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North County Recreation District: From a pool to plays, Nehalem’s hub serves coastal community

Based in a school designed by A.E. Doyle, the 30-year-old NCRD is home to concerts, lectures, an art gallery, and soon, a new $16.4 million aquatics center.

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

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

Sea fever: Big Blue Film Festival brings 34 films about the ocean to Newport

The Jan. 24-25 festival aims to raise awareness about challenges facing the ocean while fostering hope in viewers.

With everything from bluegrass stars Della Mae to instrumental workshops, the Florence Winter Music Festival promises to be a hootenanny

Ticketed events are nearly sold out, but the festival, which starts Thursday, also includes workshops and free jam sessions.

Woven, stitched, and recycled: Fiber Fest brings fabric art to the Newport Visual Arts Center    

The show opens Saturday in four galleries and includes quilts, Siletz basketry, weavings, and wearable art, as well as classes.

Painter Shirl Ireland: From the Adirondacks to Nehalem’s NCRD Gallery, by way of Yellowstone

The recent arrival to the North Coast has her first Oregon show, “Ode to Mother Nature,” at the gallery through Dec. 31.

Happy theater holidays on the Oregon Coast

Theaters in Nehalem, Cannon Beach, and Newport welcome the season (and audiences) with some timely onstage comedy, family-friendly nostalgia, and a live radio-style "Wonderful Life."

Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center chronicles history of Black sailors

"Take Me to the Water," on display through Jan. 12, includes panels on Oregonians Louis Southworth and Alvin McCleary.

Kids Make Theatre: In Astoria, teaching the performing arts, igniting a passion

Since April 2023, the Liberty Theatre’s low-cost program has brought theater, dance – and self-confidence – to North Coast kids.

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

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

LitWatch November: Readers, rejoice! Portland Book Festival returns with Ani DiFranco, Richard Powers, and scores more

More than 100 writers and interviewers will talk about books -- fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, graphic novels, and books for children and young readers -- during the Nov. 2 festival.

Latimer Quilt & Textile Center: A little-known hive of fiber-arts activity near Tillamook

Housed in an old schoolhouse containing looms, a library, a gallery, and gift shop, the center is one of 10 working fiber arts museums in the United States.

Karl Marlantes, Deep River Storyteller

A conversation with the keynote speaker at this year's Astoria Creative Writing Festival Oct. 18-20 about his novel set amid Finnish immigrants in Astoria and Southwest Washington.

Art on the Road: On the Oregon coast, a crossover of art and nature

A "PaintOut" tradition with friends, begun by artist Nelson Sandgren in 1978 and carried forward by his son Erik, gets a lively retrospective at Oregon State University's Giustina Gallery.

Elakha Alliance’s art auction raises funds to bring sea otters back to Oregon Coast

Online bidding starts Monday for work by two dozen artists, including a Lee Kersh ukulele, culminating in a Sept. 28 event in Newport.

Oregon Mural Trail reaches Lincoln City with new painting commemorating kite festival

The 26-by-62-foot work along U.S. 101 brings to 10 the murals designed to bring artwork to life in rural locations around the state.

At 93, Newport artist Ed Cameron prepares for his first solo show, at the Yaquina River Museum of Art

The author, musician, actor, as well as artist, has been sketching since he was inspired by “Terry and the Pirates” as a child.

A ray of hopefulness: Closing Siletz Bay Music Festival with Nancy Ives, Daniel Freiberg, and Paquito D’Rivera

Jazzy clarinet concerto and a tribute to Celilo Falls closed out this year’s festival on the Oregon Coast.

Hoffman Center for the Arts: Manzanita’s cultural heart celebrates 20 years, looks to future expansion

Saturday’s anniversary party will include fun ranging from horticultural-themed bingo to magnet poetry, from life drawing to historical presentations.

Siletz Bay Music Festival, with Interim Artistic Director Mei-Ting Sun at the helm, brings classical music to the coast – with a nod to its late founder

SBMF director Yaacov “Yaki” Bergman mentored and collaborated with Sun for decades, making the pianist an ideal successor in the festival’s twelfth season.

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology will expand youth art program this fall to serve nine Oregon Coast school districts

Sitka's success has inspired a new dance program in the Knappa School District to be taught by Astoria Arts and Movement Center instructors.

Sculptors M.J. Anderson and Christopher Belluschi prepare for Hoffman Center for the Arts Artist Studio Tour

Belluschi found a mentor in Anderson, an acclaimed artist who divides her time between Carrara, Italy, and Nehalem on the Oregon Coast. The two are among more than a dozen artists participating in the July 20 tour.

LitWatch July: Summer Fishtrap, the Crater Lake Murders, and a band memoir from the Brian Jonestown Massacre

Other summer events include poetry readings, a memoir by the scion of a gangster family, and a 4th of July book sale in Cannon Beach.

Stuffed to the gunwales, Astoria’s Columbia River Maritime Museum prepares to launch $30 million expansion

The museum’s plans to nearly double in size will increase exhibits and add classroom space to serve maritime enthusiasts, children, and researchers alike.

Artist Elise Wagner: Coast to Coast

With a June show at Astoria’s Imogen Gallery, the Oregon encaustic painter from New Jersey comes full-circle.

Marine weaver: Newport artist Rebecca Hooper turns commercial fishing line into functional and decorative art

What began with doormats made from discarded maritime gear has grown to include baskets, wall art, and jellyfish. A fiber arts show at the Lincoln City Cultural Center features her Gypsea Weaver work.

Oregon Film Museum in Astoria plans massive expansion following $1 million state grant

A new, 13,000-square-foot building will celebrate Oregon's cinematic legacy, leaving the current site to focus on 'The Goonies.' The city will mark the 39th anniversary of the film's release with Goonies Day on June 7.

LitWatch June: Bigfoot Poetry Festival, Portland Book Week, and the Rose City Book & Paper Fair

Other June events include two appearances by New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, a memoir workshop led by Leanne Grabel, and readings by Oregon author Victor Lodato in Bend, Hood River and Sunriver.

Floats ahoy: Gems from a rare collection go up for sale

More than 70 glass Japanese fishing floats collected by the late James L. Watson will be sold to benefit the North Lincoln County Historical Museum.

Newport Visual Arts Center celebrates work of emerging Indigenous creators Chantele Rilatos, Isabella Saavedra, Leonard D. Harmon, Leland Butler, and Booker Bartow

The four-gallery show opens June 1 and includes photography, videography, installation, painting, and basketry.