(Flow Belinsky | Photos courtesy of Flow Belinsky) Flow Belinsky, two-time author in Bend, published her long-awaited motherhood memoir on November 1, 2022. Selflessness is celebrated in motherhood, but in this memoir, Belinsky shows the journey of a modern woman breaking out of the martyrdom norm and growing into her true self-expression within motherhood. Flow…
(Photo | Courtesy of The World Muse) Unlocked Films and World Muse will host a screening of their recent documentary Film A ReFlection of Self on November 29 at Open Space. The Film shares the voices and stories of LGBTQIA+ community members and explores what it means to be free. This screening will be dedicated…
(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…
Deschutes Public Library Foundation to Reveal the 2023 A Novel Idea Selection at Free Community Celebration Saturday, December 3, 2022 • 6pm • Downtown Bend Library, 601 NW Wall Street, Bend Get ready for an unprecedented season of literary magic celebrating two decades of Oregon’s largest community read project. Expect the unexpected as hundreds of…
(Photo | Courtesy of BendFilm) Get involved and become a BendFilm member! The festival may be over for the year, but the benefits of being a Member don’t stop! All Memberships include: 20 percent off BendFilm Festival Passes Purchase Festival film tickets before the general public FREE online access to Festival favorites in the Alumni…
(Photo | Courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) The BEAT Swag Store is open!! That’s right… back by popular demand, you can go online now and put in your orders for BEAT T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, tote bags and more! The store is open for a limited time, closing November 10, so check it out soon. All…
(Photo | Courtesy of The Museum at Warm at Warm Springs) In 1990, United States President George H.W. Bush signed Joint Resolution 577 designating November as the first National American Indian Heritage Month. The joint resolution read: “American Indians were the original inhabitants of the lands that now constitute the United States of America.” It…
(Endangered Deserts Pair by Marjorie Wood Hamlin) Marjorie Wood Hamlin’s semi-abstract landscapes, as seen on this month’s cover, burst forth in brilliant colors and rich textures as paint splashes directly from the jar to the canvas. The cover piece, Autumn Harvest, is one of a series inspired by the patchwork shapes of cultivated fields. Different…
(Artist and gallery owner, Pamela Claflin’s oil paintings on display in The Rimrock Gallery in Prineville. (R) Pamela with her paintings | Photos courtesy of Pamela Claflin) The Life of Pamela Claflin & the Rimrock Art Gallery Pamela Claflin, the owner of Rimrock Gallery in Prineville, originally opened the space because she wanted to create…
(Winter Art Series Mixed-media by Katie Reim) Natural and manufactured wonders alike dot the sweeping Central Oregon landscape. The snow-capped peak of Mount Bachelor, the winding Deschutes River, the alpine lakes at the heart of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, and — of course — the soaring smokestacks of the Old Mill District. All get…
