The Siletz Bay Music Festival is known for both a high caliber of performers and a large variety of musical styles. And this year’s schedule of performances, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 4, and ending Sept. 12, will include two productions created to honor to Native Americans.

Roller derby has come a long way since Raquel Welch knocked women off the track with a well-timed hit from a well-shaped hip in the 1972 movie, “Kansas City Bomber.”

For four special days, the lawn of the Lincoln City Cultural Center will become an outdoor art gallery and the epicenter of a coastal conservation project, when a nearly half-mile long pano-mural brightens the grounds from Wednesday, July 21, through Saturday, July 24.

When Garibaldi City Council voted to move forward with the annual Garibaldi Days event, they decided to float it as a “Lite” version. But things don’t always go as planned.

If you’ve missed your fix of the fun, interactive exhibits and cool, science-based displays at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport you’ll be pleased to hear that, after a nearly 17-month closure, the visitor center plans to reopen on Sunday, Aug. 1.

When Genie and Frank Ullrich decided to pass the torch of the Cafe on Hawk Creek on to new owners, they took care that it went to the right people.

Neighbors For Kids will hold its 12th Annual Kids Zone Classic Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, July 17, at Chinook Winds Golf Course in Lincoln City.

There’s no threat of seasickness during the ninth annual Summer Whale Watch Weekend, being held on land in Depoe Bay on Saturday, July 31, and Sunday, Aug. 1.

Those who have had the good fortune to enter the artistic realm of the Crow's Nest Gallery and Studio in Toledo, have found a place of unusually rich imagination and ability.

Your ship has come in. Go down with the ship. Ship of fools. There are a boat-load of expressions stemming from what amounted to a relatively short period in the history of the human propensity to not stay still for very long.

As Newport’s visual and performing arts centers prepare to get back to a full roster of activities, what better way to infuse the halls with energy then fill them with kids.

Here I am at “Kil-Har-Hurst” which means “place of the Shaman.” It is Thursday, June 24, and I am in northern Tillamook County scouting out several detours (including a new one in Rockaway Beach).

Wind, snow, tornadoes and tsunamis — author and journalist Lori Tobias has experienced them all on the Oregon Coast.

There are many talented artists clustered in a small strip of scenic coastline here on the Central Oregon Coast, and their works can be seen in many area galleries and shops. But let's face it, driving around on the coast in the summer isn’t for the faint of heart.

Put your hands up, palms facing out. Now shake them back and forth quickly without moving your arms. You just made jazz hands.

The past year has been weird, wild and largely unpredictable, but for painter Pam Greene and basket maker Kathy Kanas, it was a time of impressive productivity.

The Small Business Development Center at Oregon Coast Community College has been in something of a drought. Certainly, the past 15 months have been the busiest in the SBDC’s history, in terms of the number of local businesses it has helped and provided with free advice.

The 7th Small Tapestry International Exhibit offers the chance to view a colorful array of the best in small-format tapestry created by artists from around the globe.

Join the Newport Symphony Orchestra as it celebrates America’s independence with its annual free community concert on Sunday, July 4. T

Watch pros perching on bucking broncos, saddle up and take a ride on the back of a camel or even view the world from atop a monster truck when the Lincoln County Fair rides again, Friday, July 2 through Sunday, July 4.