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

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Ecstatic Dance
SUNDAY 11.26
At the White Clover Grange on HWY 53
playlist by Fae

Doors open at 10:30 AM for warmup/setup
11:00 AM – opening circle/dance set
12:30 PM – closing circle

$10 – $20 or what you can — cash check or venmo/paypal
(kids are welcome to dance for free)

This is a free-flowing dance and movement experience where you are encouraged to dance and enjoy the experience however you’d like with an intention of connecting deeper to yourself and exploring movement without words.
It’s an open space to play, celebrate life, practice embodiment modalities, enjoy music, process emotions, connect with others, and ultimately be nourished by the experience on a physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual level.

Dance Etiquette/Tips:
*All are welcome – Family friendly events – Come as you are.
*Flow toys are welcome!
*Bring a water bottle and layers.
*Bring kindness and respect for yourself and others and your willingness to explore and to dive into the ecstasy of spirit available through movement.
*No outside shoes on the dance floor if possible (dirty floors aren’t fun to roll around on)
*Please no strong scents.
*We ask that you limit talking during the dance set. Set up, break time, and the foyer area are great places to have longer conversations to limit distractions for others.
*We are encouraging everyone to be mindful of each other’s safety and health and stay home if you are not feeling well, or have been exposed to someone sick. Follow your own judgment on whether to wear a mask or not.

We hope to make Sunday dance a monthly event!

***ART: Deep Waters by Morgan Maier

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Visit our GoBag and WaSH Pop-Up Shop today to pre-reserve your supplies for pick up.

Struggling for holiday gift ideas? Preparedness supplies are a great option. Our popular recipe book “Recipes for Disasters” makes a great gift too. It’s been popular for campers too.

Submitted By: admin@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

– THE HO-HO-HOLIDAY EVENT OF THE SEASON! ‘A CHRISTMAS STORY’ LIVE ON STAGE!
OPENS ONE WEEK FROM FRIDAY! GET TICKETS NOW! DEC. 1st – 17th at the NCRD Performing Arts Center
Reserved Seating and Showtimes at www.RiverbendPlayers.org Children 12 and under $10, General $20, Premium $25
A CHRISTMAS STORY: Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the late 1930s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!”
All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more.
A Christmas Story, a theatrical holiday treat! Directed by Frank Squillo
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org $25, $20, and $10 (12 and under)
Ralphie bunny pajamas animation credit: Dan Schoening
AUDITIONS FOR ‘CRIMES OF THE HEART’ BEGIN 12/07/23 www.riverbendplayers.org/auditions

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Tea, Treats, and Holiday Cheer at the Library
The Cannon Beach Library’s Annual Holiday Tea will be held Saturday December 2nd at the library, 131 N Hemlock Street, in Cannon Beach, Oregon. This is a FREE community event sponsored by members and volunteers of the library. The tea runs from 1 to 4 p.m., before the City’s Annual Lamp Lighting Ceremony across the street at Sandpiper Square.
Community members and visitors are welcome to enjoy tea, hot mulled cider, home-baked cookies, and other treats in front of our cozy fireplace, surrounded by charming holiday decorations. The Holiday Tea is a chance for us to come together as a community to enjoy good food, good cheer, and good company. Come celebrate the season!
We’re looking for bakers, servers to pour tea and hot cider, helpers to keep platters of treats replenished and tea pots filled, and folks to help with set up and clean up. Bakers can drop treats off at the library on Friday December 1st between 10a.m. and 4 p.m. or on Saturday morning between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Please call the library at 503-436-1391 or email our Manager at info@cannonbeachlibrary.org if you can help with this event.

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

The Tolovana Arts Colony’s Holiday Bazaar returns the first two weekends in December. Shop December 2nd-3rd & 9th-10th. Plus: Opening Reception Party on Friday, December 1st from 5:30-7:30PM

Why shop online or brave the big box stores when you could shower your loved ones with one-of-a-kind, locally made gifts that support your community?

Choosing The Tolovana Arts Colony’s annual Holiday Gift Bazaar is a no-brainer–a lively and meaningful antidote to cold, corporate consumerism.

The Bazaar runs for two weekends, Dec. 2rd ,3rd & 9th, 10th, from noon to 5PM each day.

But wait… that’s not all!

The Opening Night Reception Party returns, Friday, December 1st from 6-to-8PM!

We’ll have hot food, drinks and sweets to go alongside all the fabulous items on offer at the Bazaar.

On display–and available for purchase–will be a stunning array of works from local artists and crafters including everything from jewelry to house wares, fine arts to clothing, snacks, beauty products and more. Indeed, there’ll be something for everyone. Surprises abound!

But be advised: some of these are one-of-a-kind items and many will be scooped up quick.

Besides offering some of the coolest, locally-made art and crafts around, gift buying at the bazaar provides critical support to local artists and crafters. Your purchases are a big deal–especially at this time of year.

So rather than adding to fuel to Bezos’s rocket, keep it in the community and shop with purpose!

For more information, visit tolovanaartscolony.org, email tolovanaartscolony@gmail.com or call 541-215-4445.

Tolovana Hall is located at 3779 S. Hemlock in Cannon Beach.

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

NCRD PUTTING ON FREE EVENT
This free event is happening on Saturday, December 16th from 11am to 1pm at the North County Recreation District (NCRD), located in Nehalem. The event will feature a free brunch and beverages. Plus, free activities for kids. Remember, there are no rules for Gingerbread houses and cookies. Yes, I said cookies too! We will also judge your cookie decorations. Please call Patty @ 503-368-6081 and leave your name and number if you want to participate.

This event is hosted by Friends of North County Recreation District.
The article below gives a bit of a history about Gingerbread Houses.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES
The information and picture below were provided from the ABC Cake Shop. Abccakeshop.com Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The tradition of making decorated gingerbread houses started in Germany in the early 1800s. According to certain researchers, the first gingerbread houses were the result of the well-known Grimm’s fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” in which the two children abandoned in the forest found an edible house made of bread with sugar decorations. After this book was published, German bakers began baking ornamented fairy-tale houses of lebkuchen (gingerbread). These became popular during Christmas, a tradition that came to America with Pennsylvanian German immigrants. According to other food historians, the Grimm brothers were speaking about something that already existed.
In modern times the tradition has continued in certain places in Europe. In Germany the Christmas markets still sell decorated gingerbread before Christmas. (Lebkuchenhaus or Pfefferkuchenhaus are the German terms for a gingerbread house.) Making gingerbread houses is still a way of celebrating Christmas in many families. They are built traditionally before Christmas using pieces of baked gingerbread dough assembled with melted sugar. The roof tiles can consist of frosting or candy. The gingerbread house yard is usually decorated with icing to represent snow.
A gingerbread house does not have to be an actual house, although it is the most common. It can be anything from a castle to a small cabin, or another kind of building, such as a church, an art museum, or a sports stadium, and other items, such as cars, gingerbread men and gingerbread women, can be made of gingerbread dough.
In most cases, royal icing is used as an adhesive to secure the main parts of the house, as it can be made quickly and forms a secure bond when set.
In Sweden gingerbread houses are prepared on Saint Lucy’s Day. Since 1991, the people of Bergen, Norway, have built a city of gingerbread houses each year before Christmas. Named Pepperkakebyen (Norwegian for “the gingerbread village”), it is claimed to be the world’s largest such city. Every child under the age of 12 can make their own house at no cost with the help of their parents. In 2009, the people of Bergen were shocked when the gingerbread city was destroyed in an act of vandalism. A group of building design, construction, and sales professionals in Washington, D.C., also collaborate on a themed “Gingertown” every year.

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

Sunny Day Thrift is sponsoring a BLACK FRIDAY private home estate sale at 35950 12th Street
from 10 am to 2 PM on Friday 11/24/2023.
Mostly women’s thrifted treasures, clothes sizes M-XXL. Most clothing priced $5 or $10. Nothing shabby!

Household furnishings and decor. Lots of whimsical and happy things that are bright and colorful.
Themes of roosters, rabbits and elephants!

Cash preferred, Venmo by request.
Please DO not park in front of the house but on the street or pull up the driveway. The sale is in the back.
Our goal is to make your day SUNNY and pleasant.

Leftovers will be donated to Nehalem Bay United Methodists clothing bank to support their many good works.
Email to sunnyandmore18@gmail.com
Janine, Mindy and Emily look forward to seeing you there and also Choco and Carma ( of course!)

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

No Permit Required

No building permit required for this first annual Gingerbread House Display. Get those cookies baked and those jellybeans in order…and don’t forget the snow! Come on down to North County Recreation District’s Holiday Social. This is a free event happening on Saturday, December 16th, from 11 am-1pm. Again, this event is free and will feature brunch and beverages and free activities for kids.
Rules for the Gingerbread Housing Development-none. Or we might just make up the rules as we go along. The sky is the limit, but just in case it rains you’ll need to get it through the front door at North County Recreation District. Let us know if you want to participate in this event so we can make sure we have enough room for all the houses. Please call Patty, 503-368-6081, and leave your name and number if you are going to get those building skills going. Do we have any builders in the area who want to show off their skills? How about something from both Manzanita Lumber and Nehalem Lumber?
This event is hosted by Friends of North County Recreation District.