BendFilm announced the 2017 BendFilm Festival will run October 12-15 at iconic locations around Bend including the historic Tower Theatre, Tin Pan Theater and McMenamins – Old St. Francis. BendFilm is a celebration of independent storytelling through film, music, events, panel discussions and more. Now in its 14th year, the BendFilm Festival typically screens 100…
The Clockwork Purple Volume 1 book launch will be held at Dudley’s Bookshop Café August 11 at 1pm. This unique anthology features a collection of short stories by local authors from the Bend Creative Writers group. Six authors will each read one selection and be available for autographs. Clockwork Purple features a collection of 68…
Poet and author Ellen Waterston announces released her fourth poetry title, Hotel Domilocos, published by Moonglade Press. A launch party was held on Thursday, June 22, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bend, celebrating the release with a reading, signings and refreshments. Hotel Domilocos includes poems set in Costa Rica and Central Oregon, as well…
Saturday, July 1, 1-4:30pm, 2pm presentation in Schoolhouse Finding the pioneer spirit, Jane Kirkpatrick’s writing truly makes her readers stop and realize how important our faith and friendships, relationships are in life. For fourty years, Kirkpatrick has opened the door to create stories with history in places we know in Central Oregon. She relates, with…
Stage Right Productions & Bits & Pieces Custom Framing presents A New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein at 2nd Street Theater October 28 through November 12. The musical is based on the beloved Mel Brooks movie that premiered in 1974, Young Frankenstein, starring Gene Wilder, Terry Garr, Chloris Leachman, Marty Feldman and Peter Boyle. Grandson…
Summit High School Theatre Department will perform Bring It On the Musical, a high-flying journey filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness. Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, Bring It On features an original story by Tony Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by…
Get ready for the holidays with the annual Snowflake Boutique November 4-5 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Redmond. The event is the perfect way to help local children in need and get a head start on your holiday shopping. What began as a few friends selling their crafts from their home…
Fall Performance – A Midsummer Night’s Dream October 28-29 aand November 3-5 at 7pm at McClay Performing Arts Center, 640 SW Evergreen Avenue, Redmond This is the inaugural show for the space, as well as RPA’s first ever Shakespearean production. “What makes our production memorable is that the imagery and music are inspired by locations…
The Deschutes Historical Museum invites visitors to take a walk on the haunted side with the Historical Haunts of Downtown Bend Heritage Walk, October 28 & 29, with the first tour beginning at 4pm and the last leaving at 7:30pm. If you missed this fun event last year, bring your flashlights, comfortable walking shoes, plenty…
A Delicious 90 minutes of High Concept Pandemonium…. OperaBend opens their season October 28 with an opera which was co-composed by born-and-raised local Benjamin Emory Larson. Maelstrom, the Zombie Opera is being presented at Pinckney Center for the Arts on the Central Oregon Community College Campus. Directed by Larson, it is sung in English and…
