Free rapid COVID-19 testing at Les Schwab Amphitheater starts with Friday’s concert
Concertgoers at the Les Schwab Amphitheater will have access to free COVID-19 testing before each event, starting…
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New ‘Celebrate Oregon!’ license plate celebrates Cultural Trust’s 20th anniversary
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new license plate design that celebrates Oregon and the diversity of its culture will debut Oct. 1 in recognition of the…
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Mini-mural festival adding social justice, equality artwork to downtown Bend
The High Desert Mural Festival and Scalehouse, an arts center, are putting together a mini-mural festival in downtown Bend this weekend, with a…
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Old Mill District celebrates return of First Friday Art Walk
Start the first Friday afternoon of the month off right with the return of the Old Mill District’s First Friday Art Walk on Aug. 6. Featuring fine…
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Music on the Green, Redmond’s free concert series, returns to Sam Johnson Park
Redmond’s popular Music on the Green concerts have returned to Sam Johnson…
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More $20 Les Schwab Amphitheater concert tickets to go on sale — this time, online
Live Nation announced Thursday it is celebrating the Return to Live concerts this summer by offering fans $20 all-in tickets to nearly 1,000 shows…
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Oregon Arts Commission, Ford Family Foundation partner to create statewide Artist Registry
Ensuring artists’ access to funding opportunities and building a case for more artist resources are the goals of a new statewide Artist Registry…
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Les Schwab Amphitheater marks 2 decades of live music with 20 $20 tickets for 20 concerts
To celebrate 20 years of live music along the banks of the Deschutes River, the Les Schwab Amphitheater announced Tuesday it is offering a limited…
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Deschutes County Fair Free Summer Concert Series announced: Nelly, Reckless Kelly, Chris Janson, Skillet
In 2020, the music stopped — but what better way to launch the 2021 Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo FREE Concert Series than with some of the biggest…
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‘The sizzle that sells the steak’: Les Schwab Amphitheater expects to bring in some $20 million this summer
The Les Schwab Amphitheater is preparing for its busiest season of the year — and quite possibly its most profitable one — after the severe pause…
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Old Mill District’s ‘Little Red Shed’ to house new working art studio
The oldest building in Bend’s Old Mill District, long known in the area as the “little red shed,” as well as the former home of DeWilde Art…
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Bringing back the ‘memory of the forest’: Bend man turns wildfire charcoal into art
Troy Stith uses a medium in his artwork that might not be so common:…
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Sisters Folk Festival announces ‘My Own Two Hands’ award winners
Sisters Folk Festival is getting ready to host its largest annual fundraiser and community arts celebration, My Own Two Hands, taking place…
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RPA student enlists talent of award-winning recording artist to cover ’80s classic
Redmond Proficiency Academy sophomore Cecilia Clark recently recorded a beautiful cover of the Tears for Fears classic, “Everybody Wants to Rule…
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First to close, last to open: C.O.’s live events industry pleads for recovery assist
Central Oregon members of the Live Events Industry of Oregon, a state chapter of the National Live Events Coalition, have signed a petition asking…
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New Bend theater community embraces the power of listening
Ellipse Theatre Community is a new performing arts nonprofit in Bend that seeks to build a supportive and artistically aware community through the…
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Beaver sculptures ‘hit the road’ for museum’s ‘Dam It! Beavers and Us’ exhibit
Beavers may not be the most unusual sight in Central Oregon, but four new 4 1/2-foot-tall fiberglass beaver sculptures on display around the region…
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‘March Gladness’: Bend’s Tower Theatre set to reopen, host first live events
The nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation said Thursday it is celebrating “March Gladness,” as the facility — challenged like so many by COVID-19 –…
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Tower Theatre announces Miller Foundation grant, Theaterworks USA partnership
The nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation is honored to announce that the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation — whose mission is to enhance the…
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Bend Pops Orchestra announces new conductor
The Bend Pops Orchestra announced Tuesday that Bend conductor and musician Eddy Robinson will lead the group, beginning with the 2021-2022…
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