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Thanks (and tanks)

While pandemic precautions have prompted some changes in the Celebration of Honor at Lincoln City’s Chinook Winds Casino Resort, the show will go on. The comedy show that is.

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Find your way to Newport

You’ll be on the edge of your seat at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center’s new exhibit, “Finding Our Way: Navigating Life at the Edge” opening on Friday, Sept. 17, in the main gallery.

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This show has layers

Capturing the whimsy and wonder of the natural world binds the three featured artists in the September Show from Manzanita’s Hoffman Gallery: painters Matthew Dennison and Lena Lenček and clay sculptor Serafine Lilien.

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Bid the cold goodbye

Show some love for the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild and possibly score something handmade by one of these award-winning quilters at the group’s online auction, happening until Sunday, Sept. 26.

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On track for fall

With its train cars slowly rocking back and forth past views of the ocean, lakes and Tillamook Bay, a vintage diesel locomotive makes its way along the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad.

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Dave’s Detours: Oceanside

Although new Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) maps were released this spring, last fall’s wind storm necessitates more hiking on roads as several trails (like the North Trail at Cape Lookout) will not reopen until 2023. I am using that as an excuse for more detours. Last year near Oceanside I had one detour — this year I have two.

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Simply st-ella

Oregon Coast Community College is the home of the OCCC Sharks, but on campus this fall, everyone seems focused on salmon.

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A bow-ling league with a difference

Lincoln City Archery will launch its first ever Lincoln City Archers League on Monday, Sept. 20. The League will meet for 10 Mondays at the range for camaraderie, fun and games.

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Learn from a seasoned professional

Fall is a time of warm and vibrant colors and unusual patterns on leaves. The visual arts workshop “Botanical Drawing – Fall Foliage” on offer from Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts this Saturday, Sept. 11, will focus on capturing the changing colors and patterns of the season.

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To etch their own

Throughout the past 51 years, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology has inspired visitors from near and far, fostering ecological and creative thinking in those who come for residencies and workshops or to teach.

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Stop. Hammer time.

Get your motor running, slowly and quietly please, for the final Float-In Brown Bag Concert on Devils Lake, a socially distanced musical gathering best enjoyed from the watercraft of your choice. 

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Labors of love

After a one-year hiatus, the long-standing Toledo Labor Day Art Walk returns to the small mill town this weekend.

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In perfect harmony

His virtuoso playing never fails to dazzle. Add to that a flair for introducing his performances with a blend of humor and true musical insight and it’s no wonder that London-based pianist Mei-Ting Sun has been a favorite of Siletz Bay Music Festival audiences since his first appearance at the annual music series in 2014.

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Carry on cruising

Drivers of cars, trucks and motorcycles are all welcome to join together to celebrate their love of automobiles during the annual Cloverdale Cruise-in on Saturday, Sept. 4.

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 The flour of the Oregon Coast

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.

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‘I did it dye way’

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.

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Shell we?

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. 

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A breath of fresh air

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.

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The new (para)normal

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

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The teal’s on the bus

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.

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