((L-R) American Gadfly, 7 Days, Chasing Childhood | Photos courtesy of BendFilm) 18th Annual BendFilm Festival Set to Run In-Person October 7-10 & Streaming Online October 11-17, 2021 New This Year! BendFilm is Now an Oscar Qualifying Festival for Short Films! BendFilm recently announced the 21 feature films in competition categories from the 18th annual BendFilm…

(Photo | Courtesy of Sunriver Stars) Sunriver Stars Community Theater is pleased to announce its fall production, Mamma Mia! The Secret of the Spoon! Don’t expect your average theater experience though, as the show will take place while a three-course meal is served to guests. The production, written by Oregon State alum Alexi Alfieri, will…

(Photo | Courtesy of Cascades Theatrical Company) Cascades Theatrical Company is holding auditions for The Rocky Horror Picture Show on August 22-23. Auditions will take place from 5:30-7:30pm at the ​DIY CAVE, located at 444 SE 9th Street, Ste. 150, in Bend. Show dates are October 22-31. The Cascades Theatrical Company website has this description…

(Graphic | Courtesy of High Desert Museum) The Waterston Desert Writing Prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting.  Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Ceal Klingler, for How We Live With Each Other!  Klingler’s submission…

In a collaboration with the Bend Park and Recreation department and Travel Oregon, BendFilm is screening movies in parks throughout Bend all summer. Check out the schedule below and get connected with us on social media at bendfilm.us2.list-manage.com for updates. COCO — August 12 in Orchard Park LAIKA’S MISSING LINK — August 19 in Al…

(Comedy of Errors cast | Photo by Elizabeth Helman) Live theater returns to Oregon State University (OSU) next month with the 16th season of Bard in the Quad featuring Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors.  OSU Theatre will perform the slapstick tale of mistaken identity at 7:30pm August 5-8 and August 12-15 in the Memorial Union Quad,…