1st Place: Smith Rock State Park Smith Rock State Park 9241 Wallenberg Rd., Terrebonne 2nd Place: Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond, Redmond
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center
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Haunted Houses: From The Streets to the ScareGrounds
Halloween haunts that’ll get you in the spirit
S ome people like Halloween. These locals love it. If you’re looking for some haunted attractions that’ll give your kids a scare, check out these houses that went all out for All Hollows’ Eve. For all of the photos, see here. RIVERFRONT DRIVE., DOWNTOWN BEND On the 100 block of NW Riverfront Drive, Tucked away […]
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Reap What You Sow
Never mind those recent snow flurries—spring has officially arrived. And as branches begin to bud, and birds to sing, it’s time to start thinking about gardening. Now, Central Oregon isn’t the Willamette Valley. One does not simply toss seeds over one’s shoulder and return a few weeks later to find verdant greens emerging from the […]
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Picks 3/18-3/25
thursday 19 George Clinton & Parliament FUNK—The undisputed grandfather of funk, prolific and versatile musician George Clinton (seriously though, he’s won awards for gospel and had his music heavily sampled by hip-hop artists), is bringing his epic soul train to Bend. The influential, 73-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is a must-see. If, by […]
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Bring the Annihilation
Monster X Tour rolls into the County Fairgrounds
I’m the very last person you’d expect to see at a monster truck show. I didn’t learn how to drive a car until I was 22 years old and seeing a fender bender or a tow-truck on the road can throw me into a full-on panic. And, in the two years that I lived in […]
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Our Picks 3/5-3/11
thursday 5 Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Show OUTDOORS—Get past the irony of spending a day indoors to gear up for the outdoors, and feast on this four-day smorgasbord of tents, boats, cross-bows, and rods-n-reels. (See page 24 for more information about this year’s cooking presentations.) Noon-8 pm, Thursday & Friday, 10 am-8 pm Saturday, 10 am-4 […]
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Film Events 5/28-6/5
See More Seymour: Mission Impossible III Phillip Seymour Hoffman played plenty of borderline characters, hanging on to the outer limits of decency, but when he battles against Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible III, he is delectably evil, no apologies. Wednesday, June 4, 7 pm. Old Stone, 157 NW Franklin. Free! Alan Howarth: benefit concert This […]