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The Columbia Press 8 September 24, 2021 Events ‘Blur’ a mix of dance and paint “Blur,” a collaborative per- formance between abstract artists Kirista Trask and Sparrow Dance Company Di- rector Julia Gingerich, will be performed at 2 p.m. Sat- urday, Oct. 2, at the Garden of Surging Waves, corner of 11th and Duane streets in downtown Astoria. The free family-friendly event is an improvised jour- ney of dancer and painter interacting with music and canvas. In case of bad weather, the performance will be held at Cambium Gallery, 1030 Duane St. Gallery welcomes Could you be all things extinct ‘baroque’ at Xmas? An exhibit of extinct and endangered species is on dis- play through Oct. 23 at Asto- ria Art Loft, 106 Third St. Included works are John Frame’s Scrappyy, a veloci- raptor made of a car body; Rhonda Gewin’s Caddie, a cadborosaurus; and La Bella Bat, a long-eared bat. All were part of the Art Loft’s Extinct & Endangered Fauna & Flora contest. The exhibit is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Ten Fifteen Productions is holding auditions for the holiday show, “Baroque for Christmas.” Auditions will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the Ten Fifteen The- ater, 1015 Commercial St. To schedule an audition, email Director Susi Brown at qto- cue@yahoo.com. “Baroque for Christmas” is a variety show of music, movement and theater. Those who audition should prepare a one- to two-min- ute song, dance, monologue, or two-person scene. Par- ticipants will be given 10 to 15 minutes to present their prepared pieces and be inter- viewed by the director. Anything in the Baroque style (Bach, Handel, Verdi or playwrights Moliere, Racine and Corneille) is preferred. Pregnancy clinic banquet is Oct. 2 Coast Pregnancy Clinic will hold its annual banquet and silent auction on Saturday, Oct. 2, at Astoria Golf and Country Club, 33445 Sunset Beach Lane, Warrenton. Guest speaker is Mike Slat- er, a conservative talk show host who was named by Talk- ers Magazine as one of the top five “Young Guns of Talk Radio.” The silent auction begins at 4:30 p.m. and is followed by the dinner and program. The event is the clinic’s main Slater fundraiser each year. Tickets are $35 and avail- able at brushfire.com.