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Weave got something to show you

“Filaments,” a traveling show sponsored by the Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO), will be on display at the Lincoln City Cultural Center starting this Friday, March 24.

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The pods are in your favor

In one year, gray whales swim from Baja California’s balmy calving bays, to the Arctic’s nutrient-rich seas, and back again.

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 Rocking the roles

It’s the 1980s all over again. So, strap on your seatbelt and get ready for the ride of a lifetime in “Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll,” Eric Bogosian’s edgy raw comedy about life as it was, and — in many ways — still is.

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Return of the King (of Wagner's scores)

Wagner's dreamy opera “Lohengrin” will fill the screen in tack-sharp High Definition at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, March 25.

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Drop in at Rainforest Trail

The name is new, but the “Rainforest Trail” itself definitely is not. I’ve hiked it for almost two decades, and have seen it so overgrown that it was nearly impassable, under many inches of snow, and now, twice the length it was when I first trekked it.

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The X Factor

All are welcome to celebrate women in music at “She’s Speaking - LIVE,” hitting the road in March to commemorate Women’s History Month. Eight singer-songwriters, backed by a great band, will present this dynamic and joyful new show at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Saturday, March 18.

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This place ROCKS

A hidden gem nestled between Lincoln Beach and Depoe Bay, Fishing Rock Eatery & Lounge will soon be celebrating its one-year anniversary.

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You’d be crazy to miss this

David Hare’s critically acclaimed play “Straight Line Crazy,” starring Ralph Fiennes, will fill the big screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Friday, March 17.

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You’ve RED about it. Now see it.

Both beautiful and impactful, the ongoing exhibit “Portraits in Red: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Painting Project” features images of 40 victims and activists created by Nayana LaFond, a full time multidisciplinary indigenous artist and activist from Massachusetts.

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Brighton up your weekend

Get ready to laugh and cry when Riverbend Players present Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at Nehalem’s North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 18, through Sunday, April 2.

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A Tolstoy order

The fifth concert in the 2022-2023 season of Neskowin Chamber Music will combine the romance of Paris and the drama and intrigue of Tolstoy’s 19th Century Russia, when the Trio Karenine performs at Camp Winema this Sunday, March 19.

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Shake(speare) things up this summer

Registration is now open for summer performing and visual arts day camps in Newport, with students entering grades one through 12 invited to take part in what is sure to be a summer to remember.

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Now that’s fast food

The small fishing town of Garibaldi will grow in size over the weekend as hundreds of visitors come to cheer on locally caught crab in a race. The stakes are high for these Dungeness crabs — the contestants who don’t come in first place become dinner for the crowd.

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Give props to these photographers

It was a lofty idea — invite drone pilots to re-capture images of areas that were first photographed when the only option for aerial photography was from an actual airplane.

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Putting their talents to youth

Get three concerts for the price of none this Sunday, March 12, when two University of Oregon graduate classical music student quartets and the Tigard High School Orchestra present a free chamber concert at Newport’s Atonement Lutheran Church.

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Make a joint decision

Coming into Lincoln City from the Valley, one of the first things people might notice is the brightly colored, rather unique sign for the T.E.R.P. Collective, and its easily identifiable green cross.

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In author news…

The Central Oregon Coast is home to a variety of accomplished authors with works that offer something for every reader: local color and history, fantasy, young adult novels, spiritual philosophy, ecological reality, poetry, mysteries, community organizing, song-writing essentials and memoirs of exceptional lives.

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A blooming interesting evening

Algal blooms have been increasing in both frequency and the public’s awareness. Learn more about one Newport-based project to better understand harmful algal blooms at the next Cape Perpetua Young Scientist and Wave Makers webinar on Tuesday, March 14.

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Banned together for censorship talk

A challenging topic is on tap for the next meeting of the Willamette Writers Coast Chapter. On Saturday, March 18, Newport Public Library Director Laura Kimberly will lead an interactive presentation on book challenges and banning efforts across the country.

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Tree-t yourself to a birding walk

Though spring is still a few days away, the Spring Lake Open Space is open year-round. The Audubon Society of Lincoln City will lead a bird walk through this hidden treasure on Saturday, March 11, in search of winter sparrows and other songbirds.

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