Priscilla the Parrot Fish, Flash the Blue Marlin and Gertrude the Penguin are already the talk of the town, attracting thousands of visitors to the west lawn of the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

The other day I had the opportunity to chat with Officer Thomas Lekas of the Newport Police Department, and it was no garden-variety interview.

Highway 20 might have a cool new sign in Newport showing how far you are from Boston, but Highway 30 has points of interest on its side.

Over the years I have played host to people visiting Oregon for the first time. It was the perfect opportunity to let people know all of the things that are made or grown in Oregon and let me tell you it is one long, delicious list.

A man with a lifetime of selfless deeds that began with saving lives during World War II is being honored in the city where he later continued his life of service, Lincoln City.

 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?