KB Gallery to feature JoAnne Chartier artwork
These and other pieces of art by JoAnn Chartier will be on display at KB Gallery beginning Oct. 8
Kenneth B Gallery Art Studios (KB
Gallery), located in Old Town Florence,
will host a new exhibit by featured artist
JoAnn Chartier of Cheshire, Ore.
Chartier’s work will be on display
Saturday, Oct. 8, through Nov. 13. An
artist’s reception will be held during the
6th Annual Chowder Fest and Wine Walk
that same Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Meet the artist and enjoy light hors
d’oeuvres in celebration of this new show.
In addition to the reception Oct. 8, there
will also be an artist’s question and
answer session for those wishing to ask
Chartier about her work and creative
process on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 1 to 2
p.m.
Chartier has been featured in various
galleries throughout Oregon and
California for more than 25 years. In this
exhibit, she delivers a fresh new collec-
tion.
Chartier is known for her expressive
color techniques and this work empha-
sizes her fascination with creating paint-
ings that portray the mental/emotional
landscapes of ordinary life.
Kenneth B Gallery Art Studios is locat-
ed at 1458 First St., in Old Town
Florence.
The gallery is open by appointment,
and nearly every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
For more information, call 541-999-
5875
or
visit
www.KennethB
Gallery.com.
Creep and crawl to Scare-CROW’s haunted maze
FLORENCE — Children’s Repertory
of Oregon Workshops (CROW) is put-
ting on its second annual Scare-CROW
Haunted Maze from Friday, Oct. 28, to
Monday, Oct. 31, — but that doesn’t
mean it is just for kids.
Expect all-new scenes, creepy dolls,
zombies, light effects, spooky sounds
and things that go bump — and jump! —
in the night.
Scare-CROW Haunted Maze will be
held in CROW’s Center for the
Performing Arts, 3120 Highway 101 in
Florence. Admission is $5 per person, per
entry.
Although CROW actors as young as 9
years old are participating, Scare-CROW
will not necessarily be for everyone.
“There will be lots of startles, lots of
scares and lots of things you aren’t
expecting — things you might not have
seen in Florence before,” said Melanie
Heard, artistic director for CROW.
Each person enters the maze at their
own discretion, and guardians will have
to decide if the content is appropriate for
youth.
The maze will be indoors, but some
waiting areas are outside, where
Halloween-themed music will be play-
ing.
Actors will be in full costume all four
days of the event and staged in thematic
areas.
For more information, go to
crowkids.com.
Prepare
for the
“spooky
and the
ooky” at
Scare-CROW.
Historical novelist Janet Fisher to be featured speaker at Coos Bay Library
COOS BAY — Coos Bay Public
Library hosts Oregon writer Janet Fisher
on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m.
Fisher is the author of two historical
novels, “A Place of Her Own: The
Legacy of Oregon Pioneer Martha
Poindexter Maupin” and “The Shifting
Winds,” featuring pioneering women on
the Oregon Trail.
“A Place of Her Own” is based on the
author’s great-great-grandmother and her
journey across the frontier where she and
her family eventually settle.
The historical romance “The Shifting
Winds” takes place in Oregon in the years
leading up to statehood when the British
and Americans were both claiming land in
the new territory and the young heroine,
Jennie, is torn between two suitors, each
representing one of two conflicting
national interests.
Both books are filled with historically
accurate details and well-developed, relat-
able characters.
After earning a master’s in journalism
with honors from the University of
Oregon, Fisher taught college writing and
wrote freelance for newspapers. She also
has memberships in Pacific Northwest
Writers Association, Willamette Writers,
Women Writing the West and An
Association of Writers.
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