A Scenic Drive to An Artful Destination: Enjoy Fall Colors With a Driving Art Tour of the Willamette Valley The weather is beginning to chill, as the nights grow longer and the days shorter. Oregon in the fall is a sight to behold, an excellent turning-of-the-seasons excuse for a road trip to wine country. Read Article
Tiny Travels: Reset in Oregon wine country with a spa day You don’t need a news report to guess this news — just look at everyone’s hair this past year. Personal grooming was down from 41 minutes to 36 minutes per day, according to the new American Time Use Survey. By our calculations, if you’re going to catch up on all that lost time not spent caring for yourself, you’ve got some work to do! Luckily, McMinnville is a great place to get a fresh look and feel in a fresh place. Read Article
The James F. Miller Fine Arts Center Reopens with Xiuhmekatl The fall arts season at James F. Miller Fine Arts Center kicks off with exhibition, Xiuhmekatl, by Lucia Torres, a Mexican multidisciplinary artist who tells stories and explores themes with thoughtful work that combines photography and embroidery. Read Article
UFOFest Returns McMenamins’ Hotel Oregon’s UFO Festival returns to McMinnville this fall with something very special — unprecedented, even. The UFOs are real. Read Article
Fall Colors Through Art: Finding your palette in Oregon wine country Greens… oranges… yellows… you must be in the heart of Oregon’s wine country experiencing harvest around McMinnville, Oregon. Many local artists capture the majesty of the vineyards in their art whether it be watercolor or oil or mixed media. So where can you discover these masterpieces? Read Article
Food Truck frenzy: 13 McMinnville food trucks not to miss For being a small city, McMinnville has a robust food truck scene. Pizza, steamed bao buns, loaded falafel, birria, barbecue, and sushi, the carts scattered around town offer dishes as delicious as those in sit-down restaurants. While food trucks in Portland and Salem are mostly clustered in dedicated food truck pods, those in McMinnville are a little more dispersed. Tucked into business district parking lots and popping up at nearby wineries, here’s what you’ll find if you seek them out. Read Article
Tiny Travels: Capture that Summer feeling of expansiveness at McMinnville-area tasting rooms Summer is all about spreading out after being spread thin for so long, and if you’re feeling a new sense of expansiveness, you’re not alone. At many tasting rooms, gone are the days of saddling up to the counter and trying to get the attention of a busy tasting room employee for your next pour. When you go wine tasting now, you are almost guaranteed to have an experience that feels, dare I say, civilized. Read Article
Erin Hanson Gallery The Erin Hanson Gallery and studio, located at 1805 NE Colvin Street, is the latest addition to McMinnville’s thriving arts scene. Read Article
Alchemist’s Jam: downtown McMinnville’s new sweet spot There’s a sweet new destination in downtown McMinnville. Beloved farmer’s market vendors Danny Roberts and Jennifer Fisher have opened an inviting storefront and production space to house their five year old artisan preserve company, Alchemist’s Jam. Read Article
Shop the Downtown McMinnville Farmers Market like a local You’ll be hard pressed to find a more magical place on a Thursday afternoon in McMinnville than our local downtown farmers market. A pillar of our Thursdays for over 20 years, it’s so much more than a place to stop for produce. Whether you are staying in a vacation rental for the weekend and plan on cooking your meals in, are planning a picnic for your biking adventure, or are just wanting a few snacks or local gifts to take back home, The McMinnville Downtown Farmers Market is a MUST stop on your next visit. Read Article