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Spend a morning at the opera

Have a devilishly good time at the live recorded presentation of Jacques Offenbach’s fantastical final work, “Les Contes d’Hoffmann,” or “The Tales of Hoffmann.”

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There’s a lot to like at ‘Gusto!’

Chords ringing and foot tapping is what you can expect at “Go for the Gusto!” concert from the Oregon Coast Chorus of Sweet Adelines this Saturday, Oct. 12 at First Presbyterian Church of Newport. 

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Un-convent-ional art

The first-ever United States tour by a group of Tibetan nuns is coming to the Lincoln City Cultural Center for a week of Tibetan cultural events, workshops, talks and ceremonies from Thursday, Oct. 10, through Tuesday, Oct. 15.

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On course for success

Calling all patrons of art, culture and community to the Lincoln City Cultural Center for this year’s Culture, of Course! Benefit and Dinner, this Saturday, Oct. 5.

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Brulées are made to be broken

Oregon is home to more than 220 dairy farms, many family-owned that have been in operation for multiple generations. Of the 36 counties in Oregon, 21 have dairy farms.

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Drawing crowds to Toledo

With an autumnal chill in the air and long afternoon shadows on its colorful streets, the mill town of Toledo is perhaps at its most bewitchingly picturesque in the fall.

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Hello gourd-geous

Boasting thousands of gourds and u-pick pumpkins and the biggest corn maze on the Oregon Coast, the Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch will operate every weekend in October.

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Take a nature squawk

Orbiting high above Alder Island where the Siletz River slips underneath Highway 101 and oozes into the bay, a male osprey spies a school of surf perch swimming in the channel.

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Party at the PAC

The Oregon Coast Jazz Party returns to Newport for its 20th anniversary and three days of exceptional live jazz starting this Friday, Oct. 4.

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Who could be a-verse to this?

Poetry will ring out in Newport this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5, when the Oregon Poetry Association holds its annual conference at the Best Western Agate Beach.

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A pressing engagement

Celebrate the harvest season with the Oregon Coast community at Neskowin Valley School’s 42nd Annual Harvest Festival, taking place at the school this Saturday, Oct. 5.

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A stein of the times

Building on a great idea can make it even better. Just ask Amy White, owner of Beachcrest Brewing in Gleneden Beach.

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She’s a natural

Artwork that explores the patterns of nature will be on display when Jody Andersen’s new exhibit, “A Beautiful Random Order” opens at Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery this Friday, Sept. 27.

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Live your fest life, in Yachats

Yachats will come alive with the sounds, smells and tastes of Bavaria this weekend as the Yachats Oktoberfest returns for its second year.

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Seas the Night

The Elakha Alliance will continue its quest to bring sea otters back to the Oregon Coast by hosting a silent art auction and cocktail party this Saturday, Sept. 28, in Newport.

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Surfers unleashed at South Beach

The Jetty at Newport’s South Beach State Park will be the place to catch a break this weekend when the second Annual Oregon State Surfing Championship comes to town.

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A cello player who breaks the mold

The Newport Symphony Orchestra will get its 2024-25 season off to a rousing start this weekend with “Symphonic Bacchanale and the Divine Cello” featuring Mark Votapek, principal cellist of the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra.

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Electrifying afternoons at the library

Fall is here and there’s a chill in the air, even inside Lincoln City’s normally cozy Driftwood Public Library, where the Dark and Stormy Night author series has returned for more spine-tingling tales.

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Pride, before the fall

Walk, don’t run, to the Newport Pride weekend. Or, if you do want to run, join the 5K, just one of nine activities planned for Newport Pride, happening at various locations throughout town from Friday, Sept. 20, through Sunday, Sept. 22.

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