News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The winner of the title All-Around Cowboy at Sisters Rodeo is the contestant who wins the most money over the weekend, usually having success in multiple events. Traditionally, that cowboy wins a saddle, which has been sponsored for decades by US Bank. But when you're a successful rodeo cowboy, chances are you have more saddles than you have horses. "This year we decided so many guys have multiple saddles, we wanted to do something special, rather than just another saddle,"... Full story
Many people talk about writing a book. Some achieve their goal, but most can't quite get it done. Alexandra Miller, raised in Sisters and a Sisters High School graduate, has some advice for aspiring writers: "Do it! It's super fun to write a book, but if you're looking at it as a way to make money or be successful, it's not very rewarding. If you just love writing, it's one of the most rewarding things in the world." Miller offered that advice from her dorm at Seattle Pacific... Full story
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) Summer Concerts return this summer at Sisters Art Works, with four concerts taking place at the outdoor downtown venue in Sisters. The series kicks off on Thursday, July 13, with The Brothers Comatose, a five-piece string band with fierce musicianship and rowdy, rock concert-like shows. Next up is Ron Artis II & The Truth on Saturday, July 29, followed by Rainbow Girls on Saturday, August 19. Another concert is scheduled for Friday, August 11 with... Full story
Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture, a project of the Roundhouse Foundation, will host the second of three events in their 2023 Food & Agriculture Community Lecture Series at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 8, at Paulina Springs Books. Speakers will share cultural traditions while connecting people and place. "Purple Prairie: Reconnecting People, Place ,and Native Plants" will include presentations from David Harrelson (Kalapuya), the cultural resources department manager... Full story
This month, a new gallery is opening and other galleries are featuring artists new to the community. The new gallery, Space in Common, owned by Amelia Morton, is at 351 W. Hood Ave. and will feature her work and selected pieces by upcoming artists. The gallery will officially open on June 2, but stop in during Fourth Friday Artwalk for a preview. Raven Makes Gallery is in the third year of The Homelands Collection. Indigenous artists create ledger-style, narrative artwork on... Full story
The Whippoorwill Presents will bring singer-songwriter Caleb Caudle to The Belfry stage on Friday, June 2, at 7 p.m. Caudle is touring in support of his album Forsythia. The record is a portrait of his truest self, of the artist at his most solitary and reflective. The album was recorded at the legendary Cash Cabin during the pandemic, and inspired by the solitude and symbols Caudle found in nature during that time. It's produced by John Carter Cash, and features veteran... Full story
Sisters musicians shone in the spotlight on a beautiful Friday at Mt. Hood Community College, where the OMEA (Oregon Music Education Association) held its annual State Jazz Championship. More than two-dozen schools attended this event, 5A and 6A schools on Saturday and 3A and 4A on Friday. The Sisters High School Jazz Band qualified for the 3A event, which they attended with their group of 15 young musicians. Under the direction of Kayla Golka, the band played "Moanin'," "I'm... Full story
What is a one-act play, exactly? Any theater piece with no interruptions, undivided into multiple acts, fits the definition. Some might assume an evening of one-act plays would feature two plays, each around an hour long. In the case of "Now You're Talking... One Acts 2023," presented by Silent Echo Theater Company last weekend, the show's entertainment featured a whopping seven mini-plays. On Saturday night, a comfortable house of 40 to 50 audience members filled the room. Li... Full story
Sister Folk Festival (SFF) will host the Americana Project arts showcase on Sunday, May 21, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Sisters Art Works venue and in the Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery. The venue is located at 204 W. Adams Ave. in Sisters. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. The event will celebrate the accomplishments of students in visual and performing arts at Sisters Middle School (SMS) and Sisters High School (SHS). The showcase will highlight the Americana... Full story
Paulina Springs Books will host a family storytime event with local artist and children's book author Dennis McGregor on Saturday, May 20, at 10:30 a.m. The event celebrates the national release of his beloved book "You Stole My Name." Dennis McGregor is a longtime Sisters fine artist, and author of three children's books. He is best known for his Central Oregon event posters, including Sisters Rodeo, Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Sisters Folk Festival, and many others. In a... Full story
Most folks know the Pole Creek Ranch barn as part of the stellar view from Highway 242 across from the middle school. Last Friday, it became the debut location for the May Market. Outside, the Three Sisters and Black Crater loomed close, perched above a carpet of bright greenery growing in the fields. Hay bales were stacked high, under cover. Smoke from a prescribed burn billowed over from near Edgington Road. Inside, Eryn Elbers walked through the iconic barn, winding among f... Full story
The Venardos Circus is returning to Central Oregon yet again. The animal-free, Broadway-style circus presents their all-new "Let's Build a Dream" show at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center June 8-18. The 2023 Venardos Circus is traveling with a new, custom-crafted, Italian-made, red-and-white-striped tent that offers expanded seating around a central stage. It adds 100 seats including new elevated premium gallery seat at the back of the tent. With an increased demand for... Full story
Sister Folk Festival (SFF) announced the addition of seven new artists to the 2023 festival lineup. The 26th annual music festival will take place September 29 through October 1, with more than 30 artists representing multiple genres of roots music, from folk and bluegrass to jazz and country-blues, performing on seven stages throughout downtown Sisters. Donna the Buffalo, Alex Cuba, Gina Chavez, Daniel Rodriguez, Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, Goodnight Moonshine, and Willi... Full story
It turns out, the history of Camp Sherman is a very popular subject. With the Three Sisters Historical Society hosting a Fireside Evening presentation on the subject at FivePine, on April 25, the Conference Center filled rapidly . An eager and enthusiastic audience was there to hear Lorie Hancock’s presentation “If the Trees Could Speak – Stories of Camp Sherman.” Having been a founding member of the Camp Sherman Historical Society in 2004, and a resident since 1998, Hancock had a lot to share. She and other volunte... Full story
The Reflections of Jesus Project at Sisters Community Church (SCC) is near completion. The art collection, which includes nearly 40 paintings and pastoral commentaries, is being produced by local Sisters artist Jim Horsley and Pastor Steve Stratos of SCC. The initial 12 paintings were put on display last December, and additional paintings were added in February and March. The last eight paintings were completed just prior to the Easter celebration earlier this month. All of... Full story
The Sisters Astronomy Club opens its 2023 public observing season with a telescope workshop Saturday evening April 29 at the Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), beginning at 7:30 p.m. Have you or a family member ever received a telescope as a Christmas or birthday gift that just didn't seem to operate properly? Or maybe the scope has been sitting in the garage or attic for years and you've simply forgotten how to operate it. Bring it to the workshop, where experienced... Full story
Sisters choir students took the stage last Saturday at the Tower Theater in the Stage the Change student conference. The conference is designed to inspire and teach attendees to employ the performing arts to find their social voice, to become responsible global citizens and catalysts for change. Ten Outlaws choir students sang backup for conference headliner Mandy Gonzalez on one of her songs at the Tower Theater performance Saturday night. Gonzalez is a highly respected... Full story
Hardtails Bar & Grill is launching its season of tribute shows - with some new highlights for hard-core rockers. "We have a few of the 'favorites' returning, Petty Fever, Gold Dust, and In the Pink," said owner Steve Macey. "New band is Valhalla, (a) Led Zep tribute." A special show set for July 29 is Jimi Hendrix Experience Tribute artist Randy Hansen. For nearly three decades, the world-renowned guitarist has acquired a reputation as being one of the best Hendrix impersonato... Full story
Though not to be feared, the head of a dragon does appear high in the northeast sky during the evening hours of May. Known as Draco, this celestial reptile is the eighth largest constellation by area. The tip of its tail lies between the cup of the Big Dipper and Polaris (the North Star) while its body passes between the two dippers and circles halfway around the Little Dipper. The beast's head then turns back on its body, positioned just north of the constellation of... Full story
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) will raffle a Thompson “Big Ponderoo” guitar in a fundraiser to support SFF’s cultural education outreach and programming in Central Oregon. Sisters-based, nationally renowned Preston Thompson Guitars has donated a dreadnought guitar for the organization to raffle off. The raffle will be conducted in tandem with the inaugural Big Ponderoo music festival happening Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25 in Sisters. The handcrafted guitar features a mahogany back and sides, an Adirondack spruce top,... Full story
Oregon author, retreat leader, and storyteller Mark Yaconelli will present his new book “Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us,” on Tuesday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. at Paulina Springs Books. Yaconelli is the author of five previous books and founder and director of The Hearth, an Ashland-based nonprofit that builds community through the art of storytelling. Yaconelli leads readers into an enchanting meditation on the power of storytelling. Stories can be medicine, helping individuals and communities addre... Full story
April Artwalk welcomes home Raven Makes and Toriizaka Art gallery owners from art expeditions. Stitchin’ Post’s Fabric Arts Gallery will display the work of artist Judy Hoiness, recently featured on Oregon Art Beat. Hoiness is known for her abstract landscapes that often incorporate watercolor and acrylic paint, stitching, calligraphic marks, collage, and mixed media on canvas and recycled cloth. Drop in between 4 and 6 p.m. Hood Avenue Art displays award-winning Western artists K.C. Snider and Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom. Sn... Full story
Last week, Sisters was home to the first-ever "Sign Camp," the brainchild of Sisters resident John Mearns. The project was filled with collaborative synergy, fueled by enthusiasm and a commitment to give back to the community. In just six days, four students from the Los Angeles Trade Technical College, a.k.a. "Trade Tech," worked with sign maker John Mearns to build, hand-paint, and install two huge new signs for Sisters Movie House & Café. John Mearns and his wife, Cynthia... Full story
The Central Oregon Veterans Ranch will screen its newly released documentary “Cover Me, The Path to Purpose” in Bend at Open Space Event Studios Saturday, April 29, with two showings for veterans, their families, and community members. “Cover Me, The Path to Purpose” is a gripping documentary that tells the story of how the Veterans Ranch, a 19-acre farm, is challenging veteran suicide and changing the paradigm of veteran care. The documentary was filmed on location at the Central Oregon Veterans Ranch in June 2022. It was... Full story
The Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) is bringing back its Speaker Series with an event at The Belfry on Tuesday, May 2. With so much discussion about forest management, wildlife inventory, and extreme weather in the news lately, STA wil host George Wuerthner, a local ecologist who has published more than three dozen books, to share his extensive experience and knowledge of protecting and preserving wilderness and wildlife. He will share another perspective on wildfire and wildfire management. “We believe strongly in hearing f... Full story
