February 27, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 11A
Beachniks dig the swinging beat
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mind and artistic expres-
sion reigned.
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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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A hearty crowd attended the inaugural Beachnik Café, held at the Cannon Beach Gal-
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work and others’ work during the Beachnik Café. He was
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Barbara Johnson, left, of Eugene, tries a white wine from
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