Cultural Transformation, a new exhibit by celebrated artist Rip Cronk, opens May 28th at Olive Street Gallery (777 W Olive St). ✨ Join us Thursday, May 28th, 5–7pm for an Opening Reception featuring light refreshments, music, and an artist talk at 5:30pm. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/cronk

NEXT MONTH: Experience the magic of Metropolitan Opera - on screen in HD - at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Join us for Gabriela Lena Frank's's "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego" on Saturday, June 6, at 10am. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/met-diego or call 541-265-ARTS

As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month begins, we're highlighting Japanese-American painter Chiura Obata (1885–1975), whose sweeping landscapes masterfully blended Japanese sumi-e ink-brush technique with Western modernism. Learn more at americanart.si.edu/artist/chiura-obata-27393

IN TWO WEEKS: Join us Saturday, May 16 from 3-7pm @ the PAC for the return of BLOOM NEWPORT - our 5th annual celebration of the creativity, culture, cuisine, commerce, and community that makes Newport unique and vibrant! Fun for all ages, pets welcome, admission is free! coastarts.org/events/bloom

IN TWO WEEKS: Lindee Cunningham's "For the Birds" will be on display in the COVAS Showcase at Newport Visual Arts Center May 13-June 28. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 14th, from 5-7pm. Admission is free; all are welcome. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/ftbirds

OPENING NEXT WEEK: OCCA presents the 3rd Annual Lincoln County High School Art Show, May 8 - June 7, 2026. Join us for an Opening Reception on Friday, May 8th, from 6–8pm at the Newport Visual Arts Center. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/lchs-2026

ARTS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY! 🎨 Bold Landscapes in Oils with Khara Ledonne Capture the drama of Oregon's Natural Bridges in this one-day workshop! Saturday, May 30 · 11:30am–4pm. 14+. Registration closes May 25. Learn more or register now at: coastarts.org/events/class-bold-landscapes-in-oils

🤠🦋Coming June 14! A cowboy comedy variety show about animals who fly! Louie jumps through lassos, cracks whips, juggles glow clubs, rides a 6-foot unicycle, and even brings kids up on stage to play an orchestra. Who says learning can't be a wild ride? Grab your tickets: coastarts.org/events/leapin

THIS WEEKEND: Experience the magic of Metropolitan Opera - LIVE on screen - at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Join us for Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" on Saturday, May 2, at 10am. Learn more or grab your seats now at coastarts.org/events/met-onegin or call 541-265-ARTS

THIS THURSDAY: 🎹 Join us for a special evening of live music with local pianist, composer, and singer-songwriter Milo Graamans. Thursday, April 30, 7pm. Admission is by donation, and proceeds benefit OCCA Summer Camp scholarships. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/milo

LAST CHANCE! "Tide Pool Tea Party" - featuring tidal-themed ceramics by Rebecca Cabral and Callum Marks - closes May 3. Don't miss these whimsical, intricate pieces -- all of which were created in the VAC clay studio! Learn more at coastarts.org/events/teaparty

🎷 The 2026 Oregon Coast Jazz Party keeps growing, and this lineup just gets better and better! 🎹 Taylor Eigsti – piano 🎷 Jacob Scesney – clarinet 🎙️ Camille Thurman – tenor sax & vocals More names still to come. In the meantime, tickets are on sale now: coastarts.org/oregon-coast-jazz-party

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Bloom Newport returns Saturday, May 16 from 3-7pm at Newport Performing Arts Center. Admission is free! Learn more at coastarts.org/events/bloom

Classic rock… but make it string quartet. 🎸🎻 May 14 @ 7pm: A sophisticated take on the music that defined a generation, in an intimate, candle-lit setting! Visit coastarts.org/events/candlelight or call 541-265-ARTS Brought to you by Newport Symphony Orchestra & Oregon Coast Council for the Arts

Bloom Newport returns Saturday, May 16 from 3-7pm. Free admission! Enjoy live music and entertainment, food, our ever-popular beer garden, vendors, activities, and more. Come celebrate the creativity, culture, cuisine, community, and commerce that make Newport unique and vibrant! bloomnewport.org

Last chance! Our annual Member Show closes May 3rd at the VAC. Catch it while you can!

🎷 TICKETS NOW ON SALE for the 2026 Oregon Coast Jazz Party — October 2–4! This year's event will be a tribute to the enduring legacy of our dear friend Ken Peplowski, helmed by interim Music Director John Clayton. Learn more at coastarts.org/oregon-coast-jazz-party

LAST CHANCE! "85 & Over" - a new exhibit featuring the large-scale oil and acrylic paintings of Sandra Roumagoux, Bobbie Flewellyn, and Scottie Howard - closes May 3 at Olive Street Gallery. To learn more, visit coastarts.org/events/85over

✨Creative Kid Summer: Unlocked! 🔓 OCCA is hosting four artistic day camps designed for the makers, the dreamers, and the noise-makers...the budding Picassos, rock legends, and future Broadway stars. (Scholarships may be available!) Learn more at: 👉 coastarts.org/camps

IN TWO WEEKS: Experience the magic of Metropolitan Opera - LIVE on screen - at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Join us for Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" on Saturday, May 2, at 10am. Learn more or grab your seats now at coastarts.org/events/met-onegin or call 541-265-ARTS

What will YOUR creative kids do this summer? OCCA's got four fun- and friend-filled day camps for young artists, musicians, and performers! From our brand new ROCK'N'ROLL camp to camps for THEATRE and visual ARTS. Learn more or register YOUR creative kid now at coastarts.org/camps

IN TWO WEEKS: 🎹 Join us for a special evening of live music with local pianist, composer, and singer-songwriter Milo Graamans. Thursday, April 30, 7pm. Admission is by donation, and proceeds benefit OCCA Summer Camp scholarships. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/milo

Classic rock. 🤘String Quartet. 🎻Candlelight. 🕯️ Join us on May 14th at 7pm for CANDLELIGHT SESSIONS at Newport Performing Arts Center — an intimate string quartet experience like nothing else! Learn more at coastarts.org/events/candlelight

NEXT MONTH! Join us Saturday, May 16 from 3-7pm at the PAC for the return of BLOOM NEWPORT - our 5th annual celebration of the creativity, culture, cuisine, commerce, and community that makes Newport unique and vibrant! Fun for all ages, pets welcome, admission is free! coastarts.org/events/bloom

COMING NEXT MONTH: Lindee Cunningham's "For the Birds" will be on display in the COVAS Showcase at Newport Visual Arts Center May 13-June 28. This exhibit features whimsical, colorful, beaded birdhouses. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 14, from 5-7pm. coastarts.org/events/ftbirds

COMING NEXT MONTH: Raymond (“Ray by the Bay”) Dacanay's "Open Waters" will be on display in the Upstairs Gallery at Newport Visual Arts Center May 13-June 28. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 14th, from 5-7pm. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/openwaters

Classic rock… but make it string quartet. 🎸🎻 May 14 @ 7pm: A sophisticated take on the music that defined a generation, in an intimate, candle-lit setting! Visit coastarts.org/events/candlelight or call 541-265-ARTS Brought to you by Newport Symphony Orchestra & Oregon Coast Council for the Arts

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Bloom Newport is BACK at the PAC on Saturday, May 16! Join us from 3-7pm for this free, fun community event! Live bands and entertainment, beer garden, food, arts, activities, vendors, and more. Families, friends, and pets welcome - we hope to see you there! bloomnewport.org

Have you stopped by yet to view "Tide Pool Tea Party" - featuring tidal-themed ceramics by Rebecca Cabral and Callum Marks? Barnacles, anemones, blues, aqua, white...Don't miss these whimsical, intricate pieces -- all created in the VAC clay studio! Learn more at coastarts.org/events/teaparty

This weekend! CYRUS NABIPOOR QUARTET — Live @ The PAC on April 11th at 7:30pm! Enjoy an evening of soaring trumpet melodies, heavy grooves, and fearless improvisation as cool New Orleans influence meets gritty, modern jazz. coastarts.org/events/cyrus

OCCA is proud to present the 3rd Annual Lincoln County High School Art Show, May 8 - June 7, 2026. Join us for an Opening Reception on Friday, May 8th, from 6–8pm at the Newport Visual Arts Center. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/lchs-2026

Have you stopped by yet to view Carol Shenk's "Place & Time" in the Upstairs Gallery at Newport Visual Arts Center? This exhibit features work inspired by Shenk's time as the 2025 Artist in Residence at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/placetime

THIS FRIDAY: Enjoy an artist talk with Carol Shenk at 12:30pm on Friday, April 10th at Newport Visual Arts Center. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/placetime

CALLING ALL MURALISTS! Oregon Coast Council for the Arts and City of Newport Public Arts seek mural artists (ages 18+) to submit a design. **Deadline for submissions is April 17, 2026.** To submit or to learn more, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17250

NEXT MONTH: Experience the magic of Metropolitan Opera - LIVE on screen - at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Join us for Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" on Saturday, May 2, at 10am. Learn more or grab your seats now at coastarts.org/events/met-onegin or call 541-265-ARTS

THIS WEEKEND: On Saturday, April 4th at 2pm, ArtFit Oregon presents "Enchanted Garden" - an aerial and dance performance. All seats $10-$20 (children 2 and under are free). Learn more at coastarts.org/events/enchanted-garden-art-fit

Just announced! OCCA will host an Opening Reception for the Newport Paper and Book Arts Festival on Thursday April 23rd from 5 to 7pm. Also, a Show & Tell session for participants on Friday April 24th from 5 to 6:30pm. Learn more about NPBAF at coastarts.org/newport-paper-book-arts-festival

In two weeks: CYRUS NABIPOOR QUARTET — Live @ The PAC on April 11th at 7:30pm! Enjoy an evening of soaring trumpet melodies, heavy grooves, and fearless improvisation as cool New Orleans influence meets gritty, modern jazz. coastarts.org/events/cyrus

Classic rock… but make it string quartet. 🎸🎻 May 14 @ 7pm: A sophisticated take on the music that defined a generation, in an intimate, candle-lit setting! Visit coastarts.org/events/candlelight or call 541-265-ARTS Brought to you by Newport Symphony Orchestra & Oregon Coast Council for the Arts

ON DISPLAY NOW: Tide Pool Tea Party features tidal-themed ceramics by Rebecca Cabral and Callum Marks. Barnacles, anemones, blues, aqua, white...don't miss these whimsical, intricate pieces -- all of which were created in the VAC clay studio! Learn more at coastarts.org/events/teaparty

✨ SAVE $14! ✨ See CeCe Teneal's DIVAS OF SOUL for just $25 —a savings of $14 — and treat yourself to a night of Aretha, Tina, Whitney, Chaka Khan, and more — live at Newport Performing Arts Center. Use code "SOUL" at checkout! 📅 Friday, March 27 | 7pm ☎️ 541-265-ARTS 🎟️ coastarts.org/events/divas

THIS WEEKEND: Experience the magic of Metropolitan Opera - on screen in HD - at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Join us for Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" on Saturday, March 28 at 10am. Learn more or grab your seats now at coastarts.org/events/met-Tristan or call 541-265-ARTS

CALLING ALL MURALISTS! Oregon Coast Council for the Arts and City of Newport Public Arts seek mural artists (ages 18+) to submit a design. Deadline for submissions is April 17, 2026. To submit or to learn more, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17250

NEXT MONTH! 🎹 Join us for a special evening of live music with local pianist, composer, and singer-songwriter Milo Graamans. Thursday, April 30, 7pm. Admission is by donation, and proceeds benefit OCCA Summer Camp scholarships. Learn more at coastarts.org/events/milo

IN TWO WEEKS: On Saturday, April 4th at 2pm, ArtFit Oregon presents "Enchanted Garden" - an aerial and dance performance. All seats $10-$20 (children 2 and under are free). Learn more at coastarts.org/events/enchanted-garden-art-fit

🎶 Save $5 on tickets to our remaining Met Opera Live in HD performances at Newport Performing Arts Center — just use code CHALAMET at checkout. Offer valid for performances through June 6, 2026. Learn more at coastarts.org/performing-arts-center/met-opera-live-in-hd/

Met Opera's Tristan und Isolde heralded as "THE EVENT OF THE SEASON" by the New York Times! See it in HD at the PAC - Saturday, March 28, 10am Pacific. Call 541-265-ARTS. ★★★★ SOME OF THE MOST MIRACULOUS MINUTES OF OPERA I’VE EVER HEARD. — New York Magazine Learn more at https://ow.ly/mzxk50YtMkq

IN TWO WEEKS: Experience the magic of Metropolitan Opera - on screen in HD - at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Join us for Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" on Saturday, March 28 at 10am. Learn more or grab your seats now at coastarts.org/events/met-Tristan or call 541-265-ARTS

IN TWO WEEKS: Create a SPRINGTIME MOBILE with Kristine Berg - March 28 at Newport Visual Arts Center! Learn more or register now at coastarts.org/events/springtime-mobile-berg