Justin Timberlake, sigh.
Justin Timberlake’s new album dropped today reigniting all of the admiration my nine-year-old self had for the curly haired front man of N’Sync. Timberlake playing at SXSW. He’s sexy, and he’s back. The new album, The 20/20 Experience, is everything I could ask for from a Timberlake release. It’s cloyingly catchy, totally danceable and superโฆ
How Does Your Bracket Compare to the Pres’?
March Madness kicks off tonight and President Barack Obama is picking Indiana to win the whole thing. If you haven’t filled out your bracket, yet, get on it! The Ducks, who just won the Pac-12 after eeking out a victory over UCLA last Saturday, are in the tourney. Despite their solid Pac-12 performance, the teamโฆ
Wild Nothing, Autographed Poster Giveaway!
A sweet giveaway from a sweet band! An autographed poster from Wild Nothing!
New Cafe Also Does Pour-Over Coffee
Palate, A Coffee Bar is at 643 NW Colorado Ave. Pour-over coffee, and other manual brew methods, are the new French press. Coffee nerds like it because it’s pure, controllable and sorta easy to replicateโeven at home. You can read more about it in this week’s Culture section. There are a number of places inโฆ
Weekend Roundup! 3/16-3/17
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! While you’re getting in touch with you’re inner Lerpechaun, be sure to check out these cool events! Saturday 16 A Celtic JourneyGo celebrate St. Patrickโs Day with the second annual A Celtic Journey at Bend High School this weekend. A great event for families, this celebration will include various Celticโฆ
Dave Chappelle Making a Comeback? (please say yes, please say yes)
After an “awkward” end to his comedy show, it looks like Dave Chappelle may be making a comeback. We certainly hope so. In case you need help remembering why we all like this guy, here’s an hour of Chappelle making us want to hang out with him forever. Warning: For mature audiences and note thatโฆ
Friday Mixtape!
It’s all about Women’s Month with this week’s Friday Mixtape.
The Ascetic Junkies Are No More! (sorta)
Portland band The Ascetic Junkies has been a Bend favorite for years. Find out what their new name is!
Happy Pi Day!
Every year, around the world, Pi Day is celebrated on March 1. Pi (Greek letter โฯโ) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant โฏ the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter โฏ which is approximately 3.14. No matter how big or small the circle is, this ratio willโฆ
Bend’s Laurenne Ross Crushing Alpine World Cup Circuit
In early March, Bend’s Laurenne Ross took second in a World Cup downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germanyโher first ever World Cup podium! Crushing!This week the 24-year-old shredder is in Lenzerheide, Switzerland at the World Cup Finals. Races were canceled yesterday because of fog, but were expected to continue to today. An update from the USโฆ
Pacific Power Says Dam is “Not Very” Important to Company
Yesterday’s MPMB powwow. During Wednesday’s Mirror Pond Management Board meeting Pacific Power rep. Angela Jacobson Price was asked “how important is the dam to your company?””Not very,” she said. Price went on to call the Newport Avenue dam, the 100-year-old structure which impounds the Deschutes River at Drake Park, “a small asset” and said itโฆ
Bend Makes Another List, But Not a Good One
Yesterday PBS published a study* that found potentially unsafe levels of chromium-6, a known carcinogen, in the tap water of 31 of the 35 cities that were tested. Bend is on the list as nearly .78 parts per billion were found in Bend water provided by Avion Water. In 2011 California set a public-health goalโฆ
Serial Murder Me
Fact: I’m kind of particular about the way I want to be serial murdered. Sorry, but I’m just not the type to be serial murdered by any random Charlie Manson coming down the pike. That’s why—when I’m searching for just the right serial murderer—the first place I look is on my TV. Now, obviously there’sโฆ
Ladies Light It Up
Destiny’s Child sang a song about them—independent women. And Central Oregon’s music scene has been benefiting from ladies like that for a while now. They command attention as stage performers, as business owners supporting local live music and as website developers aiming to connect music fans with new social media tools. It’s time their contributionsโฆ
Hail to the Chief
The keg of GoodLife Brewing Compnay’s special edition honey porter—made from a recipe used by chefs at the White House—was tapped at 5 p.m. Friday night. Fifty minutes later, it was empty. But the dining room of GoodLife remained packed for the next hour plus as Bend’s indie-alt-pop-rock band Wilderness absolutely killed it. Yes—all thoseโฆ
Out of Town 3/13 – 3/21
austin,tx SXSW monday 11-sunday 17 This column is typically reserved for events in the Northwest, things that Bendites could check out within a day’s drive of Central Oregon, but SXSW is a huge freaking deal and I’m not going to let it slip by without at least honorable mention. This music/film/interactive festival is the largest ofโฆ
Combat Vets
It’s still not easy to be a woman in a “man’s world.” While many of you probably aren’t thrilled by our use of that phrase, it’s a simple fact that, for all women have accomplished, there are still jobs—entire industries even—that are dominated by men. In this year’s women’s issue, we’re taking the opportunity toโฆ
Local Bars Are Better
Hiking, biking, climbing, skiing and snowshoeing. Busy schedules, after-school sports, low blood sugar and just not enough time to sit down for a meal. These are just some of the reasons to have a power bar close by. The supermarket is flooded with choices, Grocery store power bars may have some good-for-you ingredients like oatmeal,โฆ
KER-POW!
Central Oregon is packed with wonder women. Below are just a few of the kick-ass females who are thriving in roles traditionally associated with men. Not All Dudes How Sarah Robinson broke through the male majority to become an accomplished chemist Sarah Robinson has always been a science nerd. The Oregon native holds a Ph.D.โฆ
Foxy Boxing
I would like to start by saying, I’m not a violent person. Anything resembling a fight has involved me running in the opposite direction of the confrontation. Unfortunately, I’m not very fast, so at some point, I decided that being able to throw a punch might be a good skill to have. That’s how Iโฆ
St. Patrick’s Day Roundup
Holidays are great. Especially ones that encourage drinking for the sake of drinking. So wear green, slam a few pint of Guinness and pretend you’re Irish for the weekend. St. Patrick would approve. March 13 Local Black and Tans Local breweries have created some innovative black and tans in honor of St. Patty’s day andโฆ
Our Picks for 3/13 – 3/21
Smasheltooth thursday 14 BEATS—The SHE behind Smasheltooth is a Santa Cruz-based producer who mixes dance beats with hip-hop and inner-city raps until “going stoopid doo-doo dumb on the stage.” Seriously, though, she’s a professional, following in the footsteps of Girl Talk. Deep bass and musical butter also provided by The Pirate, Lyfe and Thumbprint Collective.โฆ
The Year of the Woman
Women still make less than men for the same work. And there’s still a full-scale assault on our reproductive rights going on out there. But from politics to women’s health to fighting on the frontlines, the last year has been a series of wins for women on just about every front. Here’s a snapshot ofโฆ
One Day at a Time
MONDAY, MARCH 4 Look. All of us want to save Lindsay Lohan—but who will actually step up and do it? Why, Charlie Sheen of course… who, as we know, is no stranger to walking through the fires of celebrity hell dressing in naught but “winning” and drinking naught but “tiger blood.” Here’s what he saidโฆ
Voters should ask 911 district: What’s your emergency?
Deschutes County wants voters to reauthorize the 911 district's temporary local option property tax of 23 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation. Its campaign message is simple: It's what you pay now, and if we don't get it, we'll have to reduce our services and require public safety agencies to take up the slack. That's notโฆ
Letters 3/13 – 3/21
HAPPY AMERICORPS WEEK CENTRAL OREGON This AmeriCorps week, from March 9 to March 17, I want to thank the 800,000 AmeriCorps members and alums who have served our country since 1994. AmeriCorps programs, which come in so many shapes and sizes, work to alleviate poverty, provide natural disaster relief, educate and mentor students, improve healthโฆ
We Heart National Championships!
Because Bend loves to host national championship sporting events (marathon mountain bike nationals, road nationals, masters road nationals, cyclocross nationals, Xterra nationals, etc.) the U.S. SNOWSHOE national championships are coming to town this weekend! Yes, snowshoeing is a thing. And yes, there’s a national championship associated with it. And though you may look at snowshoeingโฆ
Golden Eagles Nesting in Bend
This is one of those "damned if you, damned if you don't" moments. I'd rather no one knew of what I'm about to share with you, but I know, in my heart-of-hearts, if I don't tell you about this you're going to hear and see it on TV or someone in The Bulletin will putโฆ
Joking Hazard
Funny—like former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s legendary line about pornography—is an “I know it when I see it” proposition. Often, nothing will kill a joke faster than trying to analyze it. But The Incredible Burt Wonderstone offers a useful teaching moment in comedy principles. And one of them is that nothing can throw anโฆ
