by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Since the grand re-opening of the Tower Theatre in 2004, Bend’s iconic venue has welcomed a vast array of headliners and productions onto the stage. Managed by the non-profit Tower Theatre Foundation, the programming team works hard to secure big names that will bring in sold-out crowds, but…
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…
In ten years, BendFilm has grown to become a beloved regional happening which features more than 80 films over four days;The Truth About Emanuel, a psychological thriller, will open the Festival. The 10th annual Festival will open with The Truth About Emanuel (previously known as Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes), written and directed…
Deschutes Public Library welcomes Portland Poet Margaret Chula to the East Bend Library on September 7 for a poetry workshop. “A writer’s purpose is to say the unsayable,” says Portland poet Margaret Chula. “To put into words what we feel, experience, and yearn for, our continual search for that which is always just beyond…
September 6-8 entire town of Sisters will welcome festivalgoers for three days of music from blues to bluegrass. Artists include The California Honeydrops, The White Buffalo, Shook Twins, Ray Bonneville, Joshua James, Baskery and Festival encore artist and Grammy nominee John Fullbright. More than 40 acts will perform on nine stages. All-event passes are…
Sunriver Sunfest Wine Festival, August 31-September 1, is at the beautiful Fort Rock Park. The Festival will again feature over 40 wineries, distilleries, Sunriver Brewing, art vendors, live music and great food. Please park at Three Rivers School and take the red trolley to the festival, walk or ride your bike. Admittance into the festival…
Bob Dylan’s influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalist’s role in popular…
Central Oregon Sparrow Clubs and KOHD 9 announce that tickets are officially on sale for the second annual Swinging with the Stars event, scheduled for October 5, 6pm, at Bend Senior High School. Swinging with the Stars is modeled after the wildly popular Dancing with the Stars program. Featuring six local celebrities, paired with professional…
The Nature of Words will again present a roster of renowned guest authors at its annual literary festival November 7-10. The ninth consecutive year of the festival will include authors from the genres of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and young adult fiction. The Rising Star Creative Writing Competition awards ceremony, recognizing emerging writers, will be…
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, surface…
