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Good vibratos

Mei-Ting Sun, artistic director of Siletz Bay Music Festival, speaks rhapsodically about the festival’s new conductor.

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Uke can join in

As an organic gardener, I have a deep and abiding dislike of slugs. Then earlier this year, I met some slugs of a different type, and I couldn’t find them more charming.

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Back in the hood

There are plenty of car shows on the Central Oregon Coast. But Lincoln City’s Surf City Classic Car Show and Sound Off is a car show…in stereo.

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‘Peter and the Wolf’ to pack Regatta Park

The Siletz Bay Music Festival will present Prokofiev’s much-beloved “Peter and the Wolf” at a free family concert in Lincoln City’s Regatta Park this Saturday, Aug. 23.

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Old country: fresh sound

People will be green with envy if you grab your tickets early for the Celtic Music Series at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, with tickets on sale now.

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Knit to be missed

Art comes in every form at the Artisan Faire at Salishan Marketplace and each artist is a master of their craft.

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They’ve got the tunes and the movies to match

This month, the Lincoln City Cultural Center will transform into a portal of rhythm, resistance and revelation as Making Movies, one of the most vital and genre-defying bands on the scene today, takes the stage on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

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Music that moves you

Make your way to the Lincoln City Cultural Center for an evening of transcendent global music this Sunday, Aug. 24.

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Voice your interest

Prime your vocal pipes and prepare to possibly join the Coastal Voices, the largest mixed chorus on the Central Oregon Coast

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Pepper shaker

A ground-breaking master of musical fusion, Jim Pepper drew upon his Indigenous Kaw and Creek ancestry and his love of jazz to create an exhilarating body of work that has slowly begun to be fully appreciated.

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Let that sink in

You don’t need to own, or even care that much about, wooden boats to have a great time at the 20th Annual Wooden Boat Show, taking place at Toledo’s Waterfront Park this weekend.

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This looks like a laugh

The Jay Flewelling Comedy Showcase returns to Newport with a rotating lineup of some of Portland’s most talented comedians this Saturday, Aug. 16.

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Rock away in Rockaway

It’s always cooler at the beach and the Rockaway Beach Music Festival is keeping the cool vibes going this summer with a free, two-day long music festival hosted at the Rockaway Beach Wayside this weekend.

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Brush shoulders with artisans in Pacific City

The Oregon Coast’s vibrant creative spirit takes center stage once again as the 31st annual Nestucca Valley Artisans Festival returns to the Kiawanda Community Center in Pacific City this weekend.

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Blues times two in Yachats

Both award-winning musicians in their own rights, Terry Robb and Adam Scramstad are teaming up for a special performance at the Yachats Commons this Saturday, Aug. 16.

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From Hawai’i with Love

Prepare for a night of revolutionary music and soul-stirring messages when internationally acclaimed reggae artist Mike Love performs at the Beach Club in Lincoln City on Thursday, Aug. 21.

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Oregon’s shorty turns 135

For decades, a beacon of light shone from the tiny but mighty Cape Meares Lighthouse, guiding the way for mariners at sea.

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This party has the wow factor

This weekend, all are invited to take part in a celebration of local Indigenous culture at the annual Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow, hosted by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

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