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Empty Bowls to raise funds for the hungry
Buy an empty, handmade ceramic bowl created by
local artists and, in the process, help someone who
may otherwise go hungry for the holidays.
That’s been the idea behind the annual Empty
Bowls event for the past 21 years. This year’s event
will offer more than 700 handmade ceramic bowls to
the public, created by many local artists, with the pur-
chase price of $10 each.
Smaller bowls will also be available at $5 each.
Each bowl will be accompanied by a coupon
redeemable for one cup of the soup of the day at a par-
ticipating restaurant during the month of December.
Participating restaurants menus and locations will
be featured at the “Soup Table” at the event for view-
ing by the public.
There will be a wide variety of eating establish-
ments participating this year so that many different
cuisines will be available to choose from.
Along with local Florence artists from throughout
the area, more than 75 Siuslaw High School students
will be involved in the production of handmade
ceramic bowls. Through the Empty Bowls event,
ceramics students are not only learning how to create
handcrafted ceramic bowls, they are also learning how
to give back to their community in a unique way.
This project has helped raise their awareness of the
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This year’s Empty Bowls fundraiser will feature more
than 700 handmade ceramic bowls
needs of others and how they might assist in meeting
those needs.
Also, for the third year, the Siuslaw High School
Culinary Class will join forces with Empty Bowls,
providing refreshments for the Artists Reception and
the Empty Bowls Fundraiser.
Under the direction of instructor Kyle Lewis, stu-
dents will be creating delicious snacks for Empty
Bowls attendees.
A silent auction is also available for attendants to
participate in.
The 21st Annual Empty Bowls officially opens to
the public Friday, Dec. 2, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and
continues Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and concludes Sunday, Dec. 4, from 12:30 to 3:30
p.m.
Every year, sponsors, local restaurants, artists,
Lane Community College, Siuslaw High School and
numerous volunteers join together to make this com-
munity event a success.
Admission is free.
All proceeds from this fundraiser make it possible
for our local food pantry to provide services to those
in need in the area. So come purchase a one-of-a-kind
piece of art that is beautiful to look at, functional and
will help the needy.
O’Keefe headlines Winter Festival CAM solo exhibit features Kipniss
FLORENCE — This year’s Winter weeks and sold a million copies. The gramo-
Music Festival at Florence Events Center phone record’s sales culminated in a gold
will bring nine bands and headliner Danny disc issued by the RIAA in June 1973.
O’Keefe, best known for
O’Keefe’s unique lyrical
his hit single “Good Time
melodies earned him a rep-
Charlie’s Got the Blues.”
utation as an important
Among the bands per-
songwriter of his genre.
forming at the two-day
With
Bob
Dylan,
music festival will be
O’Keefe co-wrote the
Cabin Fever Northwest, RJ
environmental movement
Ballard, Ian McFeron,
anthem “Well Well Well.”
Halie and the Moon, Pretty
In concert with his
Gritty, Midnight Darlins,
music and through his
Castletown, The Colin
organization, The Songbird
Trio, as well as Haley
Foundation, O’Keefe has
Johnsen, who will open for
been active in the environ-
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O’Keefe.
mental field, helping to
Danny O’Keefe
The festival will run
develop public awareness
Saturday, Jan. 14, from 10
of the effect that indiscrim-
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 15, 10 a.m. inate coffee-growing techniques have on the
to 4 p.m. O’Keefe will perform Saturday songbird population.
from 8:20 to 9:20 p.m.
O’Keefe’s songs have been covered by
In 1968, O’Keefe was a member of a numerous musicians, including Jackson
four-man heavy psychedelic rock band Browne, Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, John
named Calliope. The group recorded one Denver, Donny Hathaway, Jerry Lee Lewis,
album, “Steamed,” for Buddah Records Judy Collins, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson,
before disbanding.
Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett and Alison
O’Keefe received national aclaim for Krauss.
“Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues” in
Tickets to Winter Music Festival are now
September 1972, and reached number 9 on available by visiting the FEC box office,
the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
calling 541-997-1994 or visit www.events-
It stayed on the Billboard chart for 14 center.org.
COOS BAY — From Dec. 9 through
Feb. 4, 2017, the Coos Art Museum
will be hosting a solo exhibition by the
internationally acclaimed fine art print-
maker Robert Kipniss.
The exhibition opens with a free
reception for the public at the museum
on Friday, Dec. 9, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The exhibition which takes place in
the museum’s Perkins Gallery will fea-
ture prints in three different media, dry
point, lithography and mezzotint. The
exhibition will also include examples
of the artist’s preliminary drawings and
the copper printing plates.
Kipniss, now 85 years of age, resides
in Westchester County, New York and Art by nationally acclaimed print-
maintains a second home/studio in maker Robert Kipniss.
northwestern Connecticut.
During his long career he has had es of simple shapes, and still life.
over 50 museum exhibitions in some of Though his architectural depictions
hint at the present of human life,
the world’s major institutions.
Of the works on display, nine are Kipniss’ works are devoid of people.
from the Permanent Collection of Coos His artwork explores the effect of light
Art Museum while the drawings, print- and shadow in muted tones. Kipniss
ings plates and six other works are on said that he is trying to capture a
loan from the New York collector moment, an atmosphere, a quickly
passing experience, not just trees and
James F. White.
The subjects of Kipniss’ works houses.
Kipniss’ works are an expression of
include austere limbs of trees in
autumn and winter, spare modest hous- order and permanence.
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