A new exhibit at the Bowman Museum‘s Belknap Exhibit Center is entitled ย “Soul of the Land: Quilts by June Jaeger.” Jaeger was born in Prineville and has lived there off and on at various points of her life. She feels a deep connection to the small town. โThere is just a lot of good people […]
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Free Will Astrology, Week of Feb. 19
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Over the last 4,000 years, a host of things have been used as money in addition to precious metals and paper currency. Among them have been cows, seashells, cheese, tobacco, velvet, tulips, elephant tusks, and huge stone wheels. I hope this poetic fact will inspire your imagination about financial matters. In […]
The Pride in Numbers Survey is Underway
The Pride Foundation is sponsoring a new survey called โPride in Numbers.โ Itโs for all adults 18+ who are LGBTQIA and Two Spirit. Nimisha Jain, one of the team members hoping to get the word out in Central Oregon, describes the information being gathered by the survey. โAll kinds of questions are being asked in […]
Off The Radar
Weโre still smack dab in the middle of that time of year when most of whatโs getting released doesnโt have much cultural cachet (or a massive marketing budget) and so gets quietly released around the end of January or the top half of Februaryโฆjust somewhere in the first quarter of the year. I still spent […]
Channeling Willie to Shut Out the Chaos
โItโs extremely hard to look out at the world today, at our communities, and come to grips with the kind of darkness that is increasingly seeping into every single last corner of day-to-day life,โ says local musician Joe Estrada. โAnd while thereโs plenty we can all be doing within our individual capacities, itโs still hard […]
Meet Central Oregon Symphony’s New Executive Director
Wearing many musical hats already, Dr. Travis Allen has recently also taken on the role of executive director of the Central Oregon Symphony Association. He is a cellist extraordinaire, professor of music history and theory at COCC, member of the Dove String Quartet and frequent performer with the Sunriver Music Festival. He is also the […]
Coffee:ย A Health Benefit or Detriment?
History has it that 15th century Sufis were among the first to brew coffee as a drink, discovering its wakening benefits for all-night devotional practices. Over the centuries, the practice spread to Europe and further west and is now by far the most popular drink worldwide. While it is loved for its caffeine content and ability […]
LISTEN: Grand Craft Bend: Ryan Atagi ๐ง
In this episode, we meet Crux Fermentation Project’s head brewer, Ryan Atagi. While Japanese lagers (or rice lagers) are gaining steam, Atagi’s Japanese heritage brings something extra to Crux’s Bochi Bochi lager and an array of other beers including a new dark Japanese lager he created in conjunction with OSU called OSSU. LISTEN NOW:
LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break, Holly McCown Harris ๐ง
In this episode of Bend Donโt Break, Aaron Switzer sits down with Holly McCown Harris, Health Services Director for Deschutes County, to explore the realities of providing public and behavioral health care in a rapidly growing region. Holly shares her journey from juvenile probation work in rural Texas to leading one of Central Oregonโs most […]
Free Will Astrology, Week of Feb. 12
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Poet Mary Oliver asked her readers, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” This Valentine season, I propose a collaborative version of this prod: Ask those you care for to help you answer Oliverโs question, and offer to help them answer it […]

