Culture

From world-famous headliners to local bands, this list covers all things music from end of May through September in Central Oregon. Who’s ready for a summer filled with sun and fun and plenty of live music?  We are — so much so that we put together this entire guide of concerts, parties, festivals and so […]

For more than a decade theater has been held in Bend’s Drake Park. Aug 14 and 15 will see the production company, Theater in the Park, put on the Tony Award-winning show, “The Producers,” a Mel Brooks Broadway musical comedy.   The show follows two characters: a theater producer and an accountant doubling as an aspiring theater producer. […]

A summer program explores the Newberry Volcano, 20 miles south of Bend, the largest volcano by area in the Cascade Range. The two-day event June 25-26 includes contemporary dance inspired by the caldera, an evening of Northern Paiute stories, a geological exhibition and a guided tour of the volcano. Oregon Origins Project is presenting “Echoes […]

It’s set to be the ultimate neighborhood block party: Bend’s up and coming Central District is throwing a blowout celebrating the arts on Saturday, June 27. The area has some gems with Somewhere That’s Green,   Open Space Event Studios,  Funky Fauna Artisan Ales and Dogwood at the Pine Shed bar and food cart lot. The […]

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When many people reflect on their early years, they focus on the alienation and wounds they endured. Few recall, in vivid detail, the moments of joy, triumph, and breakthrough. It’s a symptom, I suppose, of our era’s compulsive cynicism, and not necessarily an accurate account of the past. So many good […]

A new artist co-working space called Centrally Oregon is opening in Sunriver. “I want to have artists and professionals feel like they have a community, a place to get work done with everything they need close at hand. It will be a place that you will want to spend time,” explains founder Stephanie Gregory. She’s […]