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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 // 17 Polish, professionalize your writing with workshop SUBMITTED PHOTO Cannon Beach Library during the 2016 fall festival Library treats, craft s on off er for fall fundraiser CANNON BEACH — The Cannon Beach Library’s annual Fall Festival Fundraiser takes place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. The library will offer delectable baked goods and an array of colorful handmade crafts, all available for sale. Items are created by the library’s volunteers, and proceeds help fund the library. Enjoy an old-fashioned cake walk, put in a ticket for the local merchant gift certifi cate drawing, and place a bid on our hotel stay silent auction. The library is located at 131 N. Hemlock St., between Mariner Market and the US Bank. SUBMITTED PHOTO ASTORIA — Join author, editor and writing instruc- tor Matt Love in an Astoria private home 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, for a writing workshop titled “Polishing and Profession- alizing Your Writing.” Love will guide partic- ipants through a series of exercises and discussions that improve the writer’s intent, organization, voice and engagement with readers. “The workshop will help writers of fi ction, cre- ative nonfi ction, freelance magazine and newspaper contributors, screenwriters, grant and report writers, even poets, polish their prose to deliver better work to their respective audiences,” Love wrote. Workshop exercises include experimenting with different ways of opening pieces and paragraphs; Local fi shes, global dishes: a cooking class SEASIDE — Take a mini vacation on foreign shores at Seaside Public Library’s “Local Fishes, Global Dishes” cooking class 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. Taught by Jennifer Burns Bright, the event is sponsored by the Friends of the Seaside Library and will be held in the Community Room. The class is limited to 20 people. People can sign up for this special event at the Circula- tion Desk or by phone. The class will feature cooking instruction and hands-on demonstrations using local catch to prepare classic and exotic dishes from the Mediterranean and Asia. It will include recipes and tips for preparing favor- ites on the Oregon Coast. Burns Bright will in- SUBMITTED PHOTO Jennifer Burns Bright structing participants in the preparation of Thai rockfi sh cakes with cucumber dipping sauce; Tunisian brik, a savory pastry fi lled with tuna, egg and capers; Provencal Sun- shine — bourride fi sh soup with roasted red pepper aioli; and Korean savory seafood scallion pancakes. Attendees will have a full experience of prepping, cooking and serving these tantalizing items, as well as sharing an international repast. Burns Bright is a food and travel writer based in Port Orford. She recently retired from teaching at the University of Oregon, where she led a faculty research group in the emerging disci- pline of food studies. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of California at Irvine and a Master Food Pre- server certifi cation. Her writ- ing appears in Gastronomica, Oregon Quarterly, NPR’s The Salt, Eugene Magazine and other publications. The Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 Broadway St. For more in- formation call 503-738-6742 or visit seasidelibrary.org. writing in the active versus passive voice; focusing on brevity and clarity; keeping a consistent tone and psy- chic distance in a piece of writing; exploring a subject from a point of passion and curiosity; how to write more dynamic dialogue; and how to employ repeti- tion in writing for stylistic effect. The class costs $65 and will cap at 15 par- ticipants, who will pay at the beginning of the workshop. Scholarships are also available. To register, email Love at nestuccaspit- press@gmail.com. Love, the publisher of Nestucca Spit Press, is the author/editor of 17 books about Oregon. In 2009, he won the Oregon Literary Arts’ Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award for his contributions to Oregon history and literature. The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com Upcoming Fall Art Classes Judith McElroy: Acrylic PEBO One day workshop September 30 | 9:30am Robert Paulmenn: Drawing & Oil Painting October 7, 14, 21, & 28 | 9:30pm Brigitte Willse: Driftwood Carving October 11 | 10am-3pm Sabina Turner: Portrait Painting Choose your medium October 13, 14 & 15 www.SabinaTurner.com Stan Riedesel: Let’s Paint Boats October 20-21 Kristine Trexel: Paper Box Making October 21 | 9:30am until finished Sandi Kelley: Zentangle Card Making October 28 | 1:00pm until finished The Great Holiday Gift Sale December 2 9:30am-4pm Second Saturday Art Walks 503.325.4442 106 3rd Street AstoriaArtLoft.com Astoria, Oregon 97103 AstoriaArtLoft@gmail.com
