All events are free, and open to the public.
Time Thursday, April 11 - Monday, April 22
Seven
Days per Week "It's Our Backyard", a photography exhibit
by naturalists Neal Maine and Michael Wing, sponsored by PacificLight Nature Images
at the Cannon Beach Library, 131 N Hemlock
Time Thursday, April 11
10:00 am - 11:00 am Welcome Back Tufted
Puffins Event with two classes from Cannon Beach Elementary School.
Local school children will gather on
the beach with a special banner and activities to welcome the returning tufted puffins
to their breeding sites on Haystack Rock.
All are welcome!
Time Friday, April 12
8:00 am - 11:00 am Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Oceanographer Dave Cacchione to present "Ocean Currents and Erosion" at Pizza a'Fetta, 231 N Hemlock
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit
and reception sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
Time Saturday, April 13
7:00 am - 11:45 am Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
7:00
am - 7:00 pm North Oregon Coast Birdathon, a
fundraiser for the Wildlife Center of the North Coast. Visit www.NorthOregonCoastBirdathon.org
for details on how you may participate
11:00 am - 6:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
Time Sunday, April 14
8:30 am - 12:30 pm Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
9:00 am - 10:00 am Birdathon Celebration at Sea Ranch Sundance Event Center, 415 Fir Street
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Bird Journal Class at Sea Ranch Sundance Event Center, 415 Fir Street
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wildlife Center of the North
Coast tour. Call Barbara Linnett at 503-436-0249 for details on signing
up to see this shore bird
rescue facility.
Time Monday, April 15
8:30 am - 12:30 pm Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Rebecca Lerner to present on
foraging on the coast, Cannon Beach History Center and Museum, 1387 S Spruce
Time Tuesday, April 16
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm "Soil & Water", a talk by Wendi Agalzoff of Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District. Cannon Beach Community
Hall,
2nd and Spruce. Sponsored by Ecola Creek Awareness Project
Time Wednesday, April 17
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
7:00 - 8:00 pm Kirsten Massebeau to present
"The Anthropogenic Challenges Whales and Dolphins Face in a Modern
Ocean", Cannon
Beach Community Hall, 2nd and Spruce
Time Thursday, April 18
11:15 am - 3:15 pm Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
Time Friday, April 19
10:00 am to 2:00 pm Cannon Beach Shreds! at the public
parking lot in Midtown Cannon Beach, Hemlock and Gower Streets. There is a $3.00 fee per
legal sized box for businesses, individuals are asked for donations, and non-profits and Twelve Days of Earth Day sponsors may
shred for free.
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
12:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Marine Debris Cleanup sponsored by
Sea Turtles Forever, with the help of Pacific Northwest College of Art
students. This clean-up
features the use
of a revolutionary static charged beach filtration system that can
remove micro plastic debris down to the size of
a white blood
cell from the sand! Meet at Cannon Beach Community Hall, 2nd and Spruce. Anyone may join in, and equipment
will be provided.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Potluck and Gaylord
Nelson Award Presentation, with a special showing of the video
"Sandcastle" by Pacific
Northwest College
of Art students, Cannon Beach Community Hall, 2nd and Spruce
Time Saturday, April 20
11:00 am - 2:00 pm Pet and People Walking Parade beginning at 3rd and Antler, ending at 1st and Hemlock, followed by Street Fair and Face Painting
at US Bank on 1st
and Hemlock. Anyone may join the parade! Just meet at the staging area in the parking lot on 3rd and Antler at
10:45 am. Featured at the Street Fair will be exhibits by the North Coast Wildlife Center, Western Oregon Waste, the Emergency
Preparedness Committee of the City of Cannon Beach, the Friends of the Cannon Beach Trail, Sea Turtles Forever, and many
more.
11:00 am - 6:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm "Meet Your Farmer", sponsored by the
North Coast Food Web, www.northcoastfoodweb.org. Cannon Beach Community Hall, 2nd
and Spruce
2:15 pm - 5:15 pm Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm "The Verde Show": Artists talk
about their work and its relationship to the environment. Cannon Beach
Arts Association Gallery, 1064
S Hemlock, www.cannonbeacharts.org
Time Sunday, April 21
9:00 am - 11:00 am 108 Sun Salutations led by Yoga instructor Christen Allsop at Community Hall. Donations will be accepted to support the
Ecola Creek Awareness Project
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Natural Elements" art exhibit sponsored by the Tolovana Arts Colony, 247 N Hemlock
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Walk to the Old Growth Cedars in
the Cannon Beach Forest Reserve. Meet at the east end of Elk Creek
Road, past the RV Park.
The hike is easy, with gentle inclines. Hiking shoes or boots are recommended
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
Time Earth Day, Monday, April 22
Tree Planting by Cannon Beach Elementary School students on the Cannon Beach Trail. The public are invited to observe, but the
planting is for the education and involvement of our local school children
3:15 pm - 6:15 pm Haystack Rock Awareness Program volunteers on the beach
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Neal Maine and the Twelve Days of Earth Day Committee present the film "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time"
at the Coaster Theatre, 1st and Hemlock
