When Christian Heeb first turned his lens to the night sky, it wasn’t a dramatic career pivot so much as a natural next chapter. A longtime travel and nature photographer, Heeb says night work simply completes the story of a place. “If you travel in nature for photography, you capture all aspects — sunrise, canyon […]
What makes Spider-Man the greatest superhero of all-time isn’t his ability to swing through New York City on sticky webs shot from his wrists, nor is it how he protects humanity from villains like Green Goblin and The Vulture. I mean, those feats are certainly impressive, but what makes Spider-Man the absolute best is his […]
Countless words have been written about what constitutes the “Great American Novel” and what that phrase even means given the vast breadth of literature published in the United States over the last few centuries. My own rubric has always been that the work must capture something quintessential—not just about life in America, but something profound […]
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Within most galaxies are dense clouds of gas and dust that astronomers call “star factories.” Here and there, the magic of gravity gradually gathers together diffuse material into concentrated clusters until nuclear fusion ignites, creating brilliant new suns. I suspect you will be operating a metaphorical star factory in the coming […]
A touring exhibit, currently at Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts in downtown Bend, creates a ghost forest filled with images of wildfire scars through which visitors can wander. “It’s digital photography and these are all forests along the west coast from northern Washington to southern California,” Jocelyn Church, a Scalehouse intern, explains while looking at […]
Last month, the Drug Enforcement Agency concluded its hearings related to the reclassification of Cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. Analysis as to how it went is limited by restrictions that prohibited live streaming, cell phones, recording devices, or cameras in the hearing room gallery, which only had 20 seats. Hearing transcripts and audio […]
We cannot fix every problem in the world,but we can choose how we treat the people around us. —Author unknownThe older I get, the less I know… and the more I know. Go figure. All I know for sure is, it’s true. —Burt Gershater And I truly do want us all to be happy. Being […]
I’m not sure if everyone feels this way, but as much as I love going to the theater to watch new movies, my social battery is sometimes completely exhausted by the time Friday rolls around. My heart wants to spend a few hours in a room full of strangers, but my spirit just wants to […]
For this month’s Savage in Bend, Santi R. asks, “How and why did beer become more popular in Bend than most other places?” A very legit question considering beer’s popularity in Central Oregon. Two variables came to my mind when asked, both nature and nurture. The natural part of the answer relates to our amazing […]
Only some can say they’ve been to all 50 states. And very select few can say they’ve been to every city and town in the United States with a population more than 5,000. Daniel Seddiqui, however, can claim this title as of last October when he visited Allentown, Pennsylvania, the last town on his list. After […]
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