Things happen in the near-shore ocean off Oregon that don’t happen everywhere else in the Eastern North Pacific, along the path of the California Current. Life abounds—as do challenges, some of them perennial and some of them specific to this moment in Earth’s history. Join marine ecologist Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, PhD, for a wide-ranging talk aboutFind OUT MORE

Join the Friends of the Seaside Library as they welcome award-winning conservation biologist Thor Hanson, author of The Triumph of Seeds. From the tropical rain forest to the frozen arctic tundra to our morning breakfast table, seeds are everywhere, ubiquitous yet easy to overlook. However, as Thor Hanson reveals in Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts,Find OUT MORE

The unusual mix of plants found in Gearhart’s Butterfield Fen is no accident. It begins with water: falling from clouds and ultimately percolating up through layers of sediment. It took hundreds of years to create the fen. And like everything else in the coastal landscape, it is in constant, slow flux. Join field ecologist KathleenFind OUT MORE

Celebrate spring by drawing butterflies with colored pencils.  Explore the basics of butterfly anatomy using the techniques of color mixing and blending to create a fun and original drawing of a butterfly. Dorota will explain techniques on how to proportionally enlarge drawings, and how to use bilateral symmetry to draw this beautiful species. Butterflies are essential pollinators for the ecosystem andFind OUT MORE

Rain plus trees equals rainforest, right? Not really wrong, says naturalist Neal Maine, but that equation doesn’t begin to capture the complex interactions among air and water and leaf and soil and microorganisms and all the other elements required to create a functioning temperate rainforest. Join Maine for a conversation in words and images aboutFind OUT MORE

Spring is in the air. To usher in the season, The Friends of the Seaside Library presents Maggie Stuckey, author of The Bountiful Container. The book covers vegetables (17 varieties), peppers (19 varieties), beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugar snap peas.  She also delves into herbs, edible flowers, and, most surprising, fruits. With fewFind OUT MORE

The art and tradition of storytelling has been a key element throughout history. But in our busy, digital, electronic, age the practice often has fallen by the wayside. Gideon For-mukwai knows that everyone loves a great story and everyone has a great story.  The “Unsung Heroes Program” allows folks to regale and reminisce about momentousFind OUT MORE

Listening to the Land is a winter speaker series offered January through May and organized by the North Coast Land Conservancy and the Necanicum Watershed Council, in partnership with the Seaside Public Library. Join Seaside geologist Tom Horning as he kicks off the 2016 season, which will focus on water. “The Geology of Water” talkFind OUT MORE

Legendary folksinger, storyteller, and autoharp virtuoso Adam Miller will perform a free concert of traditional American folk songs and autoharp instrumentals at the Seaside Public Library. Adam Miller is a renowned American folksinger and storyteller. Miller accompanies his baritone voice with finger-picking acoustic guitar and autoharp melodies. A masterful entertainer who enjoys getting his audienceFind OUT MORE