One of country’s top mandolin players returns to Newport for Sunday concert

June 27, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY The Jacob Jolliff Band returns for a live concert “The Jacob Jolliff Band: Mandolin Mysteries Tour” at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 30. One of the country’s premier contemporary mandolinists, Jolliff has assembled a quartet of spectacular musicians, bringing their genre-busting fresh take on finger-picking bluegrass and vocal harmonies for one performance

How portions of Cape Foulweather will be returned to Siletz tribe is focus of Saturday talk

June 20, 2024

Cape Foulweather is familiar to residents and visitors as one of the most iconic viewpoints on the central Oregon coast. But the headland offers more than sweeping vistas of the Pacific Ocean. People can learn more about a collaboration to ensure longterm stewardship and protection of 27 acres of Cape Foulweather during a talk by Margaret Treadwell, central coast

Want to go fly a kite? See hundreds of flying objects this weekend in Lincoln City

June 20, 2024

Folks who enjoy the windy season on the Oregon coast will gather on the beach at the D River State Recreation Site for the annual Lincoln City Summer Kite Festival on Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23. Visitors and locals can experience two days of kite-flying activities like walking through the wind garden, enjoying the art kite display and making

Tickets are now on sale for annual Siletz Bay Music Festival in August

June 13, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY Expanding on a tradition of bringing world-class orchestral, jazz and chamber music to the Oregon coast, this year’s Siletz Bay Music Festival will add new twists and faces to its virtuoso-packed program, with 11 concerts scheduled over 10 days from Aug. 16-25. Concerts will be staged at four venues in Lincoln City and one in

Owner of seaweed harvesting company offers seminar on how to identify ocean’s bounty

June 6, 2024

By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY Alanna Kieffer digs seaweed. Or, more accurately, she cuts pieces of it off with scissors, leaving intact the “hold fast” and the lower part of the leaf so that it can regrow. A teacher, culinary explorer and cultivator with a background in marine science, Kieffer has a true passion for sea vegetables, especially kelp.

Tibetan monks from India return to Newport for a week of educational, spiritual offerings

June 6, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY The Tibetan monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastery in southern India have been on tour for more than a year and will return to Newport from Saturday, June 8, through Saturday, June 15. The weeklong visit will feature a full range of colorful, entertaining, enlightening and participatory public events, including ceremonies, talks, workshops, pet blessings,

Four Newport galleries collaborate to create month-long exhibit by Native American artists

May 29, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY Like rivulets joining to create a stream, the three galleries of the Newport Visual Arts Center and the Olive Street Gallery at the Newport Performing Arts Center will unite for a singular show, “Where Waters Meet,” opening Saturday, June 1. Honoring heritage while establishing new paths of contemporary expression, five talented artists from diverse backgrounds

Newport’s prodigal daughter “Rizo” is back with a new show of comedy, burlesque and performance art

May 29, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY Fresh on the heels of a successful Sydney Festival run, Amelia Zirin-Brown, aka Rizo, has returned home with a new show at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1. Rizo uses her trademark blend of songs, stories, performance art, comedy and glamor to explore the nature of home and how

With 3,000 wreaths, 79th annual Fleet of Flowers on Monday will commemorate those lost at sea

May 23, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY DEPOE BAY — Of the many festivities and commemorations on the central Oregon coast this Memorial Day weekend, few are as visually stunning as Depoe Bay’s annual Fleet of Flowers, taking place by land and by sea on Monday, May 27. The program begins on land at 11 a.m. with a ceremony that lasts roughly

Dance students from two organizations present annual performance Sunday at Newport PAC

May 23, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — Pacific Dance Ensemble and students from Newport School of Artistic Movement will present their 37th annual gift to the community, “Dances from the Heart” at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Sunday, May 26. Directed by Nancy Mittleman, the program will showcase original choreography, live Ecuadorian music with Chayag en Familia, dances from