G5 and Deschutes Brewery Ranked Best Places to Work by Outside Magazine
G5—a digital marketing company specializing in property management—and Deschutes Brewery have been named two of the best places to work in the US, according to Outside Magazine. Teaming up with the Best Companies Group, Outside evaluated companies based on employees’ reviews of work environments, policies and perks, corporate culture, and employee engagement. G5 came in…
Wee-United And It Feels So Good.
Ween is reuniting for two shows and while that isn’t very many shows it’s more shows than we thought we’d be getting like a week ago. The two musical extravaganzas will be on February 12 & 13 at the Broomfield’s 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado and, as Gene and Dean Ween have described, will…
The Latest on the Paris Attacks
On Monday, people gathered around Paris city hall to hold a moment of silence for at least 129 people who were killed in multiple attacks around the city on Friday. Five of the seven men who carried out the attacks have been identified; however police are searching for Salah Abdeslam who has been named as an eight suspect.…
Paris Attacks Update
Multiple attacks in Paris have been reported since Friday afternoon and into the evening. France has closed its borders and up to 40 people have been killed. The BBC reports that up to 60 hostages have been taken at the Bataclan arts centre, and three explosions in a bar close to the Stade de France…
Face Kick Your Way To A Full Belly!
The El Rey Network, which was launched and is mostly curated by occasionally good director Robert Rodriguez, is at it again. For the second year in a row, the network will host a Thanksgiving Day Kung-Fu Movie Marathon. This is perfect for those of us with families that have been known to throw verbal punches…
Murphy and Third Street Roundabout to get new art installation
Art in Public Places chose Gilded River—a kinetic art installation of ten tree sculptures—which will be installed at the Murphy and Third Street roundabout in summer 2016. The 22-foot high aspen-modeled trees will have over 1,000 gilded leaves, which will replicate fall foliage colors. Over the summer, more than 110 art submissions were received, and the three finalists who…
A Dog of a Different Color
Quick! What’s the most expensive beer you can think of? Samuel Adams Utopias, maybe? No way: That’s only $200-ish for a 700-milliliter metal bottle. Even BrewDog’s The End of History—which you may remember from pics on the internet; it’s that 110-proof sucker sold in bottles made from taxidermied squirrels and such—clocked in at a mere…
Art Watch 11/11-11/18
New black and white photographs taken by Central Oregon Community College students are on display at the Franklin Building in downtown Bend. But the photographs tell stories that aren’t typically associated with the high desert setting and the photography scene around Bend. The photos were shot with film cameras, developed in a darkroom, and hand…
Western Icons
As the Bureau of Land Management continues its roundup of 1,500 wild horses in the Beatys Butte herd management area in Southern Oregon—one of the largest gathers in state history—agencies that manage the iconic species are under increased scrutiny. A little over a week before the roundup began, the Department of the Interior released a…
Letters 1/11-11/18
ADIOS BEND After more than 40 years in Bend, I have pulled the plug and moved to the rain forest of western Oregon, Portland to be exact. And lo and behold, guess what I find? All the problems of Bend have followed me here: overcrowding, overpricing, too much traffic, overstressing, lack of affordable housing, abundance…
Side Notes 11/11-11/18
A public hearing will be held regarding the request for a zoning change for Troy Field at 690 NW Bond St. owned by the Bend La-Pine School District. The district is requesting to change the 0.08 acre-lot from a designated public facilities zone to commercial limited zone. People are invited to testify about the issue…
Rock Prodigy
Cameron Thomson doesn’t have a letterman’s jacket, although she’s one of the most accomplished athletes at North Medford High School. What symbols Thomson does have to show for her athleticism, however, are some of the strongest, most callous-covered fingers of any 15-year-old in Southern Oregon. Thomson is one of the country’s best rising stars in…
Our Picks 1/11-11/18
thursday 12 November Dinner Show COMEDY—Last month, the Belfry hosted their first dinner show, and they’ve decided to do it again. Make sure you finish every last bite of your fall salad, green beans, balsamic glazed pork chops, and raspberry panna cotta for dessert before two Portland comics entertain you for the evening. We don’t…
Take Me Home 11/11-11/18
A Look at Third Quarter Real Estate Numbers in Bend By Corinne Boyer Home sales in Bend rose during the third quarter, continuing a trend of steadily increasing home prices that Bend real estate broker Cheri Smith says began in 2011. But that may not be the case over the next few months. “Prices are…
License Revoked
James Bond remains even when we, as a society and civilization, change into something a bit more enlightened than his halcyon days. While I wouldn’t go so far as to describe the character as a remnant of a bygone era, there are still aspects of the series that play as out of touch to a…
Film Events 11/11-11/18
Unbranded One of the best documentaries of the year is screening again, but this time in the brand new Madras Performing Arts Center. The film follows three cowboys as they ride from the Mexican Border to the Canadian one and have the adventure of a lifetime. Edge of your seat entertainment. 6:30 pm, Friday, Nov.13…
Smoke Signals11/11-11/18
In Bend, we have now enjoyed a full month of recreational cannabis sales from 14 stores around town. There have been no reports of problems with these sales, or the cannabis consumed as a result of them. Instead, most of the action has taken place at the City’s Advisory Committee meetings. The Committee is working…
Traffic Jam
Traffic Jam is bringing some of Traffic’s greatest hits back to the stage. The four-piece band consists of frontman Dave Mason, Johnne Sambataro on guitar and vocals, Alvino Bennett on the drums, and keyboardist Tony Patle. Although Mason was inducted into the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame as one of the founding members of…
Source Suggests 11/11-11/18
Corner Gospel Explosion If you are actually looking for gospel music then you might have stumbled into something you weren’t expecting, but just as downright marvelous. Always unpredictable and sonically adventurous, Corner Gospel Explosion defy genre just as easily as they wail on their reverb-heavy indie rock sound. With no two shows ever ending up…
End of an Era
Debbie Sloan takes the duster out of her back pocket before taking a seat at the counter in the front of her store, Nature’s. She’s been providing organic groceries and natural products to the Bend community since 1983, expanding three times, and greeting her customers by name as they arrive and leave. “Bye, Katie, I’ll…
Facing Fear
Author Elizabeth Gilbert is busy. She’s toured with Oprah, she hosts a podcast based on her most recent book Big Magic, and she is meticulous when it comes to responding to her tightknit community of followers on social media. She reads fans’ blogs and even takes time to reply to tweets. Last year, she posted…
The Boot 11/11-11/18
Oregon Needs Sunshine Oregon is in the news for another failing score, but this time, it’s not our educational system—it’s the whole state government. According to a recent data-driven assessment by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity, Oregon earns an F for government accountability and transparency. And while the top-ranked state, Alaska, only…
Harvest Time
Bend has become a notable destination hot spot for a few reasons: It attracts outdoor enthusiasts from around the world, it has one of the highest number of breweries per capita, and it’s an all around incredible place to live. But what if “locally-sourced foodie destination” were to be added to that list? Bend may…
