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Coast Happenings Calendar
Friday, Jan. 13
Lunch in the Loft
Noon, Beach Books, 616 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-3500, www.beach-
books37.com, $25. Beach Books
will host author Lori Tobias who
will share her book “Wander.” Cost
includes lunch and a signed copy of
the book, reservations required.
Thistle & Rose
6 p.m., Seasons Café, 255 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1159.
Th istle and Rose play folk, Ameri-
cana and bluegrass music from the
70s and 80s, and original tunes.
Maggie & the Cats
6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-1539,
www.cafesweetbasils.
com, no cover, 21 +. Maggie & the
Cats play world-class blues music,
Creole, jazz, funk, rhythm-n-blues
and soul.
Texas Hold’em
7 p.m., American Legion, 1216 Hem-
lock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-
2973, 21 +. Cannon Beach American
Legion off ers a Friday night Texas
Hold’em poker tournament, doors
open at 3 p.m.
Evening Readings
7:30 p.m., Best Western Ocean View
Resort, 414 Promenade, Seaside,
503-352-1532, www.pacifi cu.edu,
free. Th e public is invited to a free
evening reading featuring Sandra
Alcosser and Sanjiv Bhattacharya.
Saturday, Jan. 14
PBL Tournaments
8 a.m., Seaside, Warrenton, Astoria,
503-717-4308, www.seasidebasket-
balltournaments.com. Enjoy the ex-
citement of the annual Pacifi c Bas-
ketball League tournaments, venues
will be held at schools in Seaside,
Warrenton and Astoria.
Writing Workshop
1 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742,
www.seasidelibrary.org. Start the
new year off with a creative spark
and join author Deb Vanasse for a
“Jumpstart Your Writing” workshop
at no charge; space is limited and
sign up required.
YOUR GUIDE TO MUSIC, ART, COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL EVENTS ON THE NORTH COAST
adults, $4 children. Proceeds help
support local veterans, families,
community organizations and the
high school scholarship fund.
Artist Talk
11 a.m., Cannon Beach Gallery,
1064 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach,
503-436-0744,
www.cannon-
beacharts.org. Angela Purviance,
featured artist in the upcoming
exhibit “Complications of Child-
hood,” will talk about her work.
Author Reading
1 p.m., Beach Books, 616 Broad-
way, Seaside, 503-738-3500, www.
beachbooks37.com, free. Pete
Fromm, author of “Th e Name of
the Stars” will be featured, followed
by book sales and signings.
Film Screening
2 p.m., Liberty Th eatre, 1203 Com-
mercial St., Astoria, 503-325-5922,
$5. Th e movie “DAR HE: Th e
Lynching of Emmett Till” is the true
story surrounding the 1950s mur-
der that sparked the Civil Rights
Movement.
Mid-Winter Classical
Concert
2 p.m., Nehalem Bay United Meth-
odist, 36050 10th St., Nehalem,
503-368-5612, $10. Classical piano
performances by Oregon artists
Susan Buehler, Dianne Amos and
Corin Parker featuring compos-
ers Chopin, Beethoven, Debussey,
Schubert and Clementi.
Evensong
6 p.m., Cannon Beach Commu-
nity Church, 132 Washington St.,
Cannon Beach, 503-436-1222.
Evensong features performers
Jennifer Goodenberger and Wes
Wahrmund, meditative songs and
quiet refl ection.
PBL Tournaments
7 p.m., Seaside, Warrenton, Asto-
ria, 503-717-4308, www.seaside-
basketballtournaments.com.
Monday, Jan. 16
Burgers & Jam
6 p.m., American Legion, 1216
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-2973. Th e Legion off ers burgers
and music on Monday nights.
Northwest Author Series
2 p.m., Cannon Beach Library,
131 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach,
503-436-1391, www.cannonbeach-
library.org, free. Terry Brooks, au-
thor of “Th e Shannara Chronicles”
will be featured.
Opening Reception
6 p.m., Cannon Beach Gallery, 1064
S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-0744, www.cannonbeacharts.
org. Cannon Beach Gallery starts
the new year with a vibrant print-
making exhibition, featuring artist
Angela Purviance.
Sunday, Jan. 15
Legion Breakfast
9 a.m., American Legion, 1216
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, $8
Tuesday, Jan. 17
TOPS Meeting
9:15 a.m., North Coast Family Fel-
lowship, 2245 Wahanna Road, Sea-
side, 509-910-0354. Take Pounds
Off Sensibly (TOPS) focuses on
healthy lifestyle changes for weight
loss.
Wednesday, Jan. 18
Garden Club Meeting
Noon, Tolovana Hall, 3779 Hem-
lock St., Cannon Beach, www.
tolovanaartscolony.org. Attendees
should bring lunch; coff ee, tea and
dessert are provided. Annual dues
are $5, new members welcome.
Cannon Beach Library
presents the 2016-17
Northwest Authors Series
3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-440-
4390. OA groups seek recovery
through the Twelve Steps pro-
gram.
Th e Cannon Beach Women’s Aux-
iliary off ers monthly Bunco games
every third Wednesday.
Cannon Beach Reads
Thistle & Rose
5 p.m., Th e Bistro, 263 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2661.
Listen to the Land
6 p.m., Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-
9126, www.nclctrust.org, free.
Florence Sullivan will discuss
“Inside Gray Whales” as part of
NCLC’s Listening to the Land se-
ries.
6:30 p.m., American Legion, 1216
S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach.
Listening to the Land: Get better
acquainted with gray whales
Marine ecologist Florence
Sullivan routinely gets up
close and personal with gray
whales and other ocean crea-
tures. Join her at the Seaside
Public Library on Wednesday,
Jan. 18, as she kicks off the
2017 season of Listening to
the Land presentations, this
year focused on wildlife. “In-
side Gray Whales” begins at 6
p.m. Admission is free.
Scientists such as Sulli-
van are using new research
techniques to expand what
we know about these and
other marine mammals: what
they eat and how they forage,
for example, as well as how
ocean noise — natural and
human-caused — affects their
behavior and overall health.
These research teams are us-
ing underwater GoPro camer-
as and aerial drones to closely
observe individual whales,
and they’re deploying drifting
hydrophones to record the va-
Sunday, Jan. 22
Oregon Spirits Tour
NAMI Meeting
Noon, Gearhart Golf Links, 1157
Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-738-
3538, www.gearhartgolfl inks.com,
21 +. Unique and local whiskey, gin
and aquavit from distilleries will be
stationed on the course for tasting.
Find a partner and start the year
with a two-player scramble.
2 p.m., Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-
6165, www.nami.org. Th e Nation-
al Alliance on Mental Illness wel-
comes individuals and caregivers
of anyone who suff ers from a
mental illness.
PBL Tournaments
The Northwest Au-
thors Series continues
at the Cannon Beach
Library with fantasy
author Terry Brooks
speaks on “The Shan-
nara Chronicles,” the
books and the MTV
series on Saturday, Jan.
14. On Feb. 11, Barbara
Drake, author of “Morn-
ing Light,” describing
life in western Oregon’s
Yamhill Valley and les-
sons learned from her
long sting of country
living.
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On March 11, Ellen
Urbani, a former men- Author Barbara Drake, au-
tal health specialist for thor of “Morning Light,”
the U.S. Department participates in the library’s
of Homeland Security authors series on Feb. 11.
joins the program. Her
book “Landfall” is a nuanced fi ctional interpretation of
historic events around Hurricane Katrina. Urbani has
also written “When I was Elena,” documenting her life
in Guatemala during the fi nal years of that country’s civil
war.
Portland mystery writer Warren Easley, author of the
Cal Claxton Mysteries: “Matters of Doubt,” “Dead Float”
and “Never Look Down,” will be the April 8 speaker.
The series concludes May 13 with Mindy Hardwick,
author of “Sweetheart Wedding.” Though Hardwick
mainly focuses on teen and tween books, she also writes
sweet contemporary romance books; she facilitates po-
etry workshops for teens at the Denny Youth Juvenile
Justice Center and is the co-author of four anthologies of
their writing.
The Northwest Authors series takes place the second
Saturday of each month from October to May except De-
cember and is free to the general public. All library events
are free and open to the public. Cannon Beach Library is
located at 131 N. Hemlock St.; 503-436-1391, or at www.
cannonbeachlibrary.org.
Bunco!
Overeaters Anonymous
Friday, Jan. 20
7 p.m., Cannon Beach Library, 131
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-1391, www.cannonbeachli-
brary.org. Th is month’s selection is
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury.
Thursday, Jan. 19
Floating Glass Balls
7 p.m., Bill’s Tavern, 188 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2202,
www.billstavernandbrewhouse.
com, no cover. Th e Floating Glass
Balls plays beachgrass, a blend of
bluegrass, Caribbean, folk, swing,
contemporary and country music.
A Cappella Festival
6 p.m., Seaside Convention
Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside,
503-836-3489,
www.seasidea-
cappellafestival.com, $20 to $75,
all ages. Th e Seaside A Cappella
Festival is a singing competition
with groups performing a vari-
ety of genres and styles. Winners
will perform in Saturday’s QCED
showcase.
7 p.m., Seaside, Warrenton, Asto-
ria, 503-717-4308, www.seaside-
basketballtournaments.com.
Monday, Jan. 23
Burgers & Jam
6 p.m., American Legion, 1216
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-2973.
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Thistle & Rose
6 p.m., Seasons Café, 255 Hem-
lock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-
1159.
Maggie & the Cats
6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-1539, no cover, 21 +.
John Stowell
7 p.m., Cannon Beach History
Center, 1387 Spruce St., Cannon
Beach, 503-436-9301, www.cbhis-
tory.org, $15. World-renowned
jazz guitarist John Stowell plays
introspective acoustic jazz music;
seating is limited and refresh-
ments provided.
Texas Hold’em
7 p.m., American Legion, 1216
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-2973, 21 +.
Saturday, Jan. 21
TOPS Meeting
9:15 a.m., North Coast Family
Fellowship, 2245 Wahanna Road,
Seaside, 509-910-0354.
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Overeaters Anonymous
3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-440-
4390.
Thistle & Rose
5 p.m., Th e Bistro, 263 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2661.
Thursday, Jan. 26
Adam Miller
7 p.m., Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-
6742, www.seasidelibrary.org, all
ages. Autoharp virtuoso Adam
miller is a renowned American
folksinger and storyteller, who
will tell the story of “Th e Life and
Times of Woody Guthrie.”
PBL Tournaments
8 a.m., Seaside, Warrenton, Asto-
ria, 503-717-4308, www.seaside-
basketballtournaments.com.
Floating Glass Balls
7 p.m., Bill’s Tavern, 188 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2202,
no cover.
Women’s March
11:30 a.m., Parking lot at 12th and
Exchange streets, Astoria, www.
womensmarch.com/sisters. Join
in union with the Women’s March
on Washington at the Astoria
sister march, one of many world-
wide; men, women and children
welcome, sign up online.
House Concert Series
7 p.m., private home, Arch Cape,
503-717-2997 or 503-436-1718,
$15. Th e Cape house concert se-
ries features Moody Little Sister
playing a mix of 60s rock, classic
country and soulful blues with
a side of story telling; location
given at time of ticket purchase
through Maggie & Henry in
Sandpiper Square.
A Cappella Festival
7:30 p.m., Seaside Convention
Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside,
503-836-3489, www.seasideacap-
pellafestival.com, $20 to $75, all
ages.
Friday, Jan. 27
Thistle & Rose
6 p.m., Seasons Café, 255 Hem-
lock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-
1159.
Maggie & the Cats
6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-1539, no cover, 21 +.
Texas Hold’em
7 p.m., American Legion, 1216
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-
436-2973, 21 +.
Short Film Festival
7:30 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594
Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-
368-3846, www.hoffmanblog.org,
$5. The Best of the 43rd North-
west Filmmaker’s Festival is a col-
lection of eight short films made
in Oregon, Washington, Montana
and British Columbia; total run-
ning time is 72 minutes.
Stowell comes to Cannon Beach
The Cannon Beach History
Center and Museum presents
jazz guitarist John Stowell on
Jan. 20. Stowell was the fi rst
American jazz performer to
appear in Russia after the fall
of the Iron Curtain. Stowell
teaches internationally. He
has been an artist-in-resi-
dence at schools in Germa-
ny, Indonesia, Argentina, the
United States and Canada.
Since 1995, Stowell has been
a contributing columnist for a
number of magazines, includ-
ing Down Beat, Guitar Player,
Canadian Musician, Sound-
check and Guitar Club.
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John Stowell
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Florence Sullivan with research kayak at Port Orford;
Red Rocks Marine Reserve in the distance.
riety of noises whales are ex-
posed to.
Sullivan is a graduate stu-
dent in Oregon State Univer-
sity’s Department of Fisheries
and Wildlife, where she is a
research assistant in OSU’s
Geospatial Ecology of Marine
Megafauna lab.
Listening to the Land is a
monthly winter speaker series
offered January through May
and presented by North Coast
Land Conservancy and the Ne-
canicum Watershed Council in
partnership with the Seaside
Public Library. For more infor-
mation, visit NCLCtrust.org.
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