Join Astoria biologist Deborah Jaques for Listening to the Land: Tracking the Brown Pelican at the Seaside Public Library. Deborah will share information about the birds’ natural history and migration patterns, informed in part by results from a recent electronic tracking study. She will highlight conservation concerns such as the importance of preserving key forageFind OUT MORE

The Seaside Library Presents: Writers at Work - Conservation Project "Fish Tales: Traditions and Challenges of Seafood in Oregon" with Jennifer Burns Bright. In this conversation Jennifer, a food and travel writer, helps participants explore our relationship with the products of the sea and cultural traditions involving fishing, eating seafood, and understanding the ocean’s bountyFind OUT MORE

Join assistant project leader of the Salmonid Life Cycle Monitoring Project, Derek Wiley for Listening to the Land: Life in the River at the Seaside Public Library. Derek has spent the past decade researching salmon and steelhead and making estimates about their abundance and survival rates on the northern Oregon coast. He will also provideFind OUT MORE

Do you like to draw? Like seashells? Combine the two and sign up for the workshop "Drawing Natural Objects" with Dorota Haber-Lehigh, a local artist and illustrator, at the Seaside Public Library. Dorota will present exercises to loosen the hand which will help to draw with confidence. The class will discuss light and shadow, howFind OUT MORE

Bring the kids for a night of food, crafts and storytime. Kids can sign up for a free library card and receive a free book (while supplies last). In collaboration with the Seaside Public Library and Clatsop County Kinder Ready.

The Seaside Public Library will host "Tough Girl: An Olympian's Journey" with Carolyn Wood, a 1960 Rome Olympics Gold medal winner as a member of the U.S. women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Wood will discuss her memoir about training for and competing in the XVII Olympiad. Weaving through that story is another one that recounts herFind OUT MORE

Be a part of "The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie" with Adam Miller at the Seaside Public Library. Woody Guthrie wrote over 1,000 songs in his lifetime and his musical legacy includes political, traditional, and children’s songs, along with ballads and improvised works. Come hear Adam Miller, a renowned American folksinger and storyteller, tellFind OUT MORE

Join marine ecologist Florence Sullivan for Listening to the Land: Inside Gray Whales. Sullivan will discuss the use of new research techniques to expand what we know about these and other marine mammals: what they eat and how they forage, for example, as well as how ocean noise—natural and human-caused—affects their behavior and overall health.Find OUT MORE

The Seaside Library invites budding artists to enroll in “Drawing Skulls: Real and Imagined” with local artist and illustrator, Dorota Haber-Lehigh. This workshop, sponsored by the Friends of the Seaside Library,  will occur on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at 1:00 pm. Topics covered include the techniques of proportional enlargement and bilateral symmetry to draw humanFind OUT MORE

The Seaside Library will host author Tim Palmer as part of their Writers at Work series. Tim will discuss his book, Field Guide to Oregon Rivers beginning at 7:00pm. Despite its watery reputation, Oregon has lacked a field guide for the many celebrated rivers and streams—that is, until now.  Tim Palmer, preeminent river conservationist, photographer,Find OUT MORE