(Redmond Proficiency Academy’s Theatre students | Photo Courtesy of RPA) For the sixth straight year, Redmond Proficiency Academy (RPA) Theatre will present its annual student-directed, staff-written one-act performances on Thursday, January 23. Three RPA humanities instructors, Hallie Caron, Hector West and George Hegarty, are serving as the playwrights for this year’s performances. The instructors will…
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15th Annual Backcountry Film Festival Comes to Central Oregon
(Photo | Pexels) Calling all “go big or go home” winter enthusiasts! Get ready to get goosebumps while you “Ooh!” and “Ahh!” at the impact and importance of our winter wildlands through this collection of short films. The 15th annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival will have three screenings in Central Oregon: two at…
WBCN & the American Revolution at Tin Pan Theater to Benefit KPOV
KPOV is proud to join BendFilm and LC Media Productions in presenting WBCN and the American Revolution at the Tin Pan Theater Friday, January 24 through Thursday, January 30. All 14 screenings of this film will benefit KPOV. WBCN and The American Revolution is a feature-length documentary film that takes viewers on a dazzling, rock…
Sunriver Stars Community Theater News: New Director of Development & an Upcoming Comedy
(Ben Ives) We are so happy to announce that our 2019-20 season started with the very successful holiday show, Nutcracker, which was presented at the SHARC to an enthusiastic audience for five performances and included a dinner by South Bend Bistro and silent auction at the opening night gala. In other news, we are very…
BEAT Children’s Theatre Presents The Neverending Story
(Neverending Story | Photo courtesy of Lindsey Russell) Our story begins with Bastian, a lonely boy, who is running from bullies who are chasing him, and stumbles into a curious bookshop where he discovers a curious book called The Neverending Story. Bullied by his fellow classmates and not fitting in at school, Bastian hides in…
High Desert Museum, BendFilm Making Waves with Help from Murdock Trust
The High Desert Museum and Bend Film completed a two-year national program on how to build successful, sustainable arts organizations in a crowded and shifting marketplace thanks to support from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The Murdock Trust supported a total of 13 arts nonprofits from rural Oregon and SW Washington in completing the program….
Tower Theatre Foundation Presents James O’Neil in Clarence Darrow
(James O’Neil in Clarence Darrow | Photo Courtesy of Tower Theatre Foundation) On Saturday, January 11 at 7:30pm, the nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation invites you to David Rintels’ trailblazing one-person play, Clarence Darrow, starring Los Angeles actor/producer/writer James O’Neil, who happens to be a cousin of Mr. Darrow three-times removed! Says O’Neil, “Bend is one of…
Sensory-Friendly Showing of Frozen 2
(Photo | Courtesy of Central Oregon Disability Support Network) Central Oregon Disability Support Network is excited to share that Redmond Cinema is hosting a sensory-friendly opportunity to see Frozen 2 on Saturday, December 7. Doors open at 9am, movie starts at 9:30am. Tickets are available at the theater, $7 per child and $8 for ages…
Hold My Beer…
(Photo | Courtesy of 10 Barrel Brewing) After premiering at three regional Pray For Snow parties this fall, Hold My Beer…, the second winter film produced by 10 Barrel Brewing and its athletes, is live. Following the successful release of Pray For Snow: The Movie last year, 10 Barrel is excited for the launch of…
Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of Magi’s Gold
(Sister’s Christmas Catechism | Photo Courtesy of Tower Theater Foundation) On December 10 and 11 at 7:30pm, the nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation invites you to Sister’s Christmas Catechism, a holiday mystery extravaganza! From the author of Late Nite Catchism, it’s “CSI: Bethlehem” as Sister takes on the mystery that has intrigued historians throughout the ages:…