Some of the best comedy comes from people putting an original spin on real-life situations.

Enjoy two classics on the big screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center: “Cinderella,” on Saturday, Jan. 22, and Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” on Saturday, Jan. 29, presented by the Met: Live in HD.

When it comes to predicting the future, we just don’t seem to be batting even close to 1,000.

Get a stirring start to the new year at the piano spectacular presented by the Newport Symphony Orchestra at the Ocean this weekend.

When Cezara and Ivan Cherdivara took over the locally-beloved German restaurant Autobahn 101 this past September, they were investing in their ambition to once again run their own restaurant.

Entertain your brain, create something beautiful for your home or body, or create a wonderful one-of-a-kind gift.

The dream of being able to live in a beautiful setting with nothing to do but work on your chosen art probably begins shortly after your parents begin covering the refrigerator with anything you make with pen, pencil or crayon.

Feel like you need more fiber? Well, you’re in luck as Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery presents “Fiber in the MIX” opening this Friday, Jan. 14.

Just a few miles west of Tillamook, the Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint and National Wildlife Refuge provides visitors with access to Oregon’s maritime history, nesting seabirds and temperate rainforest.

For painter, photographer and educator Tracy McEwan, life was expression.

Help pass the time leading to the first days of spring by visiting the mixed-media fresco collection, “The Short Days of Winter” by Agnes Field, on display at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

Collectible buttons and French haute couture fashions will offer a trip into the past at the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery at the Lincoln City Cultural Center from Friday, Jan. 7, through Sunday, Feb. 20.

It’s the time of year where we make resolutions. I made a decision many years ago to stop doing that.

Many years ago, Sinclair Lewis was badgered into conducting a guest lecture to a group of aspiring writers at Wesleyan College. There, he grumpily asked students to raise their hands if they someday hoped to be writers.

Did you know that there are amazing and mysterious underwater “forests” found just offshore along the Oregon Coast?

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.

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

You don’t need a partner, you don’t even need to dance — toe tappers are welcome too.

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.

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.”