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A large whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling of a museum, with a visitor viewing it from an upper balcony and a smaller marine animal skeleton visible in the background.
Some places surprise you the moment you walk through the door. The Charleston Marine Life Center is one of them. Tucked along the edge of the Charleston Marina on Oregon's Adventure Coast, this 6,000-square-foot museum is part of the University of Oregon's Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. From t...
A band performs live on stage, with musicians playing keyboard, guitar, and saxophone under warm indoor lighting.
Do you enjoy great music, fun, and adventure? If so, you'll love the South Coast Clambake Music Festival coming up March 12-15, 2026, on Oregon's Adventure Coast in Coos Bay, North Bend, and Charleston. If you haven't experienced this popular annual festival yet, 2026 is the perfect time to join in....
Interior of the historic Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay, with rows of red velvet seats facing a large movie screen, framed by ornate Egyptian Revival walls with pharaoh figures, hieroglyph-painted columns, and a winged sun emblem above the stage. The Mighty Wurlitzer organ console sits in front of the stage.
Special thanks to Laura Fisher, Kara Long, and Jill Rasmusen for their research and contributions to this story. Back in 1925, the world was abuzz with change and creativity. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby had just hit bookshelves, the Chrysler Corporation was brand new, and a young jazz mu...
Smiling man standing behind a table spread with fresh salmon fillets, whole fish, fried fish, and a bowl of clams, with a calm bay and wooden dock pier behind him.
If you don’t honor the sacrifices made on your behalf, the resources you count on may not be there for you in the future. - Coquille Indian Tribe Chief, Jason Younker In the spirit of the salmon’s return upstream, the Salmon Celebration will once again return to Oregon’s Adventure Coast: Coos Bay, ...
As the iconic film Jaws marks its 50th anniversary, North Bend’s Little Theatre on the Bay (LTOB) looks back on the formative years its most famous alum, Roy Scheider, spent on its stage. The year was 1975. The Vietnam War had just ended, Gerald Ford was the President of the United States, and a ne...