An impressive 21 members are displaying their talents at the 40th Yaquina Art Association Photographers annual show, on view at Newport’s Yaquina Art Gallery through Friday April 26.

Experience “Afghanistan Before the Wars” through the lens of Dr. Mark Svendsen in an extraordinary new photography exhibit on display at the Olive Street Gallery inside the Newport Performing Arts Center until May 19.

Small cities across the US have long wrestled with the challenges of finding and retaining qualified staff for high-level positions. But, here on the Oregon Coast, Lincoln City is experimenting with a bold solution — filling its city attorney position with Chat GPT.

People carrying bags full of pastries, cut flowers, eggs, one-of-a-kind handmade crafts and early vegetables are a sure sign that spring has arrived — and that the Newport Farmers Market is open for the season.

Your guide to Easter egg hunts on the Central Oregon Coast

Though she doesn’t look a day over 100, the Heceta Head Lightstation is celebrating her 130th birthday this Saturday, March 30.

The latest show at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts, opening on Thursday, April 4, will feature sculptures by Stan Peterson and a photography show with work from Melinda Hurst Frye, Brian Padian and Megan Hatch.

Experience the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Charles Gounod’s masterful opera, “Roméo et Juliette” on the big screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, March 30.

Habitat Conservation Biologist Derek Wilson will discuss the European green crab invasion along the coastlines of Oregon at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center on Thursday, April 4.

This spring break will be a whip-cracking, art-making, balloon-twisting, mesmerizing and appetizing good time at the beach, thanks to the 2024 Surftides Hotel Festival of Illusions at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

You might already be familiar with Beachcrest Brewing for its mouth-watering wood-fired pizzas, fresh salads, tasty desserts and innovative handcrafted beer, but now the brewery has added something new — the Tsunami Room.

Nearly 20,000 gray whales pass by the Oregon Coast each spring, traveling from the warm birthing lagoons of Baja, Mexico, to their favorite feeding grounds in Alaska, calves in tow.

After a one-week postponement, audiences are now invited to enjoy “A Night in the Theatre,” presented by Lincoln City’s Theatre West.

It will be a genre-bending evening when the Newport Symphony Orchestra performs its 2023-24 season finale, “Boléro and Symphonic Jazz, a musical journey through time” at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24.

South Beach author Sue Fagalde Lick will sign copies of her new book, “Between the Bridges” at Newport’s Nye Beach Book House this Saturday, March 23.

Just in time to close out Women’s History Month, Marianne Monson will visit Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts on Wednesday, March 27, for a discussion of her research and writing about historical women.

Have you always wanted to enter a running race, but thought there were too many hurdles? If those hurdles were cost, fear of competition or perceived lack of fitness, the Lucky Leprechaun 5K, this Saturday, March 16, is your event.

In 1942, two wooden hangars began construction at the Naval Air Station in Tillamook. The hangars were commissioned to house K-class airships, commonly known as blimps, to do anti-submarine patrol in the Oregon, Washington and California coastal areas.

Some people move to the coast to kick back, relax and do nothing. But if you live in the Gleneden Beach area, there are myriad tempting reasons to visit Gleneden Beach Community Hall.

The Portland State University String Quartet and the Celeste String Quartet of Eugene will present a free chamber concert at Newport’s Atonement Lutheran Church this Sunday, March 17.