A majority of the movies that get made are horror movies for two main reasons: 1) With some imagination and a solid team you can make one on a very limited budget and 2) There’s such a large built-in fanbase starving for new horror that even hot garbage usually makes a little money. They’re the safest […]
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“How To” Ideas for Authentic, Sustainable, Civic Engagement
One of the questions I always get asked as a bookstore owner is some version of, “What surprises you about running a bookstore?” I’m continually surprised by the connections we form as a third place – a place to spend time beyond home and work. Sharing a bookstore space with our community means we talk […]
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Bend Earns Reputation as Beer Mecca
Each year, confident American craft brewers send their beers to Denver, Colorado, to be judged at the most prestigious competition in the country, if not the world: the Great American Beer Festival, produced by the Brewers Association. For this year’s 38th annual competition, 8,836 beers were submitted covering all 50 states. As always, California came […]
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Redmond Chamber, City of Redmond Spar Over Tourism Tax Dollars
The Redmond Chamber of Commerce, which operates Visit Redmond, is pushing for a new collaborative partnership with the City of Redmond to continue offering destination services to both visitors and residents. In June, City of Redmond officials decided to redirect tourism tax dollars to a Portland-based agency to develop a more robust marketing effort. This […]
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Bend, By Way of Belgium
I feel like I’m always sleeping on Monkless. From the panoramic view to the consistently fantastic beer and the deep bench of flavors on a food menu filled with dishes that are rare to find in Bend, Monkless has always followed its own muse, still innovating at a time when a lot of breweries are content […]
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A Dirge for a Big Part of the Local Journalism Ecosystem
It was only five short years ago that an Oregon media company rolled into town, trumpeting its efforts to “save local journalism” in Central Oregon by purchasing the then-daily newspaper, The Bulletin. The company was convincing enough that it got a group of local investors with the best intentions to aid in the acquisition. Unfortunately, […]
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The Bulletin Bought by Mississippi-Based Media Group
Colossal media company, Carpenter Media Group, announced an agreement to acquire EO Media Group and its portfolio of over two dozen newspaper across Oregon and Washington, including local papers “The Bulletin” and “Redmond Spokesman.” Since 2019, The Bulletin has been owned and operated by EO Media Group – an Oregon-based publisher that operated numerous newspapers […]
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Operation Lava Island Falls Fish Rescue
Volunteers conducted a fish rescue operation over several days in mid-October, after reduced flows stranded fish in a mile-long side channel at Lava Island Falls along the Upper Deschutes River. The event was organized by the Deschutes River Conservancy, with help from volunteers and staff from fisheries and environmental consulting firm Mount Hood Environmental. Several […]
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Savage in Bend: Exposing the Quirks that Make Central Oregon Unique
Hello readers! Let’s dive right into our question. Sherri, a longtime local resident, asks, “When I was a kid, it was illegal to swim in the Deschutes River in Bend. Yet now, thousands of people float the river and swim all summer long. What makes it safer today?” What good is such a beautiful river […]
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Homebrewers Team Up with Breweries for People’s Choice Event
Breweries get a lot of attention around these parts — but out of a basic Bend love for beer also comes a bevy of home brewers, eager to see whether their goods are as good as the pros. That’s where the Central Oregon Pro-Am Brewing Challenge — a relatively new event — comes in. The […]