Each August since 2008 the welcoming banks of the Deschutes River in the Old Mill District in Bend come alive for one of the premier fine art shows in the country: Art in the High Desert (AHD). In its short ten years Art in the High Desert has been nationally recognized year after year accumulating…
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show(SOQS) announces theme and major sponsors for the 42nd annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show which will take place Saturday, July 8. SOQS Sunday will be held on July 9 at FivePine Lodge and Conference Center. Storytellers is the theme of this year’s show and the 2017 poster created by Sisters’ artist, Dan…
May 5-6 is the ninth annual Art on the River, show and sale at Eagle Crest. Art on the River has provided grants and funding to the seven elementary schools, several middle schools and a high school art class in Redmond. The last four years has been a partnering with A6 Studio & Gallery in…
Singer-songwriter-satirist Roy Zimmerman will bring his “funny songs about ignorance, war and greed” to Bend’s Volcanic Theatre Pub Wednesday, June 7. The show is a benefit performance for KPOV High Desert Community Radio. For the past two decades Zimmerman has brought the sting of satire to the struggle for peace and justice on stage, on radio…
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…
Deschutes Public Library presents the 14th annual celebration of A Novel Idea…Read Together, the largest community read program in Oregon. A Novel Idea brings together thousands of Deschutes County residents to read, discuss and attend a variety of free cultural and author events at the Library’s six branches and at partnering businesses. With this year’s…
Alleda Real Estate 25 NW Minnesota Ave., Suite 1. www.alledarealestate.com Featuring the work of artist Danny Hughes. Each Hughes painting is created using old, antiquated pages from a collection of books from around the world. He then takes pieces of paper that have been aging outside, in the elements, for over eight years. He layers…
(Photo courtesy of Art in the High Desert) AHD’s National Ranking Climbs Art in the High Desert (AHD) has done it again. Thanks to the growing public support this annual juried arts show/sale has received its highest ranking yet from the Art Fair Sourcebook—10th in the nation (out of over 600 shows) based on exhibitor…
High Desert Chamber Music Ninth Annual Gala will be held Saturday, November 19 at 6pm at the Bend Golf & Country Club. This year’s gala emcee is Bob Shaw from the KTVZ Newschannel 21 Team and the evening includes a performance, dinner and silent auction with donations from over 100 local businesses and organizations. The…
Collage artist Kaycee Anseth is presenting a one-night-only show of large-scale collage, fine art prints and art cards at Sunny Yoga Kitchen in NorthWest Crossing on Monday, November 14, from 6-9pm. The show of artwork is a fond farewell to Bend before the artist relocates to northwest Ireland. The collages are composed completely of small…
