Re: New Leadership steps into the Tower’s Spotlight (Aug. 06) The Tower has long been a community asset that has forgotten it’s a community asset. Far too many people running the place kept it very stale. Almost exclusionary. With only plays and events the old guard approves of. It’s a travesty the theatre is not […]
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NAR Settlement Update
Many expected the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement to be a seismic event for the real estate industry, but a year after the rule changes went into effect, the market has remained remarkably stable. Contrary to predictions of widespread disruption, the core mechanics of buying and selling homes have largely gone on as before. […]
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A Foundation for Success
After 25 years of operating from borrowed and rented spaces, Heart of Oregon Corps is finally building a home of its own. It will break ground Sept. 10 on what will become Central Oregon’s first dedicated youth workforce development campus, says a recent press release. This will mark a major milestone for the organization’s 25-year […]
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Rod DeGeorge
A typical Rod DeGeorge concert set list is a trip: a blend of classic blues-rock guitar virtuosity — paying tribute to some of the greatest guitar gods in history — and nuanced textures of classical, fusion and world music. The stage is familiar territory for DeGeorge, who has spent more than three decades touring, recording, […]
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Naked Guns and Being Alone Together
If you want to go to the movies and watch a double feature so insanely polar opposite from each other that it factory resets your brain, then look no further than the mind-melting combination of “The Naked Gun” and “Together.” One is a gruesome, body-horror deconstruction of toxic relationships and codependency and the other is […]
Posted inOutside
Volunteers Keep Wilderness Trails Passable
One of the nonprofit groups that is helping the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests out with trail work and signage repair is Friends of the Central Cascades Wilderness. Based in Bend, FCCW works with the USFS to protect and preserve the wilderness character of four wilderness areas in the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests. In […]
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Best Food Cart in Sunriver
The history of Wonderland Chicken Co. begins with a love story. In 2019 the owners, husband-wife team Jonathan Gooden and Autumn Eberlei, happened to order a Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich at a brewery in Portland. They loved it so much, they obsessed over how to replicate it. Their experiments turned into a recipe for the […]
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Best Nonprofit Event in Sisters
While the sun is still burning hot these days, there will come a time not so long from now when the scene looks more like this: a late September weekend in Sisters, evening settling in with a sharp autumn bite. The streets are filled with music, merriment and warm layers as people wander in and […]
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Best Barber in Redmond
Amber Webb started cutting her cousins and three brothers’ hair as a joke at the age of 12. At 15, she decided it was her career path. “Everyone’s like, chicks aren’t barbers, right? Chicks do chick things, and guys do guy things.” Webb said. That is where Aziz Crew started — at least the namesake. […]
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Best Breakfast Burrito in Redmond
An Americana diner on wheels, Jonny’s Joint serves what Redmond locals voted the Best Breakfast Burrito, as well as being runner up for Best Burger and Best Food Truck. Co-owned by mother-son duo LoriAnn and Jonny Kuhn, the bright red food truck parked on First Street is a family affair, involving three of the four […]