Buy art without leafing home
Shopping online goes local, with the Yachats Arts Guild’s "New Leaf" show, offering great deals on original artwork and jewelry until Sunday, April 18.
It’s all downhill from here
Something unexpected happened during the height of the COVID-19 quarantine. Unprecedented numbers of people discovered their local trails or, searching for a safe way to get outside, traveled to places that had been on their bucket lists.
This idea is pure gene-ius
Cutting-edge genetic technology will be the topic of the MidCoast Watershed Council’s next virtual Community Meeting, at 6:30 pm on Thursday, April 1.
Knot to be missed
The annual Festival of Illusions will return to the Lincoln City Cultural Center in 2021, bringing back the weatherproof family escapades that make spring break on the Oregon Coast so magical.
This artist’s a natural
With spring around the corner, the Pacific Artist Co-op Gallery in Lincoln City is featuring "Nature Printed Clothing" by Kay Klose.
Read my two-lips — it’s spring
Yachats kicks off spring with an equinox celebration this Saturday.
Horn in on a great event
Kids of all ages are invited to believe in unicorns on Wednesday, March 24, when the Driftwood Public Library hosts a live virtual author talk with Dana Simpson, bestselling creator of “Phoebe and Her Unicorn.”
Do you have the bottle to help out?
Help celebrate the 51st anniversary of Earth Day at the Oregon Spring Cleanup on Saturday, April 17.
Go OUT, while staying in
Cities like San Francisco and Portland are known for their thriving LGBTQ+ culture, but queer doesn’t stop at the city limits. That’s why the OUT Dance Project is launching a virtual tour of stories and dance from rural areas across Oregon, Thursday through Sunday, March 25 through 28.
Toledo touts treasures
Toledo’s Yaquina River Museum of Art is presenting “Toledo Treasures,” 13 selected works from its permanent collection, depicting iconic views of buildings, roads and landscapes found within this small mill town.
Not-so-celebrity squares
Embracing current conditions, the Newport-based theater troupe Porthole Players is providing some comedic relief with “Bad Auditions On Camera,” presented online on Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14.
Catch something
On a guided fishing trip in late February, Dustin Kriebel rowed an 18-foot ClackaCraft drift boat through the Wilson River southeast of Tillamook Bay.
Think inside the box
Students of art and design Lincoln City’s Taft High School will take center stage at the Chessman Gallery with an exhibit of unique portraits opening this Friday, March 12.
Corps values
It took millions of years for the land we now call Cape Perpetua to be pushed up out of the sea and carved by wind, water and time. For thousands of years, it was home to short- and long-term indigenous residents who lived lightly on the land.
These flavors are in-tents
In building their business, Beachcrest Brewing Company owners Matt and Amy White have combined discipline with a talent for improvisation honed by years of practice.
One for the bucket list
Spring is right around the corner, and extra items on the beach left by winter storms and beach visitors who didn’t practice pack-in-pack-out behavior mean beach cleanups will be extra fruitful.
A tempera-ry art interlude
Tempera, watercolor and ceramics artist Steve Rutherford is featured this month at the Artists’ Studio Association’s Beachstone Gallery in Lincoln City.
Saddle up for adventure
We got lucky with a beautiful, sunny day. Playing outside on the Central Oregon Coast in February can often end up with pretty soggy results. The goal was to try one activity each from hikebikepaddle.org, a website that makes it easy to find fun places to play near Waldport, Seal Rock and Yachats.
Live entertainment?
As we near the first anniversary under a global pandemic, Chinook Winds Resort Casino has answered many of our prayers with the event that has provided laughs for many years. Comedy on the Coast returns on Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, with precautions put in place to keep guests safe.