(Graphic | Courtesy of Cascades Theatre) “Pitch Day” A day for you to “pitch” us your favorite plays! What would you like to see for our 2022-2023 season? Come join the fun on January 29 from 10am-2pm at Cascades Theatre. Pitch Online! Coming Tuesday February 1! The Company presents authentic and hilarious improvisational theater based…
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Tumalo Art Company to Benefit Hunger Coalition
Loving Central Oregon February group show at Tumalo Art Company to benefit the Hunger Prevention Coalition. For February, the month of love, Tumalo Art Co. artists are painting one of the things they love the most — our home, Central Oregon. A portion of sales from this show, Loving Central Oregon, will benefit a local nonprofit…
Visit the Museum After the Sun Goes Down!
(Photo | Courtesy of the High Desert Museum) After the sun goes down on Thursday nights, enjoy reduced rates along with these other things at the High Desert Museum: Discover the desert indoors in the warm Desertarium, and say hello to four pond turtles, three tortoises and two burrowing owls. Gain the power of x-ray…
Sunriver Magazine Call to Art/Photographers
Deadline Extended to February 25, 5pm. The Sunriver Area Chamber of Commerce and Cascade Publications Inc. are seeking a photograph to appear on the front cover of the annual Sunriver Magazine — which serves as the Sunriver area visitor’s guide. The photo should capture the area’s spirit of Family, Fun and Adventure, or just a…
Deschutes Land Trust Announces Nature Nights
The Deschutes Land Trust announced today its winter Nature Nights series. From the future of snowpack to climate anxiety and American pikas, the Land Trust is offering free, virtual, monthly presentations on nature-related topics given by experts in their field. Presentations include: January 26: A Low-to-No Snow Future 7-8:30pm, Virtual Mountain snowpacks have historically acted…
January First Friday Gallery Events & Exhibit Openings
(Rooted Exhibition Wall at the High Desert Museum | Photo by Kenneth Marunowski) Check out First Friday events, new exhibit openings and artist meet and greets for January’s First Friday in Bend and in the Old Mill. Bend Senior Center 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. 541-388-1133 • bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center The Bend Senior Center at the new…
Plein Air To Studio-Oregon Landscapes Exhibit by Plein Air Painters of Oregon
((L-R) View from the Top by Susan Hood, Smith Rock by Wendy Wheeler Jacobs and Old Mill by Liz Leeberg) COCC Barber Library Rotunda Exhibit January 3 through February 25, 2022 Plein Air Painters of Oregon (PAPO) is a group of outdoor landscape painters based largely in Central Oregon. Plein Air to Studio-Oregon Landscapes features…
Top Off 2021 with a Trip to the Museum
(Photo | Courtesy of High Desert Museum) Don’t let the last week of 2021 fly by without a visit to the High Desert Museum. There’s wonder around every corner! Gain a new perspective on wildfire as valuable questions are raised in the exhibit Rethinking Fire. The exhibit closes Sunday, January 9! Pack your visit with…
Kick off Your Holidays with the Gift of Music & Swing Into Valentine’s with a Big Band
(Blue Skies Big Band | Photo courtesy of Sunriver Music Festival) Looking for a unique gift for the holidays? Look no further than Sunriver Music Festival’s website where you can order an online gift certificate for the upcoming 45th season! Gift certificates come in any amount and can be applied to any concert. For example,…
ARTISTS & THEIR INFLUENCES — Featured Artist: Paula Bullwinkel
(Brouhaha, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches by Paula Bullwinkel) The paintings of Paula Bullwinkel are quite enigmatic, to say the least. In them, oversized animals and rodents may share the scene with pale blue and light green headed humans, loose brushwork is often juxtaposed with finely detailed patterns, and the simultaneous presence of…