Aging with grace? Nope, aging with laughter, that’s my motto,” says Elizabeth Ueland, whose new comedy show played to a sellout crowd its first night at Silver Moon Brewing in Bend. The Source Weekly caught up with Ueland and comic Aaron Johnson recently to learn more about the new show. Source Weekly: What gave you […]
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Music in the Wild
Outdoor concerts from In a Landscape bring beautiful music
to the West’s beautiful places
Hunter Noack has always been fascinated with the different ways people approach and interact with the natural world. He also loves to make music, but since his primary instrument is the acoustic piano, he struggled for years to think of a way to bring his music with him into natural settings. “He was lamenting how […]
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Smoke-Free THC
Lotions, bath bombs and chapstick that let you partake and go easy on your wildfire smoke-addled lungs
While many studies in recent years argue that smoking cannabis is better for one’s health than smoking tobacco, there remains the fact that smoking cannabis is still smoking, and can therefore leave you and your lungs with some negative health effects. Stoners, however, are an adaptable bunch; any toker who’s had to make due with […]
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Bend’s First Queer-Owned Coffee Shop and Gathering Space Opens
Turtle Island Coffee Shop opens just ahead of the big Pride party weekend
This weekend, venues around Central Oregon are hosting parties to celebrate Pride. Celebrations in honor of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community include a Friday night “Cliché Queer” dance party at Volcanic Theatre Pub on the west side and the Saturday night “Big. Queer. Party.” at Open Space on the east side. Right in the middle of all […]
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Juneteenth is Coming
With a full weekend of celebration ahead for June 17 and 18
in Central Oregon, we chat with one of the organizers of the
Black-led event
Juneteenth, an amalgam of “June” and “19,” marks the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, were alerted that they’d been freed from slavery – and had actually been freed two years prior. Today, Juneteenth is a celebration day and a day of remembrance, celebrated nationwide, including in Central Oregon. We sat down for […]
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Pride Month Has Arrived. Here's Where to Find the Fun
Drag shows, markets, parties and lots and lots of queer joy
June is Pride Month, and Central Oregon has a jam-packed month in store. From drag shows to writing workshops to dance parties, this list of events offers people a variety of ways to celebrate queer joy and support the LGBTQ+ community. We talked with John Kish — owner of Somewhere That’s Green and The Greenhouse […]
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Functional Beverages for Fun Times or Just for a Healthful Routine
Bend-based Altitude Functional Beverages offers long-lasting fuel and brain-boosting ingredients in its line of canned drinks
With backgrounds in aviation, physics and software development, a Bend couple had always dreamed of entrepreneurship and were constantly playing with business ideas. Then, an unexpected encounter with the world of functional ingredients sparked their curiosity and set them on an entirely new course. Altitude Functional Beverages was born in the kitchen of co-founders Laura […]
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Planting for Pollinators
Partnership seeks to increase awareness of incorporating native plants into local gardens
The City of Bend, Worthy Environmental and Pollinator Pathway Bend are teaming up to give away native plant starts to homeowners to increase awareness about the role these plants play in terms of pollinators, waterwise landscaping, creating habitat and much more. Through a matching grant, over 2,000 starts will be given away to registered homeowners […]
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‘The Old Man and the Old Moon,’ an Epic Fable
Folk music helps weave a fanciful tale at Bend’s newest cabaret theater
Bend plant shop owner John Kish has loved growing things since he was a small child. His second passion, though, was only realized after earning his college degree at Oregon State and the University of Washington. “Once I graduated with my horticulture degree, I went to New York and attended Circle in the Square Theatre […]
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Shark Tank, Middle School Edition
Obsidian Middle School students pitch inventions for High Desert ESD’s new assistive tech program
Steve Randall’s computer science technology class at Redmond’s Obsidian Middle School hosted a Shark Tank last week, a panel of judges helping steer student inventions aimed at helping their peers with disabilities navigate their way through school. It’s the second such program of the current school year, the first of which occurred in Bend at […]