Pickathon, the indie roots festival that takes place on a spacious farm just outside of Portland, is now less than two weeks away, in case you didn’t know. Check out the lineup for this year’s festival here, and you’ll see that Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Dr.
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See Dusty Rhodes and the River Band Sunday Night…It will be your last chance
Since Dusty Rhodes and the River Band headlined the Bite of Bend last year, they’ve been not only on my radar, but constantly in my ear, with their 2009 record Palace and Stage quickly becoming one of my favorites from the past few years. I even wrote a feature about the band for Jambase.
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Dudley Finds Restaurant Owners Are Good Tippers
The Oregon Restaurant Association, a group that’s lobbied for years to restore Oregon’s “tip credit,” has given Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley a pretty generous tip: $50,000.
The restaurant owners’ PAC contributed $40,000 Thursday to the Dudley campaign, on top of another $10,000 it gave previously.
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PDXchange Program Announces Fall Shows: The Thermals, Blind Pilot, Weinland/Laura Veirs
Three cheers for the PDXchange Program!
OK, now that you’ve done the whole “hip-hip-hooray” thing in your mind three times, or perhaps out loud if you’re the sort of person who yells excitedly to yourself, here’s the reason for our collective excitement: Henry Abel, the man behind the PDXchange Program, has announced three more shows at the Tower Theatre for the fall.
Last night Loch Lomond and Portland Cello Project played to a mostly full Tower Theatre, making it the latest successful show for the concert series.
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PDXchange Brings Portland Cello Project and Loch Lomond to the Tower
In last week’s issue, I profiled Loch Lomond, the Portland-based chamber folk pop act that features Bend native Ritchie Young. Tonight, Loch Lomond joins the Portland Cello Project for the latest installment of the PDXchange Program.
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Walden Declines to Join the Tea Party
Greg Walden got invited to the tea party, but he says he doesn’t want to come.
A group of 35 Republican members of the House, led by ultra-right-wing Rep.
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Don’t Bug Me: a visitor’s view of Bend
Earlier this month, friends from Rhinelander, Wisconsin, who were married in Camp Sherman at the Deschutes Land Trust's Metolius Preserve five years ago, came to visit. The husband writes a column for the North Star Journal, Rhinelander's weekly newspaper.
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Bend's Balloon Man Plans a Double Event
Bend, Oregon – home of the Pregnant Man, the Clothesline War and the Great Goose Massacre – is about to gain some more notoriety: Kent Couch, our famous Lawn Chair Balloon Man, is going to do it again.
And this time it’ll be a twofer.
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Tour de France: Tart's French fusion fare finds a welcome and waiting audience
When 28 closed this spring, I shared the sentiments of friends who'd felt broken up with and betrayed. How could one of the best spots to grab a martini and a flatbread pizza be sold out from under a group of loyal patrons? Left to find another hip night spot, I was in a daze.
Fitting in someplace else proved difficult. Astro has martinis but the atmosphere is different. 900 Wall has a slightly older crowd and Amalia's seems to cater to a younger crowd. It felt like an effort for me to fit in elsewhere and a series from Blockbuster with a bag of popcorn began to seem more my speed. Just as I was about to give in to another season of United States of Tara, Tart Bistro announced their opening in the old 28 location. Instantly intrigued, I waited for what couldn't have come soon enough (and really did emerge as if overnight), the opening of Tart, with its promise of a French-based, globally inspired eatery and libation destination.
Decidedly different from 28 while still catering to a similar late night drinking and dining crowd, Tart Bistro picks up where 28 left off. Corey Donovan and Amy Christensen are the husband-and-wife team behind the latest fusion spot in Bend – this one of French countryside and Pacific Northwest cuisine. The décor is fun, the servers are friendly. The centerpiece of 28, the beautiful custom bar, remained intact – a welcome home for me after a month in limbo. I breathed a sigh of relief and hoped the food would be good. After a hit-and-miss lunch, a recent dinner won me over with food, atmosphere and service.
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Floyd Landis? Really?
In looking at the preview coverage of the now-underway Cascade Cycling Classic, we saw the name Floyd Landis listed among the competitors. This couldn't be that Floyd Landis, the guy who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France win after he was found to have been doping? Yup, it certainly is and he's riding solo without a team.