NOVEMBER 29, 2018 // 5
IN THE COLUMBIA-PACIFIC REGION
Concert explores soul
music, black experience
CANNON BEACH — A few months
before Aretha Franklin’s death
last summer, former President
Barack Obama captured the
Queen of Soul’s eminence.
“Nobody embodies more fully
the connection between the Afri-
can-American spiritual, the blues,
R. & B., rock and roll — the way
that hardship and sorrow were
transformed into something full
of beauty and vitality and hope,”
Obama wrote.
Franklin will be central to a
free concert and program at 2
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, in Cannon
Beach, exploring soul music and
the black experience. The event
PHOTOS COURTESY TOLOVANA ARTS COLONY
LEFT: LaNicia Williams. RIGHT:
Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul.’
takes place at Tolovana Hall in
Cannon Beach, 3779 S. Hemlock
St.
LaNicia Williams — who,
like Franklin, learned to sing in
church — will perform the songs
of Franklin and other soul lumi-
naries like Marian Anderson and
Mahalia Jackson.
“I’ll also give some oral
history of each person,” Williams
said. “I’ll share how they fought
through the intolerance of their
time and how they were able to
help give life to a movement of
soul music.”
The event is made possible by
a grant from the Clatsop County
Cultural Coalition.
For more information, visit
tolovanaartscolony.org or call
541-215-4445.
Bayside Singers give holiday concerts
Bayside Singers presents
holiday concerts, titled “Choose
Something Like a Star,” 2 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Ocean
Park Lutheran Church, 24002
U St. in Ocean Park, and 2 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Chinook
Event Center behind the Chinook
School.
The group of more than 30
members will present arrange-
ments with as many as six-part
harmonies. A special treat is their
rendition of “It’s the Most Won-
derful Time of the Year.”
There will be an intermission
with light refreshments available.
Choir members have decided
Thursday, Nov. 29
Equinox
6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., As-
toria. blend of jazz traditions from originals,
joined by Shelley Loring and her flute.
David Drury
6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St.,
Astoria. His music is influenced rock, blues,
jazz, country, classical, swing and big band
style standards and show tunes.
Pretty Gritty
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid
Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash, 360-642-
2311. Pretty Gritty mixes country, rock,
blues and soul.
Friday, Nov. 30
Buzz Rogowiski
6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St.,
Astoria, on piano.
Maggie & the Katz
6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Cafe, 271 N. Hem-
lock St., Cannon Beach, OR
Cannon Beach Chorus
7 p.m., Cannon Beach Community Church,
132 E. Washington St., adults $10, youth
16 and under free. Fall season concert,
“Caroling! Caroling!”
Pretty Gritty
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid
Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash, 360-642-
2311. Pretty Gritty mixes country, rock,
blues and soul.
Simon Levene
7 p.m., WineKraft, 80 10th St., Astoria, no
cover. The usual obscure collection of
covers and originals, plus free copies of
Levene’s latest album “Once When We Were
Kings” too.
Saturday, Dec. 1
COURTESY BETTE LU KRAUSE
Bayside Singers.
to make Christmas cookies and
sweets available for sale at inter-
mission to help defray costs.
A suggested donation of $10
helps support the group’s pur-
chase of quality choral music and
other expenses for the enjoyment
of our community.
The Bridge
Morning Show
With Mark Evans
6 AM TO 12 PM
www.949thebridge.com
LaNicia Williams
2 p.m., Tolovana Hall in Cannon Beach,
3779 S. Hemlock St., free. Performing songs
of Aretha Franklin and other soul luminar-
ies.
Bayside Singers
2 p.m., Ocean Park Lutheran Church,
Spend
Afternoons
With Skye
NOON TO 6 PM
MORE MUSIC
coastweekend.com/
cw/music
240 and U streets in Ocean Park, Wash.,
suggested donation of $10. Holiday
concert: “Choose Something Like a Star.”
Cannon Beach Chorus
3 p.m., Nehalem Bay United Methodist
Church, 9693, 36050 10th St., adults $10,
youth 16 and under free. Fall season con-
cert, “Caroling! Caroling!”
Britnee Kellogg
8 p.m., Public Coast Brewing Co., 264 Third
St. Cannon Beach. No cover.
AJ Fullerton
9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive,
Long Beach, Wash, 360-642-2311. Rock,
folk, bluegrass, roots and blues.
Pretty Gritty
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid
Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash, 360-642-
2311. Pretty Gritty mixes country, rock,
blues and soul.
Rebecca Kilgore
7:30 p.m., North Coast Recreation District
Performing Arts Center, 36155 Ninth St.
in Nehalem. Swinging interpretations of
tunes from the Great American Songbook
The Horsenecks
8 p.m., The Sou’wester Lodge, 3728 J Place,
Seaview, Wash., free. The duo performs
hard-hitting and heartfelt old-time and
classic bluegrass music
Sunday, Dec. 2
Rebecca Kilgore
2 p.m., concert at 3 p.m., Harbour Village
in Ilwaco, Wash., $10. Jazz vocalist Rebecca
Kilgore and her band composed of piano,
string bass, clarinet, saxophone and trom-
bone.
Kim Angelis and friends
4 p.m., Warrenton Pioneer Presbyterian
Church, 33324 Patriot Way, donations
accepted. Joining violinist Angelis will be
soprano Bereniece Jones-Centeno and
pianist Jennifer Goodenberger.
Skadi on Piano
6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., As-
toria. Classic rock and pop songs from the
60s and 70s, original arrangements of jazz
standards and short classical works.
Nights with
Geno Romo
6 PM TO
MIDNIGHT