On the first weekend of every month, the small industrial town of Toledo celebrates its vibrant arts community in a citywide event at local galleries and studios.

There’s no need to tip the two newest workers at Chinook Winds Casino Resort, just a tap will do.

It’s an irresistible tale about love in all its many forms. Love, with no pretense of perfection, packaged in a classic and simple assemblage of stories.

Take a chilling stroll at Lincoln City’s Spooky Spectacular this Halloween.

In their plum- and saffron-colored robes, Tibetan monks radiate a hard-won sense of tranquility, joy and inner peace.

Tillamook’s Fairview Grange will be the venue for a two-day Dia de los Muertos celebration on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 1 and 2.

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.