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From Gesture to Jester

During the pandemic, artist Molly Wullstein Van Austen took a 175-foot roll of paper and, using graphite, Conte crayon and colored pencils, illustrated her thoughts, memories and imaginings onto it.

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Good gourd!

Jane Wilson’s exquisite coiled gourd vessels have been admired, gifted and treasured by visitors since her first exhibit in Lincoln City last spring.

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Well done. Teen out of teen.

Lincoln City Parks & Recreation invites Lincoln City teens in grades 7 through 12 and members of the public to celebrate the grand opening of the Lincoln City Teen Center on Friday, March 4.

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Taking trash

Pull up your boots, don your rain gear and help the Lower Nehalem Watershed Council and Lower Nehalem Community Trust take out the trash — out of the estuary that is.

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Wood you like to see some art?

The Hoffman Gallery in Manzanita asks, wood you rather stay home, or enjoy the March show, featuring the works of Alana Garrigues, Susan Walsh and Rick Crawford.

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Small fry? As if.

The fin folks in the 2022 Taft High School senior class are proudly hosting one of Lincoln City’s most popular events, the Senior Class Fish Fry, on Tuesday, March 8.

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Cruise the strip

You won’t want to lash yourself to the mast and risk missing the alluring song as “Sirens of the Deep” takes to the stage in Newport this Saturday, Feb. 26.

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Wash & learn

Strewn along the wrack line of Oregon’s beaches, kelp and shell fragments mix with plastic shards and bottle caps.

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Music teachers compare notes

When the generous teachers in the Lincoln County Oregon Music Teachers Association aren’t making a practice of helping create new or improved musicians through lessons, they are scaling new heights with their bi-annual fundraiser.

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Get a new artistic headquarters

Local artists with an established connection to the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area have a wonderful opportunity to live and work among the natural and man-made wonders that make the area so… outstanding.

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Sounds fab-ulous

A contrast in expressions, materials and function will make a dramatic impression when Central Oregon-based artists Linda Gettmann and Charlene Virts bring their work to the Lincoln City Fiber Arts Studio Gallery.

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Nature by de-sign

Lincoln City’s Open Spaces are small but mighty places where you can lose yourself in nature.

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Walk the wok

Walking into 88 Grains Asian Fusion Bar should come with a warning: you might find the flavors addictive. 

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When it rains it pours

Newport's longstanding Seafood and Wine Festival might look and feel different this year, but event organizers are determined to keep the tradition alive.

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Far more than sew-sew

Quilting has evolved throughout the centuries from an everyday craft to an artistic discipline whose practitioners create objects of museum quality. 

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The krill of it all

Big ideas always come to the surface at the monthly speaker series meetings of the Oregon Chapter of the American Cetacean Society.

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Praise cheeses

I have always believed that the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach. I used to think the way to mine was paved with chocolate. Trust me, I do love chocolate. But the older I get, I realize it’s cheese.

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Sail! Everyone must go.

If your kid has started dropping nautical terms into their speech or turning up at the breakfast table wearing a captain’s hat, they might be hinting that they want to join the Yaquina Bay Yacht Club youth sailing team.

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