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A lifelong passion for words and the arts
seen the city transform itself
from a seasonal tourist desti-
nation to a year-round, thriv-
ing, artistic community.
I’ve read Coast Weekend
since I was an adolescent
and have enjoyed contrib-
uting articles to it and Our
Coast Magazine over the
last few months.
I grew up immersed in
the arts scene as a violist at
Astoria High School, play-
ing in the North Oregon
Coast Symphony, Colum-
bia River Symphony and the
Little Ballet Theatre’s “Nut-
cracker” orchestra. I also
took lessons with Roger
Thompson, of Thompson’s
Instrument Repair.
By JONATHAN WILLIAMS
COAST WEEKEND
T
he Columbia-Pacif-
ic’s communities are
full of world-class
artisans dedicated to their
crafts. It deserves a weekly
arts and entertainment pub-
lication like Coast Weekend
to cover it.
As the new editor of
Coast Weekend, I plan to
make it an integral publi-
cation for all things cul-
ture. I am extremely excited
to learn even more about
the area and meet the driv-
ers behind new and familiar
artistic events.
As a native Astorian, I’ve
coast
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
arts & entertainment
ON THE COVER
Long Beach
flutist plays
from new
album
Every Thursday
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SEE STORY, P. 4
TRASH
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Turning discarded objects into art Page
Jeremy Furnish, one
of two recipients of
this year’s Recology/
AVA Coastal Oregon
Artist Residency, goes
dumpster diving at the
transfer station looking
for materials.
COLIN MURPHEY
See story on Page 8
THE ARTS
4
Flute player’s ‘Sanctuary’
8
Trash, reclaimed
17
Long Beach philosopher, gardener unveils his 12th CD
FEATURE
Artists make art from discarded objects
COASTAL LIFE
Passion for plants
Sou’Wester Garden Club holds Green Thumb Plant Sale
FURTHER ENJOYMENT
MUSIC CALENDAR .....................5
CROSSWORD ...............................6
SEE + DO ............................. 10, 11
CW MARKETPLACE.......... 15, 16
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sharing on social media.
Jonathan Williams
At Linfi eld College, my
passion for the arts merged
with my interest in words.
I majored in English and
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
JONATHAN WILLIAMS
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
BREE ELLIOTT
CONTRIBUTORS
PATTY HARDIN
RYAN HUME
KATHERINE LACAZE
PATRICK WEBB
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Coast Weekend appears weekly
in The Daily Astorian and the
Chinook Observer.
mass communication and
served as editor-in-chief of
The Linfi eld Review during
my junior and senior years. I
swam competitively all four
years and played in cham-
ber music ensembles. I also
completed internships at All
Classical Portland and with
Oregon Public Broadcast-
ing’s weekly arts and culture
show, “State of Wonder.”
These experiences led
me to complete my master’s
in arts journalism at the S.I.
Newhouse School of Pub-
lic Communications at Syr-
acuse University. There, I
contributed features to The
Post-Standard newspaper
and completed an intern-
ship at Symphony Magazine
in New York City. For my
capstone course, I covered
the Spoleto Festival USA, a
classical music, opera, the-
ater and dance festival in
Charleston, South Carolina,
for The Post and Courier
newspaper.
I plan to bring all of my
experiences covering the
arts across the U.S. to Coast
Weekend.
Coast Weekend covers a
nearly 70-mile radius of cul-
tural events from Manzanita
to Ocean Park.
I plan to continue the leg-
acy of Coast Weekend as a
bedrock publication cover-
ing the local arts and enter-
tainment scene. I will strive
to make it an even more
robust source full of indis-
pensable cultural news.
My goals are to expand
the coverage of music, art,
theater, food and drink,
dance, literature, ideas and
the outdoors through multi-
platform storytelling, includ-
ing audio and video sto-
ries, social media posts and
through features, profi les
and trend stories.
I plan to increase news
highlighting members of the
community and having new
articles on Coast Weekend’s
website daily. I also plan to
cover annual events in new
ways.
If you are interested in
freelancing or have a story
you’d like to pitch, you can
email me at jwilliams@
dailyastorian.com or call
971-704-1720.
For any Music Happen-
ings or See+Do calendar
items, please email calen-
dar@dailyastorian.com.
When I’m not editing
a story or reporting on an
event, you can fi nd me at
a concert, art walk, show,
swimming laps at the Asto-
ria Aquatic Center or run-
ning the hills of Astoria.
The Columbia-Pacifi c
region is a truly singular place
and I am extremely excited to
start my career in Astoria, a
city I believe in. CW