Open to the Public: Pronghorn welcomes locals to taste its food and wine
My idea of visiting a country club involves visiting my wealthy aunt on the East Coast or sneaking into a certain resort hot tub after hours. Walking the grounds, playing golf and sipping cocktails on a wrap around patio that overlooks the entire Cascade mountain region? Not in my vocabulary. But now that Pronghorn has…
Blitz to the Barrel (Women’s Edition) – Tonight
The dudes raced last month, now it’s the girls’ turn. Blitz to the Barrel: Dash for Cash “Girlz Nite” is tonight, with a 6pm start time set for the Super D race from Wanoga Sno Park down to 10Barrel’s outside bar.
Local Boy Chris Horner is Out of the Tour
Horner got his bell rung pretty hard. After a bad crash, which resulted in a concussion and broken nose, Horner got back on his bike and finished stage 7 (Friday) of the Tour de France.
Music From The ACB’s & James Hoffman
Sometimes great music falls in my lap.
Win VIP Passes to the Oregon Country Fair
Yeah, it’s last minute, but if you want to see one of weirdest, coolest, most Oregon-ish thing the summer has to offer, you should enter to win two VIP tickets to the Oregon Country Fair. The cultural celebration of arts, music, food and general hippie-ness is now in its 42nd year and begins today in…
More Big ‘Cross Races for Bend
Score another one for Bend in the “we host more big, important and ultimately awesome bike races than your town” category. The US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, a four-weekend, eight-race series — the premiere ‘cross series in the states, announced Thursday that Bend will host the two-day series finale on Dec.
Update: How Our Mayor is Chosen
Should we vote for our mayor, or should the mayor be appointed by his fellow Bend City Council Members? A charter review committee (see below for members)* met today to voice their opinions as to whether or not a directly elected mayor should be voted on by us, the community members. Quick background: Currently, our…
Beer Hunter: How to
Beer Hunter is a simple, yet extremely rewarding game. Here’s how to do it:
Set up some full cans of light beer in the backyard take aim with your trusty BB gun and call out a buddy’s name, as in “this one’s for Joe.” if you hit the can, buddy (“Joe”) has to run over…
Night Ranger’s Ridiculously Awesome Music Video
Tomorrow night a band called Night Ranger is playing at Troy Field (that park next to McMenamins that people think is a dog park but actually isn’t) and it’s for free. Who is Night Ranger? They’re the band that sang “Sister Christian” of course! They’re also the band behind one of the most bizarre music…
Former C.O. Wilderness School Students File Abuse Suit
Nine former students of a wilderness boarding school outside Prineville that was shut down by state authorities amid claims of abuse have filed suit against the institution, according to a Portland law firm that is representing the plaintiffs. According to a court filing provided by the O’Donnell, Clark and Crew law firm, the former students,…
Sine Die: A look back on the recently adjourned session in Salem
The Legislature wrapped up the 2011 session last week with a flurry of activity that included the passage of bills with statewide importance and direct local impact. While there are winners and losers in every session, many, including our own editorial board, have largely deemed the session to be an overall success. Below are of…
A Failed Experiment: What a Georgia's short-sighted politicians can teach us about immigration
Three months ago, Georgia Republicans proudly passed House Bill 87, an Arizona-style anti-immigrant bill that, among other things, requires employers to use E-Verify to confirm the legal status of their employees. Today, Georgia farmers (most of whom voted for those Republicans) are leaving hundreds of millions of dollars of crops rotting in the fields, unable…
The Legislature Bridges the Great Divide
Maybe Oregon should pass a constitutional amendment requiring the state legislature to be evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. Judging by what the legislature achieved during its last session in spite of its partisan division, we could do a lot worse. One of the legislature's biggest achievements, which we honored with a GLASS SLIPPER three…
Our Picks for 7/8-7/13: Bend Summer Fest, Bend Metal Fest, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and more.
Bend Summer Festival friday-sunday 8-10 Downtown is transformed this weekend into the festival grounds for the annual Summer Fest, which includes three days of music, fine art, craft vendors, food, drink and more. The music lineup includes a nice mix of local and touring acts, including Toad the Wet Sprocket, Night Ranger, Mosley Wotta, David…
Freedom Ride Videos and Photos
If you didn’t see it, you almost certainly heard about it by now. I’m talking about Monday’s Freedom Ride, the annual DIY (and not recognized by the city) bike parade that has grown into one of Bend’s great Fourth of July traditions.
The Band with the Funny Name: A brief history of Toad the Wet Sprocket
While for some, Toad the Wet Sprocket might fall under a collective '90s era “oh yeah I remember that song, who sang it?” genre, muddled with contemporaries like the Gin Blossoms, or later Dishwalla, the band continues to have a strong loyal fan base and cult following. This is noteworthy for a group that hasn't…
Of Skulls and Cellos: Billy Mickelson makes haunting magic with Third Seven
Billy Mickelson has a cello. And that's about it. Well, at least on stage. And if there's one thing we know about cellos, or at least we think we know about cellos is that they are absolutely, never cool – at all. But Mickelson, who has served as a member of Larry and His Flask,…
The Westside Gets Primal: Primal Cuts Meat Market is here to serve all your carnivorous needs
“Here is the chicken you will be enjoying tonight, his name was Collin. Here are his papers.” The server passes a file and photograph to a couple dining in Portland who then fire off a list of questions about this particular chicken served – location of the farm, the chicken's diet, whether the chicken had…
Meatless Barbecue?: A vegetarian takes to the grill
Well Bendites, it's here. June 21 has come and gone, you've wrapped up your pagan solstice rituals, tweens have started floating the river and the sun is coming out on a fairly reliable basis. Your coworker has even stopped smugly saying, “Welcome to Central Oregon” any time someone mentions a change in the weather. It's…
Pets on Parade
There will probably be an “official” participation count, but suffice to say unofficially that the 2011 edition of the Pet Parade was the largest ever. Large and full of highly creative costumes, every imaginable self-propelled conveyance, pets from domestic livestock to man’s best friend, and a few amazing sights.
State of Mind: Keith Scribner's The Oregon Experiment tackles the more radical elements of life in this state
It's become nothing more than a blip on the historical radar, but there was a time when a sizable chunk of Oregon almost became part of a different state or perhaps a different country all together. This was back in 1941 when residents of southern Oregon and parts of Northern California, disillusioned with the what…
Charles Finn: The Route 20 Barn
A few years ago, driving west on Highway 20, after rising out of Tumalo, a faded red barn stood not far off the side of the road, slouched there like some kind of colossal beast leaning its great and sleeping weight against the endemic sunshine. Like so many of its kind, the paw of gravity…
Maximum (Michael) Bayhem: Transformers 3 might melt your face
Michael Bay has a few fetishes. He likes supermodels, cars, high-tech military weaponry, hunky military personnel, jingoistic flag waving and giant, flaming explosions. I like models and explosions, so that was enough to plant me in the seat for the third film in a trilogy that could at best be called “special.” Rain Man special,…
Lackadaisical Reinvention: Move over Green Hornet, Larry Crowne just became the worst movie of the year
I have a confession to make. Sometimes when no one's looking, I'll force myself to watch a romantic comedy just to see how much I can take before retching. It's never very long. Like when watching a bad accident, my mouth hangs open and I begin to wonder not only what is wrong with actors,…
Smartly Creepy: Killing is delightfully difficult in F.E.A.R. 3
The scariest thing in F.E.A.R. 3 is the combat. There’s something horrific about a soldier who, desperate to escape, jumps over a crate only to be shredded into streams of blood and flesh in mid-air as my bullets rip through him. Moments earlier he was confident, racing toward me with his own gun ready, shouting…
Teen Survives Scare on South Sister
A 17-year-old hiker from Bend survived a close call on South Sister Tuesday afternoon after falling into a crevasse on the Lewis and Clark Glacier. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Department the young man was hiking with a pair of juvenile companions and two adult chaperones when he strayed from the primary trail and…
8 Million Ways (for Charlie Sheen) to Die
First, let it be stated that I don't know a single person who watches (or will admit to watching) the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. (For those who wish to remain fashionably ignorant, Two and a Half Men is the one that starred Duckie from Pretty in Pink and Charlie Sheen before he…
Crank It Up: Cycling opportunities abound for riders of all abilities
It's a good time of year to be a cyclist in Central Oregon. The trails at higher elevation are opening up, with snow giving way to wildflowers, offering riders room to spread out on singletrack less seen. After a long winter, and an even longer spring, the roads now beckon with the promise of endless,…
Trouble in Hot Dog Land: In America, wasting food is a sport
I began my Fourth of July morning like many other Americans. I woke up, put my Lee Greenwood mix on the stereo and red, white and blue underwear on my nether regions, fired a few bottle rockets skyward and then tuned my television to ESPN to watch some weirdos gorge themselves at Nathan's Hot Dog…
Welcome Summer With Our Garden-Fresh Straight Poop
Monday, June 27 Details, details: Michelle Bachman, kicking off presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, says she's proud she was born in same town as John Wayne. Problem: Waterloo was birthplace not of John Wayne but of John Wayne Gacy, serial killer … Blago's busted: Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich found guilty of having unpronounceable name…
Did You Hear What I Heard?
Like most Bendites, I love the summer street fairs and concerts. Thank you Sterling Savings Bank, and all the other sponsors, for The Bite of Bend.
Take Your Facts And Shove Them
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