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Spectacular shows: Studios look to a December of dance

December will be filled with dance in Astoria and Seaside, with shows on the horizon from both Encore…

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Gearhart Art Walk December 2022

GEARHART – The Gearhart Art Walk takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, featuring creations inspired by…

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Bookmonger: One family, a century of social policies

In his new book, “When Mortals Play God,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Erickson applies his research and reporting…

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After Thanksgiving, peninsula artists share their talents

Gloria Martin’s mother painted in oils. So she admits it was almost inevitable that she became an artist.…

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Bookmonger: Seeded poetry in the Northwest

As the holidays approach, and with the end of the year not long after, I sense that I’m…

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‘We cannot keep from singing’

The North Coast Chorale is formed by six basses, seven tenors, 16 altos and 16 sopranos. That’s 45…

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Spotlighting mental health with love, humor

Edward James has a challenge. The Astoria director is staging a play about depression. And it’s a comedy.…

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Bookmonger: A new twist on an old tale

Two days after Halloween, I walked into a shop affiliated with the world’s largest coffeehouse chain and noticed…

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Bookmonger: Poems on transitions and transcendence

This week’s book “The Memory of Water,” by Brendan McBreen Moon Path Press – 168 pp – $20.99…

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Celebrating fall with readers’ art, poetry

”In the autumn of our lives,” by Joy Diamond Autumn is now upon us. The air is fresh,…

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