Farmer’s Diary: Counting Cows in Wisconsin
The latest installment of Farmer’s Diary inspires us to be appreciative of the the access we have to local, healthy food. Recently I traveled back to the Midwest to visit my family and homeland. I flew into Minneapolis and made the four hour drive west to east across Wisconsin to Green Bay. It’s a trip…
Farmer’s Diary: Parts of the Whole
In the latest installment of Farmer’s Diary, Megan French lays out the benefits of eating local. “When we told our youth that farming was a lowly aim compared with becoming teachers, doctors, or lawyers, what were we thinking? We need teachers for just a few of life’s decades. If we are lucky, we’ll see a…
The Storm Behind Stormy
An adult film star, in town to perform in a strip club, as she continues to battle the President of the United States over an alleged affair. This stuff just doesn’t happen all that often in Bend, Ore.—but it did last month. It was a one-night appearance, but Stormy Daniels’ performance at Stars Cabaret May…
Cooking Classes at Rainshadow Organics
Have you ever wondered what to do with your farmer’s market produce? You can learn to cook fresh from the farm at the Rainshadow Organics Farm Store with chef Michelle Aronson of Farmbelly. You’ll meet on the farm, get a tour of the market garden, then pick up some knife skills while you prepare a…
Porter Brewing Co. Opening in Redmond
Husband and wife owners, Deven and Avara Roberts, plan on opening Porter Brewery Co. on the Northeast side of Redmond in September. Porter Brewery Co. will be a cask-ale brewery offering English-style ales. The brewery will have a grassy outdoor space for folks to sit outside and kids to play. The Bad Boys Barbecue food…
Safety Concerns Close Shooting Area
The McKenzie storage area west of Sisters is now closed to target shooting Shooting enthusiasts in Sisters will have to find new digs, now that the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest closed the McKenzie storage area, a shooting area near the Crossroads subdivision off Forest Service Road 400. Officials from the Ranger…
School’s (almost) out for the summer!
What are you supposed to do with your kids and all their free time? How about something free!? Bend offers so many fun activities for kids and their parents this summer. Here’s where to start. Free Lunch For many, kids’ school meals are a substantial part of their day—so why should it be any different in…
More Construction on NW 14th Street
Drivers who need to use NW 14th Street between Galveston and Newport this summer should consider alternate routes. The City of Bend is holding an open house for the public to discuss upcoming work on the 14th Street corridor between the Galveston Avenue roundabout and the Newport Avenue roundabout from 5 to 6:30pm on Tuesday,…
Mmmm… Donuts!
It’s the perennial question: Are you a cake donut person or a raised donut person? Before you answer, think carefully. This could signal something about your personality. Just kidding. The type of donut you prefer has absolutely no bearing on who you are as a person. Unless you don’t like donuts at all, of course……
Flying the Wild West
Wearing a San Francisco Giants hat around Bend can elicit remarks, depending on where you go. (Hint, don’t go to Sidelines wearing one.) Case in point: It might be considered poking the bear to purposely wear one as you stand by the baggage claim when the 11:33 am flight from Los Angeles lands at Roberts…
Blockbuster Mania
There’s really no such thing as the summer blockbuster anymore. If the movie appeals to mass audiences, people will see it regardless of the month it’s released. “Black Panther” is the ninth-highest grossing movie in history and it came out in February—normally the month studios dump their crappiest movies. It’s all blockbusters, all the time…
Oui, Oui! French Pop-Up with Loyaute
Go to France but stay in Bend. Chefs Josh Podwils and Colin Dunlap of Loyaute are having their second innovative French-inspired pop-up dinner. The French culinary experience will wind through eight different courses, using many Northwest ingredients, with seven Northwest wines. Seating is limited to 25. Make reservations by emailing loyautebend18@gmail.com. Why a series of…
Meeting Scheduled for Proposed Starbucks at Platypus Pub Location
On Wednesday, June 6 at 9:30 am, organizers will hold a public meeting at 1225 NE 3rd Street to discuss turning the property currently occupied by the Platypus Pub/Brew Shop into a drive-thru coffee shop. According to the City of Bend’s Planning and Engineering Department’s project information webpage, the project application involves a “Starbucks with…
A Fat Sack… of Reader Questions
Last week we featured some past reader questions—but there are a lot more. In this week’s reader Mail Bag, we place a mailbag over the heads of readers, and beat them until they answer my questions. No, wait… I’m thinking of how the new CIA director operates. In this case, I simply answer questions from…
Out of this World
Daniel John Riddle has been writing, recording and releasing music under the band name King Black Acid since the early ’90s, coming of age in Portland during a pivotal time in music, and sharing the stage with Nirvana and GWAR. Over the years, Riddle has developed a different point of view about the band, seeing…
Swiss Rockabilly
The Hillbilly Moon Explosion doesn’t have a sound typical of other bands you see coming through Bend. The musically diverse four-piece band from Switzerland features the vocals of Italian-Swiss singer, Emanuela Hutter, blending an upbeat, raucous rockabilly style with blues, surf rock, swing and country styles to create a sound decisively its own. Hutter and…
Three must-read books for June
There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange First time author Tommy Orange will soon be mentioned in the category shared by Erdrich, Alexie, Welch, and Silko: that of truly great indigenous authors. The voices of urban Native Americans are ones we don’t often hear. “There There” tells the story of 12 differing personalities who converge…
Hollywood on the Highway
“It’s a transformative experience for people.” Dana Whitelaw’s eagerly explaining her museum philosophy. “I firmly believe that,” says the High Desert Museum’s executive director. “The way that our permanent exhibitions are immersive scenes. They put the visitor in the place and time without a ton of panels to read. It’s more about the experience than…
New VA loan option is good news for vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs released guidelines for 100 percent-financed rehabilitation loans for veterans that were much needed. Until recently, a VA-financed home had to be pretty much perfect, but with the new program, financing can be added to bring homes up to the standards of the VA. The rehab work is limited to repairs…
Fed Up With Gun Violence?
Orange! It’s the new flower in the end of a gun barrel. Don’t get the reference? During the Vietnam War, hippies would place flowers down the barrel of National Guardsmens’ rifles in protest of the war. Now students and other people—who’ve grown tired of gun violence—will don orange tie-dyes in solidarity against gun violence. This…
New Gallery space
One of the upsides of our ever-growing town is that all our little nooks and crannies are being filled with various delights. A new little nook has just filled up, featuring a collective of artists regularly showing their work. Karen Ruane Studio and Collective is now open in a space just above Great Harvest on…
From Massachusetts With Love
One can argue, with some credence, that craft beer as we know it today began in the West. Sierra Nevada Brewing, the first really successful “microbrewery,” launched in northern California in 1980, followed by a small avalanche in Oregon when brewpubs were legalized in the state in 1984. Now there are hundreds all up and…
Free Will Astrology—Week of May 31
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On February 17, 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev had an appointment with a local cheese-making company to provide his expert consultation. But he never made it. A blast of inspiration overtook him soon after he awoke, and he stayed home to tend to the blessed intrusion. He spent that day as…
The Lighter Side of Banding Eagles
Just having turned 90, it occurs to me that I’ve been working with golden eagles over 60-plus, years and it continues to be an adventure. I started reading about them in William L. Finley and Herman T. Bohlman’s great bird books in the late ’30s. I also recall back in the ’50s, when the U.S.…
Cookin’ Up Southern Favorites
The Tin Pig food truck checks all the boxes for Southern favorites: fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, hushpuppies and cracklin’. Married Chef-Owners, Jack H. Tate and Yvonne Carmean, both have families with roots in the South. When they couldn’t find anyone serving the Southern food they wanted, they saw an opportunity. Prior to opening the…
Judge rewrites gun ballot title
On Wednesday, Deschutes County Presiding Judge Wells Ashby issued a ruling that rewrites the ballot title for a proposed initiative that would limit enforcement of gun regulations. The new title replaces one written by District Attorney John Hummel. “The court finds the Caption, Question and Summary prepared by the District Attorney … fails to adequately…
A Carnival with a K
Of the growing number of outdoor educational opportunities for kids in Central Oregon, one program is something of a rite of passage for a Central Oregon spring. The Kokanee Karnival, held at Bend’s Shevlin Park, welcomes hundreds of 4th and 5th grade students from schools in Bend, La Pine and Redmond each year. As well…
Panhandling:
Another website won’t solve the issues behind homelessness in our community For last week’s story, “Spare Some Change,” we sent reporter Chris Miller out to talk to the panhandlers who some say are causing problems in downtown Bend. Hearing from the population in question was an important facet of the story, we thought. It took…
Chicks in Bowls… On Skates!
Helmets emblazoned with stickers bob up and down just over a grassy hill in Ponderosa Park, reassuring me that I’m headed in the right direction. After walking past a gaggle of teenage boys on skateboards sporting bucket hats and Vans, I find a small group of women clad in knee pads, elbow pads, helmets and…
The Arf Of Reading People & Nightlight At The End Of The Tunnel
I’m a woman who judges potential boyfriends by whether dogs like them. My friends think I’m crazy, but I’m convinced that my dog picks up on who a person really is. Is there any research on whom animals are drawn to? —Muttperson Dogs have proved useful for sniffing out drug stashes, dead bodies, and IEDs.…
Handling Business
The fairly unheralded arrival of “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” is the first time I can remember when the release of a new Star Wars movie doesn’t feel like an event. The fact that we get a new one every year might have something to do with it, or it might have something to do…
Letters to the Editor
Hypocrite Nation The miscreant scumbags controlling the government have made it totally clear their only agenda is pillaging the poor, the sick, the elderly, the downtrodden, the disenfranchised and the country as a whole, to further enrich the already filthy rich under the guise of a flim flam tax sham scam. And what about the…
2018 Summer Music Guide
Live It Up! All the shows that should be on your radar this summer. Operation Music Maker Festival Prep! Pick’s Picks Musicians Do Beer! …and finally… Your Fav Bands! The Source’s compendium of bands in Central Oregon.
