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Could Redmond be the Next “It” Town?
Last Saturday, bathed in crisp springtime sunshine, Redmond hosted its first city-sanctioned St. Patrick’s Day party. The main grid that runs along Fifth and Sixth Street, and traces out a Norman Rockwell-quaint downtown, was bustling with residents young and less young. Several men in kilts wandered on the street, presumably members of the High Desert…
Friday Mixtape!
Spring music continues…
“Truth in Site Coalition” Speaks Up Against OSU Cascades 4-year Westside Location
Last night marked the first open public meeting of the “Truth in Site Coalition,” a citizen group concerned with the proposed location of the new OSU Cascades campus on the westside of Bend. Here’s what you need to know: –>While the campus is set to open in the fall of 2015, the group is threatening…
Too Soon
It has been a long time coming, and seemingly the City of Bend could not wait another day to start construction on the controversial Bridge Creek Pipeline Project, the effort to replace decades-old pipes with a single, larger 10-mile-long pipe to supply Bend with drinking and flushing water. Originally, Bend’s city council had hoped to…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 10 Snotty, arrogant, and bratty superstar Justin Bieber has been called many things—including snotty, arrogant, and bratty. But there was never really any hard proof of his demeanor…until now! JBieb recently gave a taped deposition in the case of his bodyguard who stands accused of assaulting a Florida photog—and the leaked video (distributed to…
Letters 3/12 – 3/20
Department of Corrections: In our Beer Issue’s “Brewing Timeline” we incorrectly listed the establishment years of two Redmond breweries. Juniper Brewing Co. actually opened in 2014 while Wild Ride Brewing will open later this year. Sorry for aging Juniper an extra year, and sorry to open Wild Ride before its time. We just can’t wait!…
Playing Nice
Though the DIY rock documentary Mistaken for Strangers does follow the 2010 tour of Cincinnati’s indie band The National—comprised of two sets of brothers and lead singer Matt Berninger—as they play to the largest crowds they’ve ever seen, the film is not about the band. It’s actually about, well, brothers—just not the brothers in the…
Kiss Me/With Every Heartbeat
Presented by Stars and Rainbows, Kiss Me/With Every Heartbeat is a well-paced family rom-dram. Slightly less steamy than a Swedish bathhouse (just slightly), the story trundles along the star-crossed love affair of Frida and Mia, two young attractive women who, whoops, meet at their respective parent’s engagement party; that is, they are destined to become…
Out of Town 3/19 – 3/27
Boise If you’re leaving town this weekend, go for broke and head east to Boise’s third annual Treefort Music Festival. In the spirit of Austin’s SXSW and Portland’s Music Fest NW, Treefort features a mix of up-and-coming local bands, regional favorites and national and international acts. The five-day arts extravaganza also offers an assortment of…
Shifting To Spring
Oh sure, beefy sandwiches, hearty stews and stout beers are perfect food to hibernate from a February snowstorm. But springtime is an entirely different menu—less snowman physique, more stick-figure, bikini body fine. From sustenance steak to springtime salads: New to Bend, Salud! (431 NW Franklin Ave. Suite 150), has proven a welcome and much-needed addition…
Who Let the Dawgs Out?
Crux has earned a reputation for extraordinary beer. “Off Leash” is a prime example. Labeled a Northwest Session Ale, it departs from any defined beer style. Session beers are not bound by recipe or rigid tradition. It usually only means a beer that has less than 5% ABV and is refreshing. “Off Leash” is full…
Pilot Episode
“Calling ALL local musicians, artist and hacks,” reads the event listing for Bend’s newest open mic night, an free-for-all gathering on Wednesday nights at The Lot. “Sing a tune, read a poem, do a dance, tell a story, present your art…be creative. Here is an opportunity to share your soul.” Soul sharing is the M.O.…
Our Picks 3/19-3/27
thursday 20 Jim Anderson at Environmental Center BIRD TALK—Jim Anderson loves birds. He particularly loves raptors. For 50 years, as one of the region’s leading naturalists and storytellers (including his occasional column, “Natural World,” in our very paper), Anderson has been learning and talking about Oregon’s birds of prey. A wonderful multimedia talk that is…
Politics Before Patients?
On Monday morning, area residents interested in the future of medical marijuana jammed inside a Deschutes County meeting room to listen and testify at a county commissioners business meeting. But pot wasn’t the only item on the agenda. “What a turnout for the road department today,” joked the day’s first presenter, who was speaking about…
High Times at Smith
Like Crimea’s Wikipedia page, Smith Rock State Park has seen plenty of action this season. During fall, it was the French who once again laid siege to the park (the French established a number of Smith’s hardest routes, including, in 1986, America’s first 5.14a, To Bolt or Not to Be). Gerome Pouvreau completed a number…
The Source Suggests…
Pushing Buttons A haunting swing separates the Spokane-based band The Terrible Buttons from its throw-back blues contemporaries. The seven-piece crew is wrought with vocal filters, reverb pedals, folky vocals and perfectly placed details, touches of horns, strings, and vocal harmonies that swell and fade, telling stories of gatekeepers, gambling, cannibalism and Charles Darwin’s blue collar…
Better Than The Godfather III
“We’re doing a sequel!” Kermit and Fozzie sing at the start of Muppets Most Wanted. “That’s what we do in Hollywood! And everybody knows that the sequel’s never quite as good!” Then either Statler or Waldorf chimes in: “How hard can it be? We can’t do any worse than The Godfather III!” And yes, thankfully,…
From “Cowboy” to Crowdsourced
Paula Cole’s two smash commercial hits, the chanting lament “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” and “I Don’t Wanna Wait,” a desperate pop refrain with a chorus equivalent to the millennials’ YOLO slogan, are a mere blip in the long view of music history. The songs, both off of 1996’s This Fire, fit seamlessly into…
It’s Official: Black Flag Will Play Bend
Holy concert announcement! A incarnation of the nearly forty-year-old punk band, Black Flag featuring original guitarist and songwriter, Greg Ginn has announced a spring tour that will be making a stop in Bend at Volcanic Theatre Pub. On their upcoming tour: The VICTIMOLOGY TOUR will feature new vocalist Mike Vallely joining the band for the…
