Since 2017, the Hoffman Center for the Arts has hosted an annual winter art exhibit featuring artists from Clatsop and Tillamook counties. The 2024 exhibit posted an open call for artists to…
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Lane’s Greenwitch Tarot Deck Available; Paintings, Drawings Inspiration on Display at Manzanita News, Meet Artist/Author Friday January 5
Two years in the making “Lane’s Greenwitch Tarot” is now available for purchase. The artwork is all by Lane deMoll of Nehalem. A few of the paintings and drawings from the deck…
Bay City Arts Center January Artists of the Month – Opening Reception Friday January 5
Join us for the opening of the January artists of the month featuring Ken Griswa and Steve Croak at the Bay City Arts Center Friday 5-7. Great opportunity to meet the artists…
DREW’S REVIEWS: THE BOY & THE HERON – “HOW DO YOU LIVE?”
By Andrew Jenck The work of Hayao Miyazaki is iconic to the point where one has seen something inspired by him even without watching any of his films. After a decade hiatus,…
BOOK REVIEW: Jim Heffernan’s Top 20 Books of 2023
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tis the season of “tops of 2023” lists – so here we go … book reviewer Jim Heffernan gives us his Top 20 books. By Jim Heffernan Another year, another…
BOOK REVIEW: Our Endangered Values – America’s Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter (2006)
By Jim Heffernan This is an older book I’ve just read. At the time of writing, I was too busy with my day-job to do much non-technical reading. Even if it is…
Drew’s Reviews: THE HOLDOVERS
By Andrew Jenck There are generally two types of Christmas films: where the holiday is engrained in the narrative and where Christmas is an aesthetic like Batman Returns or Gremlins. It’s easy…
Echoes of the Season – Lauren Sheehan & Steve Cleveland Concert at Bay City Arts Center Saturday December 16th
Saturday, December 16th at 7pm, share an ancient tradition and pass another long dark night in good company with music, stories and poetry while we wait for the winter solstice and the…
Kathryn Claire’s Winter Songs – Seasonal music to celebrate the darkest nights Dec. 15 at White Clover Grange
ABOUT THE SHOW & MUSICIANS: Winter Songs is a show inspired by the season with music to honor the shortest days and longest nights. Weaving together songs, instrumentals, traditional and original music…
BOOK REVIEW: From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman
By Jim Heffernan I chose this book because I was seeking a better understanding of what drives the madness between Israel and its neighbors. The book is thirteen years old, but little…
