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Four Season’s Yachats Music festival July 11 – 13 2014

10 Thursday Jul 2014

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The Yachats Music festival will be held at the Yachats Community Presbyterian church and will be hosting a number of world renowned musicians. Playing classical and world music the festival features piano, vocals, and string instruments.

The four concerts will be as follows:

  1. “Paul Robeson, Renaissance Man” – by Autris Paige, Baritone
  2. “Differences? What Differences? … A Violin and Viola Comparison.”- by Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violinist and Ayn Balija, Violist
  3. “Town and Country: Traditional Chinese music of the Guqin and the Guzheng” – David Wong, Guqin and Guzheng player
  4. “Haynes Flutes: The Genesis of Great American Flute-making” by Marco Granados, Flutist

 
Check out the website to buy tickets and see the individual participating artists and more detailed schedule of the festival.
http://fsarts.org/yachats-music-festival/

Location 360 W 7th St. Yachats, Oregon

Yachats Village Mushroom Festival

18 Friday Oct 2013

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If you are looking for a fun activity on the Central Coast then check out the Yachats Village mushrrom festival from October 18 – 20. There is a host of events surrounding this festival and many different activities and seminars planned. There will be lots of tasty wild mushroom dishes available to sample and experts in town to teach you all about the local fungi that thrive in this lush part of the Oregon coast range rain forest. If you have always been interested in hunting for mushrooms, but scared due to the variations of fungi that can cause sickness or worse that grow in the same areas as the special yummy varieties than this is your time to get educated by the professionals that know what you need to look for to stay safe with mushroom picking and eating.

Oregon Mushroom Festival

The following is additional details for where to go and what to do during the 2013 Yachats Mushroom Fest.

Free Events
MUSHROOM WALKS IN CAPE PERPETUA SCENIC AREA
12 guided walks on Saturday
10 guided walks on Sunday
MUSHROOM WALKS ON A VILLAGE FOREST TRAIL
3 guided walks on Saturday
2 guided walks on Sunday
MUSHROOM EXHIBITS, Rm 8, Yachats Commons, provided by the Lincoln County Mycological Society, Cascade Mycological Society & the North American Truffling Society
MUSHROOM SLIDESHOW (Sat/Sun ongoing) Over 300 named fungi images by Dr. Matt Trappe – Cape Perpetua Visitor Center Theater (if open)

Note: There is a $5 parking fee at Cape Perpetua unless you have a
FS or Oregon Coast Passport (or) buy a wristband and take the shuttle.

Get Educated about Mushrooms
Saturday 10:30 a.m. What Are Mushrooms? Dr. Steven Carpenter —
A general presentation on what fungi are, what they do, and what mushrooms themselves are all about.

Saturday 12:30 p.m. Lichens: Fungi in Disguise Dr. Matt Trappe, OSU College of Forestry with NW Advanced Renewables Alliance — It’s amazing how surrounded we are by lichens; they are so common we hardly notice them. This presentation, including photos, covers lichen basics and introduces the most common species that folks probably see every day.

Saturday 2:30 p.m. “Mayan-mycology in Guatemala & what is IWEMM7? David Pilz, PilzWald (Forestry Applications of Mycology) — In July, David had the opportunity to attend an interesting workshop on fungi in Guatemala and tour the country afterwards with fellow mycologists. He will recount stories of the adventure with colorful images for illustration. Join him for tales and discussion of the ancient mushroom traditions of the indigenous Maya.

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Sunday 9:00 a.m. Truffle Diversity and Ecology in the Pacific Northwest Dr. Dan Luoma, Dept. of Forest Ecosystems & Society, OSU
With over 350 species of truffle fungi present in the Pacific Northwest, this talk can only “scratch the surface” of the diversity present in our region. The talk will cover the basics, starting with “What is a truffle?” and continue on with the biology and ecology of these fascinating organisms. Culinary uses and cultivation potential will also be touched on.

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mushroom Cloning
Ryan Woolverton, Owner of Soul 2 Grow LLC, — Learn how to clone a mushroom from the wild and elsewhere. This lecture, followed by a limited capacity workshop, will cover the asexual mushroom life cycle, mushroom species appropriate for cloning, “open air” tissue culture techniques, and how to keep your clone alive for future use. This is more than just a cool exercise; it is the most important step towards becoming a self-sustaining mushroom cultivator. (Click on “workshop” for additional information. Workshop limited to 12 people.)

Sunday 12:00 Noon Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, habitat, selected special plants and fungi.
Anna Moore, Cascade Mycological Society

Cooking Demos
Saturday: offered at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
Ona Restaurant, N Dining Room, 131 Hwy 101 [#27]. Free.

How to Prepare
Wild Mushroom Risotto, Goat Cheese Souffle, and Sauce Chasseur
Presented by Michelle Korgan and Anthony Velarde, Ona Restaurant Chefs

There is much more available so check out the website below in order to read all of the events and activities going on in Yachats this weekend.

The local city webpage for the festival can be located here: http://www.yachats.org/MFest2013.html#Feast

Cape Perpetua Scenic Area South of Yachats

30 Monday Jul 2012

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The Siuslaw National Forest on the central Oregon coast holds many treasures. Just two miles south of Yachats, Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is one of the finest.

At Cape Perpetua the shore is rugged and the ocean wild. As the ocean crashes on rocky shore it produces awe inducing sights. The Devil’s Churn and spouting horns here will amaze you. As the waves reach the end of the Devil’s Churn, they can spray water several hundred feet into the air. When the ocean is forced up through holes in the rocks they become spouting horns, shooting water high into the air. Remember to be extremely cautious here as it can be very dangerous.

Native Americans gathered clams, mussels, crabs, and sea urchins for about 6,000 years. Huge piles of discarded shells are scattered along the shore near the Visitors Center. They remind us that others were here before we came.

The area away from the ocean includes a Visitors Center can provide you with maps that will guide you along the eleven different trails and a total length of 27 miles. The wheelchair accessible Captain Cook Trail will lead you from the Visitor Center to edge of the shoreline. You can hike as long as you like through the forest of giant Sitka Spruce and ferns. Sturdy shoes and a walking stick are recommended for hiking here.

On Saturdays July 28, Aug. 4, Aug. 25, and Sept. 1st, U.S. Forest Service field rangers will be available to take you on an EcoTrek. These hikes range in difficulty from easy to moderately difficult and last about two hours. The field rangers provide an in-depth experience on topics such as cultural history and coastal rain forest ecology.

At low tide, you can explore the tide pools. Existence in these pools is difficult with waves crashing endlessly over the creatures that live here, but anemones, crabs and stars thrive. Kelp, seaweed, algae, sea lettuce and moss, and a variety of other plants grow in abundance.

Camping is available at Washburne State Park Campground. You can rent a yurt; bring your own tent, trailer, or RV. You can listen to the ocean as you fall asleep. If you are lucky an elk may wander through while you are there.

Near the top of the cape is a curious looking stone building. It looks like something that might have been built in prehistoric times. In reality however, it was built during the Great Depression by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The shelter was used during World War II as an observation station looking for enemy boats or aircraft. Radar and a large coastal defense gun were briefly set up near the shelter. The Civilian Conservation Corps They also built some of the trails found in the park as well as Washburne State Park Campground.

Cape Perpetua Scenic Area includes an enormous number of things to see and do. This tiny dot in the Siuslaw National Forest will make a huge impact on you.
Article written by Mary Boyer


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For more information check out these resources.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2012/07/cape_perpetua_scenic_area_offe.html
http://www.fs.usda.gov/
http://www.beachconnection.net/news/stoneshelt072012_518.php