‘Zoo Story’ opens at Volcanic Theatre Pub

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

Volcanic Theatre Pub’s first live production, “The Zoo Story," by Edward Albee, will open at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, and runs through June 15, with performances at 7:30 p. m. Thursdays through Saturdays. Albee’s first play,....MORE

Where in the world is director Sandy Silver?

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

Well, right now she’s in Central Oregon, but Sandy Silver, who helmed many a community theater production over the past decade in Bend, recently took her directorial talents south. Really far south (and west). Silver recently returned to....MORE

Caldera student show set in Redmond

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

Caldera Arts Center will present its free 2013 Student Showcase at Edwin Brown Education Center, 850 S. W. Antler Ave., in Redmond, from 5:30 to 8 tonight. The 2013 Student Showcase features artwork created during Central Oregon Caldera classes,....MORE

Art Exhibits

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

Ambiance Art Co-op: Featuring gallery artists; 435 S. W. Evergreen Ave., Redmond; 541-548-8115. Artists' Gallery Sunriver:....MORE

It's Full of surprises

• Old Ironworks industrial area hosts Last Saturday art, music event

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

The Old Ironworks Arts District — home to businesses including Studio 3, Cindercone Clay Center, The Workhouse, Stuart's of ....MORE

CTC board delays sale of theater

May 22, 2013 1:06 am

The future of the Cascades Theatrical Company and its building, the Greenwood Playhouse, has been handed off to the members of the nonprofit. The CTC board of governors voted Tuesday to give CTC members a say in whether or not the Greenwood Playhouse,....MORE

Greenwood Playhouse to be sold?

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

The board of the Cascades Theatrical Company has arranged a tentative deal to sell the Greenwood Playhouse, which has housed the company since the 1980s. Several board members believe selling the building, located on Northwest Greenwood Avenue, is....MORE

COYO holds first concert on Sunday

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Central Oregon saw the advent of its first full symphony orchestra — replete with winds, brass, strings and percussion — when Amy Goeser Kolb founded the Central Oregon Youth Orchestra last fall. After auditioning and seating nearly 60....MORE

Book reading and concert at Dudley’s

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Husband and wife Matheu DeSilva and Stacey Joy are two artists and expatriates who make their home in Ecuador. The two are visiting Bend and touring around small venues to promote their art. DeSilva, 39, is originally from southern England and....MORE

A new (old) stage

* After years away from standup, Paul Reiser is telling jokes in front of a live audience again

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Actor, musician and author Paul Reiser is back where he started: traveling around the country and telling jokes on stage. On Saturday, the 56-year-old will bring his stand-up act to the Tower Theatre in Bend (see “If you go"). Although there was a time when “comedian" would have been the first item on a list of Reiser's entertainment skill set, he told GO! Magazine that he walked away....MORE

It's alight! (Hopefully for good, now)

May 15, 2013 4:00 am

Art in Public Places has been filling in Bend's roundabouts in a roundabout sort of way recently, with the latest installation....MORE

COCC and OSU student art exhibits in the works

May 10, 2013 4:00 am

The 2013 Central Oregon Community College Art Student Exhibition opened Thursday night at The Gallery at the Pinckney Center, 2600 N. W. College Way in Bend. It will display through June 5, and the gallery is open from 1 to 4 p. m. Wednesdays through....MORE

Mural in progress at Les Schwab Amphitheater

May 10, 2013 4:00 am

If you’ve passed Les Schwab Amphitheater in the past week, you may have noticed the in-progress mural behind the stage. It’s the work of Minneapolis muralist Erin Sayer, who was commissioned by the Old Mill District to adorn the....MORE

Art Exhibits

May 10, 2013 4:00 am

Ambiance Art Co-op: Featuring gallery artists; 435 S. W. Evergreen Ave., Redmond; 541-548-8115. Artists' Gallery Sunriver:....MORE

Existential discussion

• 2nd Street Theater in Bend stages the bleak tale of two men at a crossroads in 'The Sunset Limited'

May 10, 2013 4:00 am

Even if you've only seen the movies based on his books, you know the work of Cormac McCarthy, author of “No Country For Old ....MORE

Staged reading of play ‘True West’ set at VTP

May 10, 2013 4:00 am

Volcanic Theatre Pub (VTP), located in Bend’s Century Center complex at 70 S. W. Century Drive, will hold the second installment in its staged play readings with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard’s 1980 play “True West"....MORE

Art will adorn Bend alleyways

• The project aims to diversify Bend's cultural offerings

May 4, 2013 4:00 am

Inspired by the Central Oregon landscape, Bend artist Andrew Wachs spent Friday afternoon working on a sculpture to be a part of the new Tin Pan Alley Art Collection in downtown alleyways and public spaces. The sculpture, a three-dimensional representation of rock formations derived from basalt strata, is one of four pieces that will be featured in the first installment of the rotating art....MORE

Pop-up parks

'Looking around for something to do,' and it just popped into his head

May 4, 2013 4:00 am

Don Compton, 77, of Bend, had a few things going for him when he decided to create the pop-up book “America's National....MORE

Pasta-thon event set for HDCM

May 3, 2013 4:00 am

High Desert Chamber Music will hold a Pasta-thon from 11 a. m. to 9 p. m. Monday and Tuesday at Pastini Pastaria, 375 S. W. Powerhouse Drive in the Old Mill District, to benefit its Educational Outreach programs. Restaurant patrons will need to mention....MORE

Art Exhibits

May 3, 2013 4:00 am

Alleda Real Estate: Art inspired by “The Snow Child"; through Monday; 25 N. W. Minnesota Ave., Suite 1, Bend; 541-633-7590.....MORE

Songs in bloom

• C.O. Symphony concert showcases Young Artist Competition winners

May 3, 2013 4:00 am

Each spring Central Oregon Symphony holds its Young Artist Competition and winning participants may also score an invitation to....MORE

Area artists in traveling exhibit

April 26, 2013 4:00 am

Watercolors by three Central Oregon artists have been selected for inclusion in the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s “Spring 13" traveling exhibition. Artists Judy Hoiness, Su Skjersaa Lukinbeal and Linda Shelton received awards at the....MORE

Art on the River at Eagle Crest

April 26, 2013 4:00 am

Art on the River will host its fifth annual show and sale this weekend at Eagle Crest in Redmond. Tonight from 4 to 8 p. m., there will be a reception and auction to benefit Art in Schools, a program providing stipends for artists in residence at....MORE

Crossing paths

• 'Shooting Star,' a tale of reconnection, opens at Greenwood Playhouse

April 26, 2013 4:00 am

In the past year or so, there's been a rash of pop songs that, lyrically speaking, seem to be about being young: There's fun.....MORE

An invitation to join the dance

April 21, 2013 4:00 am

The Sunriver Music Festival has announced its 36th season, taking place Aug. 9-21, as well as the extension of conductor George Hanson's contract through 2016. Hanson's previous contract had been through 2014, and was extended thanks in part to higher attendance at last year's festival. Some 32 percent of the 2012 audience attended the festival for the first time, according to the press release....MORE

Ephemeral Art

April 20, 2013 4:00 am

Spring Fest visitors check out the chalk creations during the street chalk art competition. “Katie," by Samuel Fisch, above,....MORE