FREE Public screening in The Sou’wester Lodge

12/1/23 at 7 p.m to open our Winter exhibition in our Red Bus Theatre featuring

Wide Blue Yawn – An experimental documentary film by Eva Knowles

The idea for Wide Blue Yawn occurred to Eva after observing a UFO while alone on the beach in October 2020. She always had a powerful relationship to the Long Beach Peninsula, having grown up coming here for family getaways since she was a child–and so, after her mysterious encounter she decided to embark on deeper research of this place and make a film about it. Wide Blue Yawn attempts to capture layers of history at the mouth of the Columbia River and to honor the specific feelings evoked by the rugged pacific northwest geology, the spiritual presence of the first human inhabitants (the Chinookan people), and all that has unfolded since Lewis and Clark hit the scene in 1805. Wide Blue yawn spans centuries and wonders at how we ended up here, in our strange present reality.

Eva Knowles was born in 1990 and grew up in Bonney Lake, Washington. Her films are shot with a handheld digital camcorder and have an intimate and personal feeling. As an artist Eva is concerned with the mysterious, the sublime, and the mundane. She has worked as a teacher, a farmer, and also practices reiki. She has many projects in the works about fascinating topics.

Contact: email: eeva.knowles@gmail.com / instagram

Curated by Nikki Cormaci

Tispur live at The Sou’wester

Sat, Dec 2nd 7p presented by Sou’wester Arts

Tispur is a chamber-folk project fronted by Samwise Carlson from Boise, ID, now located in Portland, OR. Known for their intricate guitar-work, dream-like vocals, and ornate lyricism that excite evocative imagery of imaginary worlds; Samwise creates gently hypnotic, moving performances akin to the spirits of Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, and Joanna Newsom.

J. Graves

Live at The Sou’wester

Presented by Sou’wester Arts

Tense relationship rock, sanguine lyricism, chord changes like a secret longing, a rhythm section that thuds, skitters, and melts over the determined voice of Jessa Graves. The heat of the cataclysm gives off a vapor known to galvanize meatspace
into writhing, dancing heaps, creating rabid, loyal fans. Joined by Kelly Clifton, perhaps one of the best bassists, and the
unassuming Aaron MacDonald, who would be a watchmaker were he not a drummer, J. Graves is back with a crushing new LP FORTRESS OF FUN, a first of it’s kind choose your own adventure record.

8TH ANNUAL HANDMADE BAZAAR!

December 16th 10a-4p at The Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion & Ilwaco Artworks Studio

Sou’wester Arts is hosting artists and makers for our 8th annual handmade bazaar! Join us for a friendly Winter gathering.

2023 vendors:

At Ilwaco Artworks Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA

• Mossy Bones: Mossy Bones is where whimsy and oddities meet. 
• Seahearts: Ceramics, art and plush.
• All Bottled Up: Home and garden decor from recycled glass and other up-cycled materials.
• Sun Bunny Studios: Handwoven brooms and brushes.
• Leslie Walters: Nature made jewelry.
• Flowering Hedge Designs: Pottery and sustainably made accessories for the home and frame.
• Sahar Quilts & more: Quilts, succulents & dog sweaters
• AND MORE

At Sou’wester Pavilion – 3728 J Place Seaview, WA

• Process Objects: Small-batch artisan jewelry and glass home goods, embracing pattern, color and texture.
• Pacific Barnyard Bags: Upcycled recycled shopping totes, bags, embroidery products and pet bandanas. 
• Kim Rose Adams Designs: Nature Photography & Botanical Self-care.
• Myranda Kali Ceramics: Ceramics.
• Dark Sky Candles: Handdipped, local beeswax candles.
• Healthy Tonics: Tonics and blends.
• Meadow Base: Paintings.
• StarTrip Allies: Hand-dyed textiles, block print work, batik and crystals.
• Upstairs Oddities: Taxidermy.
• Nice Folk Co: Art prints and apparel.
• Al Be Pottery: Ceramics.
• Mali Drexelius: Printworks & clothing.
• Sora Blu Apothecary: CBG, CBD and perfume oils + photography.
• AND MORE

Noah Kite

Live at The Sou’wester

Presented by Sou’wester Arts

The son of an acting coach and a therapist, Kite seems to have it in his DNA to blend the dramatic and analytic. Each musical wave crest and fall mirrors a turn in the story. Instruments rest for minutes before suddenly emerging. Emotions and motifs sustain and then drop into oblivion. The tone switches suddenly from accusation to epiphany. It is the sound of someone going through it.
Alongside the musical tumult, the steady voice of Kite never loses his cool despite the searing intimacy of the song’s content. He thoughtfully guides us through the story of his relationship, in as well as struggles with friends, substances, sex and codependency. He has been clearly affected by the proceedings, but is determined to stare into them without blinking.

1:1 Wellness / Acupuncture Sessions

w/ Celestial Window Restorative Arts

$150 / 90 Minute Sessions

December 18, 2023 by Appointment | Text: 971-282-3891 to Book

About Celestial Window:

My work is focused in the lineage of Worsley Five Element Acupuncture, however, in my 8 years of clinical training I studied many modalities and can offer a variety of treatment strategies. Acupuncture is a beautiful craft with techniques for bringing flow to stuck places, and fostering a deeper harmonization within the body. It is based on philosophy that sees the human being as whole, with the full potential for healing as innate. Acupuncture uses a network of physical connections to activate the body’s own healing potential and is supportive for all aspects of life, from pain management, fertility support, digestive disorders, to finding creative expansion and self actualization.

Sessions by Appointment | $33 / Person for 75 Minute Sessions

Text 971-282-3891 to Book

Solstice at Sou’wester

Acupuncture + Sound Bath

“Sound Dérive (Drift)”

An Embodied-Listening-Acupuncture-Sound Bathing-Fluxus-Art-Exercise with Unity Garnish x Feast of The Epiphany

Wednesday, Dec 20, 2023 | 6-7:30pm

Solstice at Sou’wester 

Quadraphonic Acupuncture & Sound Bath

With Star Child x Sonic Ceremonies

Winter Solstice | Thursday, December 21st | 3-4:30pm

• $88 with Acupuncture
• $44 Sound Bath Only

BOOK

Collective Release Fire 

Outside in the trailer court in front of the lodge, we will gather into an expanded moment of presence with the weight of the world, a time of reverence through lively celebration of the complexity of existence in togetherness, where whatever wishes to unfold may do so naturally through the intentional lighting of a fire.  There will be pieces of paper and pens on which to write and reflect and then offer the writings into the fire, instruments with which we can play, and an invitation to donate whatever resources are available, financial or otherwise, to Source Food and Goods, a group offering community aid to the local Palestinian community in Portland, OR .

*No drinks in public. Quiet hours after 10p.