Astoria, OR – Each year from September 15th to October 15th, our country observes National Hispanic Heritage Month. During this month, we recognize the contributions and influence of Hispanic and Latino/a/x peoples…
Category: Arts
NCAM LAUNCH! New Non-Profit Kicks Off with FREE Community Music Festival & Art Event Sat. Sept. 21st in Rockaway Beach – Music, Art, Food, Family-Friendly Fun & More
Join the Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Art & Music Cultural Foundation (NCAM) as we LAUNCH a new non-profit in Tillamook County focused on supporting all forms of art – writing, photography, painting, music, theater,…
Sitka Center Expands K-8 Create Arts Education Program to 17 Oregon Schools
As the 2024-2025 school year begins, thousands of students in rural Oregon will have access to arts and STEAM education through the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology’s K-8 Create program. This…
HOFFMAN CENTER TO HOST WOMEN IN THEIR 80S TELLING THE TRUTH, READINGS, BOOK SIGNING SEPT. 18th
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reserve your spot now, mark your calendar – this is an event to be sure to attend! These women are some of our icons of grace, power and lives-well-lived. Several…
TILLAMOOK SCHOOL BOARD – Book Ban Process Flawed from Beginning, Every Step; TSD#9 School Board Meeting Monday Sept. 9th
SEVEN…that’s the number of women who have disclosed to me their story of sexual assault/abuse in the last few weeks. No, I don’t work in the medical or legal field. I don’t…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Book Banning in Tillamook
As a writer and long-time high school English teacher, I find myself deeply troubled by the Tillamook School Board’s decision to ban the lovely novel “How The Garcia Girls Lost their Accents”…
Request for reversal of Tillamook School Board’s decision to remove How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez from high school curriculum
EDITOR’S NOTE: Over 50 local, Tillamook County community members signed a request to the TSD#9 School Board to reverse the book ban. Local people continue to be added to the list ……
Tillamook School District Ignores Requests to Reverse Book Ban from Parents, Community Members
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook School District #9 School Board meeting is Monday September 9th at 5:30pm. There is NOT an agenda item about reversing the ban on “How the Garcia Girls Lost…
SHORT FILMS RETURN TO NEHALEM, SATURDAY, SEP. 7
The McMinnville Short Film Festival will offer a pop-up screening of five environmental or documentary short films at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center in Nehalem on Saturday, Sep. 7 at…
Request for Reversal of Tillamook School Board Decision to Remove Book
I do not currently have children or grandchildren in the Tillamook School District, but I pay taxes in this district, and I care deeply about the quality of education the students TSD…