Entertainment Briefs
Friday, October 10, 2008 5:35 PM PDT
By The Daily News
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E-mail this articleThe art of the bridge
“Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape,” an exhibit produced by the Smithsonian, is appearing at the River Life Interpretive Center in Skamokawa through Nov. 30. The grand opening is 1 p.m. Sunday.
The exhibit pulls together photographs, structural drawings and stories about the people and communities who built the bridges. The Skamokawa display includes an exhibit on the Grays River Covered Bridge from the Appelo Archives. The Grays River bridge, built in 1906, is near Skamokawa
The interpretive center in Redmen Hall is open noon-4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
Ghoulish WordFest coming
Getting into the spirit of the season, the next WordFest gathering will celebrate “spooky words” —providing what Edith Wharton called “the fun of the shudder.”
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday The Brits Tea Shoppe, 1427 Commerce Ave. The meeting was moved from its normal meeting time because of the Oct. 7 debate.
Local storyteller Leslie Slape will offer two short tales, “The Haunted Hatchery” and “The Haunted Motorcycle.”
Mary Lyons will read a short story for children, Richard Yates will read several poems from a sequence he wrote entitled, “Different Ways the World Ends,” Linda Eddleston will read a short story she wrote for a Hallowe’en party and Jane Still will read a short poem about something spooky, “Oh, What a Sight!”
WordFest organizer Alan Rose will read a scene from his paranormal mystery, “The Legacy of Emily Hargraves.”
For more information, call Alan Rose at 425-3430, ext 280, or visti www.alan-rose.com
Photo contest
Photographers of all ages are invited to enter their work in the Photo Contest and Show sponsored by Longview Recreation and the Monticello Camera Club.
Categories include still life, plant life, abstract, scenic, people, animals, and experimental/digitally enhanced. Students ages 18 and younger will be judged separately.
Photos must be entered from noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 5 at the MAC. Prints must be mat-mounted, ready to hang and no smaller than a 5x7 and no larger than 16x20. A string or wire hanger must be attached; framed art is not accepted. Entry fees are $5 for each print, or $20 for 5 prints for adults and $3 each print for students 18 years and under.
The award reception will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 7. Public viewing is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 8 and 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 9.
For more information, contact Longview Recreation at 442-5400.
Got a tux?
The Mainstage Theatre company needs tuxedos for several scenes in its November production of “My Fair Lady.”
Anyone with old or unused black, gray, or white tuxes to donate may call Mainstage at 575-7133 to make arrangements for pickup, or leave them at the R.A. Long High School office
The production especially needs large (52-56) and tall (6 foot 2 inch to 6 foot 4 inch) sizes.
Long Beach art show
The Peninsula Art Association’s 38th Annual Fall Art Show and Sale will run Friday through Monday at the World Kite Museum in Long Beach.
Artwork will include painting, sculptures, jewelry, photography, coputer art and other genres. More than 50 adult artists and seven students will show their work.
The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. all four days of the event. Admission is free. For information, see www.beachartist.org or call (360) 665-6041.
Festival in Packwood
The Packwood Arts Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday in the Packwood Community Hall .
The Seattle String Ensemble will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Packwood Presbyterian Church. Concert tickets cost $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and younger.
For information, call (360) 494-0591 or see www.destinationpackwood.com
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