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…

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…

((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…

(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…