Looking for a way to connect with your community, do good works and feel great? Then mark your calendars for the Lincoln City Giving Fair this Saturday, Dec. 7.

Wondering how independent bookstores are fairing these days? The news is positive according to Billy Reese, owner of Papa’s Bookshelf in the Lincoln City Outlets.

"In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak."

-Tom Robbins

This is a favorite quote of Sheila Jaillet, owner of Local Faire, a unique gift shop located in the Lincoln City Outlets.

What do you call an unending dinner of lasagna? Lasagnathon. The beloved fund-raiser for the Bay City Arts Center returns this Saturday, Dec. 7.

Get all of the caroling without all of the walking at “Holly Jolly — A Free Festive Family Affair” at Newport Performing Arts Center this Sunday, Dec. 8.

Manzanita’s Hoffman Gallery will close out the year with an exciting show featuring weavings by Kyla Sjogren, charcoal drawings by Sara Moen and a group vase show of coastal ceramic artists.

As winter beckons, the town of Toledo lights up with holiday spirit. From holiday lights to evergreens, the mill town sparkles with color along its streets.

Don your winter coats and head to the dock in Lincoln City’s Taft district for the annual Deck the Dock lighting ceremony, this Friday, Dec. 6.

Coastal Voices, the 53-voice premier community chorus of Lincoln County, will bring choral music to audiences up and down the central Oregon coast in a series of four “Holiday Homecoming” concerts, beginning this Saturday, Dec. 7, in Newport.

Weaving holiday lights and displays through the already stunning displays at Oregon Coast Aquarium makes the Sea of Lights one of the coast’s most unique holiday light displays.

The PushPin Show, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts’ annual community art exhibition, returns to the Newport Visual Arts Center this Sunday, Dec. 8.

Christmas lights are one of the season’s greatest gifts, whether on a cozy conifer in a corner, on a towering community tree or dancing on the side of a hill in ever-changing shapes.

Rain can sometimes kill the vibe at a Christmas Tree-lighting ceremony, but in Toledo, it only adds to the fun.

Forget your troubles and just get happy at the Happy Holidays Craft Fair in Newport this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29 and 30.

Enjoy art, music and food at the third annual Lincoln City Winter Art Festival, presented by the Lincoln City SeaGals, at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29 and 30.

If Santa were loading his sleigh with gifts for everyone on his list, he’d definitely be stopping at Wild Fern Mercantile in Lincoln City.

With a new executive director bringing fresh ideas and an ambitious agenda, the Newport Symphony Orchestra is entering a new era.

When most people think of Oregon wine, they think of Pinot Noir and rightfully so. Our Pinot Noir is world-class, but so is our Chardonnay.

Shopping for holiday gifts can sometimes bring angst, but that’s not the case at Searenity Boutique in the Marketplace at Salishan.

Familiar sights on Oregon beaches, sea jellies that have been tossed unceremoniously onto the shore blend into the flotsam of seaweeds, sticks and shells.