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And It Has Pockets! The Battle for Women’s Clothing Equality – Diane Johnston
How many times have you heard someone wearing women’s clothing exclaim, “And it has pockets!” Comparisons have shown that modern garments designed for women have about half the storage space of clothing designed for men. From their invention, pockets in women’s fashion have represented independence—so much so that in the 18th century, laws were enacted to strip women of their personal liberty by making the contents of their pockets the property of their husband. The right to have pockets went hand-in-hand with the right to vote. And people today are still speaking out about the inequality between men’s and women’s clothing based on this simple storage system.
Join costume designer Diane Johnston to dig into the pockets of the past, tracing the history of the humble pocket to determine if the battle for equality may still be decided by a few inches of extremely influential fabric.
Avalon Glassworks from West Seattle is returning to the Museum of the North Beach in Moclips for their annual art glass float sale on Sunday, March 24 from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
The 2024 special edition Moclips float is called “Wild Iris” with colorful twisting bands of yellow, blue and green on a clear background. Each float measures 4″ in diameter and is stamped “Moclips-By-The-Sea” on the sealing button.
The float sells for $45.00 with 50% of the proceeds going to the Museum. This is the 20th special edition Moclips glass float produced by Avalon.
Meet the artists Jon & Shannon Felix, owners of Avalon Glassworks. They will be selling other incredible hand-blown art glass floats and special beach related sealife in glass. Visit their website at www.avalonglassworks.com.
If you cannot make it to this event, the museum does accept pre-orders. Contact the museum at 360-276-4441 or email moclipsdude@gmail.com. If you would like a “Wild Iris” float mailed to you, please include your zip code when pre-ordering.
Humanities Washington Speaker Event: Heaven on the Half Shell: Washington State’s Oyster Odyssey.-David George Gordon
Get to know the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved bivalve: the oyster. In this talk, author David George Gordon discusses three species— the Olympia, Eastern, and Pacific oysters— along with the people who have cultivated these delicacies for many generations.
Learn about the Native American sea gardens and clam beds that existed 11,500 years ago, as well as the contemporary efforts in our state to cultivate oysters, both native and introduced. Along the way, learn about the many surprising innovations that have made oysters such an enduringly popular and environmentally sustainable food. As the old saying goes: when the tide is out, the table is set.
Explore craft brewing and enjoy tastings, fun activities, food, music & more!
BeerCraft is our most popular HOCM After Hours event! This 21+ adults-only night celebrates craft brewing and showcases some of the best local breweries, cideries, and specialty beverage purveyors to sample and explore. Chat with brewing experts as you eat, drink, and play your way through the Museum!
Tickets: $40 until 5 p.m. on April 19th. $45 at the door
Ticket includes admission for one, a souvenir tasting glass, six four-ounce tastings, and all activities. (Additional tastings are available for $3 each. Food and beverages are also available for purchase.)
Important: Hands On Children’s Museum (HOCM) does not use third-party ticket sellers and cannot guarantee tickets purchased from any person or organization except those purchased directly through HOCM or transferred to another person through HOCM.
Check out our website for more details and activities!
Aberdeen High School invites you to the musical performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Evening performances on May 3rd, 10th, & 11th at 7 pm; and matinee performances on May 5th & 12th at 3 pm at the AHS Auditorium.
Tickets: $15 for Adults & $10 for Students.
Matinee performances will include a prince & princess parade for children under 10 who dress up. Tickets are available at Harbor Drugs & Gifts, Harbor Blooms, Aberdeen High School ASB Office, via RevTrak and at the door. https://www.facebook.com/people/Aberdeen-High-Schools-Musical/61556106707437/
Humanities Washington Speaker Event: Un-American Activities: The Blacklist Era and Hollywood-Robert Horton
“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”
The answer to this question—or the refusal to answer it—cast hundreds of lives into turmoil at the dawn of the Cold War. The Red Scare that erupted in the 1940s allowed the House Committee on Un-American Activities to grab headlines by parading prominent Hollywood figures before the cameras. Witnesses could either defy the hearings at the risk of their own careers, or “name names”—inform on their colleagues and friends. The resulting blacklist threw many moviemaking professionals out of work.
This presentation, illustrated with film clips, tells the stories from this heartbreaking and scandalous era, and how notables such as Humphrey Bogart, Elia Kazan, and Charlie Chaplin were swept up in the frenzy. We’ll also ask a question: With today’s politics at a boiling point, are we living in such a period again?
The 1974 John Wayne movie “McQ” will be shown on May 4th & 5th at the magnificent 7th Street Theatre in Hoquiam, co-hosted by the Museum of the North Beach.
“McQ” was released fifty years ago on January 1, 1974. This action-packed crime drama was filmed on location in Seattle, Aberdeen, Pacific Beach, Pt. Grenville and Moclips.
A car chase involving three vehicles begins on the beach at Analyde Gap between Pacific Beach and Moclips. A car rollover stunt using the “McQ Cannon” was the first time in cinema history an explosive device was used to flip a car over. A 1973 Chevrolet Impala rolled over five times and landed perfectly on its wheels.
This special showing is a fundraiser. There will be a raffle for a scarce “McQ” coffee mug with John Wayne’s imprinted signature on the reverse side (winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday August 31). Several copies of the 2007 DVD (with a special 8 minute featurette) will be available for sale.
The 7th Street Theatre will be showing the film on Saturday, May 4th at 7:30pm and again on Sunday, May 5th at 2pm. Admission is $6.00. Don’t miss your chance to see this film on the big screen!
The 1974 John Wayne movie “McQ” will be shown on May 4th & 5th at the magnificent 7th Street Theatre in Hoquiam, co-hosted by the Museum of the North Beach.
“McQ” was released fifty years ago on January 1, 1974. This action-packed crime drama was filmed on location in Seattle, Aberdeen, Pacific Beach, Pt. Grenville and Moclips.
A car chase involving three vehicles begins on the beach at Analyde Gap between Pacific Beach and Moclips. A car rollover stunt using the “McQ Cannon” was the first time in cinema history an explosive device was used to flip a car over. A 1973 Chevrolet Impala rolled over five times and landed perfectly on its wheels.
This special showing is a fundraiser. There will be a raffle for a scarce “McQ” coffee mug with John Wayne’s imprinted signature on the reverse side (winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday August 31). Several copies of the 2007 DVD (with a special 8 minute featurette) will be available for sale.
The 7th Street Theatre will be showing the film on Saturday, May 4th at 7:30pm and again on Sunday, May 5th at 2pm. Admission is $6.00. Don’t miss your chance to see this film on the big screen!
Aberdeen High School invites you to the musical performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Evening performances on May 3rd, 10th, & 11th at 7 pm; and matinee performances on May 5th & 12th at 3 pm at the AHS Auditorium.
Tickets: $15 for Adults & $10 for Students.
Matinee performances will include a prince & princess parade for children under 10 who dress up. Tickets are available at Harbor Drugs & Gifts, Harbor Blooms, Aberdeen High School ASB Office, via RevTrak and at the door. https://www.facebook.com/people/Aberdeen-High-Schools-Musical/61556106707437/
Aberdeen High School invites you to the musical performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Evening performances on May 3rd, 10th, & 11th at 7 pm; and matinee performances on May 5th & 12th at 3 pm at the AHS Auditorium.
Tickets: $15 for Adults & $10 for Students.
Matinee performances will include a prince & princess parade for children under 10 who dress up. Tickets are available at Harbor Drugs & Gifts, Harbor Blooms, Aberdeen High School ASB Office, via RevTrak and at the door. https://www.facebook.com/people/Aberdeen-High-Schools-Musical/61556106707437/
Aberdeen High School invites you to the musical performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Evening performances on May 3rd, 10th, & 11th at 7 pm; and matinee performances on May 5th & 12th at 3 pm at the AHS Auditorium.
Tickets: $15 for Adults & $10 for Students.
Matinee performances will include a prince & princess parade for children under 10 who dress up. Tickets are available at Harbor Drugs & Gifts, Harbor Blooms, Aberdeen High School ASB Office, via RevTrak and at the door. https://www.facebook.com/people/Aberdeen-High-Schools-Musical/61556106707437/
Aberdeen High School invites you to the musical performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Evening performances on May 3rd, 10th, & 11th at 7 pm; and matinee performances on May 5th & 12th at 3 pm at the AHS Auditorium.
Tickets: $15 for Adults & $10 for Students.
Matinee performances will include a prince & princess parade for children under 10 who dress up. Tickets are available at Harbor Drugs & Gifts, Harbor Blooms, Aberdeen High School ASB Office, via RevTrak and at the door. https://www.facebook.com/people/Aberdeen-High-Schools-Musical/61556106707437/
Local musicians playing throughout downtown
Preview of Kurt Cobain Tribute Gallery
Gibson Les Paul Guitar drawing for participating musicians
Group “Come As You Are” song by Nirvana
Artist Stage, Bridge Stage, Local Venues, and much more (something for everyone)
Special Appearance from Portlandia “Angel Bouchet” as her blues band
Roger Fisher’s (Heart) The Human Tribe on The Music Project’s Main Stage
The Boni Fide Band featuring Krist Novoselic on The Music Project’s Main Stage
Come celebrate summer at the beach with one of the largest events in Ocean Shores – Five Star Dealerships’ Sand and Sawdust Festival on Friday, June 28th through Sunday, June 30th. This free annual festival located at the Ocean Shores Convention Center celebrates our State’s timberlands and our beaches with a Chainsaw Art Show and Auction and Sandcastle and Sand Sculpture Contest.
Come celebrate summer at the beach with one of the largest events in Ocean Shores – Five Star Dealerships’ Sand and Sawdust Festival on Friday, June 28th through Sunday, June 30th. This free annual festival located at the Ocean Shores Convention Center celebrates our State’s timberlands and our beaches with a Chainsaw Art Show and Auction and Sandcastle and Sand Sculpture Contest.
The McCleary Museum is hosting an open house for the community to see the updates that have been made to the historic building that they moved to in 2021, as well as see new and updated displays. Refreshments offered.
Join the McCleary Museum and Event Center for a Mocktail Social from 3:00-3:30 followed by “Neil Diamond Nights” a tribute performance from Music Memories with Terry Bartelme from 3:30-4:30
Come celebrate summer at the beach with one of the largest events in Ocean Shores – Five Star Dealerships’ Sand and Sawdust Festival on Friday, June 28th through Sunday, June 30th. This free annual festival located at the Ocean Shores Convention Center celebrates our State’s timberlands and our beaches with a Chainsaw Art Show and Auction and Sandcastle and Sand Sculpture Contest.
First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen will hold four concerts this summer as part of our summer lawn concert series. The performances will be held Wednesday, July 10, July 24, August 14, and August 28 at 6:30 PM.
Performers for the series will include:
Jul 10 – Approaching Standards, Local Jazz Group
Jul 24 – The Other Thing, Bellingham-based Jazz Group
Aug 14 – Angel Phoenix, Local Vocalist
Aug 28 – The Coast Trio, Featuring John & Leslie O’Brien and Debbie Akerlund
Concerts are free; attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. If inclement weather, the concerts will be moved inside of the church.
First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen is located at 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For more info, go to our web site at www.aberdeenpres.org.
CALLING ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS
COSI ART FESTIVAL
JULY 13th COSMOPOLIS First and E Streets. 11 AM TO 4 PM.
SEEKING Students and Adults who are pros, hobbyists or dabblers!
All mediums and crafts: Painting, drawing, digital, jewelry, wood crafts, floral, fabric items, book authors, knitting & crochet, metalwork, photography et.al.
MUSICIANS. Student groups encouraged – play as long as you want. Schedule now.
SEND your details: include your EMAIL. & particular art or craft.
Booth fees from $10 to $30. Food Vendor spaces available. We will EMAIL follow-up details.
APPLICATION: Cosi Art Center. cosiartcenter@gmail.com
First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen will hold four concerts this summer as part of our summer lawn concert series. The performances will be held Wednesday, July 10, July 24, August 14, and August 28 at 6:30 PM.
Performers for the series will include:
Jul 10 – Approaching Standards, Local Jazz Group
Jul 24 – The Other Thing, Bellingham-based Jazz Group
Aug 14 – Angel Phoenix, Local Vocalist
Aug 28 – The Coast Trio, Featuring John & Leslie O’Brien and Debbie Akerlund
Concerts are free; attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. If inclement weather, the concerts will be moved inside of the church.
First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen is located at 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For more info, go to our web site at www.aberdeenpres.org.
