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••• music • visual arts •••Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country,40’s, & 50’s. Free (donations accepted),6 – 8pm at the City Hall in Garibaldi.Richard T. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. Nocover, 6pm at Sweet Basil’s Café inCannon Beach.Alison Rice & The Wheel. Americana/Country/Roots Music. No cover, 7pm atMcMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart.Whitesnake. Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Heavy Metal. $31.50 - $46.50, 8pm atChinook Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHI-NOOKTy Curtis. No cover, 9pm at Roadhouse101 in Lincoln City.ARTMCAC Summer Art Sale. Featuring workby north Tillamook County artists. Startsat 10am at Pine Grove Community Housein Manzanita.HAPPENINGTillamook Moonlight Madness. 7 – 9pmin downtown Tillamook.THEATERShanghaied in Astoria. Musical Melodrama.$12 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOCPlayhouse in Astoria.Bill Ham. The writer/actor/comic willbring his humorous writings to the stage.$10, 8pm at Pier Pressure Productionsin Astoria.The Mystery of Irma Vep. Comedy,a Gothic spoof. $8 - $20, 8pm at theCoaster Theater Playhouse in CannonBeach.Saturday 30MUSICMusician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at theTillamook Library.Troll Radio Revue. Americana. $2 foradults, free for children. 11am – noon atthe PAC in Astoria.Niall. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet DogCafé in Astoria.Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover,6 – 9:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro inAstoriaWhitesnake. Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Heavy Metal. $31.50 - $46.50, 8pm atChinook Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHI-NOOKJimmy Bevins Live. Plus 5th anniversaryparty. 9pm at Snug Harbor Bar & Grill inLincoln City.Sonny Hess. Blues /R&B/Soul. No cover,9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City.ARTOpen Studio Tour. 33 artists are openingtheir studios to the public for 2 days. Artmay be available for purchase. Free, variouslocations in and around Astoria. Tourmaps available Mid-July. FMI astoriaopenstudio.yolasite.com/MCAC Summer Art Sale. Featuring workby north Tillamook County artists. At PineGrove Community House in Manzanita.CINEMAE.T. the Extraterrestrial. $2, 11am at theBijou Theater in Lincoln City.FOOD & DRINKWine Tasting. Fielding Hills. 1 – 4pm atthe Cellar on 10th in AstoriaWine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-ozpours + complimentary appetizers. 4– 6pm at the Wine bar at Sweet Basil’sCafé in Cannon Beach.Wine & Cheese Tasting. $3 admission,4 – 6:30pm, at the Garibaldi Museum.503-322-8411HAPPENINGDay at the Park in Skamokawa. VistaPark 30th anniversary celebration. InSkamokawa, WA 360-795-8605Long Beach Rodeo. $10, $9, & $5admission fees. Starts at 1pm at the PeninsulaSaddle Club in Long Beach, WAGaribaldi Days. All day events, vendors,beer garden, parade at 11am. In downtownGaribaldi.Garibaldi Days Silent Auction. Noon –6pm at the Garibaldi Museum.Northwest Classics Fly-In/Cruise-In.Plus live music, beer & wine garden, drawingsfor prizes. $5 admission, 7am – 5pmat the Tillamook Air Museum.Reenactment of 18th Century Sailors& Rope Making. Noon – 4pm at theGaribaldi Museum.Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad DinnerTrain. At 6:15pm in Garibaldi. 503-842-7972OUTSIDEGiant Kite Show. Featuring Ed Paulsen.11am – 5pm weather and ocean conditionspermitting, at D-River Wayside StatePark in Lincoln City.THEATERShanghaied in Astoria. Musical Melodrama.$12 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOCPlayhouse in Astoria.The Little Mermaid. A Missoula Children’sTheater production. $5, 3pm &7pm at the Liberty Theater in Astoria.Bill Ham. The writer/actor/comic willbring his humorous writings to the stage.$10, 8pm at Pier Pressure Productionsin Astoria.The Mystery of Irma Vep. Comedy,a Gothic spoof. $8 - $20, 8pm at theCoaster Theater Playhouse in CannonBeach.Sunday 31MUSICDan Golden. Jazz. 10am – 1pm at McKeown’sRestaurant & Bar in Seaside.Swingcats. Swing/Jazz/Blues. 10am –3pm at the Astoria Sunday market.All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donationsaccepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café inAstoria.Brian Johnstone, Flamenco/Jazz/Blues.4 – 7pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’sCafé in Cannon Beach.Mariachi Band. Free, 4 – 6pm at CityPark in Cannon Beach.The Whiskey Rebellion. Acoustic/Americana/Bluegrass.$15, 5pm at the LibertyTheater in Astoria.Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 5:30 –8:30pm at Clemente’s in AstoriaFree Concert in the Park. Band TBA.6pm at McLure Park in Astoria.Swingcats. Swing/Jazz/Blues. No cover,6pm at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside.The Resolectrics. Blues/Folk/Rock. Nocover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery &Public House in Astoria.Cannon & Sloan. 8:30pm at SnugHarbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City.film.LARRY CROWNE (July 1) Tom Hanks writes anddirects for the first time since That Thing You Do!(1996). In this light recession comedy, Hanksplays Larry Crowne, 20-year veteran of big boxstore Unimart, who is so dedicated he’s been employeeof the month 22 times. Until he’s fired ina downsizing because he lacks a college degree.Middle-aged, jobless, and in danger of losing hishouse, the enthusiastic-to-the-point of stupidityLarry shakes up his life by buying a motor scooterand enrolling in a community college, in particulara public speaking class taught by outwardlycranky but sweet inside Mercedes Tainot (JuliaRoberts) who eventually takes a shine to hereager pupil. With a colorful array of supportingcharacters, this is a lightweight romantic comedyfor Hanks and Roberts fans with parts perfectlytailored for their onscreen personalities.HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PT.2 (July 15) After ten years, seven films and over$6B in ticket sales, the Harry Potter series comesto an end with the second half of the DeathlyHallows book. Part 1 was more of a characterexploration with Harry, Ron and Hermioneleaving Hogwarts to find the Horcruxes that LordValdemort needs to gain ultimate power. Part 2begins with three Horcruxes destroyed, leadingto an action-packed finale where the three mustMOVIES & MUSINGSThe meat of the summer season arrives with the final episode of the Harry Potter series, a bigbudget Western/scifi mashup, Tom Hanks’ second directorial effort, the second Marvel originmovie in two months and a Steve Carell romantic comedy that’s generating lots of buzz.keep Voldemort from finding the remaining threeHorcruxes. They succeed for two, but Voldemortgains possession of the Elder Wand, leading to afinal showdown at Hogwarts.CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (July22) Marvel releases it’s fourth origins story (andsecond this summer after Thor) in the leadup tonext year’s Avengers movie. Chris Evans stars asSteve Rogers, a scrawny weakling who tries to enlistin the U.S. Army in World War II. Turned downbecause of his physique, he enlists in ProjectRebirth, a secret program to create super soldiers.After being injected with a serum, Rogers has thebody of an Olympic athlete and he and his sidekickBucky Barnes take on their Nazi counterpart,Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), who has also takena super-strength serum and is intent on findingthe Tesseract, a magical object said to containunimaginable power – enough to turn the tideof the war. Cast include Tommy Lee Jones as thehardbitten Col. Chester Phillips, Stanley Tucci asDr. Abraham Erskine and Samuel L. Jackson in acameo scene as Nick Fury (after the final credits).COWBOYS AND ALIENS (July 29) Ironmanhelmer Jon Favreau directs Cowboys and Aliens,a movie mashup of the western and scifi movieFLASH CUTSby Les Kanekunigenres. Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) awakensin the desert with a mysterious shackle aroundhis wrist and no memory. He stumbles into thetown of Absolution which is ruled with an ironfist by Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) whopromptly informs Lonergan that he is a wantedman. Soon, the town and Lonergan have biggerproblems when alien spaceships attack. Lonergan,Dolarhyde and motley group of outlaws andApaches must band together to fight the alieninvaders. A legion of screenwriters adapted ScottRosenberg’s graphic novel, with the tone changingfrom near Men in Black comedy to the leaner,meaner, more true to the Western version comingto the screen, according to Favreau. Supportingcast includes Olivia Wilde (House), Sam Rockwell,Paul Dano and Walton Goggins (Justified).CRAZY STUPID LOVE (July 29) There’s a lot ofpositive buzz for this Steve Carell comedy. Carellplays Cal Weaver, a man who has everything. Perfectmarriage to his high school sweetheart Tracy(Julianne Moore), two great kids, everythingpeachy keen. But Cal’s world collapses whenTracy informs him that she is having an affairwith David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon) and wantsa divorce. Overhearing Cal’s troubles in a bar,good-looking pickup artist Jacob Palmer (RyanGosling) takes pity on hopeless nerd Cal andoffers to tutor him in picking up women. After acomplete makeover and one vital piece of advice(“Don’t talk. Ever.”), Cal starts attracting womenlike flies. Just as Cal is successful dating for thefirst time in his life, he realizes how hollow it allis and tries to get Tracy back. Tracy meanwhile,has broken up with David who is now stalkingher. Complications on all sides ensue as all thecharacters, even Cal’s kids, have their romanticambitions go from “crazy” to “stupid.”23 july11 hipfishmonthly.com