(Photo | Courtesy of Sisters Folk Festival) Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) has a new session of winter classes and workshops starting this week and next, all designed to take place virtually for both adults and youth during COVID-19. Registration is now open for Dynamics in Performance, Fundamentals of Bluegrass Guitar, Americana Song Share and Sisters…
(Pandemic Portraits is a 96-page book including 88 monotype portraits of people wearing their COVID-19 masks | Photo courtesy of Paul Alan Bennet) Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the sight of masked people in shops, a doctor’s office or on the street is not so unusual. But nearly a year ago, the novelty and variety…
The Robleda Company announces the publication of an exciting new murder mystery, The Mt. Bachelor Murders – A Northwest Murder Mystery, by Ted Haynes. For anyone who loves mysteries and the Pacific Northwest, this is a great story — reaching back to Bend’s Norwegian heritage and the early days of the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort. …
(L-R Angela Davis and Erin Rook | Photos courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Angela Davis, an American political activist, philosopher, educator and author will be the keynote speaker at Oregon State University’s 39th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 18. Following Davis’ address, OSU-Cascades will host a community discussion about everyday activism, and students…
(Photo | Courtesy of Deschutes Land Trust) The Land Trust announces 2021 Nature Night speaker series! Join us for these free, virtual, monthly presentations on nature-related topics. Presentations include: January 27, 7-8:30pm: A Closer Look at Microplastics with Dr. Susanne Brander. The large majority of plastic pollution, which is found in oceans, rivers and streams,…
(Pottery by Dori Kite) When Dori Kite starts to create a piece of pottery, she delves into what she calls her “toolkit” of ideas to make a new design. The toolkit holds concepts and actual objects she has collected to add texture and her personal imprint to her work. They include bicycle parts, an old…
(Lone Crow Sunrise, 7”x15.5”, recycled glass tile, stained glass on MDF by Jesica Carleton) Featured Maker: Jesica Carleton Arts & Crafts — I remember such a class from my late elementary / early middle school days, a class where we explored woodworking, ceramics and painting among other creative activities. I recall laying a big sheet…
(L: All the Rest, oil on canvas by Paula Bullwinkle, R: Covid Chaos II, acrylic on canvas by Marlene Alexander) Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, invites the public to a complementary exhibition featuring paintings of 43 artists represented by Billye Turner, Art Consultant. The January 2021 presentation marks the approaching conclusion of Turner’s 40-some…
(Photo | Courtesy of BendFilm) Join us for another outdoor film in Tin Pan Alley featuring Pete Alport. Pete was hired by Level 1 Productions to shoot three professional skiers: Lucas Wachs, KC Deane and Wiley Miller. He traveled to Montana, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Come see what he captured throughout the winter season…
(Photo | Courtesy of High Desert Museum) The High Desert Museum is officially accepting submissions for the 2021 Waterston Desert Writing Prize! The Prize honors creative nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy, with the desert as both subject and setting. Inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterston’s love of our…
