Screening with Shorts Block 1 at 6pm Thu., Oct 10, Regal Cinemas Old Mill 2; Shorts Block 3 at 5:30pm Fri., Oct 11, McMenamins Running Blind – Trailer from Suckatash Productions on Vimeo. Running BlindE.J. Scott, a regular-looking guy in his mid-30s, lives in a world of increasing darkness. In 2003 he was diagnosed with […]
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Broken Top Bottle Shop: Raise a Pint at First Firkin Friday, it’s for a Good Cause
A firkin keg is one in which all the carbonation comes from the fermentation that takes occurs in the keg—no CO2 is added. Tonight, proceeds from pints sold in association with Broken Top Bottle Shop’s First Firkin Friday will go to The Bethlehem Inn, an area shelter. So drink up, friends, and be happy—your money […]
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Horner Heading Home to Bend Following Crash at World Champs
Horner is the man. Bend’s Chris Horner, who, following his impressive late-summer win at the Vuelta a Espana recently became the oldest rider to capture a grand tour title, is out for the rest of the season. Horner, 41, broke his ribs in a crash at Sunday’s rain-soaked world championships road race in Florence and, […]
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The Man With Two Brains Recommends: The Last Maltz
Three Creeks collaborates with Lompoc to create new German brew
Zach Beckwith, the head brewer at Three Creeks Brewing, is kind of like Dr. Hfuhruhurr from Steve Martin’s The Man with Two Brains. Beckwith wanted to create something (in this case a beer, not a woman) that represents the best of both worlds. Once a brewer at Portland’s Lompoc Brewery, Beckwith recently returned to his […]
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Exercise like Steve Martin
A how-to, inspired by Martin’s many memorable characters
This past July, Steve Martin was riding his bike through northeast Pennsylvania. At some point, his wallet bounced out of his pocket where, hours later, it was found by a street cleaner. Instead of trading in the wallet to some tabloid or eBay collector, the Good Samaritan tracked down the venue where Martin was performing […]
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I Can’t Even Check the Weather! Thanks Government Shutdown!
Wondering if there’s rain in today’s forecast? Don’t expect NOAA, the federal weather agency, to give you any tips. Their website is down (see below), and serves as yet another reminder of the enormous reach of the current government shutdown—the first in 17 years. Dang. Nearly 800,000 government employees are now sitting at home or […]
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From "Gimp" to Glory
Amputee climber is the anchor for inspiring short, Gimp Monkeys
On a summer day more than a decade ago, climber Craig DeMartino was working his way across a tricky route (rated 5.11c) in Rocky Mountain National Park, when he had a momentary miscue with his climbing partner. In that moment, DeMartino's life unfurled, and he fell 100 feet to the hard ground below. His injuries […]
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Girls Gone Wild
Farah Goes Bang flips the script on the male-dominated road trip genre
Few things are as American as the road trip. Trekking across the country inside a rickety old vehicle with only a vague itinerary serving as guide is a time-honored right of passage, and an expression of freedom. Traditionally, however, such exploratory trips have been an expression of male freedom—somehow women were left at home when […]
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Jubelale Wins Again
An endorsement of this year’s artwork
The same year Deschutes was established, in 1988, the brewery released its first seasonal beer, Jubelale. The dark, malty strong ale (6.7% ABV, 60 IBUs) has won a laundry list of awards and earned a “world-class” ranking on the beer review site beeradvocate.com. Created each September, the specialty brew is one of the most highly […]
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Win Tickets to TGR’s New Ski Film, Way of Life
Later this week we’ll be giving away FREE TICKETS to Way of Life, the latest film from Teton Gravity Research. It’s screening at The Tower (8pm, Wed. Oct 2)…but that’s not all! Get to the event and you’ll be eligible to win MORE free stuff. From The Tower:“Prizes from The North Face, Sony, Atomic, and […]
