During September and October, A6 Studio & Gallery in Bend will host a series of exhibits and events featuring the work of renowned photographer and ethnologist, Edward S. Curtis. Born near Whitewater, Wisconsin, in 1868, Curtis devoted his life to photographing and documenting the lives of the North American Native American tribes. When his family […]
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A Drinking Game With A Rugby Problem
At 40 years old, Bend Rugby Football Club is still young
Nope, the Bend Rugby Football Club (Bend RFC) isn’t anything new in town. It is 40 years old, founded in 1975, from a time when Bend was a sleepy post-glory mill and pre-corporation ski town, and when the closest locally brewed beer was a good 300 miles away (like, maybe, Olympia, Washington?). Early on, the […]
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Art Watch 8/26-9/2
The last weekend of each month offers an abundance of art and live music in Central Oregon, and this weekend is no different. On Friday, August 28, the Sisters Arts Association celebrates art and live music as part of its Fourth Friday Art Stroll in downtown Sisters. Sisters Galleries will have featured artist receptions, art […]
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High Art in the High Desert
Out of 100 artists, we profile a handful
Among the featured artists at this weekend’s Art in the High Desert—what is billed as Central Oregon’s premier juried art and craft show—is Bend’s own Darryl Cox, whose Fusion Frame art will be included in the exhibit. Cox combines woodworking, painting and sculpting to create beautiful frames that integrate both man-made and natural elements, such […]
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Art Watch 8/19-8/26
From StoryCorps to “The Moth” on NPR, to the Night Light events at Tin Pan Theater, the past decade has had a particular crush on storytelling. And, this concept—that everyone has a story to share, and that these stories are profoundly personal and at the same time universal—is the inspiration behind the Tiny Hey project. […]
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Mountain Biking and Road Cycling Have a Baby!
Gravel biking now has an official race in Central Oregon
The Ochoco National Forest, northeast of Prineville, is a diversely magical place, chock full of towering old growth trees, rough-cut canyons, and sprawling hard-scrabbled dirt and desert. Next weekend it will also host the Ochoco Gravel Roubaix, Central Oregon’s first gravel bicycle race. Its European namesake, the ultra classic Paris-Roubaix, is known for rough terrain, […]
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Art Watch 8/12-8/19
Mary Medrano explores man vs. nature through art
A week ago, Mary Medrano opened her first solo exhibition in Central Oregon at the Rotunda Gallery in the Barber Library on the COCC campus. The exhibit is called Feathered Tales, featuring a series of 30 mixed-media paintings that Medrano created during the past six months. Finding inspiration in the natural world, Medrano uses painting […]
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Art Watch 7/29-8/5
As part of its “Clean Water Works” campaign, the City of Bend and its Arts Beautification and Culture Commission have selected three local volunteer artists to paint four of the city’s storm drains during the first week of August. The goal is to use art as a way to increase awareness about the connection between […]
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Chi Restaurant is Here To Stay
An old space gets a beautiful overhaul — and fresh sushi
The corner of Newport Avenue and the Deschutes River has come a long way since the days of Boondocks, the long gone but not entirely forgotten nightclub. After several attempts as a bar and music venue, the space next to the river has finally come into its own—as a classy restaurant, Chi Chinese and Sushi […]
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Simple but Elegant
Sip brings the vineyards to Galveston
Emy Sanchez is a Central Oregon native who gave up the corporate life to pursue her true passion: wine. Sanchez previously worked as a wine importer and marketer. She gained expertise in those jobs, but owning her own wine bar was her dream—albeit one that felt like a pipe dream. That is, until last fall […]