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coast December 10, 2015 weekend arts & entertainment 4 9 12 14 COASTAL LIFE Holiday party planning Keep calm, carry on, and remember invitations, venue and menu THE ARTS Last minute gifts? Buy local Meet the person who made your gift and discuss the transaction FEATURE Encore Dance Recital & Toy Drive Local dance studio celebrates 20th anniversary with holiday special DINING Mouth of the Columbia Big Wave Cafe is big on skills and sources, light on surprises STEPPING OUT........ .............................................................. 5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................17 CW MARKETPLACE........ .............................................................18 GRAB BAG ....... .......................................................................... 21 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 The Encore Dance Recital and Toy Drive takes place Friday, Dec. 11. Photo by Joshua Bessex COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH CONTRIBUTORS: MARILYN GILBAUGH DAN HAAG MATT LOVE RYAN HUME To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2015 COAST WEEKEND Seaside Public Library hosts ‘Of Orcas and Men’ author David Neiwert Dec. 17 SEASIDE — The Friends of the Seaside Library will host David Neiwert, author of “Of Orcas and Men: What Kill- er Whales Can Teach Us,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17. The event will be held in the Community Room of the Sea- side Public Library, and there will be book sales offered by Beach Books. The orca — otherwise known as the killer whale — is one of Earth’s most intelli- gent animals. Sophisticated, orcas have languages, cultures and even long-term memories. Their capacity for echoloca- tion is nothing short of a sixth sense. They are also benign and gentle, which makes the story of the captive orca in- dustry and the endangerment of their population in Puget Sound that much more tragic. In “Of Orcas and Men,” a compelling mix of cultural history, environmental report- LQJ DQG VFLHQWL¿F UHVHDUFK Neiwert explores this extraor- dinary species and its occa- sionally fraught relationship with humans. Beginning with the orca’s role in myth and contempo- rary popular culture, Neiw- ert shows how they came to capture human imaginations that bring to life the often-cat- astrophic environmental con- sequences of that appeal. “Of Orcas and Men” is a powerful tribute to one of the animal Author appearance 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 Seaside Public Library 1131 Broadway, Seaside 503-738-6742 Free kingdom’s most remarkable members. Neiwert is an investigative journalist based in Seattle. He is the author of many books, including “And Hell Followed with Her” and “Strawber- ry Days.” His reportage for MSNBC.com on domestic ter- Submitted photo David Neiwert is an investigative journalist based in Seattle. rorism won the national Press Club Award for Distinguished Online Journalism. Neiwert is senior editor of Crooks and Liars. Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 Broadway. For more information, call 503- 738-6742, or visit www.sea- sidelibrary.org Submitted photo David Neiwert, author of “Of Orcas and Men,” will speak about his book Dec. 17 at the Seaside Public Library. 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 12 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK Seattle investigative journalist to discuss orcas whales 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. December 10, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 3
