Since Bend is such a relatively young city, some might not realize just how much of the past still lies within the walls and waterways centered around downtown. From the shores of the Deschutes River to the O’Kane Building in the heart of the city, ghost stories are silently waiting to be discovered. Mother and […]
Kate Bowler in her book “No Cure for Being Human” says, “Everybody pretends you die only once. But that’s not true. You can die a thousand possible futures in the course of a … life.” I so get that, don’t you? As we live, who hasn’t had to die to the loss of loved ones, […]
On June 1, Gov. Kate Brown signed HB 2526 into law, making Oregon the 11th state in the union to designate an Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The second Monday of October—earlier designated as Columbus Day in many places around the United States—is now officially Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Oregon. That day falls on Oct. 11 this […]
Some things are perfect and perfect basically means as good as it could possibly be. Perfection. How many things in our lives meet this highest standard? I recently asked my wife, Wendy, “Are trees perfect?” Pretty quickly she answered, “Yes, trees are perfect.” She didn’t know where I was going with this and to tell […]
Seven stages, 30 artists, and family and friends gathering for the love of live music… sounds kind of like a blast from the past, right? After several years of having smoke—or a global pandemic—stop the music, the Sisters Folk Festival gets underway this weekend. Originally taking place each August, festival organizers moved it to October […]
“No show is ever the same,” creator Renny Temple says of the new comedy series set to debut Tuesday at Open Space Studios in Bend. Out of Thin Air will perform improvisational comedy, taking suggestions from the audience, every Tuesday through December. “You help create your own show with suggestions for the players to create […]
In the past year and a half, you wouldn’t be alone in wishing there was a guidebook for dealing with the loss and grief that can come with living through a global pandemic. Turns out, two locals were working on this well before the pandemic. Co-founded by an oncology and hospice-care nurse who spent years […]
Sometimes, we human beings like to believe we are independent. That may be the silliest idea we could ever entertain. A few years ago, my wife Wendy and I bought a new, used car—a 2014 Nissan Murano. We loved it from the moment it backed off the truck and landed in our ever-grateful possession. Smooth […]
Attending a concert at the Les Schwab Amphitheater already comes with a few more rules than in years past: Bags only of a certain size, and passing through a metal-detecting wand, to name a few. And this week, yet another requirement: showing proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative COVID test. Central Oregon’s largest […]
An article in the Jan. 18, 2021, issue of The New Yorker addresses one woman’s serious pursuit of painting starting in her 60s. Stepping down from an accomplished career as a professor of history at Princeton, and as the author of seven books and the recipient of countless honors, Nell Painter decided to pursue a […]
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