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Party arty in Newport

The Newport Performing Arts Center is celebrating the upcoming Oregon Coast Jazz Party with an exhibit of photographs by Chris Graamans.

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Good car-ma in Cloverdale

This year’s model of the annual Cloverdale Cruise-In will be a strictly casual affair. No registration fees and no need to fill out forms. There will be no prizes to be won, no competition, no shiny tin trophies to clutter your living room.

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Documenting destruction and chasing a song

Whether you're into local history, are ready to take a deep dive into the story behind an iconic song, or want to go on a stunning exploration into the nature of fire, there is something for you during Documentary Days, at Lincoln City’s Bijou Theatre.

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A supremely entertaining presentation

From protesting preschoolers to dorm-decorating teens, back-to-school preparations are in full swing. And no learners are more eager than those who attend the Oregon Coast Learning Institute, which ends its two-year recess on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

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Walking the walk

For 28 years, Labor Day Weekend in Toledo has been synonymous with the town’s multi-faceted arts community. The event returns this Saturday, Sept. 3, through Monday, Sept. 5, with more than 25 artists at eight locations.

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Up from the Ashes

A collection of stories about the Echo Mountain Complex Fire and its aftermath will be told through story, image and objects in the Upstairs Gallery at the Newport Visual Arts Center from Saturday, Sept. 3, through the end of October.

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Don’t sit this one out

The September show at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts Gallery will feature painter Jef Gunn’s “The Coast,” a selection of oil landscapes painted from observation, en plein air.

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Getting the party started

The Newport Performing Arts Center welcomes back the riveting Halie Loren this Saturday, Sept. 3, for a concert benefiting the upcoming 2022 Oregon Coast Jazz Party.

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Fire up the grill

The broad and colorful spectrum of American car culture will be on display this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27 and 28

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Check out the changes

Big changes are afoot for one of the Oregon Coast’s longest-serving grocery stores.

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One heck of a view

Heceta Lighthouse. What a pronunciation controversy! Is it HECK-a-ta or Ha-SEE-ta?

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Jump to it

Fans of the Newport School of Artistic Movement have been on the tips of their toes waiting for the announcement that registration for fall classes is open.

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All aboard

Freshly wrapped with iconic art and ready to roll, the Oregon Coast Art Bus will make a stop at the North Lincoln County Historical Museum this Friday, Aug. 26.

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Garden issues event tea-ser

Lincoln City’s Connie Hansen Garden is open to the public every day of the year, but on Saturday, Sept. 10, a popular fund-raiser returns after a two-year hiatus.

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Make yourself re-useful

Have you ever had the experience of doing something well-meaning only to find out it’s against the law?

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Be here for ‘Lear’

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” portrays two aging fathers

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