(Photo courtesy of Ovation Performing Arts) Ovation Performing Arts (OPA) is proud to combine youth and adult talent to present the first Oregon production of DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt to kick off the new year, January 2-4 and 9-11 at Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn Ave. Tickets are $15. Based on the beloved…
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January First Friday Gallery Events & New Exhibit Openings
/ / / 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 or the SageBrushers Art Society. Come visit the facility and enjoy beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil, pastel, and watercolor, as well…
Music in Public Places December 20-27
((Left) 27th St. Brass (right) Central Oregno Flute Ensemble | Photos courtesy of Central Oregon Symphony) Live Chamber Music in the Libraries! Enjoy two free public concerts presented by the Central Oregon Symphony Association’s Music in Public Places series. The 27th Street Brass Quartet, in its ninth year, is made up of Central Oregon musicians, mostly from the…
Dry Canyon Arts Association Prepares to Open a Gift to the Community
(DCAA Board | Photo courtesy of DCAA) Dry Canyon Arts Association (DCAA) fulfilled one of its founding goals on December 5 when it opened the doors of the Dry Canyon Community Art Center for the first time. Grand Opening festivities are scheduled during December’s First Friday Art Walk in downtown Redmond with a ribbon cutting…
Making Roads into Streams & Moving Mountains
(Fuschias by Cheryl Graham) Cheryl Graham and her husband Jerry have lived in Oregon for 30 years. Growing up in California, she remembers at the age of six, she was praised by her teacher and other children because her drawing of a mouse looked a lot more detailed and realistic than those done by the…
December First Friday Gallery Events & New Exhibit Openings
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 or 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…
COCC Holiday Happenings
(COCC’s Redmond Community Choir | Photo courtesy of COCC) Holiday Magic with COCC’s Cascade Chorale Cascade Chorale, a choral class of Central Oregon Community College, will present Holiday Magic — A Season’s Journey concert of holiday songs under direction of COCC’s James W. Knox, with special guest Bob Shaw, on December 6 (7pm) and December…
Jurassic Quest Returns with a Holiday Twist For A Dino-Mite Christmas Experience
(Graphic courtesy of Jurassic Quest) A Magical Holiday Adventure: Life-Size Dinosaurs Meet Christmas Cheer for One Weekend Only Three Days, Two Events Together, for One Ticketed Experience! The new ‘Jurassic Quest with Brick Fest Live’ brings together 165M years of animatronic dinosaurs and 1M bricks Affordable interactive STEAM-based family fun at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds…
Hospice of Redmond’s Award-Winning Festival of Trees Returns with a Major Announcement
Hospice of Redmond is thrilled to announce that tickets are officially on sale for the 42nd annual Festival of Trees Gala and Live Auction. This beloved Central Oregon tradition, recognized as the ‘Best Nonprofit Event’ of the year (2024) by Source Weekly, will transform the Deschutes County Fairgrounds into a spectacular winter wonderland on Saturday,…
Art Education is the Focus at DCAA’s Fall Show & Sale
((Left) coffee scoop by Brad Harrison (Right) pate de verre by Laurel Werhane) The Dry Canyon Arts Association’s (DCAA) annual Fall Show and Sale, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16, will feature education in more ways than one. As usual, the event will take place in the commons of Redmond High School as area…