Wis. man donates cheesehead hat signed by Obama
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay. Mansfield Neblett told The AP on Friday in an e-mail that he decided to donate the tria...
 0.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 131.0 Exhibit will honor veterans' service
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks Saturday and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several...
0.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 196.0 Museum will host Veterans Day program
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several veterans will tal...
1.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 196.0 Savoring a school house
RANDOLPH A good site, money and a passion for history that s what Charlie Ruddell had. After four years, a lot of research and creative problem solving, he now has a renovated historic schoolhouse, too, at Randolph about 6 miles north of Bandon....
5.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 1000.0 The Genesis of R. Crumb
LOS ANGELES His religious upbringing might well be as unorthodox as the psychedelic-inspired comic-strip characters that have made R. Crumb the most famous underground artist of his time. Which, come to think of it, may have made Crumb the perfect ...
6.8K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 131.0 'Mighty Mo' goes in for preservation
HONOLULU Mike Weidenbach has walked across the historic teakwood decks and through the metal hallways of the USS Missouri countless times in the past decade. But he recently realized how massive the aging battleship is from a new perspective unde...
4.4K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 169.0 USS Blueback celebrates birthday
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is celebrating the 50th birthday of its submarine, the USS Blueback. The Blueback was commissioned on Oct. 15, 1959, as the country s last diesel-powered fast-attack submarine. It was decommis...
0.6K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 131.0 Shirley Yvonne (Langlois) Ward
A memorial blessing and coffee reception will be held for Shirley Yvonne (Langlois) Ward, 85, of Lake Oswego, formerly of Bandon, at 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, at Bay Crest Village Evergreen Court in North Bend. Shirley was born July 10, 1924, in Bandon...
2.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 131.0 Singled out
COOS BAY An eyesore isn t an obvious choice of subject for a work of art. But recent renovations on the Hotel North Bend inspired a painting that won Jean Kyle of Coos Bay an award in a museum exhibit. Local artists won four of the top six prizes i...
4.5K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 236.0 Culture collection
October is National Arts and Humanities month, hailed as a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture. For the next four weeks there will be proclamations, poetry readings, performances and prizes and in Oregon, an expansive menu of cultural ...
4.8K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 274.0 Coming Soon
Day of Culture Through Saturday, the Coos Historical Maritime Museum invites people to view a piece of Coos County history. People are encouraged to view the object and then create a piece of art, poetry, or reminiscence inspired by the object. The...
1.4K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 284.0 Museum wants to inspire creativity
In honor of Oregon s Day of Culture on Oct. 8, The Coos Historical & Maritime Museum is asking locals to reflect and comment creatively on a historical object, which will be on display beginning Monday. Museum Collections Manager Vicki Wiese said...
1.8K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 812.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Broadway Bound, the third part of Neil Simon s autobiographical trilogy, continues through Sunday at Little Theatre on the Bay. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $12, $10 studen...
4.0K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 217.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Bay Area Teen Idol, a singing competition for Coos County teens, will conclude at the Bay Area Fun Festival, 3 p.m. Saturday. Four finalists and others will perform at the Firemen s Memorial in downtown Coos Bay. www.bayare...
5.1K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 263.0 Museum opens final Oregon 150 exhibit
The Coos Historical & Maritime Museum has announced its newest exhibit Oregon 150: Looking Back on Coos County. This is the final installment of a three-part series, which celebrates 150 years of Oregon statehood. It opens Saturday. The museum i...
0.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 732.0 Printing museum hosts annual meeting
Members of the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum Association will gather for their annual meeting this month. The event is planned at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, at the museum on Front Street in Coos Bay. A short general membership meeting will begin a...
0.9K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 217.0 Art museum looks at Coos history
The Coos Historical Maritime Museum has announced its newest exhibit Oregon 150: Looking Back on Coos County. This is the final installment of a three-part series, which celebrates 150 years of Oregon statehood. It opens Saturday. The museum is of...
0.9K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 656.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 11, 6:45 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on the Central Dock property, 1100 N. Front St. Sept. 11, 10:35 a.m., sexual abuse was reported in the Coos Bay ar...
6.2K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 131.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Broadway Bound, the third part of Neil Simon s classic autobiographical trilogy, will be presented at Little Theatre on the Bay beginning tonight and running through Sept. 27. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and...
4.7K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 217.0 Artwalk
Artwalk is a self-directed tour from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday of art displays, culture and gourmet food in historic Downtown North Bend, Pony Village Mall, Coos Bay and Empire. Visitors can start at any location on the Artwalk tour; maps also will be ava...
2.4K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 131.0 | 
