(Photo courtesy of High Desert Museum) The High Desert Museum celebrates the spirit of ranch women as captured in the exhibit Tough by Nature: Portraits of Cowgirls and Ranch Women of the American West with an evening of cowgirl poetry, libations and music on January 8, 2016. Listen to the rhythm of the trail and…
Bend artist Mary Marquiss will be teaching classes next year and offers a unique art project that is drinkable! PAINTING A SCENE FROM VENICE, ITALY SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016 9 AM TO 3:30PM COCC I captured this scene on a trip to Venice, Italy many years ago. As the gondola turned a corner in the…
Beginning in January, Caldera will welcome visual, literary and performing artists from around the world for one-month stays at its Arts Center on Blue Lake in Central Oregon. While at Caldera, artists, writers, and performers immerse in their work to create new books, plays, music, films, poems, installations, paintings, and sculptures. As Caldera enters its…
The Ford Family Foundation today selected four additional internationally acclaimed artist residency programs to partner with in 2016 and 2017. The programs join two other ongoing residency opportunities supported by the Foundation. The new programs will provide month-long opportunities for established Oregon visual artists to explore, conceptualize, and develop future work. The four new partners…
Sisters Folk announces the 2016 Winter Concert Series. This year’s series will include three outstanding shows, demonstrating the wide range of American roots music. On Thursday, January 28, The Wood Brothers will perform their brand of masterful and soulful folk, with hints of blues, Americana, and acoustic soul. Steeped in a songwriting tradition, they are…
Every year, Thanksgiving weekend, the wineries of the entire state of Oregon celebrate the holiday with an annual barrel tasting and wine sale. This state wide event, very well known in the Willamette Valley, has also been a mainstay in Central Oregon. Doug Maragas, founder of Maragas Winery, states he is “happy to announce Maragas’…
Santa’s reindeer are resting up for their big night later this year, so Santa’s arriving at the Old Mill District SantaLand by AirLink CCT helicopter Friday November 27. For details on SantaLand and Santa’s hours please visit: http://www.theoldmill.com/holiday-happenings/santa-arrives-by-helicopter/ Deschutes County Search and Rescue will be providing ground security during the event. AirLink CCT is an…
The Sunriver Music Festival’s 39th Season is currently underway and an exciting slate of concerts, receptions and fundraisers along with the Young Artists Scholarship program and music education programs in the South Deschutes County schools. The 39th season’s summer festival concerts will be August 5 – 18, 2016. As December 31st approaches, a number of…
Saturday, November 28, after the downtown Christmas tree lighting in Drake Park, join the Tower in the warmth of Bend’s living room for a screening of Elf the movie presented by the Tower Theatre Foundation. Will Ferrell and Zoey Deschanel star in this hilarious Christmas classic about innocence, goodness, candy canes, and syrup. Remember to…
OperaBend and the COCC Opera Performance Class will present an evening of songs and scenes November 13-14 from their upcoming 2016 Season. The performance is free and donations will be accepted to further the mission of the non-profit opera company. Directed by Nancy Engebretson, the program will feature Central Oregon singers in scenes from Johann Strauss’…
