In Astoria, Oregon, Clatsop Community College is the scene of greatest access to practice of the arts. Instructors Richard Rowland, ceramics, and Kristin Shauck, painting, keep the studios jumping.

Dr. M. L. King jr. Month Good Time to Read

January and a holiday thanks to observance of Dr. King's b.day is a great time to bring a stack of books home from the library and catch up on art history or whatever. The cold, damp days are perfect for a long read under a hand-made afgan throw. When the wind blows and the windows rattle, put on the tea kettle, hunker down and if not watching figureskating, flip a few pages. Makes us literately mobile.