By Deb Montgomery John Curry could climb trees like no one I’ve ever known. He and I would ride our bikes around Kanata, Ontario and I would pick the trees and…
Category: Arts
CALL FOR ART – YOU MAY SAY I’M A DREAMER OCTOBER SHOW
Creating something new starts with imagination. We invite you to use yours and your heart felt energy to share your dreams of what our country/community could look like, where prosperity, health and…
Back to school for Sitka Center’s K-8 Create Program, Now Becoming Key to Arts Access in Oregon Coastal Classrooms
The program brings free arts education for thousands of rural students in Title 1 Oregon schools. With a new school year just about to get underway, Sitka’s K-8 Create program…
Short Film Night Returns to Nehalem Sept. 12
The McMinnville Short Film Festival will present a pop-up screening of five award-winning short documentary films at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center in Nehalem Saturday, Sept. 12 at…
TILLAMOOK ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (TAPA): “Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play” Brings Three Classic Stories to the Stage Sept. 4 – 20
The Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts’ (TAPA) newest production, “Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play”, opens September 4th! Sponsored by Cyndi Lewis of Rob Trost Real Estate, “Vintage Hitchcock” is…
NORTH OREGON COAST SYMPHONY – CALL FOR MUSICIANS
Attention orchestra musicians! The North Oregon Coast Symphony (NOCS) is seeking additional violinists, bassists, percussionists, and horn players for our upcoming season. Founded in 1994, we are a community orchestra with the…
I’ve Been Thinking/Book Review … Finding Pearls – A Gathering of Leaves: Extravagances & Ephemera by David Bently Hart
By Jim Heffernan I hate being held up at the supermarket by someone who examines every package of meat with a degree of care that prompts me to say, “They’re looking…
GARIBALDI PORTSIDE BISTRO KYLER’S BIG HEART CONCERT AUG. 29TH, BENEFIT FOR LIFE-SAVING AEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY
From Garibaldi Portside Bistro: The concert is only a few days away!This event is so close to our hearts. Literally.Two years ago Kyler passed suddenly of an aeortic dissection, very rare for…
BOOK REVIEWS: A TWO-FER FROM JAMIL ZAKI – Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness & The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
By Jim Heffernan I’m not sure where I came across it, but this two-fer began with the 2019 book dedicated to “building empathy in a fractured world”. I then found out…
Tillamook County 4-H – Fair Wrap Up
As the Tillamook County Fair Season ends, Tillamook 4-H is nothing but grateful for the way our community supported us. To every 4-H family, 4-H Leader, Superintendent, FFA Advisors, Fair Board…
