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Get in Touch with Your Wild Side: Capoeira for Chimps Inc.

Learn a new movement art this summer and feel good doing it!

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that also fuses elements of dance and music. It is  played by two people who engage in a corporal conversation in a rodaโ€”a circle of people who sing, clap, and play instruments. The music commands the tempo and energy of the game, which is played with a series of kicks […]

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Old Mill Districtโ€™s Tumalo Art Company Owner Receives Arts, Beautification & Culture Award from the City of Bend

Susan Luckey Higdon is awarded the honor based on her involvement with the Bend, Oregon gallery

16 June 2016 – Bend, Oregon โ€“ Susan Luckey Higdon, manager and owner of the Tumalo Art Company gallery in the Old Mill District, received an Arts, Beautification & Culture (ABC) Award from the City of Bend in May. The ABC award which honors three individuals, organizations and businesses yearly that have made significant contributions […]

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Firefighters to Use New Recruits on Prescribed Burn Outside of Sisters

Students Will Work Beside Qualified Firefighters in Live Fire Exercise

SISTERS โ€“ Taking advantage of cooler weather and localized precipitation, the Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists and firefighters will conduct a prescribed burn on Thursday, June 16, as a live fire training exercise for new firefighters. This week the Central Oregon Fire Management Service, a service-first organization made up of Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests […]

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The Regionโ€™s Only Wedding Show Takes New Shape in 2017

Longstanding Central Oregon wedding showโ€”now known as Cascade Wedding Showโ€”will be transformed into a full, elegant bridal experience in 2017

The Cascade Wedding Show, formerly known as Central Oregon Wedding and Event Show, will premiere on January 14, 2017 at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes Convention Center with a new name and a reimagined bridal experience. New event producers Lay It Out Events have a renewed vision for the event, which is the only wedding […]

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Wyden, Merkley Introduce Mineral Withdrawal Bill

Legislation helps farmers and ranchers, protects high desert

Washington, D.C. โ€“ U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on June 9 introduced legislation that would protect more than 2 million acres of the world-renowned high desert in southeastern Oregon from outside mineral exploitation, including oil and gas drilling, and build on long-time local economic strengths by helping farmers and ranchers. Wyden and Merkley […]

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Bend Park and Recreation District Closes Passageway Channel at Whitewater Park for Evaluation

Experts-only whitewater channel remains open

Bend, Ore. โ€“ June 9, 2016โ€”The Bend Park and Recreation District is taking action to evaluate the safety and overall experience of its new Bend Whitewater Park. As an immediate step, the Passageway channel at the park will be closed beginning today while evaluations are conducted. The passageway is likely to be closed throughout the […]

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Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science of Successful Negotiating, with Harvard’s Dr. Michael Wheeler

Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, interviewing the luminaries of behavioral science. There have been two major schools on negotiatingโ€”Ury, Fisher and Patton’s “win-win”/”relationships are everything” approach and Roger Cohen’s “nail ’em to the wall” hardball approach. Harvard Business School professor Michael Wheeler finds that these rigid, one-size-fits-all strategies often clash with […]

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