BendFilm announced its award winners in 16 categories at the festival’s awards ceremony, held at Father Luke’s Room at McMenamin’s Old St. Francis School. Best of Show, presented by Founding Festival Sponsor, Brooks Resources, was given to filmmaker, Erica Fae for To Keep the Light, a unique film with a fascinating lighthouse-keeper heroine who is…
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Two Twisted Sisters Present Homegrown Comic Art Krug at The Old Stone
High Desert Hijinks Comic Art Krug, who headlines comedy clubs across the country, will return to his hometown, Bend, to star in the next installment of Two Twisted Sisters High Desert Hijinks on Friday, October 14 at 8pm at the Old Stone Performing Arts Center on Franklin Street. Since leaving town to make his way…
Local High School String Quartet to Join Touring Beatles Musical
When the touring show In My Life – A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles returns to the Tower Theatre on Sunday, October 16, be on the lookout for two quartets — not just one. Bend Senior High School String Quartet has the privilege of joining the professional actors on stage to add an element of…
Sunriver Community STARS Give My Regard to Broadway
The Sunriver STARS are presently in rehearsals for their fall performance of Give My Regards to Broadway. This show, directed by Cheri Redgrave of Bend, boasts the first live orchestra in a STARS production. Come see a Broadway musical on the SHARC stage September 30 and October 1-2. Redgrave has selected a venerable cast of…
Warm Springs Horse Network Presents Harry & Snowman Documentary
The Warm Springs Horse Network (WSHN) once again is honored to present an exclusive one – night advance screening of a heartwarming documentary, Harry and Snowman. WSHN efforts found few documentaries that would provide you with an overwhelming feeling of enlightenment such as Harry and Snowman. This film compels you towards a life embracing experience….
Two Twisted Sisters Invite Local Storytellers To Tell The Truth at the Old Stone
An inspired group of local storytellers will assemble at the Old Stone on Friday, September 16 at 8pm to regale an audience with personal recollections and anecdotesin the first installment of a new program called To Tell The Truth. The show is the second presentation by the reclusive impresarios Two Twisted Sisters, who earlier this…
Call for 2017 Filmmaker in Residence Application Deadline Extended
Sponsored by Caldera + BendFilm + The Museum at Warm Springs Extended Application Deadline: September 30, 2016 Residency Period: March 3–31, 2017 Caldera, BendFilm, and The Museum at Warm Springs are collaborating to host an experienced filmmaker who will be in residence at Caldera’s Arts Center (17 miles west of Sisters, Oregon) for four weeks in…
Shore Thing Productions Opens A Chorus Line at Tower
The TONY Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Chorus Line will be presented at the Tower Theatre from September 16-25 for eight performances. A Chorus Line is an American musical theatre classic, having originally played on Broadway for 15 years and over 6,000 performances. It is a brilliantly complex fusion of dance, song, and…
BEAT Children’s Theatre presents The Little Princess
Where does your imagination take you? Can you pretend away a bad day? Do you travel to distant lands and have exotic adventures? Has a truly magical story ever changed your life? BEAT Children’s Theatre explores all of these questions with their new production of The Little Princess, based on the classic, beloved tale by…
Musical Theatre hits the stage at the Tower Theatre with “Broadway in Concert”
Local Musical Production Companies Announce Collaboration Shore Things Productions Theatrical (“A CHORUS LINE”, “Les Misérables,”) and Thoroughly Modern Productions (“SHREK: The Musical”, “The Last 5 Years”, “Peter Pan”, “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”) have announced a partnership with The Tower Theatre Foundation to bring the best in musical theatre to the stage of the…