(Strawberry Skies by Michele Michael) Each year, the Festival features an artist local to Central Oregon for the season’s poster. Artists were invited to submit their artwork for consideration and a jury of professional artists from the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver assists in making the final selection. Michael’s 18×24” acrylic on canvas painting, which has been…
(Peter Richardon | Photo courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Peter Richardson, a journalist and author of books about Hunter S. Thompson and the Grateful Dead, will speak at Oregon State University – Cascades on May 13 about his latest book, Brand New Beat: The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine. The event will take place from 6-7:30pm…
(Image courtesy of Positive Results Comedy Tour) Stand-up comedian Annie Elizabeth is hitting the road for her debut national touring show — and she’s doing it while undergoing breast cancer treatment. The Positive Results Comedy Tour comes to The Capitol, 190 NW Oregon Ave. in Bend on Monday, May 18 at 7:30pm. Annie Elizabeth is…
(Photo courtesy of Central Oregon Symphony Association) Announcing our Spring Concert Series It’s not too late to become a member and reserve your tickets for our Spring Concert Series as we celebrate Maestro Gesme in his final performances with the Central Oregon Symphony. You won’t want to miss our final Spring Concert Series in May….
((Left and middle) Photos by Arthur Hitchcock. (Right) Photo by Adam Potts) The 2026 season of IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild begins May 18, launching a 50-concert season across the West. We’ll start in California, with concerts in gardens, vineyards, coastal forests, and along the edge of the Pacific, before returning to Oregon…
((Top row left) Art Adventure Gallery first opened in 1986 in what used to be a restaurant called the Townhouse. The idea started when Marjean Whitehouse was surprised at the interest shown for an art exhibit at the Chamber of Commerce, and decided the city needed a gallery. (Top row right and bottom row left)…
(Photo courtesy of Tumalo Art Co.) On May 16, from 9-3pm, The Best Fine Art Sale Ever returns this year to Grace First Lutheran Church, on the edge of NW Crossing. Lines form quickly at the door, as the art-loving community eagerly awaits their first look at Tumalo Art Co.’s most anticipated event. Fourteen artists…
BEND // OLD MILL Bend Senior Center 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. 541-388-1133 bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center The Bend Senior Center at the Larkspur Community Center is showing art by members of the SageBrushers Art Society. Come visit the facility and enjoy beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil, pastel and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography. Blue Spruce Pottery…
(Photo courtesy of Scalehouse) Opening Friday, Artist Talk Saturday Receptions: Opening Reception: May 1, 5-7pm Artist Talk: May 2, 2026, 11am-12:30pm, Register here, a digital recording will be made available online. Home is filled with second chances. Each sculpture begins with a discarded object—metal rusted thin, concrete crumbled by time, materials warped by weather and neglect….
(Graphic courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) BEAT is thrilled to announce our Summer Production, Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, adapted by Kathryn Schultz Miller. With this classic, heartwarming play, BEAT joins the world in celebrating 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin and all their friends in the Hundred Acre Woods. Tuition $475 Age Range 9-15 Registration…
