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essonPLAN (Performing Live Arts Now), the Tower Theatre Foundation’s award-winning series bringing students and families to the theatre and using performing arts to enhance education, continues Friday, March 14 at 7pm with an interactive presentation of Lewis
& Clark. Led by veteran actor Patrick Garner, audience members take on the roles of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Native American guide Sacagawea, soldiers, even ferocious animals –to explore the Louisiana Purchase and make their way through the scenic majesty of the Northwest. The two-and-a-half year adventure, complete with breathtaking escapes and chance reunions, speeds by in just 50 minutes, as parents and children learn life-lessons about history, science, character development and teamwork. Patrick Garner, last seen at the Tower as Thomas Edison, was in the Broadway revival of Gypsy with Bernadette Peters, and every version of NBC’s Law & Order. Ten years ago he founded History’s Alive! to help students not merely learn history but learn from history. Study guides and information on an educational matinee are available by contactinginfo@towertheatre.org. 541-317-0700 or TowerTheatre.org NOTE: Recommended for ages 9-12
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Patr ic k Garner leads the hist or ical presenta tion with help from the audi ence
Know Go: One Woman’s Journey on the Camino de Santiago
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oretta Slepikas, about to turn 70, planned a pilgrimage in Spain to walk 240 miles of the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage that is over a thousand years old.“What I learned while walking the Camino was totally unexpected,” says Slepikas. Learn more about her pilgrimage at the East Bend and Sisters Libraries as part of the Know Go series throughout the month of March. Both presentations are free and open to the public. According to Slepikas, pilgrimages are a way to get away from the daily routine life demands. “Since they involve walking, thinking and believing, pilgrimages have always been used as a sort of meditation on the move,” says Slepikas. “The ritual and repetitiveness of walking long miles clears the mind from daily tasks and forces pilgrims to deal with a more simple way of life.” El Camino de Santiago was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during medieval times. At the end of the trail pilgrims find themselves at the site where the body of St. James the Apostle is believed to be buried. “I may have thought the Camino was a time for solitude and reflection but it had something else in mind for me.” During her presentation, Slepikas, who is also a photographer, will present slides and share stories from her experience on the Camino. She will bring the pack she carried, filled with the items from her journey. She will also share tips on the practical side of a planning a pilgrimage. March 6, 6pm, East Bend Library and March 19, 12pm, Sisters Library. www.deschuteslibrary.org. Photo courtesy of DPL
ature of Words issued a call for submissions for its 2014 Rising Star Creative Writing Competition to writers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The deadline is June 1. “It’s important for our community’s writers to be heard and contribute to our nation’s larger literary tradition,” said Amy Mentuck, executive director of The Nature of Words. “Rising Star was created as a launch pad for these voices.” Started in 2006, Rising Star serves to encourage emerging and aspiring writers in the Pacific Northwest. The competition is open to commercially unpublished writers in three genres, fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry, and three age categories, 15-18, 19-25 and 25+. Winners receive a cash prize, are invited to an awards ceremony in Bend and are featured in The Nature of Words’ annual anthology. “Rising Star doesn’t just acknowledge creative work, it offers writers a platform,” said Mentuck. “Each year we publish winners in an annual anthology to get their work in the hands of friends, family, neighbors and fans. Sharing stories—that’s where writing comes to life.” Submissions are judged by a panel of professional writers. This year’s panel includes fiction judge Chantal Strobel, community relations and development manager for the Deschutes Public Library; creative nonfiction judge David Jasper, journalist for The Bulletin and poetry judge, Dr. Emily Carr, director of the Low-Residency MFA at OSU-Cascades. To learn more about submitting work to the Rising Star Creative Writing Competition, visit www.thenatureofwords.submittable.com/submit.
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Northwest History Comes Alive in Tower’s Lewis & Clark Presentation
Loretta Slepikas
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