DECEMBER 13, 2018 // 13
Bob Pyle reads from ‘Magdalena
Mountain’ in Skamokawa
SKAMOKAWA, WASH. —
Friends of Skamokawa wel-
comes award-winning author
Robert Michael Pyle at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 15, at River-
Life Interpretive Center-Cen-
tral School-Redmen Hall,
1394 Washington State Route
4, in Skamokawa, Wash.
Pyle will read from of
his long-awaited first novel,
“Magdalena Mountain.” Fine
wines and hor’derves will be
served during the reading and
book signing.
Pyle is the author of 23
books, including “Winter-
green,” “Where Bigfoot
Walks,” “Sky Time in Gray’s
River” and “Mariposa Road.”
His first foray into fiction
tells an exciting and fascinat-
ing story of three Magdale-
nas: Mary, a woman on an
uncertain journey, Magdalena
Mountain, shrouded in mys-
tery, and the elusive, all-black
Magdalena alpine butterfly, one
of the rarest and most beautiful
species found on the mountain.
Dining Out
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and give
at Dare
to Dance!
ASTORIA — Local Zumba
and Dance Fitness instruc-
tors are coming together
for a local nonprofit for the
fourth straight year.
Dare to Dance will be
held at the Astoria Arts
& Movements Center,
at Commercial and 10th
North Coast
and Peninsula
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streets, on Saturday, Dec. 15.
The event begins at 9 a.m.,
but try to be there a half hour
earlier to check out raffle
items and meet the dance
instructors.
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The cover of ‘I See London, I See
France…’ by Neil Hummasti.
ASTORIA — Arnie Hum-
masti will share selections
from his publishing project,
“Afraid of Goosequills: The
Wit and Wisdom of Neil
Hummasti,” at 3 p.m. Satur-
day, Dec. 15, at the Astoria
Library. Admission is free.
In 2011, Astoria resident
Neil Hummasti died from
cancer. He left behind more
than half a million words of
unpublished writing.
Arnie Hummasti, Neil’s
brother, established Svensen
Pioneer Press to publish
phase one of Neil’s writing,
which includes two 90,000
word novels — “I See
London, I See France…”
and “Forty Ways to Square
A Circle” — and a collection
of seven short stories. Phase
two will feature three works
of theology.
“I believe my brother
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of broad exposure,” Arnie
Hummasti said. “My hope is
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sure, what he was unable
to: to share his literary gifts
with a wider audience.”
For more information on
Neil Hummasti, a literary
assessment of his work and
to read his short stories, visit
neilhummasti.com.
The Astoria Library is at
450 10th St. For information
about library programs and
services, contact 503-325-
7323 or visit astorialibrary.
org.
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We dance, we laugh and
we sweat!
For questions or to reserve
a spot, contact Joy Sigler at
joysiglerzumba@gmail.com
or Adriana Caron at 503-791-
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Come to Pier Pressure’s performance if you want to be cool
ASTORIA — Pier Pressure
Productions presents another
performance of “TEN-FIF-
TEEN” at 10:15 a.m. and
8:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15,
in its continually developing
theater space at 1015 Com-
mercial St. in Astoria.
This presentation, titled
“Debut of Directors,” will
consist of readings of humor-
ous and dramatic material
selected and performed by
local directors.
Mike Alderman, Karen
Bain, Susi Brown, Sen Inca-
vo, Edward James and Sheila
Shaffer will perform the third
presentation of this series.
Come see the future home of
Astoria’s black box theater.
This is a one-day-only
event. Donations are wel-
come.