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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2019 // 3 SCRATCHPAD CCC art students enhance nature trail with public art I then saw two painted masks and a painted fl ower near it, too. I realized this is student art from the college’s Basic Design art class. The theme this year is “Shinrin-Yoku,” which is a form of healing gained from walking a trail or spending time in nature. It is a grand exhibit of public art in a natural set- ting. The damp, cool air and early-morning bird songs made the experience all the more rich, therapeutic and enlightening. The work, too, is inspir- By JONATHAN WILLIAMS COAST WEEKEND EDITOR O n a recent morn- ing run, I stumbled across something quite remarkable and worth stopping to for. I was running the steep half mile trail that connects the Astoria Column to the Clatsop Community Col- lege campus. As I’m descending the narrow, slick trail I noticed what looked like a purple umbrella dangling in the distance. coast INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend arts & entertainment ON THE COVER The 38th Annual Northwes Garlic Festival runs June 15-16 in Nahcotta, Wash. PHOTO COURTESY NORTHWEST GARLIC FESTIVAL See story on Page 8 THE ARTS 4 North Coast Chamber Orchestra 7 Singer comes to Cannon Beach 8 Experience Beethoven in a barn MUSIC Sofi a Talvek performs Americana and folk music FEATURE Northwest Garlic Festival New fl avors and vendors FURTHER ENJOYMENT MUSIC CALENDAR .....................5 CROSSWORD ...............................6 SEE + DO ............................. 10, 11 CW MARKETPLACE.......... 15, 16 Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. ing, layered with passion and clear artistic intent. Many of the pieces are accompanied by an artist’s statement. The relationship between the environment, humans, animals and trash are explored in many of the pieces. There is a jellyfi sh made out of plastic grocery bags to draw attention to the increasing amount of trash in the ocean. The bags came from a single home over the course of two months. There’s also a “Weeping COAST WEEKEND EDITOR JONATHAN WILLIAMS CALENDAR COORDINATOR BREE ELLIOTT CONTRIBUTORS HEATHER DOUGLAS KATE GIESE PATTY HARDIN KATHERINE LACAZE BARBARA LLOYD MCMICHAEL JONATHAN WILLIAMS To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2019 COAST WEEKEND New items for publication consideration must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. TO SUBMIT AN ITEM Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: editor@coastweekend.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. Waste” tree made from plas- tic and other waste items. There are handcrafted fl ies, wire sculpted birds and cats artistically placed, as well as eagle, elephant and human painted face masks. Spiritual, thoughtful messages are also present, like a quote by Tara Brach dangling from a string attached to the umbrella: “How you live today is how you live your life.” There are also nature-in- fused poems: “Have you felt the roar of the sea? / It molds the bones within me/ I know the pulse of the ebb and fl ow/ The maw of the matron is ever large/ We should respect her, lest she get hun- Jonathan Williams A plastic jellyfi sh on the “Shinrin-Yoku” themed art trail at Clatsop Community College. gry some day.” As I neared the base of the trail, this poetic note also stuck out to me: “One of my favorite things about living in the Pacifi c Northwest is listen- ing to the natural symphony of sounds around us. The chirping of the birds, the sound of the gentle breeze as it passes through the vast variety of foliage, waves crashing against the shore, but my favorite sound has always been the chorus of frogs in the evenings.” This vital display of pub- lic art does exactly what it is supposed to: promote a con- versation about art and the environment, create aware- ness of an issue and ulti- mately explore how we live and coexist with nature in a coastal community. Whether you walk this trail starting from the col- lege or the column, it is time well spent. CW