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The Arc of an Artist

Folksy troubadour Brett Dennen doesn’t have a special approach, just good music
Avatar photo Ethan Maffey

Requiring little more than something personal to say, good enough acoustic guitar skills and a coffee shop to sing in, the singer-songwriter is as commonplace in America as the aspiring actor. In 2005, California musician Brett Dennen was one of many—Amos Lee, Brandi Carlile, James Blunt to name a few—who released debut albums hoping to […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Craft Beer and College Football

Bend’s newest brewery, RiverBend Brewing Company, fills sports pub niche
Avatar photo James Williams

These days, to make it in Bend as a new brewery, there needs to be a distinguishing characteristic that sets the joint apart. Not a shtick so much as an angle, attraction or emphasis. The simple truth is, brewing middle-of-the-road beers might not be enough anymore. Take Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing, for instance. The environmentally […]

Posted inCulture

A-Buzz with Arts

Beehive Design Collective presents social awareness mural nine years in the making
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

A top to bottom scan of the Beehive Collective drawing “The Cost of Coal” flows from a raging river of industrialism and ends in a trickle of natural destruction. The top of the drawing is a complex skyline, a tangle of power lines, oil spills and backhoes. Midway down the canvas the cityscape starts to […]

Posted inNews

Gearing Up

Bend Bikes advocates for more infrastructure improvements
Avatar photo Erin Rook

At last Wednesday’s City Council meeting, more than a dozen cyclists crowded into the chambers to say something elected officials may not hear often enough: Thanks. Organized by Bend Bikes, a recently formed group advocating for urban cyclists, the contingent spilled into the hallway outside the council chambers and sent nine people up to the […]

Posted inOutside

Dreams of Sochi

A handful of elite Bendites are hoping to throw down at the upcoming Winter Olympics
Avatar photo James Williams

If all goes according to plan, at least three Bend athletes will make the trip to Sochi, Russia in early February to compete in the 22nd Olympic Winter Games. Dakota Blackhorse-von jess, Nordic skiing Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess is well known for racing in a backward-facing trucker hat, perhaps the better for his competitors to read […]

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The Appiest Place on Earth

Local schools adopt iPads into the classroom in tech pilot program
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

The Future in 140 Characters (or Less) Angie Huber, a lanky 16-year-old sophomore, sheepishly admits that she has texted during school. Huber’s long brown hair is tied in a bun at the back of her neck, and she’s lacing up her tap shoes getting ready for her after school dance class. Other teens in the […]

Posted inCulture

Those Aren’t Pillows!

John Hughes Did It Mo’ Better in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Avatar photo Phil Busse

By the time that John Hughes wrote—and subsequently directed—Planes, Trains and Automobiles in 1987, he had already completed what are arguably the most important contributions to the canon of teenage movies in cinematic history. Starting with the coming-of-age fantasy 16 Candles in 1984, Hughes wrote and directed six silly, but profoundly impactful films in just […]

Posted inMusic

Brass Punch

New Orleans jazz artist Trombone Shorty packs a Big Easy wallop
Avatar photo Ethan Maffey

When New Orleans trombone player Troy Andrews—stage name Trombone Shorty—takes to Twitter, 99 percent of his posts have at least one exclamation point; sometimes three, occasionally four. In many ways, it’s the perfect metaphor for a career punctuated by an explosive rise to new wave jazz greatness in one of America’s most remarkable cities. The […]

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Last Call for Liquid

Downtown Bend nightclub is closed, manager blames OLCC bullying
Avatar photo James Williams

After months of tight restrictions and alleged bullying from Oregon Liquor Control Commission officials, Liquid Lounge & Club, a popular Bend nightclub, has closed its doors indefinitely. Liquid General Manager Tim Long says he was doomed from the outset, and finally forced to shut down last Wednesday after the OLCC revoked the club’s liquor license. […]

Posted inCulture

Gods and Monsters

Thor is back—and more importantly, so is Loki
Erik Henriksen

The populace has been indoctrinated. Now that Marvel and its corporate overlords at Disney can safely assume that every sentient creature on Earth is familiar with each of the Avengers, here’s Thor: The Dark World, coming just five months after Iron Man 3. Even if there are any pop cultural holdouts—no doubt they’re cold and […]

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