Getting the Ball Rolling with Four More Amphitheater Shows
Hayden Homes Amphitheater announced its fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh concerts of the 2023 season, adding some variety to the lineup—Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band, Whiskey Myers, Sylvan Esso and Rebelution. The Beatles’ very own drummer and vocalist Ringo Starr will fill Bend with familiar rock melodies on Saturday, June 3. Ringo Starr &…
Letters to the Editor 01/19/2023
Good for the city? If you drive on the south side of Bend, you may have noticed the destruction of one of the last pieces of old growth forest in city limits on the corner of Murphy Rd and Hwy.97. One may think that perhaps homes are going in there-something our city claims to desperately…
Sowing the Seeds of Summer in January
For many gardeners, January is a great time to start thinking about next season’s garden. A horticultural support organization, Direct Gardening Association, declared January as National Mail Order Gardening Month in order to reinforce this planning concept. Gardeners have probably already been receiving mail order catalogs to peruse for plants to grow and to place…
Worrell Park and Rec?
Deschutes County Commissioners rejected a proposal to designate Worrell Park, a 1-acre downtown park, as an area of special interest. Last month Deschutes County Commissioners reversed a plan that would have redeveloped the park, chipping away at some of it, to increase the number of parking spaces in anticipation of a courthouse expansion. “Areas of…
Thornburgh Facing Appeals Over Water Use
More hearings are ahead for Thornburgh Resort, the new development near Cline Buttes, after a Deschutes County hearing officer rejected a new fish and wildlife mitigation plan. Both the developer, Kameron Delashmutt, and a longtime opponent of the resort, Nunzie Gould, appealed the decision. The hearings officer cited a lack of input from the Oregon…
Horoscope Week of January 19, 2023
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Some insects are helpful to humans. For example, ladybugs devour aphids, which are highly destructive to crops. Damsel bugs eat the pests called leafhoppers, and lacewings feed on the pernicious nuisances known as mealybugs. I also remind you that some bugs are beautiful, like butterflies, dragonflies, and jeweled beetles. Keep these…
Year-End Giving Program Doubles Its Goal
Most nonprofits perform a full-court press at the end of the calendar year, aiming to garner tax-deductible donations to boost their annual fundraising. But the nonprofits that take part in Central Oregon Gives have one extra player in the arena, because the program itself awards thousands in additional funds to the nonprofits that raise the…
BodyMind: A Column Exploring the Therapeutic Applications of the BodyMind
In Chinese medicine, this is the season for the water element, kidney and bladder meridians. December’s column mentioned that if a person’s kidneys were mechanically, emotionally or energetically challenged, that person might lack the resolve to see a new initiative through to success. Feeling a lack of support? Need some backbone? The bladder meridian runs…
Two Unicorns
When I watch a movie I always hope for the best. I want to fall in love with every film I see and leave the theater drunk on the possibilities of cinema, but the older I get, the more I find those sensations to be fleeting. What’s even more rare than a film reverting me…
Bend’s Best Boston Cream Doughnuts
Now that we’re through with pumpkin pie season as well as apple, sweet potato and pecan pie seasons, it’s time to kick off Boston cream pie season. The dessert was, in fact, created in Boston (in 1856, the year the Oregon Territory was established) but is a misnomer as it’s not pie. So, doughnut makers…
#Bend Is a Drag, in C Minor
I had the privilege of stumbling upon some of the most unrecognizable local talent in December at Midtown Ballroom. It was at the first of its kind, the 2022 “Winter Gala,” put on by the Queer Creators’ Collective, a new creative collective founded by local drag queen, Caressa Banana. Minus the packed house, impeccable costumes, a…
CHOW Burger Closes
CHOW Burger, the burger joint on Bend’s west side, announced Jan. 11 that it’s closing up shop. The burger place, created by the people behind Cottonwood Café in Sisters and CHOW Restaurant in Bend, opened between The Lot and Hutch’s Bicycles in 2020 with a simple menu of burgers, fries and milkshakes. “We want to…
El programa de donaciones de fin de año duplica su meta
La mayoría de las organizaciones sin fines de lucro realizan un ciclo completo a fin de año, aspirando obtener donaciones deducibles de impuestos para incrementar su recabación de fondos anual. Pero las organizaciones sin fines de lucro que participan en Central Oregon Gives tienen a otro protagonista en la cancha, ya que el programa por…
International Market Opens; Asian Market Pops Up Again
A new “international market” held its grand opening this week on the west side of Bend. Bendite Market, billed as a convenience store offering international goods, is located in The Hixon apartment complex on SW Century Drive. The store offers basics like soup, sugar and dog food – but in addition offers a number of items…
What’s Happening in Affordable Housing in Bend?
Affordable housing in Bend continues to be a hot topic. And for good reason. As we are all very aware of, starting in the spring of 2019 Bend, along with our neighboring communities, experienced exponential growth in population fostering fierce competition especially in the first-time home market. Pricing went up, on average, over 30% within…
Lady Bird Opens in Old Mill
Lady Bird Cultural Society is the latest restaurant to open in the Old Mill. Lady Bird, owned by Chef John Gurnee and his wife Amanda, had its soft opening over the Jan. 15 weekend and officially opened its doors with a grand opening Jan. 17. The “Mediterranean-inspired” menu features wood-fired artisan pizzas as well as…
What We Lose When We Lose Local News
Here in Central Oregon, we are fortunate not to live in a “news desert” where local coverage is hard to find. Between our weekly coverage, and the daily coverage at two local TV news stations, a daily newspaper, several other community papers, a public radio outlet with a reporter in Bend and the coverage of…
Under 10 Barrel’s Roof Lives a TinyHaus
Going off of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission’s year-end numbers in 2019, selected both because it was the last of the pre-pandemic sales and because the Commission has stopped reporting the numbers, 10 Barrel Brewing sold nearly half a million barrels of beer in Oregon. But that’s a drop in the bucket compared to…
Aiming for a Carbon-Neutral Future
Central Oregon Community College joined some 443 other colleges and universities around the nation last month, when President Laurie Chesley signed a “carbon commitment” pledge aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving carbon neutrality at the college. We checked in with COCC Sustainability Coordinator Noelle Copley about what that means for the college. The…
Cacao as Ceremony
Warming the body with mindfulness and a hot cup of cacao can fill people with unconditional love, comfort, gentle energy and health benefits, says the facilitator of a local ceremony. These ceremonies invite individuals to explore and embrace the deepest truths of who they are through the healing powers of cacao. Seeing the cacao ceremonies…
Caravan Up to Hoodoo for Thrifty Thursdays
Lift ticket and season pass prices are higher than ever, but Hoodoo Ski Resort is maintaining an affordable option on Thursdays with its $29 all-day lift tickets — $40 cheaper than the regular day pass. Bunk+Brew, an outdoor, adventure-seeking hostel, food cart lot and events basecamp in Bend, partnered with Nickolas Crockett from Love &…
Glowing Up the Power Grid
Oregon set ambitious climate goals in June 2021, seeking to fully eliminate carbon emissions from the state’s electrical grid by 2040. It’s the fastest decarbonization timeline for a power grid in the United States. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality found electricity use contributes nearly 30% of emissions in the state, second only to transportation.…
