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Scratchpad: Submit your fall poems

It is officially fall. The rain has certainly made its way back to the Northwest, though it held…

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Scratchpad: Pier Pressure quenches thirst for theater in Astoria

When I interviewed co-founders of Pier Pressure Productions Susi Brown and Daric Moore before the grand opening production…

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Scratchpad: Poems for fall

Fall is a season that offers much to take in. While fall doesn’t officially begin until Sept. 23,…

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Scratchpad: A full fall of community productions

Community produced events are the lifeblood of the artistic community on the Columbia-Pacific. From theater, to music to…

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Scratchpad: A grand summer on the coast

What a summer it has been. While our sunny weather has been spotty, the Columbia-Pacific truly remains the…

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Scratchpad: Get outside this weekend

It is starting to feel like fall. As the weeks left of summer are getting shorter and it’s…

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Scratchpad: A new era for Coast Weekend

This is it. The issue we’ve been working toward all summer. As frequent readers will notice, Coast Weekend…

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Scratchpad: A character of the coast

Have you ever wondered what certain coastal locals or the people who lived there once looked like? Joe…

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Scratchpad: Love the outdoors? Write about it

The outdoors help center us, connect us to our surroundings and, at best, provide a respite and improvement…

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Scratchpad: A bevy of summer plays to see on the coast

The Peninsula Players production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” is as funny as last week’s Coast Weekend cover…

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