Random Presents Website Announces New Shows at the Tower: Rodrigo y Gabriella and Neko Case
Check this out! We were snooping on Random Present’s website today and found two new show confirmations! Rodrigo y Gabriella on Sat., March 21 & Neko Case, Sun., April 12! Here’s what both acts sound like if you’re not familiar. Well done Random! We can’t wait to see these shows! Related Stories
Doobie Brothers Announced at LSA
The Les Schwab Amphitheater has announced a second show for the 2015 concert season: The Doobie Brothers Tue., June 16 Too bad the concert will take place just two weeks before pot is legal in Oregon. Last week, the venue announced that it will host “Weird Al” Yankovic on Fri., Sept. 4. More at bendconcerts.com as the…
Dispatches from Sundance/Slamdance
BendFilm is reporting from this week’s Sundance/Slamdance Film Festival, which is one of the premier festival of the year, often predicting some of the best films for the coming year – and, who knows, perhaps recruiting some to come to Bend’s Film Festival. Keep up-to-date with their dispatches.
TGIF: What to do #inBend 1/23-1/25
It’s Friday again! Instead of something terrible like THIS this weekend, try one of try one of these fun things instead! friday 23 Doc Ryan & Wyches Creek MUSIC—Distant trains and harmonica notes. Blues with a slight drawl in the lyrics. Rockers in cowboy hats. Local favorites Doc Ryan & Wyches Creek drive forward their…
Local Mono-Skier Ravi Drugan Wins Bronze at Winter X-Games in Aspen
Local mono-skier Ravi Drugan took third place in the monoski-cross at the Winter X-Games in Aspen. A Mt. Bachelor season pass holder and sponsored athlete of Oregon Adaptive Sports, Drugan became a double amputee after being hit by a train in 2004 at the age of 15. OAS helped him learn to ski again, and he…
Another One Bites the Dust: Anheuser-Busch InBev Acquires Seattle’s Elysian Brewing
Big Beer is hungry. And it just gobbled up another Pacific Northwest craft brewery. According to New School Beer, Anheuser-Busch InBev has purchased Seattle’s Elysian Brewing, as well as its brew pubs in Seattle. The international beverage company announced its acquisition of Bend-based 10 Barrel Brewing in November. Here’s the official press release: Anheuser-Busch today announced…
What’s Love Got to Do with It? The 2015 Lust List (and Love Notes)
‘Tis the season. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so gird your loins and prepare for an onslaught of lovey-dovey nonsense. Whether you like it red hot, rosy warm, or gothic black, there’s no harm in putting a little love in your heart. For the feisty among you, we present the 2015 Lust List. …
Survey: Bendites Like the Outdoors, Worry About Transportation
On the whole, Bend residents are happy with their quality of life, according to a 2015 survey conducted by DHM Research. The results of the survey, which polled 400 Bendites by cell phone and landline, were presented during a work session at last night’s City Council meeting. They revealed a general upward trend in many…
Source Suggests 1/21-1/29
Franchot Tone Acoustic Live What pairs best with Bolognese and a winter kale Caesar salad? The acoustic grooves of Franchot Tone, of course! The Bend-based singer/songwriter goes unplugged at the Eastside Jackson’s Corner for an evening of his signature melodies. No matter the temperature outside, Tone’s smooth vocals and warm vibes will raise the heat…
Are You My Mayor?
In Bend, the mayor is not the boss of the City. He has no more authority than his fellow city councilors and, in many ways, it is the city manager who steers the ship (and receives pay commensurate with that weighty task). And yet, the mayor serves as a figurehead, a symbol of authority, and…
Out of Town 1/21-1/29
thursday 22- sunday 1 Fertile Ground Festival The 11-day celebration of theatre and dance kicks off with Women on the Scarlet Beast. Written by Caroline Miller and directed by Cassandra Schwanke, Women follows three generations of marginalized women dealing with their own inner turmoil as the world changes around them. The city-wide festival which focuses…
Side Notes 1/21-1/28
Bill Buchanan, a local attorney and vocal opponent of the City’s Surface Water Improvement Plan (SWIP), has floated a draft proposal to City Council that (if adopted) would halt the construction of the Bridge Creek Pipeline pending a continuing legal challenge. Buchanan, who says he is not representing either of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit…
Shooting Up
In the popular imagination, heroin lives in dark, damp Seattle alleys or dingy Edinburgh flats, the preferred vice of morose musicians or jaded junkies. But increasingly, experts say, the dangerous drug is coursing through the veins of well-adjusted, middle class youth, right here in sunny Central Oregon. “The people who are becoming addicted to heroin…
Bigger Than Troy Field
At first glance, Troy Field is not terribly impressive—a flat field surrounded by chain link fence. But it is an invaluable space for many residents. On most days, there is at least some activity there: someone tossing a tennis ball to a golden retriever, or a soccer team practicing. Largely informal, but occasionally the space…
Whatever, Mom
For decades, child psychologists have been analyzing the effects of parental separation—or more specifically, maternal deprivation. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, I’ll sum it up for you: Children need their mommies. And why wouldn’t they? Sure, there’s the whole nine-months-of-bonding-in-the-womb factor, but it goes far beyond that… We feed and nurture…
Go Big!
A decade ago, Ravi Drugan was struck by a train; the injuries left him a double amputee. At the time of the accident, he was 15 years old and admits that he wasn’t yet the strongest skier. He was, however, immersed in ski culture. His dad had been skiing since he was two years old,…
Go Here 1/21-1/28
Mother Nature hasn’t exactly been generous with the snow lately, so if you’re looking for a winter activity that isn’t powder dependent, check out a couple of these local gems. High Desert Museum This 135-acre complex, part wildlife center, part cultural museum can make short work of a no-powder day. Open 10 am – 4…
Look Out For the Big One!
Every night, just as I lay my head on my pillow and slowly sink into a peaceful sleep, my eyes snap open. I think, “Where’s the flashlight!? Where’s the fire extinguisher and my whistle!?” Scoff if you will, but like it or not, beautiful Central Oregon, those glittering snow-capped volcanic peaks are magnificent scenery, but…
Quick Bites
The restaurant business is notoriously fickle, with venues opening and closing in a New York minute. However, Central Oregon seems to have another “problem.” That is, restaurants are growing, changing and expanding. We grabbed our fork and spoon, and chased down some of the recent—and upcoming—changes in the area’s food scene. Groovy Grindz After the…
Heady Topper and Beyond
“It’s kind of weird sometimes,” said Travis, one barside regular at the Prohibition Pig brewpub in Waterbury, Vermont. “People come in from Massachusetts, from New York, and it’s like all they can think about is how many cases of Heady they can get before they return. I want to tell them, like, there’s 30 other…
Southern Gothic
Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is not easy theater. The play forces its audience members to step into a family life so intimate and revealing that it can shed light on our own situations we might not be comfortable examining. It is easy to draw comparisons to one’s own familial relationships and either find ourselves…
Who Am I In This World?
Richard Blanco was catapulted into the national spotlight when President Obama selected him as the fifth Inaugural Poet of the United States, following in the footsteps of such great writers as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. Blanco wrote “One Today,” which he read at Obama’s Inauguration in January of 2013. Not only was Blanco the…
Our Picks 1/21-1/29
thursday 22 Racial Justice Book Club READING—According to Gallup, Americans are more concerned about race now than they’ve been since the Rodney King beating almost 25 years ago. Locally, groups are forming to discuss Derald Wing Sue’s book “Overcoming Our Racism: Journey to Liberation” at sites across the region. The OSU-Cascades group kicks off today,…
Oil and Trouble
An unflinching, up-close look at the devastating repercussions of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, The Great Invisible travels from Alabama to Louisiana to Texas, tracking down oil rig workers, oyster shuckers, shrimpers, and crab pickers to document how life along the Gulf of Mexico changed after 200 million gallons of oil gushed into the gulf…
Film Events 1/21-1/29
It’s Just Sage Brush: The Life History of the Great Sage Grouse The High Desert Museum is hosting a presentation by Garth Fuller of the Nature Conservancy about a new, collaborative effort to restore sage grouse habitat. Following Fuller’s presentation there will be a screening of a documentary film by Steve Chindgren entitled The film…
Walden Reincarnate
It wasn’t until 2011 that the Closner sisters (Natalie, Allison and Meegan) realized that perhaps, outside of the seasonal Christmas carols and backseat sing-alongs for the pleasure of annoying their brother, that they should be making music in a more professional regard. “I was always the ‘singer’ of the family,” explained Natalie. “And I was…
