The fi-noel countdown
Do you know what the three Cs in LCCC stand for? For the next few weeks, they will stand for cookies, crafts and countdown, when the staff and volunteers at the Lincoln City Cultural Center launch the holiday season with some modifications to their treasured holiday traditions. Starting on Friday, Nov. 27, with help from generous community partners, the center will be spreading holiday cheer through a range of festive programs.
Visual Arts Director Krista Eddy and her elves have been working for weeks to prepare Take-and-Make Holiday Crafts for kids of all ages, available at the Cookies and Crafts Drive-Through on Friday, Nov. 27. The drive-through will be open from 2 to 5 pm or until everything is gone.
Families can choose from kits to create a finger-painted snowflake, a sweet sheep or a groovy gnome, with all the materials and instructions included so that it’s ready to make at home. Staff and volunteers will also be giving out individually wrapped holiday treats, donated by Kenny’s IGA, so everyone has fuel for their crafting adventures. Everything will be distributed in a touch-free drive-through at the covered south entrance. And, though a visit from Santa Claus is not expected, kids can bring their letters to him to drop in the special mailbox. Cars must enter on NE Sixth Street and exit onto Highway 101 near Pacific Power.
This year, though the number of people allowed to gather in one area is down, the 9th annual Community Christmas Tree is still going up. You can join in by streaming it live, beginning at 5 pm, Friday, Nov. 27, on Facebook @lincolncityculture. It’s the center’s gift to the town, provided with help from the generous business community and dedicated volunteers.
There will be live music, followed by the countdown led by Mayor Dick Anderson, and a singalong carol. After the tree is illuminated, it will stay on, weather permitting, through the end of December.
This year has found many people with the urge to help others like never before. As part of Giving Tuesday, staff and volunteers will be at the south entrance of the building on Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 2 to 5 pm, accepting nonperishable food donations and money for the Lincoln City Food Pantry, new unwrapped toys for the North Lincoln Fire & Rescue Toy Drive and monetary donations for the LCCC Annual Campaign. The first 100 Giving Tuesday donors will receive a gift of individually wrapped cookies and holiday treats.
Christmas tree sales, managed by and supporting the Boy Scouts of America troop 47, will begin on Friday, Nov. 27, on the center’s north lawn daily from 10 am to 6 pm. The art kit pickup room will be open 10 am to 4 pm, Thursday through Sunday.
The Lincoln City Cultural Center is located at 540 NE Hwy 101. For more information, call 541-994-9994 or go to lincolncity-culturalcenter.org.
Paper view
Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery remains open for viewing of “Beautiful Pulp,” a collection of paper, book and print art by Jane Hodgkins, Julia Goos and Helen Abe-Ichiens.
Several styles of handmade books and a variety of printing techniques are represented.
Hodgkins’ works on display include a variety of prints incorporated in hand-bound books, accordion books, pop-up books, leather journals and notebooks.
Goos combines ideas of history and quilting to explore how we piece together elements to construct a larger whole or narrative, saying her work is not intended to be read as an image of a specific event or site, but rather like a patchwork quilt.
Abe-Ichien holds an MA in printmaking. Since moving to South Beach in 2014, she has been creating prints and reworking them using various media such as Prismacolor pencils, pastels and watercolors.
“Beautiful Pulp” continues through Sunday, Dec. 6, available to view from 10 am to 4 pm Thursday through Sunday.