2542. The
Lodge is located at 3728 J Place,
Seaview, Wash.
This class is part of the Sum-
mer 2018 Workshop Series. All
classes are open to the public and
all skill levels are welcome. Visit
souwesterlodge.com/calendar to
see the full schedule of artist-led
workshops.
Music doc ‘The
Wrecking Crew,’
director featured
at Astor Street
ASTORIA — The musical
documentary “The Wrecking
Crew” will be screened at the
Astor Street Opry Company
from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday,
June 9, during the Tenor Gui-
tar Gathering.
The Wrecking Crew was
a group of studio musicians
in Los Angeles in the 1960s
who played on hits for the
Beach Boys, Elvis, Frank
Sinatra, The Byrds, Nancy
Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan
& Dean, The Monkees, Gary
Lewis & the Playboys, The
Mamas & the Papas, Tijuana
Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny
Rivers and Phil Spector’s
Wall of Sound.
In 1996, guitarist and
Wrecking Crew member
Tommy Tedesco was diag-
nosed with terminal cancer.
Tommy’s son and filmmaker
Denny Tedesco set forth to
tell the story of his father
and the other musicians
known as The Wrecking
Crew. That was the begin-
ning of Denny’s 19-year
odyssey to share “The
Wrecking Crew” film with
the world.
Denny and Josh Reynolds,
the leader of the band The
Kingston Trio, will be at the
theater for a Q-and-A.
The pair will discuss how
they met and bonded over
their musician fathers and
musical childhoods. They
will also discuss music
camps for adults and children
— and many other aspects of
their fathers’ legacies.
Josh’s dad, Nick Reynolds
was an original member of
The Kingston Trio.
The Astor Street Opry
Company is located at 129
W. Bond St. Tickets to
the event are available at
tenorguitargathering.info/
tggevents/2018/6/9/the-
wrecking-crew-film-and-di-
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