News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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SFF Presents brings Irish newgrass band JigJam to The Belfry on Wednesday, October 23. A special concert with JigJam will be at The Belfry on Wednesday, October 23, at 7:00 p.m. JigJam, described as "the best Irish band in bluegrass" and "sparklingly infectious," has been hailed as "Ireland's answer to Newgrass Revival." The founding members from Offaly, Jamie McKeogh (lead singer and guitar) and Daithi Melia (banjo and dobro), were joined by Tipperary-born Gavin Strappe... Full story
The Belfry will host Ben Rice and the PDX Hustle on Friday, October 4, at 7 p.m. Known as the "blues ninja," Ben Rice brings a unique blend of blues, soul, R&B, folk, and country to the stage, creating an inviting atmosphere that keeps audiences engaged until the early hours. Since his breakout performance at the International Blues Challenge in 2014, Rice has evolved from a beloved Northwest artist to a national and international touring sensation, gracing stages at... Full story
Bestselling author Emily Lloyd-Jones will present her new young adult novel "The Wild Huntress" at Paulina Springs Books on Tuesday, October 1, at 6:30 p.m. "The Wild Huntress" is a thrilling fantasy about three unlikely allies bound together in a deadly, magical competition. Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk, and even the most qualified hunters can suffer the deadliest fates. Still, hundreds gamble their lives to participate-all... Full story
The 2024 JAM (Journey, Adventure, Music) Silent Auction & Raffle Fundraiser is underway with a collection of packages up for bid and the chance to win a custom Breedlove guitar. The fundraiser is taking place in conjunction with the 27th annual Sisters Folk Festival. Proceeds will support SFF Presents’ mission to strengthen community and transform lives through music and arts educational outreach and programming in Central Oregon. Check out all the auction packages, set up your electronic bidding account, and bid on items by... Full story
The Sisters Arts Association invites you to visit the galleries of Sisters on Friday, Sept. 27, during the day and early evening, as you get ready for the Sisters Folk Festival. It's our Fourth Friday Artwalk. We are delighted to celebrate the art and music that makes our town so special! The usual artwalk hours are 4 to 7 p.m., with some locations offering Artwalk from 3 to 6 p.m. this time in order to accommodate the music! The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Artworks continues... Full story
Conditions were all that could be hoped for when the annual Sisters Artist Studio Tour opened its doors Saturday for a two-day stint. Perfect weather, hundreds of leftover visitors on hand from the Glory Daze Car Show (Click here to see related story.), and an impressive lineup of ceramicists, painters, and sculptors - 18 in all, spread over 12 venues. And even as a steady mass wound its way from one studio or gallery to the next, several gallery operators and artists reported... Full story
There is excitement around the lineup for the Sisters Folk Festival, which rolls into town Friday-Sunday, September 27-29. "I'm excited, even exuberant, about the diversity of music this year," SFF Creative Director Brad Tisdel told The Nugget. Artists from Africa to Venezuela will take the stage, with many artists making their debut at the festival, with stalwarts like blues master Chris Smither marking his return for a third engagement. The last time he was here was in... Full story
Sisters Movie House & Café is welcoming back the popular special event series known as “Autumn Arts & Adventure” starting on Wednesday September 18. At the same time, the cinema and café will be reducing “normal” operating days and hours to Wednesdays through Sundays for the months of September and October. The theater will be closed completely on Monday and Tuesdays, but will feature the special showings every Wednesday along with a number of new releases opening “early” on Thursdays through Halloween. This year’s AA&A w... Full story
The Sisters Arts Association's (SAA) eighth annual Artist Studio Tour is this Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Art enthusiasts can hop in the car or on the bike and head out to some of the studios in and around Sisters. A little exploring will lead from wood carving to printmaking and bronze sculpture, from glass lace to rainbow-colored fish, and pastels to pottery. Just beyond the Sisters Post Office at 281 Sun Ranch Dr. is Z Glass Act,... Full story
The Sisters Rodeo Association hosted six outstanding contestants who competed for the title of Rodeo Queen on Sunday, September 8. These talented young women showcased their skills and expertise across various categories, including horsemanship, rodeo knowledge, and public speaking. The contestants were Dana DeCasas from Grants Pass, McKenzie Brass from Redmond, Madison Blackburn (1st runner-up) from St. Helens, Rachel Tolman from Myrtle Point, Jenna Singer from Sherwood, and... Full story
Debut novelist Kit Tosello is launching her new book "The Color of Home" with a party at Suttle Tea on Tuesday, September 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. The novel whisks readers away from the fast-paced life of San Francisco to a backwater town in Oregon in this feel-good novel about letting go of the past in order to move toward a new and better purpose. Audrey Needham felt she had landed her dream job as an interior designer for the rich and famous. But every job has its drawbacks,... Full story
Sisters Festival of Books (SFOB) presented its second festival last weekend and celebrated its new status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Authors, poets, and publishers from around the region and beyond shared stories, food, readings, and workshops with an enthusiastic audience. Born and raised in Sisters, Dr. Kelly Davis Martin was delighted with the successful fest. "It's awesome! It's so good just being in community with other people who are interested in writing... Full story
Sisters Folk Festival is raffling off a custom guitar as part of the annual JAM (Journey/Adventure/Music) fundraiser supporting SFF's cultural education outreach and programming in Central Oregon. Longtime sponsor and Bend-based company Breedlove Guitars has donated a beautiful custom concertina guitar. The raffle will be conducted in conjunction with the 27th annual Sisters Folk Festival happening Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, September 29 in Sisters, but raffle tickets... Full story
The 2024 Artist Studio Tour, sponsored by the Sisters Arts Association, will take place Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in and around Sisters. Here is a look at what you can see in galleries in Sisters. Next week, we'll take a look at artists' private studios. You may start at any of the dozen locations – but a bright and friendly place to begin is Space in Common at 351 W. Hood Ave., where you will find four artists: Raina Verhey, Taylor M... Full story
Authors, aspiring authors, and readers will gather in Sisters this weekend to celebrate the joys of storytelling in the Sisters Festival of Books. The event is set for a three-day event Friday through Sunday, September 13–15. The weekend kicks off with a community StorySlam event at The Belfry on Friday, September 13, featuring storytelling and story-oriented music. Saturday will serve up a full day of author readings at Sisters Movie House, where attendees can enjoy food and drink while interacting with authors across genres... Full story
A powerful and prolific storyteller through his songcraft, the Emmy-nominated, Oregon-born, and Southern California-bred, singer-songwriter-guitarist Jake Smith, aka The White Buffalo, will release his first-ever live album, “A Freight Train Through The Night,” on September 20. Smith is the son of Jeff and Ginny Smith of Sisters, and The White Buffalo has performed at festivals in Sisters on numerous occasions. Arriving on double-vinyl, in a limited, collector’s edition run, “A Freight Train Through The Night” is available... Full story
Chris La Tray is a Métis storyteller, Montana's current poet laureate, a descendent of the Pembina Band of the mighty Red River of the North and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He will celebrate his new memoir - both personal and historical - at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters on Tuesday, September 10 at 5 p.m. (note the early event time). "Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home" is a testament to the power of storytelling,... Full story
Henriette Heiny is a woman thoroughly schooled in discipline and creativity. "She is a renaissance woman," said Karen Thomas, owner of Toriizaka Art in Sisters, where Heiny's work is on permanent display, along with being featured during the Sisters Arts Association Studio Tour. Abstract expressionism was the last thing on young Henriette Heiny's mind when she was a young teenager in Cologne, Germany, after World War II. "I remember painting copies of the Dutch masters in the... Full story
Emily Halnon will be one of the authors in attendance at a Literary Banquet Author Dinner on Saturday, September 14, hosted at Paulina Springs Books, 252 E. Hood Ave. The dinner is part of the Sisters Festival of Books. The event features a six-course chef’s dinner prepared by Jackson “Rooster” Higdon, owner of Luckey’s Woodsman in Sisters. Each course of the meal is themed around a featured author’s book and authors will rotate tables in between every course so that participants have the opportunity to chat with each feat... Full story
The Sisters Arts Association’s eighth annual Artist Studio Tour is happening on the third weekend of September. This is a self-guided driving tour, and it features 18 artists in home studios and host galleries, in and around Sisters. The Studio Tour takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Host galleries and home studios will be open to all visitors. The tour attracts visitors from all over the Northwest. The tour is self-guided and free to all. You may arrange your visit in any o... Full story
When Emily Halnon's mother died of a rare uterine cancer at the age of 66, Emily knew she wanted to do "something monumental" to pay tribute to her mother's adventurous and courageous spirit - and to process her own grief. Halnon - an accomplished ultra-runner (extreme long distance) - was determined to try to break the record for the fastest known time by a woman on the Pacific Crest Trail's 460 miles across Oregon. That journey - and the journey through grief - are... Full story
Anita Gail Jones loves book festivals. "It's fun to meet readers," she said. "People who go to book festivals love books, so you're really with your people when you go to book festivals." Jones is among the roster of authors who will offer readings and discussion at the Sisters Festival of Books September 13-15. Jones is the author of "The Peach Seed," recently long-listed for the Crook's Corner Book Prize. The novel is set in Albany, Georgia, where an under-recognized... Full story
Bigstock is returning to Hoodoo Ski Area on September 6-7 as a benefit for Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) and Cascadia Wildlands. Billed as "Two Days of Music in the Mountains," Bigstock will be headlined by award-winning artists, including Greensky Bluegrass, Margo Price, and Oteil and Friends, featuring Melvin Seals, Steve Kimock, Jason Crosby, Johnny Kimock, Tom Guarna & Lamar Williams Jr., and more. The event includes two days of music, food and drink vendors, educational... Full story
A new band in town, Salty Squirrel Hunters, debuted with their first concert Friday afternoon at The Barn. The group of middle- and high school-aged youth were students in the Branch to Fruit advanced music camp offered by SFF Presents. The show kicked off with a sparkling original tune, written and performed by seventh-grader Everett Danger Spurgeon on banjo. Then Tristan Marshall took center stage with his ukulele and stunned the audience with a complete rendition of Queen's... Full story
The 27th annual Country Fair in Sisters, a community fundraiser project of Church of the Transfiguration, delighted hundreds of attendees Saturday in near perfect weather. The cool, sunny day motivated fairgoers to gobble up old-fashioned goodies ranging from jams, preserves, and jellies to cookies and pies to pulled pork and chili. "And, of course, their amazing Marionberry cobbler," said Mary Gillespie from Cloverdale, a regular fair-goer. She comes primarily for the books,... Full story
