(Photo courtesy of Song of Sunset) It’s hard to believe that just one year ago, Song of Sunset began right here in Bend, Oregon. Since then, we’ve welcomed 17 performing artists to our stage, produced five films, won four Best Short Documentary awards, and screened around the world. On October 24, we return to Silver…
(Graphic courtesy of Ovation Performing Arts) Local young performers are preparing to take audiences to the Viking village of Berk in Ovation Performing Arts’ (OPA) production of How to Train Your Dragon the Musical, Jr. Fresh off its April release, the DreamWorks box office smash success is coming to the stage as OPA’s Forte cast…
(Photo courtesy of the High Desert Museum) Bend’s biggest little art show, presented by Bright Place Gallery, features original art by local and emerging artists. Each fall, the Museum’s walls are blanketed with thousands of mini masterpieces! October 10 to October 27 Desertarium, Spirit of the West Hallway, Collins Gallery Get ready for the return…
(Graphic courtesy of Central Oregon Symphony) Our October series of free community performances continues this Saturday with three Music in Public Places concerts across Central Oregon. Choose the location closest to you and enjoy an afternoon of live chamber music with friends, family, and neighbors! Music in Public Places brings Central Oregon Symphony musicians to…
((Left) Climbing Boot Butte by Steve Peters, (Right) Blackbird by John A. Stewart) “Make visible, what without you, might never have been seen.” These words by filmmaker Robert Bresson permeate the fall exhibition at Sunriver’s Nancy McGrath Green Gallery. Photography: Seven Points of View features seven Central Oregon photographers with wildly different perspectives in their…
((Left) Rushing Water, (Middle) Waiting To Be of Service, (Right) Surface As Subject by Rebecca Sentgeorge) What happens when you paint the light on dark paper instead of painting the shadows on white? That is the question Redmond artist Rebecca Sentgeorge explores in Emergence: Bringing Forth the Light, a solo exhibition of gouache paintings on…
((Left) Tsunami Bowl by David Lloyd Warren, (Right) Metolius Creek by Barb Gonzalez) Fall in Sunriver has its own quiet magic. Shorter days bring golden hour to the afternoons. The crowds thin out, and there’s room to notice the colors, textures, and shapes as they change with the season. This month’s Artists’ Gallery Sunriver featured…
(Field of Flowers by Dan Custer) As fall takes hold in Sunriver, we still see many visitors, both near and far. Sunriver in October is a great time to visit from Bend or Redmond with bikes to wander the paths and see our local wildlife before they head to winter grounds. It’s also a time…
(Photo courtesy of Old Mill District) On October 7-11, the Bend Film Festival is making its way to theaters and event spaces across Central Oregon for its 23rd year and film fans, filmmakers, industry professionals and other creatives are already securing their passes and planning their itineraries for the five-day event. To help festival-goers make…
(Photo courtesy of Chamber Music Northwest) On October 28, 7:30pm at Lewis & Clark’s Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) kicks off its 2026/27 mainstage season with a program of technically demanding Romantic-period pieces by Brahms and Dvořák that bookend Pura Fé’s (Tuscarora) Rattle Songs. Originally written for the Indigenous a cappella group Ulali,…
