Over the past 50 years, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology has given creative people the time and space to focus on their work in the unique environment of Cascade Head and the Salmon River estuary.

Even if you’ve managed to make it this far without using Zoom, you might not be out of the woods yet.

There are many places to immerse yourself in nature along the rugged Tillamook Coast, but the unspoiled beauty of Netarts, a small community nestled along a bay that produces a great deal of the area’s renowned seafood, provides an especially serene escape during the shoulder seasons of early spring and late fall.

Enjoy an intimate evening with a far-ranging photographer, when the Yaquina Art Association Photographers presents “Shooting Nature and Landscapes,” with Noppadol Paothong, via Zoom, at 7 pm on Monday, March 1.

The Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook is helping celebrate 100 years of American women winning the right to vote with a special display, “The Suffrage Quilts,” presented by the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild.

Tillamook Bay is the second-largest bay on the Oregon Coast, enclosing almost 600-square-miles of a watershed that include five contributing rivers.

It's a dream so many have but so few realize. Having the time to produce something creative, in a place that fosters said creativity.

“Phantom Galleries” are set to appear along Toledo’s Main Street and Arts Revitalization of Toledo, or Toledo ART, is accepting applications from local and regional artists interested in displaying their works.

The wet weather that makes Western Oregon so green also adds to the character of our beaches, as downed trees make their way into rivers, are deposited into the ocean and then are dumped unceremoniously onto the beaches by large winter surf.

Join the MidCoast Watersheds Council for a virtual community meeting on Thursday, March 4, to learn about the history and possible future of sea otters in Oregon.

Every February since 1976, Black History Month has been a time to reflect on the contributions of African Americans and recognize their central role in US history.

It’s an event that celebrates Oregon Coast Community College’s many gifts to Lincoln County. It’s the biggest fundraiser OCCC’s Foundation hosts, raising money for student scholarships and grants for program development, technology and equipment for both students and their instructors.  And, it’s a time when donors and community members are introduced to the works of the college.

“I was going to be an artist,” said Rob Pounding, winner of the prestigious AAA 4 Diamond Award, the Mobil 4 Star Award, the DiRona Award and many more cooking-related accolades.

The Sustainable Living Center of Oregon wants to create more crabbers by furnishing a free Crab Trapper set for kids aged eight to 16 on Sunday, Feb 28.

How do you get a book published? Sue Fagalde Lick will offer the nuts-and-bolts answers in “Book Publishing 101” at 6:30 pm on Monday, Feb. 22 at the joint meeting of Willamette Writers’ Coast and Corvallis chapters. The meeting will be presented via Zoom. 

Every winter, trees come down on power lines and across roads and waterways, wreaking havoc and jamming up people’s lives. And last September, coastal wildfires added a large number of “hazard trees” that must be removed before property owners can begin to move forward with rebuilding.

Whether it’s diamonds, dinner or just a coupon for a free hug, getting something special on Valentine's Day can really help improve the spirits.

There have been changes in the legislature, but the issue of single-use plastic pollution is still holding steady and is, unfortunately, very visible on Oregon beaches.

While Antique & Collectibles Week has been a significant part of our Oregon coastal culture for many years, the pandemic has made us more conscious than ever before of the value of maintaining in the present our often-tenuous connections to the past.

Appreciation of nature is the theme welding together the metal works of Chayo Wilson and paintings by Frankie White and Paul Polson, the three featured artists in the February show at Manzanita’s Hoffman Gallery.