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.

Wildfires, tsunami warnings, ice storms. Natural disasters fill the news with alarming frequency, but the Central Oregon Coast seems mercifully distant much of the time. So far.

Bob’s Beach Books in Lincoln City is a treasure trove of reading material. You don’t even have to enter the store to see how much it has to offer as the front display windows are packed with new releases and interesting titles, colorful posters and art. It’s hard to resist stepping inside.

The Big Blue Film Fest, showcasing ocean-themed films that connect science and the arts, returns to Newport this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24 and 25, with screenings at the Hatfield Marine Science Center and the Newport Performing Arts Center.

Manzanita is an ideal location for the subject of the next Hoffman Center for the Arts Writing Program, “Nature-Inspired Writing Series: Writing and the Ecological Self.”

Every January, Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts encourages poets with connections to the North Oregon Coast community to submit their work to compete for the Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize.

When Nicole Cousino and Richard Haskell purchased a property visible from Highway 20 between Newport and Toledo that features a stunning dairy barn and plenty of open space, they had visions of creating a place that they and others could use as a positive resource.

The Lincoln City Pride Festival might not be until June, but luckily you don’t have to wait until then to party with the Lincoln City Pride Committee. Have fun while raising funds at a colorful night of live music, dazzling drag performances, dancing and a silent auction at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Saturday, Jan. 18.

The Newport Symphony Orchestra continues its current season with “The Land, the Sea and the Birds,” a pair of cool, curated concerts at the Newport Performing Arts Center this weekend.

This weekend will see woodcarvings of all kinds on display as the Coastal Carvers present their 31st annual Artistry in Wood show at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City.

How do writers achieve a good balance of sensory details in a scene? How do we hone our attention to the world so that we can make the settings in our scenes vivid?

Stand-up comedian Alex Velluto will bring his sharp observational humor and piercing punchlines to the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Jan. 18.

The “Voyages: Adventures in Music” series begins on Thursday, Jan. 23, with Gypsy jazz and swing group Christine Tassan et les Imposteures at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

Experience a revolutionary one-man adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” when Andrew Scott stars in “Vanya” on screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Jan 22.

The journey to the stage can take many paths. For Jason Kutchma, starring in Theatre West’s current production, “Dial M for Murder,” it was taking a break from home improvements.

The smoky-sweet scent of burning myrrh greets visitors as they step through the arched entrance to Crystal Wizard, the iconic metaphysical store located in Gleneden Beach.