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Creative Heights Artist Residency: Bailey LeFever
Come learn from expert rockhound Bailey LeFever how to source stones and make them into a beautiful pendant. This is a two-part class: May 30 1-5pm and May 31 9am-5pm Generously funded by Oregon Community Foundation’s Creative Heights Grant.
Music Series: The Muddy Souls
The Muddy Souls are a leading progressive/jamgrass band based in Eugene, OR featuring original songs, virtuosic improvisation, tight vocal harmonies, and a high-octane groove that always has the dance floor bouncing. Formed in 2018, the band has four albums of completely original music, and has played nearly 300 concerts across the Pacific Northwest, Canada and…
Music Series: Tuesday String Band
Tuesday String Band is a bluegrass trio of young music professionals who met through the music program at Western Oregon University. They love entertaining crowds with fast pickin’, humorous onstage banter, and string band versions of music from a wide variety of styles. These boys have performed in numerous Oregon cities and are all working…
Creative Heights Artist Residency Grant: David Boyd
Come experience Ethiopian culture, taste amazing Ethiopian food, share coffee during a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony and see a dance or two! Chef David Boyd, owner of Down to Earth Cuisine will bring his Ethiopian wife and family to Spray to share their favorite dishes. Listen to Ethiopian music and share a dance or two,…
Music Series: Rich Swanger
Rich Swanger is an Oregon based songwriter with roots in folk, gospel, and country-blues music. Born amongst the Appalachian hills of Pennsylvania, he was surrounded by song from the very beginning. He discovered harmony in the church choir and found an attraction to twang hearing his father strum country classics around the house. This led…
Music Series: Skillethead
Setting roots in the high and dry Central Oregon desert, Skillethead calls forth the best of bluegrass old and new. They ground themselves firmly in the bluegrass traditions of driving fiddle tunes, layered harmonies, and single mics, all the while weaving in inspiration and originality gleaned from genres far and wide. You can expect to hear…