Sporting a fresh slate grey and black paint scheme and tasteful interior makeover, the award-winning gourmet restaurant Jen’s Garden has completed its transformation to The Cottonwood Café and is now open in downtown Sisters. After a brilliant ten-year run, Jen’s Garden officially closed at the end of February to be reborn as The Cottonwood Café,…
Pizza has been often described as the most efficient cheese delivery system ever devised by man and Pisano’s Woodfired Pizza owner Ed Barbeau is a true master of the medium. by Jeff Spry Barbeau relocated his award-winning pizzeria to Tumalo from NW Crossing in Bend last year and has enjoyed brisk business with the local…
Sisters sculptor Gary Cooley has survived his trek to this year’s Safari Club International Show in Las Vegas with intriguing tales from the convention floor. Cooley and his wife, Karen, traveled to Nevada with a selection of African sculptures in early February to participate in the travel, hunting, and leisure organization’s annual convention at the…
Sisters sculptor Gary Cooley has survived his trek to this year’s Safari Club International Show in Las Vegas, with intriguing tales from the convention floor. Cooley and his wife, Karen, traveled to Nevada with a selection of African sculptures in early February to participate in the travel, hunting and leisure organization’s annual convention at the…
The nostalgic notion of a hometown bakery is alive and well in downtown Sisters, where Sisters Bakery churns out a daily deluge of warm loaves of artisan bread, old-fashioned donuts, cookies, gourmet granola, pies and cakes. Celebrating her 20th anniversary this month, owner Melissa Ward looks back fondly across two decades of savory service to…
by JEFF SPRY AE Feature Writer Expanding her jewelry and art enterprise in downtown Sisters, Candyce Park has found a new home for her Things Etc. gallery amid the burgeoning creative scene on Hood Avenue, joining eight other galleries down the boulevard. Park’s new location gives her the added space and excellent lighting to…
Wednesday, January 14 Pegasus will host a massive comic-book release party and costume contest celebrating the debut of Marvel’s Star Wars #1! Star Wars and the comics industry have had a storied history since the first tie-in books published by Marvel back in 1977, then later taken over by Oregon-based Dark Horse Comics. by Jeff…
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer Alpenhimmel Creative Arts Emporium is a new rainbow of artistic wonders just opened this summer in downtown Sisters. Located in a modern timber-framed building reminiscent of Swiss lodges, this one-stop art shopping destination is evoking a surge of creativity from locals and visitors alike. Owners Charity and…
Longtime area artists Randy and Susanne Redfield’s Studio Redfield has taken roost in a brand new location in downtown Sisters. Found in the heart of Hood Avenue’s artist’s row, they’re featuring hand-painted tiles ceramics, art cards, jewelry, abstract paintings and impressionistic landscapes. by Jeff Spry “We just opened mid-November and we’re really happy with…
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer Alpenhimmel Creative Arts Emporium is a new rainbow of artistic wonders just opened this summer in downtown Sisters. Located in a modern timber-framed building reminiscent of Swiss lodges, this one-stop art shopping destination is evoking a surge of creativity from locals and visitors alike. Owners Charity and…
