The best Spring Break trips take you out of this world for an experience like no other. In McMinnville, the best place to find this level of fun, facts, and fabulosity reside at the Evergreen complex just outside of town, site of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum and the Wings & Waves Waterpark.
Gallery Theater shakes up a cocktail of romance and nostalgia
For the next three weeks, the best of crooner Frank Sinatra’s music will fill Gallery Theater’s large auditorium in downtown McMinnville. My Way: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Sinatra is a 2-hour celebration of all things Ol’ Blue Eyes, with a live band and quartet of musicians singing and dancing their way through Sinatra songs while cleverly dropping biographical winks and nods.
Tiny Travels: Visit this monastery tasting room for love and chocolate
Life can be like a box of chocolates – and it can also be a highway. You and your paramour don’t have to squabble over ‘90s pop culture analogies this Valentine’s Day if you take a drive south of McMinnville to visit the tasting room of the Brigittine Monks, whose award-winning truffles, chocolates and fudge are best enjoyed à deux.
Tiny Travels: Follow Your New Birding Obsession to McMinnville
In McMinnville, birding destinations abound, from city parks tucked away near major thoroughfares to vineyard stops to state recreation sites to a national wildlife refuge. And now – the winter months – is the time to pick a fair-weather day and explore, since so many migrating species use the Willamette Valley for their seasonal sojourn.
McMinnville Short Film Festival 2022 is Back and Better Than Ever
The McMinnville Short Film Festival returns with this year’s 11th annual event, which offers nearly 130 films in every major genre from across the country and around the world.
Troon Winery: Southern Oregon Tastes in McMinnville
Troon Winery is one of the newest additions to Third Street, McMinnville’s downtown culinary walk of fame. On a street dotted with great restaurants, local winery tasting rooms, shops, and taprooms, Troon brings something new to the sidewalk landscape. In this region famous for its Pinot Noir wines, Troon introduces wines reflecting the classic styles of Southern France – Grenache, Syrah, Viognier, Roussane, and more –produced from biodynamically farmed grapes from Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley.
Get your Stars Hollow fix in McMinnville
Have you ever noticed how similar McMinnville is to the fictional town of Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls? The small town, small screen experience is closer than you think!
Tiny Travels December 2021: McMinnville’s Top Must-Do’s Traditions for Merry-Making
As the season of light comes upon us, the Tiny Travelers are packing their bags and setting their calendar to fit in all of their favorite McMinnville traditions.
Tommy’s Bicycle Shop: Pedaling in the Right Direction
Eric, a longtime cyclist and former bike tour guide, and business partner Matthew Roth decided to invest in both Tommy’s and the McMinnville community when they bought the shop from Patrick Vala earlier this year. They have big plans.
Tiny Travels: Stylish party spaces for small groups in McMinnville
If there is any specific art born of this era it is the art of gathering in public with friends, family, or colleagues—safely and with a little bit of style.