On her way to becoming a playwright, Maurine Dallas Watkins did a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. In 1924, while covering the courthouse beat, she reported the stories of Belva Gaertner and Beulah May Annan, two women separately accused of murdering their lovers.

Tillamook’s main library branch is leaving its teen years behind as the building celebrates its 20th anniversary — and everyone is invited to the birthday bash.

“Céad míle fáilte” means “a hundred thousand welcomes,” and the Yachats Celtic Music Festival will put that greeting into practice with free pub-style music, concerts in two churches and a piper playing at sunset.

A family string quartet that plays everything from Mozart to Queen and a violinist’s account of life on the international stage will mark 31 years of Neskowin Chamber Music this weekend.

Coastal artists will bring their work to the Newport Recreation Center and teach guests how to make some of their own when the Fall Oregon Coast Art Show returns this Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15.

A fiddle from Scotland’s Orkney Islands and a mandolin from Indiana will share the stage when Hildaland performs at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Thursday, Nov. 19.

What do we lose when words fall out of use? Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston will take up that question in a poetry workshop and a public talk at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Bowls, boxes and vases are familiar forms for woodturner Thomas Hasting, but he also likes to see what happens when he tries something less traditional. The South Beach woodworker will share his approach at the Newport Visual Arts Center on Thursday, Nov. 19.

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians will celebrate a milestone in their history at the 49th annual Restoration Pow-Wow at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City on Saturday, Nov. 14.

When feathers were prized for fashion and birds were killed for food and trade, early conservationists fought to protect them. Author James H. McCommons will tell their story in a presentation at Newport’s Hatfield Marine Science Center this Friday, Nov. 13.

Did Francis Drake put ashore at Whale Cove, just south of Depoe Bay, during his voyage around the world? Bob Ward will make the case for an Oregon landing in “Whale Cove: Birthplace of the British Empire!” at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center on Thursday, Nov. 19.

One musician and his acoustic guitar will fill the David Ogden Stiers Theatre when Pierre Bensusan performs an intimate concert at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Indigenous art, storytelling and traditional ecological knowledge will come together at the Bay City Arts Center for a two-day celebration of Native American Heritage Month this Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7.

Once upon a time Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and a cow named Milky-White visited Tillamook for their happily ever after — and brought a menagerie of fairy tale characters along.

Light moving through glass and memories layered in print will fill two new exhibits opening at the Newport Visual Arts Center this Friday, Nov. 6.

Patriotic hymns, Norwegian dance rhythms and the sweeping flight of swans will shape “Songs for the Homeland” when the Newport Symphony Orchestra performs at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.

Singer-songwriter Perry Gerber will return to his coastal roots for a hometown show and release party celebrating his debut album, “Dead For Awhile” at Lincoln City’s Beach Club Event Center this Saturday, Nov. 7.

The stories of Black pioneers who built lives in Oregon despite laws designed to exclude them will be explored in a traveling exhibit opening at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center on Thursday, Nov. 12.

Foraging and nature-inspired printmaking are among the hands-on experiences coming to Neskowin Valley School as its new Wild Coast Beyond adult and family education program continues on Saturday, Nov. 7.

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