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Moovin’ Thru the Seasons

Held traditionally on the fourth weekend in June, the June Dairy Parade will march the streets in celebration of its 68th year on Saturday, June 28 at 11 am. The parade honors the community’s strong historical and economic ties to the dairy industry.

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Orca Action Day

June marks Orca Action Month and to help celebrate, the American Cetacean Society-Oregon Chapter is hosting Orca Action Day at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center this Saturday, June 28. 

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PrideFest

Bring the whole family to celebrate love, inclusivity and diversity at the Lincoln City, Oregon PrideFest at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Saturday, June 28. 

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Small Town, Big Spirit

The famed Gleneden Beach July 4th Parade returned last year after several years of hiatus due to COVID, and now is slated to once again be an annual event for the community and its many visitors. There’s sure to be lots of flag waving and red, white and blue Americana.

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Touch a Truck

Experience the joyful phenomenon at the next annual Touch-a-Truck event at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Friday, June 27. 

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INHOUSE Jazz

INHOUSE Jazz will continue the 2025 season with an Oregon Coast concert hosted by vocalist Annie Averre, presenting The Randy Porter Trio this Sunday, June 22.

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Lincoln City’s Summer Kite Festival

There will definitely be strings attached when Lincoln City’s celebrated Summer Kite Festival returns this Saturday and Sunday, June 21 through 22.

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Virginia’s Apple: Collected Memoirs

Join the Willamette Writers Coast Chapter and author Judith Barrington at Newport Public Library for a reading this Friday, June 20, and a memoir workshop this Saturday, June 21.

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You're chordially invited

Presenting 11 concerts at five venues in Lincoln City and Newport, this summer’s Siletz Bay Music Festival will offer an adventurous program of chamber, jazz and orchestral music performed by 52 artists who travel to the Oregon Coast from locations around the world.

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Comb out for some fun

Family fun, local pride and heartfelt tributes will reign when Waldport puts on the 69th Annual Beachcomber Days, themed “United By The Sea,” this Saturday, June 14.

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Chick out these birding walks

Common murres push their flightless chicks off of rocky outcrops into the ocean before they can fly, and then the father, not the mother, sticks around to catch fish for the baby until it has fledged.

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No need to brave the big city for Coward classic

A good laugh is like a tiny present, and you’ll find plenty at the National Theatre production of Noël Coward’s “Present Laughter,” on screen in ultra-HD at Newport Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, June 18.

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Kelp is at hand

Check out a broad mixture of ceramic forms and firing techniques then explore some tidepool paintings at two new exhibits opening the at Newport Visual Arts Center this Friday, June 13.

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This summer is looking berry delicious

Hello summer my old friend and hello strawberry season. These ruby beauties are making an appearance in grocery stores and farmers markets everywhere.

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The sky’s the limit this summer

Registration is now open for a series of summer arts learning opportunities at the Newport Visual Arts Center, beginning with “Cloud Painting in Oils,” led by Khara Ledonne, on Wednesday, June 18.

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Sharing a story

It’s no secret that writers and visual artists are mostly solitary creatures when they work, but when they work together, it can create magic, as was the case with the collaboration between Taylor Yount and Veta Bakhtina.

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Bartow in the frame

Eagles circled overhead while I spoke to JoAnn Barton and Rena Olson about the latest project at Newport’s Yakona Nature Preserve and Education Center.

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Where flavor reaches new heights

In between Lincoln city and Depoe Bay, next to Chester’s Thriftway, sits a coffee shop called Big Mountain Coffee Roasters that has been in operation for 20 years.

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