WINE—It is hard to be closer to your food than to be ankle deep in a vat of grapes picked from just a few feet away. The annual grape stomp is a fun and, yes, interactive activity for young and old. Please, though, clip your toenails and pluck your feet hair before jumping in. 10:30 […]
Phil Busse
Phil Busse has done his tour of duty with alt-weeklies, starting in 1992 right after graduation from Middlebury College as the first environmental beat reporter for San Francisco Weekly. After a brief detour through the University of Oregon School of Law, Phil returned to writing as the first Managing Editor for Portland Mercury. In 2006, he started the Media Institute for Social Change in Portland, through which he continues to host a summer program teaching college students to produce documentaries.
Until he was 25 or so, Phil thought that he would be a spy, and took scuba lessons to prepare, and learned to drive a motorcycle and an 18-wheeler. Perhaps, then, it is unsurprising that his favorite holiday is the Fourth of July (he loves blowing stuff up). He feels at home with Joseph Conrad's fictional characters.
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MOVIE Recommendation: The One I Love
Another Dimension The One I Love Gives Away Too Much—and Too Little By Allison Hallett In 2012, Mark Duplass and Aubrey Plaza starred in Safety Not Guaranteed, a charmingly lo-fi genre-buster that, to great effect, merged time travel with a quirky rom-com. Duplass treads similar territory in The One I Love, another hipster-Twilight Zone offering […]
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PICK: Little Woody
BEER—The Lexus of beer tasting festivals, Little Woody requests that brewers bring their A-game, asking for unique beers and, if possible, to age them in oak barrels, a style that adds contemplative dimensions to the beer. With music from Patrimony on Friday, Wilderness on Saturday. 5-10 pm, Friday; noon-10 pm, Saturday. 129 NW Idaho. $10 […]
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Editor’s Note: In this week’s issue, fashion! And new staff.
Perhaps because I always wished I were blessed with musical skills rather than writing abilities, I consider that the crew which puts together a newspaper is something like a band, with each person adding to the melody and voice of the paper. Yes, there are the front persons, like Bri Brey who consistently turns in […]
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Calm in a Storm of Adrenaline
Local rider is an up-and-comer in the up-and-coming sport of slopestyle
Propping elbows with day-old scabs on the table, 21-year-old professional mountain biker Carson Storch from Bend calmly explains, “I like being in the air.” “Oh, these,” he says when asked about the scabs that look as if a tiger has clawed both of his arms. “These are actually from Mt. Bachelor,” he explains. “I just […]
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PICK: Pickin’ & Paddlin’
MUSIC—Not only does the monthly Pickin’ and Paddlin’ offer free demos of canoes, kayaks and standup paddleboards, it also presents a sampler of great bands, starting with the fast banjo and guitar picking of The Student Loan. 5-9 pm. Tumalo Creek Canoe and Kayak, 805 SW Industrial Way. $5, children under 12 free.
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PICK: Your Grandma’s Cookbook
COOKING—Perhaps the Oregon Trail was never confused for the “spice trail,” but over the past century, chefs in the state certainly have learned to forage the natural flavors and wonders here, from Dungeness crabs to tart Marion berries. McMenamin’s “history pub” series presents “Your Grandma’s Cookbook, A Century of Oregon Eating, 1880 – 1980.” 7 […]
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PICK: SoloVox (electronica)
ELECTRONICA—Like a hyper sheep dog, the wildly popular Portland-based SoloVox rounds up chaos and holds it in loosely organized electronica jams, punctuated by jazzy piano licks and celebratory R&B remixes. 10 pm. Dojo, 852 NW Brooks. $5.
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Heartbreaking: Chris Horner pulled from Vuelta a Espana
Chris Horner, the Bend-based cyclist, is inspiring for many reasons, but certainly because his career has stayed steadfast even as he has aged. Following a solid performance at Tour du France, his team, however, has pulled him from competition.
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PICK: Reading, Carrie La Seur
READING—A seventh generation Montanan, author Carrie La Seur knows the crushing beauty of the Big Sky state. A Bryn Mawr graduate and Rhodes scholar, she is also whip-smart enough to make her observation sing and sting. Her debut novel, “The Home Place,” is remarkable, a story about beauty and loss and a woman pulled back […]
