February 1- 28, 2010
Celebrate Black History Month in Lincoln City.

View films, art exhibits, live performances and more during February as part of Black History Month.

Participating locations include: The Historic Bijou Theatre, Lincoln City Cultural Center, Freed Gallery, Jennifer L. Sears Glass Art Studio.

For more information please email Katera Woodbridge.

February 5 - 15, 2010

Come join us for city-wide antique sales, Red Bottle Round-Up, Harry Rinker appraise-athons, Red & Pink Hat Round-Up Formal Tea Luncheon, Classic Car Show, Redhead Round-Up! and much more.

Redhead Round-Up! Photo Contest
Send in your best redhead picture in one of our fantastic ginger loving divisions including: Longest red hair, most freckeled redhead, redhead pet, best 'wanna-be' redhead and more! This contest is open to ALL redheads and will be voted on by people's choice February 5-14th at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Prizes will be awarded on February 15th after a free showing of The Red Headed Woman at the Bijou Theatre.
Download your entry form and learn more (click here)

Harry Rinker Appraise-a-thons!
Harry Rinker HGTV's Collector Inspector, a weekly show devoted to seeking out antiques and collectibles in private homes. The show first aired in October 2002 and was last broadcast in December 2004. Join Harry at the Oregon Coast Antique & Collectible Show Appraise-athon & Workshop, located at Chinook Winds Casino Resort or have your picture taken with Harry at The Little Antique Mall. Take in a workshop at the Lincoln City Cultural Center or enjoy an impromptu discussion about vaseline glass at North by Northwest Books. To round the weekend out, Harry has offered to come to your Lincoln City home and appraise all the antiques you have! Each session is 20 minutes. Contact Maggie Conrad at 541-996-1273 or maggiec@lincolncity.org to make your reservation. Hurry as space is very limited! Click here for Harry's full schedule (pdf)

Click here for the Antique Week map & full schedule (pdf)

For more information Call: 800-452-2151; 541-996-1274. Click here for event web page!

February 14, 2010

16 FREE Vow Renewal Ceremonies will be given away to 16 lucky couples during this Valentine's Day promotion.

Couples from more than 50 miles away have a chance at one of these ceremonies on a first come first served basis.

The ceremonies will be held at one of two locations in Lincoln City. The Jennifer L. Sears Glass Studio or the Connie Hansen Garden. For more information on the promotion please contact Katera Woodbridge at 541-996-2119.

All of March 2010
Throughout the country, Universities, Organizations, Libraries, Museums, Cities, Counties, States and many others will focus attention on the accomplishments of individual women as well as the impact of Women in U.S. History.

Lincoln City is once again taking a leading role, in highlighting the accomplishments of Oregon’s historic and unsung women, alike. We hope you will join us this March and learn about these pioneering Americans. Click here for event information!

March 13, 2010
When you think of berries, you think of summer, right? Cartons of fresh, sweet berries at the farmer's market, summer berry smoothies, and kids happily playing outdoors with sweet-sticky, berry-stained fingers.
Well, berries aren't just for summer anymore! Lots of varieties of fresh-frozen berries now grace your grocer's freezer, ready to be used for baking, to top your cereal, in that scrumptious savory dish or even as a sweet frozen treat. The list of berries grown in Oregon consists of; Huckleberry, Blackberry, Marionberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Strawberry, Boysenberry and Loganberry. And because they are quick frozen, their texture and taste are perfectly preserved to bring you summer, anytime.

Chefs from throughout Oregon will compete to take home the people's choice title: Best Oregon Berry Dish, or the live cooking competition for best Savory Oregon Berry dish. The live competition will be judged by three judges on taste, authenticity, creativity, technique, appearance, consistency and overall presentation.

Sponsored by the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention Bureau in cooperation with the Oregon Berry Commission. Located in the Culinary Center of Lincoln City at 801 SW HWY 101, on the 4th Floor, North. We're above the Driftwood Public Library, and City Hall. This annual event begins at 11am and wraps up at 2pm. Admission is free, with tasting sized portions available for a small fee.

For more event information contact Maggie Conrad at 541-996-1273 or email maggiec@lincolncity.org.

To enter the cooking competition, please contact Chef Sharon Wiest at 541-557-1125 or email sharonw@lincolncity.org.

*We recycle, reduce, reuse when possible and use no styrofoam containers for our cooking events.

March 27 & 28, 2010
Oregon's premier Indoor Kite Festival is in Lincoln City. Yes, it's true. If you have the right kite and know how to do it, you can fly kites indoors without wind---and have great fun even if the weather outside is frightful! So everyone can enjoy this great sport, Lincoln City is bringing expert indoor kite fliers from all over the country to demonstrate the art and teach kids of all ages how to soar without wind.
Click here to visit the event website

Fun for all ages, and to help keep the little ones entertained for hours, we will feature a Kids Carnival. Located in the commons area at Taft High School, the Kids Carnival is fashioned after the school carnivals of yester-year.

We had an exciting show in 2009! Click here to view "Mystic Canyons"

Do you have kite related items? If you are interested in being a vendor at the 2010 Indoor Kite Festival, please email Maggie Conrad or call her at 541-996-1273

April 16-18, 2010

The Great Oregon Coast Garage Sale is an annual community wide garage sale with over 100 individual and organizational garage sales. Sales will be combined with "insidewalk" sales throughout the city to give everyone a greater shopping experience.

The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce and Central Oregon Coast Association will join forces with Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau to promote citywide garage sales in their towns during the same weekend. Look for sales throughout Lincoln County; church groups, neighborhoods, and individuals with great deals. FMI 1-800-452-2151.

May 1, 2010
Ensenada, Mexico claims to be the birth place of the fish taco, and they are advertised at restaurants throughout the city where many claim that their taco is the original. The best place to sample them is at any of the small food stands that line the streets around the Mercado Negro, Ensenada’s incredible fish market. The fish tacos served are simply small pieces of batter-coated, fried fish in a hot corn or wheat tortilla.

People in the coastal areas of Mexico have been eating fish tacos for a long time. The history of fish tacos could seemly go back thousands of years to when indigenous North American peoples first wrapped the plentiful offshore catch into stone-ground-corn tortillas. The people of Ensenada say their port town is the fish taco's true home, dating at least from the opening of the Ensenada mercado, in 1958.

The people of San Diego, California, have been hooked on fish tacos since 1983. In fact, fish tacos are the fast-food signature dish of San Diego: they're cheap to buy and fast to make. Fish tacos were popularized in the United States by Ralph Rubio, who first tasted them while on spring break in Baja, Mexico. According to the story he tells, there was one Baja vendor he especially liked, a man named Carlos, who ran a hole-in-the-wall taco stand with a 10-foot counter and a few stools. Carlos fried fish to order and put it on a warm tortilla. Customers added their own condiments. Rubio tried to persuade Carlos to move to San Diego, but Carlos was happy where he was and would not budge. He did agree, however, to share his recipe, which Rubio scrawled on a piece of paper pulled from his wallet. Several years later, Rubio opened his own restaurant in San Diego, called Rubio's - Home of the Fish Taco. Today, fish tacos are legendary and are sold throughout San Diego and the Southwest.

Come taste the best fish taco of the Northwest. In honor of "Cinco de Mayo" join us during this event where Chefs from throughout Oregon will compete to take home the title: Best Fish Taco. The competition will be judged by YOU! This is a "people's choice" competition only!

This annual event begins at 11am and wraps up at 2pm. Cost at the door is FREE! (a token amount is charged for tastes) Located at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City at 801 SW HWY 101, on the Fourth Floor, North. We're above the Driftwood Public Library, and City Hall. View the 2009 Winners! (pdf)

For more event information contact Maggie Conrad at 541-996-1273 or email maggiec@lincolncity.org To become a vendor, please contact Sharon Wiest at 541-557-1125 or email sharonw@lincolncity.org

*We recycle, reduce, reuse when possible and use no styrofoam containers for our cooking events

Please contact Nichole LeSage for more information; nicholel@lincolncity.org or 541-557-1110.

Click here to visit the 2009 event website.