“Voyagers Without Trace” is a gorgeous and life affirming documentary that is, on its surface, about two kayaking adventures several decades apart. Filmmaker Ian McCluskey came across a historic marker in Southwest Wyoming. It told the story of Genevieve and Bernard de Colmont and their friend, Antoine de Seynes, who, in 1938, came from France […]
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Drake’s owner brings a neighborhood feel to the new Washington restaurant
Washington is a neighborhood spot: a place where brunch, cocktails, and dinner meet to talk about their day. It feels like a place you can go into a few times a week and they’ll remember your favorite drink and recommend a new menu item you haven’t tried. Washington comes from the same team that brought […]
Posted inCulture
He is the Liquor
Mr. Lahey and Randy leave the Trailer Park
There is no way that “Trailer Park Boys” should have lasted this long. After 10 seasons (with an 11th due in the next few months), a dozen specials and three movies, the adventures of these characters should feel excruciatingly dull by this point. But somehow the characters have not only remained fresh, but the storylines […]
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Port Barrel-Aged Beer and Black Butte Whiskey!? OK!
Winter, to borrow a heavily-used catchphrase, is coming, and breweries across Bend are busily preparing their seasonal offerings for what will hopefully be a season heavy on the snow and light on the black ice. In the case of a couple old standbys though, the preparations have been taking place three or four years in […]
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Filling the Art Education Gap
Bend Park and Recreation District reopens Art Station
On August 19, Arts Central closed its doors—leaving a giant gap in Central Oregon’s arts education offerings and services. The Art Station was an Arts Central program—one of many Arts Central programs the community had come to depend on for afterschool and summer options for their children. Art Station’s sudden closure came as a shock […]
Posted inMusic
Creating Something From Nothing
The Helio Sequence show caps off a weekend of painting and community engagement in the arts
It’s been more than a year since the release of The Helio Sequence’s last record, and once again the buoyant pop duo are finding inspiration in the endless possibilities of a blank canvas. With the last record, the shimmering Portland-based rockers found themselves embracing a new creative process. Rather than meticulously laboring over every little […]
Posted inOpinion
Endorsements: City of Bend Measure 9-110 & U.S. Congress Oregon District 2
City of Bend Measure 9-110 Recreational Marijuana Sales Tax In case you’re not up to speed on the amount of tax revenue that retail recreational cannabis sales are bringing into the state of Oregon, check out the feature story in this week. (“Ganja Grows Up”) The short version: An estimated $43 million will be collected […]
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What was in those Mashed Potatoes!?
Now that cannabis has been legal long enough to generate some reliable sales data, people in the industry are starting to ask the question: What type of cannabis products do people really want? A great deal of data, for example, suggests that older consumers are much more likely to buy edibles than younger consumers. Many […]
Posted inOutside
Go Here 9/28-10/5
Bend Rugby Men’s Calendar Release Party Ladies and gentlemen, the Bend Rugby Men’s team presents its inaugural calendar for 2017, featuring the fit men of the Bend Rugby team. Not only will buyers get to view team members participating every month in a different activity that Bend is known for, but 10 percent of the […]
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Letters 9/28-10/5
In Response to, “Say No to National Food Chains,” (9/15): Steven, Steven, Steven (not the actor): If you want to stop national chains from landing in Bend, you’re too late. That ship has sailed. Also, Cracker Barrel is not fast food, and North Highway 97 is not a “hip vibe” area. Relax dude. I’m happy […]
