Fireworks over the Pacific, a special glass float drop and a live performance by a country music star headline a weekend of festivities as Chinook Winds Casino Resort celebrates its 31st anniversary this Friday, June 19, through Sunday, June 21.

Parades, slug races, live music and strawberry shortcake return to the coast when Waldport’s Beachcomber Festival celebrates three days of family fun this Friday, June 19, through Sunday, June 21.

Comedian Grant Lyon brings his Board Game Comedy Tour to Lincoln City this Saturday, June 20, with a show designed for anyone who has ever taken game night a little too seriously.

Lincoln City Sunday Market is back and ready to “surprise and delight” according to one popular vendor.

Jazz, soul, blues and gospel come together in celebration of freedom when the Lorna Baxter Septet performs a special Juneteenth concert at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Saturday, June 20.

A lifelong reader who became one of America's most successful thriller writers will share his story when Willamette Writers presents Phillip Margolin at Newport Public Library this Saturday, June 20.

Kites of every shape, size and color will fill the skies above Rockaway Beach this weekend as the Rockaway Beach Kite Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Turning marine trash into artistic treasures, Rebecca Hooper's distinctive creations will be the focus of two Newport events this week.

With the TV show “Survivor” being in what feels like its 750th season, it’s pretty obvious that the more ease we ease into our lives, there is still something in our genes that screams for the kind of problem solving our ancestors had to face.

Learn about more than just birds this week when the Seven Capes Birds Alliance splits the focus between the trees and the seas.

Science and comedy will collide this Sunday, June 14, when whip- and joke-cracking performer Leapin' Louie brings his one-man science circus to the Newport Performing Arts Center.

A boat ride through the Salmon River estuary offers a chance to explore one of the Oregon Coast's most ecologically significant landscapes this Saturday, June 13.

Boat captain and author Mary Jacobs will take you on her amazing journey from cannery worker to the captain's chair of a commercial fishing vessel at Newport Public Library this Wednesday, June 17.

Just because we don’t see stories about bee colony collapse as much as we did a decade ago, doesn’t mean we are out of the woods.

Bust out the boots and saddles — or at least a hankerin’ for a good time — and mosey into downtown Yachats for the eighth Yachats Pride festival beginning this Friday, June 5.

Find treasures at 25 sale sites in and around Waldport this Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7.

As summer beckons, the town of Toledo is showing its colors at First Weekend, with galleries and studios throwing open their doors on Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7.

Newport has become a hotspot for quality burlesque shows in the past decade, with both local and visiting troupes bringing bold and colorful entertainment to the Central Coast.

Hidden wetlands, osprey sightings and plenty of “bird nerd” conversation await this summer when Seven Capes Bird Alliance launches its new Birding by D River walks in Lincoln City.

The dead will return for one last dance as Frida Kahlo’s world bursts across the big screen when the Newport Performing Arts Center hosts the Metropolitan Opera’s “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” this Saturday, June 6.