Culture Features

When brainstorming a title for her latest book, Ellen Waterston, along with Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer, knew they had to hit a bullseye. Composed of columns from her monthly series, “The Third Act,” which Waterston has been penning since 2021, the central thesis of ageing and ageism necessitated something punchy. She recalled her children’s […]

Cozy horror, romantasy, viral BookToks. Publishing trends might be hard to keep up with, but one I don’t think will go away anytime soon is the way genre isn’t staying in its convenient pigeonholes. We’re seeing mystery bleed into literary, fantasy meeting detective story and horror alongside humor. I’m a bookseller at Roundabout Books in […]

You know the health of a town by the state of its theaters. Opened in 1940, the Tower Theatre was the jewel of downtown Bend from the date of its opening until its closure in 1996. When I moved here in 1999, downtown felt lessened by its boarded-up windows and darkened marquee. After a herculean […]

In the last 30 years, the number of computer scientists who were women dropped from 37% to 24% and a majority of that drop-off occurs between the ages of 13 and 17. Girls Who Code, a nationwide program, is on a mission to close the gender gap by 2030, aiming to prepare its members to […]

Have you ever read a book to a 5-year-old? Their enthusiasm for choosing which book they want to read, their excitement at telling you that the stegosaurus has protective armor to save it from the meat eaters, or their giggle as they picture Pete the Cat stepping into a pile of blueberries in his new […]

For some of us, Valentine’s Day can be less of a romantic holiday spent luxuriating in connection and more of a flashing neon sign pointing out the failure to find love. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had a lovely V-Day or two, but more often than not, I find myself unpacking what’s missing from my […]

A 2023 Forbes Health survey reported that most New Year’s resolutions are abandoned within the first four months of the year. Sabrina Romanoff, PsyD, a clinical psychologist, attributes this to our tendency to set very specific goals, rather than general improvement, and discouragement sets in before we put the necessary time in to meet our goal. […]

Q: Aside from the substances themselves, what do you find to be the single biggest factor or determinant in lasting, healing change or growth in the people you work with? Thank you for the opportunity to answer this important question. In sitting with hundreds of people navigating psychedelic realms, I’ve learned that the synthesis of […]

One of the best things about living in Bend is the bottomless number of cultural events that happen on an almost daily basis. One of the worst things about living in Bend is that there are only so many hours in a day to go on these cultural adventures. Still, it’s a pretty good problem […]