(Graphic | Courtesy of BendFilm) Film Submissions Are Open We saw you write “stop procrastinating” in your New Year’s resolution journal. What are you waiting for? Early-bird film submissions for the 2022 BendFilm Festival are now open, and we can’t wait to start watching your submissions. We also offer entry fee discounts for a variety…
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Mountainfilm on Tour is Back in Bend for the 19th Year
(Golden Age | Photo courtesy of The Environmental Center) A Favorite Fundraiser for The Environmental Center will be Offered In-Person & Virtually Mountainfilm on Tour-Bend will be offered as a hybrid event this year that can be experienced from the comfort of home and at the theater. Mountainfilm on Tour showcases a selection of culturally…
Actors & Play Ideas Needed
Cascades Theatrical Company needs your help! We are approaching our 44th year and would love to hear what play or musical you would like to see in our 2022-2023 Season! To submit a play for our next Season, attend CTC’S “PITCH DAY” or submit online! “Pitch Day” A day for you to “pitch” us your favorite plays! What would you…
Cascades Theatrical Company Presents Live Shows & Local Talent
(Graphic | Courtesy of Cascades Theatrical Company) Cascades Theatrical Company has a great lineup of shows this month. Now showing is Miracle on 34th Street-the play, adapted by Mountain Community Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies and based upon the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture Miracle on 34th Street. The play runs through December…
The Central Oregon School of Ballet Presents Their Holiday Classic, The Nutcracker Ballet
(Graphic | Courtesy of Central Oregon School of Ballet) The Central Oregon School of Ballet presents its 35th annual production of The Nutcracker. The longest running Nutcracker in Bend, the show has become a classic holiday tradition in Central Oregon. It has been two long years since these talented young dancers have taken the stage…
Tower Theatre 2021-22 Season Announcement
(Graphic | Courtesy of Tower Theatre) The Tower Theatre Foundation presents a new year of music, theatre and more. These shows are now on sale first to Tower members. Members at the Keylight level and above receive 15 percent off tickets until the public on sale Thursday, November 18 at 10am. Not a member? Join today! Cocktail…
Sunriver Stars to Host Audition for First Show of Tenth Anniversary Season
After nearly two years of video and hybrid performances, Sunriver Stars Community Theater is ready to get back to a more familiar scene: the stage! A single audition for Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, Female Version is scheduled for 6pm December 15 at Sunriver Chamber of Commerce. Sunriver Stars Community Theater is also looking to…
BEAT Children’s Theatre Brings a Holiday Classic to the Stage
(Joey Maurer (Inset) June Maurer, Owen Cogen, Marley Maidl and Joey Maurer | Photos by Lindsay Russell) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Deck the halls and trim the tree. The holidays are upon us and what would they be without a Red Ryder air rifle gun and a very stylish lamp? The…
Renovations Set the Stage for Stellar Performances at Bend’s Cascade Theatre!
(Theatre Lobby: Before and After | Photos courtesy of CTC) Howard Huskey, executive director of the Cascades Theatrical Company (CTC), believes in community. In support of the Central Oregon community, he and his dedicated crew have been hard at work renovating the Cascade Theatre in downtown Bend. Huskey’s efforts started five years ago when, upon…
Film Screening: Other Side of the Hill — a Rural Perspective on a Changing Climate
(Photo | Courtesy of The Environmental Center) In a time of perceived cultural divide between rural and urban, left and right, young and old, Other Side of the Hill, discovers common ground in an urgency to address a changing landscape. The upcoming screening of this film is a fitting launch for a community-led discussion about…