Diamond Community Theater presenting play Arts and Entertainment March 14, 2018March 14, 20180 The Diamond Community Theater will be presenting a performance of The Not-So-Grand Hotel at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Diamond Grade School. With the front entrance still blocked from the last mudslide, business has been a bit slow for the dilapidated Hotel Horace. But as luck would have it,
Local students selected for music scholarships Arts and Entertainment News Youth February 28, 2018March 1, 20180 Four local music students were awarded music scholarships at the Harney County Chamber Music Society Scholarship Recital on Feb. 17. Harpist Julia Welsh received the R.B. (Dick) Hoffman Scholarship, while Cyrus Mocan playing baritone saxophone was awarded the Darryl and Gail Womack and Dale and Valeria Eggleston Scholarship for middle
Bringing smiles to children’s faces Arts and Entertainment Youth January 17, 2018January 17, 20180 His actual name is William Walther, but many know him as “The Puppet Man”, “The Toy Man”, and even Santa Claus. During the week of Jan. 8-11, Walther was at Hines Middle School (HMS) teaching students the art of making hand puppets as part of the artist-in-residence program funded by a
Annual ‘Carols by Candlelight’ event to be held Sunday, Dec. 10 Arts and Entertainment Community December 6, 2017December 6, 20170 The annual “Carols by Candlelight” will be presented at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Harney County Church of the Nazarene. The public is invited to attend and celebrate the Christmas season with the Word, carols, and song. Megan Kartchner will be sharing her beautiful harp music during the prelude
Arts and Entertainment Community News November 29, 2017November 29, 20170 Christmas time is here, and there are plenty of holly, jolly activities planned throughout Harney County to help you celebrate the season. Get into the spirit by marking your calenders for the following festivities: Thursday, Nov. 30 • Holiday concert by the Burns High School (BHS)band at 7 p.m. in the BHS
‘The Rough & Tumble’ will be rolling into town Arts and Entertainment November 8, 2017November 9, 20170 The Chamber Music Society of Harney County will host The Rough & Tumble Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Auditorium, 550 N. Court Ave. in Burns. The Rough & Tumble is a folk band consisting of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler who hail from Nashville, Tenn. “In their six
Caponetto to be featured in promotional video Arts and Entertainment Burns Paiute Tribe News Youth October 11, 2017October 11, 20170 Jon Caponetto, a 2015 graduate of Burns High School (BHS) and a member of the Burns Paiute Tribe, will be featured in an upcoming promotional video for the University of Oregon. CC Wright, coordinator of Native American recruitment for the university said Caponetto was selected as an example of Native Americans
‘Kindness Rocks’ project in Harney County Arts and Entertainment Community News October 4, 2017October 4, 20170 by MJ Wallis for the Burns Times-Herald The Harney County Arts and Crafts Association (HCACA) hosted a “Kindness Rocks” workshop on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the basement meeting room of the Harney County Courthouse. More than a dozen interested people of all ages and artistic abilities met to kick off our own
Kershaw to entertain audiences at county fair Arts and Entertainment News August 23, 2017August 23, 20170 Country music star Sammy Kershaw has been entertaining audiences for almost five decades, and he is showing no sign of slowing down. His accomplishments include three platinum albums, two gold albums, 25 singles on the Billboard Top 40 Hot Country Songs charts (including the No. 1 song She Don’t Know
Harney ESD awarded $35,000 grant from OCF Arts and Entertainment News Youth August 16, 2017August 16, 20170 Integrating the arts into the regular education classroom will continue to get a boost in Harney County from the Oregon Community Foundation. Recently, through a grant renewal process, Harney Education Service District (Harney ESD) gained approval for yet another $35,000. Harney ESD, partnering with Harney County schools, Kids Club of Harney