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Learn how to eat your yard Artist reception held for Gayle H. Seely Create an edible landscape at workshop NEHALEM — Join edible plant expert, herbalist and per- maculturist Marisha Auerbach at Eat Your Yard, an edible landscape design workshop taking place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28 at Alder Creek Farm. Auerbach will share plant wisdom about selection, place- ment, and planting combina- tions for enhancing your gar- den. You can create a landscape that is beautiful and nutritious. Learn to integrate landscape, function and plant species to de- sign a robust, edible garden. Bring a sketch of your landscape for personalized guidance, and get started on your way to a healthy and pro- ductive edible landscape. Auerbach teaches classes in food productivity, seed saving, ecology and useful plants at Portland Community College, SDFL¿F 8QLYHUVLW\ DQG 2UHJRQ State university. She is a gradu- ate of Evergreen State College, where she focused on ethno- botany, ecological agriculture and sustainability studies. This workshop is presented by the Lower Nehalem Com- munity Trust and the Nehalem Bay Garden Club. For mem- bers of the rust and club, cost Fairweather House and Gallery celebrates nine years of art SEASIDE — Celebrating its ninth year in 2015, Fairweather House and Garden, located at 612 Broadway, becomes Fair- weather House and Gallery. With the name re-invention, )DLUZHDWKHU DQQRXQFHV LWV ¿UVW solo exhibit for the new spring season. Throughout Friday, March Submitted photo 27, Fairweather opens a solo Marisha Auerbach will lead Eat Your Yard, exhibit for local abstract artist an edible landscape design workshop Sat- Gayle H. Seely with bold, bright urday, March 28 in Nehalem. art. Complimentary champagne mimosas and sweet pastries will be served from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Isaac Newton, who divided the color spectrum into seven 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28 named colors (red, orange, yel- low, green, blue, indigo and vio- Alder Creek Farm let), decided that the color-wheel 35995 Underhill Lane, Nehalem should echo the seven-note mu- sical scale. Through Seely’s art 503-368-3203 there is “such liveliness in bright $20 members • $25 nonmembers colors, offered, perhaps, as a true $30 at the door stimulant to the imagination. Through her art and story, she is $20. Cost for nonmembers KDV WKH SRZHU WR GLUHFWO\ LQÀX- is $25. Cost at the door is $30. ence the soul,” said Fairweather Alder Creek Farm is lo- owner Denise Fairweather. FDWHG DW 8QGHUKLOO As a gallery, Fairweather Lane. Space is limited; vis- ZLOOFRQWLQXHWRUHÀHFWWKHHFOHF- it eventbrite.com to register WLF FROOHFWLRQ RI VLJQL¿FDQW DQG now. More information can be emerging Northwest artists and found at www.nehalemtrust. will strive to serve the historic org, or email lnct@nehalem- Gilbert District as a vortex of trust.org or call 503-368-3203. creativity, inspiration and com- Eat Your Yard Fort George Brewery turns 8 years old The Cave Singers, special musical guest bring gritty folk rock ASTORIA — Fort George Brewery turns 8 years young in March and will be cel- ebrating it in a big way — DQ 20(*$ ZD\ 6HDWWOH¶V the Cave Singers will hold down the brewery’s upstairs raised platform with an ex- tra special guest to kick off the party at 9 p.m. Friday, March 27. Birthday partiers, 21 and older, will want to arrive early, as this will be another no cover show and will fill up quickly. In just the second year since the expansion, Fort George’s upstairs pub over- looking the Columbia River has become one of the most unique music venues on the coast. Come out to celebrate the memories that have been made at the now iconic Fort George Brewery while toast- ing the memories to come. Don’t know about the Cave Singers? They play that kind of gritty folk rock that runs deep in the walls of the old 1924 Fort George building. Fresh off of play- ing the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, the Cave Singers groove like a juke joint and howl like a happy wolf. The 10 | March 26, 2015 | coastweekend.com extra special guest for the opening act is no slouch as well. This ex-megabat is so special that the brewery is releasing no other informa- tion about the affair. Get there early. March 27 will also mark WKH UHOHDVH RI 20(*$7(; in 22-ounce bottles direct from the source. Patrons of Fort George will be able to purchase the imperial IPA on draft and in bottles for the first time this year. This limited seasonal beer (like Vortex, only bigger) will be coming to Pacific Northwest Submitted photo “Deep Blue” by Gayle H. Seely. Submitted photo “Welcome,” a beaded work-in-progress by Gayle H. Seely. mence. Fairweather offers a wide array of painting, sculpture, photography and other media from classic realism to contem- porary and conceptual art. “I create art for the love of see- ing and feeling colors and shapes coming through my emotions. In expressing my internal dialogue in a concrete way, I create fresh perspectives otherwise hidden,” said Seely in her artist statement. Submitted photo ³$VDQDWLYH2UHJRQLDQP\H\HV are open to the natural beauty and “Colorful Nest” by Gayle H. Seely. ever-changing light surrounding me. My style developed over years of simple but profound outdoor and interior moments, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 27 expressed in an honest, straight- Fairweather House and Gallery IRUZDUGDQGÀRZLQJZD\´ For information about Fair- 612 Broadway, Seaside weather Home and Gallery, call 503-738-4003 503-738-8899 or visit www.fair- weatherhouseandgarden.com Artist reception Birthday Party 9 p.m. Friday, March 27 Fort George Brewery 1483 Duane St., Astoria 503-325-7468 21 and over No cover stores in April. Fort George Brewery + Public House is located at 1483 Duane St. For informa- tion, call 503-325-7468 or visit www.fortgeorgebrew- ery.com Submitted photo Seattle band the Cave Singers will perform at the Fort George Brewery’s 8th birthday par- ty Friday, March 27.