Bend Bella Cyclists Group Ride WOMEN'S—Various dates and times. Leaves from various locations. All women’s rides, all levels. bendbellacyclists.org Cruiser Ride CASUAL—Thursday, 7 pm. Starting in June. Leaves from Riverside Market, 285 NW Riverside Blvd. Laid-back group cruise around town. Bring a light. Dirt Divas Women’s Mountain Bike Ride WOMEN'S—Monday 5:30 pm. Leaves from Pine […]
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Our Picks 5/29 – 6/6
wednesday 29 Know Beer: Boneyard BEER— Listen in as Tony Lawrence, Boneyard Beer’s brewmaster, explains how his brew got so damn good. This “Know Beer” series event highlights one of Bend’s best breweries and includes tastings of its suds. Boneyard’s RPM IPA might be the best India Pale Ale in town. How’d they do that? […]
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Locally Grown Radio
KPOV launches local news programming
Historically, radio has represented its sense of place better than other forms of media—consider iconic shows like the "Grand Ole Opry" and "A Prairie Home Companion," or even music itself, often labeled the Seattle, Minneapolis or British scene. But over the past 15 years, radio, more than any other medium, has undergone a rapid consolidation […]
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Rancher’s Delight
Imperial Ranch shares a yarn of a history
An hour and 40 minutes into the cracked high desert northeast of Bend, eight miles past the barely recognizable “town” of Antelope, sits the Imperial Stock Ranch, surrounded by chapped canyon landscape, rife with tumbleweeds. A century ago, this was a bustling center of commerce. At its core was Imperial Stock Ranch, established in 1871 […]
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For Art's Sake
Marshall High School rents student work
In an epic WTF failure of the modern education system, only one-third of Oregon public schools provide coursework in the visual arts. This in spite of compelling evidence that arts education increases academic performance, motivation and social and critical thinking skills—skills like self-expression, creativity and patience, which are particularly significant for nontraditional students, like those […]
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Our Picks 5/22 – 5/30
thursday 23 Ellison Army & Ale Apothecary BAND & BREW—Paul Arney, owner of The Ale Apothecary, makes the best damn beer in Bend, and on Thursday (in the name of Central Oregon Beer Week) he’ll come down from the hills to explain how he does it, while pouring samples and selling bottles to discerning beer […]
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Booked Up
Central Oregon
literary events
Attention, book lovers! Support local literary culture by attending workshops, author presentations and classes offered this week (and every week) at various shops and libraries in Central Oregon. thursday 16 Bob Welch—author presentation Cascade Summer: My Adventure on Oregon's Pacific Crest Trail. A second reading will be held at Paulina Springs in Sisters, 252 W. […]
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Closed Book
Indie bookshop calls it a day
I stopped buying compact disks the day I bought my iPod in the mid-2000s. I was never interested in the bulky plastic jewel cases that clutter up apartments, and my favorite CDs always sport deep scratches, making them nearly unlistenable. Sure, sometimes the cover art is interesting, but it's not crucial to the music. Books? […]
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Hula Hooptie
Bend Circus Center celebrates reopening
How do monkeys exercise? Where is my unicycle? How high does steel rigging need to be to support aerial yoga? These aren’t questions a business owner typically asks, unless he is Brandon Huston, owner and ringmaster of the Bend Circus Center. The center, which reopened last week behind Pakit Liquidators on Armor Boulevard in Southeast […]
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Our Picks 5/15 – 5/23
thursday 16 Sara Watkins FIDDLE MUSIC—Former Nickel Creek fiddler and adorable-as-a-button Sara Watkins has been touring since she was 8. Wholesome, down-to-earth, and more than a touch sexy, Watkins, now 32, is a veteran musician, producing addictive songs that are a pinch Irish jig and a heaping teaspoon summer lullaby. 7:30 pm. Tower Theatre, 835 […]
