Center
Stage
A UGUST 2017
Coin Show
SEACoast Season
Coin and stamp collectors will converge for the annual Coin and Stamp Show, which
includes collectors from throughout the Northwest region and beyond.
oins were introduced as a
method of payment around the
6th or 5th century BCE. The
invention of coins is still shrouded in
mystery:
According to Herdotous (I, 94),
coins were first minted by the Lydians,
while Aristotle claims that the first
coins were minted by Demodike of
Kyrme, the wife of King Midas of
Phrygia.
Numismatists consider that the first
coins were minted on the Greek
island of Aegina, either by the local
rulers or by king Pheidon of Argos.
At the 21st annual Coin and Stamp
Show, nearly 50 vendors from
Oregon,
Washington,
Idaho,
California and as far away as
Connecticut will be exhibiting, trading
and selling coins from around the
world. On hand will be U.S. territorial
gold coins, as well as coins from
Greece, Italy, the Middle East and
more.
C
n July 1, Season tickets for
the SEACoast Entertainment
2017-18 Coastal Concert
Series become available at the
Florence Event Center Box office,
715 Quince St.
SEACoast, a local nonprofit, has
been bringing entertainment to
Florence and the Oregon Coast
since 1980.
This season’s Coastal Concert
Series includes a diverse array of
performers to appeal to a wide audi-
ence. The season opens with Ballets
with a Twist, a New York City ballet
company performing its signature
show “Cocktail Hour” on Oct. 26.
The Black Market Trust will per-
form its repertoire of acoustical
music with influences from Frank
O
Ballet with a Twist (above) from New
York will open the 2017-18 SEAcoast
season Oct. 26 with it’s groundbreaking
performance “Cocktail Hour.”
Sinatra, the Beatles and the Beach
Boys on Nov. 15. The New Year will
see Quattrosound’s return to
Florence as the ensemble fuses clas-
sical, pop and jazz on Jan. 17.
Mandy Harvey, most recently seen
on “America’s Got Talent,” will be
on stage Feb. 21. The Newport
Symphony Orchestra performs on
March 23, with the three tenors
known as Gentri scheduled for April
19.
The season will wrap up with the
voices of the quartet Vivace on May
24.
Coins (Page 3)
SEA (Page 3)
A LSO
Gallery One (page 2)
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Wallflowers & Wine (Page 3)
Festival of Books (Page 4)
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