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Hang around Bend long enough and you’re sure to see it: the bumper sticker that reads, “Be Nice You’re in Bend.” While benign enough on its face, at least one group of local creators and artists of color see it as a sign of exclusion and supporting the status quo—one in which Bend maintains the […]
Drag brunch, drag bingo, drag hiking, drag birthdays… drag house plant workshops? Those who haven’t yet ventured out lately may not have seen all the sweet (& salty) events that local queens have been busily propagating in Central Oregon. These events are selling out in days, if not hours, and are among the hottest (sometimes […]
Be prepared, for in the search you may discover that it’s about much more than just marbles. In April, glass artist Chris Davis hid 10 marbles outdoors around the La Pine area, posted a few picture clues on the What’s Really Happening in La Pine Facebook group page and sat back to see what would […]
Editor’s note: Wasted in Bend was a series we rolled out in the year before the pandemic, highlighting the waste stream and how locals can make choices to improve it. The intermittent series returns this week with a look at a timely pandemic-related waste problem. The more life returns to a post-pandemic version of normal, […]
Decades ago, my father, a semanticist, published a book about dualism in Western culture titled Order and Counter Order. It is most definitely not what anyone would call light reading. I refer to it only because the title was invoked at my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. As was the tradition, friends and family gathered and […]
When 2nd Street Theater closed its doors shortly before Platypus Pub was torn down to make room for another Starbucks, it felt like that little burgeoning Bend Central District was dismantled before it really lived up to its full potential. With Humm Kombucha there and the astoundingly delicious Manzanita Grill, the area has enough touchstones […]
Hmmm. Think about it for a second. Where do bananas come from? Almost none of them come from our own country. Ninety-four percent come from Central America, which is approximately 4,000 miles south of Bend. Every grocery store in Bend will tell you that bananas are one of the best-selling items in the entire store. […]
With weather on the Fourth of July promising to be hot and sunny—but not quite as scorching as the temperatures we’re experiencing as we write this—the name of the game for this Central Oregon Independence Day is, hopefully, staying cool and calm. With this week’s heat wave, the City of Bend has declared a state […]
First Friday is a local tradition that’s just getting back on its feet in downtown Bend (and Redmond, too), inviting people to browse downtown shops and see local art on display. June brought the first First Friday of the year, with the next event scheduled for this week, on July 2. At the June event, […]
Ah, the heat of summer—and this month, like last month, First Friday is back on the streets of downtown Bend. While you’re strolling for new art or sipping complimentary beverages from one of the many participating businesses downtown, consider stopping and checking out one of these recommended reads from your friendly local bookshop. “The Wolf […]
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