I absolutely love baking. I love anything that gets me in the kitchen, but there is something about baking that I find especially satisfying.

Christmas comes just once a year, but the needs of our companion animals for food, shelter and medical care last all year long.

It’s the holidays and there’s magic in the air. And once again, there’s live theater at the Newport Performing Arts Center.

Since Freed Gallery was founded more than 25 years ago, it has captured the hearts of countless admirers.

Portland-based junkbox blues band Hillstomp brings its refreshing and distinctive brand of do-it-yourself hill country blues stomp to Newport’s Primaltones Community Venue this Friday, Dec. 17.

“The Child of Christmas,” is the theme of this year’s holiday concert, presented by the Congregational Church of Lincoln City on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 18 and 19.

The four artists coming together for “Connections,” the new show at Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery investigate layers of relationships through assemblage, beading, mixed media, color, collage and technology.

This year, we are proud to present an expanded Holiday Lights Tour, a self-guided celebration of dazzling displays stretching more than 47 miles from Otis to Waldport.

What has more than 200 breweries, grows an amazing variety of hops and has a strong entrepreneurial spirit? If you guessed Oregon, you’re correct.

The musical about an elf who never quite fit in is actually the perfect fit for the holidays. The latest production from the Lincoln City Playhouse, “Elf Jr.” will light up the Lincoln City Cultural Center from Saturday, Dec. 11 through Sunday, Dec. 19.

Hegira, the magnificent fiber hunchback whale that has been cruising on the wall at the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery in Lincoln City, welcomes back her creator. Christina Harkenss, for a day of fun and creativity this Saturday, Dec. 11.

There’s little doubt that an eclectic musical sensibility is at work at Output Records, the hot pink storefront in Lincoln City’s Oceanlake area.

Heceta Head Lightstation is celebrating 25 years of Victorian Christmas open houses this weekend and next

Waldport is putting on its best fir coat to help celebrate the holiday season this year, with four events to highlight the decked-out town.

After Lincoln City’s popular Festival of Trees was chopped for the second year in a row, construction began on a replacement that, though a little less lavish, retains the basic building blocks that make this fund-raiser a treasured annual tradition.

In the cold expanse of the eastern Pacific, as they have for the previous five summers, a school of Chinook salmon swims its daily marathon and gobbles up squid.

 ‘Tis the season at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, where staff and volunteers invite you to drop by and enjoy the festive decorations as well as the new exhibit of sculptures made from marine debris, “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea.”

Gift cards for discounted archery sessions, a festive holiday stocking stuffed with archery gear and handcrafted penguins are among the items in Lincoln City Archery’s quiver as the Lincoln City Outlets shop prepares to celebrate the first holiday season since opening its doors in May.

Celebrate the holiday season with both live and on-screen performances at the Newport Performing Arts Center, beginning with the documentary film, “Secret Impressionists” on Friday, Dec. 3.

Toledo’s First Weekends can provide a sneak peek into a working artist’s life, a first look at a previously unseen piece of art and occasionally, an invitation into a working studio normally closed to the public.