Local Events

CAPE PERPETUA SCENIC AREA's TRAILS & GUIDED WALKS, VISITORS CENTER & THEATER
3 miles south of downtown Yachats.

• Cape Perpetua Visitors Center now offers interpretive talks, naturalist-led hikes or nature films every hour on the hour. Naturalist-led walks depart from the Visitors Center for old-growth coastal rain forest or to tidepools - check for low tides!. The Cape's 26 miles of hiking trails and one 6-mile mountain biking loop are open to the public year round. When the Center is closed, trails maps are available outside the Cape's Visitors Center door.
• The Visitors Center also offers cultural & natural history exhibits, a gift shop, and spectacular ocean view. Info: (541)547-3289.
  HOURS:
  May - mid-Sept: Mon-Sat, 9 to 5; Sunday, Noon to 5
  Winter Hours: Daily, 10 to 4
• Special Walks and Events: As announced and scheduled throughout the year. In the fall, the Cape offers guided mushroom walks and in the summer, Tidepool Discovery Days. For additional information, call (541)547-3289.
• Park Permits and Passports: Pacific Coast Passport, NW Forest Pass, and Golden Passports are honored here and may be purchased in the Visitors Center. Without a pass, day-use permit is $5.00 per auto and includes use of entire Scenic Area for one day.
• Viewpoints within this 2,700 acre Scenic Area that are accessible by auto include Devil's Churn, Cape Overlook, and Cook's Chasm--look for signed turnouts on Hwy 101, 2 to 4 miles south of Yachats. Place your pass or day-use permit on vehicle dash.
• Donations: To donate to Cape Perpetua educational programs, see Perpetua Foundation. For additional information, call (541)547.4400.

OREGON STATE PARK'S ROVING INTERPRETER
(Memorial Day-Labor Day, Wednesday-Sunday)

• Smelt Sands State Wayside and the 804 Trail: Attend a walk along the trail to learn the trail's history and find native plants. Begins at Smelt Sand parking lot and heads north. Find Smelt Sands State Wayside one mile north of downtown on Hwy 101.
• Yachats State Park: Come hear programs about the tide pools and the whales seen from the park's Platform. Find Yachats State Park at the west end of 2nd St in downtown Yachats.
• Strawberry Hill: Explore the amazing tide pools with the Roving Interpreter and hear about the Harbor Seals that are resting close by on the rocks. Find Strawberry Hill 5 miles south of downtown Yachats on Hwy 101.

HECETA LIGHTSTATION TOURS
14 miles south of Yachats on Hwy 101

• Lighthouse Tours:
  May - Sept, Daily, 11 - 5
  March, April, October, Daily 11 - 3
  Winter, 11 a.m. weekends, call to confirm (541)547-3416
  
  Special tours and group visits can be arranged all year. Call (541)547-3416, (800)551-6949.
  
  Light Keeper's House Tours:
  Memorial Day - Labor Day, Thurs-Mon, Noon - 5
  To arrange a tour beyond regular tour season,
  please call (866)547-3696.
  Victorian Christmas Lightstation Open House:
  Two weekends in mid-December, 4-7 p.m.(see calendar below)

• Tours hours may vary depending upon the availability of volunteers. Day use permit, $3 per vehicle, or show annual pass, or Oregon Coast Passport. Place your pass or day-use permit on vehicle dash. For additional information, please see State Parks.

AUDUBON TEN-MILE CREEK SANCTUARY TOURS
Learn about restoration and coastal temperate rain forest with Manager Paul Engelmeyer, (541)547-4227. Variable price for tour groups.

YACHATS YOUTH & FAMILY ACTIVITIES PROGRAM
The Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program, located in the Yachats Commons, offers a variety of after school activities. Call (541)547-4599 to request program information.

YACHATS MOVIE NIGHT On the 3rd Thursday night of each month, the Friends of the Yachats Commons offers free movies in the Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 and W 5th St. For movie information, please email movies@yachats.info.

YACHATS LUNCH BUNCH  Ages 55 and up
The last Thursday of each month from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information: (541)547-4586. Held inside the Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 and W 4th St.

Meeting Times for
Local Government & Nonprofit Organizations
Meeting times for City Council, City Commissions, and local nonprofit organizations: April, May and  June.

January - February
Storm Watch and
Agate hunting season
Experience the beauty and majesty of a coastal winter storm and the rainbows that follow. These are also the best months for finding agates...stirred up by the winter sea.

January 23, 2008
6:30 p.m., Yachats Commons
Tibetan Monks: Purification
Residents of the Gaden Shartse Monastic College, ethnic Tibetans who live in exile in India, are touring the central coast this week. Tonight, the Gaden Shartse monks will perform a vajravidharan, or ritual purification. $15, 541-547-3944 or visit www.pacifickriya.org/monks. Yachats Commons, W 4th and Hwy 101.

January 24, 2008
11 a.m., Green Salmon Coffee House
Tibetan Monks: Butter Sculpture
The visiting Gaden Shartse monks will be giving a butter sculpture demonstration. 541-547-3944 or visit www.pacifickriya.org/monks. Free. Green Salmon, 220 Hwy. 101.

January 26, 2008
4 p.m. until the food is gone!
Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th St. and Pontiac &
Yachats Commons Auditorium, W 4th & Hwy 101
Yachats Lions Annual Crab Feed
All you can eat crab with french bread, cole slaw, baked beans, soda or coffee for $25. Advance tickets are available for $25 at Yachats Village Market in Yachats, or by contacting Jerry Musial at (541)547-3498 or e-mail gfmusial@peak.org. Special group seating is also available. (Sorry, no take-out or doggy bags...all food must be eaten on premises.)

February 2, 2008
7:30 p.m., Yachats Commons Auditorium, Hwy 101 & W 5th
14th Annual
Yachats Lions Barbershop Festival
Featuring OVERTIME - International Senior Quartet Champions, THE EUGENE CASCADE CHORUS - past Evergreen District Champions under the direction of Coby Foster, and the fabulous voices of the SWEET ADELINES and the COASTAL AIRES CHORUS. Don't miss this one! Tickets $15, available in Yachats at Shirley's Gifts, Yachats Village Market, the Yachats Visitors Center, or by calling Lion Art Rotter at (541)327-2801, Cell (541)913-3517. Sponsored by the Yachats Lions Club.

February 14, 2008
5:30 p.m., Little Log Church, W 3rd & Pontiac
St. Valentine's
Wedding Vow Renewal Ceremony
A Celebration of Renewal and Commitment. Sponsored by the Little Log Church Museum, (541)547-3976.

March 15, 2008
Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th & Pontiac
Yachats Ladies Club 5th Annual Saturday Luncheon & Craft Show
Crafts by Ladies Club Members and Saturday Luncheon with Pie/beverage option. Fundraiser for the Yachats Ladies Club. HELD AT THE YACHATS LIONS HALL, W 4TH St. and Pontiac St. (One block off Hwy 101 at W 4TH St.) FMI Sandy Dunn, Yachats Ladies Club President, 541-547-3205.

March 22 - March 30, 2008
10 a.m - 1 p.m.  Whale Watch
Whale watch interpreters at Cape Perpetua Overlook, Cape Perpetua Visitors' Center, Devil's Churn Viewpoint and Cook's Chasm Turnout. Information: Morris Grover, (541)765-3304, e-mail: morris.grover@state.or.us.

March 29-30, 2008
9 - 5 Saturday and 10 - 4 Sunday
Yachats Commons Auditorium, W 5th & Hwy 101
38th Annual
Original Yachats Arts & Crafts Fair
Extraordinary Arts and Crafts of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Approximately 75 artists are selected for the superb quality of their art. Free admission. For additional information, please Email info@yachats.org, (541)547-3530, 1-800-929-0477. Fair proceeds are dedicated to producing the Yachats Walking Guide.

ARTISTS - WE ARE NOW FULL FOR 2008! 2008 Arts and Crafts Fair Guidelines and Application Form (PDF Files). IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE OPENING THE PDF FILES ABOVE, PLEASE CLICK HERE INSTEAD: Arts Fair Guidelines, Arts Fair Application.

For additional exhibitor information, please Email Beverly Wilson, webmaster@yachats.org.

March 29, 2008
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Great Oregon
Spring Beach Clean-up
Your opportunity to help keep Oregon's beautiful beaches clean. Come to the Yachats Visitors Center to register and pick up your bags. This semiannual coast clean-up is sponsored by SOLV. Info: (541)547-3530, 1-800-929-0477. Find the Yachats Visitors Center at 241 Hwy 101, in the center of town next door to Yachats Village Market.

March 30, 2008
7:30 - 11:30 a.m., Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th & Pontiac
Yachats Lions Pancake Breakfast
All you can eat pancakes with eggs, ham, sausage, coffee and milk. Sponsored by the Yachats Lions Club. FMI Max Glenn, Yachats Lions President, Email m35glenn@peak.org, 541-547-5171.

April 24, 25, 26, 2008
Thurs.-Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th & Pontiac
Yachats Lions Garage Sale
Come one, come all! On Saturday Hot Dogs and Chile will be available. FMI Max Glenn, Yachats Lions President, Email m35glenn@peak.org, 541-547-5171.

May 2, 2008
Friday 7:00 p.m.
Yachats Commons Auditorium, Hwy 101 & W 5th
Oregon Chautauqua - Wallace Stegner, Wise Man of the American West
Wallace Stegner (1908-1993) was a superlative Western author and thinker who won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his fiction, and wide critical and popular attention for his non-fiction. Historian Richard Etulain, who studied and wrote with Stegner, will present an overview of Stegner's life and work in conservation, history and intellectual thought. Free Admission. The Oregon Chautauqua series is made possible by funding from the Oregon Council for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. This program hosted by the Friends of the Yachats Commons.

May 9, 2008
Friday 7:00 p.m.
Yachats Commons Auditorium, Hwy 101 & W 5th
Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra
Music of Herb Alpert, Luis Bonfa, Durval Ferriera, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ernesto Lecuona, Henry Mancini, Charles Perkins, Gonzalo Roig. Songs of Jobim, Johnnie Mandel, and Cole Porter. Corporate Sponsors: Oregon Pacific Bank, Fred Meyer, Peace Health Siuslaw Region. Tickets are $10, available in Yachats at Raindogs on Beach St., at Newport Performing Arts Center, and at the door. For more information, please see www.occo.ws.

May 10, 2008
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Yachats Commons, Rm. 8, Hwy 101 & W 5th
Author-Fest
Come join us in this showcasing of the amazing literary talent of the central Oregon coast. You'll find a great variety of books - poetry, novels, cartoons - even accounts of Yachats history. Meet the authors - they will be glad to autograph your copies! For more information, call Sheila Evans at 541-547-3968.

May 17, 2008
Saturday 7:30 p.m.
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th
Jubilate Sings
A Spring Celebration in Song. The Women's Choir of Corvallis presents an evening of engaging and varied choral music. Suggested Donation $8 to $15 sliding scale.

December Dates TBA
(2 weekends) Saturdays and Sundays 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Heceta Lightstation 13th Annual
Victorian Christmas Open House
The Queen Ann style Keeper's House will be decorated with Victorian flourishes inside and out. Enjoy warm drinks and treats and performances by local musicians. Santa Claus will be there, and Oregon State Parks volunteers will offer historic tours of the lighthouse. There will be a holiday raffle with great prizes from local businesses. Coastal Journeys will offer shuttle service from the Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Area parking lot to the front door. Or bring warm, rainproof clothing and a flashlight and enjoy a beautiful walk up from the parking lot/beach. The parking fee is $3 or present your Oregon Coast Passport. FMI: 541-547-3696. The lightstation is located just 14 miles south of Yachats.

December 24, 2008
7:00 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.
Christmas Eve Candlight Service
Both services will feature Christmas carols, lessons & communion. Held at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church, W 7th St.

December 26, 2008 - January 1, 2009
10:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.  Whale Watch
Whale watch interpreters at Cape Perpetua Overlook, Cape Perpetua Visitors' Center, Devil's Churn Viewpoint and Cook's Chasm Turnout. Information: Morris Grover, (541)765-3304, e-mail: morris.grover@state.or.us.

Links of Interest:

Events at the Yachats Commons: (541)547-4734
Yachats Youth Activities Program: (541)547-4599
City of Yachats Calendar Links: (scroll down to "News-History-General Interest")
Waldport Events: (541)563-2133
Florence Events: 1-800-524-4864, (541)997-3128
Florence Events Center: 1-888-968-4086; (541)997-1994,
Newport Seafood & Wine Festival--Feb. Festival: 1-800-COAST44, (541)265-8801
Jazz At Newport-- September Festival: (541)265-2787  or 1-888-701-7123
Newport's Annual Oyster Cloyster--November Festival: (541)574-7131
Newport Performing Arts Center: (541)265-2787
Newport Visual Arts Center: (541)265-6540
OCCA's Arts and Entertainment on the Coast
A Guide to Oregon's Central Coast
Lincoln County Historical Society
Chinook Winds Casino and Convention Center:
 1-888-MAIN ACT; FASTIXX Outlet: 1-800-922-TIXX
Oregon Coast Visitors' Association: 1-888-628-2101; (541)574-2679
Oregon Tourism Commission

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