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Make your space colorful, cozy and cohesive

Bright colors are on trend, as are performance fabrics and surfaces that are as beautiful as they are durable
Avatar photo by Dallas Finn Calvert

Color. Coziness. Cohesion. If you’re pondering an update to your living space and wondering how to incorporate current trends, those are the key elements to embrace, say local design experts. “I think the biggest trend right now is people are bringing a lot of color into their space and prints are coming back in, too, […]

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The Psychedelic Frontier: What are the Risks?

A list of risks associated with psychedelics
by Mary Casanave Sheridan

Q: “I have been hearing a lot about psychedelic therapy lately and its benefits, and I’ve watched a couple of documentaries on the topic and everything seems so positive or at worst mildly disappointing. But from anecdotal evidence and what seems to be common knowledge, there are risks and downsides to the experience and its […]

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Biggest Little Art Show

Twenty-dollar art show returns to the High Desert Museum
Avatar photo by Nic Moye

The annual $20 Art Show returns to the High Desert Museum the weekend of Oct. 17. Billed as Bend’s biggest little art show, more than 8,000 miniature, original artwork created by more than 350 artists will be up for sale. The artwork will be on display for two weeks prior starting Oct. 4. Each work […]

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Based On A “True” Story

We watched nine Conjuring movies, so you don’t have to
Avatar photo by Jared Rasic

Let’s talk about “The Conjuring” Universe for a second, just in case the newly released “The Conjuring: Last Rites” truly is the last film in the franchise. “The Conjuring” Universe is the only successful interconnected series of movies, post-Marvel, that Hollywood has successfully managed to launch (RIP Universal’s Dark Universe). Starting with 2013’s “The Conjuring,” […]

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Free Will Astrology

Week of Sept. 18
by Rob Brezsny

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A supple clarity is crystallizing within you. Congratulations! It’s not a brittle or rigid certainty, but a knack for limber discernment. I predict you will have an extra potent gift for knowing what truly matters, even amidst chaos or complication. As this superpower reaches full ripeness, you can aid the process […]

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Strength in Silks

A dozen Lava City Cirque girls perform in a movie filming in Texas
Avatar photo by Nic Moye

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
by Caren Raisin RN FNT Centers for Integrative Medicine

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a medical therapy that enhances the body’s natural healing process by breathing in 100% oxygen in a pressurized chamber. It’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 Bend’s creative and wellness community
Avatar photo by Nic Moye

A new festival is debuting in October that’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. “The 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
by Dave Gil de Rubio

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

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