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Astoria Library’s outdoor summer concert
series kicks off with Brownsmead Flats
ASTORIA – The Astoria
Library’s 10th Street Stage out-
door concert series kicks off at
6 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, with the
Brownsmead Flats.
Concerts take place on the steps
of the library, 450 10th St., and
admission is free.
The Brownsmead Flats are known
for creating a fun-loving atmosphere
and music for young and old alike.
Their style – which they call
“Crabgrass” – is folk/bluegrass
with a maritime fl avor and a strong
emphasis on vocal harmonies.
The versatile quintet employs a
variety of instruments.
Dan Sutherland plays the ham-
mered dulcimer, mandolin and fi d-
dle. Ray Raihala picks banjo, guitar
and mandolin. Robert Stevens is fea-
tured on guitar and banjo, and John
Fenton on bass and mandolin. Ned
Heavenrich plays harmonica.
The series continues at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 17, with Brazilian
Astoria Library
The Brownsmead Flats.
groove group, Euphoria.
10th Street Stage is a program of
the Astoria Library, sponsored by the
Liberty Theatre, the Astoria Oregon
Public Library Foundation and the
Astor Library Friends Association.
For more information, call 503-
325-7323 or visit astorialibrary.org.
Pier Pressure Productions holds
auditions for ‘Henceforward’
ASTORIA – Pier Pres-
sure Productions is hold-
ing auditions at 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, June 13, and at
10:15 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, June 15, for its
September production of
Alan Ayckbourn’s play
“Henceforward.”
Auditions are at Pier
Pressure Productions, 1015
Commercial St., Astoria.
Rehearsals begin in August.
The play is directed by
the theater’s founder, Susi
Brown, and is part of its
Grand Opening. The show
runs Sept. 13-28.
The theater is seeking
actors and actresses to play
Jerome, a frustrated com-
poser; Corinna, his bit-
ter wife; Geain, their teen-
age daughter; Geain, age
9 (appears on video only);
Lupus, his friend (appears
on video only); NAN 300F,
an android; Zoe, an actress;
and Mervyn, a civil servant.
The play takes place in a
steel shuttered, slovenly fl at
in an area of North London
where punks rule deserted
streets. Here, Jerome, a
lonely composer, sits sur-
rounded by high tech equip-
ment. His only company is
a robot nanny. He desper-
ately wants to reclaim his
teenage daughter and enlists
an out of work actress to
implement a cunning plan
to impress his estranged
wife and a wired-for-sound
child welfare offi cer. When
things don’t work out,
Jerome has to improvise.
It’s amazing what can be
done with micro-chips and a
screwdriver.
The cast will meet on
June 19 for one reading of
the play.
For more informa-
tion, call Brown at
503-791-8914.
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