This is the time of year when we stock up on all the warming spices we associate with fall, like cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and allspice.

Lincoln City’s Driftwood Public Library will be alive with music, colors and the aromas of delicious food when its Dia de Muertos Celebracion returns on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Women are this nation's primary K-12 educators, but how can more of them become leaders in education? On Saturday, Nov. 5, Lincoln City’s Driftwood Public Library will offer the chance to learn from two who have.

Halloween is back with a vengeance on the Oregon Coast. Check out our guide to all the best trick or treat events.

I’m at the southern end of Lincoln County, which means, other than the short Hobbit Trail and Heceta Trail, the end of forested trails until Humbug Mountain — a distance of nearly 150 miles. So hiking extra detour miles aren’t an imposition, but a revisit of memory lane.

You will be completely amused by “Almost, Maine,” presented by Lincoln City’s Theatre West from Thursday, Oct. 27, through Saturday, Nov. 19.

There are plenty of outdoor trails on the Oregon Coast where you can challenge your quads and wear out your glutes, but sometimes a person just wants to walk, or has challenges that make a nice, flat trail with paving stones and gravel beds a welcome sight.

Two triangles and a slightly jagged smile with three to five teeth is a perfectly respectable face for a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern carved into a pumpkin plucked from a pallet at a big-box store.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center is throwing a big Art Party this Saturday, Oct. 22. This free, family-friendly fest will include a visit from the vibrant Oregon Coast Art Bus, an art kit table, food vendors, games, a bounce house and a public art dedication.

Little libraries have been popping up all over the country, creating opportunities to share no-longer-needed books and to pick up new ones for free.

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the 22nd Annual Angels Ball on Saturday, Dec. 3. The limited number of remaining tickets are selling fast for what is considered Lincoln City’s most festive gala of the year.

Help fight breast cancer by eating pizza and drinking beer? Yes, please.

I’m at Kil-Har-Hurst, “the Place of the Shaman.” Last year when I was detouring in Garibaldi I was sitting down, waiting to order dinner, reading a Tillamook County magazine, and it was about the very place where I was seated. Talk about feeling like a tourist.

Among the hidden treasures of the Central Oregon Coast is our very own internationally-known Shakespearean scholar, Dr. Alexandra Mason, who will officially release two new books at the grand opening of Sterncastle Publishing in Newport’s Seatowne Mall this Saturday, Oct. 22.

A new season of the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts, Live in HD, returns with 10 performances on the big screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center.

You’ve turned out a bunch of pages in a burst of inspiration or the marathon of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month.

Tools for creating a happy and healthy life aren’t always easy to find. And often when found, not always easy to use, so a guide in these cases can be invaluable.

Hold on to your seat and prepare to laugh out loud when David Lindsay-Abaire’s bewitchingly absurd dark comedy, “Fuddy Meers,” opens at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Friday, Oct. 14.

The COVID pandemic kept the Yachats Village Mushroom Festival in the dark for the past two years, but it’s back in all its glory from Friday, Oct. 14, through Sunday, Oct. 16.

The Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a revival of Ira Levin’s popular thriller “Deathtrap,” opening this Friday, Oct. 14.