What influences an area? Laws? The economy? The environment? “Oregon Voices” tries to answer these questions.

Though summer fades, the colors in Toledo will be as bright as ever this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6 and 7, as galleries and studios open their doors for First Weekend.

INHOUSE Jazz will continue its season with a concert featuring renowned jazz pianist Gordon Lee and violinist Michelle Alany at a private home in Siletz this Sunday, Sept 7.

Visiting the Lincoln City Sunday Market is so much more than just a shopping experience. A small town packed with local talent puts on its Sunday best at the Lincoln City Cultural Center's newly renovated plaza.

Membership has its privileges at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, especially for those who don’t just appreciate, but also create, works of art.

Each fall, the Newport Visual Arts Center helps create the next wave of displaying artists with a diverse range of creative workshops for all skill levels.

Party with the planners at the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Oregon Coast Advanced Technology and Trades Center in Newport on Thursday, Sept. 11.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center’s Fiber Arts Studio Gallery will be transformed into a vibrant marketplace this fall and winter, with an exhibit and sale of authentic Turkish carpets, textiles and other handcrafted goods.

Bright colors, gorgeous scents, soft leaves — even the smallest gardens can be feasts for the senses.

There are those who fear retirement, thinking they might face boredom. Then there are those who can’t wait to retire, knowing they will never be bored.

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

Was it Wadsworth in the study with the candlestick? Or Miss Scarlet in the lounge with the revolver?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.