The Central Oregon town becomes a musical feast for the ears with its annual Sisters Folk Festival Sept. 26-28. With a portfolio of images from around the town, photographer K.B. Dixon proves it's a feast for the eyes, too.
August 21, 2025Lorin Wilkerson
The joys and miracles of live music in the rustic Great Hall, with SRMF director Brett Mitchell, concertmaster Yi Zhao, pianist and Cliburn medalist Vitaly Starikov, and an orchestra full of stars.
July 8, 2025Lisa Cohen
Jean Wells started the show in 1975 with a handful of quilts hung outside her Stitchin' Post quilt shop. This year's show, July 12, is expected to draw more than 10,000 visitors.
January 14, 2025Bob Hicks
The museum's grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help fund projects on desert climate change and a website exploring the culture and nature of the High Desert. A third grant to historian Julie Weise will help underwrite a book on migrant workers in the U.S. and beyond.
August 16, 2024Amy Leona Havin
The Bend-based author, poet, educator, and nonprofit founder begins her term immediately, succeeding Anis Mojgani.
June 7, 2024Carolyn Lamberson
A hundred booths of indie handmade artisan fine art, crafts, food and more will line downtown Bend for a day of browsing and buying on Saturday, June 8.
May 19, 2024Carolyn Lamberson
The three Indigenous artists say family, tradition, and education are currents running throughout their work.
May 9, 2024Bob Hicks
The tribal museum, closed since December for upgrades, reopens May 14. Plus: Indigenous artists at High Desert Museum, "Matrilineal Memory" & Cherokee art in Portland.
April 16, 2024Bob Hicks
The award from the National Endowment for the Humanites will help the Bend museum revitalize its permanent collection dedicated to Indigenous peoples of the region.
March 28, 2024Amy Leona Havin
The founder of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize and the Writing Ranch will receive the Holbrook award during the April 8 Oregon Book Awards ceremony.
March 27, 2024Carolyn Lamberson
Five artists interpret the legendary creature in sculpture, paintings, film, and multi-media work in a show that goes beyond the popular-culture image of Bigfoot.
March 1, 2024Carolyn Lamberson
The traveling exhibition, created by the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, reminds viewers of the multiracial history of Oregon’s timber towns.
September 15, 2023Carolyn Lamberson
Tickets for opening night Oct. 20 go on sale Monday and are expected to sell out fast, say organizers of the event held at the High Desert Museum.
August 23, 2023D. "Bing" Bingham
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.
August 10, 2023Kristin Thiel
Thanks to the efforts of local artists, the popular annual festival will welcome art lovers once again.
May 9, 2023D. "Bing" Bingham
Since 1986, the all-volunteer gallery has worked to exchange ideas and opportunities for artists in all mediums and cultures.
June 21, 2022D. "Bing" Bingham
The Maupin therapist and Oregon Book Award finalist says both poetry and psychotherapy are about discovery.
April 19, 2022Blake Andrews
Blake Andrews interviews the Bend-based photographer about past and future projects and her recent Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography.
February 8, 2022Steph Littlebird
Natural history museums are not known for their authentic or accurate representations of Indigenous communities. The High Desert Museum in Bend is committed to changing this.
February 2, 2022Steph Littlebird
The Museum at Warm Springs is confronting a number of challenges but director Elizabeth Woody is full of ideas, strategies, and solutions.
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