by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor “There is no measuring with time…being an artist means, not reckoning and counting, but ripening…” – Rainer Maria Rilke Pastel artist Norma Holmes is featured at Mockingbird Gallery this February. The popular landscape artist embodies the serendipitous nature of plein air (she describes as “opening up…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Seattle author Garth Stein will be visiting Bend, Sisters and Sunriver to promote his new novel, A Sudden Light, this February. Stein, known for his international bestseller, The Art of Racing in the Rain, returns with a multi-generational family saga that is steeped in the fantastical history of…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor I measure time by how a body sways. ~ from Theodore Roethke’s poem I Knew a Woman Have you experienced real flow before? To me flow can be a feeling that comes from gliding down the mountain on a powdery winter day, the movements effortless, the exhilaration…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Alisha Vernon, local painter and co-founder of LUMIN Art Studios, is driven by an inner world that emerges when her brush meets canvas. By expressing her thoughts, emotions and feelings through paint, she defines the world around her and shares her experiences with all who view her work….
February 4Conscious Ecstatic Dance at Armature7pm Dance your own dance in your own way in a supportive community of kindred spirits. Celebrate the joy of free-form, expressive dance. Discover the power of movement for alchemical personal transformation. Dancing Free is the best practice for healing and liberating your body, mind and spirit. Sponsored by PULSE:…
Everybody’s A Photographer – Right? According to the most recent reports, there are 5.2 billion smart phones in use with 4.2 billion of those equipped with cameras. Photo and video sharing apps are the fastest growing smart phone app category. by Bill Dahl Yahoo estimates that 880 billion photographs will be taken in…
The ways in which people find and listen to music has changed dramatically over the past decade. Discovering new bands once required time flipping through CDs at record stores or listening to a variety of radio stations. Today, most people turn to online services such as Pandora, iTunes and Spotify to find, listen to and…
Sisters Folk Festival continues its tradition of brightening up cold winter nights with a range of music from an old-timey band to an innovative guitarist. The series kicks off February 6 with The Foghorn Stringband. Friday, February 6, The Foghorn Stringband From their origins in Portland Oregon’s underground roots music scene, the core duo of…
The first Open Studio of the year is slated for Saturday, January 31 from 1–3pm. Open Studios are free and open to the public. Presented is the work of individuals from around the country chosen by jury and awarded four-week stays at Caldera’s Arts Center at Blue Lake through its renowned Artist in Residence program….
As part of its King, Gandhi, Chavez and Mankiller Season of Nonviolence, Central Oregon Community College is hosting a screening of the film, My So-Called Enemy, from 4-6pm on Thursday, January 29, in Hitchcock Auditorium in Pioneer Hall on the Bend Campus. The event is free and open to the public. This award-winning film focuses…
