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Riverbend Players Community Theater Presents Neil Simon’s ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ on stage at the NCRD Performing Arts Center.
Audition Times Sunday, December 4th, 2 pm – 4 pm. Monday, December 5th, 6 pm – 8 pm.
Auditions will be held in the NCRD School House Room at 36115 9th Street Nehalem, OR 97131.
If you cannot make these audition times, please get in touch with Vicki Haker at vickihaker@gmail.com to arrange an audition.
To audition, no preparation is necessary and no experience is required. Auditions will use a cold-read format. Those auditioning will be asked to read from the script and may read for multiple characters.
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 17th – April 2nd. Performances Friday and Saturday nights at 7 pm. Sunday Matinees at 2 pm.
SUMMARY
Part one of Neil Simon’s autobiographical trilogy: a portrait of the writer as a young teen in 1937 living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the narrator and central character. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche, and her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states “if you didn’t have a problem, you wouldn’t be living here.”
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS — CAST LIST 4f/3m
JACOB “JACK” JEROME – Male, 40-45, Husband and Father
KATE JEROME – Female, 40-45, Mother, Wife, Blanche’s sister
STANLEY JEROME – Male, Late Teens
EUGENE JEROME – Male, Mid Teens
BLANCHE MORTON – Female, Mid-late 30’s, Kate’s sister
NORA MORTON – Female, Late Teens, Blanche’s daughter
LAURIE MORTON – Female, Early Teen, Blanche’s daughter
TIME PERIOD – 1930’s
SETTING – Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York. September, 1937.
FEATURES – Period Costumes
CAUTIONS – Mild Adult Themes

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Meet the cast of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY!

BONNIE RAMES: ACTOR

Bonnie is a novice actor, involved in theater in high school, and is making her Riverbend Players debut in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Bonnie is a big supporter of live performances and attends shows whenever she is able (mostly rock music concerts).
She spent 30+ years in travel, tourism, and transportation in Denver and Portland, and owned a Bed & Breakfast in Brightwood on Mt. Hood. She lives in Manzanita and pets dogs for a living at one of our favorite retail stores, Four Paws on the Beach.

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play runs December 9th and 10th at 7 pm, and December 11th at 2 pm for a matinee at the NCRD Performing Arts Center in Nehalem.

For tickets and more information, please visit our website at www.riverbendplayers.org.

Submitted By: juliebuttercup22@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Menu starts Thursday, Dec 1st:

ICE CREAMS

Eggnog Latte on nutmeg cone
Mexican Chocolate on cinnamon cone
Marshmallow on chocolate-dipped graham cracker cone
White Chocolate Peppermint Bark on chocolate cone
Bay Leaf on brown butter cone
Almond Joy to the World (vegan) on chocolate vegan/gluten-free cone
Apple Cardamom Sorbet (vegan) on brown sugar vegan/gluten-free cone

CHOWDERS (served hot or cold w/Wolfmoon bread)

NW Clam…sea clams, bacon, yukon gold potato, celery, grilled red peppers, onions, cream, garlic, dill, lemon, sherry, Nehalem Bay Seasoning topped with spiced tomato butter

Cajun Shrimp & Andouille…tomato based w/prawns and andouille sausage, yukon gold potatoes, red and green peppers, carrots, celery, onions, cajun spices, garlic, white wine

Thai Pumpkin Curry (vegan)…house curry, roasted pumpkin, coconut milk, yukon gold potatoes, broccoli, cabbage, yam, leeks topped with cilantro, fried shallots

Goan Seafood…from SW India w/coconut milk, kashmiri curry, tamarind, ginger, garlic, tomato, yukon gold potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, peas, celery, onions, cod, prawns, calamari topped with cilantro, hour chutney

HOUSE SALAD

Organic greens, toasted hazelnuts, sheep’s milk feta, pear vinaigrette

HOMEMADE DRINKS

Ginger…fresh ginger root brewed w/cinnamon, cloves, honey and lime…served iced or hot

Vietnamese Iced Coffee…French Roast coffee brewed w/cardamom and almond, coconut milk, coconut sugar (dairy and sugar free)

Honey Lavender Lemonade

Pumpkin Spiced Latte Cold Brew…w/sugar & cream

French Press Coffee…our own, exclusive blend from Wolfmoon Coffee Roasters

Teas from North Fork CommuniTeas

HOURS

Thursday – Saturday 11:30 – 5 p.m
Sunday 11:30 – 4 p.m.

LOCATION

35915 HWY 101 NORTH
NEHALEM

Call ahead and we’ll have your order ready
503 368 CHOW

Happy Holidays from all of us at Buttercup!!!!

HOMEMADE DRINKS

Submitted By: Gingerlee58@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Here Full-time for your Pet Sitting needs!

Do you need the daily or occasional mid-day walk for your Pup ? How about Cat Care when you travel?

Katcandu and Woofgang LLC
Home Visit Pet Care

servicing : Manzanita and Nehalem
503.440.4858
40 yrs. experience/licensed and insured
gingerlee58@gmail.com
www.gingerpetsitter.com

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

Heart of Cart’m Holiday Store
It’s a store within a store!! Bright and cheery with recycled lights, gifts, wrapping paper, and decorations for the holidays. A very festive and joyful place to shop and visit!!!
Shopping hours are Thursday through Monday, 12pm – 6pm. Located in downtown Wheeler at 395 Hwy 101. Happy Holiday to ALL!!

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

Very happy to announce the opening of my new online store AUDENE STITCHES! You may be familiar with my knitting and sewing from Angelina’s Boutique.

Here is the link: audenestitches.company.site
Must use this exact address in the address bar to get there.

Keep my store in mind when you are Christmas shopping and know that you are supporting a local business. Thank you!

All wool flat top hat.

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

Sad you missed the Fire Mountain School Holiday Greens fundraiser?

We’ve got great news! We have a few remaining beautiful, high-quality, wreaths, poinsettias and cedar garlands. Give us a ring to claim yours!

– Emily (503-515-1027)

Any items that remain after Friday will be sold at a pop-up table in front of Manzanita Wild (298 Laneda). Please come by and say hello!

Warm holiday wishes and thank you so much for supporting our school.

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Meet the cast of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY!

SUE NEUER: ACTOR

This is Sue’s third performance with Riverbend Players. She was first seen on stage as M’Lynn in last year’s production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS followed by her role as Aunt Abby in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE. For 35 years, Sue has enjoyed acting, singing, and dancing in both community and professional theater companies on the Oregon Coast and in Bend, OR. Some of her favorite roles include the Wicked Witch in WIZARD OF OZ and Patsy Cline in ALWAYS PATSY CLINE. Sue is employed as a hotel General Manager and lives in Cannon Beach with her husband and Standard Poodle.

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play runs December 9th and 10th at 7 pm, and December 11th at 2 pm for a matinee at the NCRD Performing Arts Center in Nehalem.

For tickets and more information, please visit our website at www.riverbendplayers.org.

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Meet the cast of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY!

ELLIS CONKLIN: ACTOR

Ellis made his stage debut this past October in the Riverbend Players production of DRACULA. It was his first theatrical experience, if you don’t count his many years as a newspaper journalist, which requires a certain amount of acting savvy. Ellis lives in Manzanita with his wife Lynn Steinberg and their dog Piper. When he’s not acting or writing for the Hoffman Center, he is rooting for his beloved San Francisco Giants.

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, with a special appearance by the Neah-Kah-Nie High School Choir, runs December 9th and 10th at 7 pm, and December 11th at 2 pm for a matinee at the NCRD Performing Arts Center in Nehalem.

3 shows only! For tickets and more information, please visit our website at www.riverbendplayers.org.

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

The First Sunday Labyrinth Walk will be inside on Sunday, December 4, 3:00-5:00 at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church located at 36335 N. Hwy 101, Nehalem,OR
Give yourself the gift of slowing down and walking the labyrinth.

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

Hi folks – Jeff and the JW Merc roadside “pop-up” booth will be making it’s final appearance in north county on TUESDAY December 13th from 12-4 pm – we’ll be set up in our usual spot where you find Pelican and Piper (across from the train stop in downtown Wheeler).
Our “Comb for the Holidays” feature will be in place for that trip (four dazzling releases from Oso – raw/local honeys sourced in the coast range of Oregon – Pumpkin Chicory, quintessential Meadowfoam, Yaquina Basin blackberry and blackberry WITH comb included) – regional bee pollen, Vermont maple SUGAR, Vermont maple syrup gift jars/jugs – full gallons of raw honey and more.
As always it’s best to reach out to Jeff ASAP to ask questions or secure specific items you want so as to insure supply. Text directly to Jeff’s cell: 208-424-0042, email to: jwmerc@gmail.com or send a SPECIFIC message through the JW Merc Facebook page.
We’ll see you on the 13th – JW

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

Suppose novelist Ernest Hemingway arrived at the Oregon coast and wanted to write about his experience in a maximum of 600 words. What would he write?
This year’s Writers Read Celebration, sponsored by the Cannon Beach Library, asks that question with the theme, “Hemingway at the beach: What Would He Say?”
Writers of all ages from all areas are invited to consider how or what Hemingway would say while at the beach. All written formats will be considered (essay, story, poetry, haiku, script, etc.) Authors are limited to three
entries with a 600-word maximum per entry. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 20.
A panel of volunteer judges will select 10 to 12 works to be read by their authors either in person or online during the celebration March 10 in the library.
Hemingway wrote about his experiences using as few words as possible, and his novels and short stories have become classics. The Writers Read Celebration offers an opportunity to have fun with this writing style in any form; the piece can be serious, whimsical, tongue-in-cheek or thoughtful.
Submissions will be accepted by email (info@cannonbeachlibrary.org) or by mail (P.O. Box 486
Cannon Beach, OR 97110), though email is preferred.
Submissions should be in Word or PDF format and include a cover letter with the writer’s name, email
and phone number. Please do not include the author’s name or contact information on the entry
document so authors remain anonymous during the judging process.
The NW Authors Series Committee sponsors monthly author presentations and other events at the
Cannon Beach Library. This is the fifth year of the Writers Read Celebration. Previous themes were:
“Life on the North Coast,” “The View from the North Coast,” “Pandemic” and “Recovery?.” Writers Read Celebrations on Zoom from 2022 and 2021 are available for viewing on Cannon Beach Library’s website.

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

As many of you have already heard, the Nehalem Hope Chest Thrift Shop will not be renewing its extended lease past March 31, 2023. The property is for sale and after March 31st we will be on a month-to-month lease until the property sells. We are hopeful and confident that with community support we will be able to find a new home for our shop in either Manzanita, Nehalem, or Wheeler. We are beyond grateful for all the wonderful years we’ve had at our current location, including a very accommodating, gracious and generous landlord.

The Hope Chest began in 1998 and is a 501C3. We are thankful for the continued community support, because without you we wouldn’t be able to give back to the community to the extent that we do. It all comes full circle – you donate to the shop, our volunteer team sorts and prepares items to be sold, we resell your donations, and give the proceeds back to local community organizations. This cycle keeps usable items out of the landfill and in turn provides the community with affordably priced clothing and household items to buy through the shop.

The NEHALEM store is open Wednesday – Saturday 12:00-4:00 pm and accepts donations Wednesday – Friday only. The ROCKAWAY store is open Thursday – Saturday 10:00-4:00 pm and accepts donations Friday and Saturday only.

A *friendly reminder* to bring all holiday decoration donations in PRIOR to the holiday. This goes for every holiday, but especially Christmas as these decorations are our largest of the holiday donations. With the Nehalem store relocating sometime in the future, we do not plan to move Christmas decorations with us to our new location since available storage space is unknown.

Please note that the Nehalem location is still OPEN and accepting donations and will continue to remain open until the property sells. Any updates to our new location will be posted here on the BBQ and our Facebook page.

In December 2022, we look forward to celebrating our achievement of giving *Two Million dollars* back to our local community. These monies are donated to various organizations in our local area, such as North County Food Bank, Meals For Seniors, Hospice, Faith in Action and several more. This is only possible because of our community, volunteers, and those who shop with us. THANK YOU!!

Please remember that YOUR Hope Chest needs YOUR help finding a new home! Contact DeeAnn Grimes, our store manager, at 503-858-2092 with any leads.

Happy Holidays and thank you for your continuing support and in your efforts for finding us a new home. As always, we look forward to seeing you in the shop and accepting more of your donations!

Remember to shop local this holiday season. In supporting local small businesses we support each other and our shared community.