(L-R) Beverly Allen, Beverly Allen (playwright) and Craig Fox on their wedding day | Photos & poster courtesy of Ellipse Theatre Community) This November, Ellipse Theatre Community (ETC) will present the PTSD Awareness Project, a multi-faceted program intended to promote community understanding of the effects of war on military personnel, families and communities. The centerpiece and…

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…

The Writing Ranch announces three creative writing opportunities in the upcoming months: Writing Wild Horses, Writing for the Health of It, and the Eighth Annual Creative Writing Retreat in Mexico October: Writing Wild Horses A special three-day Nature Writing Intensive is being offered October 17-19, 2016 by the Writing Ranch in conjunction with the High Desert…

As part of the international recognition of the Season of Nonviolence, several community organizations are joining Central Oregon Community College and Building Common Ground in hosting book conversations on Claude M. Steele’s “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do.” The conversations will span a period of four to six weeks beginning…

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…