Be Exceptional

You are cordially invited to a reception for the artists

“Exceptional Collage”

an exhibition of ten local artists’ experimental art work

at Black Market Gourmet, 495 Central Ave, Coos Bay

541 269-0194

Sunday, November 4^th from 2-4 p.m. (daylight savings time ends that day)

Robin O'Neill will be playing harp at the reception;

Food hosted by Black Market Gourmet

Exhibition runs November 1 through December 31, 2018

Exhibiting artists include: Molly Dufort, Deborah Fisher, Susan Gifford, Judith Ginsburg, Janice Horne, Susan Lehman, Joan Madden, Ava Richey, Sandy Schroeder, and Jean Stephenson.

Fall and Winter Calendar

Don't be a mushroom. Get out and go to the South Slough and find out is you are good enough to eat or just poisonous And other great stuff, too!.


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Calling Becky Nankivell

Folk Society Contra Dance November 3, New Dancers Welcome

On Saturday evening, November 3, the South Coast Folk Society will host a public Contra Dance in Coos Bay.  All are welcome to this special event which features live music by the popular Daytimers Band, and great calling by Becky Nankivell of Central Point. The Contra Dance will be held at the Coos Bay Senior Center Dance Hall, located at 4^th and Ingersoll, from 7-10PM. Contra dancing is a light-hearted form of social dancing that is easy to learn and fun for all ages.  Singles, couples and families can all enjoy this exciting new form of dance.  New dancers are always welcome.  No experience or partner necessary.  Wear comfortable clothing as contra dancing is quite aerobic and great exercise.

                               

The Folk Society is pleased to welcome back The Daytimers, an exciting local band, to play dance music for three hours, from 7-10PM.  The Daytimers play a lively mix of Celtic, old timey, and modern contra tunes.  Seven local musicians combined their talents to form this vibrant band.  These musicians are Don Berg on guitar, Jennifer Sordyl, Hege Bakken and Alayne Olmsted on fiddles, Karen Olsen on concertina, Davy Sweetman on penny whistle and bodhran, and Dave Williams on mandolin.  Come swing your partner to their wonderful tunes.

The Folk Society has arranged for a skilled guest caller from Central Point, Becky Nankivell, to guide dancers throughout the evening.  She will teach all the steps and patterns you need to know.  Becky Nankivell is a longtime lover of traditional music and dance, and has been a singer, player, dancer, caller, teacher, and organizer.  She has been calling contra dances on the west coast since 1991.  Becky will make beginners feel right at home while keeping it fun for the veteran dancers. There will be a lesson at 7PM, and first-timers who show up for this lesson will receive a ticket for free admission to their next dance.  Wear your dancing shoes, casual clothes, and a big smile.

This event is alcohol and fragrance free.  Refreshments are available.  Doors open at 6:45PM.  Admission: General=$7; Seniors 60+=$6; Members=$5; Students are always free, and Supervised Children under 6 are also free. For more information call 541-404-8267 or visit www.southcoastfolksociety.com.

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Mr. Pinkie in the Sinkie

Save the Date! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15th from 5-7 pm.

Andrea Gatov’s long awaited book about her beloved cat PINKIE, illustrated by Victoria Tierney and produced by Heidi Connolly is finally here. There will be a publication party at Oregon Bay Properties/ Oregon Community Gallery BANDON OFFICE.  The books will be available for sale and the original watercolor illustrations  will be for sale as well. AND, in honor of the BOOK  publication, one of our favorite bands, The LIBRARIANS,(Corrie Gant, Julie Hawthorne, and Crystal Landucci,)have agreed to re-assemble to perform Rossini’s fabulous CAT CANTATA. Plus more baroque music with Heidi on flute and Crystal Landucci playing the Yussim’s wonderful piano one last time before it heads back to California.

Kef Dance Band Gets Folksy

From: South Coast Folk Society

Subject: World Music Concert and Dance!

When: Saturday Evening, October 27, 2018

Time: 7:00PM to 10:00PM

Where: Harding Learning Center, 755 S. 7th, Coos Bay, OR

Featuring: Music by THE KEF DANCE BAND from EUGENE

Afternoon Dance Workshop with STACY ROSE  of  North Bend

World Music Concert and Dance Coming to Coos Bay October 27

The World Music Concert and Dance is coming to Coos Bay on Saturday evening, October 27, from 7-10PM.  Great music and festive social dancing are on tap at this popular annual event.  The South Coast Folk Society is pleased to announce that the Kef Dance Band from Eugene will be making a special appearance in Coos Bay at the Harding Learning Center multi-purpose room located at 755 S. 7^th in Coos Bay.  Kef is a premier dance band that has received praise at venues throughout the Pacific Northwest for the quality of their music and the authenticity of their sound. This is an international dance festival, open to the public, with a dance workshop in the afternoon taught by Stacy Rose from 3-5:30, and a dance party in the evening with Kef playing music from 7-10.

The five musicians in the Kef Dance Band have honed their talent over the past twelve years playing for audiences from Seattle to San Francisco.  The band features Cody Simmons on trumpet, Nisha Calkins-Godfrey on cello, Alex Lowe on trumpet, Sharon Rogers on accordion, tambura, and vocals, and Ken Sokolov on percussion.  Their music is infused with energy and grace.  Its distinctive sound is delightful.  Kef plays a wonderful variety of dance music from around the world.  From Balkan village folk melodies to lively Israeli horas, all their music is a joy to hear and a pleasure to dance to. 

Stacy Rose is a skilled professional dance instructor who has been lovingly teaching dances from around the world for over ten years. Her workshop on Saturday afternoon at the Harding Learning Center will introduce dancers to the beauty of Balkan village dances.  It runs from 3PM to 5:30PM and is open to the public.  No prior experience is necessary.  Stacy will teach all the steps and patterns required to enhance everyone’s enjoyment of the evening dance party.

Thanks to the support of local business sponsors, the cost for the evening dance party is just $10, and the afternoon dance workshop is just $5.  A full day pass including the workshop and party is just $12.  Students are free at both.  These events are alcohol and fragrance free.  Refreshments are available.  Doors open at 2:45 and 6:45 respectively.  For more information call 541-404-8267.

The festival is made possible with the generous support of the following local businesses:  Farr’s Hardware, Umpqua Bank, Coquille Tribe, Coastal Spas, Stockpot Restaurant, Coos Bay Toyota, and Natural Grocers.      

The South Coast Folk Society is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, study, teaching, enjoyment, and continuing evolution of traditional and historical dance, music, and song.

Tangled web for Weavers

Title: “Fanciful Flowers, a Zentangle Class” with Rosie Hill (CZT)

What: art class

Date(s): Saturday, October 27, 2018

Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm

Age Range: teens and adults

Skill Level: all skill levels welcome

Where: Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson, Coos Bay, OR

Fee: $30 CAM members/ $35 non-members

Materials Included? some

Registration Ends: October 27, 2018

For more info: call (541) 267-3901 or email arted@coosart.org

IN MORE DETAIL

Join Certified Zentangle® Teacher Rosie Hill at Coos Art Museum on Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm for “Fanciful Flowers, A Zentangle Class” Learn some new tangles and tangle variations that work together to make fun and fanciful flowers. We will color the flowers with Prismacolor colored pencils and then learn a technique that soften and blends the colors to give them the look of watercolor.

Participants are to bring Micron 01. All other materials are included in class fee.  Zentangle books and other supplementary materials will be available for purchase. 

Teens and adults of all skill levels are welcome. Class size is limited to 12 participants. Class Fee: $30 CAM members / $35 non-members. Registration ends October 27, 2018. For registration go to www.coosart.org or visit Coos Art Museum at 235 Anderson in Downtown Coos Bay.

Classy Choices

 Art by the Sea

Class Schedule:  October - December 2018

145 Fillmore Ave.  S. E.

Old Town, Bandon

541-347-5355

 

 

October: 

Tues.  Oct. 3 – “Junque” Journal  with Deborah Fisher  12:30-4:00  $52
This is a fun and easy journal for anyone to make.  It is an accordian journal with 3 signatures, filled with things students bring to class.  Deborah will bring all the essentials for making the journal.  Students bring 18 assorted papers, old unfinished or discarded pieces of art, postcards, music pages, old calendar art, watercolors, text or any sturdy papers that will provide interesting surfaces for a journal.  Deborah will have extras that can be used.  Maximum of 6 students.

Wed.  Oct. 10 – Oil & Cold Wax with Ava Richey  10-4:00 $40
All materials included.  Maximum of 3 students.

Thurs.  Oct. 11 – Pastel:  Watercolor Underpainting with Pastel on Top with Jean Stephenson  11-3:30  There will be a short break in the middle.  $35  All materials provided, but students may bring a photo to use as a reference, if they so choose.

**Mon.  Oct. 15 – Doodle Design with Sharon Guinn  11-1:00  $25
Zentangle is a fun art form that takes line and shapes to make abstract form.  Students will use these qualities of line and shape to design a piece of art that will have the student’s artistic fingerprint throughout.  Students, start looking through magazines for the shapes and art forms that inspire you…maybe something for the holidays.  Start a file for ideas for the workshop.  It is fun and will exercise your creative skills, as you draw and doodle through your project.  Materials to bring to class:  1) Bristol board paper or watercolor paper ¼ sheet.  2)  Black ink micro pen. Fine line .50 or smaller  3)  Waterproof ink   4)  #2 Pencil.  Good soft gum eraser  5)  Ruler  6)  Colored pencil…to add color if desired.  7)  Paper Smudger for shadowing work.

Sat.  Oct. 20 – Digital Image Editing with Anthony Trilli  12-3:00  $40  Maximum of 5 students.
Students need to bring their own laptop computer.  The computer program GIMP needs to be installed on each student’s computer before the day of the class.  Anthony Trilli will help you install this program.  

Tues. Oct. 23 – Watercolor, Pen, & Ink Sketchbook Project – Composition & Painting Value  with Kathleen Morey Bailey & Robin Hanna  11:30-3:30  $35 

Winner, Winner Writer's Winners

For those few who did not attend the Oregon Writer's Day Event at the Coos History Museum, here is a link to the winner's submissions and rankings. You will note the ole Trawler himself was among the honorees, ah hem and the sprouts from the school division did some excellent work. Give a read and if you like them, please tell Amy Pollicino the brains behind the beauty of literature.
You can send praise and laudatory emails to

education@cooshistory.org

And once you have seen how amazing, wonderful and incredible these writers are be ashamed, be very ashamed that you did not attend. Fix it. Read and praise it's the right thing to do.

https://cooshistory.org/oregon-writers-day-winners-announced/licino

Big Doings

Don't miss the fabulous, stupendous, nifty, neat and cool events at the Coos History museum this week.

There's the opening of Vet Ink a celebrating of our veterans and their unique way of commerating their service in a most permanent way.

And of course my favorite, Oregon Writer's Day featuring workshops directed by successful writers to boost your own literary efforts. And then, (insert drum roll, heavy organ music) readings by the winners of the Coos History Museum's writing contest. including, aw shucks, dig toe in dirt, shuffle, downcast eyes, the Ole Trawler himself.


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All the news that's fit to print

Don't miss out on the Coos History Museum's October events.

There's Vet Ink a vivid display of the trials and trauma of  living away from home in conditions next to desperate and under fire or stranded in isolated outposts with nothing but ink and iguanas for comfort.

And what about Oregon Writer's Day (Insert shameless plug) with workshops and readings by Oregon writers, like, ahem, shuffle, drag toe in dirt aw shucks, the Ole Trawler himself.
But don't take my word for it, go see for yourself. Use the handy link provide just below and read all about it

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Everybody Dies

So It Goes Coffeehouse presents an original stage adaptation of horror cult camp sensation MURDER PARTY by the Lab of Madness.

EVERYBODY DIES 

It's Halloween night in Brooklyn. Chris, a lonesome and unremarkable fellow, finds a mysterious invitation on the street and follows it to what he thinks will be a fun costume party. It turns out to be a lethal trap set by a gang of deranged hipster artists who plan to lure someone to their remote warehouse base and ritually murder them as part of an extreme artistic event to impress their wealthy and sinister guru/patron. As the booze-and-drug-fueled night wears on, rivalries within the group flare and chainsaws rage...

MURDER PARTY is for audience members 18 years of age and over and features Amanda McNulty, Michael Pedder, Joe Allen, Dylon Bessey, Taylor Marchant, Maxwell Freeman, Marissa Marchant, and Nothus Rex as Chris the Brown Knight. Directed by John Beane and Daneal Doerr.

Performances are October 19-31, Fri/Sat/Sun at 8pm with two special performances at 7pm & 11pm on Halloween. Tickets are $15 and are available at the shop or online at soitgoescoffee.com. Performances take place at So It Goes Coffeehouse, 190 Central Ave, Coos Bay, Oregon.

MURDER PARTY won the 2007 Slamdance festival and was the first film from Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair (Green Room, Blue Ruin). So It Goes Coffeehouse previously presented PULP SHAKESPEARE and DASH RIPROCK AND THE TENTACLES OF DOOM.

For more information contact John Beane here or at 541-290-9726.  

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John Beane

So It Goes Coffeehouse  

541.808.9333 www.soitgoescoffee.com     

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