ROBOTS—Warm Springs has been tapped as one of the nation’s testing grounds for drones, and that fact is expected to inspire a cottage industry of robotics in Central Oregon. Innovation Day provides a snapshot of the future. They are watching you, so why not watch them for a day? Pre-registration required (soaroregon.com). 7:30 am (robots […]
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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It Ain’t Thumb Wrestling
Local arm wrestlers host a bicep bulging, teeth-clattering competition
Last Sunday morning, a handful of very muscled men, and two equally fit women, gathered in a hot garage on Bend’s southern reaches. The garage door was half-open, but no wind stirred. At two different tables, the competitors clasped their hands and squared off against each other in a sport familiar to every school kid: […]
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The Ultimate Prize: A National Title
Seven local teens are part of ultimate Frisbee team that won the co-ed national championship
In 1967, a few New Jersey high school students invented a new game, a hybrid of soccer and their skills from tossing around Frisbees at the Jersey shore. It was so much fun that one of the boys called it the “ultimate” sport, a term that stuck. An important tenant of their invented game, largely […]
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Editor’s Note: In this week’s issue, cults!
What is often forgotten about the cult leader Jim Jones is that before his name became synonymous in 1978 with poisoned koolaid and an alarming mass suicide, he was better known as someone who helped poor families find housing. He was friends with the political elite of California, and named by mayor George Moscone as […]
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PICK: Jerry Joseph and Jack Mormons
MUSIC—Looking ever so slightly like a middle-aged Bruce Willis, Jerry Joseph is something like if John McClane were a singer-songwriter as opposed to a super-cop, terrorism fighter; tough, unrelenting chords, biting lyrics, and mesmerizing likability. 9 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century. $10.
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PICK: Munch & Music
MUSIC—Munch and Music wraps up summer not with a whimper, but with a crescendo of upbeat horns, disco balls, and a mop top of red hair. Cooper & The Jam lets loose an evangelical bellowing that would make Otis Redding proud, and prances on stage in moves that could teach Tina Turner a trick or […]
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Robin Williams tribute: SAT @ Volcanic 7 pm
I first saw Robin Williams on my favorite childhood TV show, “Happy Days.” He was an evil Orkin who froze all of Milwaukee until, of course, the Fonz broke the spell and saved the day. Throughout my childhood, Williams’ manic zeal was a regular part of my cultural diet – of course, Mork & Mindy, […]
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PICK: Bend Brewfest Kickoff
BEER—When we say, “there is no way you could taste all of the beers” at BrewFest, please don’t take that as a challenge to do so! But yes, it is a matter of balancing quality with quantity as 40-some of the best brewers from the west coast are on hand, and handing out tasters. Noon-11 […]
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Fire Report: Closures at Cultus Lake
The following areas remain closed to provide for public and firefighter safety during mop-up, rehab and demobilization of fire equipment as much of this work will require delivery and removal of resources via helicopter. West Cultus boat-in Campground is closed. Closed National Forest Service System Trails include: · Deer Lake Trail #6 from the Deer […]
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Have an “a-ha” Moment?
Do you have an “a-ha” moment in your life? That thought or inspiration that made you change course, maybe inspired a job change, or to move to Bend, or to finally ask your childhood sweetheart to marry you? Mutual of Omaha is filming folks discussing those enlightening moments, with potential to appear in a national ad. We […]