Author: North Coast BBQ

Blue Water Fine Art Gallery is pleased to present two distinguished solo exhibitions this July.

SEA LIGHT by international award-winning painter Victoria Brooks offers refined plein air oils that capture the luminous atmosphere of the Oregon coast.

ANIMAL KINGDOM by international award-winning photographer Rich Brooks features compelling wildlife and landscape imagery created in some of the world’s most extreme environments.

Opening Reception:
Saturday, July 11, 5–7 PM
Guests are invited to meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments. Admission is free and open to the public.

We welcome you to join us for an evening celebrating exceptional artistry and the natural world.

For more information and to sign up for our newsletter, please visit BlueWaterFineArtGallery.com.

Contact:
info@netartsbaywebs.org

FRIENDS OF NETARTS BAY – WEBS, HOSTS
THREE TIDEPOOL DISCOVERY DAYS IN THE MONTH OF JULY

Join us on the beach for some great low tides this July, perfect for exploring and discovering the amazing creatures lurking at the water’s edge. Choose one day – or all three – on the beautiful beaches in Oceanside.

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with the local community, friends, and family as you enjoy the beauty of Oceanside’s amazing tidepools. We hope to see you on the beach July 14, 15th and 16th..

Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS staff, Oregon State Park Rangers, and volunteers will be on-site in the tidepools to share about the habitats along the coastal edge. Learn about the anemone clone wars, how a sea star eats, or how hermit crabs find their shelled homes. From seaweeds to sculpin fish, there is an amazing world to discover!

Details: Wear boots or bring a change of shoes. DO NOT WEAR flip-flops (they are never ideal for exploring tide pools). Be prepared for Oregon Coast weather.

This program involves walking on slippery and uneven surfaces, including rocks that may be covered in water, seaweed, and barnacles. We understand everyone learns and experiences the outdoors differently, and we strive to support everyone who is interested in attending our events! Please contact us in advance so we can do our best to accommodate your accessibility needs.

Registration is required. Learn more and register at:
www.netartsbaywebs.org/events

Connect with the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS online!
Website: www.netartsbaywebs.org
Social: @netartsbaywebs

Consider donating:
Your donation helps support the work of our organization. Every little bit helps! All of our workshops, classes, and events are free. As a non-profit organization, we rely on donations and grants to keep us going and growing.
If you like to donate, you can donate on our website.

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DR. MARY FARIBA AFSARI

IN CONVERSATION WITH
AUTHOR KATE NASON
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FREE EVENT
Join us for Books After Hours, drinking wine from grandma’s crystal while we gather and listen to stories.

THE BOOK
Labor: One Woman’s Work

A powerful memoir of medicine, identity, and family secrets from an esteemed ob-gyn as she unravels her grandmother’s mysterious death while reimagining women’s health care from a mobile clinic—for readers of The Beauty in Breaking and The In-Between.

In Labor: One Woman’s Work, Dr. Mary Afsari takes us on a deeply personal and transformative journey through her life as an ob-gyn. Set against the vivid backdrops of Portland, Oregon, and Shiraz, Iran, this powerful memoir intertwines the complexities of her professional life with the hidden truths of her family’s past, exploring the intersection of medicine, identity, and the enduring search for agency.

Praise for Labor:
“This remarkable and nuanced memoir … joins the best medical memoirs with a moving personal story and a passion for the work.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Our expert fixers are so talented and ready to repair your items. We fix lamps, kitchen aid mixers, and other household items, make sewing and knitting repairs, tune-up sewing machines, fix jewelry, sharpen knives and tools, make simple bicycle repairs and re-program neighborhood radios!

Sign up at the Heart of Cart’m Website

www.heartofcartm.org/repaircafe

(Image of a very pleased but shy customer with a beautifully repaired lamp!)

The North Coast Temperate Rainforest Isn’t Disappearing — It’s Gone.

On Wednesday, July 15, 5:30pm at KALA, 1017 Marine Drive in Astoria.
Doors will open at 5pm. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Free Admission

Richard Felley will present his aerial photos of clearcuts on private and state forests, with a discussion and information on what you can do about it. He will discuss how the timber industry transforms our native, real forests into clearcuts, and then into tree farms. The aerial photos were taken from a helicopter flying over Tillamook and Clatsop counties.

Felley says: “My purpose for acquiring the images is that I have gone into the woods (tree farms) for over 40 years now to cut firewood and I feel most people really just don’t see up close what I have seen. My concern is that these lands can’t handle the kind of rotations that their owners are imposing on them and, combined with a warming, drying local climate, they are cutting their own throats and impacting the watersheds of everyone by continuing business as usual. Many of the images show tree farms that have clearly been planted 10 to 20 years ago with much die off occurring and no replanting occurring either. In a word I simply call it mismanagement.”

Just as the salmon inspire you to keep swimming upstream, let us keep speaking up to advocate for healthy forests and clean drinking water for all.

NCCWP wants no more logging and pesticide use in community drinking water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work, and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds.

For more information go to our website www.healthywatershed.org or contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com. #nccwp #cleandrinkingwater #healthywatersheds #stopthespray

Good news! Yoga with Janet is back. Come join us for Yoga with veterans. It’s fun, healthy, free and will limber you up. Everyone is welcome. Janet is an excellent teacher.

Here is the info:

Yoga with Janet
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/82315818270

See you there.
Brian

This Thursday, July 9, pirates of all ages will gather at 225 Laneda Ave. (The Pine Grove Community House) for an unforgettable afternoon of adventure, teamwork, and treasure.

Gather your crew for a Treasure Hunt, Escape Room, Great Race, and Scavenger Hunt that will take you on a pirate-themed journey throughout Laneda Avenue. Follow clues, solve puzzles, discover hidden treasures, and explore our wonderful local businesses along the way.

This isn’t just a game it’s a celebration of our community. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our Laneda Avenue businesses, your team will uncover prizes, pirate loot, and local treasures as you race to complete the challenge.

Thursday, July 9
2:00–4:00 PM
Teams of 2–6
$40 per team

Sign up today at thepinegrove.org and be part of one of Manzanita’s most exciting community events of the summer.

A special thank you to our participating businesses for donating treasures, prizes, clues, and support to help bring this adventure to life:

Moxie
Unfurl
Finnesterre
Wild Grocery
Wisteria Chic
Toylandia
Manzanita Sweets
Four Paws on the Beach
Cloud & Leaf Bookstore
Dixie’s Vino
Bahama Mama’s
Bare Moon Botanicals
Base Camp
Driftwood Collective
Poach503
Mudd Dogs
Manzanita News & Espresso
Steeplejack Brewing Company
Left Coast Siesta
Umi Sushi
Rusty Moose
Offshore Grill & Coffee House
Spa Manzanita
Ocean Inn at Manzanita
Sunset to Sunset Vacation Rentals

Thank you for helping transform Laneda Avenue into a pirate’s playground. We encourage everyone to stop in, shop, dine, and support these wonderful local businesses while you’re on the hunt. It’s another great example of what can happen when an entire community comes together to create something memorable.

Bring your family, invite your friends, and join us for an afternoon of fun, laughter, and community spirit. We’ll see you on the hunt!

You’ll see surprising wildlife video clips gathered from painting outside for decades, get some comedy relief peeking into a self-employed artist’s life & learn about past artists who took their easel into the great outdoors, too.

Even so, my dominant belief system quickly rebounded and rejected the experience as hypoxia – or some such dying brain symptom. Imagine my cognitive dissonance in the years that followed when I saw a ghost, foreknew a death, and got sternly chastened by my guardian angel after driving home hammered on booze: “This is the last time I can help you. And you do know right from wrong,” he said.

Once he’d initially reached me, he wouldn’t quit. He kept teaching and teaching what life is for and conveying gentle amusement at my spiritual toddler ways. Soon I could “hear” other spirits as well – most recently an unhappy ghost in my Nehalem house!

My book, Die-Hard Atheist, recounts my struggle to NOT believe the series of paranormal events that relentlessly invaded my normal Newtonian world, until I gave up and embraced the joy of knowing there is more.

Cloud & Leaf Bookstore – July 18th, 5:30 P.M.

Barbara Weiss Workshop: Process and Play in Oil and Cold Wax Painting: Discovering Your Visual “Voice” with Color, Pattern, Layers, and Line

Workshop at Pier 11 Studio (Pier 11, Suite A. 77 11th Street, Astoria, OR, USA)

Join me for a playful dive into the world of oil and cold wax painting! In this workshop, we’ll explore how color, line, shape, and texture can be layered to create vibrant abstract paintings that reflect your own personal style. Through guided exercises and lots of experimentation, you’ll learn how to build depth, make expressive marks, and let the process lead you to unexpected discoveries. Whether you’re brand new to abstract painting or looking to loosen up your practice, this workshop is about enjoying the creative process and finding your unique visual voice.

www.pier11studio.com/barbara-weiss