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Nye Beach Writer's Series 2008: Doug Thompson
www.writersontheedge.org
May 16-18, 2008, 7:00 PM
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive in the Nye Beach area of Newport.
Doug Thompson is the author of Whales: Touching The Mystery. Weekend events co-spondered by the Oregon Coast Aquarium and Mountain Writers Series.
Admission: $5, free to students.
Newport Marathon
www.newportmarathon.org
May 31, 2008
26K marathon along Yaquina Bay and the Historic Bayfront.
Call 1-800-COAST-44 for more information.
Nye Beach Writer's Series 2008: Jan Baross
www.writersontheedge.org
June 21, 2008, 7:00 PM
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive in the Nye Beach area of Newport.
Jan Baross is a painter, photographer, screenwriter, filmmaker, and auther of the novel, Jose Builds A Woman
Admission: $5, free to students.
SeaFest at Hatfield Marine Science Center
www.hmsc.oregonstate.edu/seafest
June 28, 2008, 10 AM
Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, in Newport (on the south side of the bridge next door to the Oregon Coast Aquarium)
Don’t miss Newport’s most interesting festival of the year – "SeaFest” at the Hatfield Marine Science Center. It’s a fun-filled day of hands-on learning about the natural world, with cool exhibits, science learning activities, tours of labs, research vessels, seafood tasting, plus live entertainment and more!
For more information visit: www.hmsc.oregonstate.edu/seafest or call (541) 867-0219.
Admission: free.
4th of July Fireworks over Yaquina Bay
Nye Beach Writer's Series 2008: Derrick Jensen
www.writersontheedge.org
July 19, 2008, 7:00 PM
Hatfield Marine Science Center, Visitor's Center Auditorium
Derrick Jensen, named 2006 Person of the Year by Press Action, and featured in the Americans Who Tell The Truth series, author if six books including A Language Older than Words, and The Culture of Make Believe. His Hewest works are Endgame, Volume I: The Problem of Civilization and Endgame, Volume II: Resistance.
Admission: $10, free to students.
Nye Beach Writer's Series 2008: Write On, Write Now! (Workshop)
www.writersontheedge.com
August 4-8, 2008, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, and August 15, 2008, 10:00 AM - Noon
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive in the Nye Beach area of Newport.
Write On, Write Now! is a week-long poetry workshops for youth aged 7 to 10. The workshop will explore language, poetry, photography, performance, and personal story.
Registration opens March 2008.
Performance by students from Woe's Youth Poetry Writing Workshop
www.writersontheedge.com
August 16, 2008, 7:00 PM
Write On, Write Now! Performance
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive in the Nye Beach area of Newport.
Open mic follows. Admission: $5, free to students.
Nye Beach Writer's Series 2008: Charles Rossiter
www.writersontheedge.com
September 20, 2008, 7:00 PM
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive in the Nye Beach area of Newport.
Charles Rossiter is a performance poet from New York State.
Open mic follows. Admission: $5, free to students.
Nye Beach Writer's Series 2008: Poet Donna Henderson performing with Diane Baxter on Piano
www.writersontheedge.com
October 18, 2008, 7:00 PM
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive in the Nye Beach area of Newport.
Open mic follows. Admission: $5, free to students.
Nye Beach Writer's Series 2008: Diana Abu-Jaber
www.writersontheedge.com
November 15, 2008, 7:00 PM
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive in the Nye Beach area of Newport.
Diane Abu-Jaber is a Palestenian-American author whose first novel Arabian Jazz, won the Oregon Book Award.
Open mic follows. Admission: $5, free to students.
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