(Photo by John Williams) Sky Hunters is BACK for a Limited Time! Happening twice daily at 11am and 1:30pm, Sky Hunters allows Museum visitors to get nose to beak with some of the Museum’s most inspiring creatures. Several raptors take flight overhead in this intimate, indoor demonstration as our wildlife specialists showcase the birds’ agility…
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Final 2024 Big Ponderoo Lineup Announced
(The Woods Brothers front-man Oliver Wood is slated to perform at the Big Ponderoo festival this June at Village Green Park | Photo courtesy of SFF Presents) SFF Presents has released the final eight artists on the 2024 Big Ponderoo festival lineup. The second annual music festival returns to Sisters, Oregon on June 29 and…
Calling All Student Filmmakers
(Image courtesy of BendFilm) Hey Students! Win $1,000 with your Environmental Video The City of Bend, BendFilm and Central Oregon Daily are hosting the 2024 Student Video Contest, and this year the PRIZE MONEY is even better, $1,000 to the Grand Prize Winner! Bend students in 6th-12th grades are encouraged to submit videos about why or how…
Save the Date
Dry Canyon Arts Association Spring Art Show & Sale. Registration for vendor space opens April 4, 2024 for artists not currently members of DCAA. This event will be held at Redmond High School Commons at 675 Rimrock Way, Redmond. Saturday, May 4, 10am-5pm and Sunday, May 5, 10am-4pm. Vendor booth set-up is Friday evening between 6pm…
BEAT The Heat Summer Camps 2024!
(Photo courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) BEAT — Summer Camps!!! We have added four new camps. Yes, yes and yes! It’s time to sign up for BEAT the Heat Summer camps! Registrations are now open, so go online now and sign up soon as space is limited. More classes will be added in the coming…
High Desert Chamber Music Offers Hanging Flower Baskets for Educational Outreach
(HDCM Educational Outreach | Photo courtesy of High Desert Chamber Music) High Desert Chamber Music (HDCM) is offering hanging flower baskets to fund Educational Outreach efforts. Grown in the valley, orders will be taken until mid-May, with the delivery of these beautiful baskets to Bend on Thursday, May 23. These 12″ diameter baskets will at…
COCC Partners with Local Choral Group & Needs Your Feedback
(Photo | Pexels) Dear Music & Community Enthusiasts, Central Oregon Community College is partnering with the arts community and Central Oregon Mastersingers on a project to help raise awareness of this local, talented musical group. Our Marketing Research class (BA237) offered through the COCC Business Department is working with the Mastersingers Board on activities that support student learning…
Sisters Folk Festival’s Initial 2024 Lineup & Poster Image Announced
SFF Presents has announced the initial 19 artists slated to perform at the annual Sisters Folk Festival on September 27-29, 2024 in Sisters. Longtime poster artist Dennis McGregor has created another memorable image featuring Folkasaurus Rox, a jubilant Tyrannosaurus rex playing the concertina. The preliminary lineup includes Aoife O’Donovan, Hawktail, The Mammals, Fantastic Cat, Balla…
Spring Break Brings Popular Wildlife Program & Warhol-Inspired Event with Local Artist
(Young visitors engage with the exterior of the new exhibition, Sensing Sasquatch. Visitors are invited to put their own Sasquatch sticker on the back of the vehicle | Photo by Todd Cary) Spring break kicks off at the High Desert Museum this Saturday, March 23, with special programming throughout the week and the opportunity to…
SELCO Community Credit Union Partners with SMART Reading to Host Community Book Drive
Children’s literacy nonprofit SMART Reading and SELCO Community Credit Union have banded together to celebrate National Reading Month with a community book drive. The goal is to collect new and gently-used children’s books, which will be sorted, cleaned and given away to local children. The book drive is part of a larger effort for SMART…