Even the most challenged Mathlete amongst you knows that this week we celebrate 4/20, aka Stoner Christmas. But why 4/20? What mystical connection does this have to cannabis? Grab a mop to clean up your mind, because I’m about to blow it. What 4/20 is not: It’s not the following bullshit. I’m not sure how […]
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Scenes from Greg Walden’s Town Hall
Amid a rowdy crowd demanding answers, Walden keeps his cool
Scenes from Thursday’s Town hall where Sen. Greg Walden took questions from an often irate and rowdy crowd. Questions ranged from the 1st Amendment to the failed repeal efforts of the Affordable Care Act, gun safety, transportation and the gas tax single payer insurance plans and more. Check out our photos and snippets of our […]
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You Want a Cannabis News Roundup?
Cause that’s what we have today, and we aren’t doing any substitutions.
Take a number, we’ll call you when your canna news is ready. Green and White all over Maryland has had a rocky start getting its medical cannabis program up and running. Although approved in 2013, the program stalled after requiring that the only growers allowed to grow and distribute cannabis be academic centers. After no […]
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Bend’s Best Kept Secret Turns 70
Everyone knows your name at the M&J Tavern
The M&J Tavern has stood on the corner of Greenwood and Hill collecting colorful stories for the past 70 years. The tavern, which has changed hands six times, opened in 1947, just after World War II, when Bend’s population was barely 11,000. They only served beer and wine back then and their patrons were primarily […]
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Last Up: Ravi
Jazz series wraps up with Ravi Coltrane, son of the late great saxophonist
In case you’re out of the loop, here’s the deal: over the course of the last seven months, the Mt. Bachelor Riverhouse Jazz Series has been bringing some big names in modern jazz here to Central Oregon. The series wraps up this weekend, with two nights featuring a big name in jazz, Ravi Coltrane—who also […]
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Fast Times at Redmond High
High-stakes theater project tests students’ nerves
How long would it take you to write a seven-minute play? Remember, you can’t just throw down whatever ramblings wander into your head. This play needs a coherent beginning, middle and end, just like they taught you in English class. Seven minutes that make dramatic sense. You know the elements: Plot. Theme. Character. Imagine staring […]
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Spring into Cinema
A seasonal preview
We’re a quarter of the way through the year so far, and in the realm of cinema (and politics), it hasn’t been the best. There have been a few stone cold classics including “Get Out” and “Personal Shopper,” and some disappointments such as “The Space Between Us” and “War on Everyone,” but we also have […]
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ENDORSEMENT:
Carrie McPherson Douglass for Bend-La Pine School Board
ENDORSEMENT for Administrative School District Zone 7 At Large (Bend-La Pine School Board): Carrie McPherson Douglass See video of our endorsement interviews below. In this race, each of the three candidates brings something valuable to the table, but we believe strongly that the Bend-LaPine School Board needs more members with education backgrounds. School board members […]
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Synthesized Stamina
Now in their 20th year, The New Pornographers bring a new upbeat, cohesive sound
Bucking the indie rocker norm, Canadian band The New Pornographers has weathered the changing musical landscape, releasing their seventh studio album, “Whiteout Conditions.” Expect increased tempos, heavy synths and expanded harmonies and fewer solo vocals, adding to a more unified sound. Cohesion is a tough feat to achieve for a band whose arguably best attribute […]
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Oregon’s Environmental Efforts
Keep Calm And Carry On Under Trump
Looking east from Bend’s Pilot Butte, the large arrays of solar panels near Neff Road stand out. So do Oregon’s major environment, energy and climate-related efforts, as they keep chugging along regardless of recent actions from the federal level. To renewable energy proponents, the solar projects popping up around the Bend region offer a bright […]