Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.”

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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?

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More
Patrick Alexander Patrick Alexander

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.

Read More

 

Let us drop you a line