by Renee Patrick, Cascade A&E Editor It was the love of dance that drove Carolyn Brant to found the Terpsichorean Dance Studio & Company almost 40 years ago, and through her passion generations of dancers have come to exemplify the spirit of Terpsichorean. Named for Terpsichore, one of the nine muses of Greek…
Sunriver Area Library Exhibit Hosts Wildlife Art
Ravens, owls, and antelope . . . and maybe an occasional horse, too . . . are the subjects depicted by artists Vivian Olsen and Joren Traveller. The exhibit is through March 29. Olsen, who has an avid interest in birds and mammals, portrays them in lifelike oil paintings. Using sketches and drawings from…
CO Youth Orchestra Hosts Guest Artist
Central Oregon Youth Orchestra will host a 2014 Guest Artist Residency with University of Oregon Professor and violinist, Fritz Gearhart. Gearhart has performed for audiences from coast to coast. He has appeared in major halls around the country including the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y in NYC, Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital…
Award-winning Film 12 Years a Slave at Volcanic Theatre Pub
On Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1 at 6:30pm view the Golden Globe Best Motion Picture winner and movie nominated for nine Oscars this year, 12 Years a Slave. The movie is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free black man who was…
Redmond High School Theater Presents Footloose the Musical
Footloose The Musical opens Thursday, February 27 and runs through Saturday, March 8. Enjoy the rock’n, rhythm of the Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 score, augmented with dynamic new songs for the stage musical. The Panther Theatrical Company announces its winter performance, the high energy dance musical Footloose The Musical, with music by Tom…
Clark & Donaca Exhibit at Sunriver Resort
Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery presents oil landscapes of Central Oregon from the Joyce Clark Estate in the upper gallery and oil landscapes by Joanne Donaca in the lower gallery. The exhibit continues through March 9. Clark’s paintings in the estate exhibition feature both palette knife and brushwork and include scenes of the Deschutes…
Synergy: Art & Literature A Challenge to the Art Community
The Friends of the Redmond Branch Library announces a challenge to the Central Oregon Art Community. Theyt are asking artists, photographers and artisans to create an work of art based upon a book, poem, short story and/or piece of music. The artists will also be asked to attach no more than 50 words…
Storyteller Norm Brecke, The Lighter Side of Lincoln
Bend Storytelling Circle presents a fabulous storyteller from Seattle who will perform a lively program of stories and anecdotes told by or about Abraham Lincoln on February 22. A special treat will be the music Brecke mixes in with the program – music that Lincoln enjoyed during his lifetime. Included in the program will be…
Ariana Saraha to Perform at Hawthorn Healing Arts
February 22 treat your soul to a journey to the mysterious wilds, as evoked by mythic songstress. Inspired by the exotic sounds of Mideast, Celtic and Classical Indian musics, as well as a few drops of her own gypsy blood, Ariana offers her song to the heart of humankind, that we may know ourselves…
Great Films, Great Cause – Telluride’s MountainFilm on Tour Comes to Bend
February 21 and 22, includes two nights of high quality, thought-provoking films that celebrate mountain people, culture, adventure, conservation and the power of film to create social change. The event showcases the very best of Telluride’s MountainFilm Festival, an annual film festival in Colorado synonymous with the world’s finest filmmaking. Each night will feature…