Modeled after the wildly popular Dancing with the Stars program, Swinging with the Stars features six local celebrities paired with professional dancers. Each couple will dance and compete to take home one of several awards. The event will also showcase local dance and music talent, including live performances from Dance Central, Gotta Dance and more…
On October 5 at 7:30 pm and October 6 at 2pm, Stage Right Productions will present scenes from four new plays in the First Annual Playwrights Platform at 2nd Street Theater. Judges will vote to determine which play will be fully produced in May 2014. In 2013, Stage Right and 2nd Street worked closely with…
One of the nation’s premiere environmental and adventure film fests is coming to Bend on October 3. A benefit for the Oregon Natural Desert Association presented by E2 Solar, this year’s festival lineup this year takes the audience to Alaskan mountain peaks, through Japanese snowstorms and over coastal Californian raptor nesting grounds. It’s sure…
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,…
The Friends of the Sunriver Area Public Library announce the opening of a new exhibit featuring the work of photographer Michael Jensen and jewelry artist Teresa Bowerman. The exhibit will open on October 29 and continue through January, 2014. Join the Friends at a reception for the artists November 2, 1:30-4pm. Photography has been Jensen’s…
Baskery is a high energy, vivacious all girl Swedish blues/southern rock band, comprising the three sisters Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson. Their first album, Fall Among Thieves, was released in Europe in 2008, and in the UK in January 2009. The band formed in 2006 as an offshoot of The Slaptones, who featured their father…
This past year has been a groundbreaking period for John Fullbright, and the Grammy nomination for From The Ground Up was just one of many highlights. Since its release in May 2012, Fullbright’s first studio album has garnered high praise from peers and pundits alike, making the young Oklahoman one of the most talked about…
Long-rumored and shrouded in mystery, this collaborative album between Elvis Costello and The Roots may be one of the most unexpected and surprising releases of 2013. Definitely a situation where the whole is greater than the sum of the amazing parts, and this album lives up to all of the intrigue and expectations. For one…
by ANGELINE RHETT, Owner of The Belfry Like many of us, I’d always been curious about the old abandoned church on the corner near Ski Inn. In years past it was a quiet neighbor, with a few students mid-week, and a gentle swelling of community for Sunday Worship. In September 2012 I was…
The rugged beauty of Central Oregon’s landscape will serve as a backdrop for the aptly titled Still Moon, an independent short film by director Kevin Huang who plans to cast local talent. Inspired by science fiction author Ray Bradbury’s 1948 novel The Martian Chronicles – and the Moon Be Still as Bright, the film will…
