One of the best, tried and true ways to enjoy the ocean is by eating some delicious food while sipping on a sensational cocktail and gazing down at the waves.

Toledo’s picturesque landscapes and iconic industrial structures make it a place of visual inspiration and a town that many artists call home.

The Missoula Children’s Theatre is calling all student actors for its annual visit to Lincoln City. The musical theater workshop will take place from Monday, June 19, to Friday, June 23.

Forty five new works on wood panels will be on display at the second annual “45 x 45: Celebrating Creativity” show opening this Friday, June 2 at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

Go deep into a new exhibit from the Pacific Northwest Sculptors group when “Into the Depths” opens at the Newport Visual Arts Center this Friday, June 2.

Dive into a world of fun at Oregon Coast Aquarium’s World Ocean Day celebration, this Saturday, June 3.

Go through the looking glass at the new exhibit by local fused glass artist Alice Haga. “Glass Menagerie” will be on display at the Newport Visual Arts Center from Friday, June 2, through July 29.

It is 1957, a hot summer day in New York City. Dr. Seuss’s “Cat in the Hat” is soon to become that year’s best-seller. “Brigadoon” has crowds pouring into Broadway theaters.

Depoe Bay’s maritime heritage will be colorfully displayed on Monday, May 29, as the city that boasts “the world’s smallest harbor” stages a show of nautical pageantry for its annual Fleet of Flowers memorial event.

There will be a lot going on during “The Dining Room,” the latest show from Lincoln City’s Theatre West, opening on Thursday, May 25.

The latest show at Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery is guaranteed to take visitors to the edge.

Satisfy your curiosity about kelp and other vegetative denizens of the deep at the new exhibit at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, “The Curious World of Seaweed,” opening on Thursday, May 25, with an opening reception from 4 to 7 pm.

It could be the perfect subject for a hit Broadway play, except the name is Rizo instead of Roxy. And the town? Not Chicago, but Newport.

The guys and ghouls of Haunted Taft will kick off a scary new season with a special full moon tour on Saturday, June 3.

Celebrated Northwest painter Earl Hamilton will be the first artist featured in the Freed Gallery’s Meet the Artist series, beginning this Saturday, May 27, in Lincoln City.

Roasty, toasty — the aroma of freshly roasted beans hits you even before you open the door to Big Mountain Coffee Roasters.

Pacific Dance Ensemble will present its 36th annual “Dances from the Heart: A Celebration of Spring & Benefit Auction” from Friday, June 2, through Sunday, June 4, at the Newport Performing Arts Center.

Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County is hosting its first annual Home and Garden Show at Lincoln City’s Chinook Winds Casino Resort this Saturday, May 27.

It started as the bud of an idea, then blossomed into a full event packed with dancing, shopping, activities and more.

Peek into the unrestrained imagination of children, guided by a skillful art instructor, at a screening of two short films at the Bijou Theatre this Saturday, May 20, in Lincoln City.