Mari-time for holiday shopping

You’ll be wrecked if you miss the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center’s Holiday Open House and Artisans Market this Saturday, Dec. 3, in Newport. The free-admission day at the museum will include live music, kids craft activities, museum store sales and light refreshments.

In the Doerfler Family Theater, museum staff member and piano teacher Bethlyn Brandt will begin the day with holiday tunes played on the amazing 1915 Steinway Grand Piano that sits on stage at the museum. Brandt will be followed by Dennis Comfort on the mandolin; vocal quartet What 4; Paul VanDenBogaard on guitar; Lisa Lipton on clarinet; and the Coastal-Aires choir.

There will be an Angel Giving Tree located in the lobby of the center for community donors who want to help support operations at any one of the sites operated by the Lincoln County Historical Society, which also include the Burrows House and Log Cabin Research Library. Special holiday ornament tags will be hanging on the decorated tree with specific items listed on them.

The event is from 10 am to 3 pm at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, located at 333 SE Bay Blvd., Newport. For more information go to oregoncoasthistory.org or call 541-265-7509.