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Troubling Sam Health
Downtown Homeless Shelter, Grades Continue
Neediest Patients Worst Served in Oregon
Kerfuffle and Mediation
By Kelsi Villareal
Analysis:
G
C
ommunities are increasingly
scrambling for ways to assist a now
burgeoning homeless population, but
sometimes these efforts cause problems of
their own. Organizers for Citizens Protecting
Corvallis say this is why they have
lawyered-up to oppose plans for what is
being called a mega-shelter downtown.
Two weeks ago, the citizens group
conducted its first public meeting with a
standing-room-only crowd in attendance,
and now County Commissioner Anne
Schuster has offered to help mediate a
solution.
Such mediation may be fruitful if the
process has enough public input. In other
words, a small committee of opposing
interests working to come to a consensus
sounds good on the surface, but without
public meetings to gather opposing
concerns, a material response to that,
and another set of gatherings to gauge
public acceptance of specific plans going
forward, it is hard to envision a solution that
gains lasting acceptance. Also, there is
the group-think problem endemic to a
small committee unchecked by the larger
group they are serving.
It would be unfortunate to have a
recurrence of that moment last year when
the Downtown Corvallis Association rankand-file were saying they were deeply
against the shelter, while their board
was publicly welcoming the expansion...
awkward, right?
What Is Corvallis Housing First
Proposing?
Corvallis Housing First (CHF) started
operating a cold-weather emergency
men’s homeless shelter at their current
4th Street location about three years ago
and are now planning to increase their
capacity from 40 beds to about 90 with
a new building. They also intend to open
year-round and offer services to both
women and men.
Housing First is a model that is currently
popular in the press and with funders.
Employing robust and well-funded
wraparound services, this intervention
has been successful with the chronically
homeless that have a mental health issue,
a subset of the homeless population that is
particularly hard to help.
The Issues Being Raised
Housing First does not require sobriety.
One study shows that recently sober
respondents would prefer to stay on the
street than in a shelter with clients that
are drinking and using. Also, Housing First
shelters have been shown to attract clients
from outside the immediate area, and
increases in crime have been observed.
This is the so-called magnet effect.
The Corvallis Police Department reports
increased crime in the shelter’s area since
its opening. There have been incidents
involving human waste and drinking and
drugging; there have also been hands on
middle school girls and increased violence.
CPD believes area crime will increase
once again if an expanded shelter is built.
Neighborhood residents report living in
fear.
Press accounts concerning Housing First
programs focus on larger communities
where problems have escalated and the
expenditures on wraparound services save
money. There is some question about a
smaller community, like Corvallis, spending
limited funds in this way when that money
may be more effective working with
individuals needing help on a case-bycase basis. Opponents also suggest that
Corvallis already offers emergency shelters,
that what is actually needed is permanent
housing for those that are in need.
What’s Next?
Corvallis Housing First last told us they
would likely build in 2016 and we now hear
uncorroborated reports of delays. In any
event, delay may be best.
Neither Corvallis Housing First nor the
community as a whole has probably
understood the impact of the current
shelter on its neighbors, and even a
number of the homeless worry about being
less safe if the current plan goes forward.
CHF could use some time to research how
other shelters ameliorate their impact on
neighbors.
If plans are slowed down, all concerned
would have time to work out a consensus,
possibly something that could achieve
broad-based support and longer term
housing than is currently envisioned.
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ood Samaritan Regional Medical
Center has a C grade in hospital
safety, according to the Leapfrog Group,
which compiles results from several
surveys* and distills them into a single
letter grade. This grade represents the
hospital’s ability to keep patients safe
from “preventable harm and medical
error,” and is an improvement from
Good Sam’s D grade in 2013.
But then, don’t be too excited about
this improvement if you live in Albany;
Samaritan Albany General Hospital
still has a D grade. Only 29% of the
hospitals graded in Oregon received an
A.
In the breakdown of the C grade,
Good Sam received its best scores for
preventing serious breathing problems,
preventing dangerous blood clots, using
the correct antibiotics before surgery,
stopping antibiotics soon after surgery,
removing catheters soon after surgery,
preventing infection in the blood
during ICU stays, preventing surgical
site infection after colon surgery, not
leaving dangerous objects in patients’
bodies, preventing air and gas bubbles
in the blood, preventing dangerous bed
sores, and for using a Computerized
Prescriber Order Entry (CPOE) to order
medications for patients in the hospital.
Its worst scores were for preventing
collapsed lungs, preventing surgical
wounds from splitting open, not
giving antibiotics right before surgery,
preventing blood clots, preventing
infection of the urinary tract,
preventing patient falls, and not
utilizing specially trained doctors to
care for ICU patients. Good Sam also
declined to report in eight categories:
correct medication information
communication, tracking and reducing
risks to patients, hand-washing,
preventing ventilator problems,
effective leadership to prevent errors,
staff working together to prevent
errors, training to improve safety,
and whether or not there are enough
qualified nurses to care for patients.
When asked why Good Sam declined
to report on those eight categories,
Julie Manning, VP for Development,
Marketing, and Public Relations at
Good Sam, said, “The Leapfrog Group
is one of many health care reporting
entities. Although Good Samaritan does
not report patient safety data directly
to Leapfrog, we do report to a number
of other publicly accessible data bases
and Leapfrog draws its information
in part from those same sources.”
According to the Leapfrog Group’s
scoring methodology, the fact that
Good Sam declined to report certain
categories was not calculated in the
overall score.
And Then There Are the Neediest
Patients
Oregon Health Plan cardholders appear
to be lost in the shuffle at Samaritan
Health. The InterCommunity Health
Network CCO (Coordinated Care
Organization), which is run by
Samaritan Health Services, failed to
meet enough of its benchmarks this
year to qualify for all of its quality care
incentive payment, scoring lower than
any other CCO in the state.
IHN-CCO, which serves Oregon Health
Plan members in Linn, Benton, and
Lincoln counties, and just celebrated
its third anniversary in July, fell short
in the areas of alcohol and drug abuse
screening, emergency room visits for
ambulatory care, adolescent well-care
visits, follow-up after mental health
hospitalizations, patient satisfaction,
and developmental screening for kids
up to three years old. Coordinated Care
Organizations are local networks of
health care providers (physical care,
mental health, and in some cases dental
providers) who aim to provide more
holistic, preventative, and coordinated
care to OHP members. CCOs have
yearly benchmarks they want to meet,
and the Oregon Health Authority keeps
3% of payments into the state’s CCOs to
give back as incentive pay for meeting
those benchmarks.
When asked what Samaritan Health
Services plans to do next year to
meet the benchmarks, Manning said,
“We are currently working together
on outreach to CCO members with
adolescent children to encourage them
to incorporate an adolescent well child
visit when they schedule their child’s
sports physical prior to the start of
school. These visits are one of the
metrics we are focused on improving
this year.”
Samaritan Health Services runs five
hospitals and 70 medical clinics in
central and western Oregon.
*The Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS), and the American
Hospital Association’s Annual Survey
and Health Information Technology
Supplement
As the State Turns
By Johnny Beaver
Luddite Power Grid, Individual Sans Committee, U of O in a Cave, Climate Eats Change
Wind Takes Power Out in
Portland – And Not to Dinner
Ah, Oregon. You’re gorgeous, baby,
but you’re just not gonna last.
Providing backup to this sentiment,
Saturday’s windstorms left 3,000
Portlanders without power on Sunday.
At its worst, it was reported that
almost 30,000 people had lost power in
the tri-county area. While some wind
gusts struck at about 40 miles per
hour, it’s hard not to raise an eyebrow
as 30,000 people lose power whenever
Mother Nature sneezes.
Similar to coverage of our horribly
inadequate earthquake preparedness
(structurally) that has been making
the rounds at state news sources for
the last year (something we at the
Advocate covered way before that
*cough*), I’m considering a job in the
utility sector. I haven’t been educated
in the field, but I’ve got duct tape and
Popsicle sticks at the ready. If the pay
is right I’ll even bring my sticky tack.
Portlanders Eat for Equality
Sorry folks, that’s the best headline
I’ve got. Last weekend marked the
first Support Black Restaurants
Day, during which Portlanders of all
kinds stuffed upwards of 15 pounds of
grizzly bacon burgers, several helpings
of chicken embryo and placenta (also
known as eggs), various artisanal
breads, pretentious overpriced pints
of beer, uh... burritos and other
foods... each, to be later dropped into
various receptacles, including toilets,
underpants, bushes, and ostomy bags.
They all did this around “brunch,” a
food time that was only observed by
the filthy rich in decades past. They
also breakfasted, lunched, and dined,
but the media saturation seems to be
all about the brunching, and who am I
to challenge convention?
The event pulled in a lot of new faces
to the nearly 60 establishments listed
on the official Facebook event page.
Modeled after the Black Restaurant
Day of San Francisco, which just
celebrated its 11th year, organizer
Bertha Pearl brought it all together
with a grass roots campaign online.
Oh ho ho, that’s right, Corvallis! No
committees or subcommittees. And
you said it couldn’t be done!
Lake County Visited for Thing
That’s Not a Lake
Lake County should have some kind of
big a*s famous lake, but not according
to University of Oregon archaeologists,
no indeed. They’re spending the
week wandering around some fancyschmancy cave where in 1938 “Father
of Oregon Archaeology” Luther
Cressman (if that’s his real name)
once found the oldest shoe... ever. And
it looks it, too. The decrepit old thing,
which has been dated to about 10,000
years old, was woven from sagebrush
and probably gave the original owner
a bad back and gross-looking soles.
There’s talk of soil samples and data
and understanding the history of the
cave, but I don’t trust this new team.
One of them was wearing a suspicious
hat. Count me out.
The Johnny Beaver Insight
Network
This week I wanted to answer more of
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Public
Insight Network questions for you,
but unfortunately they were just
asking if I wanted to submit a backto-school photo. Because it seemed
inappropriate to post an image of me
crying, naked, and covered in filth in
the corner of a broken-down bathroom
stall, I figured I’d replace the content
this week with a butt made out of
ASCII characters: (__|__)
Yeah, it’s a little flat, but this is avant
garde, OK?
Oregon Wildfires: A Costly Thing
That Costs
While the U.S. Forest Service spends
$150 million a week fighting fires or
paying
for
suppression
measures, roughly
$10 million a day
is going just to fighting
wildfires in Oregon. If anyone out
there is looking for a cheap date, we’re
not it. Maybe try Florida... it clearly
has low self-esteem.
Taking up a bloated 52% of the entire
Forest Service budget, this is the
first time in the history of the entire
Universe that they are spending
more on stopping fires than anything
else. In fact, they just froze spending
on anything that’s not directly firerelated.
I guess Clark Griswold won’t be
getting that pool for Christmas.
Climate Change DataWe’re All Shucked
By Sidney Reilly
W
henever there’s a tough issue
with nuances, rhetorical nooks
and crannies, or highly technical jargon
easily misunderstood by a layperson
(me), I usually have one piece of advice:
look to Vegas. Which is to say, if you
want to get the
straightest dope,
look to the people
who stand to profit.
They tend to have the
situation, or at least
a plan for it, well
in hand. A recent
study conducted
by researchers
from OSU, funded by the Oregon Sea
Grant, came to more or less the same
conclusion as it pertains to increasing
ocean acidification.
The study’s results, published last
week in The Journal of Shellfish
Research, show that upwards of 80%
of survey respondents in the shellfish,
particularly oyster, industry, are not at
all wishy-washy about the acidification
of the waters in which they catch their
product. This is in contrast to the
general public which is still much more
agnostic about the effects of climate
change on our waters.
“The shellfish industry recognizes the
consequences of ocean acidification for
people today, people in this lifetime,
and for future generations—to a far
greater extent than the U.S. public,”
said Rebecca Mabardy, lead author
on the study, in a press release. “The
good news is that more than half of
the respondents expressed optimism—
at least, guarded optimism—for
the industry’s ability to adapt to
acidification.”
Also adding to the optimism is the
level of sophistication with which the
industry is starting to understand
the problem. George Waldbusser,
an OSU marine ecologist who has
worked extensively with the oyster
industry in Oregon, weighed in.
“Many have seen the negative effects
of acidified water on the survival of
their juvenile oysters—and those
who have experienced a direct impact
obviously have a higher degree of
concern about the issue. Others are
anticipating the effects of acidification
and want to know just what will
happen, and how long the impacts may
last,” said Waldbusser in the press
release.
As I said, when you’re confused about a
complex issue, “Look to Vegas.” In this
case, the oyster farmers are the Vegas
house, and their betting line does not
suggest a wait-and-see approach. And
don’t forget, the house always wins.
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Linn-Benton
Backwash
Will the Real Crimes
D
Please Stand Up?
espite information gathered from
Demarko Wynne and police, as well
as a lack of a concluded investigation
into the
matter, the
Corvallis
Kneejerk
Reaction
Squad
continues
to define
this “cop
pulls gun on
unarmed black man” issue via social
media as either a complete outrage
or completely innocent. Good to
know there are still progressive thinkers
around here.
Some people in Philomath are
thumbing their noses after a judged
tossed out second-degree criminal
mischief charges against a dude for
poisoning the air of his apartment
complex with the smell of marijuana
smoke. I should also mention that this
has made national news, which...
excuse me while I carve my intestines
out and begin to jump rope with them.
The Harrisburg Harvest Festival has a
tractor and truck pull. Wowza! Too
bad you missed it, as it passed us by
last Saturday. Taking into account
the average age of the tractor pilots
involved, it’s a miracle that nobody
died of natural causes over the
course of the event. Some other stuff
happened, but I’ve gotten to the funny
part already so... moving on.
Brownsville is so cool, “C I hear it all the
time. Quaint! Charming! Rustic!” Also,
a Brownsville man was just sentenced
to 31 years for sexually abusing three
girls, one of which was under 12. It
really is too bad nobody told him
about sexually abusing lawnmowers.
Or cactus... I heard they’re getting
popular.
Lebanon’s news sources continue the
trend of “MEDICAL CENTER SO SHINY!!!!”
news sitting atop a bunch of drug busts
and violent crimes, just like a cherry on
a sundae made of... drug busts and
violent crimes. And poop, I guess.
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years. A career mobile intensive care
unit paramedic with a background in
volunteer firefighting, Carter took it
upon himself to beef up public safety.
he smoky haze in the valley a
couple weeks ago is a reminder
of the dangers of fire season, but
what we may not be aware of is
how underfunded some local fire
departments are and how much of a
risk that poses for those communities.
Antelope is a very small town in north
central Oregon with a population of 46.
Their fire department provides aid to
a large unprotected area consisting of
other tiny communities and ranches in
a 120 square mile radius. The closest
fire rescue or ambulance that will come
there is 45 minutes to an hour away.
They have no dedicated tax base;
in fact, their total annual budget is
about $3,000 which has to pay for fuel,
electricity, insurance, and repairs, so
they depend nearly 100% on donations.
According to Fire Chief Michael Carter,
the people in that area are leery about
signing on for any taxation, even if it
would benefit them, because of trust
issues that began when the Rajneesh
came to the area with a cult of followers
in the 1980s. His devotees were
numerous enough to elect themselves
into local offices. Many promises were
made and broken.
As a result, public support and cash
donations by any means possible have
been (quite understandably) rather
difficult to come by. Carter is working
to get some grants for training and
equipment but those are very lengthy
and highly competitive processes which
do not offer the best success for tiny
rural departments like Antelope’s, as it
is usually the bigger departments that
are awarded.
When Carter moved to Antelope in
2011, there was no fire department
to speak of. There was nothing but a
garage filled with unusable equipment.
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According to Carter, there wasn’t a
single ax, ladder, pike pole, pair of
gloves, flashlight, fire extinguisher,
or radio. In fact, until two years ago,
they relied on phones and knocking on
doors to round up volunteers in place
of radios. The 1948 Chevy fire engine
that had been used until 1998 was
still there, but obviously not working.
The garage had been left unlocked
and anything that was left was falling
apart and filled with dirt and cobwebs.
As a consequence of these conditions,
the community suffered tragically
in loss of property and life over the
Today, they have two structure fire
engines, a medic unit, a brush fire
rig, and a utility vehicle. They have
12 to 16 volunteers at any given time,
plus others who provide support
services. Carter trains the volunteers
in fire rescue skills every month; they
recently finished up their first ever
Firefighter 1 Academy, which was
taught by instructors from Portland
that were eager to help. A few nearby
fire departments have given them
used equipment. Much of it is a bit
old and considered obsolete by NFPA
standards, but every little bit helps
and is an improvement from where
they started. They are still in desperate
need of a new station (their present
station is a simple, small metal two-bay
garage built by the Rajneesh in 1980),
a dedicated communication link to
their dispatch center, EMT training, an
oversized alternator and new batteries
for their EMS rescue vehicle, and
better public relations mechanisms.
Many people in the area know nothing
about the problems that their small fire
department has faced.
If you want to help out, they need
financial donations as well as
medical equipment and supplies for
their emergency medical services
and rescue unit/team, especially
diagnostic devices. For info, visit www.
cityofantelope.us/fire-department.
City of Antelope Fire Department
P.O. Box 111
Antelope, OR 97001
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idiot was literally stomping on a cat in
the road that had been “hit by a car,”
but when police arrived the cat was
able to stand up and walk away and...
I just don’t know what to say about
that. Aug. 25 saw two different cars get
a window bashed out by a rock (Same
rock? We may never know). On Aug. 26
an eight-year-old liberated a steel pipe
from a construction yard and used it to
beat on a wooden pole in Ralston Park
before the local pokey stopped him.
And finally on Aug. 27 someone broke
into a garage and stole some old pizza,
because Lebanon.
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f you have yet to embrace your nerdy
overlords, it may be time to rethink
your life choices. Geeks have been
chic for about a decade now, comic
book movies dominate Hollywood and
television, and video games continue
their rise to the top of the entertainment
heap. The biggest companies with the
highest paid employees are all in the tech
industry, which is run entirely by nerds.
While a great many of those minds
congregate in California, tucked away
in the Silicon Valley and in Hollywood,
Oregon is emerging as a new hub for all
things nerdy.
To the north, Portland is home to
your creative nerds. Two giant comic
publishers, Oni Press and Dark Horse,
have taken up roots in the Rose City,
and the constantly rising independent
comic scene is anchored by the fantastic
creator collective Periscope Studio. Comic
giants Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, and
Brian Michael Bendis all live in Portland
and produce content for the biggest
comic publishers of our time. Michael
Allred, an independent comic creator
most famous for his character Madman,
grew up in Roseburg as a radio DJ. His
time in Oregon would go on to serve as
inspiration for his first graphic novel
Dead Air. A personal favorite of their
collective works has to be Fraction’s
Sex Criminals,which tells the tale of
two strangers that come together after
having lived their lives with the ability
to stop time whenever they climax. Yeah.
That idea was born in Oregon.
There are a great many notable game
developers in our fair state as well.
Independent darling Fullbright Studios,
known for their narrative-based megahit
Gone Home, is right at home in the
creativity pod that is Portland. To the
east is Sony Bend, a smaller development
team that works exclusively on titles for
Sony’s PlayStation brand.
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Portland, though—no sir. Corvallis is
an emerging market for all of those
aforementioned creative nerdy outlets
and it’s not far behind the Silicon Valley
when it comes to tech heavy lifting
either.
For starters, a study released by
Nerdwallet in February of this year
named Corvallis the fourth most
innovative city in the tech space, ahead
of Seattle and just behind San Francisco.
The listing makes sense when you
consider the presence of companies like
Hewlett-Packard and NaturalMotion
recruiting workers from OSU and the
constant flow of tech startups that
emerge from the engineering students
looking to break big.
Which means Corvallis houses some of
the greatest technical nerds to team up
with all those great creative nerds up
in Portland. That makes the nerd cred
fight fairly even between the Willamette
Valley and Silicon Valley. And that’s
before Corvallis’ own creative nerds join
the fight.
Comic creators are well-represented in
our humble town, with the previously
covered Andy Pur-viance taking the
lead on his successful web comic, I,
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Patrick Manhatton: Game Developer
Gathering Local Talent
By Nathan Hermanson
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a long shot, and contract work can be
hard to find or very low-paying. I’m
lucky to have the support of my friends,
community, and family. I won’t act
like it hasn’t been a struggle. Making
game development a full-time career is
probably not for everyone. Personally I
can’t imagine anything making me feel
more alive and like I’m doing what I’m
best at.”
atrick Manhatton is one of the
minds behind Corvallis Game Devs,
a local group of game developers that
have come together to make games,
share their talents with one another,
and help teach those interested in the
world of game development. Manhatton
has, with the assistance of his coorganizer Ted Carter, set up a number
of events for the group and has made
an effort to involve the community in as
many ways as possible.
In the early going, Manhatton had a
pretty clear idea of what he wanted to
do with his life.
“Deciding to make game development
my career goal was kind of like giving
into something I knew I should do,”
Manhatton said. “Designing games was
something I could picture myself never
wanting to stop, something I thought
I had a knack for, and something I
was really passionate about. I knew I
wouldn’t be able to do something that
I didn’t love and eventually I stopped
trying to talk myself into other things.”
But even with all the passion in the
Manhatton didn’t let a weak market
and the difficulty of success get in
his way, though, and he planned,
organized, and held the Summer Game
Jam, which was a big success.
world, Manhatton recognized the
troubling and difficult aspects of his
chosen career path.
“It’s a very tough industry and it has
a pretty bad reputation with worklife balance and burnout,” Manhatton
relented. “I can’t really speak to those
topics because my experiences have
been mostly related to the uncertainty
and difficulty of breaking into it.
There aren’t many game-related jobs
in Corvallis, indie development can be
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in this community,” Manhatton gushed.
“[Game jams] are a little different
depending on the community, but
the gist is usually the same: make a
game, from scratch, in a predetermined
amount of time. Our last game jam
lasted 48 hours. There are people whose
only interest in game development
is jamming. Our other events might
be productive, informative, fun, but
jams really excite people in a way
that’s really motivating for me as an
organizer.”
For those interested in game
development, Manhatton’s advice is
simple. Get involved.
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lot on your specific interests, whether
it’s design, programming, or art,” said
Manhatton. “To everyone I would say
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interest you. Talk to people who do
what you want to do. See if what they
like about it is what you think you’ll
like about it. Don’t worry about being
ready, I don’t know what ready is and
I don’t think it’s a real thing, just get
your hands dirty.”
Manhatton and the Corvallis Game
Devs look to continue to grow the game
development scene in Corvallis and
invite anyone interested to their next
“game jam” taking place during Startup
Weekend from Nov. 13 to Nov. 15.
Visit Corvallis Game Devs at http://
corvallisgamedevs.com or https://
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orvallis, thanks to its status as a
college town, is home to a great
variety of events for an even greater
variety of people. Music, art, and sports
are all well represented in Beaver Town,
but those of the nerdy disposition will
be happy to hear that there are more
than enough gatherings of like-minded
individuals in and around Corvallis.
assembled the Graphic Novel Book Club
for those who have come to understand
the nuances behind their favorite
superhero’s actions. Meetings take place
on the first Tuesday of every month at
New Morning Bakery and the library
provides copies of the month’s latest
highlighted book.
To start, the Pacific Northwest is home
to a great many fantastic conventions.
Locally, Corvallis plays host to Just a
Game Con, a tabletop gaming convention
hosted by the folks at Matt’s Cavalcade
of Comics. The event is held biannually,
with its second showing this year coming
on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4. Tickets are $8 per
day or $12 for both days. Conventiongoers can expect to play the latest and
greatest that tabletop gaming has to
offer with friendly folk around to help
introduce you to new gaming experiences.
For those willing to take a little bit of a
drive, Oregon also plays host to a number
of comic conventions. Eugene, Portland,
and Salem all hold various permutations
of the tried and true comic-con formula.
Each con attracts the usual fare: a
variety of B-list celebrities with cult
followings, vendors with all your nerdy
interests, cosplayers enjoying the yearlong Halloween experience, and a mass
of your fellow nerds. The next Comic Con
is on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 in Portland.
Each con is of varying prices, but for the
most part affordable. As an avid con-goer
myself, I can attest to the incredible value
of these conventions.
If you’re interested in comics, but just
looking for a little discussion, then our
very own library has the answer for you.
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For those looking for something a bit
more digital, Corvallis Game Devs
has you covered. Informative game
development meetings and semi-regular
game jams should keep you satisfied.
A game jam is a game development
gathering where attendees plan and
develop a full game within a short span
of time, usually taking place over a 24- to
72-hour period. No experience is needed
and the event is completely collaborative.
Game jams are perfect for those even
vaguely interested in how video games
are made. There are even contingents of
developers who make tabletop games at
these events. The next jam is being held
during Startup Weekend, Nov. 13 to
Nov. 15.
Lastly, nerdy artsy folk have a few
interesting local events to look forward to
as well. Central Park has been the spot
for some great music this summer, but
on Sept. 13 at 5 p.m., the nerds take over
with a stage adaptation of an episode of
Star Trek: The Next Generation. Eugenebased science-fiction theater troupe
Trek Theatre is bringing their show to
Corvallis with their take on the TNG
episode “Darmok.” The show is free and
family-friendly, and it sounds nuts in all
the best ways possible.
OSU also has a fairly interesting exhibit
on display in the Valley Library that both
history and gaming nerds may enjoy. The
Nuclear Age exhibit is currently being
hosted in the Archives Research Reading
Room on the fifth floor of the library
and features original materials from the
Atomic Age, including Geiger counters,
original newspapers, and manuscripts
and letters from both Linus Pauling and
Albert Einstein. In conjunction with
the exhibit, OSU is hosting a talk from
Hiroshima survivor Dr. Hideko Tamura
Snider on Oct. 22. Both history nerds and
gaming nerds familiar with the Fallout
series will find this exhibit enlightening
and will have until March 2016 to enjoy
it.
No matter what subsection of the greater
nerd community you lie in, Corvallis
and the greater Oregon community has
you covered. From video games to comic
books, let your passions fly freely and
find your new best friends at one of these
events through the rest of the year.
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Thursday, Sept. 3
Ave. 9:30 – 11 p.m. No cover. Nick Rivard,
guitarist of Space Neighbors and LMNO,
teams with percussionist Dave Storrs to
play tunes from their new album at this
album release party. For info, visit www.
bombsawaycafe.com.
Michelle Hazelton. Peacock
Bar & Grill, 125 SW 2nd St. 7 p.m. – 8
p.m. No cover. Come enjoy a late dinner
or a few drinks with friends while you
listen to Hazelton’s acoustic styles. Minors
welcome until 8 p.m. For info, visit www.
facebook.com/pages/The-Peacock-BarGrill/64517167600.
OSU Football Kickoff Dance.
Peacock Bar and Grill, 125 SW 2nd St. 9:30
p.m. – 2 a.m. No cover. Peacock Bar & Grill
celebrates the beginning of the OSU football
season with Parish Gap who will perform
rock music from the past, present, and future
for your listening and dancing pleasure. For
info, visit www.parishgap.com.
Rusty Hinges. Calapooia Brewing,
140 Hill St. NE, Albany. 7:30 p.m. No cover.
For info, visit www.calapooiabrewing.com.
Friday, Sept. 4
Lowdown. Cloud & Kelly’s Public House,
Art Break Day. Plaza, NW Monroe
Ave. and SW 1st St. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Art
Break Day is a free community art event
where the public is provided the space
and opportunity to create art. On Sept. 4,
art-making spaces with an array of supplies
will pop up in over 30 communities across
the world. Corvallis’ Art Break Day will be
set up downtown at the plaza on 1st Street
and Monroe Avenue. All ages and art skills
are welcome. The first 100 participants
will receive an art gift. For info, visit www.
artbreakday.com.
Picasso, Mink Ties, and The
King of Cats. Majestic Theatre, 115
SW 2nd St. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Cost: $10 for
adults ($8 for members, seniors, students).
The Majestic Theatre is proud to present
three monologues by playwright Don Nigro
performed by local actors Wolf Krebs and
Leslie Glassmire. Nigro is among the most
frequently published and widely produced
playwrights in the world, employing a wide
variety of dramatic conventions and styles
of presentation. For info, visit www.majestic.
org.
Dennis Monroe’s Funked Up
Blues Jam. The Meet N Place, 1150
Main St., Philomath. 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. No
cover. Musicians are encouraged to come
early to ensure a spot. Dennis Monroe has
been holding this jam for a year and a half
and it has worked into a great event with a
lot of the mid-valley’s best talent showing
up. For info, visit www.facebook.com/
meetnplacetavern.
John Shipe. Calapooia Brewing, 140
Hill St. NE, Albany. 8 p.m. No cover. Seasoned
songwriter (freeform Americana) fixin’ to
create his 11th album. For info, visit www.
calapooiabrewing.com.
Nick Rivard and Dave Storrs.
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
126 SW 1st St. 10 p.m. Fridays. No cover. A
festive dance party showcasing local DJs.
For info, visit http://cloudandkellys.com/
music_and_nightlife.
Rainbow in the Clouds. Cloud
& Kelly’s Public House, 126 SW 1st St. 10:30
p.m. – 2:30 a.m. No cover. Every first Friday,
we gather together to celebrate diversity.
Each month is themed and deliciously
diverse with DJs, a photo booth, donated
freebies and goodies, and best of all, filled
to the brim with PRIDE. Part of the proceeds
from each event are donated to a specified
organization that supports equal rights
and opportunities. For info, visit www.
cloudandkellys.com.
Saturday, Sept. 5
Mid-Valley Belly Dance
Collective. Old World Deli, 341 SW
2nd St. 7 p.m. Free; $5 suggested donation.
The MVBC invites professional belly dancers,
instructors, and students (18 and older) to
come dance. The venue is family-friendly
and a perfect place for beginning belly
dancers to perform as well as experienced
dancers. For info, visit www.facebook.com/
groups/1465605166988133.
Unlikely Saints. Calapooia Brewing,
140 Hill St. NE, Albany. 8 p.m. No cover. Jay
Fleming and Randy Davenport make up the
Unlikely Saints. Jay’s rich, soulful voice has
a tendency to grab you and pull you into
whatever he is singing. His voice commands
authority and creates a natural connection
to whatever he sings. Randy is the flavor and
the musical brain of the group. Many years
and many incarnations of different styles
and groups has created a very well-rounded
professionalism that brings a lot to the band.
For info, visit www.calapooiabrewing.com.
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Sunday, Sept. 6
Zen Meditation. Yoga Center of
Corvallis, 111 NW 2nd St. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Free; donations accepted. For info, call Abby
at 541-754-4124.
Yoga for Recovery. Live Well
Studio, 971 Spruce Ave. 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
For recovery from substance abuse, eating
disorders, codependency. By donation. For
info, visit www.livewellstudio.com.
Baton Twirling Class. Rise Up
Fitness, 734 SW Queen Ave., Albany. 4:30
– 5:30 p.m. Cost: $35 per month. Baton
twirling classes taught by Kailey McKay,
former OSU Feature Twirler. Opportunities for
performances.
Hoolyeh Folkdancers. First
Congregational UCC, 4515 SW West Hills Rd.
7 – 9 p.m. Cost: $3 non CFS members, $2
CFS members. There has been international
dancing in Corvallis for many years. In the
60s the group started to call themselves the
Hoolyehs. The Hoolyehs sponsor three types
of folk dance activities: regular Sunday night
dances, an annual reunion dance in the
spring, and occasional dances with visiting
live bands. The Hoolyehs now meet the first
and third Sundays of every month at the First
Congregational Church. The first Sunday of
every month has a Balkan dance emphasis
and the third has an Israeli dance emphasis.
Early in the evening some simple dances are
taught. The rest of the evening is open to a
wide variety of dances from couple dances
to line and circle dances. For info, visit www.
hoolyeh.com.
Monday, Sept. 7
No Direction Home – 5 to 1
Theatre’s Script Preview.
Majestic Theatre – Community Room,
115 SW 2nd St. 7 p.m. Free. 5 to 1 Theatre
presents a reading of their original drama
No Direction Home, a story about a small
town whose strength and faith become
challenged when a young member of
their community murders their pastor. As
members begin to search for the truth of
what happened they discover that others are
attempting to keep secrets hidden. This is 5
to 1’s third production, which will premiere
in the Majestic’s Lab Theatre Nov. 5 to Nov.
7 and Nov. 13 to Nov. 15. They are inviting
community members to come and read a
few scenes from their new play or to come
and just watch and listen. They are hoping to
connect more with members of the Corvallis
theater community and bring them into
their process as a new collaborative theater
company here in Corvallis. For info, visit
www.majestic.org.
Traditional West African
Dance Classes. Oddfellows Hall,
223 SW 2nd St. 7:15 p.m. Free. Traditional
West African dance classes hosted by
Maria Soumah from Guinea, West Africa.
Accompanied by live drumming from Fefafe.
For info, visit www.corvallisoddfellows.org.
Dicemasters. Matt’s Cavalcade of
Comics, NW Buchanan Ave. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Free. Every Monday at Matt’s Cavalcade of
Comics! DiceMasters is an all-new crossbrand offering utilizing WizKids Games’
proprietary Dice Building Game platform
where players collect and assemble their
“team” of character dice and battle in headto-head game play. The initial set, Avengers
vs. X-Men feature Marvel’s greatest heroes
and villains. The starter set and booster
packs are sold out everywhere, but we will
continue to meet and play friendly matches,
and teach new players how to play. For info,
visit www.ilovespidey.com.
Tuesday, Sept. 8
Sit and Stitch with Wendy
Yoder Holub. The Arts Center Main
Gallery, 700 SW Madison Ave. 1 – 4 p.m.
Free. Multimedia and contemporary fiber
artist Wendy Yoder Holub will spend time in
the Arts Center in September. Every Tuesday
afternoon she will be in the gallery with
some fabric and threads, stitching on her
free-form improvisational stitched pieces.
She can set you up on a project to try, or
you can just watch her stitch a magical story
on a small swatch of beautiful cloth. No
experience necessary. For info, visit www.
theartscenter.net.
Spring/Summer 2016
Proposal Forum. Majestic Theatre
Community Room, 115 SW 2nd St. 7 – 10
p.m. Free. Community members can pitch
proposals for the spring/summer 2016
season. The proposal teams will be given
15 minutes to pitch their proposal to the
group and then will be asked to leave the
room while Jimbo Ivy leads discussion
and comments on that proposal. Based
upon feedback from those present, Ivy will
then decide whether or not to accept the
proposals and will announce the accepted
proposals on Sept. 14. All members of the
public are welcome to come and lend their
support or criticism to the proposal process.
For info, visit www.majestic.org.
Community Movie Night.
Darkside Cinema, 215 SW 4th St. 7 p.m.
Free. Every Tuesday at the Darkside Cinema,
Ygal Kaufman, noted local film historian
and Darkside enthusiast, hosts Community
Movie Night, a free weekly screening of
lost, classic, and cult films. The feature
film of the week is always preceded by
newsreels, cartoons from the year of the
feature’s release, and an introduction with
interesting facts about the production from
Kaufman. Donations are graciously accepted
and benefit the renovation of the Darkside
Cinema, Corvallis’ only independent movie
house. For info, visit www.darksidecinema.
com.
Celtic Jam. Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW
Philomath Blvd. 7:30 – 9 p.m. Every Tuesday.
Free. For info, visit www.imaginecoffee.net.
Wednesday, Sept. 9
Yoga in the Gallery. The Arts
Center, 700 SW Madison Ave. 10 a.m.
Explore the world of yoga and enjoy a sense
of community in the setting of the main
gallery. The hour-long session will be led
by certified yoga instructor Marcy Keuter.
Beginners are welcome. Bring a yoga mat,
if possible. Proceeds benefit youth arts
education programs. For info, visit http://
theartscenter.net.
Open Call to Artists –
“LOLZ!” Majestic Theatre, 115 SW
2nd St. 12 – 5 p.m. Free. The objective is
to celebrate and explore the relationship
when comic meets creativity, and highlight
the unique viewpoints of local artists and
how they choose to incorporate humor in
visual art. Whether it’s exuberant, smileinducing slapstick comic strips or bold and
snarky insults shouted by Shakespeare’s
tragic heroes, there’s no question of the
importance of the presence of comedy
in art throughout the ages, reminding us
of the absurdity of sanity and that if all
else fails, laughter is the best medicine. A
myriad of mediums are accepted for the
September show, from paintings to prints to
photography, sketches, collage, or written
poems. The possibilities are sky high, as long
as it’s tangible and it can hang on the wall.
For info, visit www.majestic.org.
Thursday, Sept. 10
Wild Hog in the Woods.
Calapooia Brewing, 140 Hill St. NE, Albany.
7:30 p.m. No cover. For info, visit www.
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Albany Farmers’ Market. SW
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Ellsworth St. and SW 4th Ave. 9 a.m. – 1
p.m. Runs through Nov. 21. Features fresh,
locally grown, locally produced dairy,
meat, and farm goods. For info, visit http://
locallygrown.org/home.
Exhibit: Something Old,
Something Blue. Benton County
Historical Museum, 1101 Main St.,
Philomath. Tuesday through Saturday:
10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Runs through Oct.
24. The exhibition showcases artifacts
from the combined Horner Museum and
Benton County Historical Society artifact
collections, with an emphasis on the color
blue. Sub-themes include blue in nature, art,
fashion, school colors, uniforms, decorative
arts, and more. The museum has also
borrowed something new: man-made blue
pigment from the Oregon State University
Department of Chemistry.
Corvallis Farmers’ Market.
NW Jackson Ave. and NW 1st St. 9 a.m. – 1
p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays. Runs
through Nov. 25. Features fresh, locally
grown, locally produced dairy, meat,
and farm goods. For info, visit http://
locallygrown.org/home.
Western Star Grange Flea
Market & Bake Sale. Western
Star Grange, 30423 Tangent Dr. 9 a.m. – 3
p.m. Second Saturdays. Runs through Nov.
28. The market offers old coins, household
items, CDs, DVDs, books, quilting, vintage
items, jewelry, used sporting and hunting
supplies, clothes, raffles, breakfast, lunch,
and homemade baked goods.
Exhibit: The Nuclear Age: 70
Years of Peril and Hope. OSU’s
Valley Library, fifth-floor exhibit gallery,
OSU main campus. Summer hours for the
exhibit space are Monday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit runs through
March. This year marks the 70th anniversary
of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki during World War II. The Special
Collections and Archives Research Center at
OSU Libraries is honoring this anniversary
with an exhibit featuring a wide-ranging
selection of primary source materials from
their rich collections documenting nuclear
history. Original materials include comics,
Geiger counters, newspapers, photographs,
manuscripts, and letters from famous
antinuclear activists Linus Pauling and Albert
Einstein. For info, visit http://scarc.library.
oregonstate.edu.
Fun-with-the-Animals Work
Party. Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, 36831
Richardson Gap Rd., Scio. Wednesdays: 10
a.m. – 12 p.m.; Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Free. For all ages and abilities. Work parties
provide the sanctuary’s abused, abandoned,
or neglected farm animals with clean water,
bedding, and living conditions. No RSVP
required; just show up wearing farm apparel
and boots. For info, contact 503-394-4486 or
volunteer@lighthousefarmsanctuary.org.
Albany Historic Carousel
and Museum. 503 W 1st Ave. 10
a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
In the lobby, view finished animals and
watch the painters work on a number of
animals and other hand-crafted projects. In
the carving studio, see and touch over two
Author Discussion. CorvallisBenton County Public Library, 645 NW
Monroe Ave. 7 – 8:30 p.m. Free. Join us for
inspirational examples of ecological design
in cities and towns across the continent
as award-winning author Toby Hemenway
Bonnie Bucknam and Linda
McLaughlin – Contemporary
Art Quilts. The Arts Center, 700 SW
introduces his new book, The Permaculture
City: Regenerative Design for Urban,
Suburban, and Town Resilience. Be a part of
a lively discussion on ways to apply nature’s
wisdom to urban, suburban, and town life.
You will also learn how permaculture’s
Madison Ave. Tuesday through Saturday, 12
– 5 p.m. Runs through Oct. 3. The bi-annual
Quilt County event is an opportunity for the
Arts Center to show two artists working
with fiber. Bonnie Bucknam and Linda
McLaughlin both create art quilts, but with
very different results. Their work contrasts
in use of color, shape, and inspiration.
Bucknam (from Vancouver, Washington)
originally studied archaeology and geology.
Working on digs took her to France, New
Mexico, and finally Alaska, where she lived
for 31 years. Next to her interest in those
fields, she has made quilts since she was in
high school. Over time her work changed
from traditional patterns to abstracts which
reflect her love of landscape and geology.
McLaughlin (from Weiser, Idaho) has found
her inspiration in meditation. A quote that
resonates with her is from Chuang Tzu: “At
the still point in the center of the circle,
one can see the infinite in all things.”
McLaughlin feels that when she is still and
present, listening to what her center tells
her, the ideas for her work start to bubble
up. For info, visit www.theartscenter.net.
Al Kapuler’s (aka
Mushroom) Birthday Art
Show. Sunnyside Up Café, 116 NW 3rd
St. All day. Runs through Sept. 30. Free.
Mushroom will be 73 on Sept. 3. As usual,
he will display some of his work done
during the past year. His themes continue to
be Recreality, hyperdimensional character
analyses, Koots (Karma Of Our TimeS), with
a few new portraits as well. Celebratory
opening on Sept. 3 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Art Reception: Oregon
Wonders - Crater Lake and
Oregon State Parks. LaSells
Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th St. Runs
approach to understanding natural systems
can do more than improve how we grow,
make, or consume things; it can also teach
us how to cooperate, make decisions, earn
a secure livelihood, and arrive at good
solutions. Hemenway’s presentation will
through Sept. 28. Share your memories
through fine art mediums of Oregon’s many
wonders, from state and national parks, to
the unique beauty of Crater Lake. The show
provides an opportunity to showcase your
experience with a diverse audience. Choose
to feature moments that are captured onsite or through a vision from a previous trip
to Crater Lake or a state or national park.
For info, visit www.oregonstate.edu/lasells/
gallery.
The Majestic Reader’s
Theater. The Majestic Theatre, 115 SW
2nd Ave. 3 – 5 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m. Cost: $10
($8 for students and seniors). Last Sundays.
The company will offer a production in the
“reader’s theater” style: trained actors, with
scripts in hand, make the play come alive
through vocal talent, facial expressions,
and minimal staging. Reader’s theater plays
are a fun, accessible way to experience
contemporary works by famous modern
playwrights that might not otherwise be
performed here. For info or tickets, visit
https://majesticreaderstheater.wordpress.
com.
Teen Makers. CorvallisBenton County Public
Library, 645 NW Monroe
Ave. 4 – 5:30 pm. Tuesdays.
Teens aged 12 and older learn basic
programming with Arduino and Raspberry
Pi, plus explore 3-D printing and other
technologies. Teen Makers meets on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each month
at 4 p.m. For info, visit www.chcpublclibrary.
net.
Teen Writers. Corvallis-Benton
County Public Library, 645 NW Monroe
Ave. 4 – 5:30 pm. Thursdays. Teens aged 12
help you understand how you can be part of
applying these ground-breaking practices in
your hometown and start building alliances
to make it happen.
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Instruments provided or bring your own.
Hosted by Michelle Lovrich of the Drum
Circle Connection. For info, contact Michelle
at drumcircleconnection@gmail.com.
Ukulele Cabaret. First Alternative
South Store, 1007 SE 3rd St. 7 – 9 p.m. First
Fridays. Free. This is an open mic and singalong for ukulele players of all ages and
skill levels. Songbooks and instruction are
provided. Bring snacks to share. Hosted by
Suz Doyle and Jeanne Holmes of the Wallop
Sisters. For info, call 541-753-8530.
Reiki Healing Circle. 8285 NW
Wynoochee Dr. 7 – 9 p.m. First Thursdays.
Donation: $5 to $10. All students and
interested parties welcome. For info, call
Margo at 541-754-3595.
2015 Starker Forest &
Georgia Pacific Mill Tour.
Starker Forests, 7240 SW Philomath Blvd.
Free guided tours of Starker Forests are
available twice a month, June through
September, in Philomath. Special, all-day
tours happen twice this season. On these
days, you’ll tour the Georgia Pacific Mill in
the morning, followed by the guided tour of
Starker Forests in the afternoon.
NW Monroe Ave. 9:30 – 10:30 p.m. Cost: $3.
Formerly known as “Despite the Whiteness,”
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very danceable groove, y’all. Put on your
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Friday, September 4
Saturday, September 5
Nick Rivard and Dave Storrs
PhiloPhobia
Thursday, September 3
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
Ave. 9 p.m. Free
Cloud & Kelly’s Public House, 126 SW
1st St. 10 p.m. Free
Infinite Improv
You know guitarist Nick Rivard from Space Neighbors
and LMNO, unless you know him from that unfortunate
food fight that escalated into a 25-year family feud
that erupted in a Denny’s in 1990. In which case you
only know him as the cold hand of deadly Moons Over
My Hammy tossing. At any rate, he’s got a new project
with Dave Storrs, a crazy accomplished drummer and
founder of Louie Records, and they’re going to give us
a sneak peek at the new release. I’ve always hated that
term, “sneak peek.” Like I’m some cat burglar tiptoeing
around a quiet manor looking for local music that I can
steal a short glimpse of. This show is no secret. And it’s
more than just a peek. You can really get an eyeful of
these two, no sneaking around necessary.
Cloud & Kelly’s Public House, 126 SW
1st St. 9 p.m. Free
This show promises to be much better than the selfhelp seminar I went to called “Infinite Improve.” Well,
maybe not better, but certainly more entertaining. I
can’t pretend that seminar didn’t make me into the
multitasking dynamo with a great haircut that I am
today. Nor can I pretend it wasn’t worth the three
easy payments of $69.95 that it cost to register. What
I can tell you is that I totally improvised that entire
joke and that’s just the kind of lazy humor you won’t
find at this live show. Infinite Improv: Don’t worry, I
don’t perform with them, so this stands a pretty good
chance of being funny.
Rusty Hinges Band
Calapooia Brewing, 140 NE Hill St.,
Albany. 7:30 p.m. Free
Rusty Hinges return to their favorite stage, rocking at
the ‘Pooia. OK, in fairness I haven’t asked them what
their favorite stage is, and for all I know it’s actually
Wembley… Sorry, the Wembley YMCA in Wembley,
Idaho. Sorry, I should have finished that sentence
right away. But seriously, these guys are excellent.
And they play at the ‘Pooia a lot, and for free, and for
that, if nothing else, we owe them our thanks. Thank
them by showing up to the show and buying booze.
John Shipe
Calapooia Brewing Company, 140 NE
Hill St., Albany. 8 p.m. Free
Who’s the handsomest crooner in the Willamette
Valley? If you answered me—meaning, of course,
me—you’re right. Congratulations. If you answered
me—meaning you—well, sorry, you’re dead wrong,
buster. But if you answered John Shipe, I have good
news for you… he’s got a show coming up. For free. At
the ‘Pooia. This must be like Christmas in September for
all you Shipe lovers. Brainstorm. I just had a great idea
for a Corvallis supergroup opportunity. John joins forces
with Corvy’s favorite Dead cover band, to create Shipe
of Fools. Anybody? No? Very well, then…
Sunday, September 6
Picasso, Mink Ties, and The
King of the Cats
Majestic Theatre, 115 SW 2nd St.
7:30 p.m. $10 ($8 for members, seniors,
students)
If I understand this show correctly, this band is
super scared of Philomath. And right they are
to be terrified. Philomath is basically a gangster
shanty full of loggers, Lions, Kiwanis, retirees,
and farmers. That’s a frothy combustible mix of
kicka*situde, and if that scares the gents from
PhiloPhobia, I can’t say I blame them. You gotta
come correct when you come to my corner of
Benton County. What’s that? It means a fear
of falling in love? Well then you’re in trouble,
people, because you’re going to love this plucky
and eclectic one-man rock act that just blew
minds in Klamath Falls last weekend. Bringing it
back around; “That’s the power of writing,” he
imagined Malamud muttering to himself.
The Majestic is my favorite place to see a live show.
Other than Darnell’s House of Pig Wrestling and Foxy
Boxing. But Darnell can be a little too familiar when
I walk in sometimes, know what I’m saying? You
get just the right does of familiarity at the Majestic,
though. This collection of short plays by other
favorite son of Ohio (other than me, obviously) Don
Nigro, promises to be thought-provoking, dramatic,
and attention-grabbing. That’s how we Ohioans do
it. Hey here’s a crazy idea, what if all us performers
from the “heart of it all” should start our own troop.
We could call it the Ohio Players. What? No good?
Kevin Lee
Calapooia Brewing Company, 140 NE
Hill St., Albany. 4 to 6 p.m. Free
Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW Philomath
Blvd. 7:30 p.m. Free
“Who is Kevin Lee?” is I’m sure a catch phrase they
imagined putting on his album cover. But seriously,
WHO IS THIS GUY? And how is he the only thing to
do on this particular Saturday night? Answer? You’ll
have to fill up the ‘Gine to find out. My guess is
Mr. Lee plays singer/songwriter or jazz music, and
there’s at least a 28% chance that when he does it,
it’s about Jesus. Outside of those details, you’ll just
have to show up and roll the dice.
Blues Jam!
If you’ve got the blues, these guys will jam it right up
your—oh wait, now that I’m reading the details, this
is actually just an informal blues playing gathering
at the ‘Pooia. Not quite as exciting as where I was
originally going with this, but not the worst way
to spend a Sunday afternoon either. No, that honor
goes to sitting at home and watching not-football
on TV. Sunday afternoon football on TV is so popular;
have you ever actually looked at what else is on
during football? Even PBS just runs infomercials for
the Slap-Chop.
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Wednesday, September 9
Gary Rowles & Chuck Holst
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
Ave. 9 p.m. Free
Monday, September 7
Bryson Skaar
Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW Philomath
Blvd. 7 p.m. Free
Bry-dog returns to the ‘Gine for the hottest
weekly jazz gig in the tri-county area. Obviously
Bry-dog is not his given name, but a creative
new nickname I’m taking for a test drive.
Interesting tidbit about this piano prodigy,
his real name isn’t Bryson, it’s just Bry. But he
watched The Karate Kid so much as a child, he
insisted on being called Bry-san. Eventually the
name just stuck and in 1999 a local judge made
it official, and Bryson Skaar was unleashed on
the valley. For this and other fascinating baldfaced lies, go on a date with me circa 20012006.
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Community Movie Night
Darkside Cinema, 215 SW 4th St.
7 p.m. Free
Well, the free Tuesday concerts in Central Park
are over for the summer. That’s bad news for you
because you can’t beat a free concert. But it’s terrific
news for you as well, because you damn sure can’t
beat a free movie, especially the classic fare I be
slingin’ at this weekly film-lovers soiree. Join me and
the Darkside cutups for a different free classic movie
each week including newsreels and cartoons. This
week it’s the legendary noir classic Detour (1945). If
you like the genre, you’ll love this masterpiece, which
is a nice change of pace from the Shirley Temple ribtickler from last week. Let’s get dark, Corvallis.
Timba Tuesday
Speaking of time travel, travel to a place
Impulse Bar & Grille, 1425 NW
and time you never conceived of or possibly
Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. Free
imagined. That’s right, it’s Dicemasters, your
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favorite weekly roleplaying outlet. Sorry, your
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Gary and Chuck are back at their favorite
haunt, playing easy listening rock songs
about love and loss. You know, that was
pretty presumptuous of me; I don’t want to
call this their favorite place, because I can’t
speak for them. It’s certainly my favorite
place to see them play, though they haven’t
played my bedroom on a Sunday morning
around brunch time while I groggily wake up
and shout, “Holy sh*t! What are you goons
doing in my bedroom? How did you get in
here? Where’s my gun?” Because if they did,
it would certainly be my favorite memory,
and an awesome show. Also in this scenario,
I apparently own a gun, which sounds sweet.
Where was I? Oh yeah, Gary Rowles and Chuck
Holst; these guys sure know how to strum on a
heartstring. Not unlike my writing…
Matt Neely Jazz Showcase
Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW Philomath
Blvd. 7 p.m. Free
This is my second week pumping Matt Neely’s
jazz, and in case you hadn’t heard, the secret’s
out. My well-placed sources tell me that
last week, after I wrote about Neely jazzing
everywhere, people were lining up outside
the ‘Gine entrance clamoring for entry. More
distressingly, I did hear that many of these
patrons entered the ‘Gine without protection.
I can’t endorse that decision. Things can get
awful tough and unexpected at this coffee
house, so I would recommend coming strapped,
with at least a pen knife. But if you’re looking
for a jazz sample that you can really take to the
bank, you can’t beat this free show.
Thursday, September 10
Jive Mind
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
Ave. 9:30 p.m. $3
I can’t endorse this band name, I’ll just come
out and say it. I mean, it’s clever, and nobody’s
a bigger fan of wordplay than me, but come
on. This one is a little on the nose for my taste.
Their music, on the other hand, is right up my
jazzy funkin’ alley. Jive Mind plays a sweetly
jazz-infused brand of funk, with originals and
covers and jive to spare. Oh wait, now I get the
band name. Derp. Jive Mind. Still hate it. But
I’m definitely going to this show. $3 is a steal
for these guys who are pretty damn funky and
good with their instruments.
Michelle Hazelton
Peacock Bar & Grille, 125 SW 2nd St.
7 p.m. Free
Michelle is back with her twice monthly singersongwriting gig at the ‘Cock. On a Thursday
night I fancy swinging by the ‘Cock for some
tunes and a brew, a cold one, and then
heading over to the ‘Gine for a board game
and another brew, a hot one this time. I spin a
real Norman Rockwell view of Corvallis, don’t
I? Although Norman never drew me hustling
for meth outside the ‘Cock while Michelle puts
it down with her inimitable bouncer-infused
singer-songwritering. Norman never drew
me naked either, but I probably would have
wasted the opportunity doing Titanic jokes…
Anywaaaaay… Michelle Hazelton, busting the
jams for free. Hallelujah.
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MR. HOLMES —PG A retired, nonagenarian Sherlock Holmes is haunted
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JIMMY’S HALL—PG-13
A wonderful love story woven into a larger
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STEVE JOBS: MAN IN THE MACHINE —NR
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A disfigured concentration-camp survivor (Nina
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September 4
Hand of God (New) – Amazon
Instant – This promising-looking show
features everyone’s favorite former
beast/motorcycle gang leader,
Ron Perlman, as a judge who starts
seeing visions of god. This is one of
Amazon’s new shows with a lot of
heat on it, and it’s high on my list of
shows to give a chance. Also stars
the great Garret Dillahunt and Dana
Delaney.
September 8
The Awesomes (Season 2) – Hulu
This cartoon show with adult
themes has a whacky-junior-varsitysuperheroes plot that is almost too
stale and boring, not to mention
moronic, to write about. Um,
newsflash guys, this was perfected
the first time around with Mystery
Men. Stop trying. In its defense,
the stellar voice cast may make
this show worth your time. Stars Ike
Barinholtz, Taran Killam, Bobby Lee,
Seth Meyers and Bobby Moynihan.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(New) – CBS – Sidney Reilly wrote
eloquently about how much this
show is guaranteed to continue
sucking, just like its predecessor (with
David Letterman) did and all the
other current competitors do. The
late night format should be dead.
But this is the premiere with Colbert,
so it may be worth a quick look to
confirm Sidney’s fears. Stars Stephen
Colbert.
September 9
The League (Season 7) – FXX – This
show has always been up and
down. At first, I loved it. As a fantasy
sports devotee it was all I had ever
hoped for. Then it turned horrible.
Then it sort of got good again, then
it got really bad. This is the last tilt
for the show, and it’s probably got
enough juice left for one decent run.
Stars Mark Duplass, Nick Kroll and
Jon Lajoie.
September 10
Longmire (Season 4) – Netflix
The streaming behemoth’s
latest reclamation project is the
mysteriously cancelled (despite high
ratings) AMC orphan based on the
popular series of novels about a
Wyoming sheriff and his small town
with a high murder rate. This show
is definitely for the older set, but
is surprisingly lithe and ended the
third season with a block-rocking
cliffhanger that promises madness
for season 4. Stars Robert Taylor,
Katie Sackhoff and Lou Diamond
Phillips.
September 13
Doll & Em (Season 2) – HBO – The
premium channel that invented
premium channels is usually at its
best with insider-Hollywood types of
shows and fish-out-of-water shows,
so my expectations are pretty high
for season 2 of this show which
combines the two premises. Emily
Mortimer is always good too, so that
doesn’t hurt. Stars Emily Mortimer
and Dolly Wells
September 15
The Bastard Executioner (New) – FX
– Yikes, this is conflicting territory for
me. On one hand, this is the new
show by one of my favorite show
writers and show runners ever, Kurt
Sutter (The Shield, Sons of Anarchy).
On the other hand, as my wife
helpfully pointed out when I showed
her the trailer, it looks like a cheap
TV parody of the worst King Arthurish movies out there. Basically Game
of Thrones without any magic or
production values. This could get
ugly… Stars Katey Sagal, Stephen
Moyer and Darren Evans.
September 16
South Park (Season 19) – Comedy
Central - Do I even need to explain
this one? The best and funniest
cartoon show of all time is back for
a 19th season of debate moving
brilliance. I’ve never missed an
episode and I don’t intend on
starting now. Stars Trey Parker and
Matt Stone.
Moonbeam City (New) – Comedy
Central – This Miami Vice cartoon
send-up will have to work hard
to not get typecast as a cheap
Archer rip-off. That said, it has tons
of promise and a fairly interesting
animation look. Stars Rob Lowe, Will
Forte and Elizabeth Banks.
September 21
Gotham (Season 2) – Fox – The first
season of this breakout hit started
strong-ish and then got increasingly
obnoxious. But it was far from the
worst thing to come from the DC
canon, and is light years more
watchable than Arrow or The Flash,
its two sister shows. In case the title
didn’t tip you off, it’s in the Batman
universe.
Stars!
Register today for STARS through
the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis!
STARS is the licensed after school
academic and enrichment program
that takes place right in your
neighborhood school.
For more information, call
541-757-1909 or visit
bgccorvallis.org
Great Futures Start Here!
Corvallis Advocate | 15
sale period:
September 2 - September 8
First Alternative
NATURAL FOODS CO-OP
Tillamook
SLICED SHARP
CHEDDAR
Perk up your
sandwich with
zesty sharp
cheddar made
in Oregon
12oz | reg. $6.99
5
$ .99
Kerrygold
Co+op
Kitchen
ROASTED
CHICKEN
HALVES &
QUARTERS
Ready to eat
and roasted to
perfection.
reg. $5.99/lb
4 /lb
$ .99
Co+op
Kitchen
FOG CITY
SALAD
Our Northwestern
version of a popular
Midwest-style
macaroni salad!
reg. $6.99/lb
5 /lb
$ .59
Co+op Kitchen
YUM YAM BARS
Rich chocolate ganache
puts these yammy treats
a step above the
typical brownie
reg. $2 .49/ea
1 /ea
$ .99
Cantaloupe
ORGANIC
Oregon
reg. 99¢/lb
79¢/lb
Keitt Mango
ORGANIC
California
The only
certified-organic
mango grove
in the U.S.!
reg. $4.99/lb
DUBLINER
CRACKER CUT
A customer favorite,
now conveniently
pre-sliced
for snacking
or entertaining
6 oz | reg. $5.69
4
$ .49
Laughing Cow
MINI BABYBELS
Tasty mini-cheeses
for your lunch box in a
variety of fun flavors!
Assorted varieties
4.2oz - 4.5oz
reg. $4.79-$4.89
3
$ .99
Draper
Valley
Farms
RANGER
WHOLE
ROASTERS
No antibiotics,
added hormones,
preservatives EVER!
reg. $2 .99/lb
2 /lb
$ .69
Co+op
Kitchen
DIVINA
DOLMAS
Tender grape
leaves stuffed with
citrusy, savory rice
reg. $8 .99/lb
6 /lb
$ .99
Yellow Peach
ORGANIC
Washington
reg. $3.79/lb
1 /lb
$ .99
3 /lb
$ .99
Patrick Hadlock & Cynthia Spencer
North Corvallis
29th & Grant Ave.
South Corvallis
1007 SE 3rd St.
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