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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
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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-
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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.
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