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22 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Cabin 22 reopens a familiar space
In three years, as many restaurants have occupied the familiar space along the back stretch of SW Century. Two years, Players, a longtime dark and dingy bar, closed its doors. A year, Blue Pine cleaned the space up, let some sunlight in and optimistically opened a gastropub, with an impressive menu and specials like a […]
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Pregaming for the Town-Gown Showdown
Opposing sides in OSU land use debate reveal their colors
Crossing guards stationed outside the Bend Police and Municipal Court building assisted a slow but steady stream of visitors as they made their way across NE 15th Street from the parking lot by Lava Lanes. Inside the courtroom, a sea of neon green and orange clad concerned citizens packed into the room, standing along the […]
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The Art of Growing Up
Creative Phoenix group Emby Alexander has serious-ish charm
If the meticulously crafted sound of art rock maven St. Vincent is the equivalent of a measured stroll through the Louvre in Paris, then the wildly aggressive baroque music of Phoenix band Emby Alexander sounds more like an ill-supervised field trip of feral urchins scattered through the museum’s halls with abandoned wonder. And, in much […]
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Not the Same as Mexican
Sol Verde serves up deliciously spicy New Mexican lunches
Frida Kahlo is not the same as Georgia O’Keeffe. Oh sure, their paintings may have the same vibrant colors contrasting with some of the same stark, blocky images, but the artists are clearly separated by cultural differences and influences as defined as the border between the United States and Mexico. Likewise, it is important to […]
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Out of Town: 6/12-6/19
portland saturday 14 Mystery Box Show Bedtime stories—emphasis on bedtime. A group of storytellers share their best tales of woe and wonder under the sheets and everywhere else things get sexy and strange. More than just a voyeuristic kiss and tell, these brave souls range from bestselling authors to sex industry professionals. Unscripted and totally […]
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Cannibal: The Musical
2nd Street’s Sweeney Todd fills the belly
Sweeney Todd is just your average comedic/dramatic thriller about vengeance, insanity, murder and cannibalism. Yeah, as if that’s a genre! Actually, Sweeney Todd has always been one of the weirdest—and most enduring—shows ever to grace the stages of Broadway or the West End as it swings wildly between camp, comedy, drama and outright horror. Part […]
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Tapped
Concerns bubble up over rate increases
For those receiving City of Bend services, water and sewer rates are about to go up. Just how high will be determined at the upcoming City Council meeting on June 18. The reason for the controversial increase are somewhat invisible infrastructure improvements, such as the Environmental Protection Agency-mandated membrane filtration system. City Manager Eric King […]
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What a Wild Ride It Has Been
Local rider conquers the world
“All goals start out as dreams, I suppose,” explains Bobby Mote, a professional rodeo rider. “If I’d told people when I started that I wanted to be where I am now, they might’ve laughed at me.” And where he is, a cowboy from the small Central Oregon town of Culver, is an impressive four-time World […]
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Meet the Artist
Tripper Dungan paints in three dimensions
Tripper Dungan is working on a new piece. He explains it as a guy with a cuckoo clock for a head carrying a staff, walking around with a goat. “It sounds funny,” said Dungan. “But it’s turning out pretty well.” That description isn’t out of Dungan’s wheelhouse…just look at the cover of this week’s Source; […]
