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…
Category: Arts
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…
BOOK REVIEW: You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
By Jim Heffernan I read this 2019 book in June of 2026. I’d like to blame the time-lag for the review on simple writer’s block, but I think there’s something else…
MANZANITA FARMERS MARKET WEEK #15- Preserve the Bounty, Fridays 4 to 7 pm
Market time again! Friday 4-7 as always. I know you don’t have enough to do this time of year already, but this is a great time to think about preserving the…
BAY CITY ARTS CENTER: Bay City Pearl & Oyster Festival is getting even bigger this year! Pre-Festival Kick-off Friday 8/21 at BCAC; Festival Sat. & Sun. 8/22 & 8/23
As our food vendors, craft vendors, and volunteers are busy transforming Al Griffin Memorial Park for an incredible weekend, we’re inviting everyone to join us Friday evening for our Friday Pre-Festival Kick…
Huehca Omeyocan – An Offering to our Healing Ocean at Neah-Kah-Nie High School August 2nd
Story by Romy Carver; Photos & Video by Don Backman Drumming. Chanting. Dancing. Leaping. Notes from a flute trilling in the air. Brilliantly colored regalia and plumage flashing in the sunlight. …