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Waving goodbye

Members of the Oregon surfing community will once again gather to celebrate and honor lost friends and loved ones at the Oregon Paddle Out weekend, taking place in Newport this Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11.

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Summer sizzle in Lincoln City

Chinook Winds Casino Resort will once again serve up a winning combination of bacon, craft beverages and community spirit when the 11th annual Beach, Bacon and Brewfest returns this Saturday, July 11.

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Don’t ‘Wait Wait,’ get your tickets now

I could hardly wait to interview Alonzo Bodden, one of the long-time hosts of NPR quiz show “Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!” who will headline Chinook Winds Casino Resort’s Comedy on the Coast this Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11.

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A real cottage industry

The Bent Shoebox, Green Dragon and Breakers End might sound like places out of a fantasy novel, but they are the very real names of homes in the quaint village of Neskowin — and might just be featured in an event two years in the making.

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Artists put in a shift for ‘Transformations’

The Lincoln City Cultural Center opens its annual Members Show, "Transformations," this Friday, July 10, with an exhibition celebrating the many ways artists turn ideas, materials and inspiration into finished works of art.

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Make some field notes at Osprey Days

Spirits will soar when Lincoln City Osprey Days returns this Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11, with bird walks, family activities, live raptors and a special concert.

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It’s time you saw this in person

More than a century of tradition returns to Toledo this weekend when the Toledo Summer Festival & Logging Show takes over Memorial Field from Friday, July 10, through Sunday, July 12.

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Fire up the grille

Whether you call it a sestercentennial or the more formal semiquincentennial, one thing’s for sure — Gleneden Beach is the place to be this Saturday, July 4, as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary.

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Clover’s Day is udderly delightful

The Cloverdale community will come together to celebrate small-town spirit, local traditions and Independence Day festivities when Clover's Day returns this Friday, July 3.

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It’s bat-on in Newport

The Newport Middle School gymnasium will fill with patriotic music this Saturday, July 4, when the Newport Symphony Orchestra presents its annual free Independence Day community concert.

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Let freedom sing

The Taft District will be the center of Lincoln City's Independence Day celebration this Saturday, July 4, when Explore Lincoln City presents Stars, Stripes and Wildlife.

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Once more, with healing

Stepping into the new InnerCompass Center in Lincoln City’s Taft neighborhood, visitors are welcomed by shelves of gleaming crystal bowls and soft, snow-white rugs that lend the space a serene, light-filled ambiance.

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This decision is vinyl

When one of the new owners of Output Records was a younger sister growing up in the Chicago suburbs, she would go into her cool older sibling’s bedroom, when she was allowed, and dance around to the newest release by the band Journey, holding onto the prized record’s cardboard sleeve.

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Pluck up the courage to teach

It’s that time of year again: Oregon Coast Community College is calling for Community Ed class proposals for the upcoming fall term. The twist? This year they're asking for proposals

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Love and landscapes

A shared home overlooking the Oregon Coast inspired decades of art, literature and community involvement by two women whose creative legacies are the focus of a new exhibition opening this month at the North Lincoln County Historical Museum.

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Time for art at Hoffman Center

Manzanita’s Hoffman Gallery will open a new exhibition featuring painter Heidi Keith and ceramic sculptor Hans Miles on Thursday, July 2.

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Water performance this will be...

An out-of-this-world group will fill the Lincoln City Cultural Center with "Cosmic Americana” when singer-songwriter Cassandra Lewis arrives with her all-female backing band on Wednesday, July 8.

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Colúr us glad for this gig

Immerse yourself into Irish music and dance when Colúr visits the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Monday, July 6, as part of the group's West Coast tour.

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This concert is totally lit

The Newport Performing Arts Center will glow once again with the light of hundreds of candles when “Candlelight Sessions II: The Radical 80s” takes the stage on Thursday, July 9.

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Duel be glad you went

For one weekend each summer, Toledo's Waterfront Park becomes a place where knights roam the grounds, musicians fill the air with ancient melodies, merchants display handcrafted treasures and visitors are invited to leave the modern world behind.

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