This Valentine's Day weekend, the Newport Performing Arts Center will be transformed into a temple, where the good word is love and worship takes the form of music.

Enjoy a free community performance by the Tesla Quartet at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Monday, Feb. 16.

If you love birds, it will do your heart good to attend the Valentine’s Day walk with Seven Capes Bird Alliance at the Friends of Wildwoods Open Space this Saturday, Feb. 14.

Oregon’s bean-to-bar chocolate craftsmanship is pretty impressive. We might not be as famous as Switzerland in the chocolate world, but we certainly have made a name for ourselves.

To encourage participation and support of career and technical education, Oregon Coast Community College and the Lincoln County School District will showcase the opportunities available through their programs at the college’s Central County Campus this Friday, Feb. 13.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with romantic chamber music from the Newport Symphony Orchestra at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center this Saturday, Feb. 14.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center will be all jazzed up when international vocalist Halie Loren returns on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Explore themes of joy, inspiration, spirituality, healing, grief and peace at the biennial “Sacred Threads” art quilt exhibition at the Yachats Commons this Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14 and 15.

The Coastal Arts Guild’s Tea and Talk series might have a new name, but plenty of tea will still be spilled by interesting people on interesting topics at the upcoming “Talk About Art” events.

Tibetan sacred rituals, music, workshops, meditation sessions and the intricate creation of mandalas will be featured in a broad interfaith program as four saffron-robed Buddhist monks visit several Oregon Coast towns this month. Each stop on their journey will offer a unique mix of events.

Hear bestselling author Joanie Lindenmeyer discuss love, authenticity and resilience during an author presentation at the Newport Public Library this Saturday, Feb. 7.

Audience members will be transported from Newport to the heart of Brazil when Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Caro Pierotto performs at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Friday, Feb. 6.

The spinning of the wheel is mesmerizing, as is watching skeins of unfinished fiber guided into the machine emerging as yarn, ready to be knit, purled, crocheted.

See new work by regional artists during the February Gallery Exhibition at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Art, opening this Saturday, Feb. 7.

Hear high-energy string music when Gadan brings its transatlantic blend of Irish traditional music, bluegrass and Appalachian roots to the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Celebrate Bob Marley’s 81st birthday the only proper way this Friday, Feb. 6, with live reggae music at Lincoln City’s Beach Club Event Center.

Celebrate the timeless power of creativity during “85 & Over,” a new exhibition featuring large-scale oil and acrylic paintings by artists Sandra Roumagoux, Bobbie Flewellyn and Scottie Howard.

Experience the spirit of the annual Ocean Celebration, traditionally held each August at Cape Lookout, during a pair of special events at the Bay City Arts Center this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 and 7.

You better pull out your pearls if you plan to participate in this year’s Valentine’s Day Celebration of Renewal and Commitment in Yachats.

The heart is most often depicted as a symbol. The one we cut from red and pink construction paper in elementary school around Valentine’s Day.