Libraries across the nation are happily welcoming back patrons, and few staff are more excited for the summer than Vickie Kromer, new youth services librarian at Lincoln City’s Driftwood Public Library’.

When I came to the Oregon Coast from Ohio I was told there were several indicators of healthy environments. The weird thing was they seemed wrong.

Oregon’s very own Bob’s Red Mill has been going strong for 44 years. They are one of the nation’s leading whole grain millers and you will find their factory, retail store and restaurant in Milwaukie.

As our culture changes and horses become less and less a part of our daily lives, they are reaching an almost mythical status.

Paint alongside an artist-in-residence in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area with current resident, Emy Syrop, at the “Plein Air Paint Out” this Sunday, June 5.

Metaphors in motion: one dance simulating the creatures of our dreams — juxtaposing calm and chaos, another equating the Earth’s tectonic movements to life changes brought about by the pandemic.

Pack your flasks and get ready for laughs when the Riverbend Players present “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring this Friday, June 3, through Sunday, June 19, in Nehalem.

A former Newport mayor and award-winning painter will show her work in the newly christened Olive Street Gallery at the Newport Performing Arts Center.

Touch-a-Truck is a big event for big rigs, big trucks and big fun for families — happening this Saturday, June 4, in the parking lot at the Lincoln City Community Center.

The Newport Visual Arts Center has prepared for the busy summer season with three beautiful new exhibits opening on Saturday, June 4, ranging from colorful pastels to large-scale dioramas.

Truly one-of-a-kind art from work from Ben Killen Rosenberg and Katherine McDowell will be on show at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts from Thursday, June 2, through Sunday, June 26.

The local arts community of Toledo is a significant presence on the coast, with galleries and studios dotted throughout the town. On the first weekend of every month, the arts community opens its doors to visitors and art lovers to give a behind the scenes view of their works and see what’s new.

Lincoln City’s seven miles of coastline are now even more accessible, thanks to the installation of three portable Mobi-Mats and two beach wheelchairs.

The Seal Rock Garden Club is blooming again with the return of its annual plant and garden-art sale and flower show on Saturday, June 4.

Amelia Zirin-Brown — known professionally as Rizo — will celebrate a homecoming of sorts in “Rizo: In The Flesh,” Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28, at the Alice Silverman Theatre of the Newport Performing Arts Center.

For the city of Depoe Bay, the Memorial Day weekend Fleet of Flowers event has become an annual civic undertaking, a colorful means for the maritime community to honor those lost at sea and to remember a tragic incident in which two brave fishermen died while on a selfless search and rescue mission.

In years past, I wrote about the rhododendrons at Gerdemann Botanic Preserve in Yachats. It wasn’t until last fall that I found a better rhodo detour.

The beginning of May is an exciting time for seafood enthusiasts, as it’s the start of halibut season.

As the Spring term winds to a close, Oregon Coast Community College still has new Community Education courses on the horizon.
June will bring two classes sure to keep your eyes on the skies: birding and kiting.

If you think it sounds crazy that three people could write plays together for many years without wanting to kill each other, allow us to introduce the writing team of Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, known professionally as Jones Hope Wooten.