(Photo above courtesy of Red House Records) Charlie Parr, amazing player, insightful writer and all around good dude, will be in Bend on Saturday, July 22 at 7pm at Crow’s Feet Commons touring for Stumpjumper. Produced by Phil Cook in rural North Carolina, Stumpjumper harnesses the excitement of Charlie’s live show, highlighting his blistering finger-picking, foot-stomping blues and finely crafted songs like Over the Red Cedar,…
Meet like-minded writers! For July’s meeting, they will be breaking up into small groups according to genre. Join one of six groups: Children’s, Young Adult, Sci-Fi, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction and a group for anyone interested in finding critique partners. Get you started with some discussion topics, but the conversation can quickly move on to current…
Participants Will Receive Instruction from Filmmaker Todd Looby and A Chance to Screen at the 14th Annual BendFilm Festival in October BendFilm and ScaleHouse announced today the very popular 72 Hour Filmmaker Scramble is back and the countdown clock will start on July 20. The 72 Hour Filmmaker Scramble challenges filmmakers to create original short…
Local Americana band, Appaloosa, has released their third CD: Open Range. This time around, though, there is a difference: everything was done by the Duo of Dottie and Eli Ashley. They wrote all the songs, performed all the vocals, and played all the instruments for this project, which was recorded at Dale Largent Recording in…
42nd annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Saturday, July 8. SOQS Sunday will be at FivePine Lodge and Conference Center. Storytellers is the theme and the 2017 poster created by Sisters’ artist, Dan Rickards. “The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show is a show-and-tell exhibit of quilts from around the country and the world. It is not judged…
Sisters Folk Festival announces its free Summer Concerts at Fir Street Park. The three-show series, all on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm, will include July 13, Joan Soriano from the Dominican Republic performing as a full band his authentic brand of “bachata” music; July 27, the Tennessee bluegrass quartet The Barefoot Movement; and August 10, the…
In May as part of National Historic Preservation Month, the Deschutes Historical Museum and the Deschutes Pioneers Association launched The Deschutes Memories Project. The project is designed to gather people together to share their memories about a specific place or topic in Deschutes County, and capturing those memories as oral history, as well as help…
The Sisters Round Up of Gems is set for June 30-July 4. Gems including opal, Oregon sunstones, ruby, aquamarine, lapis, malachite, agates and more, both rough and cut, line the tables of all the happy vendors. Minerals, crystals, beads, stone carvings, jewelry, lapidary tools and equipment, meteorites and fossils from all regions of the world,…
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is delighted to receive donations of two superb instruments for raffle at this year’s Festival. The annual instrument raffle raises thousands of dollars to support the non-profit’s work in the schools and community. Ticket-buyers have a chance to own a world-class guitar and banjo while supporting Americana Project programming in the…
Tickets are on sale for Stars Over Newberry, where over 200 attendees will delight at stargazing, live music, an art auction, and fabulous local beer, wine and cuisine. This year’s festivities will coincide with the height of the Perseid Meteor Showers, giving visitors an unparalleled vista of night sky and a chance to glimpse a…
