Let’s face it, Bend is no Aspen thankfully and Mt. Bachelor is no Snowmass. Sure, we’ve got top-tier dining and upscale boutiques in town. But our ski hill is for playing hard and, of course, throwing back a few between runs, but certainly not for posing. The Clearing Rock Bar at Bachelor’s West Village Lodge is the perfect metaphor for just how distinctly un-Colorado we are here in Central Oregon. With its friendly staff of locals, utilitarian décor, and predominately beer-drinking crowd (okay, you’ll see a few drinks with whipped cream on top here and there), the place smacks more of a watering hole downtown than a place to sip a hot toddy by the fire though such a scenario is attainable if that’s your flavor.
Aprรจs-Ski, Central Oregon Style: Slopeside dining at Bachelor’s Clearing Rock
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Straight Pimpin’
It's somewhat difficult to take a band with an intentionally goofy
name like The Pimps of Joytime all that seriously. But you should
because the Brooklyn-based troupe can seriously funk your face and ass
right off your body. Seriously. Well, not literally, but you get the
point.
Fronted by guitarist, vocalist and all around studio hound
Brian J, the band, which features a live lineup as culturally diverse
as the band's sound, offers up not just a dance party, but a
sophisticated dance party. Funk-laced music oftentimes runs the risk of
falling back on the conventions of its genre, and while it's usually
skillfully played and danceable, some funk sounds poured straight out
of a can. What the Pimps do is spread their funkiness across a span of
genres including salsa, hip-hop and soul while Brian J ties it all
together in the studio with an edgy modern approach to his production.
Posted inCulture
Our Picks for the Week of 2/4-2/12
My Own Two Feet
thursday 5
We thought we'd take another stab at
getting the word out about the premiere showing of this snowboard flick
that forsake flashy helicopter shots and snow cat transportation for
simple human power…as in walking and such. A DJ will start spinning
after the screening as ski and snowboard films play in the background
to keep the dance party pumping. Oh, and there's plenty of free stuff
to be given away! 6pm, The Summit Saloon and Stage, 125 NW Oregon Ave.
$6, $10/two.
Reading the Wonder of Kesey's Notion
thursday 5
Here's
something you probably didn't know: one of the greatest American novels
was written and takes place right here in Oregon. We're talking about
none other than Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion and at this
discussion, University of Oregon professor David Scott Arnold takes an
in-depth look at the novel. 6:30pm. Bend Public Library, Brooks Room,
601 NW Wall St.
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Smoked Out: A look at the first month of a smoke-free Oregon
On the last Friday afternoon of January - which happens to be an unusually warm one - about a dozen folks are lined up at the bar and scattered around the tables of the M&J Tavern on Greenwood. The scene probably would have been the same a year ago. Sports highlights flash across the flat-screen television mounted above the bar as peanuts are consumed steadily and the shells tossed freely to the concrete floor. But what's absent is the smoky haze that once hung around the ceiling of the Greenwood Avenue tavern.
It's been a month since Oregon, like more than 20 states before it,
extended a ban on workplace smoking to include previously exempt
establishments like bars and bowling alleys. The measure, which was
passed by the Oregon Legislature more than a year and a half ago but
just took effect on January 1, is a step forward for Oregon's tobacco
control reputation, but public health and anti-tobacco organizations
say the state has a long way to go.
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A Bear Market for Weirdness
The Bend real estate market shows no signs of reviving yet, but the market for weirdness may have bottomed out.
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Festival News: Good and not so good
Although you might not realize it here in Bend this week with these mid-spring temperatures we've been experiencing, summer is still a ways off. But that didn't keep us from getting all hyped up about the summer music festival circuit this week.
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Another (Long) Shot at Cabinet for Kitzhaber?
Mere hours after Tom Daschle announced that he was withdrawing from consideration to become President Obama's secretary of Health and Human Services, the name of John Kitzhaber was being tossed around again.
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Tre Bizarre
Volcom's Blizzard Bizarre, part rock tour part shred trip, is rolling through Bend tomorrow night. The group has been working their way up north shredding by day and rocking by night courtesy of Tweak Bird and Kandi Coded.
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We’re in a movie, kind of…
Local filmmaker Chris Kas just finished work on his short film, "Good News" and wouldn't you know it if the Source Weekly played a starring role. Well, actually one of our boxes was the star, not us.
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End of the Gravy Train for Sizemore?
Carla Axtman of BlueOregon says she has reliable information that perennial anti-tax crusader and racketeer Bill Sizemore has lost the support of his two sugar-daddies.