About Author: Dinah Urell
Posts by Dinah Urell
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Q-NIGHT AT KALA!
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsCelebrate the LOVE! Q-NIGHT AT KALA! A QFolk Benefit Performance and Dance Party Featuring Portland Electro-Pop Band MATTACHINE SOCIAL Saturday, February 11 Doors open 8pm No Host Bar. Complimentary EATS!... -
Spa at the Cannery Pier Hotel
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsA Finnish sauna, mineral bath, glorious body treatments and massage to suit your needs! Spa at Cannery Pier Hotel Open House Thursday, December 8 from 5 pm to 7 pm.... -
Laughing Wild
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsChristopher Durang’s LAUGHING WILD SEPT 30, OCT 1 @ KALA Stage in astoria THIS SEPTEMBER, HIPFiSHmonthly announces the opening of The KALA Stage, in celebration of the continuum of locally... -
A Wave of Pride! Fun-out on the Coast.
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsNorth Oregon Coast PFLAG Marching And you’re invited! The North Oregon Coast PFLAG will march in the 2011 Regatta Parade. This will mark an inaugural gay and lesbian parade presence... -
Cedar Shakes plus guests Aug 22
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsCEDAR SHAKES are a local country band based in Nehalem, Oregon. They released a beauty of a 4-song 10 in. vinyl record, RED RIVER this past spring, recorded in Austin,Texas.... -
KALA@hipfishmonthly – Opening Night, July 9
Posted on July 17, 2011 | No CommentsCall of the Wild: Anne Greenwood Renia Ydstie Through July 28 Over 150 people streamed through KALA on Saturday, July 9, the opening of the ground floor space at the... -
Magical, Musical Melodrama – SHANGHAIED IN ASTORIA
Posted on July 14, 2011 | No CommentsCHRISLYNN TAYLOR, Northcoast musical actress is being honored this year for her 20th anniversary with Astor Street Opry Company (ASOC). Known only to some as Miss Macie, the respected Lady... -
Refreshing and Sustainable Beer in a Can – Fort George Brewery of Astoria is bringing their product to you
Posted on July 10, 2011 | No CommentsSINCE THE FIRST CANS of pre-prohibition-style lager rolled off the line in early April to commemorate Astoria’s 200-year history, Fort George Brewery is right on track, to bring its craft... -
@KALA – Book Release Celebration – Mama Baby Mama
Posted on July 10, 2011 | 1 CommentAuthor Mindy Stokes Mama Baby Mama, Story of a Knocked-Up Lesbian KALA@HIFiSHMONTHLY PROUDLY presents author Mindy Stokes, in a Book Release Celebration event, TUESDAY, JULY 26, at 7pm. Mama Baby... -
Music at the forefront of the 44th Scandinavian Midsummer Festival
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsASTORIA SCANFEST 2011 is proof this longtime cultural celebration shows no signs of slowing down. Stand-out music artists from the NW as well as the old country will ring in... -
Violinist Kim Angelis at the Coaster • June 19
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsViolin Virtuoso and Composer Kim Angelis performs a concert at 3pm, on June 19 at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. The Astoria-based artist known admiringly in the region as... -
QFolk – June 2011
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsFILM Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement In the closeted 1960s, two young women meet and fall in love – and so begins the extraordinary tale of Edie and... -
Network – Community Listings
Posted on June 5, 2011 | No CommentsWORKSHOPS/CLASSES Two Part Pottery Workshop for Children. On Saturday, June 8, kids will be making handmade pasta bowls. The second session on Saturday, June 25 will focus on colorful glazing... -
Quinceñera, Ties That Bind
Posted on June 5, 2011 | No CommentsThis week I attended a quinceñera, the first I’ve attended for a young woman I know. For those unfamiliar with the tradition, a quinceñera is a grand fiesta given for... -
Himani Indian Cuisine Made with Love!
Posted on June 5, 2011 | No CommentsCUSTOMERS lined up early for the complimentary buffet offered at the much-anticipated opening of Himani Indian Cuisine in Astoria, this last week in May. It was a generous gift from... -
Astoria Music Festival 2011 • June 17-24
Posted on June 5, 2011 | No CommentsBICENTENNIAL BEETHOVEN is the theme this year for the 9th Annual Astoria Music Festival. While the Columbia River shore was in raw transition, a place of hope for immigrants and... -
Nature of Things
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsEight years away and I have gone back to church. Not just once a week, but twice. My churches are an “ecstatic dance” group and a late-evening Spanish-language mass in... -
Seaside Library Writer Series
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsWanted: Gentlemen Bank Robber Author Dane Batty Thursday May 19, at 7pm Seaside Library hosts Dane Batty author of “WANTED: Gentleman Bank Robber”. The event takes place in the Community... -
Artist Call
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsTHE CANNON BEACH GALLERY is pleased to announce that Carl Annala, the Cultural Arts Program Supervisor for the Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro, will be the guest juror for... -
Geometric Origami Class: Folding Paper into Modular Shapes
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsTEACHING will be primarily through demonstration. Students will also learn to follow written directions with origami folding symbols for each shape. Students are asked to bring 36 sheets of 6”...




























