By Camy VonSeggern, Fairgrounds Manager The Tillamook County Fair has been a shining star on the Northern Coast since its inception in 1891. For years people have gathered in Tillamook, in August,…
Category: Arts
RAINY DAY VILLAGE NETWORK UPDATE: Join Us Under the Rainy Day Village Umbrella
OIOpublisher To quote John Lennon, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” We had been so busy making “other plans” – those plans being our intent to…
Hoffman Center’s Online Gallery Growing, Reflecting the Times
Six weeks after its launch the Hoffman Center’s online gallery show — “Creating in Place: Connecting in a Time of Uncertainty” – continues to grow, as artists, writers, filmmakers and musicians reflect…
NEHALEM BAY ARTISTS LAUNCH DIGITAL ART GALLERY TO #SPREADLOVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The Nehalem Bay Artists Coalition launched a beautiful new creative collaboration called #SpreadLove concepted and designed by Mike Arseneault to celebrate the power of nature, art, and community, to help heal during…
Drew’s Reviews: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
By Andrew Jenck Inspired by a true story, Blinded by the Light is about a teen named Javed, played by Viveik Karla, whose discovery of Bruce Springsteen inspires him to seek out…
Community Message From Hoffman Center for the Arts – Special “Creating in Place” Online Art Submission
Dear Community, It is so strange to see our normally bustling building so quiet. We miss you. Because the Hoffman Center is such a hub for connecting, the need for physical distancing…
POETRY: SPLEEPLESS NIGHT
On an April bright and Super moonlit night A Sleepless mind begins to think of a poem to write. Along the rivers, creeks and streams The glow of the moon reflects its…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Quarantined
Regeneration, rejuvenation, restoration— Yet nature unaffected — Late afternoon quiet One car on the highway, far away The one dog barks twice, then joins the status quo Birds cavorting, swirling, scouting for…
Tillamook County Library Offers Free Spring Reading Program; Register, Complete Activites, Enter to Win Prizes
Spring into Reading with activities you can do from home! Tillamook County Library invites the public to register for its free first Spring Reading program. The youth program, (ages 10-18) and the…
An Essential Empath
~ Lynn St. Georges dedicates this essay to all the helpers “in these times” – the grocery store workers, the gas station attendants, the restaurants, the drivers and farmers and laborers. Thank…