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Strength in Silks

A dozen Lava City Cirque girls perform in a movie filming in Texas

Lava City Cirque is celebrating its first anniversary at the north end of Bend off O.B. Riley Road with some exciting achievements. One of its students, 11-year-old Margot Tatum-Ling, won the national championship in the Intermediate 2 competition at the Aerialympics Kansas City, MO in July. Three other students won first place awards. Altogether, Lava […]

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What Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

HBOT is an FDA-regulated process that is used to treat 14 medical conditions

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a medical therapy that enhances the bodyโ€™s natural healing process by breathing in 100% oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Itโ€™s used as a treatment for a wide variety of medical conditions. By providing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber, HBOT delivers 10-15 times more oxygen to tissues within the body. […]

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ELSEWHERE Will Be the Place to Be

A sober-movement connected to Bendโ€™s creative and wellness community

A new festival is debuting in October thatโ€™s meant to feel like a calming retreat. Even the name, ELSEWHERE, conveys transporting one to another place. Organizer Alyssa Reyes describes it as a nomadic gathering in Central Oregon blending music, art, movement, ceremony and connection. โ€œThe event is going to bring together about 30 or so […]

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Heads-up for veteran band, Helmet

Band leader Page Hamilton says every person should have an equal opportunity and right to exist

Novelist Toni Morrison once said, โ€œAll good art is political. And the ones that try hard not to be political are political by saying, โ€˜We love the status quo.โ€™ “ If weโ€™re keeping score, count Page Hamilton as being in the Morrison camp. While Hamiltonโ€™s band Helmet is best known for having emerged out of […]

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Two Remakes and an Adaptation

Spike Lee, Darren Aronofky and a war of the Roses

Weโ€™re in that weird, transitional part of the year where the summer blockbusters have died out, but the prestige Oscar-bait is still being held for another month or two. August and September are a crapshoot when it comes to the quality of the films, as itโ€™s typically when studios release movies that theyโ€™re unsure about […]

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Intimacy in Marriage

Sex doesn’t always mean intimacy

Dear Dr. Jane, I am having some problems in my marriage. Weโ€™ve been married for about 10 years and have two busy kids. The problem is intimacy. Even though we have sex a couple of times a month, my husband is really unhappy about it. He says that he doesnโ€™t think weโ€™re ever actually intimate, […]

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Bend Community Contra Dance

Keeping tradition alive, no experience needed

Contra dance is a form of folk dancing originating in the 17th century from a variety of dance styles in England, Scotland, France and more. Itโ€™s a social dance that one can attend without a partner, although the dancers form couples in long lines the length of the dance hall. Couples then progress up and […]

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Song of Sunset: Local Short Film Premiere and Songwriterโ€™s Circle

Brian Craig Hinderbergerโ€™s passion project coming to the Volcanic Theatre Pub

Set in our very own city and in well-known venues that we pass by all the time, is Brian Craig Hinderbergerโ€™s original short film that he hopes will become a series. โ€œSong of Sunsetโ€ is a brilliant little nugget that features not just Bend and not just songwriters, but the entire ecosystem of open mics, […]

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When Good Directors Make Bad Movies

Ethan Coen and Ron Howard fail to evolve with โ€œEdenโ€ or โ€œHoney Donโ€™tโ€

I would never make a ridiculous statement like Ron Howard and the Coen Bros. are remotely in the same league as filmmakers, but I also think Howard isnโ€™t necessarily accorded the respect he deserves from his nearly 50 years a director. Sure, he introduced the world to JD Vance with โ€œHillbilly Elegy,โ€ which is definitely […]

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