October is an exciting month for bike lovers. As I lived car-free until recently my only mode of transportation was by bike, two wheels hold a special place in my heart. I am thrilled that Bend will be hosting the Day of the Dead Cyclocross Festival which will feature the Cross Culture Art Celebration the…
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. -Aldous HuxleyI have been ignoring the amazing music Central Oregon offers, not out of a lack of options, but simply live music often gets passed up for hikes, boat trips, bike rides drinking beer. I need to remedy that. Ben Harper (Aug 26)…
I am excited to announce an array of new developments Cascade A&E has been developing over the past few months. Our purpose for implementing these changes is to make the magazine more accessible, especially on the digital frontier, to provide the content our readers in Central Oregon are after. The biggest change has been the…
The more I spend time alone in nature, the more I see structure underlying beauty. The way water flows around a rock can be seen in the way snow forms around a tree or the wind blows s across a pebbled beach. The relationship of nature to what we find attractive to the eye seems…
Last month I attended the launching of the Cultural Advocacy Partnership (CAP), Colors of Innovation 2. The collaboration has been spearheaded by the folks at Arts Central with the vision of making Central Oregon a cultural destination with a strong creative economy. As I mingled among representatives of the respective collaborators supporters, it was apparent…
Spring is here the people of Bend are responding to the increased sunlight warmer temps. April’s Art Hop was bursting at the seams with music, dancing throngs of people spilling over into the streets. Maybe it happens every year at this time, but as the winter holds its cold little talons onto our imminent summer…
