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Folk festival stays ‘Close to Home’

For Sisters Folk Festival, “Close to Home” meant just that — bringing live music close to home in Sisters Country.

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Jacobs-Strain sticking ‘Close to Home’

David Jacobs-Strain, roots and blues songwriter and fierce slide guitar player is returning to the Sisters stage for the Sisters Folk Festival’s event Close to Home concert event on August 1.

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Haley Johnsen to play for Sisters at folk event

Haley Johnsen, a singer-songwriter from Portland, is one of the featured artists in the Sisters Folk Festival’s Close to Home concert event at the Sisters Art Works Building on August 1. The event is sold out, but there is a waitlist available.

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Sisters will turn into ‘Erotic City’

Hardtails Bar & Grill will turn Sisters into “Erotic City” — for an evening — on Saturday, August 1.

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Folk festival announces creativity camps

Sisters Folk Festival will offer two outdoor summer camps for middle school aged students this summer: August 10-14 and August 17-21.

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Beth Wood sticking ‘Close to Home’

Beth Wood, musician, poet and singer-songwriter, has been considered a Sisters local after many years of hosting the Sunday community celebration at the Sisters Folk Festival.

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Book celebrates 50 years of Black Butte Ranch

Black Butte Ranch is marking its 50th anniversary this summer — and a key element of celebration is a new book “Black Butte Ranch: There Is A Place,” featuring essays on the history of the Ranch by Katy Yoder.

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Adapting to a changed musical landscape

As with many musicians these days, Sisters singer-songwriter Beth Wood is having to learn to adapt to a profoundly changed world.

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Sisters Folk Festival to host August 1 concert

Sisters Folk Festival, known for its annual Americana music festival and community arts education and engagement, has announced it will produce a socially-distanced concert on Saturday, August 1 with Ron Artis II & the Truth headlining Saturday evening’s entertainment.

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Museum’s signature fundraiser goes virtual

The High Desert Museum’s signature fundraiser, High Desert Rendezvous, returns on Saturday, August 29, at 6:30 p.m. The lively evening this year will take place in the virtual world. This marks the 31st year of the High Desert Rendezvous, making it one of the longest-running fundraisers in Central Oregon.

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SOQS founder is 45th anniversary featured artist

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS), the world’s largest outdoor quilt show in the world will be reinvented into a virtual experience in light of the COVID-19 restrictions. There will also be fiber arts on display in the Clearwater Gallery honoring Jean Wells Keenan’s work as the Featured Gallery Artist for the 45th SOQS anniversary.

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Tonye Belinda Phillips: A local treasure

What do words like whimsical, abstract, bright, playful, and unexpected all have in common?

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Nurturing the next generation of quilters

Quilting has been integral to Diane Tolzman’s daily life for the past 20 years. In 2014 when her 9-year-old grandson, Devin, showed an interest in learning the art of her craft, she was glad to serve as a model of inspiration for the future generation quilters.

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Sisters woman is ‘Tough As Nails’

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Author will contribute to book store

The release of “Stories From the Middle of Nowhere,” by Susi Klare will give folks in Sisters a satisfying read — and a chance to contribute to the well-being of the community’s independent bookseller.

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Anvil Blasters to play at Black Butte Ranch

Live music has been severely curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic — but it hasn’t gone away completely.

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Folk Festival planning live music

Staff at Sisters Folk Festival are in the beginning stages of planning to offer some small-scale music events during the summer.

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Sisters artist lands magazine covers

Jill Neal, who’s “wild, tasteful women” have become iconic images, landed them on the cover of two magazines in June.

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T-shirts contribute to canceled events

Many summer events may be canceled, but Oliver Lemon’s Sisters is making sure that support is not.

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Indian Head Casino reopens

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs reopened Indian Head Casino on Thursday June 18.

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