A quick dip into the Pacific, a dash and dive into a lake or a well-deserved post-race dunk: the coast offers an ocean of opportunity to start the new year with a bracing bit of cold water.

Toledo, a small mill town with a vibrant artistic side, hosts a monthly event where galleries and studios open their doors to the public and artists show their processes.

I was walking on the beach, minding my own business, when suddenly I ran into Santa and Mrs. Claus.

When I found out that I would learn how to make my very own rug on a loom for my next article, I was ecstatic.

Bomb cyclone. That’s what the local paper called the deluge that came Zilla-roaring off the Pacific a few weeks ago.

As the vivid blues and greens of the Oregon Coast summer transition into the monochrome of autumn, a brilliant yellow songbird with a black head clamps its feet onto a suet feeder, gobbles a morsel of “Berry Blast'' and flies away.

There’s still time to catch the stunning works of photographer Tim W. Moore, December’s featured artist at the Artist Studio Association’s Beachstone Gallery in Lincoln City.

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