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coast June 4, 2015 weekend arts & entertainment 4 8 10 12 COASTAL LIFE Living Locally Gala Lower Nehalem Community Trust celebrates the local area TRAVEL Skamokawa A Venice village on the lower Columbia River FEATURE Goonies Day Weekend Astoria celebrates the 30th anniversary of the film June 4 to 7 DINING Mouth of the Columbia Firehouse Grill in Seaside makes simplicity sing STEPPING OUT........ .............................................................. 5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................14 CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 15, 16 GRAB BAG ....... ..........................................................................19 Find it all online and more! COASTWEEKEND.COM www.coastweekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword searches and easy sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. coastweekend.com | facebook.com/coastweekend | twitter.com/coastweekend on the cover A worker hangs the marquee letters for “The Goonies” at the Liberty Theater in Astoria in 1985. Daily Astorian file photo COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH CONTRIBUTORS: ANDREW TONRY DAN HAAG DWIGHT CASWELL RYAN HUME To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2015 COAST WEEKEND ASTORIA — “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking,” wrote the philoso- pher Friedrich Nietzsche, and perhaps he was right. Many people take walks to nurture their creative minds. There is nothing quite like walking on the beach, along a river, or around town, for LQVSLUDWLRQ DQG UHÀHFWLRQ $ new idea or fresh insight may emerge. The mind may empty altogether. One never knows what can result when a person begins walking and thinking. As the novelist Thomas Mann wrote, “Thoughts come clear- ly while one walks.” Author, educator and Nestucca Spit Publisher Matt Love is a habitual walker and has written many books and essays in his mind while walk- ing. “Walking is essential to my creative process,” he says. “I write up most of my ideas during my walks and then sit GRZQ ODWHU DQG OHW WKHP ÀRZ onto the page.” Love developed a unique ambulatory writing work- shop because, “I thought oth- er writers and creative minds might enjoy experiencing my process to see if it could help them get started or unstuck,” he said. During the workshop, stu- dents will take a series of short walks around Astoria, alone and in groups, and then go through a variety of writing exercises seeking to unlock the creative mind and provide Submitted photo Author Matt Love will teach a walking and writing workshop in August. participants with interest- ing new avenues to approach writing or other creative en- deavors. The workshop should also appeal to junior and high school English teachers look- ing for innovative methods to WHDFKQRQ¿FWLRQZULWLQJ The workshop will be held at the Fort George Brewery Lovell Showroom from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, with an hour break for lunch. The cost is $75. Email Love at nestuccaspit- press@gmail.com to register. The class will be capped at 15 participants. Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consideration must be submit- ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. To submit an item, contact Rebecca Sedlak See story on Page 10 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK Astoria walking and writing workshop offered in August Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced with- out consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. June 4, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 3