Bring your appetite
Driving south on the beautiful and scenic Highway 101 towards Newport, I mention to Daniel, aka D2, that tonight we are eating at one of his favorite spots on the coast, the Newport Café
These actors have great motive-ation
Was it Wadsworth in the study with the candlestick? Or Miss Scarlet in the lounge with the revolver?
Join us for a little Desert in Yachats
With music that blends the spirit of the California desert and the West Virginia countryside, Desert Hollow will perform a special Labor Day concert at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church this Monday, Sept. 1.
Clean up with Dirty Cello in Newport
Get down and dirty and support KYAQ radio when San Francisco-based Dirty Cello rocks Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center this Sunday, Aug. 31
A patently useful presentation
It’s back to school time, and Newport Public Library is ready to help students fill their backpacks with printed resources, and adults continue in the school of life at the next installation of the Learn the Library series.
Drift in and see some art in Manzanita
An especially well-assembled group of artists, Mandee Schroer, Chris Steinken and Bill Atwood, will show their work as part of the September Exhibition at Manzanita’s Hoffman Gallery, opening on Thursday, Sept. 4.
Hang ten and enjoy some art in Newport
Square your plans in the next few weeks to include a visit to the “10 x 10: Something for Everyone” exhibit at Newport Visual Arts Center.
Good vibratos
Mei-Ting Sun, artistic director of Siletz Bay Music Festival, speaks rhapsodically about the festival’s new conductor.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
Music that moves you
Make your way to the Lincoln City Cultural Center for an evening of transcendent global music this Sunday, Aug. 24.
Voice your interest
Prime your vocal pipes and prepare to possibly join the Coastal Voices, the largest mixed chorus on the Central Oregon Coast
Performers to shine at Pearl & Oyster fest
Round up the family for the Bay City Pearl & Oyster Festival at Al Griffin Memorial Park this weekend.
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.
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.
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.