DECEMBER 14, 2017 // 9
MERRYMAKING MANIACS
Carruthers Holiday Bazaar
goes down Dec. 17 and 18
By LAURA CHERAU
FOR COAST WEEKEND
’T
is the season for bustling and
grinch-ing, baking and wrapping
and all manner of merrymaking.
It’s a busy time of year.
So when I see people doing “extra” in
December, I’m amazed … more amazed
if that person has at least one child — su-
per-amazed if the task requires an organiza-
tional feat.
Misty Czillinger, a six-year Astoria
resident, is organizing Carruthers Holiday
Bazaar, held at the restaurant 11 a.m. to
6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, and 3 to 9 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 18.
Live music will be provided by Daric
Moore and his trio, as well as Joshua Es-
terline’s dark acoustic rock from Southern
Oregon known as “Acousta Noir.” Music
starts 2 p.m. Sunday. The Carruthers bar
will be open, and cocktails will be available
for purchase both days.
My first question for Czillinger: What
on earth possessed her to organize a two-
day holiday bazaar during the most nutso
time of the year? “I’m a maniac,” she said.
Dennis Thomas’ Elk six-pack
You may know Czillinger if you’ve ever
eaten at Astoria Coffee House & Bistro or
shopped at Cargo.
“These two chicks I know used to do
little craft fairs in Portland out of their
houses, and there’d be live music and a
potluck and tables were cheap,” Czillinger
remembered. These women’s efforts
snowballed into “Crafty Wonderland,” a
biannual arts-and-crafts fair at the Oregon
Convention Center.
Czillinger decided to organize the Car-
ruthers bazaar, she said, because “I wanted
to be inspired to make things.”
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Sophia Anderson’s “Crow,” a sumi ink piece
Official Rules:
Who can enter?
Results:
Other contest rules:
• Photographers of all ages; must be
residents of Oregon or Washington state.
• Top 10 photographs will be published in
the Coast Weekend print edition on Thursday,
Jan. 4, 2018.
• All photographs entered may be used in
future publications by the EO Media Group
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.
• Top 25 photographs will be published
online at CoastWeekend.com on Thursday,
Jan. 4, 2018.
• Each entry must include the entrant’s
name, home address, age, a description of
the photograph and email address.
• Gift cards will be awarded for first-, second-
and third-place winners, plus a People’s Choice
winner voted for online Dec. 18 to Dec. 24.
Submission deadline:
• Entries will be accepted Friday, Nov. 17
through Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017
Submit all
photos
online at:
www.coastweekend.com/cwphotocontest