Sunday, May 22, the Tower Theatre Foundation invites you to experience the percussive dance and musical spectacle of CheMalambo. Under the direction of renowned dancer and choreographer, Gilles Brinas, the powerhouse Argentinian dance company presentsa wonderfully wild evening of precision footwork, rhythmic stomping, drumming, and song from the heart of Argentina and the traditional dance…
The Northwest Civil War Council will present a full Civil War reenactment and “living history” at The House On Metolius Meadow, Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22. Over 300 Civil War reenactors presenting living conditions and circumstances of 1863 portray battles, camps and daily civilian life. Reenactors speak in the manner and use the etiquette…
The Friends of the Redmond Branch Library announce a matching-funds fundraiser to help the Library renovate and expand the Early Learning Center in the Redmond Library May 21-22 & June 17-18. Throughout May and June, cash donations will be doubled by the Friends up to $5,000. Donations will be collected in the Friends Bookstore in…
Celebrate the 1930s in style with this annual kick-off-to-summer bash May 20. The High Desert Museum will be open after hours on Friday, May 20, kicking off summer in style… 1930’s style… with its annual Open ‘Til Dark event. The program will feature big band jazz music, swing dance lessons and tastings of spirits from…
(Photo courtesy of crowncitystringquartet.com) The High Desert Chamber Music 2015-16 season presented by Shevlin Dental Center concludes with the annual return of Central Oregon favorites the Crown City String Quartet, brought to you by Lumbermens Insurance on May 20. As resident string quartet, this year marks their tenth appearance in Central Oregon over the past…
Broken Top Club is hosting High Desert Art League artists, Cindy Briggs and Barbara Slater, showing their oil and watercolor paintings. Their show, Perceptions, opens with Jazz Night and an Artist’s Reception, plus a complimentary wine-tasting, on Friday, May 20 from 5-7pm at Broken Top Club and the public is welcome to attend.
(Photos courtesy of Sudara) Brave Collective, Bend Fashion Quarterly and Sudara invite you to a Punjammie Party—a fundraiser for the fearless women in India, Thursday, May 19, 5-9:30pm at Brave Collective. Yeah! It’s going to be fun. The fundraising is going to be a tiny art auction. There will be 75 or so organizations and…
The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and the High Desert Museum are presenting Public Treasures: WPA Artworks in Oregon by Margaret Bullock at 6pm on Monday, May 16, at the High Desert Museum. Part of the extensive jobs programs created during the depression to help stimulate the economy included work for artists. Oregon artists…
The Central Oregon Symphony, directed by Michael Gesme, will conclude its 2015-16 season with concerts at 7:30pm on Saturday, May 14 and Monday, May 16 and at 2pm on Sunday, May 15, in the Bend High School Auditorium. According to Director Gesme, the program will be the glorious music of one of the most popular…
Not the kind that run around in the canyon or burrow holes in the ground, but fancifully painted rock chuck sculptures will be placed throughout town as part of Redmond’s Public Art “Fun-Raiser” this summer, Chucks in Public Places. This is an event to celebrate Rock Chucks, the yellow-bellied marmot that always eluded Yosemite Sam and…
