SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
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Festival of Books gearing up for sixth annual event Berlin Wall
If you have a favorite
Northwest author, want to find
a new one or are ready to find
a publisher for your own book,
the sixth annual Florence
Festival of Books (FFOB) is
your chance to meet and talk
with authors and publishers
firsthand.
Approximately 70 authors
from throughout the Northwest
and parts of California will be
onhand for this year’s festival
on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the
Florence Events Center, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Come chat with any of these
authors as well as see and buy
their books and have them
signed and personalized — all
with no admission charge.
This year will see about 30
new authors participating, as
well as many returning authors
with their latest books.
Because this is a book fair
for publishers as well, there
will about 10 publishers par-
ticipating, several of which are
new this year to the fesival.
If you have a book idea or a
manuscript that is either fin-
ished or in progress, this is an
opportunity to pitch it to a This year’s festival will feature about 70 authors, as well as
author Phillip Margolin.
potential publisher.
The authors and publishers
represent many genres, includ- everyone at the festival, York Times bestselling author
ing fiction, nonfiction, mem- including a great opportunity Phillip Margolin, who will also
oir, children’s books, young to shop for that perfect gift or be the keynote speaker the
adult,
western,
mystery, add to your own book collec- night before the festival on
humor, poetry and more.
tion.
Friday, Sept. 23.
There’s something for
In addition, come meet New
Margolin, a former Portland
at 7 p.m. at the FEC.
He will also have his latest
novel, “Worthy Brown’s
Daughter,” available for pur-
chase and signing.
Tickets are $8 in advance or
$10 at the door. Buy your tick-
et early; Margolin has many
fans and this event will likely
sell out.
Earlier that evening, from 3
to 4:30 p.m., there will be a
panel discussion titled: “The
Path: Idea to Book” which
will include several Northwest
authors who will share their
individual paths to publica-
tion.
Authors will include poet
Byron Dudley, romance nov-
elist Janet Wellington, nonfic-
tion author Duana Welch, fic-
tion writer and Emmy-award
winning television director
Tom Cherones and nationally
syndicated Siuslaw News
humor columnist and author
Ned Hickson.
The event is free and open
to the public, and will be held
at the FEC.
This is a very popular event,
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so come early to assure your-
New York Times bestselling self a seat.
For more information,
check the FFOB website at
criminal defense attorney and w w w. f l o r e n c e f e s t i v a l o f
author of many award-winning books.org, or to buy tickets to
and numerous New York hear Margolin, contact the
Times bestsellers, will speak Florence Events Center 541-
about his experiences and 997-1994 or www.eventcen
process as a writer, beginning ter.org.
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Art photos
at library
This year marks the 55th
year since the Berlin Wall
was built in August 1961 and
the “cold war” entered a new
dimension.
The photographs of the
Berlin Wall art taken by
Birgitt Lyon during the sum-
mer of 1991 while visiting
Berlin, are currently on dis-
play at the Siuslaw Public
Library.
The 26 photographs are of
paintings done by an interna-
tional group of artists on a
remnant of the Berlin Wall
left standing in the former
DDR (east Berlin) after the
Wall came down.
The unification of East and
West Germany had become
official 10 months earlier in
October 1990.
Several of the artists who
had lived under that commu-
nist regime freely expressed
their feelings through paint-
ings — art which had been
heavily censored in commu-
nist East Germany. Until the
wall came down, only state-
approved paintings depicting
their “happy” life were
allowed.
These paintings express
the anguish of having lived
under that oppression and
then the joy of finally having
been set free.
The exhibit will remain on
display through Sept. 30.
Class Act
to premiere
‘Sylvia’
The cat will mew and
every dog will have his day at
Class Act Theatre (CAT) as
Florence’s newest theater
company opens the second
show of its premier season
with A. R. Gurney’s
“Sylvia,” a hilarious comedy
about a marriage put on the
skids when a dog wanders
into their lives.
David Lauria will direct
and star in this both poignant
and funny look at middle age
and the mid-life crisis years.
Paula Lindekugel-Willis
will be assistant director.
“I was drawn to this play
by its wit and fast pace,” said
Lauria. “‘Sylvia’ holds up a
mirror to today’s relation-
ships.”
“Sylvia” is the story of
what happens when middle-
aged Greg finds a dog in the
park and brings her home.
His wife, Kate, is launching
her career as an English
teacher
specializing
in
Shakespeare and enjoying
their empty nest. Greg, how-
ever, is frustrated with his
current job as a financial
trader.
Then Sylvia, a street smart
mix of Labrador and Poodle,
becomes Greg’s best friend
and gives his life new pur-
pose — but she drives a
major wedge between Kate
and Greg.
Filled with lots of laughs
and thoughtful insights,
“Sylvia” is a unique and per-
ceptive look at modern love.
“Sylvia” will run Sept. 23,
24, 25, 30 and Oct. 1 and 2.
Show times are Fridays
and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and
Sundays at 2 pm.
Tickets are $18 for general
admission, $16 for seniors
and military and can be pur-
chased online at www.catpro
ductions.org.
Class Act Theatre is at 509
Kingwood St. Florence, at
the corner of Kingwood
Street and Rhododendron
Drive.
For more information, call
the theater at 541-991-3773.
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