SCRATCHPAD Make your mark with a great weekend By NIKKI DAVIDSON COAST WEEKEND EDITOR Whether you’re a local or just visit- ing for a few days, there are many ways to leave your mark on the North Coast this weekend. In Cannon Beach, there’s a unique opportunity to become part of something beautiful, even if you are the world’s least artistically talented human. The Earth and Ocean Arts Festival will be hosting artist Daniel Dancer, and his latest Art for the Sky project. Dancer creates pieces of art by strategi- of this issue of Coast Weekend. Finally, if you simply desire a week- end of food and drink on the coast, you can show off your beer lifting talents. North Jetty Brewing on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula will be holding JettyFest, an Oktoberfest celebration complete with a stein holding contest. No matter your talents, there’s plenty to do on the North Coast this weekend. I hope you make the most of it! Daniel Dancer Artist Daniel Dancer’s Kansas Art for the Sky project used volunteers to form the headband on the image of a Native American. Dancer will be creating the world’s largest sea star in Cannon Beach this weekend. RS STAFF AND CONTRIBUTO ON THE COVER COAST WEEKEND EDITOR THURSDAY SEPT. 16 Astoria natural dye artist Iris Sullivan Daire holds a jar of fi ber dyed with several diff erent plants from her garden. cally placing volunteers in color-coded out- fi ts into choreographed positions, then pho- tographing them from high in the sky. The image Dancer plans to create this weekend is the world’s largest sea star. All you have to do to be part of it is wear red and show up Saturday afternoon on the beach. Orga- nizers ask that you RSVP to the free event, which can be done at cbgallerygroup.com. If you’re looking for something more independent to work on this weekend, you might want to consider entering the Writ- er’s Guild of Astoria’s poetry contest. The winners will be awarded with $100 and the chance to read their work onstage next to Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jericho Brown in November. You can fi nd tips about what kind of poetry is best to enter on page fi ve 2021 NIKKI DAVIDSON AR TS & EN TERTAINM ENT WEEKL Y CALENDAR COORDINATOR SARAH SMITH A WORLD OF COLOR NATURAL DYE WORKS COMING TO HOPS SEAVIEW CONTRIBUTORS DAVID CAMPICHE M.J. CODY NANCY McCARTHY BARBARA LLOYD McMICHAEL PAGE 8 PHOTO BY NIKKI DAVIDSON CALLING ALL POETS PAGE 5 WONDER WOMA OF KITE WO N RLD PAGE 6 WILD SALMO N RECIPE PAGE 10 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 Astorian and the Chinook Observer. 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 To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2021 COAST WEEKEND Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. YOUR #1 PREMIER CANNABIS RETAILER LARGEST SELECTION FRIENDLY & KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF ELITE PRODUCTS –– For Washington Residents –– Ilwaco Cathlamet (8am - 10pm) 360-261-7200 133 Howerton Ave (8am - 10pm) 360-849-4504 327 WA-4 Kelso Longview (8am - 12am) (8am - 12am) 360-636-0420 360-703-3229 820A West Side Hwy 971 14th Ave WARNING: This product has intoxicating effects and may be habit forming. There may be health risks associated with the consumption of this product. For use only by adults 21 and over. Keep out of reach of children. Marijuana can impair concentration, coordination, and judgement. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 // 3