Category: Events

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

The Trash Bash Art Festival countdown has begun! In just 2 weeks we will gather at the White Clover Grange to celebrate the resourcefulness and creativity of our community, as we reimagine all the things that trash can be instead of Waste!

Heart of Cartm is inviting YOU to come out to the White Clover Grange in Nehalem, OR, from Thursday, May 16 to Sunday, May 19, 2024, to celebrate 25 years of trashy fun. There will be music, there will be food, there will be art, there will be spoken word, there will be trashion, and there will be . . . a community that is not afraid of Rising From The Trashes!

Don’t miss out on all this inspiring fun! Buy your Festival Button from Heart of Cartm during open hours (Thurs-Sun, 12-6) or at each event.

***There’s still time to craft a costume and be in the trashion show. Email jessi@heartofcartm.org for materials, inspiration or more details!

LOCATION FOR ALL EVENTS:
White Clover Grange, Nehalem Valley

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 by Buttercup Julie, drinks, LIVE Trash Art Slam entertainment

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

Trashion Show
Saturday, May 18, 4-9pm Runway, delicious tacos by Narly’s Tacos, Ash Steeno, drinks, music

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

Happy Beltane! I have 2 spots left for this Saturday’s May, 4th Beltane Retreat (Loving the Body- Transforming Shame)

www.northfork53.com/events/beltane-retreat

The goal of this retreat isn’t to get rid of shame.
It isn’t to be a better version of yourself.
It isn’t even to be happier.

I woke up in a terrible mood this morning.

I didn’t want to write this or be “productive.”
I didn’t even want be unproductive!
Everything just felt annoying and hard.

So made myself tea and let myself journal all the restless and stuck thoughts.

I could sense grief and anger in there.
And a strong unwillingness to “figure it out.”

So I used something that always helps when I’m feeling this way.

It’s the last thing my bad mood expects me to do.
Instead of trying to fix or change it, I lean in and..

I light a candle to the terrible mood.
Sit in the holy temple of shame.
Call irritation my guru.

I don’t try to make myself feel better.

I make whatever I am feeling, sacred.

I surprise people when I stay I’m proud of my divorce.
In fact- I’m more proud of it than anything I’ve ever done.

That’s not because it was easy or that I was able to stay on task or give myself a glow up.

It’s simply because I didn’t allow shame to take it over.
I didn’t shame myself and I didn’t shame him.

I also didn’t shame my grief, my anger or my fear.

I was able to let these emotions move through me.

I let myself cry and collapse and feel lost. I let weeds take over my garden and let lots of obligations drop.

It was one of the greatest gifts I have ever given myself and I’m proud of it because pride naturally exists where shame is absent.

I accomplished this by making the hardest thing I’ve ever done- the most SACRED thing.

Shame can’t enter the places you hold sacred.

When you make something sacred you move it from the shadows and shine a light on it.
You imbue it with the power to transform mundane reality.
You acknowledge that pain and suffering is a part of your connection to life.
You surrender the need to control and make it better
You declare that (no matter how broken you may feel) this too is a part of your magical journey.

To make shame sacred is to transform it.

This is a massive shift in a culture that has used shame for centuries to punish, oppress and keep us disconnected.

If this feels inspiring then come this Saturday for the retreat 11am-3pm
Get your tickets here
www.northfork53.com/events/beltane-retreat

This Beltane I hope you welcome all parts of you (especially the shamed ones) as sacred and enjoy more of whatever gives you pleasure!

Bee Well & Happy Spring!
xoxox
Ginger

Submitted By: margo@northcoasteolcollective.com – Click to email about this post

Date: May 5th from 4-5:30 p.m.
Offering: Death Cafe (in person)
NEW LOCATION – NEHALEM: North Coast Recreation District (Fireplace Room)
Registration (required) www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/virtual-death-cafe-1-m8x48-2klen-rtjfl-m8k7x-ph4rt
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

*****NOTE: there will be no virtual Death Cafe in May

Submitted By: margo@northcoasteolcollective.com – Click to email about this post

Date: May 16th from 12-1:00 pm (PST)
Offering: A New Palliative Care Tool: Psilocybin Assisted Therapy
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Registration (required) www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/a-new-palliative-care-tool-psilocybin-assisted-therapy
Presenter: Kathryn L. Tucker, JD, Special Advocacy Advisor – National Psychedelics Association

Brief Description:
Modern-era clinical trials show psilocybin-assisted therapy brings “immediate, substantial and sustained” relief from anxiety and depression in patients with advanced cancer. Palliative care providers are eager to add a new palliative care tool to their toolbox to address non-physical suffering. This presentation will briefly review the trials and findings, the prohibited status of psilocybin under current law, and efforts to evolve the law to allow access for therapeutic purposes. The discussion will include Oregon’s pioneering Psilocybin Services Act, the first state law to legalize and regulate this substance despite its federal status.

Recommended Reading:

IN SEARCH OF: A FEDERAL SAFE HARBOR FOR STATE LEGALIZATION OF PSILOCYBIN, Kathryn L. Tucker, et al.

law.lclark.edu/live/files/34282-264-5-tucker

Presenter Bio:
Kathryn L. Tucker is recognized as a national leader in spearheading creative and effective efforts to promote improved care for seriously ill and dying patients. She has served as Director of Advocacy at various nonprofit organizations, including the National Psychedelics Association, the Completed Life Initiative, the End of Life Liberty Project, the Disability Rights Legal Center, Compassion & Choices, and Compassion in Dying. Tucker was a founding member of the Psychedelic Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Litigation and Advocacy Committee. She is a Founding Member of the Initiative on Psychedelics and Healing of the Global Wellness Institute. In periods of private practice, Tucker served as Special Counsel at Emerge Law Group, where she Co-Chaired the Psychedelic Practice Group, and as a litigation attorney at Perkins Coie (Seattle Office). Tucker has held faculty appointments as Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and as Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Washington, Seattle University, and Lewis & Clark Schools of Law, teaching in the areas of law, medicine, and ethics, with a focus on the end of life. Tucker is counsel in the nation’s first litigation under the Right to Try Act, representing a palliative care physician and several cancer patients seeking to compel DEA to allow access to psilocybin therapy. She is also involved with a first-of-its-kind petition to reschedule psilocybin and related litigation. AIMS et al. v DEA.

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

Here is what some people have said about this 8 week journey:

“I am so grateful I took this course. What a gift it was to really examine myself through the lens of these very thoughtful questions that got at the root of what was keeping me stuck.”
~ A.

“Being involved in this group has helped me have more compassion for myself when my inner critic kicks in.” ~ T.

“Taking this course changed me in profound, positive ways. Ways that are improving my work life, relationships, self-talk, thought patterns, etc. Don’t let the name of the course fool you. This is a class for anyone (any belief system) and that wholly meets everyone where they are.” ~ K

The 30 Shamanic Questions are a series of questions channeled by my teacher, Linda Star Wolf, to help us remember the bigger picture of our lives through a process of self-inquiry.

WHEN: 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9. (We won’t meet 6/11) LIVE ON ZOOM, 4-6pm PST

INVESTMENT: $300 (Partial Scholarships Available)
No on turned away due to lack of funds.

REGISTER by May 7th: forms.gle/ba4WyVhPSYrns3qW7

Have Questions? Email: sbwceremonies@gmail.com

As Robert Frost put it, “the best way out is always through”. And as John Green wrote in The Anthropocene Reviewed, “And the only good way through is together. Even when circumstances separate us – in fact, especially when they do – the way through is together.”

So whatever place you may find yourself in or whatever struggle you are encountering, these questions can be a transformative way through together.

Wherever you find yourself, these questions are designed to help you uncover, recover, and discover more of who you truly are.

Lynda “Chickpea” Chick, RN is a Certified Shamanic Breathwork Facilitator

Submitted By: wendyjacksonuk@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

North Tillamook County Women’s Association Potluck Luncheon Meeting.
Tuesday, May 7, 11:30 am, North Tillamook County Women’s Association Potluck Luncheon Meeting. Held at The Pine Grove Community House. For more information contact, info@ntcwa.org

Apologies for the incorrect time on the previous announcement.

Submitted By: Jennie1550@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

This Saturday, May 4th. Noon to 6:00 pm.

Mexican Buffet at the Bunkhouse

Don’t miss it.

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

This is it … today (April 30th) is the last day to register to vote and ballots will be hitting mailboxes soon.
Come Meet your Candidates. Vote Smart!
Here’s one more opportunity to meet with the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners candidates — all have confirmed — join us Tuesday May 7th at the North County Recreation District (NCRD) in Nehalem from 6 to 8 pm.
Submit your questions to editor@tillamookcountypioneer.net

Zoom option available: us06web.zoom.us/j/87415015667?pwd=GJmCnBuffpCmbOuqT78X5F4kLyfYIT.1

For more information, go to the Facebook event page: fb.me/e/8I7fMFQfV

Submitted By: wendyjacksonuk@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

May 2024
Thursday, May 2, 6-8:30 pm, Rooted Together, an event to kindle connection and community around the conservation of our Pacific Northwest forests. For more information go to, oldgrovefilms.com/rooted-together

Tuesday, May 7, 1 pm, North Tillamook County Women’s Association Luncheon Meeting. For more information contact, info@ntcwa.org

Monday, May 13, 2-4pm, Conscious Living and Community Connections. For more information, contact, kathiejhightower@gmail.com

Friday, May 17, 7-9pm, PG Members, Music Evening with StayTuned. RSVP to, moranmem@gmail.com
Tuesday, May 21, 5:30-8pm, Monthly Members Dinner. 
RSVP to, moranmem@gmail.com

Saturday, May 25, 9am-4pm, Book Sale, for the North Tillamook Library at Manzanita.

Did you know?
The Pine Grove Sponsored Programs provides the opportunity for community members to create and facilitate programs for the public, while being able to keep the cost of such programs at a rate that allows the highest number of community members to attend. This is done by waiving the rental costs of the Pine Grove, a cleaning fee will apply. Applications will be “first come, first considered” until our targeted calendar dates are filled.
For more information, contact, SP.Pinegrovecommunityhouse@gmail.com

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

Want more awe, joy, and delight in your life?

Monday, May 13, 2-4 pm join us for a presentation by Kathie Hightower, on Awe/Delight/Joy: Why it’s SO important, and ways to add them in to your daily life. Sociologists, psychologists, and neuroscientists have done extensive research studies on Awe and Joy. Join us to learn why these topics matter to you, especially as we age, and learn simple exercises to add more of these into your own daily life. Let’s choose the antidote to the current negative news spiral. Choose Joy. Here’s how.

Kathie dove into this subject many years ago and in fact published a small book on Simple Joys. She returned to study current research to prepare this presentation for you. Kathie spent many years doing keynotes and workshops on topics like Jump Into Life, and Joyful Living. This is a mini-presentation.

Bring a pen and a book or magazine to write on…we’ll have handouts ready for you to fill in.

The goal of the Conscious Aging and Community Connections Program is to bring people in our community together to get to know one another at a deeper level and to encourage one another to live our best possible lives.

The Conscious Aging and Community Connections Program is held on the second Monday of each month from 2-4pm. This program is sponsored by Pine Grove Community House which allows us to keep admission at $ 5 per session. All money received goes directly to Pine Grove.

Everyone is welcome to join us. The Conscious Aging and Community Connections Team: Tela Skinner, Mary Ruhl, Kathie Hightower, Kathleen Moore, Jan Hamilton, Dori Bash

Contact kathiejhightower@gmail.com for more information.

Submitted By: wendyjacksonuk@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

This Month at The Pine Grove Community House.

Submitted By: lynettev@nclctrust.org – Click to email about this post

Living Amongst the Green Giants–
From anemones to old-growth trees, a celebration of life on the Oregon Coast

May 9th, 6:00-7:30 pm, doors open at 5:30 pm

North County Recreation District: 36155 9th Street, Nehalem, OR

Hosted by: North Coast Land Conservancy

Presenters: Katie Voelke & Angela Whitlock

Enjoy an evening of celebrating life among these lands and waters—from the coastal prairies and wetlands to the peaks of the Coast Range and the expansive Cape Falcon Marine Reserve—and learn about the incredible impacts of local conservation with a presentation by NCLC Marine Coordinator Angela Whitlock and NCLC Executive Director Katie Voelke.

This presentation will take place at the North County Recreation District (NCRD) Gallery–36155 9th Street, Nehalem, OR. The event is from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; doors open at 5:30.

Seating is limited, so arrive early!

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

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Come as you are
Be as you Wish
Feel it all.

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

We hope you’ll join us this Sunday May 5th for our Annual May Day Celebration! Bring snacks or a picnic lunch and enjoy the merriment of Spring!
11am-1pm
6505 Elk Flat Road
Arch Cape, OR 97123

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

That’s what folks will say, long after you have left the stage.

Hi, this is Jessi with Heart of Cartm. I am seeking storytellers for the Trash Tales event on Friday, May 17th. Would you like to tell a tale? This year’s theme is Rising From The Trashes. Maybe you have a little ditty about a very special item in your life or a poem about something lost and found. Maybe you have a funny piece about cleaning your house or organizing someone elses.

Jump in! Let me know you want to share a story at Trash Tales 2024, this May 17th at the White Clover Grange.

If you’d rather just listen to the Tales, come by Heart of Cartm for your “All Events Trashy Fun Pass” Thursday – Monday, 12-6. See you soon!

Submitted By: becky3353@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Mixed Media and Collage Painting Class
When: Saturday, May 18
Time: 12pm – 3pm
Where: Astoria Art Loft, 106 Third St., Astoria
Instructor: Becky Chappell
Cost: $75
Limited to 10 students
Very fun class! I guide you through a mixed media and collage painting, using various mediums, pieces of collage, mark making and texture tools.
Supplies included, except small set of acrylic paints; can be student grade.

Register here: www.astoriaartloft.com/workshops.php

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Oil & Cold Wax Techniques Workshop
Learn all about the materials and techniques in oil and cold wax painting. We will begin a painting in the first session and finish in the second session.
When: Thursday May 2 & Thursday May 9
Time: 12pm – 2pm
Where: Trails End Art Association, 656 A. St. Gearhart, OR
Instructor: Becky Chappell
Cost: $90/members; $95/non-members
Supplies included

Register here: checkout.square.site/merchant/EB0EFDAN6R3CY/checkout/QXEBZNM5M4VZHTBPC3KSVADV

Submitted By: qulwater@msn.com – Click to email about this post

North Coast Music Project in partnership with Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy and Nehalem Bay Health District are proud to present Rick Estrin and the Nightcats at the NCRD PAC on Sunday, June 23rd.
Keep checking BBQ for a special presale for locals that will be announced shortly.

Enjoy the tune!

https://youtu.be/qepBrUuDti0?si=SfejF2SfDMiCwIpP

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.

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/84115365249?pwd=Y1ZETEp1ZEtoS1JDTG9Sdmg3cGoyQT09

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/85035583827

Come join us. Everyone is welcome.

Brian

Submitted By: centerpoint.healing.arts@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Next Saturday May 4th is
WORLD LABYRINTH DAY 2024

Check out these free community events!

1 – 3pm St. Catherine’s Community Labyrinth
The Labyrinth Guild is hosting a free community ‘walk as one at 1’ at 36335 Hwy 101, Nehalem, OR 97131. Join us to walk the labyrinth at 1:00 creating a unifed rolling wave of peaceful energy passing from one time zone to the next around the globe. This is a family friendly event and there will be a chance to create messages to send to children affected by the violence in Gaza.

6pm – Sunset Sand Spiral Labyrinth Walk
Centerpoint Healing Arts is raking a sand art Labyrinth on Neahkahnie beach for a free community walk to be part of ‘a rolling wave of peace around the world’. Swing by whenever you like between 6pm and Sunset to walk the Labyrinth before the rising tide washes it away. Ocean Rd. & Nehalem Rd. – 0.5 miles / 5+ minute walk on the beach north of Laneda Ave.. Kid and dog friendly event. ‘Leave-no-trace’ pop-up event with respect for our coastal ecology. Expect sandy, uneven terrain.

See you on the Beach! – Za
www.centerpointhealingarts.com/field-notes

Submitted By: Jennie1550@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

You know you love Gabe and Marisol’s food.

Come and celebrate the 4th of May with them at the Bunkhouse. Starts at noon. You can get all the goodies all afternoon til 6:00.

My favorite dessert is Flan and they’ve got it covered. Plus Tres Leches Cake. Yum!!!

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Limited Tee Times for the Manzanita Open on May 17,18, 19 – Get Yours Now!!

The four-person, 9-hole scramble is $60 per player. Organize your 4 players and go to our website, www.eugeneschmuckfoundation.org, to reserve your spot and pay.

Not a golfer?
Please consider becoming a sponsor. To donate, go to our website, www.eugeneschmuckfoundation.org.
Stop by Manzanita Links during the tournament and enjoy a burger or a hot dog and participate in our raffles and games.
You can also donate to the door prizes and raffles. Items are collected through early May. We accept new, unused items, art work, baskets filled with goodies, lodging gift certificates, restaurant gift certificates, wine, etc. A minimum $25.00 “real market value” for all donation items please. Please check with an ESF board member directly, contact us by mail at PO Box 58, Manzanita, OR 97130, or email esffoundation@yahoo.com to donate.

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A Beltane Ritual Retreat Day: Saturday, May 4th 11am-3pm
Loving the Body – Transforming Shame
North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness in Nehalem

Wood Fired Sauna with Cold Plunge and Kelp Mask
Shame Shifting using Tantra, Kundalini Yoga & Somatics
Beltane Fire Ritual and Sound Healing
Tea and Snacks!

www.northfork53.com/events/beltane-retreat?p

“The first thing is your body. It is your base it is your ground. To make you hate the body is to destroy you. To make you schizophrenic. To make you miserable.

The body is your basic truth. Whenever you are going against the body. you lose contact with reality. The body is your contact, your bridge, your temple.”

On Beltane we celebrate the body, the greatest of mysteries.

In this workshop we’ll explore the master emotion of shame, and why “shame shifting” is the key to transforming the fight with our bodies into life force and pleasure.

Through a series of exercises based in tantra, kundalini yoga and somatics, you’ll learn ways to turn towards towards the body with compassion and love.

Beltane Fire Ritual & Sound Healing

Pleasure is the natural result of transforming shame in the body.

Using fire, sound healing, ‘ye old shame pinata – we’ll create a ritual to burn away the old skins of winter and light the flame of summer!

Limited Spots available in this retreat! Sign up with link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/beltane-retreat?p

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Oil and Cold Wax Painting Workshop
When: Thursday, May 2 & Thursday, May 9
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Where: Trails End Art Association, 656 A. St., Gearhart
Instructor: Becky Chappell
Cost: $90/members; $95 nonmembers
To register:
trailsendart.org/index.html
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Submitted By: neahkahniespiritdance@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

One more week to catch this series!

Dance of the Sacred Feminine: Intro to Basic Tribal-Style Belly Dance 5 week series with Starr Misner every Sunday in March!

This will be an empowering and fun introduction to tribal-style Belly Dance, celebrating the beauty and strength of the Sacred Feminine.

2pm-3:30pm
$20 Drop-in class
Pay at the Door

Come join us at White Clover Grange, Oregon 53, Nehalem, OR to connect with the sacred feminine through the art of belly dance!
This event is perfect for beginners looking to learn the basics or experienced dancers wanting to brush up on their technique of tribal-style belly dance in a welcoming and supportive environment.
No experience necessary, just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to move your body in new ways. Don’t miss out on this empowering and transformative experience!

Some costuming will be provided. Bring a yoga mat if you have it.

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DANCING WITH THE EARTH
Ecstatic Dance led by Lane deMoll
Thursday 4.25
@the white clover grange
6:30-8pm
$10-$20

“We’re still in the potent windows of the Eclipse, the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction, Earth Day, and Full Moon in Scorpio. Wow. Let’s dance that energy into our very bones! My “Gaia’s Mandala” painting (Ancestor of Earth in Lane’s Greenwitch Tarot) celebrates us all dancing to integrate the fiery Green Man of the Sacred Masculine and Divine Feminine.”

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Place your orders online now for Go-Bags or GoBag supplies as well as Personal Sanitation system supplies. Pick up your items at the PopUp shop on Saturday, May 11 at the Manzanita Police Station (across from Manzanita News and Espresso).