THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 // 17
Astoria author Marianne Monson reads in Cannon Beach Biz Kidz tour Astoria
CANNON BEACH —
Astoria author Marianne
Monson will read from and
discuss her most recent
book, “Women of the Blue
& Gray: True Civil War
Stories of Mothers, Med-
ics, Soldiers, and Spies.”
This is the next event in the
Northwest Authors Series,
sponsored by Cannon
Beach Library at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 9.
“Women of the Blue
and Gray” is a collection
of short biographies and
sketches of the women who
have populated the back-
ground and footnotes of
American Civil War his-
tory. These women, of
diverse social status and
race, made contribu-
tions during the Civil War
as fi eld medics, doctors,
slaves, disguised soldiers
and, of course, mothers
and wives. Monson care-
fully researched each of
these women and brought
fresh relevance to their sto-
ries of endurance and hard-
ship during
a diffi cult
period in
our nation’s
history.
Mon-
son teaches
at Clatsop
Community
College and
founded the Writer’s Guild
in Astoria.
The event is free and
open to everyone. The
library is at 131 N. Hem-
lock St.
Studio Collective
Megan Wilcken
Astoria author
Monson.
Marianne
Workshops, readings with big-time poets
MANZANITA — The
Manzanita Writers’ Series
will host a weekend of
poetry workshops and read-
ings Friday through Sunday,
March 15 through 17, fea-
turing award-winning poets
Andrea Hollander and John
Brehm.
The Manzanita Poetry
Fest 2019 kicks off at the
Hoffman Center for the
Arts at 7 p.m. Friday eve-
ning, with a welcome recep-
tion for registered partici-
pants. Workshops will be
held 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday giving
participants the opportunity
to work with both teachers.
Hollander is the author
of fi ve full-length poetry
collections and the recip-
ient of numerous awards,
Kim Staff ord
Andrea
Hollander
including two Pushcart
Prizes, two fellowships
from the National Endow-
ment for the Arts, an Ore-
gon Literary Fellowship and
many others. Her collection
“Landscape with Female
Figure: New & Selected
Poems, 1982 – 2012” was a
fi nalist for the 2014 Oregon
Book Award.
Brehm is the author of
“Sea of Faith” and “Help Is
on the Way.” He is the asso-
John Brehm
ciate edi-
tor for The
OxfordBook
of American
Poetry and
the editor of
“The Poetry
of Imper-
manence,
Mindfulness
and Joy.”
From 7 to 9 p.m. on Sat-
urday, Hollander and Brehm
will give a short reading at
the Hoffman Center for the
Arts, followed by a sale of
their books and a PoetryFest
participant open mic.
Registration for the Hol-
lander and Brehm work-
shops is open, but may be
closed by this publication
date. Tuition is $165. Regis-
tration is limited to the fi rst
20 people who register.
Oregon Poet Laureate
Kim Stafford will be lead-
ing a free workshop at the
library on Saturday, March
16. The free workshop is
full; however, you can get
on a waiting list by email-
ing info@hoffmanarts.org.
In addition, the Library is
sponsoring Kim Stafford’s
poetry reading at the Hoff-
man Center at 4:30 p.m.
Registration for the free
Stafford workshop at the
North Tillamook Library is
limited to 24 people. Reg-
istrants for the paid work-
shops must also register
separately for the Stafford
workshop.
For more information,
visit https://hoffmanarts.org/
events/poetryfest/
Have the good taste to attend ‘A Sweet Aff aire’
SEASIDE — The twelfth
annual “A Sweet Affaire”
will be held 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 10, at the
Seaside Civic & Convention
Center. The event features
wine, beer other non-alco-
holic beverage tastings, sig-
nature small-bite appetizers
provided by local restau-
rants, fi ne chocolates and
desserts, live music, and raf-
fl e and auction items.
The event is one of the
year’s major fundraisers for
the Sunset Empire Parks
& Recreation and Seaside
Rotary Foundations.
Local chefs, restaura-
teurs, vintners and brew-
ers who have prepared and
donated the afternoon’s
appetizers, desserts and bev-
erages will be on hand. Pia-
nist Lynn Archibald will pro-
vide music.
The silent and live auc-
tions include gift certifi cates
from several local restau-
rants, spas and hotels, gift
baskets, movie passes, U of
O football tickets, a private
laser tag party, salmon fi sh-
ing trip and “An Opportu-
nity Drawing” featuring a
fabulous getaway for three
nights at the Petite Auberge
Hotel in San Francisco. The
getaway includes a room
with a fi replace, breakfast
each morning and wine and
hors d’oeuvres each eve-
ning. Also, a $100 gift certif-
icate for dinner at Alioto’s at
Fisherman’s Wharf and $150
extra fun money — a $1,200
value.
Tickets for this adult
event are $35 and may be
purchased at the Sunset Pool,
the Bob Chisholm Commu-
nity Center or from a Seaside
Rotary Club member.
For questions, contact
the event co-chairs: Ashley
Flukinger at 503-738-6380
ashleyfl ukinger@gmail.
com, or Skyler Archibald at
503-738-3311 ext. 103 sar-
chibald@sunsetempire.com.
ASTORIA – Asto-
ria Sunday Market invites
young people in kinder-
garten through 12th grade
to tour the Astoria Studio
Collective on Saturday,
March 16.
Reservations are
required, but the event is
free and includes a sack
lunch. Biz Kidz will visit
Astoria Studio Collective
to meet artists and mak-
ers and enjoy a hands-on
activity. Afterward the
group will gather in the
upstairs conference room
to talk about creating a
product to sell at the mark
as a Biz Kid for the 2019
season.
To RSVP, email Asto-
riaSundayMarket@gmail.
com by Tuesday, March
12. For questions, call
503-325-1010. Other tips
and tools are now provided
online at AstoriaSunday-
Market. Visit the Biz Kidz
tab at the top of the page.
What is treasure? What is worth?
SEAVIEW, Wash. —
“Treasure From,” an art
exhibit by Jillian Barthold,
opens Friday, March 8,
and runs through Sunday,
June 2, in the Sou’wester
Lodge’s vintage travel
trailer-turned-gallery.
The opening reception
takes place 6 to 9 p.m. Fri-
day, March 8. The event is
free and open to the public.
The exhibit explores
Barthold’s relationship to
the objects surrounding
her and their worth while
removing the word “worth”
from the context of mon-
etary value. The series
examines what constitutes
treasure to an individual
and fi nds that perhaps, most
often, treasure is less about
the object itself and more
about where it comes from.
Barthold is an illustrator,
designer and maker living
in Portland.
The lodge is at 3728 J
Place, Seaview.