Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana/Paliacci Encore Yeah, it’s that good, there’s an encore. Like a three and half hour encore! Amazingly, this opera—although now roundly considered a classic—was the equivalent of a 19th century open-mic, as a music publisher and pimp invited a bunch of young Italian composers (who had yet to produce anything) to submit […]
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Film Events 4/22-4/29
OR7 – The Journey Oregon Wild premieres the documentary OR7 – The Journey. Named as if a New York hip hop artist, OR7 is the famed male wandering gray wolf that formed the first wolf pack west of the Cascade Range in 70 years. A truly heartwarming story about rebounding wolf population, and a story […]
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Film Events 4/15-4/22
Add the Words A powerful film about the Add the Words movement and people that are directly affected by the State of Idaho not including sexual orientation and gender identity to the Human Rights Act. This film screened at BendFilm last year and was one of the most powerful documentary achievements in recent memory. This […]
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Through Tom’s Eyes
A quick shot of a now-local cinematographer’s historic career
Perhaps the most invisible force on film projects, but also the most critical, the cinematographer frames shots and essentially is the eyes through which audience see storylines and actors. In that regard, you have seen through Thomas Del Ruth’s eyes many times. He set up and filmed Stand By Me, including the iconic, fear-compounding scene […]
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Film Events 4/8-4/15
Friday, April 10, 7 pm. Tower Theater. 835 NW Wall St. $13-$23 Lynn Harrell & Bach Film Screening Director John Forsen (Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona) returns to Central Oregon with a screening of his newest film, Lynn Harrell Bach Cello Suites. What is really incredible here is that Harrell performs the first two […]
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Film Events 4/1-4/8
Nfinity Champions League 2 Here it is: The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Every single day of your life has been building to this. While the birth of your children was nice and all, the Nfinity Cheerleading Championships shall make that first beautiful wail pale in comparison. This year the blood, sweat, and cheers […]
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Film Events 3/25-4/1
The Breakfast Club 30th Anniversary Don’t you…forget about The Breakfast Club. While some of the fashion might be dated, the themes of alienation and class struggles in high school are still as important and topical today as they ever were. Bend’s own Thomas Del Ruth was the cinematographer on this modern classic and shared a […]
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Out of Town 3/25-4/1
portland friday 27 – sunday 29 Shen Yun 2015 Aside from an actual trip to China, the Shen Yun performance is the best way to experience the East in our Western backyard. Shen Yun is classical Chinese dance born from 5,000 years of tradition—in full color. Live orchestra and beautifully exquisite backdrops set the stage […]
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Film Events 3/18-3/25
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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Too Old For This
The Gunman: Where BAM! and KA-POW! Meet the AARP
The Baby Boomers—previously known as the cohort that inherited a pretty sweet setup from the Greatest Generation, and currently known as the cohort that somehow managed to mess everything up just in time for the Gen Xers and millennials—are getting old. And there are a lot of them. In 1950, Americans over the age of […]
