Something Sweet CASA Benefit
Nosh on appetizers from Tetherow and yummy bites from local restaurants and bakers to support local children in foster care. CASA provides one-to-one advocacy to help prevent children from falling through the cracks. You can do something sweet for Central Oregon’s most vulnerable children by buying a ticket and enjoying a night of drinks and…
Ranchfest Kicks off Summer at Brasada
Celebrate the bounty of the season at Ranchfest, a local farm, ranch and artisan festival. The afternoon will be filled with live acoustic music, food, shopping and fun. Kids can get their faces painted and get silly playing lawn games. Adults can shop from over a dozen local vendors including the High Desert Food and…
Wild Child and Stelth Ulvang show postponed
The Wild Child show scheduled for Monday, April 30 at Volcanic Theatre Pub in Bend has been postponed due to lead singer Kelsey Wilson reportedly having vocal issues, according to a post on Volcanic’s Facebook page. Stelth Ulvang of The Lumineers was scheduled to open. An excerpt from Volcanic Theatre Pub’s Facebook post reads: “Management…
Dateline NBC reports on murder of Kaylee Sawyer
A new Dateline episode premieres Friday night on NBC about the 2016 murder of Kaylee Sawyer at Central Oregon Community College by a campus security guard. Lara was arrested after a high-speed chase on I-5 near Corning, Calif., 36 hours after Sawyer’s death. According to police, his crime spree didn’t end after he killed Sawyer.…
Bend Rugby Headed to Nationals
Bend Rugby’s undefeated league play was followed up by a 58-point thrashing of the Boise Lions for the Pacific Northwest Division title. Bend won the game 70-12. Bend now travels to San Francisco to play in the Nationals, which starts April 28. Bend Rugby was started in 1975 when Keith Erickson and John Jeans founded…
’90s Fashion Comeback
I n homage to our Party like it’s 1999 issue, I would like to recognize the ways the youth are still partying like it’s the ’90s, such as denim overalls, combat boots, spaghetti-strap crop tops, and even scrunchies—welcome to 1990s, the 2018 style guide. According to Cosmopolitan many of these trends from the 1990’s aren’t…
Urban Renewal on the Table
Bend’s Central District has historically been a maze of streets that dead end—either at the railroad tracks, or at Greenwood Avenue—but with the City Council’s April 18 decision to support a new Urban Renewal District for the BCD, KorPine, east downtown and inner Highway 20, there’s the potential to better connect downtown and the neighborhoods…
Back in the Day
The New Millennium Profile of a 12-year-old girl By Keely Damara Everyone was talking about Y2K in the weeks leading up to the new millennium. I was 12, muddling my way through my first year in junior high and the possibility of all computers crashing and leaving humanity to fend for themselves was exciting. I…
More Gun Enforcement—or Less?
Deschutes County residents could vote on a ballot measure in November to prohibit the county from enforcing gun laws. The proposed measure, called the Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance, would broadly re-interpret the U.S. and Oregon Constitutions’ right to bear arms and add “ancillary firearms rights.” The Deschutes County sheriff would decide whether any local, state…
Registered Republicans Should Support Incumbents for Deschutes County Commission
Not every primary race sees a challenger entering the race against an incumbent—but in the case of the two open Deschutes County Commissioner seats in the 2018 primary election, each incumbent is facing an opponent. Still, with both those county commission Republican primaries, the challengers bear the burden of proving they can do better than…
It’s Irrigation Time!
Perhaps you’re new to Bend and wonder why in the winter, you see barren canals that travel north and east of town. Then come April 15, the same canals are brimming with cold, clear water. Central Oregon was traditionally an agricultural community, and the canals bring water to farms and ranches. The water comes from…
Limitless
“You Were Never Really Here” exists in several states of oxymoronic extremes. Quiet brutality. Serene frenzy. Intense peace. Personal enigmas. Joe is a combat veteran suffering from PTSD and a sense of duty to missing and trafficked children—a hired gun rescuing missing kids and dispatching the slavers in a brutal and unflinching fashion. Joe doesn’t…
Stupid Troopers
Watching “Super Troopers 2” made me feel crazy—as if everything I’d ever thought about film was thrown under the bus and proven to be nothing more than the insane fecal scribblings of a madman layering the walls of his padded cell. As the sold-out auditorium laughed at almost everything, I looked at my best friend…
Can Cannabis Make People Sick?
After 20 years of working with people seeking to use cannabis to address medical conditions, illness and injuries, treating nausea is among the top three reasons people say they use it. Those undergoing chemo and radiation treatments also use it to treat their vomiting, that along with severe nausea, can be a common side effect.…
World Traveler
Even though we write about music every week, it’s not often that nationally touring musicians personally reach out to request coverage. So when Stelth Ulvang, pianist for The Lumineers, emailed me, I was impressed. We generally write about the headliners of upcoming shows—which Ulvang is not—but in this case, I made an exception. Not only…
Grateful for Garcia
Certain bands have staying power—and not only bands, but genres, too. Both reggae music and the music of the Grateful Dead have proven their longevity. On its most recent album, Roots of Creation blends the staying power of reggae and the Grateful Dead into a unique tribute album, titled “Grateful Dub.” “When I first started…
Katie Pinto
It all started as a joke. Katie Pinto was in her mid-20s, in a band. The drummer found a hula hoop and thought it would be funny if Pinto learned to use it. It took her three weeks to get going. “You are taking things too seriously, just walk forward while the hoop is spinning,”…
504 Lot Subdivision Planned for Redmond
As home prices continue to climb ahead of wage growth, many future homebuyers in Bend are unable to buy in Bend and are increasingly looking to Redmond and other nearby areas where prices are lower. I have been showing clients property in Redmond recently and am amazed at all of the new development taking place.…
Girl-On-Girl Inaction & For Whom The Cell Tolls
I hate to be trite, but my wife and I are experiencing “lesbian bed death.” We’ve been happily married for three years. I’m not sure why we’re not having sex. Sure, we’re both busy, but it’s more a question of just not ever feeling the urge. I know sex is important for a relationship, and…
Free Will Astrology—Week of April 26
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): *The Simpsons* is the longest-running American TV sitcom and animated series. But it had a rough start. In the fall of 1989, when producers staged a private pre-release screening of the first episode, they realized the animation was mediocre. They worked hard to redo it, replacing 70 percent of the original…
The Last Last Saturday
All good things come to an end: The Beatles, love letters… and now, Last Saturdays at The Workhouse. While The Workhouse, an artist’s studio and retail space, is not going anywhere, its regular monthly event—which provided a place for local musicians and artists to connect and share their work—will take place for the last time…
Letters to the Editor
Subject: Curb Your Burgers I saw on TV that the good ol’ boys at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have decided to kill two wolves, one of which is pregnant. Once again, King Cattle bullies the natural ecosystem into submission. Understandably, cattle ranchers don’t want wolves living near their herds. They will always…
No Substitutions, No Ketchup
The antipasto plate was a feast for the eyes. We had tried a little of everything from the We’re the Würst menu, so our appetizer was still piled high with crispy porcini pancetta, glistening herbed olives, snow white goat cheese, sweet dates and fresh white truffle arugula salad. Having saved room for dessert, I went…
Car Camping Goes Global
Are you stuck in a hotdog and hamburger rut when car camping? If you long for some gourmet eats, grab your camp stove and learn how to add Thai to your cooking repertoire with local chef and backcountry cooking connoisseur, Valerie Hemstreet. The class will start at Outside In and after you learn a few…
Saturday is for (Book) Lovers
The last Saturday in April, bookstores across the U.S. celebrate Independent Bookstore Day. Participating stores organize their own unique events, but shoppers can expect to find exclusive book titles, discounts and the company of other book lovers. Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe in Bend is holding a storewide sale in addition to a meet and greet with…
Northern Japan Meets Oregon Beer
There are several excellent places to get a Sapporo lager in Bend; Spork, Kanpai and 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar immediately come to mind. Now, in the Japanese city of Sapporo—the sister city of Portland—there’s a good place or two to grab a Bend beer. The history of beer in Japan itself began here, in…
Party Like It’s 1999
It started in the summer of 2017, when rumors and social media posts began to twitter about the revival of one of the 1990s’ most iconic adult beverages: Zima. (If you’re one of those people addicted to La Croix, and also jumping on the spiked seltzer bandwagon, we don’t want to hear you scoffing at…
Do Adaptogens Work?
A few weeks ago, I wrote about adaptogens and their promise of reducing stress. I ended my article saying I would do a two-week experiment to see if they would bliss me out. Each day I added a teaspoon of adaptogens—the Moon Juice Power Dust—to a fresh fruit, Greek yogurt and coconut milk smoothie. After several…
