Turning marine trash into artistic treasures, Rebecca Hooper's distinctive creations will be the focus of two Newport events this week.

With the TV show “Survivor” being in what feels like its 750th season, it’s pretty obvious that the more ease we ease into our lives, there is still something in our genes that screams for the kind of problem solving our ancestors had to face.

Learn about more than just birds this week when the Seven Capes Birds Alliance splits the focus between the trees and the seas.

Science and comedy will collide this Sunday, June 14, when whip- and joke-cracking performer Leapin' Louie brings his one-man science circus to the Newport Performing Arts Center.

A boat ride through the Salmon River estuary offers a chance to explore one of the Oregon Coast's most ecologically significant landscapes this Saturday, June 13.

Boat captain and author Mary Jacobs will take you on her amazing journey from cannery worker to the captain's chair of a commercial fishing vessel at Newport Public Library this Wednesday, June 17.

Just because we don’t see stories about bee colony collapse as much as we did a decade ago, doesn’t mean we are out of the woods.

Bust out the boots and saddles — or at least a hankerin’ for a good time — and mosey into downtown Yachats for the eighth Yachats Pride festival beginning this Friday, June 5.

Find treasures at 25 sale sites in and around Waldport this Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7.

As summer beckons, the town of Toledo is showing its colors at First Weekend, with galleries and studios throwing open their doors on Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7.

Newport has become a hotspot for quality burlesque shows in the past decade, with both local and visiting troupes bringing bold and colorful entertainment to the Central Coast.

Hidden wetlands, osprey sightings and plenty of “bird nerd” conversation await this summer when Seven Capes Bird Alliance launches its new Birding by D River walks in Lincoln City.

The dead will return for one last dance as Frida Kahlo’s world bursts across the big screen when the Newport Performing Arts Center hosts the Metropolitan Opera’s “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” this Saturday, June 6.

Proposal Rock, the Ghost Forest and generations of beachgoers, farmers and fishing families come to life this Friday, June 5, when the Neskowin Historical Foundation presents its new book “Neskowin: A Book of Found Photos 1880-1980” at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum.

Oregon has come a long way since 1970, when a whale carcass in Florence was blown up with disastrous results. The fate of a whale that recently washed up in Yachats was much more meaningful.

Dreamlike figures, meditative landscapes and fire-shaped ceramics fill Manzanita’s Hoffman Gallery when it unveils the June exhibition featuring Dennis Worrel, Mark Andres and Richard Rowland.

Linguini will be thrown, sinuses will be thunderously cleared and a friendship will be strained to its breaking point in Nehalem this Friday, June 5 — all in a celebration of theater.

The newest exhibit at Newport’s Oregon Coast Aquarium will take visitors deep into one of the Earth’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems through sight, sound, smell and touch.

Body slams, high-flying moves and larger-than-life personalities take over Chinook Winds Casino Resort this Saturday, May 30, when Midget Wrestling Warriors brings its Destiny Awakened tour to Lincoln City.

The small but mighty INHOUSE Jazz series heads to Siletz this Sunday, May 31. Bassist Tim Gilson and pianist Jof Lee will perform the intimate afternoon house concert hosted by vocalist Annie Averre.