Unveiling of Deschutes Brewery’s BendFilm 10 Year Celebration Brew September 26 with BendFilm brew tasting and naming follow first preview of BendFilm Guide. On Thursday, September 26, Deschutes Brewery & Public House will host BendFilm’s Kickoff Party and 10 Year Celebration Brew Preview from 6-9pm in the upstairs tap room located at 1044 NW Bond Street…
Colorful Exhibit at Sunriver Resort Lodge
The Betty Gray Gallery continues a fine art exhibit in the lower gallery with Barbara Slater’s animal portraits in oil and, in the upper gallery, landscapes of the high desert by Steve Maker and Marilyn Higginson, oil, and Leslie Cain, pastel. The exhibition continues through September 23. In the upper gallery are the…
The Dixie Swim Club at Cascades Theatrical Company
A laugh-out-loud hilarious play by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten will open CTC’s 35th season September 20. Story by Gloria Anderson for CTC We are very excited to present a play as touching, and laugh-out-loud hilarious as this one for our opening to this milestone season. Five Southern women whose friendship began…
Harmony4 Women Hosts Singer Party
Singer Registration Party is set for Thursday, September 19, 5:30-7pm Linda Gardner opens her home at 22055 Rickard Road, Bend, for singers to celebrate and register for the Harmoney4Women performances this December. Registration fee is $50 which covers music, learning CD’s and 10 weeks of singing lessons. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings from…
SMART Hosts SMART Art
SMART, Start Making A Reader Today, presents the second annual SMART Art: Show, Sale, Social on September 19, 5:30pm at Aspen Hall in Shevlin Park. In 2012 over 100 people attended this fabulous event and had a wonderful time helping to raise money to support SMART programs in Pre-K-3rd grade classrooms across Central Oregon….
Terry Gloeckler Explores the Human Experience
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor A story unfolds. As layers of paint and line build and transform a blank canvas, the narrative takes shape. What transforms the assemblage of mixed media: gauche, acrylic, pencil, charcoal and ink is what makes Terry Gloeckler’s work sing: emotional, mental and physical exploration of an idea, feeling,…
BendFilm Festival Picking Up Steam in Central Oregon
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the BendFilm Festival is less than two months away and a number of upcoming activities and events are underway to get the ball rolling. Get tickets now to the BendFilm Kickoff Party & 10th Anniversary Brew Preview, September 26 at Deschutes Brewery & Public House (Downtown Bend). In addition to…
The Relevance of Ballet Today. New Dance Studio Opens September 18.
Not everyone cares about ballet. But there is a certain and special psyche that is drawn to its mysteries and meaning, whether as an audience member or a practicing dancer. Until a person has the chance to see the power of this dance form worthily performed, it can remain irrelevant, regarded as a quaint and…
Latino Community Association Unveils Annual Festival of Cultures
The Festival of Cultures, presented by OnPoint Community Credit Union, is an international affair including booths set up by Central Oregon residents representing many different cultures from around the world and Oregon’s only community-based Official Citizenship Oath Ceremony. Also included are local dance troupes, singers and musicians, ethnic food vendors, service and product vendors and…
Know Ends: Oregon’s Greatest Natural Disasters
Floods, earthquakes, forest fires, eruptions, tsunamis—they’ve all hit Oregon during the past 13,000 years of human settlement. The question isn’t if they will happen again, but when? Although it’s not possible to predict these catastrophic events precisely, how could we prepare for their impact? Our own Cascade Range is built by volcanoes that have erupted…