After you’ve taken in your fair share of rail jams and live music drop into the Bent Lounge where the tSW staff is hosting Lebowski Happy Hour from 9-10 p.m.
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Da Fino Vs Bunny Lebowski; Help us Pick WinterFest’s (un) Official Mii
Who will be the official Lebowski Mii of WinterFest? You decide.
Thanks to readers who submitted Lebowski Miis this week. Here are our two favorites:
Da Fino from Johnny Driggs:
And the Lovely Bunny from Annie:
Tell us which one you like best and we’ll give him (or her) a pair of Winterfest buttons and gift certificate for Westside Bakery.
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Bend’s Unlikely Linsanity Connection, or the Delivery Driver Who Sat It Coming
Linsanity traces its unlikely roots to Bend, Ore.
The Wall Street Journal has a story this morning about Bend’s unlikely Linsanity connection. For those unfamiliar with Linsanity, you obviously haven’t been watching SportsCenter, or even listening to public radio, both of which have offered extensive coverage and commentary around the meteoric and unlikely rise of New York Knick’s point guard Jeremy Lin, an unheralded Harvard grad who broke a longstanding NBA rookie scoring record and has been virtually unstoppable as of late.
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A New Beginning: Indian Head Casino gives Warm Springs chance for economic development
When it comes to quality of life indicators on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, the statistics are staggering
When it comes to quality of life indicators on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, the statistics are staggering. Alcohol, drug and sex abuse rates are high.
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It's a League Game, Smokey: Send us Your Best Lebowski Mii
We've already set to work building a Lebowski cast of Miis for Friday night's tourney. But we'd like to see what you Wii owners can come up with, and we're prepared to offer up a bounty for the best Lebowski Mii.
If you’ve been paying attention to the Bent Blog then you’ve likely gotten wind of the Source’s Lebowski-inspired Wii Bowling Extravaganza on Friday night in WinterFest Bent Lounge. With that in mind, we’ve suspended all editorial projects in lieu of Lebowski costume preparations and Mii design.
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Boutique movie theater to open in Tin Pan Alley
New independent movie theater to open in former Top Leaf Mate location
As if Tin Pan Alley wasn’t cool enough already, it will soon be home an art house theater.
Tin Pan Theater is tentatively aiming to open by first Friday in March and will feature a 30-seat theater, beer and wine, and food from local restaurants, said one of the owners of the new theater.
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Valentines Around Town
What to do tonight, with a date or a broken heart.
Happy V-Day! Here’s a short list of how you and yours can spread your love around this evening. You’re welcome, love.
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Mini TED conference coming to Bend
Local organizers will hold mini-TED conference on April 28
The first time I saw a TED talk I was blown away. The clarity of the ideas! The passion of the speaker! The succinct delivery! I never saw newspaper design the same way again.
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City Club to Take on East-West Divide
This week the City Club of Bend will attempt to tackle the Eastside vs Westside divide in what should be an interesting and far reaching conversation, rife with geographic stereotypes.
It doesn’t take long for new arrivals to figure out that Bend is divided into two towns. It’s a story of have and have-nots, but also one of values— cross and road bikes versus motorcross bikes, if you will.
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Pronghorn Sold To Hawaiian Group
Pronghorn, the Jack Nicklaus and Tom Fazio anchored golf and housing development that kickstarted the destination resort boom in Central Oregon, announced that it has been sold to a Hawaii-based resort development and management company.
Like other resorts Pronghorn has been hard hit by the housing collapse and had been struggling to keep the five-star golf resort and development afloat.