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

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Our Second Sunday Ecstatic Dance is a beautiful offering by Lisa Marcus

“I will be playing selections from Deya Dova’s recently released Planetary Grid Music Collection from a 7 year journey recording at over 44 locations on the Earth’s energylines across the planet.” -Lisa

11-12:30
$10-$20 Kids dance free
Work trade and needs based pricing available, be in touch!
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Also this Sunday 2:00 Dance of the Sacred Feminine: intro to tribal-style Belly Dance led by Star Misner!! If you haven’t tried it out yet….now is your time!

We’re meeting every Sunday this month to build on the technique learned. If you’re dropped in last week, we can add that $20 drop in fee to pay for the whole 5 week series that is $75.
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On Thursday 3.14 we will explore Contemplative Dance Practice
led by Reeva Wortel to invite embodied awareness of ourselves and the world around us within a safe container of movement, stillness, solo practice, and shared improvisation. There will be a joyful and energetic dance set as well as a playful free-form group dance improvisation inviting attention to repetition, stillness, and emotion.

6:30-8pm
$10-$20 Kids dance free!
All events at the White Clover Grange’s beautiful wood floor out on HWY 53
Work trades and needs based pricing available, be in touch!

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

Hello Community Friends,

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 Monday, March 11, 2-4pm when the founders of North Coast End of Life Collective will offer a presentation about their history, vision, mission, values, and services. The North Coast EOL Collective is recognized for its compassionate approach and collective expertise in end-of-life options, care and resources. We will explore and practice how to have honest and thoughtful conversations with health providers, ensuring we are seen and heard.

Please join us for this presentation, where we will explore the intersection of conscious aging and end-of-life preparedness as a collective approach to death and dying.

At our February session we talked about resources in the area. Our team has revised the lists, including: Current ways to find out about community resources and events, Personal services and small businesses, Non-profit organizations, Public and government resources, Churches, and Activities in the area. If you would like the revised lists, please send an email to telaskinner@gmail.com and I will forward the lists to you.

Upcoming events:
Monday, April 8, 2-4pm, Oregon Humanities will hold a Conversation about Aging and Loneliness
Saturday April 27, 2-4pm – a special event to be held at NCRD with Elizabeth Fournier, aka The Green Reaper on Green Burials, admission $10
Monday, May 13, 2-4pm, Kathie Hightower will lead a session on Awe-Delight-Savoring and Gratitude

If you have suggestions for topics you’d like to explore in this program, please let me know.
Hope to see you Monday!

Tela and the Conscious Aging Team: Mary Ruhl, Sue McGrath, Kathie Hightower, Kathleen Moore, Jan Hamilton, Dori Bash

Submitted By: sdawagner@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

The North Oregon Coast Symphony continues its 2023-2024 season with two concerts next weekend, March 16 & 17. Designed to please audience members of all ages, the performances will feature Greg Smith’s Zoo Song. This musical story of a young person’s first visit to the zoo is a wonderful form for introducing the various orchestral instruments, as each animal in the story is represented by a musical “voice.” The narrator will be Deac Guidi, a local professional opera singer who has performed throughout the northwest region. He also teaches Speech Communication at Clatsop Community College.

The programs will also include three short pieces from Saint Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. A solo cello, string bass, and clarinet portray an elegant swan, a lumbering elephant, and a cuckoo calling, all accompanied by pianist Diane Amos.

Other highlights of the concerts include the orchestral work Irlande by Augusta Holmès, the familiar Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar, Julius Fucik’s Entry of the Gladiators, and Elmer Bernstein’s Great Escape March.

The first concert will take place on Saturday, March 16, at St. Catherine Episcopal Church (36335 N. Hwy 101, Nehalem, OR) beginning at 3:00 pm.

The second concert will be on Sunday, March 17, at the Bob Chisholm Community Center (1225 Avenue A, Seaside, OR) beginning 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 both concerts.
Cookies and refreshments will be available at intermission.

Submitted By: nmccarthy1276@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

“Beach Noir,” this year’s theme for the Writers Read Celebration, sponsored by the Cannon Beach Library, was quirky enough to result in 79 short stories and poems involving crustaceans to die for, ghost ships, slovenly detectives and the women who taunt them.
Sixteen of those entries will be read by writers from Oregon and Washington on March 22. The Writers Read Celebration begins at 7 p.m. in the library, 131 N. Hemlock St. It also will be shown online through the library’s website at cannonbeachlibrary.org.
Writers wrote their “whodunits” from every angle. Some were melancholy, while others found humor. One poet asked, “Where’s the Noir?” Another writer talked to a ghostly bartender. Cats are involved in one mystery, and a variety of sea creatures find their way into several stories.
This is the sixth year of the library’s Writers Read Celebration. Writers of all ages from anywhere were invited to submit entries in any format, and the library received more entries than in any year. Entries were limited to 600 words each; writers could submit three entries. A panel of library volunteers selected 16 entries from 15 writers.
“Beach Noir” was defined as “taking place in a dark or foreboding setting, though the tone and descriptions can be unconventional and playful. Other elements may include flashes of humor, flawed underdog characters or a crime scene.”
Those who were invited to read this year were:
Kyra Blank, Siletz, Oregon, poem, StayAlive
Brad Buckley, Portland, Oregon, short story, Dark Green Waves
John D. Ciminello, Naselle, Washington, short story, Bonnie and Mr. Clyde
Kristin Daemon, Seaside, Oregon, flash fiction, A Punishing Place
Destiny Deras, Seaside, Oregon, short story, Dungeness Bisporus
David Dillon, Manzanita, Oregon, short story, The Knife
Pamella S. Gibson, Seaview, Washington, poem, just another beach town murder
Craig Allen Heath, Longview, Washington, short story, Farewell My Sandcastle
Mike Kloeck, Newport, Oregon, short story, Lost in Limbo
Colleen Medlock, Portland/Seaside, Oregon, short story, Anniversary
Jennifer Nightingale, Astoria, Oregon, two poems: Abandoned, Bistro Table
D. Lou Raymond, Neskowin, Oregon, short story, The Bartender
Florence Sage, Astoria, Oregon, poem, Where’s the Noir?
James Tweedie, Long Beach, Washington, short story, Silhouette
Gregory Zschomler, Ocean Park, Washington, short story, Sandy Shores