The charming village of Waldport has events all year, from golf tournaments to a farmer and artisan market on Wednesdays and even a big gravel bike race, but the community really comes together in June to celebrate everything it has to offer during the annual Beachcomber Days.

During the recent Washed Ashore exhibit at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, north Lincoln County students from kindergarten to sixth grade took tours and helped with the making of a giant sea star sculpture made in the same style as the Washed Ashore sculptures.

On the first weekend of every month, Toledo takes the opportunity to celebrate their local arts community.

Celebrated Native American artist Lillian Pitt will show her multi-media works, monoprints, clay masks and ceramic, steel and cast glass sculptures in “Ancestors Known and Unknown,” opening this Saturday, May 7, at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

Newport Symphony Orchestra violinist Alistair Kok and Trio Musicorum Medicorum will present a community Mother's Day chamber concert this Sunday, May 8, at Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport.

Let’s face it, the number of people who are willing to ride a bike for a minimum of 37 miles on a grueling course that’s a mix of pavement, gravel roads and trails is pretty small.

A group of local leaders has been growing a community event to celebrate spring coming into full bloom.

In Karen Gelbard’s studio, there are 12 pairs of scissors, three sergers, three sewing machines and four looms. With these tools, she designs and creates stunning wearable art inspired by the Pacific Northwest.

“My philosophy is to always use the freshest ingredients I can for homemade food,” said Gene Tougas, head chef and owner, with wife Jenny Tougas, of Tastebuds Bistro.

The Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts is celebrating more than 40 years of entertainment by giving a nod to an old favorite, Ernest Thompson’s “On Golden Pond,” opening on Friday, May 6.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center has been spray-painted! Famed Northwest street artist “Gats” has transformed the downstairs hallway with one of his signature mask designs.

The Lincoln Pops Orchestra, also known as the Lincoln Pops Big Band, has evolved into one of the most-beloved orchestras in Oregon.

The first documented attempts to add power to a bicycle date back to the late 1800s, with some designs being frankly ridiculous but others actually, mostly, working.

Six Oregon high school string orchestras will descend upon Newport for the Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival this Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23.

As many parents of toddlers likely know, “Little Pup” is a soft and squishy toy dog, marketed incongruously by a company called Jellycat. Skip the pathetic grown-up denial; one glance and you will want one.

Their ties to Ukraine are different, but their goals are very much the same: to raise money to send to the embattled country, and possibly educate and illuminate people along the way.

All year, SOLVE helps Oregonians arrange and complete beach and park cleanups and even planting events. But the big party for this organization comes every year to celebrate Earth Day.

The Trash Bash is back, and there’s still time to be a part of this beloved community event.

To help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Arbor Day Foundation and the 28th year of Toledo’s status as a “TreeCity USA,” the Toledo Public Library will host a free Arbor Day event at the library this Saturday, April 23.