(Photos courtesy of COCC) Metal Arts Learn the fundamentals of metalsmithing in one of our metal arts workshops! Metal Arts Workshop: Build a Bezel Saturday, April 18 10am-4:30pm COCC Bend Campus; $199 Instructor:Michelle Keller Register Metal Arts: Beginning Jewelry Techniques- Cut Out Bracelet and Stone Set Pendant Tuesdays, May 5-May 26 5-8pm COCC Bend Campus;…
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Earth Day Fair & Celebration 2026
(Artwork courtesy of The Environmental Center) Earth Day Fair & Celebration Saturday, April 25, 11am-3pm The Environmental Center (TEC) will be hosting their family-friendly Earth Day Fair and Celebration on Saturday, April 25, from 11am-3pm at Alpenglow Park in Bend. This outdoor event features and celebrates our community through music and dance performances, local food…
Spring & Summer with Sunriver Music Festival
(Brett Mitchell with the Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra at Sunriver Resort Great Hall | Photo by David Young-Wolff) May 1 – Young Artists Scholarship Applications Due Throughout its 30-year history, Sunriver Music Festival’s Young Artists Scholarship program has awarded almost $750,000 in scholarships to exceptional young classical music students from throughout Central Oregon. Advanced students…
Roll for Adventure!
(Graphic courtesy of Summit Theatre Company) Summit Theatre Company invites audiences on an unforgettable quest with She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition, the acclaimed dramatic comedy by playwright Qui Nguyen. When high schooler Agnes Evans discovers her late sister Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds herself drawn into a world of vicious fairies, elven…
Return of Famed Cellist Peter Wiley & Steinway Artist Anna Polonsky
((L-R) Peter Wiley and Anna Polonsky) High Desert Chamber Music’s (HDCM) Celebrity Recitals returns this season with renowned cellist Peter Wiley. He will be joined by pianist and Steinway artist Anna Polonsky, returning to Central Oregon after their appearance on the HDCM Concert Series in 2017. The program includes Beethoven’s Variations on The Magic Flute,…
A Lot More Than Pizza
“That’s delicious,” my two friends and I announced almost simultaneously as we sipped on Campfire Cucina’s maple old fashioneds, made with Buffalo Trace, fresh orange juice, maple syrup, bitters, and soda. That d-word would get repeated again and again during the meal that followed, starting with the new Sunriver restaurant’s special salad – romaine, strawberries…
Coming up at the Museum
(Photo by Museum staff) New Art Exhibition The unseen stories behind our food Explore the relationship between people and the landscape through the eyes of artist Miguel Almeida. Opening Saturday, April 11, the new art exhibition Miguel Almeida: Las Manos que dan de Comer (The Hands That Feed) offers a window into the daily lives…
Support Scalehouse Fundraiser
(Graphic courtesy of Scalehouse) For Art’s Sake Fundraiser Art thrives because of community — and right now, it needs ours more than ever. Join us for For Art’s Sake, an art history-inspired variety show and fundraiser supporting Scalehouse, Central Oregon’s home for contemporary art. Your ticket (and every donation) directly fuels exhibitions, public programs, and…
On the Runway for a Cause, COCC’s Fashion Show Raising Funds for Clothing Resource
(Photo courtesy of COCC) Now in its fifth year of championing sustainability and supporting free clothing resources for students, the Earth Day Fashion Show of Central Oregon Community College and Oregon State University-Cascades will take place at 6pm on Friday, April 17, in the Bend campus’s Wille Hall. Registration is required in advance; visit cocc.edu/departments/student-life/clothing-connection….
Coming Up at BEAT
(Graphic courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) Tickets are now on sale for The Secret Garden Tickets are now on sale for BEAT Children’s Theatre production of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Tim Kelly. Tickets can be purchased here for all shows. Friday, May 8, 2026 // 7pm Saturday, May 9, 2026…