Category: Events

Submitted By: laura@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

If you are a writer or anyone who loves the craft, the second annual 2024 Rockaway Writers Rendezvous is THE writing event on the North Oregon Coast with workshops, open mics, and contests, as well as a great place to network with like-minded writers with a wide range of experience. Join us as we celebrate the written word April 26, 27 and 28th in Rockaway Beach, Oregon.
Most importantly, all proceeds raised benefit the Neah Kah Nie High School Scholarship Fund!
Participate!
This year we are offering
2 Open Mic Nights
11 Interactive Workshops
Keynote Address
Book Vending
Raffle Tickets to win Awesome Gift Baskets
2024 Official RWR Merchandise (order now!)
A printed softcover anthology containing the winning entries from our Adult and Student writing contests.
It’s a whole lot of event for just $20, which goes to a good cause!
Tap the button below to view the entire program, scroll down to sign up for contests and performances.
2024 Event Details – www.rbwriters.com

Are you a performer?
We have 2 Open Mic nights for poetry, spoken word, short stories, songs, and supportive camaraderie! Sign up to Perform at Open Mic Nights

Raffle Tickets!
Here’s a fun way to support the arts and win something amazing! Our gift baskets are carefully overstuffed with adventures and products from local businesses. Available in bundles of 1, 3 and 7.
Buy Raffle Tickets

Workshops & Events
Looking to publish your book? Looking to publish your book? Looking to publish your book?

Book a Consultation
Bring your manuscript and consult with John Daily to learn exactly what it takes to get your work published.
Learn More
Book Consultations
Get your official RWR Merch!
Look stylish and support the arts at the same time! All proceeds benefit the Neah Kah Nie High School Scholarship Fund

This event is made possible by volunteers in Rockaway Beach working together with our City, we are grateful for the support!
The Rockaway Writer’s Rendezvous 2024 is partially funded by a Community Grant from the CIty of Rockaway Beach. Rockaway Beach Community Grants promote educational opportunities and support economic activities in Rockaway Beach. To learn more, visit www.corb.us
We need your support to keep the arts alive in schools.
Every donation helps us create better events and helps more students further their education in all things writing. Your donations are tax-deductible thanks to our non-profit sponsor, the Tillamook County Parks Foundation.
Donate Easily!
The Rockaway Writers Rendezvous was created with the simple goal of keeping the writing arts alive and accessible for students and residents.
We continue to demonstrate that Rockaway is a place where creativity thrives!
We are open to all skill levels and we want to support writers and creators of a wide variety of writing verticals, from poetry to marketing to songwriting to fiction and much more.
Our annual event will be held on April 26-28, 2024 here in Rockaway Beach. Contact us if you are interested in participating or volunteering!

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evcnb.org/events-and-training/food-drive-04272024
Do a good thing for yourself — practice your emergency evacuation route and your radio skills — and a good thing for those in our community who depend on a little help now and then for their families.
Bring your canned food (or donation) in your GoBag and drop them off at any of the three locations.

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Free Admission and Fun SATURDAY, MAY 4th 11 AM to 4 PM SUNSET RECREATION CENTER (OLD BROADWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL) 1120 BROADWAY, SEASIDE, OREGON
For families, kids of all ages, friends & neighbors!
Special Guest Speaker Robert Michael Pyle
Stories & Puppets & Expert advice for local gardens to attract pollinators by Clatsop County Master Gardeners, Full Moon Design. Plants, honey, hummingbird feeders, raffle for garden tour, books and so much more…
Hot honey chicken on the food truck Music to tap your toes to Get your garden tools sharpened Enjoy the day with pollinators!
Enormous thanks to Sunset Empire Park & Recreation District,Sunset Park & Recreation Foundation, and Dragonfly Digital Contact: nholmes105@yahoo.com

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The day is approaching. This Saturday
the Green Reaper will appear in Nehalem!

She will talk about everything you want to know about green burial.

Elizabeth Fournier, aka The Green Reaper, will speak at the North Coast Recreation District (NCRD), 36155 9th Street, Nehalem. The presentation will be held in the Gallery Saturday, April 27 from 2:00-4:00; $10 cash at the door.

Every year conventional funerals bury millions of tons of wood, concrete, and metals, as well as millions of gallons of carcinogenic embalming fluid. There is a more environmentally conscious and affordable way, and Elizabeth Fournier, affectionately dubbed the “Green Reaper,” walks you through it. She provides comprehensive and compassionate guidance, covering everything from green burial planning and home funeral basics to legal guidelines and outside-the-box options, such as burials at sea. Fournier points the way to green burial practices that consider both the environmental well-being of the planet and the economic well-being of loved ones.

Elizabeth is the author of The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan
an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Green Burial Council, and the owner and operator of Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring, Oregon.

Elizabeth will have copies of her books available for purchase.

For more information on Elizabeth, visit her website: thegreenreaper.org

This event is presented by Conscious Aging and Community Connections, Manzanita.

The contact person is Sue McGrath suemcgrath069@gmail.com

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Date: April 28th from 4 – 5:00 pm (PST)
Offering: Death Cafe
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Registration (required) www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/virtual-death-cafe-1-m8x48-2klen-rtjfl
Facilitator: Margo Lalich, MPH, RN, Co-Founder – North Coast EOL Collective

Making Visible the Invisible: A Community Conversation about Death and Dying. Applying the values of Acceptance, Belonging, Connection, and Legacy, Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering that aims to create a comfortable and open space for people to gather and discuss topics related to death, dying, and mortality. It provides a platform for individuals to share their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. Adhering to Death Cafe’s mission, participation is free, although contributions to the Collective are appreciated. Death Cafe meets in person AND virtually every month.

Death Cafes benefit most from five or more participants. If you register and are unable to attend, please notify the North Coast EOL Collective by emailing welcome@northcoasteolcollective.com or cancel your registration.

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Date: April 25th from 12-12:30 (PST)
Offering: Intro to the North Coast EOL Collective
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Presenters: Co-Founders, North Coast EOL Collective
Registration (required) click here: www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/intro-to-the-north-coast-eol-collective-fha9a-jcss7

Creating community by connecting people, resources, and experiences to educate and support a holistic approach to end-of-life for individuals and families living on the North Coast. A monthly invitation to learn more about our Story, Mission, Vision, and Services.

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The Hoffman Center for the Arts is pleased to share a wide selection of Spring pottery classes!

Copy and paste this link into your browser to see them all and register: conta.cc/43j1RFt

Questions?

Contact us: hoffmanclaystudio@gmail.com

Submitted By: jessi@heartofcartm.org – Click to email about this post

YOUR TRASH BASH PARTY PLANNING GUIDE IS HERE!

MAY 1ST: Deadline to signup as a trashion designer or trash tales storyteller! You don’t have to have a finished piece yet, just let us know asap that you are interested.
www.heartofcartm.org/trash-bash-2024

LOCATION FOR ALL EVENTS:
White Clover Grange, 36585 OR-53, Nehalem, OR 97131

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Trash Art Gallery
Open to public May 17-19, 11am-5pm

Trash Art Show Opening Reception
Thursday, May 16, 5-9pm
Meet the artists, appetizers, drinks, entertainment

Trash Tales
Friday, May 17, 5-7pm Storytelling, appetizers, drinks

Trashion Show
Saturday, May 18, 4-9pm Runway, food, drinks, music

Festival Button (Allows entry to all events): $20
Available in advance at Heart of Cartm downtown Wheeler or at the door of each event. No charge for children 12 and under.

** Saturday’s Trashion Show is a popular event. Only 133 folks can safely be inside the Grange. We might reach capacity! To guarantee a place to watch Saturday’s Trashion Show from INSIDE the Grange Hall, you must purchase a token. Only 75 tokens will be sold!! Ask for a token when you buy your festival button. Doors will open for token holders first at 4:00pm**

Thank you to our sponsors Tillamook County Solid Waste, Averill Recycling and Revival!!

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Is there something you wish you could change or let go of? Do you feel like something is holding you back? If these are thoughts you have been having lately, whether you desire a change in your mindset, job(s), relationship(s), feelings, location, emotions, please join us for a deep and transformative journey of self-discovery.

WHAT: The 30 Shamanic Questions are a process of progressive self-discovery, forgiveness, and transformation.
We will meet online for this journey for 8 weeks.

WHEN: Tuesdays, May 7- July 2, 2024, 4-6PM PST

Contribution: $300 (Limited partial scholarships are available).
No one turned away due to lack of funds.

Registrationcloses 4/30/24: forms.gle/FJCCnnDuJg8sKG1o6

Have questions? Email SBWceremonies@gmail.com

Lynda “Chickpea” Chick, RN is a Certified Shamanic Breathwork Faciliator and walks with people through transitions and transformations.

Submitted By: briantjmcmahon@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Hey everybody.
Yoga! It’s fun, it’s free and it will make you healthy.

There will be no Yoga with Molly.
It’ll be the following Monday, April 29th.

There will be Yoga with Janet except it will be Lucy.
Day – Wednesday
Time – 10:30 PST
Place – NCRD in Nehalem

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/85035583827

Come join us. Everyone is welcome

Brian

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Rally to Protect Drinking Water

and Foster Community Engagement

Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 pm

St. Mary-by-the-Sea Parish Hall

275 S. Pacific St.

Rockaway Beach, Oregon

This will be a grassroots meeting, open to all, who believe we have a right to abundant, safe and clean drinking water. If you are interested in citizen involvement regarding the future of the Jetty Creek Watershed and other coastal drinking water sheds, please attend. At the Oregon Coast, many watersheds that provide drinking water to towns, large and small, have been damaged by clearcutting followed by pesticide spraying. Because of industrial forestry practices and climate change, there are now summer water shortages along the Oregon Coast.

Please join us on April 25 (and on the last Thursday of every month) at St. Mary-by-the-Sea to learn about and discuss these important issues.

This will be an “in-person” meeting that will also be on Zoom (email us at the address below) for those unable to attend in person.

North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) invites respectful discussion through a sharing of ideas.

Questions? Email us at: rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com

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Rally to Protect Drinking Water

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Dance, Edie, Dance!

April 20th at 7:30pm
The Ten Fifteen Theater
1015 Commercial St – Astoria
www.thetenfifteentheater.com

Drag Sensation EDIE has heard those three words her entire life. First from her parents insisting she perform for guests in the living room of their family home in Portland, OR. Then from her dance teacher who gave her the skills and the confidence to take on the world. From Ballet to Broadway to Cirque du Soleil, EDIE has taken those three words to heart. Dance, Edie, Dance is a culmination of her love of life-long love of dance and all the places her long legs have taken her throughout her storied career.

EDIE is best known from Cirque du Soleil’s hit show ZUMANITY where she starred as the emcee, the “Mistress of Sensuality,” at the NY-NY Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. During her 13 year run, EDIE performed over 5,600 shows for over 6 million people. EDIE began her professional dance career at the age of 17 with Ballet Oregon. For the next eleven years she danced with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Pennsylvania Ballet before moving to New York to pursue musical theater. EDIE quickly became a fixture in New York City where she racked up a bevy of awards including Best Drag Queen (HX Award), Best Dance Artist and Entertainer of the Year (Glammy Award). She starred in her autobiographical, off-Broadway show “LEGS!,” performed on the MTV Video Music Awards, appeared on “Sex and the City,” was featured at Wigstock and Broadway Bares, and made her Broadway debut alongside Cyndi Lauper and Alan Cumming in the Tony-nominated revival of “The ThreePenny Opera” at Studio 54. The San Francisco Chronicle “strongly advises seeing the incredible EDIE whose talent and legs go on forever.”

You can learn more about Edie at www.edieentertainer.com.

Dance, Edie, Dance is a special event, and is not included in the 2024 season ticket package. This show is not eligible for Flex Passes or the Arts for All program.

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Click the above link to view our latest eBrief.

Included in this edition:

evcnb.org/events-and-training/food-drive-04272024
Time to practice your emergency evacuation and yellow radio skills. AND do some good for the community at the same time. Bring your cans of food (or monetary donation) with you and you’ll be doing yourself and others a favor.
Saturday, April 27 10am til 1pm

evcnb.org/events-and-training/water-sanitation-and-hygiene-05182024am
Take our WaSH class to learn important information about obtaining safe water and dealing with waste during a disaster.
Register for your spot in class today!

evcnb.org/events-and-training/gobag-popup-05112024
In need of a GoBag or GoBag Supplies?
What about Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH) supplies?
Visit or GoBag and WaSH Pop-Up Shop today.

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When searching for a better life, immigrants often leave their families behind. Author Sindya Bhanoo will share South Indian immigrants’ stories in her prize-winning novel, “Seeking Fortune Elsewhere,” when she visits the Cannon Beach Library at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20.

Her presentation also will be available through the library’s website, cannonbeachlibrary.org

Bhanoo’s appearance is part of the Oregon Book Awards Authors Tour, presented in partnership with Literary Arts and hosted by the library’s NW Authors Series.

“Seeking Fortune Elsewhere” won the 2023 Ken Kesey Award. The award is part of the Oregon Book Awards, presented annually by Literary Arts to honor and celebrate the work of Oregon’s authors.

“Seeking Fortune Elsewhere” features intimate stories of South Indian immigrants and the families they left behind. It asks how women both claim and surrender power. Occurring in places including Pittsburgh, eastern Washington and Tamil Nadu, these stories focus on dislocation and how immigrants and their families confront the costs of leaving, staying and growing apart,

A fiction writer and journalist Bhanoo also won the New American Voices Award. In 2021, she won an O. Henry Prize. She worked as a reporter for The New York Times and The Washington Post and teaches creative writing and journalism at Oregon State University.

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You don’t want to miss this empowering and fun introduction to tribal-style Belly Dance.

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​’Celebrating the whirling and blushing of spring’
Is the theme for this Thursday’s Free-Form Dance

Moving anger and resentment into kindness, generosity and abundance.
Led by Libby

6:30-8:00
@The White Clover Grange
$10-$20
See you on the dance floor!

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Spring Herbal Workshop: Saturday, April 20th Noon-3pm

Tickets at link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/spring-herbal-workshop?p

Spring is the perfect time to learn some herbal self care to shake out the winter cobwebs and revitalize your body!

At North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness in Nehalem:

*Learn to make the healing skin salve known as “Balm of Gilead” from local poplar tree buds to take home with you.

*Learn to use and try out herbal oils for self care

*Learn to create a fresh nettle and dried nettle tincture to take home with you.

*Try nettle tea and pesto and learn more about this amazing wild plant

*Learn herbal tincture making basics and take herbal recipes and nettle seeds home with you!

Tea and Snacks included!

Wood Fired Sauna & Cold Plunge Herbal Spa (optional add on)
2pm-3pm

Play with herbal balms and oils in a cleansing and relaxing wood fired sauna and cold plunge.

Includes towels, sauna wraps, drinking water and a selection of herbal oils to use.

Only 3 spots left! Get yours before they’re gone:)
www.northfork53.com/events/spring-herbal-workshop?p

Submitted By: visualarts@hoffmanarts.org – Click to email about this post

On May 5, 2024, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, join May Gallery artist Rose Covert, in a sculptural weaving class. Participants will use beginning basketry techniques including plaiting and twining to start their weave and then will explore using random weave to create a small woven form. Random weave is a freeform weaving style that allows for creative freedom resulting in a unique and interesting design.

Using hand-harvested and locally grown barks to weave into the basketry reed, this workshop will focus on the fundamentals of natural materials and mixed media fiber sculpture. We will learn about the harvesting and processing of the plants so that students will leave with information about gathering what grows near them to use in future projects.

This class is appropriate for all skill levels, no prior weaving experience is necessary. This class is also great for those who have experience with weaving and are looking to increase their weaving vocabulary.

Participants will leave with a woven sculpture that will be unique in size, shape and composition.

Tuition is $145 and includes all materials. Full or partial scholarships are available!

For more information and registration: visit the Hoffman Center for the Arts Website: Hoffmanarts.org

For questions contact: visualarts@hoffmanarts.org

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The correct answer is Yes! You do want to buy a manzanita from these guys. Even better, you’ll be able to this Sunday. HEART BE STILL!

When: 4/21 starting 11am
Where: Inside @Hoffman Center for the Arts
Why: Let’s put the manzanita back in Manzanita
What: 100 manzis of misc. sizes

And WHO are these guys? Happy Wonder Garden volunteers. Come, shop, make them even happier!

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Date: April 17th from 12-1:00 p.m. AND 6-7:00 p.m. (PST)
Offering: OHSU Body Donation Program
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Registration (required) www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/ohsu-body-donation-program
Presenter: Tamara Ostervoss, Director of OHSU’s Body Donation Program (BDP)

What is body donation, and what is the process in Oregon?

Tamara Ostervoss has 15 years of experience in the deathcare industry and serves as Director of OHSU’s Body Donation Program (BDP). She is nationally recognized as a leader in the ethical management and utilization of whole-body donors and is a West Coast Body Donation Consortium board member. Her professional interests are in policy development and advocating for the further regulation of whole-body donation.