Editing Yachats, Oregon (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Annual cultural events===
The Yachats la de da Parade is held each July 4 at noon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yachats.org/ParadeRulesandEntryForm.html |title=La de da parade 2005 entry form |access-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528211002/http://www.yachats.org/ParadeRulesandEntryForm.html |archive-date=May 28, 2009 }}</ref> It features anyone in town who wants to participate. Some of the regular entries include the Yachats Umbrella Drill Team, a belly dancing troupe, and a Yachats Fire Department truck accompanied by [[Dalmatian (dog)|Dalmatian]] miniature goats. Starting in 2012, the Oregon Central Coast PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) have also marched in the parade. For the past several years, the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program (YYFAP) has run a (rubber) duck race in the Yachats estuary shortly following the parade. Then, in the evening, an extensive fireworks display is launched out over the ocean.

The Yachats Music Festival brings 20 to 30 of the world's major classical musicians for four concerts throughout a weekend in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fourseasonsconcerts.com/yachats2008-09.htm |title=Yachats Music Festival |access-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529000137/http://www.fourseasonsconcerts.com/yachats2008-09.htm |archive-date=May 29, 2009 }}</ref> The Yachats event is the summer festival for Four Seasons Arts, an organization that presents annual recitals at [[Carnegie Hall]] and the [[Lincoln Center]]. This music festival has graced Yachats annually since 1981.

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Each October, Yachats is the site of the Yachats Village Mushroom Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yachats.org/events.html|title=Yachats Area Chamber Of Commerce & Visitors Center - Events in Yachats on the Central Oregon Coast}}</ref>  Some of the world's leading experts in [[mycology]] provide exhibits, give talks, and guide forest walks.  There is also a culinary mushroom-growing workshop.  Restaurants in Yachats participate in a Fungi Feast with wild mushroom cuisine.  Mushroom-inspired art and music can be found at a number of venues around the town.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/print/2008/10/weekend-getaways/pacific-fall-text
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During the first weekend of November, the city hosts the Yachats Celtic Music Festival, with performances at several venues, including the auditorium of the Yachats Commons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yachatscelticmusicfestival.com/|title=Yachats Celtic Music Festival November 2013|website=www.yachatscelticmusicfestival.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302063519/http://www.yachatscelticmusicfestival.com/ | archive-date=2014-03-02}}</ref>  Many of the world's finest [[Celtic music|Celtic]] musicians perform there, traveling from [[Scotland]], Ireland, Canada, and various regions of the U.S. to participate.  Workshops are held for teaching dances and the playing of instruments such as the [[bodhran]] and the [[tin whistle]].

At the [[Cape Perpetua]] Scenic Area, the visitor center hosts Whale Watching Weeks in winter and in spring.<ref>{{cite web|title=Whale Watching|url=http://www.whalespoken.org/|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|year=2015|access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> About 400 gray whales feed along the coasts of Oregon, [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and [[British Columbia]] in the summer. Generally, whales are in the Cape Perpetua area from July through mid-November. These whales can be seen close to shore while feeding.  The visitor center also sponsors a Tidepool Discovery Days program each summer and provides guided [[tidepool]] walks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/NATRES/RS_FAQtidepools.shtml |title=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department: Stewardship Tidepool FAQ's |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629051045/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/NATRES/RS_FAQtidepools.shtml |archive-date=June 29, 2009 }}</ref>  The [[Heceta Head Light]]house, located {{convert|13|mi|km}} south of Yachats, holds a Victorian Christmas Open House each December.  Besides the usual guided tours of the historic lighthouse, the [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne style]] keeper's house is thoroughly decorated in a [[Victorian decorative arts|Victorian manner]]. Visitors are entertained with holiday musical performances and treats.

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[Image:North Fork Yachats Covered Bridge.jpg|thumb|upright|left|North Fork Yachats Covered Bridge]]
The Little Log Church and Museum, built in 1926, originally served as an Evangelical Church and later as a Presbyterian Church. Today it is owned and managed by the City of Yachats and houses a large collection of local historical artifacts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ci.yachats.or.us/Little%20Log%20Church%20Information.htm |title=Description of Exhibits |publisher=Little Log Church of Yachats |access-date=May 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615065749/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Little%20Log%20Church%20Information.htm |archive-date=June 15, 2009 }}</ref>  It is also a popular venue for weddings, memorials, concerts, and fine arts exhibits.  Each [[Valentine's Day]], a [[wedding vow renewal ceremony]], open to any couple, is held there.

The [[North Fork of the Yachats Bridge]] is a [[covered bridge]] in the [[Yachats River]] Valley, about {{convert|9|mi|km}} east of Yachats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.com/covered_bridges/bridges/north_fork.cfm |title=Oregon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609062731/http://www.oregon.com/covered_bridges/bridges/north_fork.cfm |archive-date=June 9, 2009 }}</ref> It was completed, at a cost of $1,500, in 1938 and was the last bridge of veteran bridge builder Otis Hamer.  A replica was constructed on the site in 1989, and again a replica was completely reconstructed in 2014 at a cost of over $750,000 from approximately two-thirds federal and one-third local tax dollars in the public interest of tourism. It features the [[King post|queen-post truss]] style found in few covered bridges today and has ribbon openings under the roof to provide light to the bridge's center.  Its span is {{convert|42|ft|m}} long, making it one of the shortest covered bridges in the Pacific Northwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/publicworks/yachats_bridge.html |title=Yachats Bridge |publisher=Public Works Dept. of Lincoln County |access-date=May 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718165022/http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/publicworks/yachats_bridge.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> Parking and turnaround past the bridge remains obstructed by an adjacent resident, due to ongoing protest of road legalization which established that area NW of the bridge as the current terminus of County Rd. 805.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lincoln County Commissioners "legalize" road that runs through North Yachats River covered bridge and beyond. {{!}} News Lincoln County|url=https://www.newslincolncounty.com/archives/113282|access-date=2020-09-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>04-30-14_minutes.pdf - Lincoln County Commissioners, https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/board_of_commissioners/meeting/1641/04-30-14_minutes.pdf</ref>

[[Image:Yachats 804 Trail - 1892.jpg|thumb|Yachats 804 Trail in 1892. Shell midden is in foreground, Horizon Hill is in background.]]
At one time, the Yachats 804 Trail was part of the major "thoroughfare" running between Yachats and [[Alsea Bay]] in [[Waldport, Oregon|Waldport]], {{convert|8|mi|km}} to the north.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.overleaflodge.com/Overleaf_Lodge/Outdoor_Activities/Hiking/ |title=Oregon Coast Hiking Trails - Overleaf Lodge |access-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229022434/http://www.overleaflodge.com/Overleaf_Lodge/Outdoor_Activities/Hiking/ |archive-date=December 29, 2008 }}</ref>  For many centuries it was used by Native Americans traveling between the bay and the Yachats River (but only during low tide).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yachats.info/history/map2.htm| title=804 Trail | publisher=J. Kittel and S. Curtis | access-date=May 26, 2009 }}</ref>  Later it was called County Road 804 when it was used for carriage and buggy traffic from the late 19th century until U.S. Highway 101 was built in the 1930s.<ref name="co.lincoln.or.us">{{cite web|url=http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/804/ |title=The Story of County Road 804: Lincoln County, Newport, Oregon |access-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210034544/http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/804/ |archive-date=February 10, 2009 }}</ref> The historic trail is a footpath that provides views of crashing surf, tidal pools, and native vegetation.<ref name="co.lincoln.or.us" />  Part of the [[Oregon Coast Trail]] system, it is maintained by the [[Oregon Parks and Recreation Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonstateparkstrust.org/OurWork/Coast/yachats |title=Yachats Trail — Oregon State Parks Trust|access-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724180105/http://oregonstateparkstrust.org/OurWork/Coast/yachats |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }}</ref>  It extends {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} north from a public parking area in Smelt Sands State Recreation Area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oregoncoastguide.com/Flash/cities/yachats.htm | title=Yachats |work=Oregon Coast Guide | access-date=May 26, 2009 }}</ref>

The sanctuary of the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church is lighted by six windows featuring gold-hued panes made of [[agate]]s collected from the local beaches.  The area of these windows totals {{convert|217|sqft|m2|0}}.  They are believed to be the world's only windows made of agate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/special/discovery/10834477-41/story.csp | title=Anchor Coast Outing at Tiny, Charming Yachats | work=The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR | access-date=May 28, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626004004/http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/special/discovery/10834477-41/story.csp | archive-date=June 26, 2009 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The Yachats Commons was built in the 1930s and used as a school until 1983.  In 1990, the building was bought by the city to serve as a community center.  It now houses the city government offices and hosts a wide variety of events, including monthly free movie nights, play readings and drum circles (open to the public), seniors' luncheons, and concerts of the Yachats Big Band<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.geocities.com/yhtsbgbnd/ | title=Yachats Big Band| access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724055608/http://geocities.com/yhtsbgbnd/|archive-date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> (with ballroom dancing).  Periodically, concerts by the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.occo.ws/ | title=Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra| access-date=July 26, 2009 }}</ref> and plays, musicals, and revues by One of Us Productions are performed on the stage in the large auditorium, and a number of art and craft shows are held at the Commons as well.  From May through October the Commons is the site of the outdoor Yachats Farmers Market.

[[Image:Yachats Bed Turning.jpg|thumb|The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsored "Stitching Stories," a regional quilt festival held in the Yachats Commons in 2011.]] The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsors numerous educational and entertainment events, most of which are held at the Commons.  Presentations include speakers, films, workshops, exhibitions, and seminars on various topics relating to art, science and the humanities.

The Commons also serves as the venue for premieres of locally filmed movies.  The Yachats International Film Festival is devoted to the filming and showing of such films as ''Ghoul from the Tidal Pool''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1651078/combined | title = Ghoul from the Tidal Pool| publisher = The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)| access-date =September 18, 2010}}</ref>  A feature-length, tongue-in-cheek version of the 1950s horror movie genre, this film was made by an all-amateur production team of writers, actors, and crew.  The star of the film is local youth Jordan Ostrum.

The Yachats Public Library<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Library%20Description.htm |title=Yachats Public Library |access-date=July 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627071352/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Library%20Description.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2009 }}</ref> hosts a perpetual exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photographs by the Yachats Arts Guild.  The exhibited works are changed every few weeks.  Also, the library houses the Yachats Seed Bank, a repository of vegetable seeds offered free to gardeners. The Seed Bank displays a wide selection of cookbooks, gardening manuals, and guides for developing community sustainability.   In addition, the library provides high speed Internet access over its [[Wi-Fi]] connection.  Computers are available to the public during regular hours.  Library cards are free and visitors can check out books while they vacation in Yachats.