The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF) and SELCO Community Credit Union on Tuesday began accepting official artwork contest submissions for the 45th Annual SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle (PPP), a Central Oregon tradition and one of the largest multi-sport events in the Northwest. The SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle is scheduled for Saturday, May 13, 2023….

(The Redmond Community Choir will perform Sounds of the Season on January 8 | Photo courtesy of COCC) Redmond Holiday Choir Performance, Postponed by December Snow, Takes Stage January 8 With its original concert thwarted by December snowfall, the Redmond Community Choir, a class of Central Oregon Community College’s community education program, will perform “Sounds…

The Alexander 1125 NE Watt Way 458-256-6854 • thealexanderbend.com Continuing thru January is High Desert Art League member Michelle Lindblom. Michelle is a printmaker and painter living along the Deschutes River in Bend. Her process mirrors her approach to life by working through a series of experiments, discoveries and revelations. “I rarely know what’s going…

(Autumn Stillness, 36×48 watercolor on canvas by Linda Swindle) Watercolorist Linda Swindle loves to paint animals. “Animals have a universal appeal,” she says. “I like them because I can give them personality.” Animal portraits, unlike human portraits, do not have to look exactly like the subject, she points out. “I can make them sad, funny…