Musicians from the Central Oregon Symphony will be putting on the concert “Music In Public Places” at the Madras Public Library at 12 p.m. and at the Bend Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. The concert is free to attend. For more information, contact the Central Oregon Symphony office at 541-317-3941, or [...] [...more]
Stanley Nelson directs “Freedom Riders,” a 2011 documentary about the 13 civil rights activists who tested the anti-segregation laws on the interstate bus systems and in the waiting rooms in the early ‘60s in the deep south. The Freedom Riders—eventually numbering in the hundreds—challenged local Jim Crow laws and customs non-violently, but many were harassed, [...] [...more]
Isaac Newby The Broadside “Amy” punishes you for playing. The story is boring, the controls seem to be based on ten-year-old game technology and the utter lack of objectives for guidance make this one of the single worst downloads released for this generation. Amy, set in the year 2034, begins on a train and immediately [...] [...more]
Parents and teachers cheered and applauded as their middle school and high school students accepted awards for their art work in the “Central Oregon 2012 Scholastic Art Awards.” Hosted by Pat Roberts, coordinator and art teacher at Pilot Butte Middle School, on Jan. 14, the Pinckney Center held art ranging from drawings and [...] [...more]
by Natalie Carter The Broadside Spanish film night offers an opportunity for students to improve their Spanish speaking skills and learn more about Latino culture. This Central Oregon Community College event is free and open to students and families in the community. The film night was formed in the spring of 2011 by Latino Program [...] [...more]
Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside If you have read the book “The Help”—even if you started off determined not to like it—you were most likely swept up by the compelling story. You were not alone. It spent two years on the best-seller list despite being rejected by publishers 60 times. The movie is superbly cast with [...] [...more]
Cedar Goslin The Broadside Carol Ruth Silver said when her obituary is written, it will say that she was a Freedom Rider and served three terms as an elected official in San Francisco. It might also say that in 1961, she changed the world. Now, in 2012, Silver is still working to change the world. [...] [...more]
Scott Greenstone The Broadside The Freedom Rides of 1961 weren’t the first time Claude Liggins was discriminated against on public transit. When Liggins was in his mid-teens, he decided to sit on the white half of a Lake Charles, La. bus. After telling Liggins he would call the police, the bus driver pulled over at [...] [...more]
Irene Cooper The Broadside With his bright red pen, historian, playwright and political activist Howard Zinn slashed through history texts with a zeal for truth. His writing, including his major work “A People’s History of the United States,” acted as a “counterforce” to what he viewed as a corrupt take on history and made him [...] [...more]
Sunriver Resort has announced the sale of two lots in the Caldera Development near Sunriver. The proceeds of these sales, approximately $250,000, will be dedicated to fulfilling the resort’s pledge to the Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s culinary campaign. “This is the most recent example of Sunriver’s support of higher education and their strong relationship [...] [...more]
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