Viewfinders Club reveals
New gallery lineup
announced for Second December photog winners
Saturday art tour
Everyone invited to next tour set for Jan. 9
FLORENCE — In answer to the
growing art interest in Florence,
Florence Regional Arts Alliance
(FRAA) presents the Second Saturday
Gallery Tour, which seeks to share the
benefits of the arts, artists and collabo-
ration within the community by offering
interactive opportunities to share and
celebrate the local arts.
FRAA hopes this monthly occasion
will inspire residents and help Florence
continue to be a thriving coastal art desti-
nation.
Between 3 and 5 p.m. on the second
Saturday of each month, art lovers can
enjoy appetizers, live entertainment and a
collection of local art.
The tour begins at any of the following
locations, where participants can pick up
a map of the galleries on the tour.
The next event is Saturday, Jan. 9.
Galleries on the tour include:
• Old Town area: (Bay, Maple, First
and Nopal streets) — Backstreet Gallery
Co-op, 1421 Bay St.; Florence Regional
Art Alliance (FRAA), 120 Maple St.;
Hideaway Gallery, 1224 Bay St.;
Kenneth B Gallery, 1458 First St.; Old
Town Coffee and Gallery, 125 Nopal St.;
Old Town Barber Shop, 1341 Bay St.;
Resto-Arts, 1225 Bay St.; and River
Gallery, 1335 Bay St.
• Highway 101 area: BeauxArts Fine
Art Materials and Gallery, 2285 Highway
101; Florence Events Center (FEC), 715
Quince St.; Gallery Above the Silver
Lining Boutique, 2217 Highway 101; and
Siuslaw Public Library, 1460 Ninth St.
For more information, go online to
www.2ndSaturdayGalleryTour.com.
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Winning photos by Viewfinders
Camera Club members (clockwise
from above left) Ed Wilent, Betty
Romero and Stephanie Ames
FLORENCE — The theme for the
December meeting of the Viewfinders
Camera Club was “All Indoors.”
Ed Wilent took first place with a photo-
graph of a lily. It was partly in color, part-
ly in black and white and partly in outline.
Second place went to Betty Romero for
her stunning picture of the interior of a
church.
Stephanie Ames took third with a black
and white depiction of a doorway and
stairs that was both beautiful and thought
provoking.
Next month’s meeting will be on
Monday, Jan. 4, at 6 p.m. The theme is
“Unusual Shapes.”
Jazz Kings to present swing-era
performance Jan. 30
FLORENCE — For the second install-
ment of its swing-era classics, the Jazz
Kings will examine the great songs of
1939 through 1942.
Audiences will hear more music from
Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Duke
Ellington and the Andrews Sisters, as well
as great songs from Glenn Miller, Harry
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James, Artie Shaw, Vera Lynn, Helen
Forrest and Bing Crosby.
Expect to hear classics like “Brazil,” “I
Don’t Want to Walk Without You,”
“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree,” “Jersey
Bounce,” “A String of Pearls,” “Beat Me
Daddy Eight To The Bar,” “Ko Ko,” “The
Breeze and I,” “In the Mood,” “Frenesi,”
“We’ll Meet Again,” “Hold Tight, Hold
Tight,” “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “You
Made Me Love You.”
The Jazz Kings will perform Saturday,
Jan. 30, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at
the Florence Events Center box office,
715 Quince St.; by phone at 541-997-
1994; or online at www.eventcenter.org.
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