SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 // 17
Polish, professionalize your
writing with workshop
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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