A summer full of art and fun for kids in grades K through 12 is already in progress at the Bay City Arts Center, free for all participants from any school district and county.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center has a lot to offer those in search of entertainment. A great big auditorium for live events, studios for art and exercise and, perhaps most importantly now that summer is here, a great big lawn.

International artist Sam Hamilton relies heavily on the ocean for his multi-media work, but it wasn’t until he stumbled upon Lincoln City-based Activate Arts that he decided to throw a wider net to find parts for his current project.

Cascade Head isn’t just a great place for Instagram-worthy photos. It’s the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the Oregon Coast and also home to one of Oregon’s precious marine reserves.

Get ready for a colorful summer of reading and events at Toledo Public Library revolving around the theme, “Reading Colors Your World.”

The Oregon Coast Aquarium’s newest exhibit, “Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline,” is open now, featuring artwork by honorary Oregonian Ray Troll.

Sitka Sedge is located about a mile south of Whalen Island and three miles north of Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda.

The Lincoln City Playhouse is back at it again with its third play in three months.

Beat feet down to the Yachats Commons Pavilion this Sunday, June 20, for the Summer Solstice Shuffle, featuring live music, food and beverages.

The Oregon Coast Community Drum Circle has resumed its summer program of free live community performance events.

You are cordially invited to Newport’s Visual Arts Center to view “Oregon Cordially,” a show by Reedsport-based painter Elyan Jamot.

It’s promising to be a banner summer with long, warm, sunny days here on the Central Coast. Magnificent sunsets and wide, sandy beaches beckon tourists from the Valley and points north, south and east. Locals enjoy these same coastal delights.

UPDATE: The Port of Toledo has announced that the Teak Lady Sail scheduled for this weekend June 11-13 has been cancelled due to inclement weather.
The event will be rescheduled for a later date this summer.
For more information contact the Port of Toledo at 541-336-5207 or info@portoftoledo.org

“Rabbit, rabbit.”
OK, I don’t get it. How is saying “Rabbit, rabbit” or a rabbit’s foot good luck? And how is a rabbit’s foot good luck for the dead rabbit?

Let’s face it, graduation ceremonies can drag longer than the robes that some graduates get stuck with because they ordered too late. 

Soar into Manzanita’s Hoffman Gallery and check out the latest chapter in its monthly art shows with June featured artists Poppy Dully and Emilio Lobato, who inject magic into everyday objects.

Founded by a father-and-son team who are tribal members of the Choctaw Nation, the Ocean Blue Project focuses on addressing the huge problem of the tiny pieces of plastic, or microplastics, that are filling our oceans and beaches.

Imagine that you grew up on a South Pacific island, surrounded by sunshine, palm trees and family. Then, imagine you met a young man, grew smitten and followed him to the US. Now, narrow your focus further to imagine moving to Waldport, in the 1970s, with brown skin and no English.

A collection of nature-inspired, abstracted, color photographs and pottery are the raw materials used to create “From the Ground Up,” the latest show in Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery, opening this Friday, June 11.

When the Newport Public Library announced the summer reading program for this year, it had a vision for events all summer long on the theme “Reading Colors Your World.”