The Writing Ranch announces three creative writing opportunities in the upcoming months: Writing Wild Horses, Writing for the Health of It, and the Eighth Annual Creative Writing Retreat in Mexico October: Writing Wild Horses A special three-day Nature Writing Intensive is being offered October 17-19, 2016 by the Writing Ranch in conjunction with the High Desert…
Events
Your Bend, Oregon Arts & Entertainment Week Starts Here – July 20, 2016
KENDALL TOYOTA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS GRACE POTTER July 20, 2016 @ 7:00 pm Century Center 70 SW Century Dr Bend, OR 97702 www.getsmartoregon.org/about-smart/local-offices/central-area/events/ Join us this summer for concerts at the Century Center through the Kendall Toyota of Bend Summer Concert Series, also supported by Bend Radio Group! SMART will earn proceeds from sales…
Les Schwab Amphitheater Free Sunday Concert Series
Les Schwab Ampitheater kicks off July with the BMC Free Sunday Summer Concert Series. July 2-3 Widespread Panic is a southern rock jam band from Athens, Georgia. The band draw influences from blues-rock, progressive rock, funk, jazz fusion and neo-psychedelia. July 10 — Free summer music, Kinzel & Hyde. July 17 — Free summer music,…
Radioactive Art Live Radio Show with Linda Spring
For the past 19 years, Linda Spring has been a resident of the Central Oregon area and heavily involved within the arts community of Bend for 15 of those years. Spring graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelors in fine and applied arts and cultural services. She has since served on a multitude…
2016 Newberry Event Music & Arts Festival
Set for July 21–24 Central Oregon’s Fourth Annual Newberry Event Music & Arts Festival-Fundraiser offers a jaw-dropping variety of renowned musicians from outside Oregon. The theme of this outdoor festival is Variety, with two stages and over 25 bands. The event is an approved charitable fundraiser benefiting the Oregon Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Enjoy…
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Endowment Fund Reaches First Year Goal
The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS), a nonprofit organization that produces world’s largest outdoor quilt show, has successfully reached its first-year Endowment campaign goal to raise $40,000. The Endowment Fund, which was announced by founder Jean Wells Keenan in July 2015 at the 40th Anniversary Celebration, achieved this goal within ten months of launching the…
Internationally Acclaimed Classic Pianist William Wolfram Rare Visit to Central Oregon
Don’t have time to take in performances of the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington D.C.), the Colorado Symphony, the Utah Symphony or the Oregon Symphony? Don’t worry, just take a short drive to Sunriver and listen to world-renowned pianist William Wolfram kick off the 39th edition of the Sunriver Music Festival on Sunday, August 7. Highly…
Central Oregon Metal Arts Guild Annual Show & Sale
The Central Oregon Metal Arts (COMAG) has set its annual show and sale at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend during First Friday Art Walk on August 6 from 1-9pm. There is no cost to attend. Door prizes include two $100 gift certificates for artist of choice and a gift from the Oxford Hotel. COMAG…
Rock Collectors on the Hunt in Central Oregon
The Central Oregon Rock Collectors (CORC) are a fairly young club whose members are interested in collecting rocks, fossils and minerals, and learning about the geologic and mineral heritage of Central Oregon. They hold monthly meetings from March through November, except August (meeting replaced by a picnic). They also conduct monthly field trips. CORG members…
Bend Follies Double Fundraising for Tower Theatre Foundation
In 2012, the Tower Theatre Foundation launched a new major fundraiser, the Bend Follies. Over the past four years, Bend Follies has been honoring the Bend community through satire, comedy and songs, and raising money to support the programs and mission of the nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation. “In fact, that is what it’s all about,”…