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The following events and activities are scheduled on the South Coast.
Saturday
End of life workshop
A transition workshop, “Goin’ Home,” will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Unity by the Bay, 2100 Union St., North Bend. It will be facilitated by Karen L. Lowe.
The workshop will discuss what happens to people, spiritually, at the moment of transition from this life to the next; explore the mysteries of this experience; help plan the way for those who remain behind; look at how influences of western culture have made a natural process more difficult; the transition experience, based on a variety of sources, including near-death reports; writing one’s own obituary and the way one would like it to unfold in the future; and one’s remembrance or celebration service, including essential information family, friends and spiritual leader will need, a press release said. Advanced registration is requested, and the suggested donation is $10.
For more information or to register, those interested can call Unity by the Bay at 751-1633.
Sunday
Artist reception in NB
An artist’s reception from 1 to 3 p.m., on Sunday at Evergreen Court, 451 O’Connell, in North Bend, will feature Carol Turner’s oil painting exhibit “Our Beautiful Northwest.” Refreshments will be served, and pianist Franklin Turner will provide music.
The exhibit is on display through May 15.
Carol Turner also is the artist of the month for April for the Bay Area Artists Association and her art is on display in the foyer of the Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Turner will be at the museum during Artwalk, from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 10.
After studying art at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif., Turner embarked on a 40-year career in professional graphic arts in California and Oregon. She also is a vocalist and works regularly with her husband.
Since retiring from graphics and 18 years as a volunteer with the local jazz festival, she has concentrated on her oil painting. Much of her scenery comes from the North Coquille River area.
Turner is a member of the Bay Area Artists Association and the Coos Art Museum. Her work has received numerous awards.
For more information, those interested can call Turner at 396-5373.
All weekend
Yacht club display
The Coos Bay Yacht Club will participate in the 2008 Pony Village Mall Boat Show on Saturday and Sunday. Club members will display various sail boats from the club’s active racing fleet, including a MC Scow, a Geary 18 and a San Juan 21.
More information about the free Junior Sailing Program scheduled for June will be available. The weeklong program includes classes for beginning and advanced junior sailors, ages 1-18. Two of the program’s sail-training boats will be on display.
The club also offers a two-week Adult Sailing School in conjunction with Southwestern Oregon Community College during late May. The program includes classroom instruction and two Saturdays on the water with club members.
The club was established in 1941 in Coos Bay and moved to South Tenmile Lake in Lakeside in 1957. For more information about the club, those interested can visit http://www.coosbayyachtclub.org.
Monday
PFLAG gathering
A gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender potluck social for PFLAG will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 7, at a home in North Bend.
Participants should bring their favorite dessert. For more information and directions, those interested can call Judith at 267-6508.
Tuesday
NAMI meeting canceled
The National Alliance on Mental Illness support group, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, is canceled.
The next meeting will be on May 13. The group usually meets at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month, at the Nancy Devereux Center, 1200 Newmark Ave., in Coos Bay. For more information, those interested can call Barbara at 269-1343.
Thursday
Gallery opening
Gallery by the Bay will reopen for the 2008 season and hold a reception during Artwalk from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Carolyn LeGrand, an instructor at the Boys and Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon, will show an array of pieces created by her students, as well as her own work.
Gallery by the Bay is located at 2100 Union Ave., North Bend, the street level of Unity by the Bay. The gallery’s hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and Artwalk nights from 5 to 7 p.m.
For more information, those interested can call 751-1633.
Theatrical vocalist
Coos County Community Concert Association will wind up the 2007-08 season with a return engagement of popular theatrical vocalist Franc D’Ambrosio, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, in the Marshfield High School auditorium. Doors will open at 6:50 p.m.
Franc D’Ambrosio is one of the most accomplished theatrical singers of the modern era, a press release said.
Tickets can be purchased at the office of Mike Gordon, 290 S. Fourth St., Coos Bay, or by calling 269-1272. A limited number of tickets for individual concerts may be available at the door.
For more information, those interested can visit http://www.cccca.com or call Mike Gordon at 269-1272.
Next Friday
Friday foreign film
The “Friday Foreign Film” series will continue at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 11, at Coos Bay Public Library, 525 W. Anderson Ave. “The Way I Spent the End of the World” (Romania, 2006) is this month’s attraction.
The film chronicles the last few months of Ceausescu’s dictatorship in 1989, as seen through the lives of one family and their neighbors in a poor neighborhood on the rural edges of Bucharest. Eva, a spunky 17-year-old girl on the cusp of adulthood, lives with her parents and her unruly little brother, 7 year-old Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. Eva is expelled and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Convinced that Ceausescu is the reason for Eva’s decision to leave, Lalalilu conspires with his two best friends to assassinate the notoriously brutal Ceausescu.
Many of these films are not rated and parental discretion is advised. For more information, those interested can call 269-1101.
Next weekend
Mr. MHS pageant
The Mr. MHS pageant will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, at the Marshfield High School auditorium, at the corner of 10th Street and Ingersoll Ave.
Dancing on the Bay Ball
Tickets are available for the Dancing on the Bay Ball. The South Coast Ballroom Dancers at a buffet dinner and dance, featuring the Juke Box Kings, will be held on Saturday, April 12, at The Mill Casino-Hotel, 3201 Tremont St., North Bend. Gathering and a no-host bar will begin at 5:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 6, with dancing to follow from 7 to 10. Semi-formal attire is suggested.
Members can receive a discounted price of $25, with gratuity included. Tickets will be available for non-members for $35. A vegetarian entree is available upon request when purchasing tickets.
For more information and to make reservations, those interested can call Beverly at 266-0464.
Later this month
Legal education group
NALS of Southern Oregon Coast, the association for legal professionals, will have a monthly Continuing Legal Education meeting on Tuesday, April 15, at The Grounds, inside Books by the Bay, 1875 Sherman Ave., North Bend.
Participants will begin to gather shortly after 5 p.m. for networking. The meeting begins at 5:30.
The continuing legal education will be presented by Coos County Community Corrections Director Roy Wright on the Coos County Community Corrections Program.
For more information and directions, those interested can call Anna Jones at (541) 271-1360.
Saturday
End of life workshop
A transition workshop, “Goin’ Home,” will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Unity by the Bay, 2100 Union St., North Bend. It will be facilitated by Karen L. Lowe.
The workshop will discuss what happens to people, spiritually, at the moment of transition from this life to the next; explore the mysteries of this experience; help plan the way for those who remain behind; look at how influences of western culture have made a natural process more difficult; the transition experience, based on a variety of sources, including near-death reports; writing one’s own obituary and the way one would like it to unfold in the future; and one’s remembrance or celebration service, including essential information family, friends and spiritual leader will need, a press release said. Advanced registration is requested, and the suggested donation is $10.
For more information or to register, those interested can call Unity by the Bay at 751-1633.
Sunday
Artist reception in NB
An artist’s reception from 1 to 3 p.m., on Sunday at Evergreen Court, 451 O’Connell, in North Bend, will feature Carol Turner’s oil painting exhibit “Our Beautiful Northwest.” Refreshments will be served, and pianist Franklin Turner will provide music.
The exhibit is on display through May 15.
Carol Turner also is the artist of the month for April for the Bay Area Artists Association and her art is on display in the foyer of the Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Turner will be at the museum during Artwalk, from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 10.
After studying art at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif., Turner embarked on a 40-year career in professional graphic arts in California and Oregon. She also is a vocalist and works regularly with her husband.
Since retiring from graphics and 18 years as a volunteer with the local jazz festival, she has concentrated on her oil painting. Much of her scenery comes from the North Coquille River area.
Turner is a member of the Bay Area Artists Association and the Coos Art Museum. Her work has received numerous awards.
For more information, those interested can call Turner at 396-5373.
All weekend
Yacht club display
The Coos Bay Yacht Club will participate in the 2008 Pony Village Mall Boat Show on Saturday and Sunday. Club members will display various sail boats from the club’s active racing fleet, including a MC Scow, a Geary 18 and a San Juan 21.
More information about the free Junior Sailing Program scheduled for June will be available. The weeklong program includes classes for beginning and advanced junior sailors, ages 1-18. Two of the program’s sail-training boats will be on display.
The club also offers a two-week Adult Sailing School in conjunction with Southwestern Oregon Community College during late May. The program includes classroom instruction and two Saturdays on the water with club members.
The club was established in 1941 in Coos Bay and moved to South Tenmile Lake in Lakeside in 1957. For more information about the club, those interested can visit http://www.coosbayyachtclub.org.
Monday
PFLAG gathering
A gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender potluck social for PFLAG will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 7, at a home in North Bend.
Participants should bring their favorite dessert. For more information and directions, those interested can call Judith at 267-6508.
Tuesday
NAMI meeting canceled
The National Alliance on Mental Illness support group, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, is canceled.
The next meeting will be on May 13. The group usually meets at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month, at the Nancy Devereux Center, 1200 Newmark Ave., in Coos Bay. For more information, those interested can call Barbara at 269-1343.
Thursday
Gallery opening
Gallery by the Bay will reopen for the 2008 season and hold a reception during Artwalk from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Carolyn LeGrand, an instructor at the Boys and Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon, will show an array of pieces created by her students, as well as her own work.
Gallery by the Bay is located at 2100 Union Ave., North Bend, the street level of Unity by the Bay. The gallery’s hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and Artwalk nights from 5 to 7 p.m.
For more information, those interested can call 751-1633.
Theatrical vocalist
Coos County Community Concert Association will wind up the 2007-08 season with a return engagement of popular theatrical vocalist Franc D’Ambrosio, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, in the Marshfield High School auditorium. Doors will open at 6:50 p.m.
Franc D’Ambrosio is one of the most accomplished theatrical singers of the modern era, a press release said.
Tickets can be purchased at the office of Mike Gordon, 290 S. Fourth St., Coos Bay, or by calling 269-1272. A limited number of tickets for individual concerts may be available at the door.
For more information, those interested can visit http://www.cccca.com or call Mike Gordon at 269-1272.
Next Friday
Friday foreign film
The “Friday Foreign Film” series will continue at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 11, at Coos Bay Public Library, 525 W. Anderson Ave. “The Way I Spent the End of the World” (Romania, 2006) is this month’s attraction.
The film chronicles the last few months of Ceausescu’s dictatorship in 1989, as seen through the lives of one family and their neighbors in a poor neighborhood on the rural edges of Bucharest. Eva, a spunky 17-year-old girl on the cusp of adulthood, lives with her parents and her unruly little brother, 7 year-old Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. Eva is expelled and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Convinced that Ceausescu is the reason for Eva’s decision to leave, Lalalilu conspires with his two best friends to assassinate the notoriously brutal Ceausescu.
Many of these films are not rated and parental discretion is advised. For more information, those interested can call 269-1101.
Next weekend
Mr. MHS pageant
The Mr. MHS pageant will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, at the Marshfield High School auditorium, at the corner of 10th Street and Ingersoll Ave.
Dancing on the Bay Ball
Tickets are available for the Dancing on the Bay Ball. The South Coast Ballroom Dancers at a buffet dinner and dance, featuring the Juke Box Kings, will be held on Saturday, April 12, at The Mill Casino-Hotel, 3201 Tremont St., North Bend. Gathering and a no-host bar will begin at 5:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 6, with dancing to follow from 7 to 10. Semi-formal attire is suggested.
Members can receive a discounted price of $25, with gratuity included. Tickets will be available for non-members for $35. A vegetarian entree is available upon request when purchasing tickets.
For more information and to make reservations, those interested can call Beverly at 266-0464.
Later this month
Legal education group
NALS of Southern Oregon Coast, the association for legal professionals, will have a monthly Continuing Legal Education meeting on Tuesday, April 15, at The Grounds, inside Books by the Bay, 1875 Sherman Ave., North Bend.
Participants will begin to gather shortly after 5 p.m. for networking. The meeting begins at 5:30.
The continuing legal education will be presented by Coos County Community Corrections Director Roy Wright on the Coos County Community Corrections Program.
For more information and directions, those interested can call Anna Jones at (541) 271-1360.
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