D. "Bing" Bingham

D. "Bing" Bingham worked as a freelance writer, photographer and public radio producer for 25 years specializing in Central and Eastern Oregon. These days, he's a blogger...dustydogcafe.com...author of two books with a third on the way and a budding poet. He and his wife live deep in the northern Central Oregon desert on a small ranch with three very dusty stock dogs.

Tom Swearingen: Sharing cowboy poetry, keeping traditions of the American West alive

The Tualatin resident will be joined next month by 12-year-old poet Thomas Fitzgerald in a reading benefiting HORSES on the Ranch in Prineville.

Madras’ Art Adventure Gallery is art central for Jefferson County

Since 1986, the all-volunteer gallery has worked to exchange ideas and opportunities for artists in all mediums and cultures.

Artists gather round the table at The Workhouse in Bend

The combination of studios and gallery in the old Bend Iron Works is a communal space for artists to share their creative process with the public.

Poet Q&A: Donna Henderson works at the confluence of poetry and psychotherapy

The Maupin therapist and Oregon Book Award finalist says both poetry and psychotherapy are about discovery.

Take a tour of Eastern Oregon bookstores

Booklovers itching to hit the road will find plenty to read – and sometimes coffee and friendly shop dogs – at 13 independent stores east of the Cascades.

Cassia Dawn: And the show goes on

The singer/songwriter, who's been making music around Central Oregon since she was 15, finishes an EP and heads to Nashville for a shot at something big.