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8 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Sandra Lill Jewelry featured in Ilwaco Art Walk ILWACO, WASH — The Columbia Pacific Heri- tage Museum will feature a special trunk show with jewelry artist Sandra Lill during the Ilwaco First Friday Art Walk, 4 to 7 p.m. July 6. Lill joins fine crafts- manship and an artistic eye to create striking neckwear from antique stone and glass beads, fiber and metals. The Art Walk Trunk Show is an exceptional opportunity to see new and unique pieces by this respected artist. Start your Art Walk in downtown Ilwaco at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 S.E. Lake St. For more information, call 360- COURTESY COLUMBIA PACIFIC HERITAGE MUSEUM Jewelry by Sandra Lill 642-3446 or visit colum- biapacificheritagemuse- um.org. ‘Love Letters’ read on Nehalem stage NEHALEM — The Riverbend Players bring A.R. Gurney’s classic play “Love Letters” to the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center in Nehalem, Friday, July 6, through Saturday, July 21. See it more than once — three different casts will bring this classic stage- read play to life with seven performances. A finalist for the Pulit- zer Prize in Drama, this American serio-comedy has been performed and loved around the world. The play tells the story of Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gard- ner, both born to wealth and position, who ex- change letters from grade school though a lifetime of experiences. “The audience will laugh out loud and be moved to tears as the stories and incredible rela- tionship unfolds,” director Mike Arseneault said. The North County Rec- reation District Performing Arts Center is located at 36155 Ninth Street. Tickets are $15 each; advance tickets are available at Tickettomato.com. For showtimes, visit riverbend- players.org. COURTESY ASTOR STREET OPRY COMPANY Get a ‘Sneake’ peek of ‘Shanghaied in Astoria’ ASTORIA — Astor Street Opry Company and KGBE, 94.9 FM The Bridge are proud to present a “Sneake Peek” of the 34th season of “Shanghaied in Astoria,” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 6 and 7, at the ASOC Playhouse, 129 W. Bond Street. Be among the first to see the 2018 version of this award-winning, origi- nal, historical, hysterical, Broadway-style musical melodrama. The 34th season opens Thursday, July 12, and runs through Saturday, Sept. 1. Tickets are available now at asocplay.com, and all Sneake Peek tickets are $10! This year’s production is directed by “Shanghaied” veteran Ashley Mundel, and features your friends and neighbors, including Matt Duncan, Dawson Yukon Shadd, Matthew Zedwick, Ashley Mundel, Roy Breur, Raul Espericueta, LaMar Blackner, Zachary San- doval, Mark Fischer, Jon Osborn, Katy Sokol, Josie Posey, Lexi Blacksten, Kristin Zedwick, Jamie Baird, Stephanie Osborn, Dorothy Frace, Madison Ferguson, Lora Posey, Bria Frech, Beth Beauparland, Kathy Matthews, Sandi Hilton, Patricia VonVin- tage, Dena Tuveng, Julien Thomas, Richard Bracke and Norm Brown. “Shanghaied” began in the mid 1980s with a bare- bones budget and a cast of fun, talented friends. It has since grown into a piece of Astoria folklore, enter- taining more than 83,000 people in its history. The story centers on the shanghaiing of our hero and his daring rescue — all in melodramatic style, with an audience encouraged to cheer, boo, sigh and throw popcorn! The Astor Street Opry Company is a nonprofit community theatre organi- zation and is currently seek- ing show sponsors. Contact us at info@astorstreetopry- company.com.
