September is always a weird month for movies. We’re just exiting out of the May-July Summer Blockbuster season, but we’re still not into the November-December Oscar Bait showcase. Basically, we’re in limbo. Anything could happen over the next few months. While there are a few interesting movies coming out in September and October (“Snowden,” “Voyage […]
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Disc Golfing for Gold
Local pro wins her fourth world championship
If golf is the traditional gentleman’s sport, then disc golf is the cooler, laid-back sibling who everyone would rather hang out with. The sport continues to grow in popularity around the world, and it’s no different in Bend. A large part of that is definitely thanks to Valarie Jenkins, the 2016 Professional Disc Golf Association […]
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Is the Cannabis Gold Rush Headed for a Bust?
There is no doubt that the legal cannabis business is booming. In August, the Oregon Department of Revenue announced that it had collected more than $25 million in taxes on cannabis sales in the first six months of 2016. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) had previously estimated only $18.4 million in taxes in the […]
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Go Here 9/7-9/14
Bend Boulder Bash Just because summer is ending doesn’t mean the outdoor fun has to leave with it. Bend Rock Gym will host “What the Bash?!,” a climbing competition, on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 4-11pm. The event is the first in BRG’s Bend Boulder Bash competition series, open to climbers of all ages and skill […]
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In All The Right Ways
The inimitable Sara Watkins comes to Bend
When Nickel Creek broke up in 2007, fans were devastated that Chris Thile, along with Sara and Sean Watkins, wouldn’t be dropping any more country-tinged progressive bluegrass earworms. While the individual members were always prolific in other super groups, it was Nickel Creek that brought the musicians most of their fanbase. I discovered the Watkins […]
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Raptors on Parade
All through the month of September an exhibit on raptors will be featured in the Community Room of the Sisters Library. It all got started a few months back when Zeta Seiple, chair of the Friends of the Sisters Library art committee, asked, “So, what do we want to do for an exhibit in September?” […]
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Needing to Try
Thana Alexa has jazz in her bones
Thana Alexa isn’t just a jazz musician. For one, she’s staggeringly beautiful—but that is easily the least interesting thing about her. Her debut record, “Ode to Heroes” is filled with some of the finest players of modern jazz and her voice dances between them like stardust. Her husband/producer/drummer Antonio Sanchez brings his unmatched skills to […]
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Picks 9/7-9/14
Thursday 8 Headwaves ROCK—The Seattle-based four-piece sounds like a mixture of Portugal The Man and some weird fuzzy space rock. Its debut album is a fun exploration of ’70s synth pop and modern Pacific Northwest rock, and this is very much a band to watch. Headwaves is going to be huge a year from now. […]
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Multi-generational Housing Trends
According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center that analyzed census data, in 2014, 60.6 million people, or 19 percent of the U.S. population, lived in multi-generational households. Recent statistics are showing that multi-generational households have been steadily increasing. Multi-generational households are defined as having two or more adult generations or one that […]
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Clutch Them Pearls Fast
“The Light Between Oceans” is weightless melodrama
Before we get into the review proper, I thought I would state the obvious. All criticism is subjective. Just because I think one of the best films of the year so far is a flick about a sausage trying to have sex, find God and dose humanity with bath salts doesn’t mean everyone else will […]
