A Survey of Open Space This full-blown adventure documentary focuses on a pair of city folk who begin a search for a truly wild place in America from the seat of a bike. Their journey begins on the Mexican border and spans the entire continent until they reach their conclusion in the Arctic. The film […]
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Film Events 3/11-3/18
20 Feet From Stardom The documentary 20 Feet From Stardom does not teach its audience any lessons we don’t know. What it does is smarter than that: Instead of spending the majority of the running time talking about how cruel and evil the music business is, the film truly succeeds by shining a light on […]
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Film Events 3/5-3/11
The Meaning of Wild, Only the Essential, Four Wives, and Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
A “Wild” Night in Bend BendFilm will host the screening of two documentaries focused on celebrating the stunning beauty of the Pacific Crest Trail and the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Opening the double bill is The Meaning of Wild, a trip through the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska that follows a wildlife […]
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Film Events 2/25-3/4
Rousey vs. Zingano Ronda Rousey is the first ever women’s Bantamweight Champion, while Cat Zingano is the first woman to win a UFC fight by TKO. When these two fierce warriors are placed in the octagon will we get a tooth shattering explosion of blood and sinew, or will it be an anticlimax like most […]
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Film Events 2/18-2/25
ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2014 This festival is a collection of the best films from the 2014 edition of the Archeology Channel International Film and Video Festival. The series is a benefit for the entire festival, which takes place in the spring in downtown Eugene. Some of the films include: Davis Bottom: Rare History, […]
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Film Events 2/11-2/18
Cesar Chavez: History is Made One Step at a Time This docu-drama focuses on the creation of the modern labor movement by Cesar Chavez, while splitting the focus between that and his life as a husband and father. His creation of the United Farm Workers Union secured his place in history and his work in […]
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Film Events 2/4-2/11
Bluebeard’s Castle & 2015 Fly Fishing Tour
Iolanta\Bluebeard’s Castle Three hours and forty minutes of operatic splendor brought straight to your eye and ear holes by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Bluebeard’s Castle is a dark fantasy that loosely examines the Bluebeard folk tale through a psychological and psycho-sexual lens. Yeah, nothing light here. And not to lighten the mood, […]
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Film Events 1/28-2/4
The Wrecking Crew This documentary follows the career of a group of mostly anonymous studio musicians that played in recording sessions in Los Angeles during the 1960s for some of the biggest artists of all time. They did film scores, TV and radio jingles, and theme songs, while recording for a diverse lineup including Sonny […]
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Film Events 1/21-1/29
It’s Just Sage Brush: The Life History of the Great Sage Grouse The High Desert Museum is hosting a presentation by Garth Fuller of the Nature Conservancy about a new, collaborative effort to restore sage grouse habitat. Following Fuller’s presentation there will be a screening of a documentary film by Steve Chindgren entitled The film […]
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Film Events 1/15-1/21
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow Lehár’s operetta has been incredibly successful since its 1905 premiere in Vienna, Austria. The story follows a rich widow and the men in her life that attempt to control her so they can keep her money local. That sounds right up Bend’s alley! The operetta has proved so popular […]
