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Wanted: artwork
of Northwest birds
ASTORIA — Each
April, the Astoria Art Loft
honors an endangered spe-
cies with an exhibit, along
with a special reception
and speaker. This year,
we are focusing on North-
west birds, especially those
who migrate across wild-
fire areas.
We invite adults and chil-
dren to create art featuring
a Northwest bird for this
judged exhibit. A modest
award will be given to the
Best in Show.
The exhibit will run April
2 through May 2, 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., at the Art Loft.
The gala opening will
be part of the Second Sat-
urday Art Walk, April 13,
1 to 4 p.m., with the speak-
er’s program taking place at
2 p.m.
Art may be two- or
three-dimensional in any
medium, and must not
exceed 500 square inches.
It should be profession-
ally presented and ready to
display. Deliver the art to
the Art Loft, 106 Third St.
(above Dots ‘N Doodles),
from Tuesday, March 26,
through Thursday, March
28, between 10 a.m. and
3:30 p.m.
Exhibit in Seaside honors
Oregon’s women veterans
SEASIDE —The Sea-
side branch of the Amer-
ican Association of Uni-
versity Women (AAUW)
brings the Oregon Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs
exhibit “I Am Not Invisi-
ble (IANI)” to the Seaside
Public Library on Wednes-
day, Feb. 13.
The exhibit fea-
tures 20 portraits of Ore-
gon women military vet-
erans. These portraits
will be displayed in the
library through Saturday,
Feb. 16, when Elizabeth
Estabrooks, the Oregon
Department of Veterans’
Affairs’ women veterans
coordinator, will speak
at 10 a.m. in the library’s
Community Room.
Estabrooks’ presen-
tation is meant to create
awareness of Oregon’s
women veterans, their ser-
vice to our country and
the challenges they face.
Women veterans continue
to face significant barriers
and challenges in access-
ing necessary health care
Chris Jordan
An albatross.
Film documents albatrosses, plastic pollution
ASTORIA — A free
screening of Chris Jordan’s
documentary “Albatross,”
a powerful love story about
birds and the plastics that
pollute the marine environ-
ment, will be held at the
Liberty Theatre at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 10. The show-
ing is hosted by the Friends
of Haystack Rock.
The film’s running time
is 97 minutes and will be
followed by a Q-and-A
panel consisting of marine
science professionals.
Jordan began mak-
ing the movie in 2008 as
a collaboration with Man-
uel Maqueda. Studying the
newly emerging issue of
ocean plastic pollution, they
learned of an environmen-
tal tragedy taking place on
a tiny atoll in the center of
the North Pacific Ocean.
On the first trip to Midway
Atoll in 2009, their team
filmed thousands of dead
albatrosses. Returning to
Midway over the next four
years, the filmmakers expe-
rienced the birds’ beauty
and grace.
The theater is at 1203
Commercial St.
A world of wordplay
at writing workshop
Sally Sheldon
Elizabeth Estabrooks, the
women veterans coordinator
for the Oregon Department
of Veterans’ Affairs.
and other services, while
experiencing a lack of rec-
ognition, unlike their male
counterparts.
There are more than
28,000 women veterans
in Oregon, representing
almost one-tenth of Ore-
gon’s veteran population.
Women veterans in par-
ticular are asked to attend
so they can be honored for
their service.
Clatsop Community College
Unleash your literary creativity at Promptpalooza, a writing
workshop at Clatsop Community College.
ASTORIA — Prompt-
palooza, an upcoming one-
day writing workshop
offered through the Com-
munity Education Depart-
ment at Clatsop Commu-
nity College, takes place
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sat-
urday, Feb. 9.
Participants will work
with an abundance of cre-
ative writing prompts. With
a focus on wordplay, the
writing workshop, taught
by J. Brennock, will move
through a series of fantas-
tic catalysts at a semi-rapid
pace, creating laughter and
a lighthearted atmosphere.
Let curiosities inspire
you and poignant vignettes
help you get your words on
paper. Using all five senses,
we’ll go on a little scaven-
ger hunt, plugging into your
sense of lyric and rhythm.
This class is great for both
beginning and more prac-
ticed writers.
The class will be held
in Towler Hall, Room 208.
The cost is $20. To register,
call 503-338-2411, or feel
free to just drop in.
For a list of upcoming
classes and workshops, visit
clatsopcc.edu/communi-
tyed or follow the college’s
Community Education
Department on Facebook.