Category: Events

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 and all that it is to be human navigating the most profound transition of our lives. It provides a platform for individuals to share their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe environment. Adhering to Death Cafe’s mission, participation is free, although contributions to the Collective are accepted.

To learn more about Death Cafes: www.northcoasteolcollective.com/deathcafe

Together, we’ll identify challenges birds face in our own community and consider how to make the spaces we share with birds safer and more welcoming. There will be no shortage of fun for bird enthusiasts of all ages at this family-friendly event. Bring binoculars or borrow a pair of ours! No prior birding experience is necessary.

Guided bird walks will depart from the farm. One will begin at 10AM, and another at 11:30AM, following two route options: one on flat terrain and one that traverses up a medium slope to the upper riparian areas above Alder Creek.

If exploring over uneven ground isn’t your thing, join us at our ‘Big Sit’ station. Or visit the interpretive tables hosted by Hoffman Center for the Arts, Oregon Parks & Recreation, Seven Capes Bird Alliance, Haystack Rock Awareness Program (HRAP), Bird Alliance of Oregon, and the Wildlife Center of the North Coast.

Come and have a good time. Start it with Yoga! It’s fun, it’s free and it will make you healthy.
Come join us. Everyone is welcome.

First there’s Yoga with Molly.
Day – Monday
Time. – 11:15 PST
Place – Tillamook YMCA

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us06web.zoom.us/j/86577877885?pwd=hubSgvfcmYl6AWclxvsfULTHkeUCXY.1

Next there’s 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

Calling all bay admirers and clam lovers! Would you like to learn more about the different types of clams in Netarts Bay? Are you new to clamming and looking for some tips? Do you love to clam but rather not go alone?

Join Friends of Netarts Bay, Estuary, Beach and Sea – WEBS, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Saturday, May 31st for an informative day on the bay, learning about sustainable shellfish harvesting. “Not only will participants gain insights into sustainable clamming practices, they will also learn more about ODFW’s research on bay clam populations and estuarine habitat studies” shares WEBS Stewardship Coordinator Marina Dreeben. In addition to discussing current research, participants will discuss the role of shellfish in bay health, the types of clams in the bay, and the best, most sustainable methods for harvesting wild shellfish. Both new and experienced clammers will have a chance to learn alongside ODFW and WEBS staff/volunteers. Clammers can count on gaining knowledge and collecting their limit with a fun group of community members.

This popular WEBS event fills up quickly but we do have last minute cancellations so feel free to sign up and add your name to the waitlist in case spots become available, or email info@netartsbaywebs.org to volunteer as a photographer, on-shore support, or clamming expert! If you are not able to attend the Sustainable Clamming on the Bay this May, be sure and check our calendar to register for our next clamming event coming up in August.

Registration is required for this free event. Learn more at:
www.netartsbaywebs.org/events

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

WEBS and partners are hosting these events as part of the Explore Nature series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures. Led by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, these meaningful nature-based experiences highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. Learn more about Explore Nature at www.explorenaturetillamookcoast.com.

• 6:00-6:15 Singers warm up while Song Bath Receivers (who have RSVP’d) quietly arrive and be seated on pews

• 6:15-6:45 Singers invite Receivers to sit in the zero-gravity chairs to receive song for whatever needs to be held tenderly

UPCOMING DATES
• 5/13/25
• 6/10/25
• 7/8/25

To Receive Monthly Text Reminders,
TEXT “Song Bath” to 503-440-7861

North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir (NCOTC)
We gather and sing to heal ourselves and our community…we train to sing for those at the thresholds of life and death.
Whatever level you feel called to participate, we welcome your quiet energy…your resounding spirit…your soothing voice.

For more information:
• Email: oquinnhomestead@gmail.com
• Text/call: 503-440-7861
• www.facebook.com/NCO.ThresholdChoir/

Threshold Choir International (TCI):
• www.thresholdchoir.org

Enter to win a Cannon Beach Cottage Tour Retreat for Two to raise funds for the Cannon Beach Library. Tickets are only $20 each and we will sell just 250 tickets for this opportunity, so act fast! Tickets are available at the library, 131 N Hemlock St, or online www.cannonbeachlibrary.org, through July 6th.
Retreat includes:
Two tickets to the annual Cannon Beach Cottage Tour on Saturday, September 13th. Hosted by the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum, the Cottage Tour showcases charming cottages and stunning homes in scenic Cannon Beach.
Saturday night stay for two adults in a delightfully cozy Cannon Beach cottage. Stay includes warm coastal vibes, views of picturesque wetlands and continental breakfast (no pets/no smoking/2 adults/must be used September 13, 2025).
$200 gift certificate for dinner at The Bistro in Cannon Beach, town’s premiere hot spot featuring inspired fusions and fresh locally sourced ingredients (can be used any time).
Gift basket includes books, treats, and Cottage Tour memorabilia (21 and over package).
The Cannon Beach Library is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. For more information, contact manager@cannonbeachlibrary.org or call 503-436-1391.

We’ll stay open at 5; Anis joins us 6-8pm. We’ll have several of his books available—and we bet he’ll sign them if you ask. 🙂

Books After Hours means casual browsing, wine and snacks, and authors in the house. Come find your book people.

Tillamook
Wednesday May 14
9:30 am – 12 pm
Tillamook Library

Manzanita
Thursday, May 15
9:30 am – 12 pm
Pine Grove Community House

Registration required – See flyer for link or QR Code

Pick up at the Manzanita Police Station on Saturday, May 10, between 1:00 – 1:30 PM.

Click the link at the top to see what’s available.

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Mark it on your calendar. Come join us for the North Coast Veterans for Peace meeting.
Lots to talk about. The following is the info you’ll need for the VFP meeting:

Thursday – Thursday, May 8th
Time – 10:30 am PST or PSD
Place – Library in Manzanita – 571 Laneda Ave, Manzanita

Everyone is invited, you need not be a veteran to attend. Really looking forward to seeing everybody. If you can’t make it in person, you can always zoom via the following link

Veterans for Peace is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
us06web.zoom.us/j/87254740556?pwd=7rvDylDeoWZEIwrmAyp05UnohIGDm8.1

Meeting ID: 872 5474 0556
Passcode: 333942

Brian

Calling everyone with a body, a curious mind and an open heart! No experience or fitness level necessary. There is no right or wrong way to do ecstatic dance! You are only asked to allow the music to touch you and to find in your body what wants to be expressed, to be released. You are there to do your dance, whatever that is, as it is, in the present moment. This is a practice meant to serve our authenticity, our fluid nature. Whatever you’re feeling, is where you begin. The world is so heavy and we all carry so much. Ecstatic dance is an emptying, a way to keep the heaviness from solidifying, a way to break up any calcification that has been with you, so that you can continue to show up again and again, renewed. It is an ancient path of resilience.

Ecstatic dance is so simple and so deep. Ecstatic dance is a conversation between your body and your spirit. It has the power to be holy. It is also simply incredibly joyful and freeing to dance with ourselves, with spirit, with each other. *That said, you are in no way expected or required to be in direct physical contact with anyone else. Some people enjoy a bit of “contact” dancing and those people will find each other. Everyone is actually encouraged to go within and dance from a place of deep listening and connection to self and spirit- near others doing the same.*

6- 6:30pm What is spirit dance, ecstatic dance, 5-rhythms? Bring your beginners mind and your questions! I, three-years into it, am a beginner too! I’ll give a little history and a little demo on Gabrielle Roth’s 5-rhythms ecstatic dancing , as I am beginning to understand it. This will also be a time to warm up, to stretch a bit.

6:30- 8pm Dance your grief dance, your joy dance, your compassion dance, your sacred anger dance, your acceptance dance, your gratitude dance, your I-don’t-have-any-idea-what-I’m-doing dance. Come dance your “right now, it’s like this” dance. Only you will know what that is, and whatever it is will be perfect!

Sliding scale $10-20
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Kids welcome and free!
We dance barefoot or in soft, “dance floor only” shoes.
No strong scents, please.

**Artist Unknown

Thank you for supporting these talented and hard-working students!

Stephen Jackson-Clark
Director

A Conversation on Public Health Palliative Care: A Collaboration between the North Coast EOL Collective and the Peaceful Presence Project

Facilitators: Elizabeth Johnson, Executive Director and Erin Collins, Director of Programs – Peaceful Presence Project,

Two Locations:
Tillamook

Wednesday May 14
Time: 9:30 am – 12 pm
Location: Tillamook Library

Manzanita
Thursday, May 15
Time: 9:30 am – 12 pm
Location: Pine Grove Community House

Registration (required). See the flyer for the QR Code and the URL link.

During this gathering, we invite the public to participate in a letter writing event to address concerns about timber sales in our local state forests. We will provide attendees with paper, envelopes, crafting materials, and talking points to help guide letter writing.

Registration requested: forms.gle/iMKNj2aGkSQpuN8T6

Each year, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) drafts an Annual Operations Plan (AOP) that outlines proposed timber sales on public forestland. State forests provide outdoor recreation, education and interpretation opportunities, essential wildlife habitat, and clean water. The money from timber sales also contributes to county revenue. However, there are a growing number of residents within this historically timber-dependent county that are concerned by the amount of clearcutting and related pesticide applications.

On April 18th, the draft AOP for 2026 was submitted to the Board of Forestry, initiating a 45-day public comment period through June 3rd. During this comment period, citizens may offer recommendations. In 2023, the Oregon Department of Forestry only received 29 public comments statewide. After our AOP letter writing event in 2024, more than 1,000 comments were submitted!

ODF is offering several convenient avenues to comment on Annual Operating Plans:

Comments can be emailed to odf.sfcomments@odf.oregon.gov

Comments can also be mailed to ODF Public Affairs, 2600 State St., Salem, OR 97310

Online comments are also received through ODF’s comments page (www.oregon.gov/odf/recreation/pages/comment.aspx)

Comments or questions?
Anna Kaufman Anna.nccwp@gmail.com
Avi Goldshmidt agoldshmidt@wildsalmoncenter.org

As a matter of necessity and regardless of land ownership, NCCWP demands no more logging and no more pesticide spraying within our drinking-watersheds. 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.

healthywatershed.org | www.facebook.com/NCCWATERSHEDPROTECTION

The State Forest Coalition is a group of local and statewide conservation organizations working together to restore healthy mature forests, intact ecosystems, abundant wildlife, robust wild salmon runs and clean water to Oregon’s state forests. We support restoring balanced ecosystem-based management for state forests by advocating for a strong habitat conservation plan and other laws and policies that support these goals.

standtalloregon.org | www.facebook.com/ForestLegacy/

Author Event with award-winning slam poet, Anis Mojgani
Friday, May 9 | 7:00-8:30pm (Doors open 6:30pm)
Tickets $20

Registration strongly recommended; walk-ins welcome as space allows
hoffmanarts.org/events/anis-mojgani-2/

Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita

About Anis Mojgani
The 10th Poet Laureate of Oregon and two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, Anis Mojgani has been awarded residencies from the Vermont Studio Center, Caldera, AIR Serenbe, The Bloedel Nature Reserve, The Sou’wester, and the Oregon Literary Arts Writers-In-The-Schools program. A recipient of an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellowship, Anis has done commissions for the Getty Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum; and his work has appeared on HBO, National Public Radio, and as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series. His work has appeared in the pages of the NYTimes, Rattle, Platypus, Winter Tangerine, Forklift Ohio, and Bat City Review.

Now that Heart of Cartm has a dedicated workshop space next to its creative reuse store, we’re dreaming big about how to grow our repair offerings. Have an idea, a repair need, or a skill you’d like to share? Talk with us at the Repair Cafe this Saturday.
Let’s be resourceful….together!

Saturday, May 10th from 3:00–5:00 PM
Downtown Wheeler, next to Heart of Cartm Creative Reuse Store
Register online at www.heartofcartm.org/repaircafe

Mark it on your calendar. Come join us for the North Coast Veterans for Peace meeting.
Lots to talk about. New location, Manzanita Library. The following is the info you’ll need for the VFP meeting:

Thursday – Thursday, May 8th
Time – 10:30 am PST
Place – Library in Manzanita – 571 Laneda Ave, Manzanita

Everyone is invited, you need not be a veteran to attend. Really looking forward to seeing everybody. If you can’t make it in person, you can always zoom via the following link

Veterans for Peace is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting
us06web.zoom.us/j/87254740556?pwd=7rvDylDeoWZEIwrmAyp05UnohIGDm8.1

Meeting ID: 872 5474 0556
Passcode: 333942

Brian

For over 40 years, we’ve welcomed Spring alongside our North Coast Community at the annual May Day Celebration at Fire Mountain School.

We cordially invite you to join us in the festivities and help us uphold this cherished tradition.

Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 11:00am – 1:00pm
6505 Elk Flat Road, Arch Cape, OR 97102

Activities include:
Flower Crown Making, Face Painting, Music Performance and May Pole Dance by the students of FMS, refreshments, and the announcement of our Spring Raffle Winners!

PLUS: Don’t miss out on the chance to win big! We will be drawing the winners of our Spring Raffle, where you could snag some awesome prizes. To enter for your chance to win, visit us at firemountainschool.org/2025raffle.