The staff and volunteers at the Lincoln City Cultural Center have been showing plenty of stamina this year as they jump the hurdles before them to continue providing art and entertainment in the midst of a pandemic.

It’s going to be hard to keep your hands off the real, live-and-in-person art at the Newport Visual Arts Center, including new displays by accomplished artists Gregg Pfarr of Corvallis and Friderike Heuer of Portland, when the VAC reopens to the public on Saturday, Oct. 24.

A new online show from the North Lincoln County Historical Museum showcases images of some of the area’s iconic historical structures, all submitted in response to a recent call for entries.

With crashing waves, miles of sandy beach and rugged headlands to match any in the world, the Oregon Coast is the last place you want to spend time staring at your phone.

Breweries from all over the Central Oregon Coast are collaborating to produce a special beer to support relief efforts for those affected by the Echo Mountain Fire.

It’s pretty hard to go wrong when building a scarecrow. As a matter of fact, the more tattered and torn the better, and a misshapen body or face simply adds that extra touch of creepy. A deep and abiding hatred of crows can’t hurt either.

It was hard not to feel bad for the Olympians who trained for years, spending down savings and taxing the patience of their families for their chance to medal, only to have the Olympics postponed. For some athletes, their one chance to compete at this level slipped away.

Are you the type that gets excited when leaves turn from green to yellow, and the summer warmth gives way to chilly mornings and rainy afternoons, because you know that these are the conditions needed for the Pacific Northwest’s best edible mushroom species to appear?

The gavel is about the come down on the 21 experiences, art pieces and culinary treats up for grabs in the online Culture, Of Course! auction, a benefit to support the operations of the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

The Taft area of Lincoln City, which once housed wrecks of sunken ships in the abutting bay, is ripe for spine-tingling stories.

Get both your art and health needs met when the Chessman Gallery, located inside the Lincoln City Cultural Center, presents a new show by arts collective High Fiber Diet.

After months of improvising to offer virtual recreation options, the Lincoln City Community Center is welcoming the community back, IRL.

Celebrations for Latino Heritage Month will wrap up in Newport this Sunday, Oct. 11, with "Noche de Cuentos;" which translates as “A night of stories.”

One floor above the ZuhG Life Surf Shop in Lincoln City is the studio space where artist Megan Brieño gets creative.

Do your kids roll their eyes whenever you regale them with tales of what life was like before the smartphone?

When is the right time to start a business? For resilient business owners, Taj and Corrie Richardson of Output Records, Beth Towers of Towers Training and Dustin Russell of Dodd’s Coffee — the right time was during a global pandemic. And, spoiler alert: they are executing the challenge beautifully.

Whether you prefer a perfect pumpkin or are the type that brings home that slightly misshapen one that you didn’t want to be sad because it didn’t get picked, you have options galore for Halloween gourds this year at the Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center supports local culture not just by providing places for people to view art, but also places to create it.

That used to be just the name of a catchy popular song and innumerable spirited horses. That changed Wednesday morning, September 9, 2020. The Echo Mountain Fire, centered in the nearby settlement of Otis, hideously feeding on homes the way blood-thirsty Moloch devoured sacrificial babies, encroached on Lincoln City, turning the sky into poison tomato paste, and choking us with smoke and ash.

After about three miles walking south from Lincoln City along the side of Highway 101 you pass Highway 229 right before the Siletz River Bridge. On the east side is Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge.