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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SFF presents free
Fir Street Park concert
photo provided
sisters and Cloverdale firefighters responded to back up firefighters battling massive blazes on Warm springs
and near John Day.
Locals aid in massive fires
With the extreme fire dan-
ger across Central Oregon,
Cloverdale Rural Fire Pro-
tection District (Cloverdale
RFPD) and Sisters Camp-
Sherman Fire District have
been involved helping neigh-
boring areas as wildfires
spreading quickly have taken
their toll on local resources.
All three northwest-county
fire agencies, Cloverdale, Sis-
ters, and Black Butte Ranch
sent units to assist with the
County Line 2 fire in Warm
Springs, which had reached
52,000 acres as of Sunday.
On Saturday, Cloverdale
and Sisters units were
released from Warm Springs
and sent to the Canyon City
Fire in John Day. This fire has
consumed 26 houses and was
37,000 acres as of Friday.
Extreme fire danger in the
area has prompted Cloverdale
RFPD to impose restric-
tions beginning immediately,
which coincide with restric-
tions countywide.
“Effective 12:01 a.m.
August 18 (Tuesday), all
open fires, including charcoal
fires, will be prohibited on
all lands administered by the
Deschutes National Forest,
the Ochoco National Forest
and Crooked River National
Grassland, and the Prineville
District, BLM. There are no
exceptions for developed or
hosted campgrounds.”
Fundraiser features poetry, music
Local student Sianna
Flowers has been given
the opportunity to attend
Interlochen Arts Academy,
an audition-only interna-
tional arts boarding high
school in Northern Michigan.
Flowers will be attending for
her senior year as a creative-
writing major.
To raise money for her
tuition she is hosting a fund-
raising event at The Depot
Café at 7 p.m. on August 25.
Flowers will be reading a
collection of her best works
as the evening’s entertain-
ment while accompanied by
local guitarist Olivia Faludi.
Desserts will be provided.
It will be an evening to
relax, connect with friends,
and support arts in the
community.
Attending Interlochen
Arts Academy will give
Flowers the opportunity to
grow as a writer and create
lasting connections.
All checks for Flowers’
tuition can be made out to
Interlochen Arts Academy
and given at the fundraiser or
sent to Diane Flowers at P.O.
Box 213 Sisters, OR, 97759
before August 28.
Sisters Folk Festival will
host its second free summer
concert at Fir Street Park on
Saturday, August 22, featur-
ing Santa Cruz, California
artist Keith Greeninger.
These shows, supported by
The Roundhouse Foundation,
provide an opportunity for the
Folk Festival to give back to
the Sisters community that
supports their programs so
well. This show comes after
a well-received concert with
Matt the Electrician, who
performed to more than 200
appreciative fans August 6.
“Fir Street Park is a gath-
ering place to celebrate our
community and bring people
together. These shows are
our way of saying thanks. We
commend the City of Sisters
and all who contributed to its
creation, and they did an out-
standing job representing the
best of what Sisters Country
has to offer, it is a welcoming
and artful place in downtown
Sisters,” said Brad Tisdel, cre-
ative director of Sisters Folk
Festival.
Saturday’s concert starts at
6:30 p.m., and audience mem-
bers are encouraged to bring
low-back chairs and blankets,
as seating is not provided.
Keith Greeninger has
been to Sisters many times,
and has created a following
unparalleled in the area. As
a singer-songwriter, Keith
paints intricate portraits of
the human condition with
powerful melodic images,
deep engaging guitar rhythms
and husky, heart-wrench-
ing vocals. His masterfully
crafted tunes and powerful
presence have earned him
the top songwriting awards at
the prestigious Telluride Blue
Grass Festival, The Kerrville
Folk Festival, and The Napa
Valley Folk Festival.
Keith has toured the
national folk and Americana
circuit extensively for over
two decades. Keith is friend
to many, and has taught at the
Americana Song Academy,
worked with students in
Sisters for over a decade, and
performed at the Sisters Folk
Festival many times, includ-
ing last year with Bill Payne,
keyboardist for Little Feat.
Anna Tivel from Portland
will open the show. She is
an exceptional artist who
has played the Sisters Folk
Festival the past two years,
both solo and as part of the
Shook Twins band, on fid-
dle. Tivel is an extraordinary
singer and a fine writer with
an intriguing and captivating
lyrical quality.
The stage at Fir Street Park
will be a free venue during the
20th Anniversary Sisters Folk
Festival, September 11-13.
With performances starting at
noon on Saturday and Sunday,
the community will be able to
see Americana Project stu-
dents and alumni, and some
of the headlining talent.
For more information, visit
www.sistersfolkfestival.org.