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Raise funds for nonprofits at
Magnanimous Mug Award
ASTORIA — Fort George
Brewery will hold its Mag-
nanimous Mug Award event
at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Several benevolent craft
beer drinkers are raising
money for different local
nonprofits of their choice,
but only one among them
will hoist the Magnanimous
Mug for 2017: The person
who raises the most money
by 8 p.m. Nov. 29 will
receive the mug.
Head to the upstairs pub
Nov. 29, and raise a pint
and some funds for local
causes.
All money raised will
go to the nonprofits that
evening. And Fort George
will double that winning
amount.
The Magnanimous Mug
Award is a part of Fort
George’s Benefit Night,
held the last Tuesday of the
month.
2016 ANNUAL COAST WEEKEND
PHOTO
contest
Submit all photos online at:
www.coastweekend.com/cwphotocontest
Official Rules:
Who can enter?
• Photographers of all ages; must be residents of
Oregon or Washington state.
What photographs are eligible?
• All subjects are welcome.
• Digital entries: Digital photographs may be color or
black-and-white and must be JPEGs, maximum of 5MB,
300 dpi resolution and at least 5”x7” in image size.
Submission deadline:
• Entries will be accepted Wednesday, Nov. 16 through
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016
Results:
• Top 10 photographs will be published in the
Coast Weekend print edition on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.
• Top 25 photographs will be published online at
CoastWeekend.com on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.
• Gift cards will be awarded for first-, second- and third-
place winners, plus a People’s Choice winner voted for
online Dec. 12 to Dec. 18.
Other contest rules:
• All photographs entered may be used in future
publications by the EO Media Group
• Each entry must include the entrant’s name, home
address, age, a description of the photograph and
email address.
Author to share adventurous essays
Astoria Public
Library to host
Diana Kirk Dec. 1
ASTORIA — As part of its
new Meet the Author free
series of readings and book
presentations by Oregon au-
thors, Astoria Public Library
will host Portland author Di-
ana Kirk at 6 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 1 to read from her first
book, a humorous memoir,
“Licking Flames: Tales of a
Half-Assed Hussy.”
Kirk is every girlfriend’s
adult version of the sneaky
kid at school enticing rosy-
cheeked innocents to just
“take a drag” from her clove
cigarette. And don’t you
want to because it feels oh-
so-good to be bad? “Licking
Flames: Tales of a Half-As-
sed Hussy” offers a strong
woman’s spin on contempo-
rary life.
Readers will relate to the
rollicking tales of experi-
mentation, tribulation and
exploration included in
AUTHOR
APPEARANCE
6 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 1
Astoria Public Library
450 10th St., Astoria
Free
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Diana Kirk will read from her
book Dec. 1 at the Astoria
Public Library.
“Licking Flames: Tales of a
Half-Assed Hussy” by Diana
Kirk.
“Licking Flames.” If you’ve
ever felt like you didn’t
quite fit in a neat box while
coming into your own as an
adult, you’ll be seduced by
this eccentric collection. The
stories breathe authentici-
ty: funny, sad, disturbing,
adventurous and, above all
else, brutally honest.
Kirk will make readers
gasp and buckle over in
this collection of brash and
adventurous essays about
travel abroad, friendships,
family, sex and working in
a man’s world, where Kirk
makes and breaks her own
rules.
Kirk was born in San
Francisco, California and
has traveled the world exten-
sively. In all, she has visited
a total of 37 countries on
five continents as well as 46
states. She currently resides
in Portland with her husband
and three sons.
When she isn’t reminisc-
ing about her almost-true-
but-not-quite past or writing
she works as a real estate
investor.
The Astoria Public
Library is guided by the
mission statement, “Explore
ideas, engage minds, excite
imagination.” For more
information about library
programs and services,
contact library staff at 503-
325-7323 or comments@
astorialibrary, or visit www.
astorialibrary.org
Holidays at the Beach offers
a magical start to the season
Meet Mrs. Claus
and Santa, enjoy
arts and crafts
Nov. 25 to 27
LONG BEACH, Wash. — Kick
off the holiday season on
the Long Beach Peninsula
with Holidays at the Beach.
Events take place Friday to
Sunday, Nov. 25 to 27.
First, all ages are invited
to join Mrs. Claus and the
Railroad Conductor noon
Friday, Nov. 25 for a free
showing of “The Polar
Express” at the Neptune
Theater, located at 809
Ocean Beach Blvd. S. Mrs.
Claus loves to meet children
and will be in her pajamas
for the movie. Join her pa-
jama party by wearing your
favorite holiday jammies,
and bring a favorite toy.
Prizes will be awarded for
the best dressed. The snack
bar will be open for purchas-
es. Donations for next year’s
movie will be accepted.
You can also visit Hungry
Harbor Grille at 313 S. Pacific
Way and find a Holiday Village
Scene, complete with a warf,
downtown, neighborhood,
countryside and mountains.
Saturday, Nov. 26 brings
magic to Veteran’s Field.
Get there early for the best
seat to watch Mrs. Claus and
her special helpers perform a
magic show. You know nev-
er know what Mrs. C has up
her sleeve — or when Santa
might roll into to town! The
magic show will take place
from 1 to 2 p.m. At Santa’s
Workshop Arts and Crafts
Project from 2 to 4 p.m.,
children can make and take
home a free holiday souve-
nir. Pictures with Santa will
be available at 4 p.m. Then,
at 5 p.m., stay and watch
the Tree Lighting. Veteran’s
Field is located on the corner
of Third Street and Oregon
Avenue S.E.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 27, find crafts,
photos and under the sea fun
at Veteran’s Field. Travel
under the sea and have your
photo taken with Grand-
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Meet Mrs. Claus at Holidays
at the Beach, Nov. 25 to 27
in Long Beach, Washington.
mer Mermaid — slip on a
mermaid tail or shark fin
and create a unique holiday
photo. Kids can also make
an adorable jellyfish hanging
ornament out of recycled
materials to take home; ma-
terials and instruction will
be provided.