Whimsical Artwork by Ray Troll Depicts Buzzsaw Sharks Prehistoric sharks are coming home to the High Desert! Aptly-named Helicoprion, which means spiral saw, a monster of a fish with a jaw that’s described as nightmarish. It lived in the High Desert more than 250 million years ago, swimming in ancient seas that covered the land….
International Festival Celebrates Tenth Anniversary Special Guests & Entertainers Promise a Diverse & Enriching Experience The Latino Community Association (LCA) invites you to celebrate our diverse family heritages and cultures at the 10th Annual Festival of Cultures presented by US Cellular and the Deschutes Cultural Coalition on September 24 at Redmond’s Centennial Park. The Festival…
Uncorked Sunriver Style, a two-day showcase of wines, food, live music and classes will take place Friday and Saturday, September 16-17 at the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic & Recreation Center (SHARC), 57250 Overlook Road. More than a dozen Oregon wineries will be on hand serving samples and selling wine by the glass, bottle and case. There…
An inspired group of local storytellers will assemble at the Old Stone on Friday, September 16 at 8pm to regale an audience with personal recollections and anecdotesin the first installment of a new program called To Tell The Truth. The show is the second presentation by the reclusive impresarios Two Twisted Sisters, who earlier this…
Panel of three experts on writing Memoir and Non-Fiction: Jami Carpenter, Linda Bland and Mike Lankford set for monthly COWG meeting, 6:30-8:30pm at Aspen Ridge in Bend. You may not be a world-class athlete, a famous celebrity, or on the Forbes 500 money list. You haven’t discovered a cure or patented an invention. But you are an…
Sponsored by Caldera + BendFilm + The Museum at Warm Springs Extended Application Deadline: September 30, 2016 Residency Period: March 3–31, 2017 Caldera, BendFilm, and The Museum at Warm Springs are collaborating to host an experienced filmmaker who will be in residence at Caldera’s Arts Center (17 miles west of Sisters, Oregon) for four weeks in…
Stepping back into the late 1960s, Central Oregon was a vastly different place. Rugged, it was still considered the untamed wild west of America. Populations were sparse, farm land was abundant, and few thought that classical music withstood even a chance of surviving, let alone thriving, in the relatively unknown mill town of Bend. “If…
For complete First Friday Listings, click here First Friday in Bend Welcome Autumn with Gusto Complete first friday listings here Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, 550 NW Franklin Abstractions by Pam Bird and Diane Watson. Bird, an intuitive painter, strives to take her art beyond representational accuracy to experiential interpretation. She notes her delight…
From the well-established Tin Pan Alley art collection to hopes for a High Desert Mural Festival, public art is quickly gaining steam in Bend. Cascade AE explores the importance, the need and the future of this growing movement. BEND HEADS TOWARDS LEGALIZING MURAL ART IN MAKERS DISTRICT A feeling of cohesive collaboration was in the…
Celebrate local writers at the Downtown Bend Public Library at Second Sunday on August 14 at 2pm. The event is free and open to the public. Local authors, representing a variety of genres including memoir, poetry and guide books, will read from their work at the 5th annual Local Author Fair. “Central Oregon has a…
