Want to help make the world a better place? Come join us March 19 to celebrate the International Day of Happiness! We will have a happiness wall at the Old Mill District in Bend (in the plaza near Anthony’s restaurant) March 19 from 10am-6pm. The event will be co-hosted by Live Happy, Big Brothers Big…
Four Bend-La Pine Schools art students have earned the top honors in the local Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a national competition that showcases the best work from young artists and writers. The students’ artwork will be featured alongside more than 300 other pieces of award-winning student art at the Pinckney Gallery at Central…
Two generations of potters will be displaying their work at Red Chair Gallery for New Year’s Day First Friday. Michael and Michele Gwinup founded Blue Spruce Pottery in Bend in 1976. In 2008, their daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Patrick Woodman, joined them in their pottery business. Melissa grew up in the pottery studio, helping…
To honor the work of nonviolent social justice advocates advocates during the Season of Nonviolence, the Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and the college’s Multicultural Activities program are sponsoring two talks by john a. powell on Wednesday, Jan. 27, in Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, on the COCC Bend…
Beginning in January, Caldera will welcome visual, literary and performing artists from around the world for one-month stays at its Arts Center on Blue Lake in Central Oregon. While at Caldera, artists, writers, and performers immerse in their work to create new books, plays, music, films, poems, installations, paintings, and sculptures. As Caldera enters its…
November 11 VETERANS DAY CONCERT WITH THE NOTABLES SWING BAND 6:30 pm Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St, Bend, OR 97701 COST: Reserved Seating: $8, $13, $18 The Notables Swing Band brings back the “golden oldies” from the Big Band era when swing ruled the dance floors. Many of our band members remember those full sounds…
Artist at Alleda Real Estate, 25 NW Minnesota Ave., Ste 1 Dorothy Holmes thru December. Dorothy has been interested in art since attending classes at Cambridge University in 1980. Her love of art and all things old and crusty came together nicely in England – drawing century old buildings and castles; while maybe not…
September 23 LIVE MUSIC WITH HONEY DON’T 7:00pm McMenamins Old St. Francis School Father Luke’s Room 700 N.W. Bond St. COST: Free Americana country soul from the heart of the Colorado Rockies. The musical union of Bill Powers and Shelley Gray, perhaps better known as one half of the old-time bluegrass band, Sweet Sunny South….
From the composer of Book of Mormon and Stage Right Productions, the nonprofit that operates 2nd Street Theater and who brought us Spamalot, comes Avenue Q The Musical at the Tower Theatre September 11-19. Don’t miss this politically incorrect comedy (definitely not for children!) about college grads and potty-mouth puppets looking for love, jobs, and…
The Sisters Folk Festival announces the artist lineup for the annual Festival, September 11-13, 2015. This is the 20th anniversary celebration of the region’s most well-respected acoustic music festival. Produced in beautiful Sisters where “All the Town’s a Stage,” Festival passes are $120 for adults and $60 for those 18 and under. Sisters welcomes festivalgoers…
