PBS is in my top five television stations. My best friend is my mother. I finally understand that there is magic everywhere, especially on a memory foam mattress with three accompanying pillows. This is 40. The good news (thank you, print newspapers) is that I shared turning middle age in 2023 with the company of […]
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Bend’s Ellen Waterston Named Oregon Poet Laureate
Prolific local author, poet, is Oregon’s 11th poet laureate
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has named Bend’s own Ellen Waterston the state’s 11th poet laureate. “The Oregon Poet Laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon,” according to the governor’s office. Locals may know Waterston from any number […]
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The Psychedelic Frontier
Exploring the “Underground” Model of Psychedelic Coaching
Mary Casanave Sheridan is a psychedelic coach and guide. She helps individuals explore psychedelic realms for self-discovery, healing and growth. Through this column she aims to answer reader questions, dispel myths and disinformation around psychedelic substances and their potential, creating a more empowered and well-informed public. Q: You have been fairly critical of the license […]
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Of Math and Madness
The Greenhouse Cabaret stages another winner with “Proof”
Can a piece of theater still be considered underrated if it has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Tony Award for Best Play? I mean, that’s a pretty serious amount of acclaim, but if it’s not a part of the culture lexicon like “Cats” or “Hamilton,” then what are we even doing here? […]
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Crafting the Best of Central Oregon
A chat with illustrator Connley Sewalls, the artist behind the 2024 Best of Central Oregon
The theme for the 2024 Best of Central Oregon was “Titans,” in honor of the Summer Olympic Games. This year, the Source Weekly welcomed art intern Connley Sewalls for the season, who is studying illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Sewalls crafted a magical world of mythically powerful women, stoic strongmen, a […]
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The Psychedelic Frontier: Exploring intentional psychedelic use in the modern world
Measure 110, and what happened after
Mary Casanave Sheridan is a psychedelic coach and guide. Through this column she aims to answer reader questions, dispel myths and disinformation, around psychedelic substances and their potential, creating a more empowered and well-informed public. Q: I heard that Measure 110 has been repealed and Schedule 1 substances are no longer legal in Oregon. Can […]
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Summer Reading, Central Oregon Style
In the deep exhale of summer, add some
bucket-list books to your repertoire
It’s almost August, the deep exhale of summer. Heated days rest heavily on our shoulders and demand a slower pace, an unwinding, a pause before the bustle of autumn. It is the perfect time to read. One of my great pleasures of summer is to wake up early, pour a cup of coffee, sit on […]
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A Beautiful Thought
Bend poet Broderick Eaton publishes "the under story"
“I forget what I’ve criedover where I’ve leftmy blood in this world.” -Broderick Eaton “the salt we leave behind,” finalist for the 2023 Crosswinds Poetry Prize Truly great poetry grows in the mind and can change how you view yourself and the world. As an art form, it hasn’t received the respect it deserves in […]
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Author Leslie Stephens Debuts with Dystopian Novel, “You’re Safe Here”
Portland-based author and creator of the popular lifestyle newsletter, Morning Person, meets readers at her Roundabout Books author event July 11
In a not-so-distant dystopian future fueled for the wealthy by wellness technology, the lives of three women collide through an unraveling of events revealing thrilling plot twists and uncovered secrets, a story almost chilling for its depiction of our own trajectory. Out now, “You’re Safe Here” explores a 2060 world where wellness not only segregates […]
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The Psychedelic Frontier: Let’s Heal Together
From an indigenous perspective, what insight would you like to impart on Western psychedelic practitioners about this work?
My name is Piper Lucas, and I have been learning and growing with different psychedelic plant medicines for more than 17 years. With a background in architecture, my lens has been evaluating how the consciousness of people in altered states is affected by their surroundings. I have studied different indigenous uses of plant medicines for […]
