(Carter Sickels | Photo courtesy of Oregon State University – Cascades) The award-winning novelist and essayist Carter Sickels will read from his work at Oregon State University – Cascades on May 14 as part of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing’s Distinguished Visiting Writer series. Sickels will present and read from his work at…
((Left) Andy Akiho (Right) YAGÓDY | Photos courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Oregon State University – Cascades and OSU’s Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts are launching a new concert series at Bend’s Tower Theatre that will debut in January 2026. The Patricia Valian Reser Center — known as PRAx — opened in 2024 on…
(Oregon State University – Cascades annually hosts a First Peoples Celebration, an event that explores and celebrates the history and culture of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Photo courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Oregon State University – Cascades will host a First Peoples Celebration on October 11, an event that explores and celebrates the history and…
(Beth Piatote is an associate professor of English and comparative literature at University of California Berkeley | Photo courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Oregon State University – Cascades will host Nimi:pu, also known as Nez Perce author Beth Piatote for an evening of storytelling and discussion on May 19. The event, titled “Indigenous Futures, Ancient Echoes: A…
(Oregon State University – Cascades will host a screening of Confidence, a film produced by local filmmaker Bola Gbadebo that looks at self-confidence through several community members’ eyes | Photo courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Oregon State University – Cascades will host a screening of Confidence, a film produced by local filmmaker Bola Gbadebo that looks at…
(Artwork courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Oregon State University – Cascades will host an outdoor, family movie event featuring the award-winning, animated film Encanto on September 27 to celebrate the City of Bend’s Welcoming Week and Mes de la Cultura Celebration or Hispanic Heritage Month. The event starts at 6pm. Attendees can join in traditional Hispanic heritage-based…
(Pure Grit is a book of essays by co-authors Lily Collison and Kara Buckley about people living with physical disability. Books are available for purchase at major online bookstores. Proceeds from sales go to physical disability research at the Gillette Children’s Hospital | Photo courtesy of OSU-Cascades) The authors of a book of essays about…
(Got Water by Dennis Davis) Oregon State University – Cascades is hosting an artist talk and film screening November 12 featuring Indigenous artists from Louisiana and Alaska talking about communities in the two states facing displacement due to climate change. The event will take place from 5-7pm in the Charles McGrath Family Atrium in Edward J….
((L) Beth Piatote is a writer and scholar of Native American and Indigenous literature and law. Piatote, who is Nez Perce and an enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, is a professor of Native American Studies at University of California, Berkeley. Her research spans Indigenous studies, American studies, literary studies, legal studies and women’s…
(L-R Angela Davis and Erin Rook | Photos courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Angela Davis, an American political activist, philosopher, educator and author will be the keynote speaker at Oregon State University’s 39th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 18. Following Davis’ address, OSU-Cascades will host a community discussion about everyday activism, and students…
