A community ceremony honoring local fishermen and their families, the Blessing of the Fleet has been a Newport tradition since the 1950s.

Just as the land and sea are close neighbors in Newport, the annual Loyalty Days and Seafair Festivals are partner events.

Your key to a great weekend is at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, where three days of events will help celebrate (and complete) the purchase of a new grand piano.

Go “Over the River and Through the Woods," or maybe just along the coast, for the Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts’ latest production, opening this Friday, May 2.

A new exhibit featuring the work of local students opens at the Newport Visual Arts Center this Friday, May 2, and will be on display through June 8.

The Neskowin Chamber Music series will welcome the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet for its final concert of the season this Sunday, May 4.

The May gallery exhibition at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts features new works by Jenny Rideout, Victoria Christen and Robert Sumner.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center is hosting a compelling new exhibition from Quilts for Empowerment, opening in the Fiber Arts Gallery this Friday, May 2.

Hearing 53 voices joining in song is an in-person experience not to be missed.

The third annual Habitat for Humanity Home & Garden Show, a fund-raiser supporting affordable housing initiatives in the community, will fill the Newport Recreation Center this Saturday, April 26.

Dr. Daniel Immel, Professor of Music at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, will perform a solo piano recital at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center this Friday, April 25.

Six Oregon high school string orchestras will perform two concerts at Newport Middle School this Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, as part of the Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it’s not too much of a stretch to say that Bugs Bunny’s versions of the “The Marriage of Figaro” and “The Barber of Seville” were testaments of the enduring popularity of Mozart.

Glass float enthusiasts are invited to celebrate 25 years of Lincoln City’s popular float-hiding program at the Finders Keepers Festival this Saturday, April 26, at Taft Waterfront Park.

Marilyn Milne, co-author of “Cheese War,” will share the fascinating story behind the book at Nehalem’s North County Recreation District this Saturday, April 26.

Your online interactive guide to finding treasures at sale sites from Otis to Newport, Friday, April 18, through Sunday, April 20.

Lincoln City’s Community Days is celebrating its 66th year, offering eight days packed with fun, friendship and fund-raising.

Acclaimed Canadian vocalist and songwriter Barbra Lica is heading south for a special performance at the Lincoln City Cultural Center next Friday, April 25.

How can we develop empathy toward others? Join Willamette Writers Coast Chapter to explore the answer with guest poet Willa Schneberg at Newport Public Library this Saturday, April 19.

Learning life lessons can still be fun, especially if they are narrated by puppets.