SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 // 3
Bird nerds converge Traveling troubadours perform for PAC
Join a state park ranger
on a guided walk to look
for and identify birds.
• Fort to Sea Trail
bird hike: 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 15. Meet at
Sunset Beach State Park.
• Fort Stevens month-
ly bird survey: 9 to 11
a.m. Friday, Sept. 22.
Meet at Battery Russell.
No birding experience
is required. Experts are
welcome to come share
their knowledge. Binocu-
lars are recommended; a
few pairs will be avail-
able.
For more information,
contact Dane Osis at
503-861-3107 extension
41, or dane.osis@oregon.
gov.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
arts & entertainment
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THE ARTS
A literary leap
Kent D. Walsh pens latest children’s book
ASTORIA — The Celtic, folk, and world
music duo Four Shillings Short are coming
to Astoria 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at
Clatsop Community College’s Performing
Arts Center (588 16th St.). The cover is $15.
The concert is a benefi t for the arts center.
Touring in the U.S. and Ireland since
1997, Four Shillings Short are independent
folk artists who perform 130 concerts a
year, have released 12 recordings and live
as full-time troubadours, traveling from
town to town performing at music festi-
vals, theaters and performing arts centers,
folk societies, libraries, house concerts and
schools.
The husband-wife duo — Aodh Og
O’Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Christy
Martin from California — perform tradi-
tional and original music from the Celtic
lands, Medieval and Renaissance Europe,
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India and the Americas on a fantastic array
Four Shillings Short: Christy Martin, right, and Aodh Og O’Tuama
of instruments.
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
ERICK BENGEL
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
REBECCA HERREN
CONTRIBUTORS
HEATHER DOUGLAS
RYAN HUME
KATE LACAZE
BARBARA LLOYD MCMICHAEL
BRENNA VISSER
FEATURE
10
Cottage &
Garden Tour
Check out cool
homes, landscaping
in Cannon Beach
14
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PHOTO BY ERIN J. BERNARD /
EDITED BY ERICK BENGEL
2014
Cannon
Beach
Cottage & Garden Tour.
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
Farmers market meals embrace coastal bounty
CAR SHOW
Wheels and Waves kicks
into gear
Seaside event showcases vintage automobiles
FURTHER ENJOYMENT
MUSIC CALENDAR .....................5
SEE + DO ........................... 12, 13
CROSSWORD ........................... 17
CW MARKETPLACE ......... 18, 19
GRAB BAG ................................ 23
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