Cappella Romana: ensemble for Byzantine music

Friday, May 18 7 pm

José Solano presents Cappella Romana in "Be Radiant, O Peoples," a program of World Premieres: New works in Greek and English on the 8th-century poem, the Easter Canon of St. John Damascus, plus ancient Byzantine chants never heard by modern audiences

Alexander Lingas, artistic director

This performance features world premiere compositions by Ivan Moody, Robert Kyr, Peter Michaelides, Richard Toensing, and John Vergin, and ancient Byzantine chants edited by Ioannis Arvanitis

Tickets:   Front Rows  $22,  Other rows, $16 in advance, $18 at the door

Reservations:  541 994 9994

Cappella Romana is supported in part by grants from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the City of Portland and Multinomah County, the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.  The 2011-12 Oregon tour is sponsored in part by a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust.  For more information, Cappella Romana's website

Rita Warton's Coffee Concerts

Sunday, May 20    3pm

Perry Gerber  Is a local recording artist with 38 years of performance history on the Oregon coast. Perry performs locally with  “The Ocean Band” , on the internet as Rockstar ” Shadez Rhapsody” and is a  well known as a bass player and backup singer for most every band in the area but recently has found his own voice and his own style of songwriting.  Perry’s first CD “ I Dare You To Love Me” was entirely self produced, written and recorded on a one of a kind Tom Dollar Acoustic Guitar  ( Built in Lincoln City ) and  some of the the tracks were even recorded at Gerber Tire and Service Center. His new CD called “In My Secondlife” is in the works and all of these songs will be  performed in a 2 hour show !

Admission will be $10 at the door, and includes fresh coffee, hot tea and tasty desserts, provided by Strung Out on Beads and Coffee.

Beverly Ritz:  "It Might as Well Be Spring"

Saturday, May 19    7 pm

A Solo Piano Jazz concert by Beverly Ritz featuring her compositions about nature and animals, along with jazz classics by Richard Rodgers, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, Horace Silver, Paul Desmond, and other important American composers.

Tickets:  $10 in advance,  $12 at the door

Call 541 994 9994 to reserve.

Art Bras (Hats and Shoes Too) Contest and Exhibit

May 4 - 28   PJ Chessman Gallery

Art submissions accepted on Wednesday and Thursday, May 2 and 3

Artist Reception: Friday, May 4    5 - 7 pm benefit for Relay for Life

Create an artistic brassiere, art shoe or art hat, for Sandy Gruber's annual benefit art show. This exhibit, filled with colorful accessories made by local artists and cancer fighters, is a fund-raiser for Relay for Life.

Entry fee is $25 for one item;  $60 for three.  

All visitors will vote for their favorites-- with donations.   All proceeds go to Relay for Life, and the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

Thursday, May 24 (5 to 7 p.m.) -- Closing party announcing which art submission won by attracting the most donations through the month.