By Neal Lemery This has been a challenging book for me. I am all over the map in responding to it, and trying to process what I have read, and responding to how…
Category: Arts
BOOK REVIEW: The Sirens’ Call by Chris Hayes
By Jim Heffernan Laura Swanson, my editor and a sneaky woman, flashed this bright object before me. I did not have high hopes for it. I was expecting a fluff piece from…
CLOUD & LEAF BOOKSTORE AUCTION FUNDRAISER FEB. 15th
REASON FOR AUCTION We love bringing our community together in the bookstore! But to make hosting events manageable, we need to pay for a few building improvements (including modifications to the private…
Tillamook County Fair Board Vacancies
The Tillamook County Fair Board is seeking two dedicated members to join them in the planning and management of the Fair and Fairgrounds. Applications are sought from individuals with an agricultural background…
TILLAMOOK ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (TAPA) AUDITIONS FOR OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS FEB. 8
The Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce auditions for OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, written by Joe DiPietro and directed by Berta Limbaugh. Auditions will be…
BOOK REVIEW: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
By Jim Heffernan Timothy Snyder has become a favorite author of mine. “Our Malady” is a very short book that is the best argument for universal health care I’ve ever read. “The…
ADVENTIST HEALTH: Call for Artists – Art for the Heart Intake Days Jan. 30 & 31; Artist Reception Sun. Feb. 2nd
Adventist Health Tillamook invites artists of all ages from the Oregon Coast to submit up to five pieces of art for the annual Art for the Heart exhibition, running February 2–28! Submissions…
TILLAMOOK ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (TAPA) ANNOUNCES CAST, PERFORMANCES FOR “THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME”, OPENS FEBRUARY 21st
The Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (TAPA), Cyndi Lewis and Rob Trost Real Estate are delighted to announce the cast of the upcoming production of THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME, written…
BOOK REVIEW: Invisible Rulers by Renee DiResta
By Jim Heffernan I think maybe I’m a sucker for anything that has “invisible” in the title. It’s probably because the last 50+ years of my life have not progressed the way…
BOOK REVIEW: Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King; Join Jim for a Virtual MLK Event Tomorrow Jan. 20th
By Jim Heffernan I find it a mind-crushing collision of lightness and darkness that Donald Trump’s inauguration and Martin Luther King’s birthday are happening on the same day. It’s a dissonance that…
