SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Workshop Series at The Sou’wester

Custom Mosaics with Damon Ayers and Christy Wiesenhahn

10am – 4pm Sat July 15 (w/ hour lunch walk on the beach)

     11am – 12:30pm July 16 (short day to grout, finish & admire work)

Participants will complete a paneled mosaic using tiles and found objects. You can come prepared with an idea or sketch of a design that you would like to execute OR take an experimental approach to the materials. Either way you will come away with a wonderful, finished mosaic panel that is specifically emblematic of the particular time and place in which it was made. One of the great things about mosaic is its durability and timeless nature. There will be some discussion of the history of mosaics and possible materials and we will also host an extended “beach walk lunch hour” during which we will look at different kinds of local materials (shells, rocks, etc.) that we might incorporate into our works.

Damon and Christy are two artists who have been good friends for decades. Christy is primarily a tile/ mosaic artist whose expanded practice includes designing theater sets and working on skateboard parks. Damon mostly works in video but his practice often includes actors and extensive set building. They got the chance to work on a skateboard park together a few years ago and have been looking for a chance to work together again ever since.

Cat Hoch is a multi-instrumentalist out of Portland, Or creating psychedelic dream pop samba mama jazz music and performing it with her band. Willamette Week’s Best New Bands of 2016: “Sounds like: A summer daydream where Tame Impala and St. Vincent go swimming in a moonlit Technicolor lagoon below a sky of shooting stars….Released last October, Cat Hoch’s Look What You Found EP contains four tracks of dreamy, slow-burn psych rock, full of driving, fuzzed-out guitars that fade in and out of celestial synths.” She is currently working on a full length album that will release in 2017.

Photo by Raina Stintson Photography

Jeff was born August 14, 1954. There are probably official documents somewhere that will attest to that.

With a musical sound born in 1970s Los Angeles and the American roots revival. In the early 80s, he formed the band The Lonesome Strangers with Randy Weeks. They recorded three full-length albums, each of which received enthusiastic critical acclaim: “Lonesome Pine” (1985),”The Lonesome Strangers”(1989), and “Land Of Opportunity”(1997).

In 1998, the band went their separate ways and Jeff focused on starting a family in Georgia. Following a divorce in 2006, he turned back to songwriting to help ease his mind and find his way forward.

Jeff showed some of his new songs to his old California musician buddy, Taras Prodaniuk, who has spent the last thirty years in world class bands, laying it down for artists like Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Merle Haggard and Richard Thompson, and he brought his excellence to bear on every aspect of the project. The result is the 11-song “Even If The Sun Don’t Shine”.

While trying to drum up some interest and figure out how to best release his music, Jeff took the suggestion of a friend and started recording stripped-down acoustic versions of some of the “Sun Don’t Shine” songs. These, plus some more original material, some demos, and one Lennon-McCartney cover, have turned into the homespun “companion” CD, “Lonesome Pine Rides Again”. With these two recordings, Jeff hopes to reach an audience that will enjoy and appreciate what he has to offer.

Check it out – it’s goin’ down! This event is free and open to the public.

Jenn Rawling composes highly melodic songs from fascinating scraps of images and phrases, singing them with a vibrant, immediately engaging yodel-edged alto. Rawling’s poetic lyrics are enhanced by her sophisticated sense of phrasing and pace. Her work binds people back to the web of life, reconnects us to the land, and celebrates the continuance of human, animal, plant, and elemental relationships.  She is celebrating the release of her new record ‘Golden Colors’. 

This event is free and open to the public

Grasshopper.  Seasoned Roadhouse Americana with a dose of dance-inducing psychedelic hop

This event is free and open to the public

Lana and Kevin’s original songs quietly honor the simple beauty of early American folk, blues, and country. Guitars, sweet harmonies, and the occasional harmonica, fiddle, or singing saw blend together to result in a perfect tranquil soundtrack for a long road trip, or a late- night porch gathering on a quiet summer night. 

Dramady, formed in 2006, is a low-key indie-pop duo from Portland, OR. They make blissed out mellow tunes that will replay in your head for days. A multi-instrumentalist band that hits all the frequencies they possibly can with 4 hands. Their music ranges from lazy Sunday morning love songs to synthed-out catchy dance ditties.  

This event is free and open to the public

Joseph Hein hails from the Palouse in eastern Washington State. With lush arrangements and warm distortion, he creates dreamy harmonious sounds with an energetic up­tempo rhythm influenced by songs of yesteryear’s AM country and R&B gold. He is often accompanied by an array of instruments including a trombone, a violin, keyboards and guitars that add to the band’s distinct style. Joseph Hein sings honestly about good times and the bad and the music bears witness to the road unkempt and a winding trail.

This event is free and open to the public

Rollin’ Oldies Vintage Travel Trailer Rally

ROVT Sou’ wester Associated Vintage Trailer Rally

August 11 – 13, 2017

Friday August 11th

7pm Meet & Greet with Snacks & Presenter Salon in the Lodge Living Room – Sharing Your Top 3 “AHA Moments” in Your Trailer Restoration History (Please bring photos if you have them to show.)

Saturday August 12th  

9am – 9pm “Pop-Up Trailer Show” in our new art trailer: located in the main trailer courtyard on the west side

10am-2:30pm  Workshop in the Pavilion with instructor Melissa          Favara: Use vintage typewriters and make a zine about your trailer      and travels. Cost of workshop is $35 and requires RSVP via          souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542

Please bring: Pen, Notebook (trailer memorabilia if you have it)          & please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea & coffee provided.

3pm – 4pm Open House to view visiting trailers

4pm Group Photo & Photo Shoot of trailers – Meet in the RV Park

6pm  Potluck in Pavilion

8pm  Live Music & Drinks in the Pavilion

Sunday August 13th

9:30am – 12pm Coffee & Crepe Breakfast/Brunch in the Lodge Living Room

Thank you! Have Fun!

Location: 3728 J Pl, Seaview, WA 98644 (360) 642-2542

“One of our Associated rallies hosted by Sou’ Wester for ROVT. No registration fee’s required by ROVT. All vintage trailers welcome to attend. Call 1-360-642-2542 for a site or more info. Thandi Rosebaum is the host for this rally!” – www.rovt.org

“The Rollin’ Oldies Vintage Trailer group is a loosely organized group of vintage trailer enthusiasts, based in Oregon.  We have members throughout the Northwest and welcome all vintage trailer fans in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and some parts of Canada.  We host vintage trailer rallies for our members and welcome owners of retro trailers, teardrops, and motor homes.

Vintage trailers are those considered to be those built before 1980, or those built later with the same design as the original vintage trailer.  Homebuilt teardrops are also welcome to attend our events.” – www.rovt.org 

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Workshop Series at The Sou’wester

Time/Travel: Experiments in Typewriting Creative Nonfiction about Place and Movement with Melissa Favara

Come play with vintage manual typewriters and focused creative prompts as you experiment with writing about places, travels, and the various kinds of movement you’ve experienced in your life. After writing, we will work as a group to create one of a kind zines in which you’ll include your favorite writings from the day.

Melissa Favara is a writer, educator, and vintage typewriter enthusiast who lives in Portland. She has published work in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, street roots, the Columbia Poetry Review, Metro Parent, and elsewhere, and she’s delighted to teach at the Sou’wester again.