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Leotie Richards creates raffle quilt

Visitors to the Apregan home and gardens, as part of the Sisters Garden Club’s Quilts in the Garden Tour on July 11, had an opportunity to view and purchase raffle tickets for an art quilt created by local Sisters fabric artist Leotie Richards, longtime quilter, graphic designer, and a member of the Garden Club.

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Quilts in the Garden Tour sets record

Synchronicity, synergy, outstanding event organization, and a cadre of willing volunteers spelled unparalleled success for this year’s 22nd annual Quilts in the Garden Tour held July 11.

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Sisters Folk Festival announces final line-up

Sisters Folk Festival rolled out its final bookings for the 2019 festival which will take place September 6-8 throughout Sisters. There are additional offerings and new announcements to be made for the week of the festival as well.

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Blues phenom returns to Sisters

Young blues sensation Christone “Kingfish” Ingram will be returning to the stage for the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival at the end of July.

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Page by Paige: Summer reads

“Montauk,” by Nicola Harrison

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Serving Quilt Show for two decades

For quilter Donna Rice, board member for Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS), volunteering each year at SOQS is a labor of love — a commitment that’s lasted 20 years.

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Blasting the anvil at Black Butte Ranch

The Anvil Blasters will serve up a slice of Americana music in two free shows at Black Butte Ranch on Wednesday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 17 at 6 p.m.

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Quilter Anna Bates takes social media by storm

Sisters resident Anna Bates really lives the quilting life. She spreads her prolific quilting know-how around the globe through social media.

“I love to write and talk about quilting as much as I love to quilt,” Bates said.

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The White Buffalo returns to Sisters

The White Buffalo is returning to the Sisters stage for the Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival Friday, July 26. The White Buffalo, given name Jake Smith, is known for his wide vocal range with a baritone sound and the dark, narrative storytelling of his songs.

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Antique quilt at Library has a rich history

Most handmade quilts have a story to tell. The story might relate to the maker(s) of the quilt, the fabrics used, for whom the quilt was made, where it came from, or how it got to its current place of residence.

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Needlepoints pay tribute to folk artist

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught Louisiana folk artist. Born in 1886 or ’87, she lived and worked for most of her life on Melrose Plantation near Natchitoches. She made thousands of paintings that depicted flowers, religion, and plantation life in the early 1900s. Today she is considered a folk art legend, and her work is on display in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Folk festival offers free summer music

Sisters Folk Festival has announced the lineup for the 2019 Free Summer Concert Series at Fir Street Park in downtown Sisters.

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Quilters rise to challenge in Sisters

Among the more than one thousand quilts that will be on display on downtown shops at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on Saturday, July 13, will be a set of quilts designed around the theme of “Bountiful Life.”

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Community events create connections

For music, dancing, fun, free food, and gifts for the kiddos, plan on heading over to the Village Green park on Wednesday, July 17, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., to gather with friends, family, and neighbors for a summer evening of happy hearts, joy, and summertime fun.

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Celebrating deserts, literature in Central Oregon

Waterston Desert Writing Prize-winner Nathaniel Brodie of Portland was honored last week for his writing on deserts. Yet he still finds it hard to articulate just what deserts mean to him.

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Springsteen tribute band on tap in Sisters

The midnight gang’s assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night; they’ll meet beneath that Hardtails Bar & Grill sign that brings this city light. The Midnight Rat and the barefoot girl — and all the other Springsteen fans in Sisters — will take a stab at romance on Saturday, July 6.

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Tour gave glimpse of artistic process

Sunshine, blue skies and ideal temperatures made for a perfect weekend as art-loving visitors followed the blue and white signs to the Artist Studio Tour. Fields with crops growing and cows and sheep grazing made for peaceful drives to the studios outside of Sisters, while in town, art lovers walked or biked to see their favorite artists at work.

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British blues player set to rock Sisters

British blues player Joanne Shaw Taylor is set to play the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival July 26-27. This will be Taylor’s first time playing Central Oregon and one of her few shows on the West Coast.

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Featured quilters share a decade of creativity

Betty Anne Guadalupe and Susan Cobb have been a quilting duo for a decade. This year they are the featured quilters for the 44th Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS).

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Author of Western novel to visit book store

If “Mulan meets Deadwood in a Wild West novel narrated by its straight-shooting heroine” sounds like your kind of book, a visit to Paulina Springs Books might be in order on Saturday, July 6, at 6:30 p.m.

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