It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when the over-the-hill gang starts reading that particular section of the newspaper, but it seems to start roughly at age 60. The closest to a no from 60-somethings is “Not yet.” or “Maybe soon.” Otherwise, it’s a definite yes in response to my asking “Do you read the obituaries?” It […]
Ellen Waterston
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Walking the High Desert: A Mountain is Pretty Sure to Figure
One of the “highs” along the Oregon Desert Trail, at 6300 feet, is Pine Mountain.
Part three of our serial excerpts of Ellen Waterston’s new book, “Walking the High Desert: Encounters with Rural America Along the Oregon Desert Trail. In this excerpt, we begin part one of Chapter 4. A Mountain is Pretty Sure to Figure One of the “highs” along the Oregon Desert Trail, at sixty-three hundred feet, is Pine […]
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Source Weekly Poetry Contest Winners
Out of 100s of submissions, here are your winners!
F or the Inaugural Source Weekly’s 2017 Poetry Contest, we challenged local poets to send us their works in one of two categories: focused on the topic of growth, or in the “open” category. Scores of poets submitted more than 260 poems, which were judged in the first round by the MFA creative writing candidates […]
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“Vía Láctea” Opera Branches Out to Eugene
It’s not every day that Central Oregon sees its very own, locally-written opera hit the stage, so when it happened last June, it was a pretty big deal. “Vía Láctea, A New Opera in English” debuted at the Tower Theatre June 10, 2016 , after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Now the opera is spreading its […]
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Waterston Desert Writing Prize Ceremony Honoring Literary Excellence and the Desert
On June 28, the High Desert Museum will host the Waterston Desert Writing Prize Ceremony, where the works of one winner and two finalists will be honored. The award recognizes excellence in writing as well as the role deserts play in the ecosystem and the human narrative. The Waterston Desert Writing Prize is inspired by […]
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OperaBend World Premiere
“Vía Láctea” will debut in June
“Vía Láctea," a new opera in English, is coming to life in Bend, transformed from the page by an ensemble of prodigious music, literary and theater professionals from across the country. The original opera will premiere June 10 at the Tower Theatre, where audiences will be the first in the world to see the two-hour […]
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Art Watch 6/25-7/2
Georgia O’Keeffe came from lush and wide-open landscapes of Wisconsin, but famously translated desert landscapes into vibrant and intensely personal visions. And, it is that interplay between scarcity and abundance that seems to lay at the heart of much of the blossoming genre of “desert writing.” This Thursday, the High Desert Museum will host the […]
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21st Century Poetry
Bend hosts Oregon Poetry Association Conference
Logically, poetry should be the literary form of the 21st century. It’s short, concise, and for a shallow reading, only requires a snap second attention span. Sounds an awful lot like Twitter (a-hem, Millennials, you should love it). Yet despite its digestibility, the form is still clouded by a shadow of elitism and snobbery, dating […]