(Image courtesy of BendFilm) Hey Students! Win $1,000 with your Environmental Video The City of Bend, BendFilm and Central Oregon Daily are hosting the 2024 Student Video Contest, and this year the PRIZE MONEY is even better, $1,000 to the Grand Prize Winner! Bend students in 6th-12th grades are encouraged to submit videos about why or how…
(Photo courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre) BEAT — Summer Camps!!! We have added four new camps. Yes, yes and yes! It’s time to sign up for BEAT the Heat Summer camps! Registrations are now open, so go online now and sign up soon as space is limited. More classes will be added in the coming…
(HDCM Educational Outreach | Photo courtesy of High Desert Chamber Music) High Desert Chamber Music (HDCM) is offering hanging flower baskets to fund Educational Outreach efforts. Grown in the valley, orders will be taken until mid-May, with the delivery of these beautiful baskets to Bend on Thursday, May 23. These 12″ diameter baskets will at…
(Photo | Pexels) Dear Music & Community Enthusiasts, Central Oregon Community College is partnering with the arts community and Central Oregon Mastersingers on a project to help raise awareness of this local, talented musical group. Our Marketing Research class (BA237) offered through the COCC Business Department is working with the Mastersingers Board on activities that support student learning…
(Young visitors engage with the exterior of the new exhibition, Sensing Sasquatch. Visitors are invited to put their own Sasquatch sticker on the back of the vehicle | Photo by Todd Cary) Spring break kicks off at the High Desert Museum this Saturday, March 23, with special programming throughout the week and the opportunity to…
Children’s literacy nonprofit SMART Reading and SELCO Community Credit Union have banded together to celebrate National Reading Month with a community book drive. The goal is to collect new and gently-used children’s books, which will be sorted, cleaned and given away to local children. The book drive is part of a larger effort for SMART…
High Desert Chamber Music’s (HDCM) 16th season, brought to you by German Master Tech, continues with the SAKURA Cello Quintet. A versatile cello quintet hailed as “brilliant” and “superb” by Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times, SAKURA is built on the artistry and virtuosity of its members: Stella Cho, Michael Kaufman, Yoshika Masuda, Zachary…
(Graphic courtesy of Scalehouse) St. Pat’s Day is Back! Our co-founder, friend and mentor, Patricia Clark, hosted an annual celebration, called St. Pat’s Day, on or around St. Patrick’s Day, and with the blessing of Pat’s family and friends, we are bringing it back! Join us Saturday, March 16 at the Scalehouse Gallery to honor and…
(Coelho Banyan by Karen Z. Ellis) Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is showcasing the work of local multidisciplinary artist and art instructor Karen Z. Ellis in a nature-inspired exhibition titled Roots and Wings: Then and Now, March 13 to April 19 in the Pinckney Gallery (note: the gallery will be closed March 25-29 during spring…
(Ryan Kofman | Photo courtesy of Cascade School of Music) The Cascade School of Music’s New Introduction to the Music Industry Course Like music itself, the Cascade School of Music (CSM) is a dynamic entity offering an impressive range of educational opportunities that resonate with its audience in unique and meaningful ways. With no apparent…
