By Jim Heffernan I picked this 2024 book because it was the only one I could find in my library that had AI in the title. I’m worried about AI. The usual…
Category: Arts
Artist Reception “The Fisherman and his Wife” Exhibition Featuring Robert Vaughan March 7 at Blue Water Fine Art Gallery
Immerse yourself in an evening of creativity at Blue Water Fine Art Gallery as we highlight our March Featured Artist, acclaimed watercolorist and local resident Robert Vaughan. His newest exhibition, “The Fisherman…
Bulls & Broncs Charges Back to Tillamook County Fairgrounds for Heart-Pounding Action March 7
Dust off your boots and mark your calendars, the highly anticipated Bulls & Broncs event is back at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 7, bringing high-energy action to the Oregon…
BOOK REVIEWS: Congratulations, by the way By George Saunders
By Jim Heffernan Here’s how The New York Times introduces this very short beautiful book: “Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech…
BOOK REVIEW: Fighting Oligarchy by Bernie Sanders
By Jim Heffernan This book was published September 30, 2025 and I read it yesterday.(Feb. 8, 2026) It’s a slim 144 pages, tightly written and a partisan pleasure to read. The book…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Bad Bunny vs. the Evil Empire
By Butch Freedman That trump fellow, you know, the one whose brain is made of Diet Coke and McDonald’s french fries. Yeah, that one, the clown conspirator, the one with all the…
Music, Dance & Art Healing with Huehca Omeyocan at Bay City Arts Center Feb. 7, 2026; Art Display Continues Through February
By Romy Carver; Photos & Video by Don Backman On Saturday evening February 7, 2026, Bay City Arts Center hosted a special treat, an Ancestral Music and Dance Celebration featuring Huehca Omeyocan,…
MONDAY MUSICAL CLUB “LOVE AT THE MOVIES” FEB. 9
Come join us on Monday, February 9 for “Love at the Movies” at First Christian Church, 2203 4th Street, Tillamook. An evening of music featuring love songs and favorite movie clips. For…
NORTH OREGON COAST SYMPHONY MUSICAL STORYTIME AT NORTH TILLAMOOK LIBRARY IN MANZANITA FEB. 9
SCREECH, SHRIEK, SCRAPE. Noisy Nora wants to learn how to play the violin but her family isn’t so sure that they can endure the terrible sounds when she practices. North Oregon Coast…
BOOK REVIEW: Caste – The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson
I started this review for “Black History Month”, but soon realized the book was more than a book about blacks. Caste refers to the process where a society identifies a portion of…