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Flying Dogs, Destiny, and a Show Dog Lovers will Never Forget

J.D. Platt’s K9 Kings Flying Dog Show
Annette Benedetti

J.D. Platt is best known as the man with the high-flying dogs and the only human performer in K9 Kings Flying Dog Show, but his experience in the entertainment industry started long before his canine companions came along. As a former professional snowboarder, Platt spent his younger years shredding the slopes at Mt. Bachelor, entertaining […]

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Bend’s Dog Parks

By Bella the Dog | As Told to Russ Axon
Russ Axon

Hi! My name is Bella. I am a dog! A miniature Australian shepherd dog to be specific. I am 56 years old! (Russ: That’s eight in human years.) I have lived in Bend my whole life, and I love it here! The blue sky, the gray grass, the nice people at the toy store who […]

Posted inMusic

Acoustic Souls

Rodrigo y Gabriela play well together
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Rodrigo y Gabriela don’t just make beautiful music together, they are beautiful music together. As an acoustic guitar duo out of Mexico City, their guitars complement each other flawlessly and create a wall of sound in which to get lost. Their acoustic guitars feel propulsive in a way acoustic guitars rarely have the chance to […]

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Drink, Dance and Soak Yourself Silly

Music festival + hot springs = perfection
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

In a perfect world, all music festivals would include not just beer and live music, but natural beauty and a chance to soak yourself into oblivion. It might not be the combination you get other places, but at the Broke Down Soakdown at Summer Lake Hot Springs this August, you get all that and more. […]

Posted inCulture

Part of Our World

“The Little Mermaid” swims to shore
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Disney is good at a lot of things: fostering childhoods, making billions, building theme parks, handling lawsuits and turning an existing intellectual property into spun gold again and again. Whether they are turning one of their classic films into a new theme park attraction, making direct-to-video sequels to 50-year-old cartoons or molding beloved animated movies […]

Posted inNews

Cannabis Bliss

A CBD product that treats animal ailments
Steve Holmes

Many Benditos are familiar with “runner’s high,” the feeling of euphoria that people experience after intense exercise. Runner’s high is caused by the brain releasing endocannabinoids into the blood stream. That six-syllable term is a portmanteau of “endogenous,” meaning “coming from within” and “cannabanoids,” meaning “chemical compounds of the cannabis plant.” Yes, the human brain […]

Posted inCulture

The Only Local Nature Guide You Need

Bend author’s new book covers the spectrum of local nature, with humor, facts and stunning photography
Jim Moore

Let’s say you’d like to know more about the Central Oregon outdoors. Before you head out on your next adventure, you might drop a field guide for birds into your backpack. Plus one or two for wildflowers. Then one more for mammals, and another for trees and shrubs. Or you could take just one book. […]

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