The latest showcase at Newport’s Yaquina Art Association Gallery features works by Angie Thomas and Diane Pinizzotto, opening this Saturday, Aug. 31.

The small-but-charming town of Cloverdale is the perfect place to host an easygoing celebration of vintage vehicles. Historic Cruisin Cloverdale, an all-comers motorized vehicle show will roll into town this Saturday, Aug. 31.

The first fishing boat of the morning unloaded at 10 am. I walked with the fishermen as they hauled their buckets filled with rockfish, ling cod and salmon to the cleaning station.

After moving to the Central Oregon Coast almost 20 years ago for a job in Newport, I asked my new co-workers for recommendations for a place nearby to get a hearty and healthy lunch. A few wisely recommended the hot food and salad bar at Oceana Natural Food Cooperative.

Coastal Voices, the Central Oregon Coast’s premier vocal ensemble, will begin its fall season with Vocal Introductions on Tuesday, Aug. 27, and Saturday, Aug. 31, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newport.

Dance on over to the Dance! And All That Jazz! studio in Newport to register for fall dance classes this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 23 and 24.

Creativity is right at your fingertips with a lineup of fall classes from the Newport Visual Arts Center.

A live recorded performance of Shakespeare’s renowned tragedy “King Lear” will hit the silver screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Oregon Coast Community College has announced its most extensive selection of noncredit community education courses ever, with more than 80 exciting offerings this fall.

The Yachats Academy of Arts and Sciences presents Creighton “Creight” Horton at the Yachats Commons this Sunday, Aug. 25.

D’Rivera, who will perform at two Siletz Bay Music Festival concerts this month, has a long history of his own at Carnegie Hall, beginning in 1978, when he appeared with the Cuban group Irakere in a performance that was recorded by Columbia Records and earned him the first of his Grammy Awards. He now holds 16 in total: five Grammy and 11 Latin Grammys. Years later, he received Carnegie Hall’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his contributions to Latin music.

Make tracks to the Chinook Winds Casino Resort for the annual high-octane Surf City Classic Car Show and Sound Off this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17 and 18.

INHOUSE Jazz will continue the 2024 Season with a concert hosted by vocalist Annie Averre, presenting premiere jazz drummer M. Todd Strait, pianist Greg Goebel and new to the area bassist Garrett Baxter this Sunday, Aug. 18.

Benefit from the truly impressive talent gathered under the umbrella of the Nestucca Valley Artisans at the 30th Annual Festival of the Arts at the Kiwanda Community Center in Pacific City this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17 and 18.

Two treasured local artists, Catherine Hingson and Veta Bakhtina, will show their work at the next Yaquina Art Association’s Spotlight Show, opening on Saturday, Aug. 17 and running through the end of the month.

It will be all about boats in Toledo this weekend at the Wooden Boat Show and Containerboard Boat Contest this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17 and 18.

Each Saturday in Tillamook, a side street is blocked off and dedicated to the farmers market. Right in the heart of downtown, it is an accessible and fun outing for the whole family. Even first thing in the morning the market is already buzzing with customers.

Car shows can feature a wide range of makers and models or cater to the true fan, as is the case for the Porsche show happening at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Saturday, Aug. 17.

For me, there is no greater pleasure than walking around my sister’s property and picking sweet delicious blackberries. The trick to this though, is getting to them before the animals and birds do. I can’t say I blame them; they have good taste! It’s like nature's candy.

Things will be looking up in Newport during Dog Days and Starry Nights, held at Frank Wade Park this Friday, Aug. 16.