Rick Steber, writing from Prineville, has more than 40 titles under his belt and sales of over a million books. Rick is the only Oregon author to have won the prestigious Western Writers of America Spur Award — Bend Western Novel. He is a keen observer of the changing American West and he articulates these…
The Folk Alliance Region West (FAR-West) awarded Sisters Folk Festival Inc. (SFF) the Organizational Achievement Award. FAR-West is a chapter of Folk Alliance International, who fosters and promotes traditional, contemporary and multicultural folk music, dance, storytelling and related performing arts in the U.S. SFF grew from an annual folk festival into an arts organization that…
The Northwest Civil War Council will present a full Civil War reenactment at The House on Metolius Meadow, May 20-21. The reenactment and living history camps include over 300 Civil War reenactors presenting living conditions and circumstances of the 1860s, as well as battle reenactments. This is the only event of its kind in Central…
The Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery continues the quarterly art exhibition series with Spring in the High Desert. The exhibit features artwork by Ann Bullwinkel, Barb Gonzalez and William (Bill) Logan thru June 2. Spring in the High Desert includes Bullwinkel’s oil on canvas paintings featuring Central Oregon landscapes. The current work depicts the…
After a cold winter, here in Sunriver, we rejoice in the beauty and warmth of Spring. Bring on the flowers and colorful birds and a world of green. To celebrate the season, Photographer Carolyn Waissman has chosen beautiful Sunriver birds as her subject. Their arrival begins with a flurry as they fill the air singing…
Alleda Real Estate 25 NW Minnesota Ave, Suite 1. www.alledarealestate.com Featuring Jerry Dame, fine artist. www.jerrydame.com Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, 550 NW Franklin St. Sondra Holtzman’s Seasons of the Earth — the exhibit of original rust prints of found objects. Holtzman, an aficionada of discarded gadgets discovered in deserted places, often visits ghost…
A visionary’s dream to create a world class museum blossoms in the High Desert The High Desert Museum will mark its 35th anniversary with a party and presentation on May 12. Diversity in the Desert: A Community Celebration will feature live music, appetizers, kids’ activities, demonstrations at the Lazinka sawmill and special presentations by guest…
Janice Rhodes is an artist that works in beeswax, a medium called encaustics. Her studio is in a converted garage near downtown Bend. In the winter a pot-bellied stove warms the whole studio, but during the summer she opens the large bay door letting sunshine in as well as a few curious bees. “After the…
Seeing the spring awaken in Provence, Bend Artist Cindy Briggs spent February through April painting landscapes, villages and markets near her home base of L’Isle sur la Sorgue. Cindy shared, “I taught my first workshop in Provence and it was a full circle experience to return. Upon arrival the trees were barren and it often…
Do you know why professional Chinese Opera performers are known as Children of the Pear Garden? The young actors at BEAT Children’s Theatre do! As part of their current production of Disney’s Mulan Jr., this group of talented people are learning all about Ancient China, the history of Chinese theatre and music and themes that…
