coast culture
Poem
for the
holidays
From letters to Santa to New
Year’s resolutions, December has
always been a time for putting pen
to paper. And Manzanita’s Hoffman
Center for
the Arts is
encouraging
wordsmiths to
do just that in
preparation for a
poetry contest in
January 2020.
Budding poets
are invited to
submit poems
of 30 lines or
Lana Hechtman
less, on any
Ayers
subject. Up to
three poems will
be accepted in a single submission
document. Each submitter must
state a clear connection to the North
Oregon Coast in the biographical
statement that accompanies the
submission.
The winning poem will be
published on the Hoffman Center
website and in the center’s newsletter
as well as winning its author a $100
cash prize.
All submissions will be
anonymously judged by Lana Ayers,
MFA, who has been publishing the
Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook
Series since 2001. In 2010, she
created MoonPath Press to publish
poetry collections by Pacific
Northwest poets. She has authored
nine collections of poetry and recently
released her first novel.
Submissions will be accepted from
January 1 to January 31, and the
contest is limited to the first 50 poets
who enter. The winner will be notified
in March.
There is a $7 entry fee to enter
the contest. All submissions must be
made online at hoffmanarts.org.
Worth going; without a shadow of a doubt
A student operating a Javanese shadow puppet at the recent Toy Theatre Workshop
Free arts and crafts will be on offer this
weekend in Toledo as the Oregon Coast
Children’s Theatre and Oregon Coast
Children’s Center for the Arts celebrates its
30th anniversary.
The annual craft fair gives students
and family members the chance to make
holiday ornaments, assemblage art gift
boxes and greeting cards all free of charge.
Donations are accepted.
Guests can also browse the offerings in
a holiday gift sale, featuring both new and
used items including jewelry, artwork and
more.
There will also be special sale items
offered from the Olalla Center for Children
and Families, including toys, games and
furniture items to benefit operations at the
educational center. Guests will also be able
to volunteer on a community art project
for the Olalla Center and help the Oregon
Coast Children’s Theatre celebrate its 30th
anniversary.
The event will run from 2 to 6 pm on
Friday, Dec. 20, and from 10 am to 4 pm
on Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Flowerree
Community Center, located in the old
Mary Harrison Elementary School at 321
SE 3rd Street, Toledo.
To donate or for more information,
call or text Artistic Director Lawrence
Adrian at 503-801-0603 or e-mail
oregoncoastchildrenstheatre@gmail.com.
There’s Lutz to admire about this show
Newport’s Pothole Players will present
the perfect old-fashioned treat for the
Holiday season this Saturday, Dec. 21, with
the Oregon premiere of “The Lutz Radio
Theatre Christmas Show (of 1947).”
It’s Christmas Eve 1947 and the final
radio broadcast for station KMAS in
Hollywood, California. After this, they’ll
be converted to a television studio; and not
everyone’s happy about it. When the writer
throws a fit and the professional actors and
musicians don’t arrive, the station workers
must scramble to save the broadcast — after
all, the show must go on.
Based on a play by Alex Golson and the
Orange Coast College Repertory Theatre,
the show is directed by Cody Larsen and
stars Nikki Atkins, Jami Ivory, Jim Erickson,
William Derek Webster and Joshua
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Lawrence.
Saturday’s performance starts at 7 pm
at 777 W Olive Street. Tickets, $15 plus
ticketing fees, are available at www.coastarts.
org or by calling 541-265-ARTS (2787).
Hosted by the Tequila Mockingbirds, this
family-friendly event features Christmas
music, live theater, special surprises, hot
chocolate and homemade holiday cookies
Each guest who donates two or more
nonperishable food items will be entered
for a chance to win two tickets to all four
show in Red Octopus Theatre Company’s
2020 season. The line up includes “Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland, A Curious Rock
Musical” in April, “One Night Delights”
in July, “The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-Time” in October and “The
Christmas Show” in December.
CHRIS GRAAMANS
The Tequila Mockingbirds, Coco Divine and Miss
Mona Lott