Friday Mixtape: ’90s-Palooza
By Josh Gross Stone Temple Pilots’ frontman Scott Weiland was just in Bend with his new group, The Wildabouts. And, Smash Mouth is coming to Oregon. Mafuggin’ Smash Mouth. And why not? It’s not like they could have anything else to do? But it makes sense. Between the rampant lumbersexuality, that new Kurt Cobain documentary…
2015 Sisters Folk Festival Lineup: PRESS RELEASE
Press Release 2015 Sisters Folk Festival Lineup Announced Sisters, OR ~ The Sisters Folk Festival announces the artist lineup for the annual Festival, September 11-13, 2015. This is the 20th anniversary celebration of the region’s most well-respected acoustic music festival. Produced in beautiful Sisters, Oregon, where “All the Town’s a Stage,” Festival passes are $120…
INTERVIEW: Orange is the New Black’s Piper Kerman talks prison reform—and who she’d want to bunk with
Tonight, Piper Kerman, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison—now a popular Netflix original series entering its third season—speaks in Bend tonight as part of the Deschutes Public Library Foundation’s Author! Author! series. I chatted with Kerman for a profile in this week’s…
MUSIC GUIDE: CAMPING
For the truly committed, the overnight festival—and camping out—is full emersion. If going to a show and then heading back home to tuck yourself in is like a first date, these camp-out festivals are a true, full-on relationship. And, dry Oregon summers coupled with good-natured and polite crowds make for ideal weekend getaways. There is…
Film Events 5/27-6/3
BendFilm Bash While technically not a film event, this evening’s bash supports a major film event, Bend Film Festival. It is a like a greatest hits of Bend: Shanan Kelley hosts a special edition of a wacky and wooly variety show, “The Night Light Show with Shanan Kelley,” Spork caters the event, GoodLife beer provides…
Summer Music Guide 2015
June 1 Twin & Pachow Kabang Volcanic Theatre Pub 2 Lori Fletcher Northside Bar & Grill 3 Kris Lager Band McMenamins Old St. Francis Vampirates & Beerslayers Volcanic Theatre Pub 4 Broken Down Guitars McMenamins Old St. Francis Michael Lewis Martinez with Anna Gilbert Volcanic Theatre Pub 5 Newberry Event Music & Arts Festival Teaser…
Old Gold
Growing old has never looked as wonderful as it does on Iris Apfel. The 93-year-old is a style icon—so much so that the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of her personal wardrobe in 2005. A retired textile mogul and interior designer who tweaked the White House for nine different presidents, Apfel’s style is…
MUSIC GUIDE: PICNICKING
Music does not need to be an activity at all. Spread out a blanket, open a bottle of wine, and let the music wash over. Or, heck, if that’s even too much, the music can just be a backdrop for a summer evening. Peak Summer Nights at the Athletic Club of Bend are spot-on for…
Who Is This Scott Weiland Guy?
As with Batman movies and ecstasy, I apparently missed out on the past 20 years of another cultural force, Scott Weiland, who is scheduled to appear in town with his band The Wildabouts at the Century Center, that pavilion space sprawling between GoodLife Brewing and Volcanic Theatre Pub. Oh, sure, I know the name Stone…
MUSIC GUIDE: ROAD TRIPPING
Have we already mentioned that Les Schwab Amphitheater hosts probably its most impressive year yet, from the Decemberists to Willie Nelson, and there is the Tuesday night Munch & Music at Drake Park, Wednesday night Pickin’ & Paddlin’ on the Deschutes, and Thursday night shows throughout the summer in Bend. But sometimes, it is just…
Listen Local
Expanding its expansive list of services, the Deschutes Public Library now offers Listen Local, a library-hosted website that is dedicated to connecting the community to local musicians. This music site allows library cardholders to download music from local bands and musicians completely free of charge. Deschutes Public Library created this free service to add to…
MUSIC GUIDE: SWAY
There’s a middle ground in the summer concert scene that falls somewhere between dancing it out and packing a picnic and sacking it out. It’s a world where lighters are held high, voices rise from the crowd (off key but in unison), and the most sophisticated dance move is a deeply felt step touch. These…
Persona Non Grata
As the weather heats up, so too does crime. And this summer, the Bend Police Department is hoping to nip bad behavior in the bud with an expansion of the city’s civil exclusion zone. But the move, which would allow police to ban individuals cited or arrested for certain crimes from the downtown area, is…
High Time
With the clocking ticking down to the July 1 launcn date, Bend City Council has created a three member subcommittee to research ways Bend might prepare for the legalization of recreational marijuana. Councilors Victor Chudowsky, Casey Roats, and Nathan Boddie are considering the options the City has for regulating the time, place, and manner in…
Side Notes 5/27-6/3
Deschutes County joins a growing list of Oregon counties—now 15 deep—designated by Gov. Kate Brown as drought emergencies following Friday’s announcement. In addition to Deschutes, Grant, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Morrow, Umatilla, and Wasco counties have been added. “The majority of our state is parched due to the warm winter and lack of snow,” Gov. Brown said…
Letters 5/19-5/26
COUGARS AND DEER I’d like to address the recent cougar shootings in town. It seems that very little effort is being put toward the cause and too much into the symptom. Bend has a deer problem. I routinely have deer in my yard (I live on the west side of town near downtown). They never…
The Cobalt Reboot
When Boken opened some four years ago, it was a welcome addition to downtown dining. Justin Cook, owner of the popular westside sushi house Kanpai, brought high quality and thoughtful Japanese dishes to the restaurant, as well as an impressive flight of top shelf drinks, all rolled into approachable and urbane sophistication. Adjacent to the…
From the Mouths of Babes
Dear City Council: I am concerned that Bend will outgrow the space that we have. This concerns me because when a lot of people are crammed into a small space, tourism might not thrive nearly as much. My vision is that as we grow as a city, we expand and further develop the eastside. As…
The Beers of Summer
With Memorial Day behind us and tourists already flocking to the bars from all four corners of the world, it is clear that the summer season is almost here. And even as Central Oregon Beer Week presses on (see you guys at the Three Creeks factory opening on Friday, hopefully!), breweries across the region are…
We Can’t Hear You
In last Tuesday’s election, Brady Fuller won the election for Position One on Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) with 4,081 votes. That is hardly a big number of votes—actually only four percent of the total number of eligible voters. Yet, Fuller won by a landslide, thumping incumbent Dan Fishkin, who only earned 2,305 votes,…
Art Watch 5/27-6/3
With such a rich culture of art and creativity in Central Oregon, it’s no wonder talented artists from other parts of the country are looking for a way to have their work on display here. For Jim Peterson at the Mockingbird Gallery in downtown Bend, his hope is to provide such an avenue for these…
Bike Events
friday 29 Devinci Bike Demo Day Crow’s Feet Commons presents an all-day shred session. Bring a helmet, your pedals, and your passion for railing turns, going fast, and hitting jumps. Free shuttle from Cog Wild. 9 am-4 pm. Wanoga Sno Park, Cascade Lakes Highway. Free. saturday 30 Ride for Two Rivers This benefit ride for the…
Serving Time, Serving Truth
After graduating with a theater degree from an elite women’s college in the early 1990s, Piper Kerman was looking for excitement. She found it in a girlfriend who took her to exotic locales across the globe—and just happened to smuggle drugs. When Kerman’s relatively minor role in those illicit transactions caught up with her a…
Reinventing The Bicycle Wheel
“We’re in this because we love cycling, because we have faith in the people we work with and a passion for innovation,” responds Bend resident Beverly Lucas when asked why she wanted to start Knight Composites, a world-class cycle wheel company in an industry already saturated with cycling companies producing products and components. That enthusiasm…
Out of Town 5/27-6/3
portland wednesday 27 Cheryl Strayed interview It is a safe bet that the woman who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with no experience and told her incredible story in her book, Wild, which was made into a major motion picture last year, just might have a few more tales up her sleeve. Of course some…
Source Suggests 5/27-6/3
Dead at the Doj While Dead at the Doj might suggest a karate lesson gone horribly wrong, it’s actually a celebration of the music of The Grateful Dead performed by Brent Alan, Mark Ransom & The Mostest, Riding Tide, DJ Grateful Kev (Kevin Bryne), and featuring Jive Coulis. It really goes without saying, but for…
Our Picks 5/27-6/3
thursday 28 BendFilm Bash ARTY PARTY—The 12th annual BendFilm Festival is just half a year away, which means it’s time for the annual fundraiser. This year’s event features the wildly popular variety show “Night Lights with Shanan Kelley,” which has sold out 25 consecutive shows since February 2014. Nosh on apps from Spork and throw…
Summer Music Guide 2015
Check out the rest of Summer Music Guide 2015 below: BOOGIE DOWN SWAY ROAD TRIPPING CAMPING PICNICKING Summer Music Events Calendar
MUSIC GUIDE: BOOGIE DOWN
Sometimes, a concert is more than an opportunity to hear a beloved band, throw a few back, and socialize with friends. Sometimes it’s about spending time with music that moves you—literally. Whether you have moves like Jagger or your go-to is the Carlton, there’s a show for every kind of groover and shaker. The Barefooted…
Tis The Season
Last year Outside Magazine announced to the world that Bend, Oregon is, in fact, the best place on the planet to stand up paddle board. Thanks, guys. With our cover blown, it’s not surprising that paddling the stretch of river between Riverbend and Drake parks has become an activity not unlike Tinder meets bumper boats…
