Scene & Heards
Concerts This weekend Amanda Dillon Java Jones. Acoustic folk. 9:30 a.m. Saturday. 888-4477. Ambush Mr. Zack s. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 396-7111. Amy Clawson Coltrane Three Rivers. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.three...
 10.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 288.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Dammit Jim McFarlin s. Rock. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 329-1200. Elkhorn Walt s Pourhouse. 8 p.m. Saturday. 267-5588. Freemartins The Mill. Pop, rock, funk. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 756-8800, www.themillcasino.com...
11.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 291.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Rock, classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.dbabluemoon.com . Bent McFarlin s. Rock. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 329-1200. Charlie Freak Rogers Zoo. Rock, blues. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 75...
11.0K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 288.0 Local singer wins state competition
NORTH BEND Going into the Colgate Country Showdown s state competition, Clint Guevara had one thing the other contestants didn t: He had lost his local contest. It may have been the thing that helped him win Friday night at The Mill Casino-Hotel in...
2.9K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 206.0 Moralez sings her way to top prize
COOS BAY Star Moralez puts a piece of herself into every song she sings. But it was Janis Joplin s Piece of My Heart that won her the title of Teen Idol on Saturday, after three years in the competition. Emma Wampler finished second, Destyni Full...
3.4K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 239.0 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 323.0 Teen Idol: Decision day
It s anybody s game at this point. Ask the judges in any talent competition in the week before the final what they think about the contestants chances, and that is what they ll say. Every time. What s different about this year s Bay Area Teen Idol f...
7.4K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 436.0 Inland heat could spike attendance
The Bay Area Fun Festival gets into full swing Saturday, meaning Cindi Miller has anxiously spent the past few days scanning weather reports. She wasn t encouraged by Wednesday s unseasonable rain storm, but there s good news on the horizon. Forecast...
5.2K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 373.0 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 330.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend FoxWell Productions presents the comedy Marriage is Murder this weekend at Theatre 101 in Port Orford. Michael Fox and Victoria Weller play a divorced couple, ex-writing partners, who, in spite of their animosity, agree to...
4.5K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 330.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend South Coast Has Talent continues this weekend at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. Various performers will compete for cash prizes in reality TV-style talent show. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $...
4.3K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 288.0 Moralez snags top idol spot - again
COOS BAY It took all the way until the semifinals, but Bay Area Teen Idol finally has a front-runner. Star Moralez didn t get her first top score until the contest was more than halfway over, but since then she s been first every time. It s my thir...
3.6K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 854.0 South Coast Has Talent
BANDON Seventeen amateur performers, ranging in age from 10 to 78, will compete this weekend for a $500 top prize in the first South Coast Has Talent contest. Last week, 28 contestants sang, played instruments, acted and danced in the cont...
5.8K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 206.0 Idol contender scores with Motown hit
COOS BAY Star Moralez was looking for a little respect. She got that and more Saturday at the Blackberry Arts Festival, when she became the first contestant to collect a second top score in Bay Area Teen Idol. She did it with her first-half perform...
2.8K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 1000.0 Blackberry festival offers arts, music
Ripe berries, a big crowd. That s what s in store for people who mosey downtown to Coos Bay today and Sunday. The 27th-annual Blackberry Arts Festival starts at 9 a.m. today and runs through Sunday afternoon. It features artisan merchandise and celeb...
1.4K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 183.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Bay Area Teen Idol, a singing competition for Coos County teens, continues at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blackberry Arts Festival, and then 6 p.m. Thursday at the Egyptian Theatre. $2. www.bayareateenidol.com . South C...
4.3K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 281.0 Seventh heaven
COOS BAY As Bay Area Teen Idol has gotten down to its top seven contestants, the competition is closer than ever. Five of them have taken a top score none more than once. Six have made the top three at least once, with no combination appearing tw...
7.4K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 394.0 Less space doesn't deter festival vendors
Planning for the 27th-annual Blackberry Arts Festival has kept Pam Miller pretty busy. She s been lining up artisans, rearranging the street layout and setting up musical events for the Coos Bay Downtown Association-sponsored event. The summertime ce...
2.0K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 237.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend The Princess Parade finishes at the Brookings-Harbor Community Theater. A combination of comedy, drama and talent show, ages 2 to 70. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $7. (541) 469-47...
4.0K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 246.0 Moralez, Cato and Miller shine at 'Idol'
COOS BAY After almost a year since her last top score in Bay Area Teen Idol, Star Moralez is back. After a month since her only previous top-three showing, Marissa Cato returned, too, as did Thaddeus Miller, after just one week outside the top thre...
3.4K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 295.0 | 
