Pacific City’s Kiawanda Community Center will magically transform into the North Pole for the annual Holiday Bazaar this Saturday, Dec. 3.

The Sea of Lights is back, illuminating Newport’s Oregon Coast Aquarium designs inspired by coastal flora and fauna, like joyous jellies, caroling crabs and sparkling starfish every Friday and Saturday evening from Dec. 2 through Dec. 17.

Explore the “Painted Stories” of Maria Esther Sund at the Newport Visual Arts Center, opening with an artist’s talk in the Upstairs Gallery this Saturday, Dec. 3.

Follow the bouncing ball to the Newport Performing Arts Center for a lyric assisted sing-along with members of the Central Coast Chorale during Holly Jolly — A Festive Family Affair, this Friday, Dec. 2.

‘Twas the month before winter term, when all through the county
Every creature was waiting for non-credit bounty.
The non-credit classes had been planned with great care
And mailboxes knew the ‘Catch’ soon would be there.

Winter in Toledo has an inspired quality to it — lights and decorations shine from the streets, while the soft glow of lights from the mill seems to take on a holiday spirit of its own.

Even during the roughest parts of the pandemic, holiday lights created a bright spot, giving people the opportunity to celebrate the season, while still socially isolating, with self-designed driving tours.

If the potpourri of objects had voices, they would narrate a colorful anthology of stories around the various arts and artists featured at Local Faire, the handmade crafts and gifts shop tucked away among the mega-brand stores at Lincoln City Outlets.

When it comes to Christmas trees, you want to get your hands on a prime specimen. That’s where members of the Prime Cuts Ranchers 4-H Club can help.

Weave your way to the Newport Performing Arts Center for the exhibit “Fabric of Nature,” by Sue Friesz, on display in the Olive Street Gallery through Dec. 31.

Lincoln City’s Theatre West is presenting A Trio of Christmas Tales in a readers theater format this Thanksgiving weekend.

Toledo has celebrations to kick off the Christmas holiday well and truly covered.

Arts and crafts of all kinds will be up for grabs this weekend, accompanied by a slate of live music, as the inaugural Lincoln City Winter Art Festival gets underway.

The December show at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts will feature paintings by Dennis Worrel and Melissa Young along with a special exhibit of teapots made by local artists.

The green-cross cannabis flag is visible to Highway 101 traffic towards the north end of Depoe Bay. Just beside it, on the front wall’s wood and stone façade, is Pete’s Farm Dispensary’s distinctively folksy red barn logo.

This week’s column is an impassioned plea for Brussels sprouts.

The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts is pushing the limits for how long a community art show can go on by inviting all Lincoln County residents to participate in the 32nd “PushPin Show.”

Waldport is soon to have a new park, named for an Oregon pioneer who helped to shape the area. Louis Southworth, who donated property for Waldport’s first schoolhouse, has now been immortalized by sculptor Peter Helzer.

Smaller in scale but larger in significance than the summer gathering in Siletz, the annual Restoration Pow-Wow, held at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, celebrates the Siletz Tribe’s return to federally recognized status.

Come one, come all, to Lincoln City’s official holiday kickoff event: the annual Lincoln City Arts Festival and Tree Lighting Party on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26, at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.