Former Major League Baseball player Dave Baldwin of Yachats has gone from pitching to poetry, and now, big bold paintings

March 21, 2025YachatsNews.com

The retiree, whose resume also includes work as a geneticist and engineer, is one of three artists in a new venture: Little Art Museums of Yachats.

Reclusive Washington artist Charles Swank subject of two-day show in Yachats

February 10, 2025YachatsNews.com

Local art appreciator Dan Stein brings a five-decade retrospective of his friend's work to Yachats Commons on Feb. 15 and 16.

22nd annual Yachats Celtic Festival brings music, dance, food — and hundreds of visitors — to Oregon Coast

November 7, 2024YachatsNews.com

Full-day passes sold out by summer's end, but individual tickets remain for some concerts, and free events are scattered throughout the weekend.

Susan MG Tissot to retire as director of Pacific Maritime Heritage Center

April 6, 2024YachatsNews.com

Tissot, who joined the Lincoln County Historical Society in 2022, says she plans to take time for family projects, hiking, and kayaking.

Watercolor Society of Oregon’s April show in Yachats includes work of 103-year-old Waldport artist

March 29, 2024YachatsNews.com

John Bradley, who took up painting 33 years ago when he was 70, is among about 150 members participating in the annual show and convention beginning April 5.

Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Big Blue Film Fest expands to 27 films and two Newport venues

January 6, 2024YachatsNews.com

Films range from 3 minutes on an 83-year-old collector of sea lion data to a one-hour documentary about a Hawaiian woman trying to maintain a family bay-keeping legacy.

21st Yachats Celtic Music Festival announces November lineup

July 7, 2023YachatsNews.com

Organizers say tickets are going fast for the event, which will feature the Irish band Dervish and Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas as headliners.

Yachats nonprofit receives $250,000 grant to fund library expansion, remodel

June 17, 2023YachatsNews.com

The grant from The Ford Family Foundation of Roseburg is believed to be the largest single private foundation award in city history.

British princess Diana is theme of art quilt show this weekend in Yachats

February 17, 2023YachatsNews.com

Quilter Ruth Bass is curating the show, her last local production.

‘Bluegrass at heart,’ Damn Tall Buildings to perform Aug. 7 in Yachats

July 22, 2022YachatsNews.com

The New York-based trio brings jazz and swing influences to its music; Brongaene Griffin and Cary Novotny also are on the bill.

Central Coast Chorale returns with concerts in Yachats, Lincoln City, and Newport

July 22, 2022YachatsNews.com

After the COVID shutdown, the choral group has scheduled three performances next week.

Waldport’s Crestview Heights School unveils massive, student-designed tile mural

June 4, 2022YachatsNews.com

The mural, created with the help of the Oregon Coast Children’s Theatre & Center for the Arts, offers a positive message about coming together after the pandemic.

Yachats author Mylene Dressler writes ghost story trilogy, signs movie option

March 21, 2022YachatsNews.com

The retired college professor says her Irish chambermaid hero appeared to her on a road trip.

Yachats hosts ‘Gems of the Ocean’ art quilt show, featuring work of Ruth Bass

February 11, 2022YachatsNews.com

The Feb. 19-21 show will include quilters from around the world competing for $2,000 in prize money.

Waldport as arts destination? A flurry of new galleries and studios says it could be

January 14, 2022YachatsNews.com

Boosters envision the town of 2,300 becoming the "arts center of the Central Oregon Coast."

Seal Rock couple open Peephole Gallery-Studio in Yachats

October 22, 2021YachatsNews.com

Joyce Centofanti and Robert Conway's community-based creative space will have a soft opening Wednesday

Theresa McCracken: A zigzag life

September 27, 2021YachatsNews.com

The Waldport cartoonist has been a cartographer, written a book about an Oregon cult, and traveled the world.

Yachats Celtic Music Festival canceled due to COVID surge

August 25, 2021YachatsNews.com

The Delta variant and ensuing restrictions effectively stopped ticket sales, then the headliner pulled out.

Yachats’ Laughing Crab Gallery prepares to scuttle south

July 9, 2021YachatsNews.com

With their art gallery space on the market, owners are moving the business to Florence's bayfront.

Waldport banners build community

July 2, 2021YachatsNews.com

Colorful banners hanging from downtown lamp posts are the Alsea Bay Center for the Arts' first project.