It’s the 31st annual quilt show, and it is bigger than ever. What started in 1991 as a small collection, now features 300 handmade quilts that will be on display at the Newport Recreation Center this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2 and 3.

The August show at the Hoffman Gallery in Manzanita will include works in a wide variety of mediums.

Groups have been lining up to host events at the Lincoln City Cultural Center Plaza ever since it had a facelift, and the Lincoln City SeaGals are no exception. Join the gals at the inaugural Lincoln City Summer Art Festival, on the plaza this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2 and 3.

From her first classical repertoire performance leading the Oregon Symphony at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, it was clear that the venerable orchestra, the oldest in the western United States, had found a new star and Deanna Tham, its new young associate conductor, had found a new home.

Summer on the Oregon Coast is shaping up to be an exceptionally sweet one. The fruits coming to markets have been especially delicious and the peaches are no exception.

As fabulous as you are, you probably still have a little room for personal growth. Enter the 24th Annual Pathways to Transformation Holistic Health, Psychic and Crafts Fair, happening inside the Conference Center at the Shilo Inns Oceanfront Newport Hotel this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3 and 4.

Enjoy an afternoon of live music and support a good cause at the Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport this Sunday, Aug. 4.

You won’t need to build a castle or mermaid at this sand art competition – just grab a rake and get to work on the beach at Roads End State Recreation Area this Saturday, Aug.  7.

Art inspired by nature unites the creators of three new exhibitions coming to Newport Visual Arts Center galleries, opening this Friday, Aug. 2 and running through Sept. 29.

It would almost be a pretty sight if you don’t know what those tiny spots of color increasingly dotting the beaches are.

Local l artists Liz Fox and Sandy Roumagoux will share their original artwork at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center in Newport this Thursday, Aug 1.

The Toledo Waterfront Market makes for a perfect Thursday morning outing. The village of tents, surrounded by the deep green of Oregon Coast forest land and located near the Yaquina river, create a market that is the best of both worlds: a small, friendly community of vendors that offer a wide variety of handmade goods.

Both beginners and seasoned performers are invited to take part in a musical theater course for teens and adults this fall in Newport.

Love at every stage will be portrayed in a performance of A.R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize nominated play, “Love Letters” at the Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28.

This July and August, Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea is hosting a number of fun, educational events designed to help locals and visitors explore the wonders of Netarts Bay.

For years, my husband and I have passed by large wood sculptures of a whale tail and a pelican in the front yard of one of our neighbors and commented how much we like them.

Thanks to a continuing partnership, free summer camps are once again available to students in Lincoln City

A witch’s preferred mode of transportation, or something used for cleaning. The broom is rooted in our daily rituals as well as mythical tales.

Get ready to sail through time as Pacific City gears up for the annual Dory Days Festival, this Friday through Sunday, July 19 through 21.

Nothing quite says “summer in Toledo” like a bunch of burly men revving up their chainsaws.