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Local Couple Transforms Yard Into a Spooky, Haunted Attraction Each Halloween

The house on Brianne Place is the sight of a creepy walk-through attraction that delights young and old alike while helping raise funds for FAN

by Dallas Finn Calvert October 27, 2026October 30, 2026

Tucked away in a quiet Southwest Bend neighborhood, don’t be surprised to see throngs of trick-or-treaters, and plenty of adults, too, stopping for an extended visit on Brianne Place. On Halloween night, Kevin Tucker and Lara Matheny transform their yard and garage into a spooky walk-through experience that’s family-friendly and draws people from far and […]

Culture

Celebrate Halloween Night with an Exploration of Fantasies and Fears

Bend Burlesque Company and Pangaea Guild Hall are teaming up to offer an immersive dark-fantasy experience, three-course dinner and dance party

by Dallas Finn Calvert October 27, 2026October 28, 2026

Dragons, masked assassins, vampires, witches, dark elves and myriad other fantasy beings will be stirring at Redmond’s High Desert Music Hall on Friday, Oct. 30 as the Bend Burlesque Company and Pangaea Guild Hall team up for a night of “Fears & Fantasies,” an immersive dark-fantasy experience. This isn’t the usual Halloween party. The 8pm […]

Film

Underseen Halloween

Ten spooky movies (most of which) you haven’t seen

by Jared Rasic October 27, 2026October 27, 2026

Listen, I would never try and tell you what to watch, but don’t you sometimes feel stuck in a rut, watching the same old spooky movies every Halloween, year after year? I get it, I really do; we’re wired to take comfort in repetition. It’s the exact same reason some of us are currently on […]

Columns

Awakening Your Inner Hero: We Shall Overcome

What does hope really mean?

by Burt Gershater October 26, 2026October 26, 2026

From darkness into Light. What does hope really mean? None of us in Bend, Oregon, can believe what happened in our beautiful hometown at midday, Oct. 15. A mass killing in Silver Rail Elementary School. We’re still in shock, and we’ve all been blessed by the rapid responses of many of our heroic citizens who […]

Culture

A Corner of Dudley’s Bookshop Café is Dedicated to Silver Rail Families & Kiddos

by Peter Madsen October 24, 2026October 25, 2026

Books, in a time of intense trauma, can be both a healthy escape and, at the same time, a therapeutic means of confronting it head on. So’s the logic of an altruistic friend of Dudley’s Bookshop Café in downtown Bend, who donated an undisclosed sum to provide families, and, particularly, children of Silver Rail Elementary […]

Culture

Redmond High School a Finalist in T-Mobile Sweepstakes

Vote daily until Sunday, Oct. 25 to help the Redmond Panthers win the $1 million sweepstakes

by Dallas Finn Calvert October 21, 2026October 21, 2026

Erika Selberg and Kyle Lavender have been making lots of phone calls and sending lots of emails. Why? They want people to vote, but not for political candidates. Rather, they’re hoping people will quickly vote, daily, through Sunday, Oct 25 to support Redmond High School in its bid to win $1 million in the 2026 […]

Culture

Free Will Astrology, Week of October 22, 2026

In the coming days, I hope you’ll step directly into the muck and bring the passionate contributions of a devotee who’s invested in the outcome

by Rob Brezsny October 21, 2026October 19, 2026

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I admire your ability to stay outside the conflict and offer detached, incisive commentary. I respect your preference for avoiding small-minded camps and partisan skirmishes. But in the coming days, I hope you’ll step directly into the muck and bring the passionate contributions of a devotee who’s invested in the outcome. […]

Columns

The Kids We Tuck Away

We built a system that isn’t designed for children who struggle

by Mary Casanave Sheridan October 21, 2026October 28, 2026

This week I’m setting my regular content aside to talk about something close to my heart, and close to this community. My heart is with everyone affected by the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School last Thursday. I knew Griffin J. John II, the shooter, a little, through a special education program at Silver Rail […]

Culture

Handmade Magic

The lessons of Laika and “Wildwood,” plus six picks for comfort movies to watch with the kids

by Jared Rasic October 20, 2026October 20, 2026

It feels reductive to spend this space writing about movies after the nightmare that children, teachers and their families went through last week at Silver Rail Elementary here in Bend. So then I thought I should make a list of comforting movies that parents can watch with their kids to help block out some of […]

Culture Features

Free Will Astrology, Week of Oct. 15, 2026

“Where in my life do I most need a clean beginning?”

by Rob Brezsny October 13, 2026October 13, 2026

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One morning soon, I predict you will open your inner eyes as well as your outer eyes and discover that you feel freer than you have in ages. Old specters that once pestered you will seem strangely powerless. Worn-out customs will have loosened their hold, and an ancient obligation will finally […]

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