The Tower Theatre Foundation brings the Central Oregon premiere of Monty Python’s Tony-winning musical Spamalot to Bend September 13-21 as part of its Marquee Series featuring live community theatre productions sponsored by U.S. Bank and BendBroadband. Produced by Stage Right Productions, with book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by John Du Prez and Eric…
Come wind down from summer activities with the artists of the Sunriver Artists’ Gallery. The Second Saturday Artists ‘Reception, September 14, is a wonderful way to meet the artists and view the latest additions to the Gallery’s collection. Enjoy a glass of wine or beer and a tasty snack, have a few laughs and get…
The arts are thriving in Central Oregon. If our jam-packed magazine of literary, theatrical, musical and artistic events each month doesn’t reveal the fact, then you can just look to the Arts & Cultural Alliance (ACA) survey results (here). Of the 30+ arts and cultural organization in Central Oregon that make up the Alliance, over…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor As BendFilm prepares for the tenth year of the popular indie film festival, posters from previous festivals have been making the Bend ArtWalk rounds over the past few months. September’s event at Cowgirl Cash will feature artwork by BendFilm sponsor, artist and graphic designer Euijin Esther Gray. “It’s…
Creating Impressions: Printmaking in the Northwest will showcase more than 50 modern and contemporary prints and the painstaking process behind each one. In printmaking circles, creativity and technical acumen coexist. The form requires a level of technical skill and understanding unparalleled in the art world. “Printmaking is not just a creative, artistic exercise. It’s also…
Base Camp Studio is a new arts non-profit providing accessible and affordable arts opportunities to the Bend community, reaching out to underserved populations and schools. On September 6 they will host the First Annual Base Camp Studio Painting Marathon. Crow’s Feet Commons will host this lively event where local painters will share their craft on…
It began as an experiment to entice those shopping Bend’s downtown Farmers Market to drop-into the Tower through the theatre’s back door on Brooks Promenade. It quickly grew into a highly-anticipated summer stop for free beer tastings and theatre tours. The Tower’s new open houses, christened “Worthy Wednesday” after sponsor Worthy Brewing, have welcomed 3,000…
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~ Scott Adams, American cartoonist. One might ask this: can we measure our creativity? Can we take stock of our community’s creativity and leverage it into an economic factor? Some creative data collectors seem to think so. A report called…
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by Renee Patrick, Cascade A&E Editor Greg Gifford became “The Rock Guy” by accident. On a beach vacation in Baja about 10 years ago, he began stacking rocks. When not kayaking or windsurfing, he ventured into the desert and made rock sculptures. “By the time we left the place I had about 50 of…
