Photos by Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian
ABOVE: The Liberty Theatre is one of the participating AstoriUS Day venues. TOP RIGHT:
RiverSea Gallery is also participating in the event. RIGHT: More than 20 businesses will
participate in AstoriUS Day in downtown Astoria.
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Meyers expects about 24 businesses to
participate in AstoriUS Day.
Meyers wants the event to be for Astori-
ans. After over a year of being quarantined
with limited shopping options, she hopes
AstoriUS Day can remind people of what
great local businesses the downtown area has.
“With each individual promotion, the busi-
nesses really get to highlight what they’ve
been working on,” Meyers said. “There’s so
much new that people have been creating this
past year. And there’s also a solid handful of
brand new businesses.”
AstoriUS Day is free and open to the pub-
lic. It’s a retail-driven event, Meyers said, but
because downtown Astoria is home to a num-
ber of wonderful restaurants, fi nding a place
to eat should be easy.
“Getting people to take that extra second
to just see what’s down here and that we’re
as strong as ever is what this event is about,”
she said.
Who is participating
The event will take the place of the down-
town district’s annual sidewalk sale — but the
option of hosting a sidewalk sale hasn’t been
ruled out for businesses. Meyers said she
wanted to take the sidewalk sale and expand
on it to give stores more room for creativity in
how to include their products and services.
Many stores are still opting to bring their
goods outside to sell, including Weird Sisters
Freak Boutique, Purple Cow Toys and Old
Town Framing.
Some stores, such as West Coast Artisans
and The Rusty Dahlia, will be hosting make-
and-take art activities where participants can
take home a creation of their own.
RiverSea Gallery has planned demon-
strations by local artists Kate Speranza and
Dayna Collins. Speranza will be sharing a
new collection of downtown Astoria side-
walk glass jewelry from 1 to 3 p.m. Guests
can look forward to a tutorial on painting with
cold wax and oil from 3 to 5 p.m. with Col-
lins. Following the demonstrations, guitar-
ist Raymond Martin will perform from 5 to
8 p.m.
Also in the lineup is a magic show, sched-
uled for 1:30 p.m. at The Magic Shop.
Gaetano’s Market and Deli will be selling
special Italian beef sandwiches with house
made giardiniera and potato salad, and Gul-
ley’s Butcher Shop beef franks will be avail-
able for $5, accompanied by live music from
DeLores Richards, Ken Richards and their
family.
The event will also feature a sticker
designed by local artist Autumn Eve Mont-
gomery Hurd, available to pick up at all par-
ticipating stores.
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