The Deschutes Historical Museum is offering a three-part Zoom webinar, Researching Homesteads 101 this February. Participants will learn the basics of historic property research and is designed for the beginner genealogist or homeowners researching their property. Three one-hour sessions take place at 11am on Saturdays, February 13-27. Session fee is $30. Registration is available through…
(Image courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) Quit swimming upstream and learn to go with the flow. Stimulate energy flow with beginner’s Tai Chi and get moving with electric vehicle rebates. Dive in to dam removal and efforts to protect our watershed, and the importance of staying hydrated. Get your mojo flowing with a workshop to…
(Rick Steber with cover artist KC Snider of Redmond and her cover artwork | Photos courtesy of Rick Steber) The Last Outlaw is the true story of Tobe Skiens, a 23-year-old Texas buckaroo, who rides into Eastern Oregon in 1906. He soon takes up the outlaw trail, stealing horses and running them across a 2,000-mile…
(Previous Sunriver Magazine Covers) The Sunriver Area Chamber of Commerce and Cascade Publications Inc. are seeking a photograph to appear on the front cover of the annual Sunriver Magazine — which serves as the Sunriver area visitor’s guide. The photo should capture the area’s spirit of Family, Fun and Adventure, or just a beautiful photo…
(Photo by Suzy Hazelwood of Pexels) As Oregonians practice social distancing in hope of slowing the COVID-19 pandemic, many are searching for ways to find and maintain social connections across physical distance. Dear Stranger, a letter-exchange project from Oregon Humanities, offers a chance for connection by inviting Oregonians to write letters with someone they’ve never…
(Pandemic Portraits is a 96-page book including 88 monotype portraits of people wearing their COVID-19 masks | Photo courtesy of Paul Alan Bennet) Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the sight of masked people in shops, a doctor’s office or on the street is not so unusual. But nearly a year ago, the novelty and variety…
The Robleda Company announces the publication of an exciting new murder mystery, The Mt. Bachelor Murders – A Northwest Murder Mystery, by Ted Haynes. For anyone who loves mysteries and the Pacific Northwest, this is a great story — reaching back to Bend’s Norwegian heritage and the early days of the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort. …
(Photo | Courtesy of Arcadia Publishing & The History Press) Abandoned Oregon: Ghost Towns of the Painted Hills and Beyond combines the author’s penchant for aimless road trips, foolhardy adventure seeking and paranormal curiosity, and offers it all up in four variations on a weekend getaway through Central Oregon. Beginning in the Painted Hills, the…
(Photo | Courtesy of High Desert Museum) The High Desert Museum is officially accepting submissions for the 2021 Waterston Desert Writing Prize! The Prize honors creative nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy, with the desert as both subject and setting. Inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterston’s love of our…
(Nancy Floyd: 1984/2013/2020 | Photo courtesy of Nancy Floyd) Nancy Floyd has been photographing herself since 1982, with the aim of taking a photo a day. The resulting project, comprised of over 2,500 images, is a meditation on the passage of time, loss and the aging female body. Weathering Time is the winner of the…
