Big Changes at Mac Market McMinnville’s unofficial town square has welcomed a new set of neighbors. Following four years since their debut as a cornerstone of the urban renewal corridor on Alpine Drive, Mac Market closed briefly this spring to re-work the interior of the onetime shoe grease factory to accommodate some new projects. Read Article
What’s Brewing in McMinnville? For a town that is still considered rural by most standards, McMinnville has quite a few breweries. Check out what’s brewing this summer. Read Article
Wine de Roads: Discover Local Pinot Noir by Bike “We have found the experience people get at smaller wineries is something they often haven’t experienced before,” Lisa, of Wine de Roads says. “People visiting the area are unlikely to find some of these wineries on their own because they are so small. It is always a treat for our guests to meet and possibly even taste with an owner or winemaker.” Read Article
Design lovers visiting Oregon wine country, STOP HERE Heading to Oregon wine country but looking for a taste of design while you’re at it? Stop at these design-forward locales where the space is often as interesting as the grapes. Read Article
Third Angle New Music set to perform at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum Philip Glass’s musical melodrama about extraterrestrials, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof isn’t officially part of this year’s UFO Festival in McMinnville, but the timing of two upcoming performances by Third Angle New Music at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum couldn’t be better. Read Article
McMenamins UFOFest: Celebrating UFO sightings from the 1950s – present Perhaps you’ve heard of the Trent UFO sighting that inspired our local McMenamins UFO Festival. Even if you didn’t know the name, you’ve probably seen the black and white photo snapped by local farmer Paul Trent in 1953, one of the most famous in ufology. But consider this: In the time that the festival has been drawing the nation’s top ufologists to McMinnville and filling Third Street with a celebration of all things alien, more than three thousand UFOs have been reported across Oregon, more than 60 of which came out of Yamhill County. Read Article
Mac Bike Rentals: Customizing the Wine Country Experience Tommy’s Bicycle Shop is now in the business of giving tours in wine country. Book your excursion today! Read Article
Live theater thrives in Willamette Valley wine country McMinnville (and greater Yamhill County) has a robust, year-round theater scene and a lot of talented artists who love putting on a good show. Read Article
The Terroir Creative Writing Festival is back The Terroir Creative Writing Festival returns on Saturday, April 29. Now in its 11th incarnation, the full day of keynote talks, workshops, sessions on creativity, and a panel discussion welcomes writers of all ages looking to expand their tribe and jump-start their creativity and will take place at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg, a change of venue for the festival. Read Article
The Boutique Retreat brings tiny home experience to McMinnville Sarita Springer and Kevin Kump had stayed in tiny house hotels and binged on HGTV for years before deciding to create their own tiny house accommodations in McMinnville. They toured tiny house production facilities, stayed in tiny vacation cottages in Portland, and explored space efficiency of vintage trailers, all the while marveling about how much joy can be designed into tiny spaces. We spoke to Sarita about the Boutique Retreat, the nine new tiny houses they just opened on Alpine Avenue. Read Article