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Get hooked on poetry

The FisherPoets Gathering, a rollicking, three-day celebration of poetry, song and commercial fishing that draws around 2,300 people to Astoria each winter, is coming to Newport, Lincoln City and four other Oregon Coast towns this month.

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Souper bowl

What’s the opposite of the iconic Seinfeld line: “No soup for you”? An annual event in Tillamook might just have the answer.

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Brews interested in conservation?

Five decades of conservation, research and community stewardship will be celebrated with film, poetry and a specially brewed beer when the Cascade Head Biosphere Region celebrates its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

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Slide into your seat and listen

A haunted carousel spins. An ancient curse stirs. Somewhere in the band, a rubber chicken is about to make its entrance.

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Will you turn up?

The forests of the Oregon Coast have long provided inspiration and raw material for woodworkers. A new exhibit at the Newport Visual Arts Center will show what happens when that connection meets the lathe.

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The Eyes have it, in Newport

Those peaceful, easy harmonies that helped make the Eagles one of rock’s most enduring bands will fill the Newport Performing Arts Center when tribute band Eagle Eyes takes the stage this Friday, Oct. 23.

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We’ve been waiting for-ages

Mushroom lovers, foragers, families and fungi enthusiasts are invited to Yachats for one of the community’s most anticipated weekends of the year.

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Go jig or go home

Fiddles, harps, pipes, accordions and centuries of musical tradition will fill the Lincoln City Cultural Center this fall, winter and spring as the center embarks on an eight-concert journey through the music of Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Québec and beyond.

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A story on a human scale

If indeed there is an underbelly to humanity, a Tennessee Williams' play has a knack for turning to and tickling it.

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Boosters are ready to rock it

Break out the team jerseys, or just some orange and black, and get ready to show some Tiger pride when the Taft Tiger Booster Club hosts its Annual Fall Auction in Lincoln City on Saturday, Oct. 24.

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Artists with focus

Photography is in focus at the Blue Water Fine Art Gallery in Rockaway Beach with “Through Many Lenses,” a group exhibition featuring work by members of the Portland Photographers Forum.

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Expect animated talk from zombie author

Zombies and the mother-daughter relationship might not seem like natural literary companions, but author Lynda Melban White has found room for both in her latest novel.

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On your barks

A walk on the beach with your dog is already a pretty good way to spend an October morning on the Oregon Coast.

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Pacific City goes BIG

Bigfoot is taking a break from being elusive in the forest to visit the good people of Pacific City this weekend — and he’s bringing s’mores.

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Frankly amazing

Mary Shelley’s most famous creation will come to life again at the Newport Performing Arts Center when National Theatre Live’s acclaimed production of “Frankenstein” returns to the big screen on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

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Logsden brings in the harvest

From plants and preserves to chicks, goats and blown glass, you never quite know what might be up for grabs at the Logsden Harvest Auction.

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This play has Scot to be good

Shakespeare’s bloody tale of ambition, betrayal and supernatural prophecy gets the grand-opera treatment when the Metropolitan Opera’s “Macbeth” streams live to the Newport Performing Arts Center this Sunday, Oct. 11.

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Newport presents a fan favorite

Romance, deception and Mozart’s sublime music come together when the Metropolitan Opera’s “Così fan tutte” arrives on the big screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Oct. 10.

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M-ural invited to Newport art tour

Newport’s collection of outdoor public art has been quietly growing, and a citywide scavenger hunt and community party will give people a chance to discover what’s new this Saturday, Oct. 10.

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