Storytimes, workshops, fun stuff, useful stuff, really it would be easier to tell you what isn’t happening at the library! Here’s the list of story times at each branch; Teen book club…
Category: Arts
BOOK REVIEWS: Jim Heffernan’s Top 20 (22) Books for 2024
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan I take it as point of pride that I’m promiscuous. Not that way. I’m very proud of 58 years as a faithful husband, but I am promiscuous for…
BOOK REVIEW: Mental Immunity – Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think by Andy Norman,
By Jim Heffernan Our country is being torn apart by opposing ideas that sit upon uncertain foundations of fact and logic. Our collective consciousness is infected. I always have to wonder if…
BOOK REVIEW: Become America by Eric Liu
By Jim Heffernan This book is a collection of 19 “Civic Saturday” sermons given by Eric Liu in Seattle between November 12, 2016 and August 4, 2018. Like it says on the…
BOOK REVIEW: Yes, Chef – A Memoir – Marcus Samuelsson
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this 12 year old book by watching the PBS series, “No Passport Required”. My wife and I enjoy “food porn” cooking shows and his show…
FIRST OREGON EXHIBIT: Shirl Ireland’s “Ode to Mother Nature” at North County Recreation District Gallery – Artist Reception Sat. Dec. 7th
What a visual treat – right here at the North County Recreation District gallery! And you can meet the artist, Shirl Ireland who is new to Oregon and the North Coast. The…
BOOK REVIEW: Invisible Doctrine – The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison
By Jim Heffernan Neoliberalism is a name for the general policy of cutting taxes, cutting regulation, and cutting benefits that has infected us for the last 50 years. It has transferred a…
Riverbend Players Presents: It’s A Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play Opens Dec. 6th; Beloved Holiday Classic Comes to Life on Stage through Dec. 22nd
(Nehalem, OR)—Celebrate the magic of the holiday season with Riverbend Players as we proudly present ‘It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’ by Joe Landry, directed by Frank Squillo, at the…
Let Us Give Thanks: Garden-themed Thanksgiving Prayer by Rev. Max Coots
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve shared this garden-themed poem before, and it was brought to mind again when I received an inquiry from the Hampton (NY) Gardener, inquiring about re-publishing the poem. The garden…
BOOK REVIEW: The Serviceberry – Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
By Neal Lemery This brand new book is a delightful and fresh look at our relationship with nature and with ourselves. It explores the idea of a gift economy, rather that the…