The Alexander 1125 NE Watt Way 458-256-6854 • thealexanderbend.com High Desert Art League member Barbara Hudler Cella is the featured artist at The Alexander for the months of February and March. The award-winning artist will highlight her paintings of Central Cascade lakes, rivers and mountains. “Most of my work is created outdoors, with the scene…
(Photo courtesy of d’Lite Healthy On The Go) d’Lite Healthy On The Go, the emerging health-conscious eatery with a local cult following, recently announced plans for strategic franchise growth in several key markets throughout the Western and Southwestern United States. It’s zeroed in on Bend as one of those key growth markets due to its…
(Bestselling novelist Kim Johnson, a social justice leader and University of Oregon vice provost, will discuss her young adult novel This Is My America in a COCC livestream event on February 21. | Photo courtesy of COCC) In commemoration of Black History Month and its ongoing Season of Nonviolence programming, Central Oregon Community College (COCC)…
(Graphic courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) Seek answers to environmental, legal and human rights questions as we explore facets of justice in February. Hear from the founder of a climate justice collective and stretch your budget with healthy recipe ideas. Learn about the future of water use in Oregon and discover free legal resources available…
(Hunter Nooack) On February 19 at 2pm in the new Sunriver Christian Fellowship (SCF) sanctuary, Hunter Noack will present a special piano concert on behalf of the church’s Partnership In Education Scholarship Program. This fundraising event will assist in the ongoing efforts of SCF to offer scholarships to young people who attended our own Three Rivers School…
International Guitar Night Presented by Tower Theatre Foundation Monday, January 30 International Guitar Night (IGN) is the world’s premier touring guitar festival, each show bringing together the most interesting and innovative acoustic guitarists to exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. Now in its 23rd year, IGN has curated an outstanding lineup for this…
We have HUGE news! Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is producing a brand-new music festival to celebrate the thriving music and arts community of Sisters. Big Ponderoo will bring Americana and bluegrass music to two stages — Sisters Art Works and Three Creeks Brewing — on June 24 and 25. Two-day all events tickets will go…
(Photos courtesy of Paula Dreyer) Ski by candlelight while wearing wireless headphones to hear pianist and composer Paula Dreyer perform her original Piano Flow Live set. The trails of Virginia Meissner Sno-Park will be illuminated by candlelight to keep skiers in range of the gorgeous sounds from Paula Dreyer’s Piano Flow Live set, which draws…
(Embracing Life by Cheri Lee Helfenstein) A collection of abstract paintings and drawings by artist and poet Cheri Lee Helfenstein, titled Early Spring in the Mist, is showing at Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) Barber Library Rotunda Gallery February 6 to April 7, with a reception from 4-5:30pm on Thursday, February 9. The Barber Library…
(Joe Feddersen | Photo courtesy of High Desert Museum) For many Native communities throughout the High Desert, what constitutes art spans beyond the walls of a gallery or a museum. Objects are alive, tied to purpose and intrinsic to thriving communities. Art is at once utilitarian and ceremonial, as well as part of the continuation…
