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Cannon Beach Spring Unveiling Art Fest Returns to N. Oregon Coast
Published 04/12/21 at 6:25 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Cannon Beach, Oregon) – Yet another signpost towards normality is coming from the Oregon coast as Cannon Beach gets ready for the return of its famed Spring Unveiling Arts Festival, happening April 30 – May 2. Galleries are hosting smaller events – but these happenings are returning with popular artists as guests.
The latest works will be on display throughout Cannon Beach with numerous artists all over town.
Plenty of modifications will be in order for this Oregon coast favorite, however, with limited crowd sizes, masks required and there will not be the usual large receptions with food and wine as in the past. But the art will be as engaging as ever.
Video: More Ways to Meander Around Manzanita - N. Oregon Coast Travel Tips
Published 04/01/21 at 6:55 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Manzanita, Oregon) – Manzanita, on the north Oregon coast, and the small area around it are an intricate and multi-leveled stretch of beach and bay. You could quite literally spend days exploring its nooks and crannies and never get bored. The town itself in an intriguing mix of quirky and laidback with dashes of the upscale, all the while feeling totally rustic and out-of-the-way. There numerous instances of culinary fireworks here, all alongside a seemingly endless array of natural surprises. Hiking trails, mountain scenery, soaring cliffs of intricate and engaging shapes, thick forests and then there are those beaches: from the miles-long Nehalem Spit to the northern edges where tides encounter the rock base of Neahkahnie Mountain.
Rarity on Oregon Coast Beaches, Sevengill Shark Washes Up at Gearhart
Published 04/04/21 at 6:55 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Gearhart, Oregon) – A real rarity washed up on the north Oregon coast this week, discovered after a local couple were walking on the beaches of Gearhart.
(All photos courtesy Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium)
On Wednesday, March 31, Coreen Mitchell and her husband were taking a stroll when they ran across a shark. They called Seaside Aquarium, and as the facility is part of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, it responded to the scene to pick up the deceased animal and investigate.
Published 03/15/21 at 6:20 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Lincoln City, Oregon) – One of the Oregon coast’s more beloved all-age traditions returns for spring break, and it’s even live this time. Lincoln City’s 2021 Festival of Illusions gets under way on March 19 and runs through March 28, with actual live performances (with plenty of safe distance involved) – and a large variety of other safe activities.
All of it will be held at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
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