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Stage and TV actress
presents ‘Story Time
for Grown-Ups’
MANZANITA — Local
award-winning actor Liz
Cole returns to the Hoffman
Center for the Arts for the
latest in her “Story Time for
Grown-Ups” presentations
7 p.m. Wednesday, April 17.
“Marriage and Other
Lapses of Judgment” will
include stories and poems
about life’s most complex
rite of passage using mate-
rial both thoughtful and
humorous. Cole said the
program “reminds us of
how silly, awkward and
beautiful marriage can be.”
Admission will be a sug-
gested donation of $10, and
all proceeds will go to sup-
port Hoffman Center pro-
grams. The doors open at
6:30 p.m. Refreshments will
be served.
Cole has had a long act-
ing career on the profes-
sional stage, and has also
made TV guest-star appear-
LIGHTBOX INTRODUCES
GALLERY’S FIRST ‘PNW 40 EXHIBIT’
Kevin Clark
Actress Liz Cole.
ances on “Seinfeld,” “ER,”
“Star Trek,” “The Prac-
tice,” “Judging Amy,” “Las
Vegas” and many oth-
ers. She originated the
leading role in Margaret
Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning drama “Wit” in 1995,
for which she received the
L.A. Drama Critics’ Cir-
cle Award for Outstanding
Performance.
Author Debra Gwartney discusses memoir at Beach Books
SEASIDE — Beach
Books hosts author Debra
Gwartney for Lunch in the
Loft at noon Thursday, April
18.
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Gwartney will discuss
her new memoir, “I Am
a Stranger Here Myself,”
which tells of her childhood
as a lonely girl growing up
in rural Idaho. She inter-
weaves her story with that
of Narcissa Whitman, the
fi rst Caucasian woman to
cross the Rocky Mountains
and one of 14 people killed
at the Whitman Mission in
1847 by a band of Cayuse.
Gwartney grows up with
a deep connection to her
home’s landscape, but not to
its culture. She never cared
much for guns, horses or
whiskey, and her memoir
explores what it means to be
a woman of the West.
A recipient of the River
Teeth Literary Nonfi ction
Prize, Gwartney lives in
Western Oregon with her
husband, Barry Lopez, who
also just released a new
work, “Horizon.”
The cost is $25, which
includes a catered lunch and
a copy of “I Am a Stranger
Here Myself.” Anyone inter-
ested in attending is asked
to RSVP. Beach Books is at
616 Broadway St. and can
be reached at 503-738-3500.
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Photographic Gallery rec-
ognizes the Northwest pho-
tographic community in the
“PNW 40 Exhibit.” This
group exhibit opens with
an artists’ reception during
the Second Saturday Asto-
ria Art Walk, 5 to 8 p.m.
April 13.
The show combines
work from emerging pho-
tographers with that of
established and known
photographers from the
region. One image each
from 40 photographers has
been chosen.
For the fi rst “PNW 40,”
LightBox is pleased to
have as juror Terry Novak,
LightBox Photographic Gallery
Mike Hipple’s photo of Krist
Novaselic.
the new executive direc-
tor at Photographic Center
Haynes reads at Cannon Beach Library
CANNON BEACH
— Portland author Dana
Haynes will read from his
latest book at the Cannon
Beach Library for the next
Northwest Authors Series
event, 2 p.m. Saturday,
April 13.
Haynes’ “St. Nicho-
las Salvage and Wrecking”
was published in March.
Be among the fi rst to hear a
sample of the heart-pound-
ing thriller about two
bounty hunters search-
ing across Europe for the
world’s most wanted.
Haynes’ fi rst thriller,
“Crashers,” won the Spot-
ted Owl Award in 2011
from Friends of Mystery as
best mystery or thriller writ-
ten by a Northwest author.
That book was followed by
the technothriller “Breaking
Point” and the explosive
“Gun Metal Heart.”
Haynes lives in Port-
land and enjoyed a 20-year
journalism career as an edi-
tor, columnist and reporter
for several Oregon news-
papers. He recently served
as communications director
for former Portland Mayor
Charlie Hales. He is also
the author of another series
under the pen name Conrad
Haynes.
The event is free and
open to all. The library is at
131 N. Hemlock St.
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Also opening on this
night is the “LightBox Files
Exhibit,” which honors the
complete photographer by
recognizing those that pur-
sue the art of fi ne printing.
Four photographers will
be featured with a series of
prints on the walls and a
collection in the drawers.
The work will be featured
in the viewing drawers for
the 2019 calendar year.
Both exhibits will be
on display in the gallery
through Saturday, June 1.
Complete show info is at
lightbox-photographic.
com/shows/. LightBox is at
1045 Marine Drive.
Visit website for more pricing info,
shuttle routes, list of vendors,
volunteer sign-up and more.