Are flat scenes, saggy middles or muddy endings keeping your manuscript from being all it can be?

Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie — or fruit and custard if you prefer. At White Clover Grange Pie Day in Nehalem, just about anything goes as far as pie is concerned

Letitia Carson was born enslaved, but died in Oregon a free woman.

Trains come in many sizes, as do the people that love them. Model trains, the tiny replicas that can chug around a Christmas tree or travel through a perfectly replicated town, are a hobby many people enjoy until their golden years.

Celebrate Bob Marley’s 80th birthday the only proper way: with live reggae music in Lincoln City this Friday, Feb. 7.

Vow not to miss this year’s annual Valentine’s Day Celebration of Renewal and Commitment, taking place at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church on Friday, Feb. 14. 

Career and Technical Education is an ever-growing part of educational curriculums across the country, and Oregon is one of the leaders in CTE innovation and initiatives.

A popular exhibit has floated south along the coast to Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center and will be on display through Oct. 12.

It has a brand-new name but still means plenty of special sales at Lincoln City’s popular antique stores. The Retro Expo, formerly Antique and Collectibles Week, will take place from Saturday, Feb. 8 through Monday, Feb. 17.

Shine up the dancing shoes, break out the beads and second line umbrellas and join the “Krewe” as the Siletz Bay Music Festival celebrates Mardi Gras on Saturday, March 1 at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. 

The edible mushroom-hunting season on the Oregon Coast is all too brief, but thanks to a new program from the Yachats Chamber of Commerce, you can experience the thrill of finding mushrooms for much longer. And these mushrooms never go bad.

The year was 1995, and the juggernaut that is the tribute band was still in its infancy. A concert promoter got the idea to use little people to form a KISS tribute band and name it MINI KISS.

A celebration of all things fiber will take place at the Yaquina Fiber Arts Guild’s annual Spin In this Saturday, Feb. 1, at Newport Middle School.

Giuseppe Verdi wrote the opera “Aida” as a commission from the then ruler of Egypt to celebrate the opening of the Khedivial Opera House. But thanks to the Siege of Paris in 1870, the opera missed opening night because the scenery and costumes were stuck in the French capital.

Music teachers from across Lincoln County will be earning extra credit when they step on stage for the latest Spotlight on the Teachers concert this Sunday, Feb. 2.

Since its inception as a chapter of the National Audubon Society in November of 2005, the newly renamed Seven Capes Bird Alliance is as active as ever, with regular bird walks, educational talks and fun networking events.

At Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City, February might as well rhyme with legacy. Well, it doesn’t, but February does hail the arrival of the annual Oregon Legacy literary series, taking place on Sunday afternoons throughout the month.

With spring right around the corner, the town of Toledo is preparing for the new season with First Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2.

If you use the word “nerd” as a compliment, have a favorite anime character and roll your eyes at people who mix up Star Wars and Star Trek, the brand-new event coming to the Newport Recreation Center this weekend is for you.

Newport’s new Winter Lecture Series offers guests the chance to learn lots about the outside world while chilling in the cozy Newport Recreation Center.