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Talking “CAKE” with Leadbetter Band

New album release and party with Bend’s vintage rock power trio
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Farm Animals Living in Harmony ▶ [With Video]

Harmony Farm Sanctuary provides lifelong refuge to farm animals who need it most
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Harmony Farm Sanctuary started with one potbellied pig named Pig Floyd. Now, 10 years later, 145 animal residents receive lifelong refuge at a lovely little farm between Sisters and Bend, with a breathtaking view of the Cascades Mountain range. Robine Bots, Harmony Farm Sanctuary Founder, got the idea to open the farm sanctuary after her […]

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Phase Fatigue

Marvel and Ant-Man expand and contract without growing
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Here’s a random fact for you: counting this article, I’ve written 997 stories for the Source Weekly, going all the way back to Sept. 29, 2010. The first superhero movie I reviewed for this paper was Marvel’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” released July 22, 2011. Ironically, the article focuses on how I was starting […]

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Source Material: Music Docs

Seven music-related films to get you through this “WTF” winter into spring mode
by Doone Lupine Williams

When I first saw Oliver Stone’s 1991 psychedelic and dramatic whirlwind as a teen, “The Doors” — and the way Val Kilmer truly transcended into Jim Morrison’s spirit (and fully adopted his body and voice) — the relationship between true stories in music history and filmmaking seemed like an entirely new planet to me. I […]

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