The Fulcrum team believes in the deep connection between the creative arts and democracy – music in all its forms, poetry, theater, dance, literature and drama.
This playlist curated by Made By Us for Civic Season appeals to the human spirit; spirit that expresses the joys, sorrows and harmonies of the heart and soul. Indeed, culture is the quintessence of humanity’s expressive hope; the realm of endeavor in which our senses – sight, sound, smell, touch and taste – can be shared in family, community and country.
Listen to this wonderful playlist of music and see if you agree with us that collection speaks to our history as a nation and to our hopes and desires for an America that represents our ideals.
Sprinklers keep the grass green in the landscaping surrounding a pond and a pool at a property previously owned by Byron Garth. The land is in the Central Oregon Irrigation District, and Garth bought the water rights in 2016, as he was building out the multimillion-dollar estate. Emily Cureton Cook/OPB
The Redmond Potato Show in 1912 and in the 1960s. For roughly half a century, much of the Central Oregon Irrigation District’s water fed potato farms, and those potatoes fed the West Coast. Local high schoolers were excused from school for a week to help with a harvest that filled as many as 20 rail cars a day in the 1950s. Deschutes County Historical Society
