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The Medicine Cabinet Within: Head Injury and Healing Holistically

When the brain is injured, it responds like other tissue in the body with swelling and inflammation.
by Joshua Phillips

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, data from 2020 indicated that traumatic brain injuries in the United States resulted in over 220,000 hospitalizations the prior year. This represents over 600 TBIs daily, caused by a wide variety of injuries to the head. Even more common are mild-TBIs, also referred to as “concussions,” […]

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Papi Chulo’s is Great Bang for Your Buck

Jalisco-style taqueria offers tacos, birria and margaritas in Bend’s Box Factory
Avatar photo by Donna Britt

My last meal would likely be a taco, some guacamole and chips and a margarita to wash it down. I rarely eat any Mexican food that I don’t absolutely love, so I am biased, no doubt. However, I’m doing my best to be neutral and honest about my recent Papi Chulo’s experience. Papi Chulo’s Jalisco […]

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Zwickelmania is a Statewide Open-House at Every Brewery

Get your Zwickel on by enjoying free samples of beer from noon to 4 on Saturday, February 25
Avatar photo by Brian Yaeger

Feb. 25 is the Oregon Brewers Guild’s 15th annual Zwickelmania® held at every brewery (except for Portland’s bounty, which celebrated Zwickelmania last Saturday). The event began as equal parts incentive and invitation to visit Oregon breweries—as many as you can safely hit—and sample beer so fresh it hasn’t even been kegged. The name comes from […]

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Talking “CAKE” with Leadbetter Band

New album release and party with Bend’s vintage rock power trio
Avatar photo by Allie Noland

Bend-based Leadbetter Band is releasing its third studio album, “CAKE,” on March 10 and is hosting a release party at the Domino Room on March 4. This vintage rock trio is guitarist/vocalist Eric Leadbetter, bassist/vocalist Aaron Moore and drummer Kaleb Kelleher, putting its own twist on classic rock. Listeners can expect to hear a little […]

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Horoscope Week of February 23, 2023

by Rob Brezsny

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “What is originality?” asked philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Here’s how he answered: “to see something that has no name as yet, and hence cannot be mentioned though it stares us all in the face.” Got that, Pisces? I hope so, because your fun assignments in the coming days include the following: 1. […]

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A New Cafe on Bend’s West Side

A Taste of Bend features all locally made baked goods, coffees & teas
Avatar photo by Donna Britt

A Taste of Bend is now open on Galveston Avenue right next door to Brother Jon’s Public House. Calling themselves Bend’s one stop taste shop, the quaint café offers locally baked confections, tea and coffee. Cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, pies, scones, bagels and more baked goodies are all made locally by small and home-based entrepreneurs in […]

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Little Slice of Heaven Now at The Podski

Get cheesecake by the slice in a variety of flavors
Avatar photo by Donna Britt

The best cheesecake this side of heaven” is the slogan for Little Slice of Heaven Cheesecakes; which now has a food cart inside The Podski on NW Arizona Avenue in Bend. The Sunriver-based company, founded by Julie Higgins a number of years ago, is still proud to handcraft each and every cheesecake. Little Slice of […]

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Redmond Proposes Camping Code

Redmond City Council reviewed a first draft of policies that would regulate on what city-owned property people can camp on
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

The Redmond City Council took its first steps to establish time, place and manner restrictions for people camping on public property during its regular meeting Feb. 14. About 250 people are experiencing homelessness in Redmond, according to preliminary data from the Point in Time Count. That’s nearly double the 127 reported in 2022 — though […]

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OUT on the Outs

Bend’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group’s founders resigned after accusations of racism, which some of the group’s critics claim is inherent to the organization
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

On Jan. 14, OUT Central Oregon, an LGBTQ advocacy group, posted a statement on its website announcing the departure of founders Jamie Nesbitt and Richard Scharfenberg, saying the nonprofit would seek new leadership going forward. The day before, BendFilm announced it was pausing its partnership with OCO to host OUT in Focus, a film festival […]

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