North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection is a grassroots group that advocates for the protection of drinking water on the Oregon Coast. The non-profit aims to end logging and pesticide spraying within, and surrounding, forested drinking watersheds in the State, regardless of who owns the land.
To learn more about NCCWP, please visit healthywatershed.org.
NTLF is a non-profit organization that owns, maintains, & improves the Manzanita Library Building & Grounds. Please join or renew your membership at: www.northtillamooklibrary.org/become-a-member
www.unitedpaws.com
Ph# 503-842-5663
CREATING WITH WOOL! – INTRO TO NEEDLE FELTING
Instructor: Glenna Gray
Time: 12 – 3pm
Location: Cannon Beach History Center
Class Limit: 12
This three hour class will introduce you to the basics of needle felting, from materials and technique to the history of the art. You will go home with a finished pumpkin or jack-o-lantern just in time for Halloween, and the skills to create anything your imagination desires!
Wool shares the structural characteristics of clay and the color blending properties of paint, and it’s soft!
Instructor Glenna Gray went to Scotland to study with Moy Mackay to learn more about this versatile medium. Moy Mackay is an award winning felt artist who developed a unique coupling of a traditional craft within a fine art.
This workshop is brought to you by the Cannon Beach Arts Association. To register please visit our website cannonbeacharts.org, email: info@cannonbeacharts.org, or call 503-436-0744.
Register in-person at the Cannon Beach Gallery: 1064 S Hemlock St. Cannon Beach, OR 97110
While Rice started in traditional blues, he’s built upon that foundation with soul, R&B, folk and country to fashion a welcoming front porch where everybody wants to hang out into the wee hours.
The electric and high-energy band features a horn section and a thumping rhythm section to get your body moving.
“My goal is to reach people in a way that they need to be reached,” Rice says, “to say things they may not get to say or hear things they may not normally get to hear.”
This free, family friendly concert, in Cannon Beach’s downtown city park, begins at 5:00PM. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, low-backed chairs and fully stocked picnic baskets. Dogs, Frisbees, soccer balls and the like are welcome too.
The park is located in downtown Cannon Beach, northeast of the Chamber of Commerce at 2nd & Spruce.
The concert is produced by the Tolovana Arts Colony and made possible by a Community Grant from the City of Cannon Beach.
For more information, visit tolovanaartscolony.org, email tolovanaartscolony@gmail.com, or call 541-215-4445.
If you are interested in Threshold Choir, come at 6 and see if it’s a fit for you. Threshold Choir meets in the sanctuary.
Back on track. Our VFP meetings are back to the 2nd Thursday of the month at the Offshore grill in Manzanita. It’ll be good to get together again. I’ve attached the agenda. The following is the info:
Date – Thursday, Sept 12th
Time. – 10:30 PST
Place. – Off Shore Grill (Manzanita)
Brian
Just a reminder that the Annual Lee Blackmon Community Soccer Scrimmage and Picnic Planning Meeting is tomorrow, Sunday Sept 8th, 4 PM at Rising Hearts Studio.
Help us plan this free, fun event to commemorate Lee and his commitment and dedication to our local youth.
Want to help, but can’t make it tomorrow? Please reach out
Contact Christy for questions etc 503-800-1092, Christy@cosmichealingnw.com
Rising Hearts Studio
35840 7th St
Hwy 101, downtown Nehalem
Wilson will open the library’s Northwest Authors Series season with a presentation at 2 p.m. in the library, 131 N. Hemlock St. This is a free, hybrid event; attend in person at the library or watch online via the library’s website, cannonbeachlibrary.org.
The 2024 Oregon Book Award winner for graphic literature, “The Faint of Heart,” is about June, a teenager who lives in a world where humans remove their hearts to avoid feeling pain. June is the only person left with a heart. When she finds a heart in a jar abandoned in an alley, June hopes to return her sister to normal with it and begins an unexpected adventure with a heartless boy who is somehow beginning to feel again.
Although she lives in Oregon City, her mind tends to wander to made-up places in her head. Those places might be filled with flying jellyfish and birds that eat the stars. She says she has a “love of the weird and wonderful.”
The upcoming event entitled “DEEP DIVE: STORIES OF FORESTS & WATER” features two modes of storytelling: a reading by writer, artist, and activist Roger Dorband, and a screening of documentary filmmaker Jesse Clark’s “LIVING LEGACIES.”
About the Presenters
Roger Dorband’s forest activism began several years ago after discovering new and massive clearcuts along Highway 26, where once was an intact forest. Sickened, he channeled his shock into action: Dorband began studying Oregon forest management and various aspects of forest silviculture. His research and passion connected him with others with similar interests and goals.
Dorband spent half a decade as co-lead to the Forest Interest Group in Astoria, which successfully convinced Clatsop County Commissioners not to sign onto the billion dollar Linn County timber lawsuit. When the group dissolved, Dorband and two other activists formed the Forest Vision Project. The Forest Vision Project brought a number of excellent speakers to Astoria to give talks at Clatsop Community College and mounted a major art exhibition in the gallery featuring artists working with the theme of forests. Currently, Dorband is a steering committee member of the recently formed Astoria chapter of North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection, and continues to produce a prolific number of articles related to forestry for Hipfish Monthly, as well as numerous letters in the Daily Astorian.
Jesse Clark is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer focused on our complex place in the natural world. His directorial debut with Shane Anderson titled CHEHALIS: A WATERSHED MOMENT played on PBS in over 20 states and national streaming. Clark most recently worked as cinematographer and feature editor on the Emmy-nominated COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE, helping to tell the story of the Nez Perce tribe’s ongoing fight to preserve their lifeways and sacred salmon.
He is now focused on a new series he is writing and directing, entitled FOREST STORIES, an short film series with each episode focused on a particular issue within Pacific Northwest forestry. At the KALA Event, we will see the first episode of the series, entitled LIVING LEGACIES.
Synopsis for LIVING LEGACIES (23mins, documentary short):
A movement is born when one community’s drinking water source is threatened – and Washington State must weigh economic gain against the protection of their last tracts of
carbon-sequestering mature forests.
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection is a grassroots group that advocates for the protection of drinking water on the Oregon Coast. The non-profit aims to end to logging and pesticide spray within and surrounding forested drinking watersheds in the State, regardless of land ownership.
We are dealing with the ramifications of industrial clearcutting and pesticide application. This not only destroys our maturing and old-growth forests, but also harms our climate, pollutes our air and drinking water, and directly impacts our health. It is NCCWP’s hope that this storytelling event will highlight the important relationship between our forested ecosystem and our access to clean and abundant drinking water on the Oregon Coast.
To learn more about NCCWP, please visit healthywatershed.org.
Here is the LINK TO RSVP for the NCCWP’s DEEP DIVE: STORIES OF FORESTS &
WATER Event!: forms.gle/LzCrjGJNsNqaxHPy8
We look forward to seeing you on Monday, September 16 at 6:00 p.m, at KALA Hipfish.
Free ESL classes start this evening at the library – every Thursday from 6 to 7:30 all skill levels, no registration – just show up!
Mojo Holler
Saturday, September 7th from 6-8pm
North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness, off Hwy 53 in Nehalem
Get your tickets at the link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/mojo-holler-in-concert-saturday-september-7th-6-8pm
About the Band:
Mojo Holler weaves threads from mountain ranges to the Mississippi Delta into a tapestry of indie folk rock.
Musician Mister Baker channels innate genius through lap steel, slide, and dobro.
Missi is a genuine Appalachian ‘Mountain Mama’ whose vocals and percussion bring Southern heart and soul to each song.
Notable northwest musician and songwriter, Randy Yearout is on bass and acoustic guitars.
Willamette Week’s 2023 Best of Portland: “They sing about Mississippi boat queens, trains, juke joints, church bells—all things backwoods—with devotion and delicacy.”
The band formed in 2012 as the wife/husband duo Missi & Mister Baker. Their debut album, Where Black Ravens Flew, led to a showcase performance at South By Southwest in 2016.
The late Lisa Lepine, a Portland legend in music, said of their mission:
“They weave their dark, modern spirituals from shared roots in magic, Americana, and metaphysics.
Mister Baker, like Robert Johnson before him, may have made a deal with the devil — channeling an innate genius through lap steel, slide and dobro. Missi’s earthy voice brings burning intensity to each song.
Picture them sitting knee-to-knee on a Southern Delta, watching the dark moon rise and singing from their eternal souls.”
Don’t miss the last concert of the summer!
Limited tickets available.
Link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/mojo-holler-in-concert-saturday-september-7th-6-8pm
Cape Lookout Stewardship Day offers opportunities to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes.
Lend a hand clearing weeds and invasive ivy from recent plantings established at Cape Lookout State Park.
During the winter, WEBS volunteers helped OR State Parks staff plant a large variety of native trees, shrubs, and plants. For this event, park staff along with WEBS volunteers, will be on hand to supervise participants who will be clearing around the established winter plantings, removing unwanted plants that may slow their growth. “Our goal is aimed at improving and restoring the habitat within the park”, says WEBS director Chrissy Smith.
If possible, we ask participants to provide their own:
work gloves
hand pruners
shovels
appropriate gear for Oregon Coast in September
It is also recommended that participants bring a reusable water bottle, and snacks.
Get more information and find a link to register on our website at:
www.netartsbaywebs.org/events
Consider donating:
Your donation helps in supporting 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 would like to donate, you can donate on our website.
WEBS and partners are hosting this event 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.
Connect with the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS online!
Website: www.netartsbaywebs.org
Social: @netartsbaywebs
WEBS and partners are hosting this event 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.
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea) is a non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining the Netarts Bay area through education and stewardship. Stay connected with WEBS via Facebook, Instagram, Eventbrite, and their website at www.netartsbaywebs.org.
Aja Ngo will provide a design template and all of the tools, materials, adhesives, and substrates. In this two-day workshop you will learn about the appropriate tools to use, glass cutting and grout techniques, and how to make a mosaic durable for outdoor use. You will create a finished piece that can be displayed in your garden.
You can find more information and register here: hoffmanarts.org/events/september-27-28/
Scholarship are available!
Class Price: $345
Taught by local potter Tara Spires-Bell. includes demos, one-on-one coaching, 15 lbs. of clay, and studio practice time.
Ideal for beginners or those looking to refresh and advance their skills.
Primarily wheel-focused,
with one session on hand-building.
You’ll learn the basics: centering, opening, and pulling walls to create cylinders, bowls, and round vessels.
You’ll also explore trimming, glazing, basic chemistry, and aesthetic choices.
Intermediate students will work with larger amounts of clay on advanced forms.
Sign up at
www.mudhandcraft.com/pottery-classes
Raffle tickets and silent auction bids are available from Friday, August 30th through Saturday, September 28th. Tickets are just 1 for $5, 3 for $10, or 7 for $20. You don’t need to be present to win!
All items have been generously donated by our wonderful local merchants, with every dollar raised going to support our nonprofit library.
Mojo Holler weaves threads from Appalachian
mountain ranges to the Mississippi Delta into a tapestry of indie folk rock.
Mister Baker, like Robert Johnson before him, may have made a deal with the devil — channeling an innate genius through lap steel, slide and dobro.
Missi’s earthy voice brings burning intensity to each song.
And joining the duo for this special concert is their dear friend Randy, rounding out the sound with strings.
If you want to check out Mojo’s sound head over to the website- where I’ve got one of their latest videos up.
You can grab tix there too
(Copy and paste if the link doesn’t work!)
Photo Exhibit Opening
Saturday, Sept 7 2024 2 until 5 PM
Fireside Room North Coast Recreation District
36155 9th St
Nehalem OR 97131
Light snacks will be served.
Exhibit will remain up through September.
Get your space in the workshop at link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/using-natural-mushroom-dyes-workshop
Explore the fascinating world of fall coastal fungi and their use making natural dyes.
10am-11:00am
Wood Fired Sauna, Cold Plunge (optional add on)
Prepare for your dye workshop with a cleansing and relaxing wood fired sauna and cold plunge.
After your sauna, enjoy some light snacks and tea before you dive into creating with mushrooms!
11:30- 2pm: Mushroom Natural Dye Workshop
This workshop will cover the types of coastal fungi used to produce various colors on wool and silk.
There will be a hands-on dye session when students will dye silk bandanas and mini skein of yarn to take home.
Each attendee will be provided with a list of dye mushrooms found in our region and a pattern for a fungi-themed knit headband.
The workshop includes how to set up a home dye studio, prepare fibers for the dye pot, and how to store mushrooms for dying.
Participants may purchase additional silk or wool fiber to dye during the workshop.
Your Guide:
Erica Clark lives on traditional lands of the Clatsop/Chinook people. Her family stewards 20+ acres of forestland on the outskirts of Astoria.
The start of her natural dye journey using wild fungi began on a rainy September evening in Cordova, Alaska in 2010.
She sells hand-dyed goods on the coast and has taught mushroom dye workshops at several fungi festivals and for members of the Oregon Mycological Society since 2021.
Erica coordinates an annual mushroom themed makers market in Astoria on the Winter Solstice.
Limited Space! Get your tickets for the workshop at link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/using-natural-mushroom-dyes-workshop
Long before dinner was just a shopping trip away, many people relied on forest for food. Join us on a journey through four seasons in the Tillamook State Forest, and discover the seasonal foraging we learned from our indigenous friends.
Address:
Tillamook Forest Center
45500 Wilson River Highway
Tillamook, Oregon 97141
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/85273692568
Come join us. Everyone is welcome.
Brian
NTLF is a non-profit organization that owns, maintains, & improves the Manzanita Library Building & Grounds. Please join or renew your membership at: www.northtillamooklibrary.org/become-a-member