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A renewable shift, powered by wind and sun
When imagining the future, the younger me dreamed of living like the Jetsons: flying cars, robots and gadgets performing every daily task. Instead we'll likely see fewer hyper-futuristic homes and cars, and more solar panel-lined roofs and wind turbines.
By Abbie and Rick Sams
Mar 13, 2019
Take Me Home green building renewable energy wind farms solar farms solar power
Art Watch
Collective exhibition highlights art from Native artists
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts is offering a unique artist in residency program located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. While Crow's Shadow is a print studio that offers educational and professional development opportunities for Native artists, its residency program invites artists who don't traditionally work in the printmaking medium to work with a master printer to create lithographs of their work.
By Teafly Peterson
Mar 13, 2019
Art Watch Umatilla Indian Reservation Native artists Bend Art Center Avantika Bawa Marwin Begay Modou Dieng Demian DineYazhi Ka'ila Farrell-Smith
Smoke Signals
Applicants test the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
In a March 6 business meeting, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners once again heard an appeal of a marijuana farm land-use application. This is the first public hearing regarding an appeal of a marijuana land-use application since it was announced that the Deschutes County Farm Bureau and local industry representatives are appealing the county's 2018 "emergency" rulemaking decisions that further restricted where cannabis farms could exist.
By Jeremy Dickman
Mar 13, 2019
Smoke Signals Patti Adair Phil Henderson Deschutes County Farm Bureau Mckenzie Canyon Farms
Take Me Home
When it comes to property, it pays to keep up with fixes
Deferred maintenance is the exercise of postponing repairs and regular maintenance on real property or personal property in order to save costs. More often than not, failing to perform necessary, preventative services or repairs will result in asset deterioration and will ultimately have a big impact on the value of a home and its ability to sell.
By Christin J Hunter, Broker
Mar 6, 2019
Take Me Home home maintenance HVAC snowstorms
Art Watch
Two local events turn old items into new treasures
Staring in 2000, a unique, day-long, annual event began bringing artists together, creating things using only what they found at what was once Bend's premiere junkyard wonderland, Pak-It. Pat Korish, owner of Pak-It, paired with Artists Local 101, a now-defunct nonprofit art group, to put on the event.
By Teafly Peterson
Mar 6, 2019
Art Watch Pat Korish Pak-It art FeStore Trashformations
Advice & Fun
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Who was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's iconic painting Mona Lisa? Many scholars think it was Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo.
By Rob Brezsny
Mar 6, 2019
Advice & Fun
