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Isaac Biehl

Isaac is living proof that "Iowa Nice" is actually a thing. A journalism graduate from Iowa State University, he regularly writes about music, the outdoors and the arts/culture scene. Isaac loves the Trail Blazers, backpacking and a good IPA. He plans to one day win Survivor. Your move, Jeff Probst.

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Connecting Through Adventure

The inaugural Cascadia Adventure Film Festival is a homegrown fest with an international reach
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In Central Oregon, visitors and locals might have the chance to go mountain biking, whitewater rafting and hiking all in the same day. There’s a good chance you’ll get a look at all these activities even if you aren’t the one partaking. That’s just the lifestyle. That’s also why the Cascadia Adventure Film Festival makes […]

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Totally Worth It

The artists you might not know, but need to see at the 2019 Sisters Folk Festival
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It’s that time of the year again: the Sisters Folk Festival is back and ready to deliver a heaping amount of music. With such a great lineup that spreads across the town of Sisters, it can be hard to properly divvy up your time, and you might miss something that would have been worth knowing […]

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Source Material

A look back at a few of music’s gems from August
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Not to be harsh or anything, but summer is almost over, guys. That means we need to fill our lives with plenty of summertime bops and play them on repeat until it’s officially over. Luckily for us a lot of awesome music was put out just before the tail-end of the season! Check out some […]

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A Fall Jumpstart

The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools offers teachers a helping hand at the start of the school year
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Last school year, the Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools gave out 41 grants to the Bend-La Pine school district with its Spring Grants program, totaling over $70,000 donated for programs and needs for the upcoming school year. With the 2019-2020 session upon us, the Education Foundation’s new Back-to-School Classroom Grants for Educators program offers […]

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Having Each Other’s Backs

Jeffrey Silverstein & Alex Crowson’s connection is more than music
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First meeting about two years ago while both teaching at a school in Portland, Jeffrey Silverstein and Alex Crowson quickly bonded through music and their appreciation for early punk and pop tunes. Now their friendship has grown beyond that and they’ve each put out their first solo projects– which they realized were only released a […]

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Artist Fact Sheet: Ray Fulcher

One of country music’s best songwriters comes to Bend
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Country music has plenty of big names—many dominating the charts for quite some time. If you aren’t one to dig into the genre, you might be missing out on a lot of different music or players in the game. Ray Fulcher is one of those guys. Fulcher is a Southern man who might have gotten […]

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Four Favorites: “Big D.O.L.L.A.”

Damian Lillard, aka Dame D.O.L.L.A, is blessing our ears this offseason with his third album
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When he isn’t busy hitting bigtime buzzer beaters over Paul George, or being a father, you can probably find Damian Lillard in the studio rapping his a** off. The Portland Trail Blazers’ starting point guard now officially has three albums under his belt with the release of his latest effort, “Big D.O.L.L.A.” While you’ve probably […]

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Bluegrass & Podcasts

The former front man of Nickel Creek is paving new ground
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Sean Watkins has been playing music for a long time. From starting Nickel Creek when he was 12, playing variety type shows with the Watkins Family Hour and now moving out into solo projects, Watkins has definitely made the rounds, with each stop leaving an impression that has helped him grow. “I had no idea that […]

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Banding Together

Musicians in the Central Oregon scene join forces to throw a two-night music festival
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There’s an abundance of good music coming out of Central Oregon. You might not always find it if you don’t know where to look (our calendar helps)—but that’s part of the reason local bands are taking matters into their own hands with a new festival hosted at the Volcanic Theatre Pub. Appropriately titled the High […]

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