FOOD & DRINK
Wing it on a trip to Nestucca
Wading through the chocolate ripples of the brackish bay, a female surf scoter tumbles a clam in her beak, orients it just right and swallows the mollusk whole. Clam meat will fuel the scoter’s long flight to the Canadian Arctic’s boggy nesting grounds. Her powerful gizzard pulverizes the clam shell into dust. Again, the sea duck dives into the murky shallows to dredge up another morsel. As the female scoter probes the mud for mollusks, above, her candy corn-beaked and skunk-feathered partner beats his wings furiously and slaps his webbed feet along the liquid runway. The sound of the drake’s labored lift off brings to mind the sweet song of a 1985 Plymouth Voyager with a failing timing belt straining to merge into Highway 101 traffic.
It’s hard to ignore this Big Easy gala
Good times will be rolling at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Saturday, May 4, as the Siletz Bay Music Festival’s “Swing Into Spring” fund-raiser conjures Bourbon Street’s party atmosphere. The festive evening will feature the Big Easy’s down-home food, irresistibly danceable music and silent and...
A very composed performance
Dr. Daniel Immel, Professor of Music at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, will perform a solo piano recital at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center this Friday, April 26. Immel is fast developing an Oregon Coast following. This performance, presented by the Lincoln County Oregon Music Teachers Association, is his third...
INHOUSE Jazz returns to the coast
INHOUSE Jazz will begin its 2024 season with an intimate house concert in Siletz, hosted by vocalist Annie Averre and featuring Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Randy Porter this Sunday, April 28. As a Steinway Artist, Porter draws from a rich palette of sonorities found within his imagination and the depths of...
Graamans picking up the baton to continue performing arts group’s annual Shakespeare camp for kids
Shakespeare’s seven ages had a more lifelong meaning, but the kids in seven grade ages can have a ball at Oregon Coast Council for the Arts’ popular Shakespeare Camp this summer. Open to kids entering grades six through 12, the day camp will take place June 17-27 at...
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