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Make dash for ‘Panache’

Theatre West’s latest production, “Panache,” written by Don Gordon, explores the unlikely love story between two adults in their 50s whose vastly different lifestyles challenge one another on the path to finding true connection.

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The suspense is over

A wildly popular audience participation movie since 1975, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” will return to Lincoln City’s Bijou Theatre for another interactive performance this Saturday. Oct. 21.

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A fours to be reckoned with

Neskowin Chamber Music begins its 28th season with an appearance by the Alexander String Quartet at Camp Winema this Sunday, Oct. 22.

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Go out for Home Movie Day

The amount of data that can be stored on modern phones has become staggering, but many of us are walking around without taking the proper steps to ensure we don’t lose precious photos from one badly timed lean.

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Opera so good it could become habit forming

Experience the bittersweet story of Sister Helen Prejean’s fight for the soul of a condemned murderer when the Metropolitan Opera presents “Dead Man Walking” at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Oct. 21.

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Snap! Photographers share Spotlight Show

Veteran coastal art photographers Walter Duvall and Andree Devine will share a two-week Spotlight Show at Newport’s Yaquina Art Association Gallery, starting this Saturday, Oct. 14.

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Covering all the angles

Art from every angle will be on display at the Newport Visual Arts Center this Friday, Oct. 13, when it hosts “Varied Perspectives,” the new exhibit from the Yachats Arts Guild.

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Get schooled on sharks

With “Sharknado” a distant memory and “Sharks on a Plane” still awaiting the greenlight from cowardly studio executives, all eyes for shark-related entertainment turn to Sharktoberfest this Saturday, Oct. 14, in Newport.

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Shelter exhibit brings issues into the open

Abstract works that touch on difficult social issues are on display at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts as it hosts “Chasing Shelter,” an exhibit by pioneering digital artist Joan Truckenbrod.

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Strokes of luck

Artist Steve Pickering takes viewers on a healing journey through his subconscious mind in “Lucky to be Alive,” opening this Friday, Oct. 13, at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

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Lighten up, Dark Days are ahead

This weekend will see Yachats greet the annular solar eclipse with the Dark Days Festival, showcasing a host of musical artists throughout Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13 and 14.

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Head upward

The Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve, located toward the north end of Lincoln City, is a place quite unlike any other.

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The case for Perpetua motion

I have been thinking again. I actually do it more than once a year; and it is always a cause for concern. This time I’m taking a break on a bench at the parking lot near the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center just south of Yachats.

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Dive-rse birds ahead

Birds from Lincoln City to Depoe Bay will be the focus of a pair of birding walks organized by the Audubon Society of Lincoln City this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13 and 14.

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Let’s talk about sax

If fall weather has got you Kind of Blue, remind yourself What a Wonderful World we live in with a visit to the Oregon Coast Jazz Party, returning to the Newport Performing Arts Center for three days of exceptional live jazz starting this Friday, Oct. 6.

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Unknown. Unusual. ‘UnHuman’

A fanciful array of otherworldly ocean creatures will be on display at Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery when the “UnHuman” exhibit opens this Friday. Oct. 6.

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Drape expectations

You could be forgiven for being all a-flutter when you visit Yachats this weekend to view the 34 art banners proudly flying from light poles along Highway 101.

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Sew, I hear you’re a veteran

For many veterans, boot camp might bring back memories of scratchy blankets. But the new exhibit at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center aims to give a more layered portrayal of life in, and after, military service.

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