The Deschutes Public Library Foundation is hosting A Novel Idea Unveiled on Friday, December 6 from 7–9pm at the Downtown Bend Library. This free annual event is open to all ages and provides the public the first opportunity to learn what the A Novel Idea community read selection is for 2014. This year’s book will…
Shop Local
The holidays are upon us, which means you will probably be spending hours searching for that perfect gift for your family, friends or even a little something for yourself. During this season Central Oregon’s ingenuity and creativity reigns, and our gift guide highlights some of these great local offerings. Art lovers will be thrilled with…
The Illustrated Life of Taylor Rose is Infused With Childlike Wonder
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor It all starts with a story. An epic snowboarding season on Mt. Bachelor turns into Snow Monkeys, a tale of a girl and her dog turns into The Collectors and a favorite Christmas movie and memories of being bundled up and unable to move turns into Randy. Each…
Sunriver Music Festival & High Desert Museum Present Classical Rock Violinist Aaron Meyer
The Sunriver Music Festival and the High Desert Museum are collaborating on a festive Christmas event that will feature Classical Rock Violinist Aaron Meyer, guitarist Tim Ellis and their four-piece band. On the evening of Friday, December 13, the museum will open for a special viewing of the museum’s exhibits, a full concert and tasty…
December Gift Guide
Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village 30 local artists! Visitors and art collectors alike enjoy holiday shopping at the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver located in the heart of the newly renovated Village at Sunriver. Mini originals paintings, ornaments, jewelry and original art items make fantastic stocking stuffers. Gifts of all price ranges can be found with Central Oregon’s…
Unique Opportunities with Cascade Fine Art Workshops
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Focusing on the needs of her students, Cascade Fine Art Workshops Founder and Owner Sue Manley has hit upon a successful formula for offering artists a unique workshop opportunity. An artist herself, Manley approaches the series with the goal of inviting instructors who are not only wonderful artists,…
High Desert Museum Unveils Expansive Collection of Historic Guns
On the Far West frontier of the 1800s everyone owned some kind of firearm. Homesteaders carried rifles to protect their livestock. Cayuse Indians used smoothbore muskets to bring home fresh meat and skins. Naturalists armed themselves with fowlers to shoot birds for scientific study. Women carried dainty pistols to defend themselves from outlaws. For all…
A True Story of Race & Rodeo
Red White Black, recently released by Prineville Author Rick Steber, tells the true story of the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up. Three men of different skin colors – Jackson Sundown, John Spain and George Fletcher – are brought together during the finals of the Northwest Saddle Bronc Championship. What happened that September day, the judges’ decision…
Hendrix in Tower’s Rockumentary Film Club
The Tower Theatre Foundation’s exclusive series of concert and behind-the-scenes documentaries on renowned rock music performers continues in November with a tribute to guitar god Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock takes the silver stage Monday, November 25. To commemorate Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday, the special presentation of his unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock…
Betty Gray Gallery Joins the Festivities of Traditions
Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery joins the festivities of Traditions presenting Marjorie Wood Hamlin’s collage of copper and gold foil, accented with gold leaf, as well as her mixed media works in the upper gallery. Central Oregon oil landscapes by Joanne Donaca and Janice Druian appear in the lower gallery, opening November 15. In…