Bend artist Kelley Salber has a fascination with all things miniature. An explorer of art and words her whole life, her tiny bookshelf treasures are custom-crafted to her client’s reading desires and youthful dreams. No two of these intriguing miniaturized masterpieces are alike, being carefully created with painstaking detail and realism. Story by Jeff Spry…
The Barista Times
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer Capitalizing on the coffee-crazed culture of Central Oregon, local actor and comedian Nathan Woodworth has just completed work on The Barista Times, a humorous web-series filmed entirely at Sisters Coffee Company in downtown Sisters. Woodworth has teamed up with filmmaker Sam Pyke to create this caffeinated cup-of-life dramedy…
The Barista Times
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer Capitalizing on the coffee-crazed culture of Central Oregon, local actor and comedian Nathan Woodworth has just completed work on The Barista Times, a humorous web-series filmed entirely at Sisters Coffee Company in downtown Sisters. Woodworth has teamed up with filmmaker Sam Pyke to create this caffeinated cup-of-life dramedy…
Books & Miniature Things
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer Bend artist Kelley Salber has a fascination with all things miniature. An explorer of art and words her whole life, her tiny bookshelf treasures are custom-crafted to her client’s reading desires and youthful dreams. No two of these intriguing miniaturized masterpieces are alike, being carefully created with painstaking…
Civil War Reenactment to Invade Metolius
The Civil War invades the Metolius when the Blue and the Grey face off on May 17-18 as the Northwest Civil War Council holds a colorful military reenactment in Camp Sherman. Story by Jeff Spry During the encampment exercises, expect the thunder of antique blackpowder muskets and cannon fire as the historic group educates and…
Civil War Reenactment to Invade Metolius
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer The Civil War invades the Metolius when the Blue and the Grey face off on May 17-18 as the Northwest Civil War Council holds a colorful military reenactment in Camp Sherman. During the encampment exercises, expect the thunder of antique blackpowder muskets and cannon fire as the…
Thoroughly Modern Tackles Red Badge of Courage
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer This summer, director David DaCosta’s Thoroughly Modern Productions will tackle one of the great pieces of American literature in their micro-budget feature adaptation of Stephen Crane’s 1895 classic, Red Badge of Courage. The project is currently in pre-production, aligning schedules and scouting area locations for the start of…
Hop N Bean Taphouse Pub Sprucing Up Sisters
by Jeff Spry, Cascade A&E Feature Writer With Suttle Lake Lodge’s Boathouse Restaurant underwater, the Ski Inn struck by a tree and short-term hopes of a Cibelli’s Pizza or Dairy Queen dashed, eating choices in Sisters are getting mighty thin. But Hop N Bean taphouse pub is fixin’ to change that.Just nine months old,…
Sparkling Theatrical Gem at 2nd Street Filled with Humor, Romance, Drama & Nonstop Melody
Featuring the rousing Broadway tunes of songmasters John Kander and Fred Ebb, (Chicago, Cabaret, New York, New York), Stage Right Productions and 2nd Street Theater presents The World Goes ‘Round from February 28 through March 9. Story by Jeff Spry Directed by Nancy Scher with musical direction by Scott Michaelsen, this sparkling theatrical gem…
Todd Marinovich’s Thrill of Artistic Victory
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer Born on the Fourth of July brings with it a certain patriotic promise of future greatness in bold hues and harmonies. For ex-pro athlete and artist Todd Marinovich, that primrose path has been punctuated by the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Now baptized in…