Indulge your shellfish desires
Visitors to the Oregon Coast are used to seeing crabs at the beach or on their dinner plate. But, what about on the race course?
Prints and repeat at gyotaku workshop
Fish prints are a fun way to create coastal art, but the art form of Gyotaku can go far beyond simple prints.
Three’s company at Newport Visual Arts Center
Three new exhibitions are springing up at the Newport Visual Arts Center this month, kicking off with an opening reception on Friday, March 7, from 5 to 7 pm.
You’re sure to click with this exhibit
The Impressions of the Oregon Coast show by the Yaquina Art Association Photographers will fill part of Newport’s picturesque Pacific Maritime Heritage Center starting on Thursday, March 13.
Expect a lively debate
Join the Lincoln City Pride Committee and local movie buff William Goble for a fabulous morning of drag and cinema at Lincoln City’s Bijou Theatre this Saturday, March 8.
Blue means green for the coast
The third annual Lincoln County Economic Summit, presented by the Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County, is set for Thursday, March 13, at the Spyglass Restaurant at the Inn at Otter Crest.
The height of entertainment
There’s a new view at the Tillamook Air Museum: a bird’s eye view.
Perfecting the recipe
The words “under new ownership” can sometimes come as bad news as new owners often make sweeping, and not always positive, changes.
‘Biophilia’ is quilt impressive
Creations of flora and fauna in fiber are the focus of the “Biophilia,” the new show opening this Friday, Feb. 28, at Lincoln City’s Fiber Arts Gallery.
Starship touches down in Lincoln City
With a name that went through a bit of a telephone game, Jefferson Airplane was formed in the 1960s. In the early 1980s, shifting personnel caused a name change to Jefferson Starship then, in 1985, to Starship.
The nest step for birders
Every spring, Ospreys return to nest in Lincoln County, often meeting up with the same mate and using the same nesting site from previous years.
The end is Nye, in Newport
In 2019, Welsh actor Michael Sheen sold both of his houses to fund a charity event to help the homeless in his home country.
Meet the artists, in Manzanita
March into Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts for the monthly gallery show, featuring glass works by Angelita Surmon, prints from Adell Shetterly and collages from Andrew Crossley.
Jewel be sorry if you miss Emerald Curtain event
Celebrate one of the jewels of the Oregon Coast at “Forest Through the Trees,” a night of art, education and action at the Yachats Commons this Friday, Feb. 28.
Have a grape time
The Newport Seafood & Wine Festival, celebrating its 48th year this weekend, attracts foodies and wine aficionados from throughout the Northwest and beyond.
Yacht’s up?
Tickets are now on sail for Yächtley Crëw, a super group of guys riding the wave of popularity of music of the late ’70s and early ’80s known as “Yacht Rock.”
A 20-year glass reunion
Few things scream Oregon Coast like glass floats, and no place that produces them has the all-a-round popularity of the Lincoln City Glass Center, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a fund-raising party this Saturday, Feb. 22.
Quite the cape-r
For her first full marathon, Cloverdale resident Heidi Holzgrafe chose to run the Three Capes Marathon Relay in 2022, solo.
Wood you like to go?
Be sure to carve some time out for the new exhibit at Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery, opening this Friday, Feb. 21.
Alien world
A hermit crab forages for scraps in a salt water pool. The sight of a crow’s beak probing the seaweed for invertebrates sends the startled crab tumbling into a bed of broken mussel shells.
