(Photo courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) You can’t spell ‘theatre’ without ‘heat’! This summer, come BEAT the Heat with BEAT Children’s Theatre and join us for all our super fun camps and classes! Maybe you are looking for week-long camps, or just a fun day here or there… Maybe you love to sing and dance,…
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Sunriver Stars Open 2023 Season with A Nice Family Gathering
(Mom, Dad and Carl | Photo courtesy of Sunriver Stars) Tickets are now available for the Sunriver Stars Community Theater (SSCT) production of Phil Olson’s A Nice Family Gathering, a story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her. The show, directed by longtime Stars actor, Ron Pugh, will take…
18th Annual Backcountry Film Festival Returns to Central Oregon
Calling all skiers, backcountry adventurers, thrill seekers, and winter enthusiasts! Get ready for the annual celebration of winter wildlands through this collection of short films. We make our grand return to Central Oregon in person and indoors for our eighteenth Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival! We will offer three screenings this year, March 9-12,…
BendFilm Presents Two of the Hottest Music Movies of 2023 to Celebrate Black History Month, Pride & Women’s History Month
BendFilm, Inc will present two of the hottest music documentaries of the year on March 3 and March 4 for their first screenings since premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. This screening series celebrates diversity in filmmaking — honoring LGBTQ+, Women and the BIPOC communities. The Indigo Girls’ It’s Only Life After All will kick…
45th Annual Prineville Follies
The Prineville Follies is excited to present the 45th production Rockin Round the Rimrock March 2-4 in Prineville at the Crook County High School Auditorium. Enjoy musical and theatrical talents from all over Crook County from beginner performers to well-seasoned, young and old! A great time to celebrate the 50’s and performing arts community. Performance begins at…
Reminder — Registration for BEAT’s Spring Production of Anastasia: The Musical (Youth Edition)
(Photo courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) From Tony winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, creators of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On This Island, this dazzling show transports its audience from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets…
BendFilm Announces Winner of $10,000 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker Grant
BendFilm, Inc announced the winner of its annual $10,000 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker Grant. This annual program created by BendFilm awards a filmmaking grant to a black, indigenous woman of color to promote diversity and inclusion in the film industry. The 2023 winner is writer/director Rachael Moton of Philadelphia, PA for her feature film called Paper…
Registration for Our Spring Production of Anastasia: The Musical (Youth Edition)
(Photo courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) BEAT’s Spring Play Announcement Anastasia: The Musical (Youth Edition) From Tony winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, creators of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On This Island, this dazzling show transports its audience from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris…
Bend Film Festival Films Nominated For Oscars!
(Photos courtesy of BendFilm) The 2023 Oscar Nominations are in! We are thrilled that so many Bend Film Festival Alumni films have been nominated, it is well deserved! Here is the full list of Oscar Nominated Films that were screened at our Festival: Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano (top left in above photo)…
Under the Marquee
International Guitar Night Presented by Tower Theatre Foundation Monday, January 30 International Guitar Night (IGN) is the world’s premier touring guitar festival, each show bringing together the most interesting and innovative acoustic guitarists to exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. Now in its 23rd year, IGN has curated an outstanding lineup for this…