(Photo | Pexels) Check out First Friday events, new exhibit openings and artist meet and greets for September’s First Friday in Bend. Alleda Real Estate 25 NW Minnesota Ave., Ste. 1 541-633-7590 alledarealestate.com First Friday, September Art Event from 5:30-8:30pm featuring mosaic artist Jesica Carleton. “I love mosaic for how it brings individual and widely…

(Graphic | Courtesy of the Tower Theatre) Cocktail Cabaret: Duets, Johnny Cash Tribute, Bob Saget and more coming to Tower Theatre. COCKTAIL CABARET: DUETS August 27 at 8pm Limelight Entertainment returns to the Tower Theatre stage with an all-local cast of superb singers, mesmerizing music, and dynamic duos in a first-ever ‘Duets-Only’ Cabaret!  This showcase…

(Black Artists at the Capitol | Photo courtesy of Oregon Community Foundation) Oregon Community Foundation has announced that it has approved $998,500 in grants for 12 arts and culture projects across the state through the 2021 Creative Heights Initiative, with the High Desert Museum in Bend one of the recipients.  Oregon Community Foundation’s (OCF) 2021…

Oregon Farm Bureau invites the public to submit their best photos of Oregon agriculture through September 15 for a chance to be featured in the 2022 Oregon’s Bounty Calendar.  The award-winning calendar celebrates all aspects of Oregon agriculture: the products, the people, the crops, the cultivation, the landscape, anything that depicts the beauty, culture, enjoyment,…