It’s been more than 13 years since Kathy and Dan Draper planted their Jolly Roger at the corner of SE 51st Street and Hwy. 101, in the Taft district of Lincoln City. He’s the head pirate, she’s the first mate, and together they run Captain Dan’s Pirate Pastry Shop.

Filled with colorful fabric expressions that represent her genre-defying personal style, JoAnn Ballantyne’s “Eccentric, Eclectic, Embellished” show opens at Lincoln City’s Fiber Arts Studio Gallery this Friday, Sept. 3.

Visitors have one last chance to drink in all the art that Toledo has to offer, all while taking a crack at enjoying some oysters and grooving to the sounds of local bands, now that a fourth date has been added for Art, Oysters and Brews. 

It is called the Gem of the Oregon Coast and is unlike any other town or city where the land meets the sea. It is a unique place where visitors can casually stroll through the village, walk miles of pristine beach or hike myriad trails.

The legend of Bigfoot is a pretty big deal here in the Pacific Northwest, and I have had plenty of personal sightings.

Once the wheels started turning on the idea for a new mobile arts-learning system, it wasn’t long before the crew at the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts made the Oregon Coast Art Bus a reality.

One of the largest events of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, this year’s Newport Paper and Book Arts Festival will be hosted in a 100-percent virtual format from Sept. 17 to 19.

It’s time to step out and move at the Newport School of Artistic Movement, where registration is now open for in-person and online fall dance classes, open to beginning through advanced levels students aged five through adult.

The news hasn’t been great about the health of our pollinators, which make possible a huge number of our food products from almonds to vanilla.

Having walked south on the beach from Cape Lookout over Cape Kiwanda to Pacific Avenue in Pacific City there is roughly six and a half miles of road until you reach the beach at Winema Road.

The wide, flat stretch of beach in front of Lincoln City’s Chinook Winds Casino Resort is the perfect canvas for sand art.

When the fiber arts studio opened in its new, larger space on the main floor of the Lincoln City Cultural Center, one of the goals of the guild was to use the space to host classes.

In case you haven’t heard, pickleball is as hot as toilet paper at the start of a pandemic and is the fastest growing sport in America.

Celebrate the “culmination of 18 years’ work on a 50-year-old concept” at the grand opening ceremonies of the Corvallis-to-the-Sea, or C2C, this Saturday, Aug. 21, with gala events taking place on the opposite ends of the route.

The new state Oregon Coast Trail maps are out. Unfortunately, they still include several long sections of hiking along the side of Highway 101.

Grab your buckets and shovels and head on down to Siletz Bay in the historic Taft district because it’s just about time for the annual Lincoln City Sandcastle Contest.

Lincoln City will celebrate the induction of one of its most beloved spruce trees into the Oregon Heritage Tree Program this Thursday, Aug. 19, in a ceremony at Regatta Park.

 Every month, the Chessman Gallery at the Lincoln City Cultural Center opens with a new show, featuring a variety of artists and themes, and always beautifully presented.

If you are looking for something different on the Oregon Coast, make plans to attend this year’s Yachats River Valley Farm Tour on Saturday, Aug. 14.

You might see a familiar face or two at “Have We Met?” the new exhibit by Otis-based artist Sam Jacobson, now on display at the Newport Visual Arts Center.