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A Chat with Tyler Farr

The “Redneck Crazy” star headlines WinterFest Saturday. We chatted with him ahead of his appearance
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Country music icon Tyler Farr is headed to Oregon and headlining Oregon WinterFest this Saturday night. WinterFest is the Northwest’s biggest winter festival, with three live music stages, light displays, a fire pit area, amusement rides, food, art, market shopping and more. Farr takes the stage at 8:30pm for an authentic, powerhouse performance. “Redneck Crazy,” […]

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Shakes-Spirited Away

Choreographer, dancer and director Michelle Mejaski explores a new medium
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In the quiet of a brunch-hour coffee shop, I looked across the table at the medium, whose body looked like it was gently being pulled from side to side. She started clearing her throat, over and over, like there was something caught halfway down the wrong pipe. “Is there something you’re not saying?” She rasped […]

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Always Seeking the Stars

"Space, Hope and Charity" tells the unforgettable story of Charity Woodrum
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Most of us are going through some sort of difficulties in our lives, true, but Charity Woodrum’s story reads like someone being taught, lesson after lesson, by a universe unaware of individual struggle. And after watching the locally made documentary about Woodrum, “Space, Hope and Charity,” it’s hard not to feel like she took those […]

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History Worthy of Remembering

History Pubs are back, bringing important stories from the past into the present
by Kiyomi Appleton Gaines

Deschutes Historical Society and Worthy Brewing partner each month to bring important stories from the past to a local audience. “Back in 2009, we started Bend History Pub,” said Kelly Cannon-Miller, executive director of the Museum. “Oregon Encyclopedia had been doing history pubs in the Portland area with great success. When I joined the Oregon […]

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Cacao as Ceremony

Dr. Michelle Ericksen holds cacao healing ceremonies aimed at bringing renewal, meditation and nurturing to Central Oregon
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Warming the body with mindfulness and a hot cup of cacao can fill people with unconditional love, comfort, gentle energy and health benefits, says the facilitator of a local ceremony. These ceremonies invite individuals to explore and embrace the deepest truths of who they are through the healing powers of cacao. Seeing the cacao ceremonies […]

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Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution

More than 90% of New Year’s Resolutions get abandoned — so how do you become one of the 10%?
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Nearly 40% of adults had a new year’s resolution going into 2022 — and by February about 36% of those people had already given up. Fewer than one in 10 people are able to maintain their resolution the whole year, and the people who fall off the wagon often blame it on a lack of […]

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Napoleon Dynamite Turns 18

A chat with Jon Heder, ahead of his appearance in Bend
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I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate how influential to pop culture “Napoleon Dynamite” was upon its release in 2004. I was working at a video store at the time and the number of copies I rented to teenagers and proto-hipsters wearing “Vote For Pedro” t-shirts is too many for me to even try to wrap […]

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Book-Themed Art Gallery Inspires Creativity

Downtown Bend’s book and art lovers’ haven is the cozy, funky Underground Book Gallery
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When walking through a gallery, the urge to get too close to the art and touch everything is unbearable. Fancy art galleries and art studios host beautiful work, but it can be intimidating and uncomfortable to walk through. The Underground Book Gallery is breaking the barrier between art and the viewer with its interactive book-themed […]

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Library Foundation’s Novel Idea Unveils This Year’s Book(s)

The Deschutes Public Library celebrates the 20th anniversary of “A Novel Idea” with a twist
by Alex Shea

Locals gathered Dec. 3 at the Downtown Bend Library for the Deschutes Public Library Foundation’s 20th “A Novel Idea” unveiling ceremony, where the 2023 selection was revealed. A Novel Idea is Oregon’s largest annual community reading event, held during the spring in libraries and venues around Deschutes County. For the last 20 years, Novel Idea […]

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