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Bouyant and Bubbly

Our Artist of the Month Tracie Broughton paints underwater (well, not literally)
Kelsey Rook

In the six years that Portland artist Tracie Broughton has been a fine art painter, the prolific painter has embarked on ambitious projects with a distinctive style suggesting a much longer career. Broughton is a graphic designer by trade whose murals and lifelike canvases evoke a joyful liveliness in both form and substance. The photographic […]

Posted inNews

Where The Candidates Roam

Three vie for Park and Rec Director position
Avatar photo Phil Busse

On Monday evening, the three candidates for the Director position for the Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) gathered at the Deschutes County Building, and on May 6, a second debate will be hosted at Deschutes Brewery Public House. No wonder all the interest: Serving on the Board of Directors for BPRD is a critical […]

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Power to the People

COCC president Dr. Shirley Metcalf serves as a role model for women and minorities
Avatar photo Erin Rook

If Dr. Shirley Metcalf had led with her personal motto—”it’s all about the people,” a turn of phrase by way of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s book It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership—it might have come off as a shtick. Instead, Dr. Metcalf, the fifth president of Central Oregon Community College […]

Posted inMusic

Three is The Magic Number

Redmond hip-hop trio defies expectations
Avatar photo Phil Busse

We are sitting outside at Crow’s Feet Commons, and I’m talking with Tyler Martin and Lion Lovechild, two members from NRG Tribe, an up-and-coming hip-hop trio from Redmond. They are telling me about auras, and about how the third member of their group was drawn to them because of one of their indigo auras. No, […]

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Rich Dude’s Lament

It’s so hard to care about Adult Beginners
Alison Hallett

“Rich white guy loses all his money” is probably a really compelling pitch to other rich white guys. Cue shirtless rich dude staring bleakly into his bathroom mirror: “What if all this money is keeping me from living an authentic life?” Etc. If you’re not innately drawn to the premise, however, it’s hard to get […]

Posted inFood & Drink

By Any Other Name

From Kombucha Mama to Humm, a beverage company booms
Avatar photo Phil Busse

A year ago, a local beverage manufacturer was going by the name of Kombucha Mama, and boasting a label with a lotus flower. It was a name and image that reflected the simple beginning for the company. ”It was about two moms taking care of the world,” said Jamie Danek, one of the two original […]

Posted inOutside

Go Here 4/22-4/29

Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan
Avatar photo Corbin Gentzler

Many of us think of wildfire as being a destructive force, but fire plays a number of important ecological roles in the landscape. The ponderosa forests we know and love here are dependent upon periodic wildfire for nutrient cycling, revegetation, and to prevent the buildup of fuels that, given enough time, will produce the sort […]

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A Second Baby

Wilderness is incubating its second album
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Some bands try too hard to create synergy, to harmonize their vocals and find a groove. Not Wilderness. Like the name suggests, the band’s sound is a bit chaotic. Jared Nelson Smith’s guitar occasionally races off toward Lynyrd Skynyrd Americana, while drummer Bradley David Parsons holds down a slamming beat, creating a musical diversity that […]

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New Season, New Breweries

Three world-class breweries begin Bend distribution
Kevin Gifford

For hopheads, the highlight of the group is undoubtedly Alpine Beer Company. Based in the foothills east of San Diego, Alpine started in 1999 as a tiny brewery that quickly won the hearts and minds of Californian beer fanatics. Green Flash purchased them last year, and it’s now expanded to the point where you can […]

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A Girl and a Gun

Phillip Margolin’s latest thriller muses on a six-shooter
Christie Hinrichs

Portland author Phillip Margolin has made a name for himself in the world of noir fiction, with a particular emphasis on the legal aspects of the genre. His historical drama Worthy Brown’s Daughter is a heartbreaking story of slavery and murder set in 19th-century Oregon. “Writing Worthy Brown’s Daughter,” he explained, “was a huge challenge […]

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