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8 July 13, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress This weekend Scientist to speak on Beeswax Shipwreck Anthropologist and author Scott Williams will speak on the search for the Beeswax Shipwreck at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 14, in the Community Room at Seaside Public Li- brary, 1131 Broadway. The wreck and all the bees- wax and artifacts that have washed ashore on Nehalem Beach are among the most popular mysteries of the Or- egon Coast. Myshkin Warbler Singer’s subjects are struggle, fear Singer-songwriter Mysh- kin Warbler of Joshua Tree, Calif., will perform folk and jazz at 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 13, at the KALA stage, 1017 Marine Dr., Astoria. Warbler performs with cellist and partner Jenny Q. and drummer Scott Magee in a special touring music The probable source has been identified by various re- searchers as either a Chinese or Japanese junk, a Spanish galleon, a Portuguese trader or a lost English or Dutch pirate vessel. Recent investigations have determined the ship was likely the Santo Cristo de Bur- gos, a 17th-century galleon in- volved in the Manila Trade. For more information call 503-738- 6742. and storytelling performance called “Trust.Together.” Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance at lib- ertyastoria.org. She has nine solo records ranging from folk to gyp- sy-swing, punk, blues, and electronic post-rock. Doors open half an hour before the performance. For more information, call 503- 338-4878. Melodrama kicks off latest season The 34th season of “Shang- haied in Astoria” opens this week and runs through Sept. 1. Show times for the come- dy-musical-melodrama are 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays with three 2 p.m. Scott Williams Sunday matinees (July 22, Aug. 5 and Aug 19). Tickets are $20 for front- row seats. All other seats are $15 for adults and $10 for children. All Friday performances are $10. Tickets are available on the website, asocplay.com. Rescue mission has public potluck Astoria Rescue Mission’s annual potluck picnic will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 14, at Mission Christian Fellowship, 525 N.W. War- renton Dr., Warrenton. Participants should bring a potluck dish to share. There will be games, food and fun, organizers said. Church news July is Ingmar Bergman time An Ingmar Bergman film festival, sponsored by Vasa Order of America Astor Lodge and Pioneer Presby- terian Church, begins at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the church off Highway 101 at the Camp Rilea exit. The first film is “Fanny and Alexander” and participants get to enjoy cake and ice cream in honor of the famed director, who was born in Sweden on July 14, 1918. The movie won four Academy Awards in 1984. A vision of death from “The Seventh Seal.” Other movies in the series are “Wild Strawberries” on July 21. A Swedish strawber- ry dessert will be served. “The Seventh Seal” will be shown July 28 and served with Swedish cookies and sweet breads. All shows are at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 each or $20 for all three movies and can be purchased at the door. For more information, contact Pastor Dwight Cas- well at 503-883-3097.
