Red Octopus Theatre Company’s annual holiday tradition, “The Christmas Show,” has been completely reimagined for 2024, opening this Friday, Dec. 20, at the Newport Performing Arts Center.

For 10 years, Jill Morris, owner of Jillian’s Hair Salon, has supported animal rescue organizations by collecting food, toys and money around a Giving Tree in her salon.

Looking for fellowship this Christmas Eve? Join with members of the Driftwood Fellowship for the “More Than a Star” celebration at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Tuesday, Dec. 24.   

You can see them on the license plates of local cars or spouting offshore from the window of your own: whales are as integral to the Central Coast as crabs and conifers.

Oregon is known for cranberries. We are one of the top three cranberry producing states in the United States, with Bandon being our “cranberry capital.”

Winter solstice is the official first day of winter and is also the longest night of the year.

Alan and Terrie Wagner have big balls. To be fair, those balls are size appropriate for the massive winter wonderland the couple create every Christmas.

A metallic chatter interrupts the gentle squeaking of American widgeons waddling in the muck. You exchange your coffee for binoculars and swing around in time to spot a belted kingfisher diving into the shallows.

Shimmering lights displays have lit up Waldport again this holiday season.

Check out our interactive map of this year’s tour.

Alchemy is the perfect name for the transformation that has happened in a space that, for many years, housed a small engine repair shop in Lincoln City.

Nestled atop a hill in the Nye Beach area in Newport is Tu Tu Tu Kitchenware Cottage, a jewel box of a store.

There are so many reasons to visit the Newport Performing Arts Center, and this Saturday, Dec. 14, the reason will be to celebrate the building itself and the long-awaited conclusion of its $2.2-million Capital Campaign.

The newly constructed inclusive and accessible playground at Schooner Creek Discovery Park will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Saturday, Dec 14.

Join the Lincoln County Mycological Society this Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Gleneden Beach Community Center for a special one-day 50th anniversary and “end-of-season” North County Mushroom Show.

Party with the Oregon Coastal Aires and the Oregon Coast Chorus this Saturday, Dec. 14, with a free concert at the Newport Presbyterian Church to benefit Stone Soup Suppers and the Newport Food Pantry.

Have you ever wanted to tour an historic burial ground but thought, not having a loved one or ancestor interred there, that you weren’t welcome?

Heceta Head Lightstation near Yachats is celebrating 28 years of its Annual Victorian Christmas Open House this weekend and next.

The lights of the annual Lighted Boat Parade, reflecting off the water in the Yaquina Bay with the Yaquina Bay Bridge arching over the bay nearby, is a Newport holiday original that’s not to be missed.

The small town of Yachats goes big during the Yachats Winter Festival, a two-day holiday event this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7.

Run, run as fast as you can! Come to Twin Rocks if you’re a gingerbread fan!