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8 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Tickets available for Coastal Harvest of Giving CANNON BEACH — Tickets are on sale for Clatsop Com- munity Action’s seventh annual fundraiser, Coastal Harvest of Giving, which takes place Nov. 18. The event helps fund the nonproit’s Regional Food Bank, a central clearing- house for food donations on the North Coast. The 170 tickets for the event are irst-come, irst- served and cost $150 per person. Two-thirds of the price is tax-deductible. Tickets are available until Nov. 11. Call 503-861-3663, or email mmartin@ccaser- vices.org See ‘The Famous Haydell Sisters’ at Merry Time Bar ASTORIA — Merry Time Bar & Grill will host a musical comedy performance at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23. Come early for a good seat, and watch “The Famous Haydell Sisters.” In this music and come- dy show, performers Sadie Bowman and Donna Kay Yarborough portray sis- ters Maybelle and Mattie Haydell, a pair of country music singers who shot into superstardom as young teens in 1988. Four of their albums were chart-toppers on the country music lists of the day. But their ifth album was an inexplicable artistic and com- mercial lop, which sent the sisters, formerly on top of the world, into hiding, away from the public eye since that inal cringe-worthy release in 1993. Now, 20 years later, the sisters are older, wiser, and ready to once again lift their voices in harmony on a come- back tour. Bowman and Yarborough have created two lawed yet likable characters who just want to make music. The songs in their “concert” performance are originals written with an adult theme. The songs talk about some of the issues the sisters have gone through over the past 20 years and are both hilarious and risque. Merry Time Bar & Grill is located at 995 Marine Drive. The show is for ages 21 and older only. There is no cover. Pla ying to da y’s best m usic SUBMITTED PHOTO Performers will include, from left, Brenna McDonald, Nick Hutch, Christina Lorentz, Lillie Last and Montserrat Andreys. Flamenco group performs in Seaview SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Sou’Wester Lodge will host a performance by Espa- cio Flamenco, a Portland lamenco dance studio/com- pany, Saturday, July 23. The event begins at 8 p.m. and is open to all. Espacio Flamenco aims to create a space where lamenco arts and culture can be experienced, ex- plored, learned and reined. The Portland dance studio provides instruction, perfor- mances and special events that encourage individual expression as well as collab- oration and exchange among artists. Performers will include Brenna McDonald on guitar, Randa BenAziz on vocals, Nick Hutch on Cajon, Chris- tina Lorentz on percussion and performing dance, and dancers Lillie Last and Montserrat Andreys. For more information, call 360-642-2542. The Sou’Wester lodge is located at 3728 J Place. Learn calligraphy, improve drawing skills Trail’s End Art Association holds August workshops GEARHART — August brings opportunities for art- ists of all ages to stir their creative juices at Trail’s End Art Association. Youth ages 8 to 18 will find delights and chal- lenges as they work with experienced calligrapher Rebecca Read in “Letter- ing Fun.” This exciting and practical workshop meets 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 8 to 11. Designed for all levels of handwriting and calligraphy ability, the workshop will be both fun and creative. Participants will learn how to use an edged calligraphy pen and improve handwriting. They will learn to make eye-catching signs for up- coming projects. They will also make Weathergrams, a calligraphy project that combines lettering, poetry and nature. Cost is $110 for members and $135 for SUBMITTED PHOTO Youth ages 8 to 18 can learn how to use an edged calligra- phy pen in an August work- shop at Trail’s End Art Associ- ation. non-members with materi- als provided. Read is a popular artist on the North Coast who enjoys working with youth of all ages. She studied graphic design at the Museum Art School in Portland (now Pacific Northwest College of Art) and as an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon. She is a callig- rapher and printmaker who also teaches at Clatsop Community College. “When I teach callig- SUBMITTED PHOTO Adults can improve their drawing ability in a workshop that runs Aug. 15 to 19. raphy, I have the honor of passing along this legacy to others who will make it their own and create yet another set of forms,” she says. “It’s never too early or too late to learn callig- raphy.” Meanwhile, adults who want to begin or to im- prove their drawing ability have the chance to do that with Rhonda Grudenic in “Learning to See.” From Aug. 15 to 19, beginners will meet from 10 a.m. to noon all five mornings, and intermedi- ate/advanced participants will meet each afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. Cost for beginners is $120 and for intermediate/advanced $150. Materials are pro- vided, and participants are encouraged to bring their own favorite drawing materials as well. The focus for the morn- ing group will be to ex- plore how to evaluate and simplify what one sees in order to translate the im- age to paper. Meanwhile, the afternoon group’s focus is on recognizing the quality in a subject that captures one’s attention and then translating that quality onto paper. Details and registra- tion is available online at trailsendart.org or by sending an email to trailart2010@hotmail.com. Direct questions to 503- 717-9458. Both workshops meet at Trail’s End Art Association, located at 656 A St.