Central Oregon is packed with wonder women. Below are just a few of the kick-ass females who are thriving in roles traditionally associated with men. Not All Dudes How Sarah Robinson broke through the male majority to become an accomplished chemist Sarah Robinson has always been a science nerd. The Oregon native holds a Ph.D. […]
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We Heart National Championships!
Snowshoes at sno parks and winter riding tips
Because Bend loves to host national championship sporting events (marathon mountain bike nationals, road nationals, masters road nationals, cyclocross nationals, Xterra nationals, etc.) the U.S. SNOWSHOE national championships are coming to town this weekend! Yes, snowshoeing is a thing. And yes, there’s a national championship associated with it. And though you may look at snowshoeing […]
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Yeah, Yeah…We Get It—Bend Beers in Cans
Yesterday’s news. Dear local media,Thanks fur (hiccup) jumpin on the canned craft beer (hiccup) story that we ran in NOVEMBER. We’re glad GoodLife started (hiccup) canning as planned. These thangs is (hiccup) delicious.luv,the Source
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Sarah Palin’s New “Thought Provoking” Book About Christmas
AP Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, is working on a new book and it’s called “A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas.” Palin said this about her book: “This will be a fun, festive, thought provoking book, which will encourage all to see what is possible when we unite […]
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Waldo Lake Decision to Come Out of Salem on Wednesday
Today the Register Guard reported this: Advocates who want to ban seaplanes from landing on Waldo Lake are organizing a carpooling effort to head to Salem on Wednesday for a hearing on a bill banning motors on the lake. But critics of the bill also are making themselves heard. Senate Bill 602, sponsored by 36 […]
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FRIDAY: White House Beer Party at GoodLife! Come!
White House Beer Party with Wilderness$3 pints! 5 p.m. Friday, March 8GoodLife Brewing Co., 70 SW Century Dr. Tomorrow we get try the White House Honey Porter, a presidential brew made especially for us by GoodLife Brewing Company. We got a hold of the White House’s original recipe and passed it on to GoodLife—kind of […]
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Trail Work Party At Redmond Radlands
And, a new PistenBully for Meissner?
Do you like sweet new trails? Of course you do! But trails with flow don’t build themselves, so get your ass out to Redmond this weekend and lend a hand on Saturday morning. The Central Oregon Trail Alliance is organizing a trail-work event to help flesh out the trail system at Radlands, aka the Northeast […]
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Read a Book
Authors and events you should know about
A Better Way to Live Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Greenblatt revives the Renaissance Last year Stephen Greenblatt won a Pulitzer Prize for his nonfiction book "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern." In it, Greenblatt outlines how Poggio Bracciolini, a 15th-century humanist, saved important heretical writings that helped give rise to modern thinking. Such works, like […]
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Bend’s Ian Boswell Kicking Ass at Paris-Nice
Boswell crashed hard yesterday, but is soldiering on. Today Ian Boswell (Team Sky) successfully finished stage 3 of the 7-stage Paris-Nice road race, considered by most to mark the real beginning of the European racing season. Here’s Boswell on today’s stage, which was won by another American, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp). It ain’t easy over there. […]
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TONIGHT! Outlaw Country at The Horned Hand
This is a great line:“I ain’t crossing over from no punk rock scene, I ain’t no hillbilly hippie, cause real country music is all I sing.” -Johnny Outlaw and The Johnson Creek Stranglers The Johnson Creek Stranglers are a REAL country band, as evidenced by the line above. If REAL country is your thang, go […]
