See them spin Saturday
The No Lazy Kates will spin fibers 1 p.m. Saturday at The Wool Company, 990 Highway 101, Bandon. The public is invited. Info: 541-347-3115.
Gold Beach fry helps firefighters
The Cedar Valley-North Bank RFPD will hold its 28th annual fish fry Saturday in the Docia Sweet Hall at the Event Center on the Beach, 29292 Ellensburg Ave. (Highway 101), in Gold Beach. The fish fry is the major fundraiser for the all-volunteer fire protection district. The funds will help provide safety equipment for the firefighters. The all-you-can-eat event will include batter-fried fish (regular or Cajun style), baked beans, cole slaw, garlic bread and a beverage. Cost is $12 for adults and $4 for 12 and under. Homemade desserts will be available for purchase.
Langlois book sale Saturday
The Langlois Library Friends book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Langlois Lions hall on Floras Lake Loop road, just west of U.S. Highway 101 in Langlois.
There will be a huge selection of well-organized books in a well-lit room with many of the library friends to assist customers, according to organizers. Plus, every child who attends will receive a free book.
The Langlois Lions Club will be selling refreshments. Books are $3 a bag after 3 p.m. For more information call 541-348-2066.
'Snow White' opens Saturday
A cast of mostly little people will present 'Snow White and the Several Dwarfs" Feb. 18, 19, 25 and 26 at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. S.W. in Bandon City Park. The show features 14 children, 11 of them younger than 10, and four adults.
The production, based on the Walt Disney movie and the book by Jim Razzi and adapted by Dann Barr, is being sponsored by the Western Academy of Theater and Television for Children and the Handicapped. WATTCH, a nonprofit, provides training and experience in the performing arts for all members, regardless of age, income, ability, color or religion by presenting quality productions for the greater community.
According to Don Van Dyke, WATTCH founder, the company began out of a desire to diminish discrimination toward disabled actors and as a method of introducing performing arts to young theater-goers.
The last production on the Bandon stage presented by WATTCH was 'A Christmas Carol" in December.
'Snow White and the Several Dwarfs" was so named because, as Van Dyke puts it, 'I say 'several' because I never know how many I'll have. I can't say no to anyone under 10, so I include them all for a positive theater experience."
The story includes narrator Aunt Theresa (Kathy Coombe), the wicked queen (Denise Ehrendreich), the king (Dan Barnett), the innocent Snow White (Aria Giovannetti), a handsome prince (Dustin Wilson), the apple peddler (Gwen Stadelman), a huntsman (Gareth Williams), the magic mirror (Rose Larosa), and 'several" dwarfs, including Bashful (Ella Stokes), Bossy (Donovan Moore), Doc (Melanie Bayati), Dopey (Sialafua Polamalu), Dusty (Aunna Moon Treetop), Echo (Kenadde Hermansen), Grumpy (Jack Sorenson), Itchy (Treyton Stokes), Silly (Cameron Watkins), Sleepy (Ta'eleese Polamalu), and Sneezy (Naomi Martin).
Saturday shows are at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $2 for seniors and children and are available at Bandon True Value Hardware, Bandon Mercantile, Billy Smoothboar's and at the door.
For more information about WATTCH, contact Van Dyke at 541-329-0101.
Author night at library
Cleone L. Reed will talk about her book, 'The Sacred Art of Clowning... and Life!" at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, at the Bandon Library's Sprague Community Room, 1204 11th St. S.W. in City Park.
Reed was a mental health counselor when she became a clown in 1994. So far, 166 people have been a clown for at least a day in response to her work. Reed has six clown characters, each representing a different stage of her life. She describes her clown journey as a vehicle to transform her life.
This presentation is part of the Bandon Library Friends and Foundation's Author Night series. There is no cost to attend, and refreshments will be served.
Wall of Opportunity at gallery
Second Street Gallery presents its annual Wall of Opportunity, which showcases works by local and regional artists. The exhibit changes weekly as sold work is updated regularly by new works.
Included in this year's collection are works by painters Barry Lavoie, Dolores Egger, Janet Tarjan Erl, Dan Dunn, Robert Sherwood, Dee Sidwell, John Paul Morgan, Laura Wiens and John Benjamin. Also included is work by collage artist Susan Lehman, potters Michelle Carter, Bruce Fontaine and Norm Lewellen, pen and ink drawings by Phil Finley, raku potter Tom Guisti and photographer Nancy Rotenburg.
The show runs through the end of March and can be viewed daily between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the gallery, 210 Second St., in Old Town Bandon.
Salmon topic of geology talk
Southwestern Oregon Community College's Geology Lecture Series continues at 7:00 p.m. Feb. 25 when David Montgomery presents 'King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon." Montgomery is a professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, studying geomorphology, the evolution of landscapes. He received his B.S. at Stanford University and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. In 2008 he received a MacArthur 'genius" award. He received Washington State Book awards for 'King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon" and 'Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations." His research interests range from the co-evolution of the Pacific salmon and the topography of the Pacific Northwest to the environmental history of Puget Sound rivers, interactions among climate, tectonics, and erosion in shaping mountain ranges, giant glacial floods in eastern Tibet and northeastern India, Martian geomorphology, and the role of agricultural soil erosion in the longevity of human societies. Copies of Dr. Montgomery's books will be available for purchase and signing as a lecture series fundraiser.
Next in the lecture series will be Dr. Peter Ruggiero (Oregon State University) discussing 'The Role of Sea Level Rise and Increased Storminess in Pacific Northwest Coastal Change and Flood Hazards" on April 20. The final speaker this year will be Dr. Julienne Stroeve, a research scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, who will discuss 'The Rapidly Changing Arctic And What It Means For The Rest Of Us" on May 19.
Continuing sponsors of the lecture series include Oregon Resources Corporation, the SWOCC Foundation and the college. For additional information, contact Ron Metzger at 541-888-7216.
Art on display at Bandon library
Larry J. Lindner will exhibit his wood creations in the glass cases through February at the Bandon Public Library, 1204 11th St. S.W. Shawn Tempesta's oil and watercolor paintings will be on display in the gallery. The exhibits are available for viewing during regular library hours.
Alice DiMicele at Pistol River Saturday
Ashland singer-songwriter Alice DiMicele will play at the Pistol River Friendship Hall at 8 p.m. Saturday. Her rich, five-octave voice brings life to her jazzy, funky compositions about relationships and with the environment of the Northwest. Tickets are $15 at www.pistolriver.com. DiMicele will also teach a songwriting workshop at the South Coast Writers' Conference this weekend; for more information, visit www.socc.edu/scwriters/.
