Humm Solves Alcohol Problem
Humm Kombucha has developed a proprietary fermentation process to make the first-ever verified non-alcoholic raw kombucha. Humm’s new patent-pending process will improve flavor consistency while maintaining a live, raw, non-alcoholic beverage that the company says is well below the government standard of 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. Humm Kombucha Taproom 1125 NE 2nd St., Bend…
Farm to Fork Sunset Dinner
The third annual Farm to Fork Dinner and Fundraiser, benefiting Heart of Oregon Corps, is a gourmet sunset dinner at Mt. Bachelor’s Pine Marten Lodge, featuring ingredients from local farms by a local chef. Tickets are $85 and include a lift ticket, appetizers, beer, dinner with wine, dessert and live music. Farm to Fork Sunset…
Cops Arrest Man at Redmond Airport
Redmond Police say a Bend man bit an officer after trying to grab a 3-year-old child near the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Roberts Field August 9. Cops arrested Arnulfo Maldonado, 25, after they say he tried to pull a child away from his mother and father. According to Redmond Police, the child’s father threatened…
Best Bar
1st Place: Dogwood At The Pine Shed 821 NE Second St., Bend 541-706-9949 2nd Place: [location-2]
Best Antiques
1st Place: Iron Horse Antiques 210 NW Congress St, Bend 541-382-5175 2nd Place: Beyond the Ranch Antiques 339 SW Evergreen Ave, Redmond 541-279-4867 beyond-the-ranch.com
Best International Cuisine
1st Place: Kebaba 1004 NW Newport Ave., Bend 541-318-6224 2nd Place: Spork 937 NW Newport Ave., Bend 541-390-0946
Best Place to Work (over 50 employees)
1st Place: 2nd Place: Hayden Homes 2464 SW Glacier Place, Suite 110, Redmond 1-800-923-6607 hayden-homes.com
Best Gym
1st Place: 1569 NE 2nd St, Bend 541-389-2009 www.fitness1440.com 2nd Place: Planet Fitness 725 NE Greenwood Ave, Bend 541-306-6084 planetfitness.com/OR/Bend
Best Alternative Health Practitioner
1st Place: Pangea Chiropractic 409 NE Greenwood Ave., Suite 120, Bend 541-204-0450 2nd Place: Dr. Michelle Jackson East West Naturopathic Clinic 365 NE Kearney Ave., Bend 541-385-0775 drjacksonnd.com
Shakey Graves Turns Up the Rock at Oregon Spirit Distillers
On Tuesday, Aug. 7, a sold-out crowd filled the new concert space at Oregon Spirit Distillers. Smokey skies didn’t stop a full house from packing the venue to hear an array of songs from the Shakey Graves’ entire catalogue. Graves, fresh off of a performance at Portland’s famed Pickathon festival, started the night off with…
Campbell Announces Re-Election Bid
On Aug. 9, Bend City Councilor Barb Campbell announced her re-election campaign for Position 6. According to the City’s website, she faces only one challenger, Ron Boozell. Campbell started her run on the council in November 2014. Campbell’s said she’s worked to make Bend more livable, create affordable housing options, protect current homeowners, improve transportation…
10 Lakes, 10 Days
It’s 8:30 am on a work day and my feet have the feral Sasquatch look usually reserved for music festivals and camping trips. Indeed, I have been camping—but I also have a work meeting in about 15 minutes. Can I cover this feral mess, making it through the meeting with the use of closed-toe shoes?…
Letters to the Editor
Bend’s Sewer line takeover Headline reads “Bend sewer plan caps connection price” (Bulletin 7/29/18), well I am one of the hundreds who will be impacted by the mandatory hook-up to sewer line, despite having a functional septic that is less than 10 years old. I also don’t have the $25,000 price tag let alone the…
Two New Shows at Bend Art Center
This month, Milly Dole is showcasing her most recent work on the Atelier 6000 featured members wall. Entitled “Muse of Creation,” the work is a series of prints exploring how we’re connected to and inspired by the natural world. Dole moved to Bend five years ago. Her love for printmaking began while in high school…
Rawmona Always Wants to Eat Cake
It’s hard not to fall in love with Rawmona. She says things like, “Eat your cake. And if anyone lectures you about your weight, eat them too.” Rawmona isn’t a real person; she’s a stick figure illustration with fruit for clothes, created out of Karla Diaz Cano’s love for food, nature and art. Rawmona has…
Brick and Mortar Seeks Food Cart
“Did you notice The Pancake Wagon is closed?” Darlene Veenhuizen of the Tough Cookie podcast asked me, picking up a slice of grassy Cloud Cap cheese from Cascadia Creamery at a summer cheese party. “Yes,” I replied, “I thought they might be closed for a summer break.” Veenhuizen said, “I think they are trying to…
Bigfoot, Beers and Bend
It may very well take a city like Bend to come up with an event that combines specially-crafted beers, primate conservation and lectures on “Bigfoot culture” in one place. (This is not a bad thing.) Somehow, craft beer and Sasquatch folklore have become heavily intertwined, especially here in the Northwest. Olympia Brewing sells 24-ounce “Bigfoot”…
Sunriver Music Festival opens Friday
Bend is among thousands of cities celebrating the life and works of Leonard Bernstein this year, the 100th anniversary of the prolific composer’s birth. The 2018 Sunriver Music Festival, kicking off with a performance at the Tower Theatre in Bend on Friday, will also celebrate Bernstein, but will be far from a single-composer event. “All…
Walden Should Follow Through on Debating McLeod-Skinner
If you want to get an answer from Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR2), apparently you have to find him in a parade. That’s exactly what Jamie McLeod-Skinner, the Democratic candidate for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, did last week in Joseph, Ore. McLeod-Skinner has been attempting to get incumbent Walden to agree to a series of three…
A New Adventure
A growing group of adventurers in Central Oregon is seeking more creative means to escape the crowded campgrounds and trailheads. Like peanut butter and chocolate, avocado and toast or whisky and an ice cube, bikepacking is earning its rightful place on the recreational menu. Rather than sticking to roadways and paved paths, bikepackers cobble together routes…
Collective Childhoods
If I make something half as beautiful as Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade” during the course of my life, I will die a satisfied man. Making a coming-of-age movie can be such a gutsy proposition because of our individualized middle school and high school experiences. “Lady Bird” was such a successful movie because it found the…
Modern Propaganda
It’s somewhat exhausting living in a time in which “Fake News” has become a rallying cry. When it first became a meme, it seemed like a genuinely important distinction to make for people who’ve spent most of their lives swallowing everything the “media” was dishing out. Not only does everyone want to believe the stuff…
Blue Line Safety Zone Now Offered at DCSO
Recently, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office created two parking spaces in its parking lot off NE Jamison Street, near Hwy. 20 for a safe space to do Craigslist-type transactions and other things like exchanging children between parents. The spots, called “Blue Line Safety Zone” are clearly marked and in a well-lit area, according to the…
Addicted to Weed?
You may have made or heard comments about “jonesing for weed,” “needing” to smoke or having a “pot habit.” The idea that someone has a fever for cannabis that can only be treated with more cannabis implies a “cannabis addiction.” Is that a real thing? Can someone become addicted to cannabis in the same manner…
Cali-Reggae Kings
Rebelution’s previous album, “Falling into Place,” gave the group a new form of recognition when it earned the band its first Grammy award nomination. The nomination for Best Reggae Album was a further indication that the California-based band has become one of the leading acts in the crowded Cali-reggae genre that has exploded in popularity…
Old School Religion
Some Central Oregonians might be surprised to learn that a 2,000-year-old religion is celebrated in a cozy chapel, tucked away in a retail mall on Northeast Division Street in Bend. The Saint Jacob Orthodox Christian Church of Central Oregon can be found in the Whistlestop Business Center between the Orchid Thai Restaurant and Plantd. Leading…
Bend Median Home Price Drops for July
Based on MLS statistics for July (as of the date of publication), the median sales price of Bend single family homes on 1 acre or less declined after a big jump reported for June. Not only did the median price drop, but so did the number of sales. The median sale price for July was…
Waldo Lake offers spectacular biking, hiking, boating and camping
As Oregon’s second largest natural lake, Waldo Lake makes a great destination for hikers, bikers, campers and boaters. It’s one of the clearest lakes in Oregon and captures second place for the deepest, after Crater Lake. The lake is naturally fed from snowmelt and springs, limiting the amount of organic material in the water. On…
Power Tulle
Why are there lots of bridal magazines but no magazines for grooms? What does that imply? —A Male Consider men’s general lack of interest in wedding planning. Of course, if men did the organizing, there’d probably be a paintball duel to the altar, strippers serving nachos, and a minister who ends the ceremony with: “You…
Free Will Astrology—Week of August 8
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You probably gaze at the sky enough to realize when there’s a full moon. But you may not monitor the heavenly cycles closely enough to tune in to the new moon, that phase each month when the lunar orb is invisible. We astrologers regard it as a ripe time to formulate…
State of the County
Deschutes County has around 180,000 residents—more than twice as many as official counts in Bend. But county residents, in or near towns including Redmond, La Pine and Terrebonne, have just as many, and sometimes more unique needs. “Bend gets focused on, but it’s a big county,” said Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Henderson at the annual State…
