For The Love of Birds: National Bird Feeding Month & the Great Backyard Bird Count February is National Bird Feeding Month, and at Blue Water Fine Art Gallery, we’re delighted to celebrate…
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Bay City Arts Center February First Friday Gallery Opening & Music Event Saturday: A Winter Glimpse of the Beloved Ocean Celebration – Feb. 6 & 7
Join local communities and visitors alike this February and experience the spirit of the beloved annual Ocean Celebration—traditionally held each August at Cape Lookout—through two special events at the Bay City Arts…
Artist Reception “For The Love of Birds” Exhibition Featuring Lydia Hess Feb. 5
Blue Water Fine Art Gallery is delighted to feature resident artist Lydia Hess as our Artist of the Month for February. Her newest mixed‑media works, created for our “For The Love of…
BOOK REVIEW: The Last Sweet Mile by Allen Levi
By Jim Heffernan Allen Levi‛s first novel, Theo of Golden made quite a splash in the book world. Originally it was self-published and sold 3,000 copies in 2023, 25,000 copies in 2024,…
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum receives funding from Oregon Heritage Grant for Indigenous collection assessment
The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum (TCPM) is honored to announce the receipt of a 2025 Oregon Heritage Grant. The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum received $11,265 to assess their Indigenous collection. In total,…
BOOK REVIEW: The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
By Jim Heffernan I ran across this title and was immediately intrigued by why a serious historian would write about wonder woman. Turns out it’s a good story about women’s progress in…
NEHALEM VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS: Seaside’s Rock n Roll Riots – Labor Day 1962-64, Journalist/Author RJ Marx, Saturday Jan. 17
Join the Nehalem Valley Historical Society on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center to learn about this time in our north coast history when a peaceful…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Community Counts
By Butch Freedman I grew up in a big city (Philadelphia) and spent most of my life as an urban dweller. And, for the most part, I enjoyed city life, even with…
POETRY: National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman pens a moving poem in wake of tragic ICE murder of Minneapolis mother and fellow poet, Renée Good
From Amanda Gorman: On January 7th, 2026, ICE agents murdered Renee Nicole Good by shooting her in the head through her car window. She was a poet and writer, a wife, and…
CLOUD & LEAF BOOKS AFTER HOURS presents: Tyler Bieber and the story of Father Thomas Oddo, Sat. Jan. 10th
JANUARY 10 SATURDAY 5:30 PM Wine & Books Father Thomas Odoo – a prominent Catholic who pioneered LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. AGAINST THE CURRENT: FATHER TOM ODDO AND THE NEW…