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A smart use of time

The Art Smart program of kids’ art classes will return to Lincoln City on Saturday, Jan. 15, open to young artists aged six to 13.

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Sometimes, burlesque is more

If we met on the street, you definitely wouldn’t think I looked like someone who would feel comfortable practicing the art of burlesque.

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Flower power

It is truly all about the flower at The Flower Pot. As Depoe Bay’s premier cannabis dispensary, this charming shop has always had a special place in the hearts of its customers.

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A growth industry

To flourish, according to the venerable Google dictionary, is to “grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.”

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Re-surf-ace into 2022

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.

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Iconic

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.

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Claus encounters

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

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Carpet Diem!

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.

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The Old Man and the Slug

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

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Season’s tweetings

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.

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This guy’s a natural

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.

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You’ve got to roll with it

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

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Happy Howlidays

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

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Jingle belles

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

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Step inside Freed Gallery

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

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Pick the bucket, in Newport

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.

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This concert’s not kidding

“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.

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Connect Four

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.

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Focus on holiday lights

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.

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