Rollicking winter jamboree includes rides on the mechanical bull & delicious chili cook-off with amateur chefs. By Jeff Spry AE Feature Writer Wax up your skis, buckle your chaps and head to the hills as Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce presents Rodeo Day at Hoodoo Mountain Resort on Saturday, March 31 from 9am-9pm. …
Looking for something special to house your beloved Apple computer products? Sisters’ Justin Crofoot has just the ticket. Story by JEFF SPRY Last year, Crofoot started a small business, Silva Limited, from a shop behind his house, handcrafting custom bamboo cases for Apple Macbooks and iPads. The cases display an incredible natural beauty and fine…
By JEFF SPRY Cascade AE Ever consider tossing it all away to join the circus? Imaginative Portl author Molly Johnson knows just how you feel. Her darkly comic adventure book, Spartacus the Circus of Shadows was published by Portl ’s Raintown Press in October contains references to many Oregon l marks, including a passage set right…
By JEFF SPRY AE Feature WriterProviding an oasis of creativity for aspiring musicians of all levels, Echo Ridge Music, a new cutting-edge recording studio in Sisters is recomposing the traditional avenues to a career in the world of music. A joint venture between well-known local troubadour, Brent Alan, longtime L.A. musician producer Jim Goodwin, the…
By JEFF SPRY Cascade AE Feature Writer Longtime friends artists from throughout Central Oregon gathered recently to honor Brian Worrell his life in ceramics with a kiln firing party memorial in Madras. Worrell passed away in March of liver cancer to share in a celebration of his inspiration creativity, his wood-fired Dragon Kiln was stoked…
