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Guest column: OperaBend’s ‘Barber of Seville’ delivers cutting performances

OperaBend’s opening night performance of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” Directed by Zachary Lenox and superbly performed…

Music

Your week in concert options: Thunderstorm Artis, Balkan Bump and more

Summer is here and so is the music! Here are a few things happening in Central Oregon this…

Music

Inaugural Bend Blues Festival set for Saturday

The inaugural Bend Blues Festival will take over Silver Moon Brewing on Saturday, with a lineup full of…

Music

ALO rides 30-year creative wave into Sisters’ Big Ponderoo festival

More than 30 years into their existence, the Bay Area band ALO are in a creative “boom time,”…

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Ponderosa Players sold out its first three shows. ‘Guys and Dolls’ is next

Ponderosa Players, a Central Oregon youth theater company that launched in 2023, has performed its first three productions…

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Dropping In: Appreciating Brian Wilson — and his influence

The only good thing about losing our musical geniuses that I can think of is the way those…

Music

Three Dog Night visits Redmond fairgrounds Friday

When I commandeered my parents’ record collection in the mid-1990s, I suddenly became the proud owner of a…

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OperaBend concert, performances this week and next

Music, laughter and romance get all rolled up into one when OperaBend wraps up its 2024-25 season with…

Lifestyle

Americana band Fruition promotes new album in Bend Thursday

Like a lot of bands, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on Fruition. In the late 2010s,…

Entertainment

The Biggest Little Show in the World returns to a sold-out crowd

Tickets are sold out for Sisters Rodeo, which returns for its 85th anniversary Wednesday through Sunday. But for…

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