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‘Peninsula Home Companion’ event set Aug. 23
Musician Joel Underwood has put together a program of entertainment featuring himself and other acts as part of ...
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Cascadia Chamber Opera Festival depicts Bohemians’ lust for life
The third annual Cascadia Chamber Opera Festival at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts will conclude ...
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Hood to Coast 2025 sets out to raise $1 million
Nearly 20,000 runners will descend on the North Coast for this year’s Hood to Coast relay. The run ...
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Cowboy theme reigns at 2025 Pacific County Fair
MENLO, Wash. — Fairs are a staple of summer on the coast, and the Pacific County Fair is ...
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Feral Floral in Astoria is a shop for ‘plant lovers, artists and introverts’
Feral Floral offers shoppers a 4-D sensory experience, in an age where nearly anything can be purchased online. ...
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Kite Festival celebrates ‘wind and wonder’ in Long Beach all week
For the 44th time in the third full week of August, Long Beach will again be transformed into ...
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Scratchpad: Applause should reward operatic effort, talent
Anyone who thinks opera is elitist hasn’t met the troupe entertaining Astoria audiences these next two weeks. These ...
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The Bookmonger: Medical suspense solved with frank approach
After a short, steep hike with my husband that landed us in the midst of a hilltop grove ...
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Home Cooking Chronicles: No-Cook Focaccia Board
Growing up in the South, summers were hot — like Seventh Circle of Hell hot. Twenty-five years later, they’ve probably ...
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Eugene Landry’s art comes home to Pacific County
“Discovery” is a legal process where past secrets spill out. The concept is embraced by museum staff when ...
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‘Liberty Factory’ history under scrutiny Aug. 17
Astoria author Peter Marsh will speak at Fort Columbia State Park in Chinook 7 p.m. Aug. 17 about ...
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Nehalem troupe sets auditions for fall radio drama
NEHALEM — Auditions are scheduled for the next production of the Riverbend Players. “The Invisible Man,” a drama ...
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Group hosts showing of student uprising movie Aug. 17
The organization Northcoast Ceasefire Now will host a screening of the film “The Encampments: Inside America’s Student Uprising” at ...
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Cascadia Chamber Opera festival offers a double bill
A late Renaissance genre is becoming an annual tradition in 21st-century Astoria. The third Cascadia Chamber Opera festival ...
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Clint Carter’s legacy celebrated at Peninsula Blues Festival
NAHCOTTA, Wash. — For years, Clint Carter dedicated himself to bringing the Blues to the Lower Columbia, cultivating ...
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Two bands to perform at Fort Stevens Aug. 16
HAMMOND — Fort Stevens State Park at 15 Tyee St., in Hammond, will host a music festival as ...
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Rockaway hosts music festival with beer and artisans
ROCKAWAY BEACH — The Rockaway Beach Music Festival takes place at the Wayside, 103 S. First St., in ...
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Clatskanie festival has unmistakable fragrance
CLATSKANIE — It’s funny how things happen. Ten years ago, a Garlic Festival was launched, but Jasmine Lillich, ...
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Writers Guild of Astoria to host residency winner Marj Hogan
The Writers Guild of Astoria will host a reading and reception for Marj Hogan, the winner of the 2025 ...
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Cruise into Seaside Library for ‘American Graffiti’ Aug. 16
The Seaside Public Library at 1131 Broadway St., will screen the George Lucas’s 1973 movie “American Graffiti” 2 ...
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Bass guitarist Lisa Mann to perform in Cannon Beach
CANNON BEACH — Blues musician and bass guitarist Lisa Mann and her band will perform a free concert ...
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Archers plan final season 3D-shoot weekend
The Saddle Mountain Archers plan a 3D shoot Aug. 16 and 17, their last event of the season. ...
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Thoughtful potter offers class on tools Aug. 17
ILWACO — Ilwaco Artworks at 109 First Ave. N., in Ilwaco will host a class taught by Joe ...
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Kirppitori planned to boost Suomi Hall renovations
The Suomi Hall Auxiliary is recruiting vendors and seeking donated items for an old-fashioned Kirppitori or Finnish flea ...
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Cascadia Chamber Opera launches festival with a tiny taste
The third annual Cascadia Chamber Opera festival begins with a pint-sized version. Singers in Astoria for some later ...