Germany’s most famous tradition comes to the Oregon Coast at Beachcrest Brewing Company’s seventh annual OktoberCrest, this Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept.  21.

Organizers had a bright idea to enhance the annual Lincoln City Fall Kite Festival, returning to the beaches of Lincoln City for its 45th year this Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21.

Experience the “genre-bending collaboration” of internationally recognized jazz pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum and Japanese visual artist Yoko Sano at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Feather your nest of bird knowledge when Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea Board President Michael Krall leads a Walk and Talk on the Birds of Tillamook County this Saturday, Sept. 20.

The Coastal-Aires Barbershop Chorus is inviting the community to a musical Class Reunion at the First Presbyterian Church of Newport this Saturday, Sept. 20.

The mercury will rise at the Newport Performing Arts Center when the premier Queen tribute band, Epic Queen, takes the stage this Saturday, Sept. 20.

Hundreds of community members will link together on the Alsea Bay Bridge in Waldport for the 17th annual Walter Ackerson Jr. Hands Across the Bridge event this Saturday, Sept. 20.

Join local author Alexandra Mason for the fourth talk in the Pro-tips series at Café Chill in Waldport this Saturday, Sept. 20.

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There will be brews, there will be bikes, there will be blues — there will even be bites. All to be enjoyed outdoors next to the beach along Alsea Bay at Waldport’s annual Beach, Bike & Blues Festival this Saturday, Sept. 13.

Lincoln City’s own Pat Magada will bring heartfelt lyrics, soulful vocals and songs that stay with you long after the last note at a special end-of-summer concert at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Saturday, Sept. 13.

The small, interlocking blocks have been a source of fascination and endless play for generations, inspiring kids and adults to engage their hands and minds with an unlimited range of possibilities.

Enjoy a special screening of Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

A box containing an intricate, handmade quilt and a few index cards that had been kept from public view for more than 30 years held the key to “Uncovering the History Behind Ziller’s Quilt,” a new exhibit opening at the North Lincoln County Historical Museum on Thursday, Sept. 18.

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It looks more like the beginning of a movie plot than a true story: a small group of UFO believers visits the town of Waldport, then numbering fewer than 1,000 residents, and when they leave, 20 of those residents have disappeared without a trace.

The Newport Visual Arts Center is all about fostering the arts, and that includes helping young artists with classes, camps and workshops during the summer.

Seven Capes Bird Alliance will lead bird walks on two less-traveled trails that promise great scenery and, hopefully, beautiful late summer weather this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12 and 13.

Chinook Winds Casino Resort will again lead Lincoln City’s Salute to active-duty personnel, military veterans and their families with the Celebration of Honor.

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