Cos-play it cool
If you use the word “nerd” as a compliment, have a favorite anime character and roll your eyes at people who mix up Star Wars and Star Trek, the brand-new event coming to the Newport Recreation Center this weekend is for you.
Season’s meetings in Newport
Newport’s new Winter Lecture Series offers guests the chance to learn lots about the outside world while chilling in the cozy Newport Recreation Center.
It’s ON in Depoe Bay
Wildfires, tsunami warnings, ice storms. Natural disasters fill the news with alarming frequency, but the Central Oregon Coast seems mercifully distant much of the time. So far.
Book yourself some ‘me’ time
Bob’s Beach Books in Lincoln City is a treasure trove of reading material. You don’t even have to enter the store to see how much it has to offer as the front display windows are packed with new releases and interesting titles, colorful posters and art. It’s hard to resist stepping inside.
Hey there!
The Big Blue Film Fest, showcasing ocean-themed films that connect science and the arts, returns to Newport this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24 and 25, with screenings at the Hatfield Marine Science Center and the Newport Performing Arts Center.
Go wild in Manzanita
Manzanita is an ideal location for the subject of the next Hoffman Center for the Arts Writing Program, “Nature-Inspired Writing Series: Writing and the Ecological Self.”
Share a poetic perspective
Every January, Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts encourages poets with connections to the North Oregon Coast community to submit their work to compete for the Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize.
Burn and learn
When Nicole Cousino and Richard Haskell purchased a property visible from Highway 20 between Newport and Toledo that features a stunning dairy barn and plenty of open space, they had visions of creating a place that they and others could use as a positive resource.
Help raise the flag for Pride in Lincoln City
The Lincoln City Pride Festival might not be until June, but luckily you don’t have to wait until then to party with the Lincoln City Pride Committee. Have fun while raising funds at a colorful night of live music, dazzling drag performances, dancing and a silent auction at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Saturday, Jan. 18.
It’s in their nature
The Newport Symphony Orchestra continues its current season with “The Land, the Sea and the Birds,” a pair of cool, curated concerts at the Newport Performing Arts Center this weekend.
Make a whittle time for Artistry in Wood
This weekend will see woodcarvings of all kinds on display as the Coastal Carvers present their 31st annual Artistry in Wood show at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City.
Pull writing detail this Saturday
How do writers achieve a good balance of sensory details in a scene? How do we hone our attention to the world so that we can make the settings in our scenes vivid?
Get your seats for stand up in Newport
Stand-up comedian Alex Velluto will bring his sharp observational humor and piercing punchlines to the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Jan. 18.
Les Impostueres are the real deal
The “Voyages: Adventures in Music” series begins on Thursday, Jan. 23, with Gypsy jazz and swing group Christine Tassan et les Imposteures at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
This should get you Russian to the theater
Experience a revolutionary one-man adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” when Andrew Scott stars in “Vanya” on screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Jan 22.
Going full throttle
The journey to the stage can take many paths. For Jason Kutchma, starring in Theatre West’s current production, “Dial M for Murder,” it was taking a break from home improvements.
Let’s get metaphysical
The smoky-sweet scent of burning myrrh greets visitors as they step through the arched entrance to Crystal Wizard, the iconic metaphysical store located in Gleneden Beach.
Start the year with some Rep music
If you have a hard time pinning down a particular genre of music as your favorite, you’ll love the mix of hits performed by Bad Reputation, coming to the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Jan. 11.
Fill up on fiber
Newport’s Nye Beach district is getting fiber festive with a new, four-gallery exhibition at the Newport Visual Arts Center and the Olive Street Gallery inside the Newport Performing Arts Center, opening this Saturday, Jan. 11.
Artists offer a warm winter welcome
Enjoy new art and artist demonstrations at the Winter Reception from Lincoln City’s Pacific Artists’ Gallery this Friday, Jan. 10.