Weekend Best Bets: 4.17.09

Published 5:00 pm Thursday, April 16, 2009

FRIDAYJohnnie Ward, blues, 6 to 8 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., no cover.

Richard T., jazz/blues, 7 p.m., Goose Hollow at the Cove, 220 Avenue U in Seaside, no cover.

“A Broadway Show Revue: Naselle Style,” musical revue, 7 p.m., Naselle School, 793 State Route 4, Naselle, Wash., $8 adults, $4 students.

“An Evening of Broadway’s Best,” musical revue, 7 p.m., The Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave. in Tillamook, $20.

* Dive In Movie: “Flipper,” 7 to 9 p.m., Astoria Aquatic Center, 1997 Marine Drive, general admission, or $1 for pass holders.

“Bus Stop,” theater, 8 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St. in Cannon Beach, $16 to $18.

Dorothea Grossman, Michael Vlatkovich and Dave Storrs, experimental music/poetry, 8 p.m., Astoria Visual Arts Center, 453A 11th St., $5 donation requested.

Jill Trenholm, Bohemian folk/jazz, 8 p.m., redhare, 260 10th St., $10.

SATURDAYHebo Bar and Grill Grand Opening, 8 a.m. food starts, 3 p.m. age restriction starts, 8 p.m. live music starts, Hebo Bar & Grill, 31003 U.S. Highway 101 S. in Hebo.

“Spring Into Gardening,” 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. programs, Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski Loop, $18.

Forest Cleanup, meet between 9 and 10 a.m., Weyerhaeuser office, 86645 Lewis and Clark Road in Seaside.

Grass Roots Garbage Gang Beach Cleanup, 9:30 a.m., all major beach approaches on the Long Beach Peninsula.

Saturday Market at the Port Vendors Meeting, 10 a.m., Port of Ilwaco office second floor conference room, 165 Howerton Way, S.E., Ilwaco, Wash.

River Country Artists Spring Show and Sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sue’s Little Barn, 40232 Hunt Lane in Svensen, free admission.

“Transplant Your Art” Sale, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hoffman Center Annex, 594 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita.

* Wildflower Walk, nature, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Tillamook Forest Center, Oregon Highway 6 at Mileposts 21/22, east of Tillamook, free.

United Paws Cats and Dogs Adoption Fair, noon to 3 p.m., 4-H Dorm, Tillamook County Fairgrounds, 4603 Third St. in Tillamook, adoption fee applies and adopters will be screened.

Northwest Author Series with Garth Stein, 2 p.m., Cannon Beach Library, 131 N. Hemlock St. in Cannon Beach, free, open to the public.

“A Broadway Show Revue: Naselle Style,” musical revue, 3 and 7 p.m., Naselle School, 793 State Route 4 in Naselle, Wash., $8 adults, $4 students.

Niall, classics and originals with guitar and vocals, 6 to 8 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., no cover.

* “Frogtown,” multimedia musical, 6:30 p.m., Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial St., $10 each, $35 per family of four, discounts for Astoria Children’s Museum members.

4-H Leaders Association Bingo Fundraiser, 7 p.m., Olney Grange, 89342 Highway 202, $10, raffle tickets $1 each or six for $5.

Acting Improv Night, 7 p.m., 2nd Story Playhouse, 108 Spruce St., Ilwaco, Wash., free.

“An Evening of Broadway’s Best,” musical revue, 7 p.m., The Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave. in Tillamook, $20.

Hot Club Sandwich, jazz, 7 p.m., Skamokawa Grange, Fairgrounds Road in Skamokawa, Wash., $10 adults, $8 ages 12 and younger.

Manzanita Writers’ Series with Willa Schneberg, 7 p.m., Hoffman Center Annex, 594 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita, $5 donation requested.

Weinland, folk/Americana, 7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157 N. Marion Ave. in Gearhart, no cover, all ages.

Lisa Mann, blues/rock/pop, 7 to 10 p.m., Lil’ Bayou, 20 N. Holladay Drive in Seaside, no cover.

River City Ramblers, folk/country-rock/bluegrass, 7:30 p.m., Donavon Wooley Performing Arts Center, Clatskanie Mid/High School, 471 S.W. Bel Air Drive in Clatskanie, $10 adults, $8 students/seniors, $5 children 12 and younger.

Hayshaker Square Dance, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Pacific Grange, U.S. Highway 101 at Cullaby Lake in Warrenton.

Andrew Norsworthy, folk originals, 8 p.m., redhare, 260 10th St., $10.

Big Vibe, experimental, 8 p.m., Raven and Finch Wine Bar Café, 215 Howerton Way in Ilwaco, Wash., no cover.

“Bus Stop,” theater, 8 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St. in Cannon Beach, (503) 436-1242, www.coastertheatre.com, $16 to $18.

SUNDAYRiver Country Artists Spring Show and Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sue’s Little Barn, 40232 Hunt Lane in Svensen, free admission.

“Return of the Birds of Spring,” classical, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Blue Scorcher Bakery Café, 1493 Duane St., no cover.

* Wildflower Walk, nature, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Tillamook Forest Center, Oregon Highway 6 at Mileposts 21/22, east of Tillamook, free.

“Columbia Condors: Forgotten Giants in the Sky” with David Moen, nature/history, 1 p.m., Fort Clatsop Visitor Center, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, free.

Gearhart Historic Homes Tour, 1 to 4 p.m., start at Trail’s End Art Gallery, 656 A St. in Gearhart, $8 Clatsop County Historical Society members, $10 non-members.

Charles I. Funk Gallery Talk, art/history, 2 p.m., Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 S.E. Lake St. in Ilwaco, Wash.

“Bus Stop,” theater, 3 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St. in Cannon Beach, $16 to $18.

Pacific Northwest Pro Wrestling, 5 p.m., Astoria Event Center, 894 Commercial St., $15 ringside, $12 general admission.

“An Evening in Japan” with Maggie Chula, author appearance, 5 to 6 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway in Seaside.

Rainstick Cowbell, indie folk, 8 p.m., Fort George Brewery and Public House, 1483 Duane St., no cover.

* Especially for children

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