THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019 // 13
Daughter of Holocaust rescuer speaks at Astoria Library
ASTORIA — Jeannie
Smith, daughter of Polish
Holocaust rescuer Irene
Gut Opdyke, shares her
mother’s story at the Asto-
ria Library at 7 p.m. Satur-
day, June 1.
Irene Gut OpDyke
(1922-2003) received
international recognition
for actions she took while
employed by a high-rank-
ing German offi cial
during World War II. The
Israeli Holocaust Com-
mission named her one
of the Righteous among
the Nations; a title given
caust Memorial Museum.
to those who risked their
OpDyke’s only child,
lives by aiding and sav-
Jeannie Smith, is part of a
ing Jews during
new generation of
the Holocaust. She
Holocaust speak-
was presented with
ers who recount
the Israel Medal
their parents’ fi rst-
of Honor at Yad
hand experiences.
Vashem – The
She is a speaker for
World Holocaust
Oregon and Wash-
Remembrance
ington’s Holocaust
Center. The Vatican Jeannie Smith Speakers Bureaus,
honored OpDyke
the Anti-Defama-
with a special commenda-
tion League’s Bearing Wit-
tion, and her story is part
ness Program and the Jew-
of a permanent exhibit in
ish Federation of North
the United States Holo-
America.
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Evenings of fl amenco set for
Cannon Beach, Hoff man Center
Seattle-based fl amenco
dancer, Savannah Fuen-
tes brings her latest work
— “Oceans, Flamenco
en Vivo”— to the Can-
non Beach History Center
and Museum at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 5, and
the Hoffman Center for
the Arts in Manzanita at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6.
The water-themed pre-
sentation will feature
singer/percussionist Jose
Moreno and guitarist Pedro
Cortes. Both musicians are
third-generation Spanish
fl amenco artists and live in
New York City.
The all-ages shows will
be part of a 30-date tour
that begins in Bellingham,
Washington, and ends in
Southern California.
Tickets are available at
brownpapertickets.com.
General admission $22, VIP
reserved seating $34, stu-
dent $14. Tickets will also
be available at the door.
Born in Seattle to par-
ents of Puerto Rican and
Irish ancestry, Fuentes is
one of the only touring art-
ists in the Pacifi c North-
west with strong links to
fl amenco culture. She stud-
ies both baile (fl amenco
dance) and cante (fl amenco
singing) and has toured
throughout the western
states.
Cortes comes from a
family of Spanish Gypsy
guitarists and began his
studies with his father and
the esteemed fl amenco gui-
tarist Sabicas. Touring pro-
fessionally since the age of
17, he has gained interna-
tional recognition as a solo-
ist and composer. He is
artistic director of his own
fl amenco group, and also
musical director of Palo
Seco.
Born to famous fl a-
menco artists, Moreno
began his fl amenco career
as a child. He debuted at
the famous Tablao fl a-
menco Costa Vasca. He has
performed with the Boston
Flamenco Ballet, at Carne-
gie Hall and with the Met-
ropolitan Opera in New
York and the Washington
National Opera in Washing-
ton, D.C.