Options are plentiful this year if you’d like to spend a segment of the spooky season all dolled up at a drag show, because we have three (THREE!) all happening within a few nights of each other. First we have Drag Me to Hell on Friday, Oct. 27 (Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm) from […]
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The Halloween Haul!
From safe trick-or-treat to amazing dance parties, here’s a round-up of events that will delight
For the Family: What to do with your lovely little goblins this Halloween? 2023 Pumpkin Patch at Schilling’s Garden Market Pick from a variety of gourds, mums and other specialty pumpkins until the end of October. Now until Oct. 31, Schilling’s Garden Market, 64640 Old Bend-Redmond Hwy, Bend. Free. Youth Class- Halloween Treats Have your […]
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Everyone’s a Barbie. No One’s Your Barbie.
I played with Barbies ’til I had to quit, because junior high. But this Halloween, all us closet-Barbie lovers get to hop off the hate-wagon.
If you’re dressing as Barbie for Halloween this year, no one needs to tell you how to slay it. After all, you’re Barbie and in charge of your own destiny. Loving that rollerblade costume from the beach scene, or the formal admission of Weird Barbie into Barbie Land? Your costume is only a pink dream […]
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The Benefit of Book Clubs
Insights, connections, aha moments
Earlier this year, our fiction book club discussed “Trust” by Hernan Diaz, one of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners. At the beginning of our meeting, most people indicated they didn’t like the book. But after an hour of talking about it together, we made a remarkable discovery. Reflecting on that final scene, and synthesizing what […]
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The Art of Sound Healing
An interview with Kevin Kraft of Soundshala
Several weeks ago, Kevin Kraft, musician, sound healer and the author of the children’s book focused on mindfulness, “Ohmmmmmmm,” joined us on the Bend Don’t Break podcast, chatting not just about his work, but also giving us a demo of the sound baths he leads using gongs, harmoniums, flutes and more. It was an aural […]
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To Film, With Love
A quick conversation with BendFilm’s director of programming before the biggest movie nights in Bend
As I entered BendFilm’s office building on a rainy afternoon, I quickly realized that film fests are not just popcorn and pictures, at least, not for those who put them on. In every possible corner, pamphlets and programs pooled on office desks, merchandise boxes balanced atop one another occupied the space of an entire wall, […]
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Imagination Wave
Horoscope columnist Rob Brezsny releases "Astrology Is Real," his first astrology book
Just when you think you know your astrologer, he goes and surprises you with a radical centrist call to action. Maybe I should have seen it coming. Rob Brezsny’s “Free Will Astrology” column has been delighting alt-weekly readers and wisdom seekers since 1978. His madcap mastery of the language, unpredictable wisdom and huge breadth of […]
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Why Celebrate the Freedom to Read?
Commemorate Banned Books Week Oct. 1-7
A (very) long time ago I was a high school science teacher in Goodyear, Arizona. One of my favorite classes to teach was a first-year biology course. Each year I had to address the same misinformation when I introduced the Evolution unit. Evolution, the study of how life changes through time, is the keystone to understanding […]
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Sleep is Medicine
Artist Teafly showcases 20 years of artwork in Bend and highlights the healing powers of sleep and other basic human needs ahead of a Sept. 21 book release
Every art show is a labor of love – a testament to the trials of the artist involved and a display of the fruits of the effort. Not every day, however, does an art show strike so deeply into the human condition and emerge with what I call a victory tale about overcoming… or perhaps […]
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Vámonos al Cine
Latinx Outdoor Film Fest coincides with the start of
Hispanic Heritage Month
Over the past several years, the community organization Vámonos Outside has put on a host of events aimed at encouraging diverse participation in the outdoors through camping, skiing and snowboarding, climbing and other active endeavors. Now, it’s planning an event that’s a bit more sedentary — but still focused on a love of the outdoors. […]
