EDITOR’S NOTE: Writers and creative types during the quarantine/stay at home orders, some having more time on their hands, came the “pressure” to be creative. Of course, there’s evidence everywhere of the…
Category: Arts
Beginning of a new chapter for Art Accelerated: Artfully Onward! Art Accelerated receives Oregon Community Recovery Fund grant to provide Art Kits for Kids; Announces Artist Meet up, Sketching July 11th
OIOpublisher The coronavirus has many local nonprofit organizations and businesses re-structuring and revising “how they do business.” One of the first to announce was Art Accelerated with closing the artist’s cooperative gallery…
Neah-Kah-Nie High School’s Speech and Debate Team Needs Your Support
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is for the Speech & Debate Team of Neah-Nie-Nie Middle and High School, School District 56. Hannah Reynolds, the Speech & Debate Team Coach, has done an excellent job…
Words of Wisdom: Moving Away From Rigidity, Toward Becoming
By Neal Lemery I can be a very rigid thinker, following the rules, the expectations others have for me, and the expectations and boundaries I set for myself. If I am, instead,…
Garibaldi Maritime Museum Opening by Appointment, Weekends, Starting May 30th
The Garibaldi Museum will be opening to the public on Saturday, May 30, 2020. They will, however, be open only by appointment and only on weekends until it is deemed safe for…
Drew’s Reviews: KNIVES OUT BLU-RAY
By Andrew Jenck From a young age, I’ve always been partial to bonus features included on DVDs. I would spend hours watching everything on the discs which proved to be a great…
Hoffman Center Sets Online Music Course, starting mid-June
The Hoffman Center for the Arts will host a six-week online “Music Appreciation You Always Wished You’d Taken” class, beginning in mid-June and running through July. The class will be led by…
POETRY: A DAY IN MAY
By Virginia Carrell Prowell As the old saying goes, “What’s more lovely than a day in May?” As I stroll through my yard and deck on a bright and sunny day, Flowers…
CALL FOR ART: Artists to Address Need for Masks – “Share the Love – Please Wear a Mask”
North Tillamook County artists are being asked to create poster art encouraging residents and out-of-towners to wear masks during the current Covid-19 crisis. Built around the theme “Share the Love – Please…
Drew’s Reviews Editorial: EARTH SHATTERING & BLATHERING
By Andrew Jenck It’s been awhile since I’ve written a piece, hasn’t it? When AMC, the largest theater chain in the U.S. announced a boycott of Universal Studios’ productions with their announcement…