Take a trip(le) to Manzanita
The latest show at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts features works by Matthew Palmgren and Allison Asbjornsen alongside ceramics by Michelle Valigura.
Back in town for a duo-ver
Lincoln City native Chenise Crockett will give a homecoming performance this Friday, March 31, co-starring in “Jouissance: A Movement Piece” at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
Portland comes to Newport
Portland’s Pearl District will come to Newport this Saturday, April 1, with the opening of “Creative Diversity Abides,” a new exhibit from Portland’s Blackfish Gallery.
First things first
As the seasons change in Toledo, a new palette of colors is revealed — from the bright splashes of murals to the blooming of cherry trees lining the sidewalks.
The river’s waiting. Siletz go!
The MidCoast Watersheds Council will host the annual Siletz River cleanup day on Saturday, April 1, with the event resuming after a three-year hiatus.
The trick to a perfect Spring Break
The Lincoln City Cultural Center’s treasured Festival of Illusions is back, with nine days of festivities taking place from Thursday, March 23, to Saturday, April 1.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.