Whether you think the common murre is anything but, or you’ve never heard of such a thing, the Birding Basics Course class is for you.

Step lively to snag tickets to Dancing with the Coastal Stars, the signature fund-raiser for Samaritan House Family Shelter, returning to the Newport Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Nov. 1.

What could be cozier as the nights begin to be dark and stormy than to be safely ensconced in Lincoln City’s Driftwood Public Library listening to authors talking about their work at the annual Dark and Stormy Night series?

Book a workshop at one of the Central Coast's most popular annual events, the Newport Paper and Book Arts Festival.

n the Oregon Coast, fall arrives with the smell of rain and wood smoke. In Yachats, it will also bring the clink of steins, the snap of bratwurst on the grill and neighbors catching up across long tables, when Oktoberfest returns to the Yachats Commons this Saturday, Sept. 27.

The actors will be thankfully visible when the Riverbend Players perform “The Invisible Man: A Live Radio Play,” opening in Nehalem this Friday, Sept. 26.

Even if they are not ninjas, Koopas or Pokemon, turtles are pretty cool.

The Newport community is coming together to present the Newport Oregon Pride event for the fourth year in a row, taking place at various locations throughout the city this Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21.

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.

Have you ever been delighted with a twist in a story and wondered how the author did it?

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.