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February 27, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 11A Beachniks dig the swinging beat Daddy-o from Page 1A mind and artistic expres- sion reigned. And it’s the atmosphere that the Tolovana Arts Col- ony sought to recreate at its ¿UVWHYHU ³%HDFKQLN &DIp´ KHOG LQ WKH &DQQRQ %HDFK *DOOHU\WKHQLJKWRI)HE 6HYHUDO GR]HQ ORFDO %HDW ZULWHUV UHDGHUV DQG GHYR- WHHVLQFOXGLQJ&KULVWLDQVRQ gathered to delight in all WKLQJV%HDW²DSRVW::,, counter-cultural movement WKDW HVFKHZHG FRQIRUPL- W\ DQG ³WKH HVWDEOLVKPHQW´ while reveling in creativity and the human condition. :LWKOLJKWVGLPPHGFDQ- GOHVOLWJXHVWVTXDI¿QJFRI- IHHEHHUDQGZLQHSDLQWLQJV HQFLUFOLQJ WKH SRGLXP DQ HPFHH WDSSLQJ WKH WXPED DQG MD]] SXOVLQJ VRIWO\ EH- QHDWK WKH SHUIRUPDQFHV WKH ERKHPLDQVSLULWRIWKH%HDWV IHOWDOLYHDQGZHOODQGULJKW at home in the sophisticated setting. ERICK BENGEL PHOTO ERICK BENGEL PHOTO Mark Mizell, right, an English teacher at Seaside High School, talks to Watt Childress, co-owner of Jupiter’s Rare & Used Books, moments before the Beachnik Café kicks off at the Cannon Beach Gallery. Allyn Cantor, manager of the White Bird Gallery, mingles in the background. Mark Mizell, an English teacher at Seaside High School, reads Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem “I Am Waiting” at the Beachnik Café. Mizell taught the two-part Beat Poets workshop at the Tolovana Arts Colony. 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