Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s day or Palentine’s day, drag your partner or friend to Lincoln City for three fabulous events this Friday, Feb. 14, and Saturday, Feb 15.

Briefly interrupted by the pandemic, the annual Williams Lecture Series is back with an important presentation at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Thursday, Feb. 20.

With its lush green hills, intricate Celtic knots and pints of Guinness, the traditional things that say “Ireland” are a draw for even those with no Irish ancestry.

How did artist Charles Swank, a resident of Olympia, Washington, end up with a Retrospective Art Show in Yachats?

Help celebrate Valentine's Day with the result of a perfect pairing: Finders Keepers IPA, a brew from Beachcrest Brewing Company in honor of Explore Lincoln City’s ever-popular glass float program.

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.