(Micah Bournes is a Los Angeles-based poet, musician and photographer | Photo courtesy of COCC) Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) Afrocentric student club is hosting a free spoken word workshop, Amplifying Your Voice, with poet Micah Bournes from 4:30-6:30pm on Thursday, November 9, in the Hitchcock Auditorium on the Bend campus. Space is limited; contact…
(Graphic Courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) You say you want a revolution… Explore revolutionized art, music, food, and politics this November. Develop your little ones’ routines with music, changes, and movement. Watch a radical piano performance with live painting and take a musical journey with the Celtic harp and violin. Discover the foundations of meatless…
(Photo courtesy of COCC) Fun & Inspiring Creative Writing Courses Creative Writing: “What Did I Just Write?” In this two-hour workshop, join local writing instructor Mike Cooper to look at theme, intent, significance, and purpose, and explore how to accomplish your goal in your writing. Bring some written work of your own (fiction, nonfiction, or…
Calling All Painters, Photographers, Sculptors & More! Cascade A&E Magazine is looking for artwork submissions for the covers for the December, 2023 print editions. If your artwork is selected for the cover, we will include an artist profile and additional images of your work inside. December cover submissions must be of Santa, in honor of…
(Writer Emilly Prado will speak on October 17 as part of COCC’s Latinx Heritage Month | Photo by Christine Dong) Emilly Prado, recipient of a 2022 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association award, will speak about her book Funeral for Flaca and her personal journey as a writer and educator during Latinx Heritage Month at Central Oregon Community…
(Graphic courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) A “ring of fire” will pass through the sky on October 14 making for a partial solar eclipse in our region. Stargazers can learn about the eclipse as Deschutes Public Library delves into “Know Stars” this October. Discuss the scale, age and content of the universe and explore the…
(Photos courtesy of C.J. Adrien) C.J. Adrien, author of Viking-themed novels, and co-host of the well-known Vikingology Podcast, celebrates ten years since the publication of his first novel. Oregon-based author C.J. Adrien is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the publication of his first Viking-themed historical novel, first published on September 13th, 2013. Since that publication,…
(Rick Steber) Bart Manning is a hardworking cowboy who gets sideswiped by the American Dream. Along the way he loses a son and a wife, and damn near everything he holds dear. Then one day he comes across a poem, Man in the Mirror, and everything changes. He meets a man, or maybe it is…
Bond Update: La Pine & Sisters Libraries to Reopen This Fall Remodeling of these two community libraries is entering the home stretch! The La Pine Library is scheduled to re-open in late September, with the Sisters Library following suit in October. In La Pine, visit us at the La Pine Activity Center on Mondays from…
((L-R) Thor Hanson, Rena Priest and Anna Welch | Photos courtesy of High Desert Museum) How can or can’t species adapt to the effects of climate change? For decades, Thor Hanson, Ph.D. (thorhanson.net) — respected biologist, author, Guggenheim Fellow and Switzer Environmental Fellow — has travelled the world, written several books and won the renowned…
