by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Colorado native Sheila Dunn grew up as an inquisitive dreamer; a childhood spent dancing and reading helped nurture the rich creative passion that began to emerge on canvas years later. Her work is heavy with color and exploration into the deeper realms of self, a combination resulting in…
Featuring Tito Puente, Jr. on November 17. Call it an extravaganza, not a concert. In just three years, the 19-piece Pacific Mambo Orchestra has taken San Francisco and the West Coast by storm. Playing Salsa, Mambo, Latin Jazz and Cha Cha’s, the big band injects a fresh, bold, contemporary sound into traditional Latin music of…
Sunday, November 17 at Central Oregon Community College’s Campus Center in Bend. This annual fundraiser is an internationally recognized event designed to raise awareness about hunger issues. “Last year the Empty Bowls was a great success…selling out more than two weeks before the doors opened,” commented Chris Quaka, Empty Bowls event coordinator. “As a…
The Redmond Community Concert Association continues its line-up of performances for the season on November 17 with Mark Masri, a soulful tenor with a variety of repertoire. RCCA is an all volunteer, non-profit organization. Most of the artists provide an outreach performance to Redmond schools on the Monday after their Sunday concert. RCCA is proud…
Bend Storytelling Circle announces a performance on November 15 by Elizabeth Ellis from Dallas, Texas. Her concert of stories will be preceded by musical numbers from Linda Roberts. Ellis is one of America’s premier storytellers, a nationally recognized teller of tales of heroic American women, tales from the Appalachian Mountains and her own personal…
Slaid Cleaves spins stories with a novelist’s eye and a poet’s heart on November 14. Mary Gauthier with Brad Tisdel perform Saturday November 16. An Evening With Slaid Cleaves Thursday November 14 Slaid Cleaves spins stories with a novelist’s eye and a poet’s heart. Twenty years into his career, the celebrated songwriter’s Still Fighting the…
Guitar virtuosos and longtime leaders of the jam-band Little Feat offer a rare opportunity to savor the country rock songs they made legendary. A special acoustic evening with Paul Barrère and Fred Tackett at the Tower Theatre on November 14 features a wide variety of hits, from Willin’ and Hate to Lose Your Lovin’ to…
On Friday, November 15 at 5:30pm Atelier 6000, a nonprofit printmaking studio and gallery specializing in book arts, will host the launch of both the art book and trade version of Bend author and poet Ellen Waterston’s verse novel Vía Láctea, A Woman of a Certain Age Walks the Camino. Vía Lactéa is being published…
Following their performance at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, The High Desert Poetry Cell is back reading their original poetry in Bend. Join the guy poets Larry Jacobs, Don Kunz, John Kvapil, Peter Lovering and John Martin at a fundraising reading for Saving Grace of Central Oregon on Sunday November 10 at 4:30pm at…
Second Saturday Artists Reception is November 9, 4-7pm that includes a wine, food and art raffle. Featured in the gallery this month are Tina Brockway, Carolyn Waissman, Glenn Burleigh and Marily Badger. Tina Brockway creates truly fine art pottery in her Bend studio. Tina’s background is in graphic and fabric design, and you will…
