Category: Events

Join us in celebrating this milestone anniversary with two events on Saturday, February 28, 2026:

Part 1: Ask the Experts: Marine Reserves + Killer Whales Panel Presentation
1:00-2:30pm | North Coast Recreation District, 36155 9th Street, Nehalem, Oregon

Have you wondered what’s the difference between Orcas and Killer Whales? Or how to recognize the difference between the three different Killer Whale ecotypes? Perhaps you feel pretty confident in knowing that a Killer Whale is a whale- but spoiler alert, it’s not! (Killer whales are actually the largest members of the dolphin family.) At this Ask the Experts Panel Presentation, our experts will clarify all of this and more. We will dive into the benefits of Marine Reserves for Killer Whales and other endangered species, how current research aims to fill the Killer Whale data-gap along the Oregon Coast, and how you can be an active steward of these important protected areas. And of course, because this is a 10-year anniversary party- cupcakes will be provided!

You can submit questions when registering for this event and the panel facilitator, Denise Harrington from Oregon Shores, will ask our experts for you. Or, bring your curiosity and let the conversation inspire you to ask your questions live.

Presenting experts will include:

Angela Whitlock, Marine Program Manager for the North Coast Land Conservancy
Katie Darr, Communications & Engagement Specialist for the Marine Resources Program at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Kevin Campion, founder of Deep Green Wilderness
Part 2: Searching for Southern Resident Killer Whales Watch Party
3:00-4:30pm | Neah-Kah-Nie Viewpoint, Arch Cape, Oregon

After becoming a bit of a Marine Reserves and Orca expert yourself, you are invited to migrate outdoors with us for part 2 of this event. Join us for a Searching for Southern Resident Killer Whales Watch Party from the incredible Neak-Kah-Nie Viewpoint! From here you can take in the extraordinary views while searching for the Southern Resident Killer Whale J-K-L pods. Those who are interested in helping fill the data gap can log their observations to contribute directly to the conservation of one of the ocean’s most iconic endangered species. Whether you’re a seasoned naturalist or just passionate about marine life, your observations could make a lasting impact.

Event Location
Part 1: North Coast Recreation District, 36155 9th Street, Nehalem, Oregon | 1:00-2:30pm

Part 2: Neah-Kah-Nie Viewpoint | 3:00-4:30pm

oregonshores.org/event/ask-the-experts-and-join-the-searching-for-southern-resident-killer-whales-watch-party/

Who: Tillamook County residents ONLY. No professional experience required. Just an open heart and mind.

When: Wednesdays from 4:30 – 5:30 pm, April 1 – May 6, 2026. 1 hour of self-paced online learning + 1 hour of live Zoom session. Sessions will be recorded for participants.

The workshop is a collaborative effort shaped by the voices of individuals and community partners, including the leadership teams from Conscious Aging and Community Connections in Manzanita, and Cape Meares Aging with Grace.

IMPORTANT: To receive confirmation of your registration, please add welcome@northcoasteolcollective.com to your contacts or safe sender list. If you find a message in your spam or junk folder, open it and mark it as “Not Spam” so future emails arrive correctly.

See attached flyer for details.

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. . www.healthywatershed.org | North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection

For more information, to volunteer or to unsubscribe, contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to NCCWP.
You can donate by check or online via debit or credit card by visiting: healthywatershed.org/donate/.

Thank you, everyone, for working to protect drinking water!

#healthywatersheds #peoplevsagentorange #stoppesticides #agentorangeawareness #agentorange #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp

Before the concert begins there will be an instrumental “petting zoo”, an opportunity for children and their adults to play some of the orchestral instruments.

The program also features the rousing 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, Holst’s Jupiter from The Planets, Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King, and Glière’s Russian Sailor’s Dance. Cookies and refreshments will be available at both concerts during intermission.

The first concert will take place on Saturday, March 14 at the Nehalem Elementary School Gym (36300 8th St., Nehalem, OR) beginning at 3:00 pm.

The second concert will be on Sunday, March 15, at the Bob Chisholm Community Center (1225 Avenue A, Seaside, OR) at 3:00 pm.

Admission for both concerts will be: $10 Adults, ages 18 and under FREE (children 12 and under with adult supervision).
Tickets will be available at the door only for these concerts.

This non-profit orchestra, under the direction of conductor Cory Pederson, brings together musicians from the north Oregon and south Washington coast to perform classical music for local audiences. For more information, please visit the NOCS website: nocsymphony.org.

This is your opportunity to get on stage. If you are interested in performing fill out the form:
– docs.google.com/forms/d/1l0x2xOuR9LZXjFK3XSlrXmneXxCABn6uJxEkT8c2zco/edit

If you’d like to buy a ticket go to:
– www.thepinegrove.org/RSVP-or-Purchase-Tickets

If you can-
For knitting circle: bring red, green, white and black yarn, knitting needles or crochet hooks

For Voo Doo Dolls craft: bring scraps of fabric, felt, small buttons, black embroidery floss and pearl head pins

Local women artists are invited to bring their Resistance themed art to show. If you have an easel , please bring it, as well.

Register to join one of ten Zone teams in a community-wide effort to collect marine debris from Nehalem Bay.

Whether you’re a regular rugged explorer or will have kids in tow, there is a Zone with terrain for most! Zone Leaders will meet you out in the estuary at 9AM on Sunday, March 8th, to guide you through a section of the Bay’s edge before returning to Wheeler for a volunteer celebration you won’t want to miss.

Learn more & register here: www.nehalemtrust.org/cleanup/

Come join us for Yoga with veterans, with Molly and with Janet. It’s fun, healthy, complementary and will limber you up. Everyone is welcome. Molly and Janet are excellent teachers.

Here is the info:

Yoga with Molly
Day – Monday
Time – 10:45 PST
Place – Tillamook YMCA

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link.
us06web.zoom.us/j/85009203244?pwd=kewlp3KzlW0sKcbRbW8m3xMy0t5yOA.1

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

In a major disaster, the first few minutes matter most. START triage — Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment — is the system used by emergency responders to quickly assess victims and prioritize care when resources are stretched thin. It’s a skill every prepared community member can learn.

This training is open to everyone — no medical background required. Whether you’re an MRC member, CERT graduate, or simply someone who wants to be more prepared, this is for you. The more community members who know this skill, the stronger our response will be.

Just wanted you to give you a heads up. Be sure to mark your calendars for a coast community potluck on Sunday, March 22. We’ll gather to welcome the arrival of Spring at Steidel Hall in Cannon Beach (adjacent to the downtown Chamber of Commerce). That date also marks the 33rd annual celebration of World Water Day!

Cheers,

Watt Childress

TEEN NIGHT at North Coast Pinball is this Friday February 20th, 6-8PM. FREE PINBALL and Games, Arts/Crafts for ALL TEENS! ALL TEEN WELCOME! (Teens Only)
Please spread the word and send your teens in for FREE FUN

Contact Christy (503) 800-1092 for info/questions or to donate

For 40 years, author and former newspaper publisher Steve Forrester researched Neuberger’s life. He will discuss his book, “Richard Neuberger: Oregon Politics and the Making of a U.S. Senator,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in the Cannon Beach Library.

Forrester’ s talk is a free presentation; attend in person at the library or watch it on the library’s website, cannonbeachlibrary.org.

A consequential but nearly forgotten figure in Oregon history, Neuberger was, Forrester says, “one of the most significant Oregonians of the first half of the 20th century.”

Forrester was a journalist for 50 years, 33 of those years as editor and publisher of The Daily Astorian. He and four colleagues founded the Willamette Week newspaper in 1974, and in 1978 he operated a news bureau in Washington, D.C. Earlier in his life, Forrester was a page for Neuberger in the U.S. Senate.

The first Democrat to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Oregon in 40 years, Neuberger was an outspoken liberal who supported workers’ rights and civil rights. He shaped Oregon’s renowned conservation policies and developed the state’s modern Democratic party.

Neuberger was also a journalist from an early age, writing for The Oregonian as a teenager and for The New York Times while still in college. While a student at the University of Oregon in 1933, Neuberger, a Jew, visited Hitler’s Germany for seven weeks and interviewed relatives and others about the rising violence toward Jews in the country. Neuberger’s stories about his visit appeared in national publications throughout the United States. His editor at The Nation magazine called it “an epoch-making article.”

“All that I saw and heard in Germany substantiates the conclusion that the Jews are finished for many generations in that country,” Neuberger wrote.

A prolific freelance writer, Neuberger published six books and over 700 articles before his death of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1960, nine months before the end of his Senate term. He was 47.

His wife, and political ally, Maurine Brown Neuberger, was elected to his Senate seat in 1960. At the time, she was only the fifth woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

Haven’t put much thought into how to care for yourself and your family?
Come to a WaSH Class! Loads of valuable information!
Let me help you start working on a plan and start your prep processes.

His newest exhibition, “The Fisherman and his Wife”, is open from March 6 to April 5, presenting a luminous series of watercolor pieces influenced by the refined simplicity of Abstract Asian Art. Vaughan’s work, characterized by stylized figures, gentle horizons, and understated narrative moments, offers each painting as an individual visual story.

Join us for the Artist Reception on Saturday, March 7, 2026 • 5–7 PM | Free & Open to the Public—an occasion to meet the artist, view his work, and enjoy an evening of art, thoughtful conversation, and community with light refreshments.

Stay Connected
For more information—and to stay in the loop about upcoming events, new exhibitions, and artist features, visit our website and sign up for our newsletter: bluewaterfineartgallery.com

Upcoming events:
Thursday, February 19th at 5pm
Sunday, February 22nd at 11am

We look forward to dancing with you.

A curated lineup of storytellers will share poems, short stories and show & tell — before we turn a few questions over to YOU, the audience. This night will be lively, interactive, with breaks in between stories and something for everyone!

HeartWorks Studio
395 Nehalem Blvd
Wheeler, OR 97147

HeartWorks studio is accessed from a sidewalk with some uneven surfaces that may require assistance while maneuvering a wheelchair. A wheelchair accessible bathroom is open to the public one block away in Wheeler Waterfront Park. A wheelchair inaccessible bathroom is available on-site.

This event is free. Donations are accepted with gratitude.

Come join us for Yoga with veterans, with Molly and with Janet. It’s fun, healthy, complementary and will limber you up. Everyone is welcome. Molly and Janet are excellent teachers. There will be no yoga with Molly on Monday. It will be the following Monday, February 23rd.

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

Register to join one of ten Zone teams in a community-wide effort to collect marine debris from Nehalem Bay.

Whether you’re a regular rugged explorer or will have kids in tow, there is a Zone with terrain for most! Zone Leaders will meet you out in the estuary at 9AM on Sunday, March 8th, to guide you through a section of the Bay’s edge before returning to Wheeler for a volunteer celebration you won’t want to miss.

Learn more & register here: www.nehalemtrust.org/cleanup/

TEEN NIGHT at North Coast Pinball is Friday, February 20th, 6-8 PM. FREE PINBALL and Games, Arts/Crafts for ALL TEENS! ALL TEENS WELCOME (Teens Only). Please spread the word and send your TEENS in for FREE FUN!

Contact Christy (503) 800-1092 for info/questions

Come down to Nehalem tomorrow and get or give free seeds
and paint a rock with a positive message and “seed” it somewhere in the community. All materials provided.

FREE SEED SWAP at Sea Dream on Friday 2/13! 12-3pm.
Drop in anytime
35915 Hwy 101 downtown Nehalem

Spread the word, spread the seeds!! Bring your saved seeds from the local area! We’re interested in seeds that have done well in your local gardens!

No experience with seed saving/propagation necessary. We will also be swapping knowledge and resources.

Monday, February 16, noon – 2pm

The Pine Grove, 255 Laneda Ave., Manzanita

This event marks the official kickoff of LaNicia Duke’s campaign for Governor of Oregon. LaNicia is running as a non-affiliated candidate. Join us to hear why she’s running, what she believes Oregon needs next, and how community voices can shape the path forward.

LaNicia is excited to welcome her mom, Bishop Gwendolyn Phillips Coates, as a special vocalist.

This is an open, inclusive gathering for anyone interested in a thoughtful, people-centered approach to leadership.

Your presence matters. Your voice matters. Oregon’s future is built together.

Paid for by Duke for Oregon, PAC# 21882

www.dukefororegon.com

We bear the pain of the earth. We know it is not just one town. It is not just the state of Oregon. It is not confined to one country or one people. Something deeper is happening. The earth is trembling. Her spirit is grieved.

Anger often incites change. It also has the power to produce more anger. The angst boiling inside so many of us right now will eventually burst. What we become when it does is the question before us. Who we will be is a choice we must make at this moment.

We are at a breaking point. It is possible to be crushed under the pressure. It is also possible that what feels like crushing can produce something stronger, more sustainable, and more collective than what existed before.

Love is still a powerful healing agent. The question is: are we putting it to use?

Love cannot coexist with anger; there is no room for both. What if we chose, intentionally, to reflect love back into the world, especially now?

On Saturday, February 14, the day commonly set aside to celebrate love, community members are invited to gather for a Community Prayer Gathering at White Clover Grange in Nehalem. This gathering is an open invitation to come together in love, hope, and healing.

We will take time to grieve collectively for our communities, for the state of humanity, and for what has been lost. Mourning is not a weakness. It is an honest response to change. And it is often the doorway to revival.

We are standing at the precipice of a new chapter in history. A shift is already taking place. What we co-create in this moment matters.

Choosing love does not mean ignoring pain. It means refusing to let anger be the architect of what comes next. When we turn our intention toward love, love becomes power.

All are welcome.

Community Prayer Gathering
Saturday, February 14 | 10:00 a.m.
White Clover Grange
36585 Highway 53, Nehalem

Attendees are invited to bring prayers, poems, songs, or other offerings of love, or simply their presence.

A bunch of us who love them would really like to provide support to cover the cost of things insurance will not provide. All of the people involved are the kind of people who have helped everyone around them in multiple ways, on multiple occasions. They are a big part of the heart of our music community. Money won’t replace the lost treasures and memories, but it can help lighten the pain of starting over.