The Root Cellar is the vision-turned reality of food cultivator and enthusiast Anna Witham, who’s soon to be cooking up another pop-up meal. And boy howdy, am I excited! For those of you who are not familiar with what a pop-up restaurants is, allow me to enlighten you: It’s a fun and delicious concept where […]
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Risky Business
“Nerve” is a movie in search of a soul
Oh, “Nerve,” you had so much promise, and you squandered it so hard. Taking cues from the very simple premise of David Fincher’s under-appreciated 1997 thriller, “The Game,” “Nerve” wants to be so many different things. It’s a teen romance, a cyber thriller, a horror movie, a parable about social media and a finger wagging […]
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Chasin’ Bourne
Matt Damon vs. the law of diminishing returns
Matt Damon had already achieved some measure of success by the time “The Bourne Identity” was released in 2002, but it definitely bumped him from actor to movie star. “Good Will Hunting” (1997) put him on the map. “Dogma” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley” gave him cred, and “Oceans Eleven” made him “Hollywood,” but “Bourne” […]
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The Only Local Nature Guide You Need
Bend author’s new book covers the spectrum of local nature, with humor, facts and stunning photography
Let’s say you’d like to know more about the Central Oregon outdoors. Before you head out on your next adventure, you might drop a field guide for birds into your backpack. Plus one or two for wildflowers. Then one more for mammals, and another for trees and shrubs. Or you could take just one book. […]
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Funding for Affordable Housing: A Step in the Right Direction
One sunny summer morning not long ago, I marched across a dusty front yard in midtown Bend with a $45 rental application fee in hand. This wasn’t exactly the house I’d dreamed of living in when I knew I was moving to Bend, but it was adequate—and available, and I was going to lay down […]
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Go Here 7/27-8/3
Britt Crater Lake Project The National Park Service is turning 100 this year, and that means it’s time for a once-in-a-century event. The Britt Crater Lake Project is a two-day concert series at Crater Lake, featuring over 100 musicians. Performances include members of the Britt Orchestra, Steiger Butte drum, brass and percussion students from Southern […]
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Over the Garden Wall
“Swiss Army Man” unfolds expertly
“Swiss Army Man” came out of the Sundance Film Festival amid multiple walkouts, critically derided as Daniel Radcliffe’s farting corpse movie. I am happy to report that is EXACTLY what the movie is (among about two dozen other things) and it earns every second of its scatologically-obsessed running time. There are poops, farts, boners, masturbation […]
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Is Lava Worth Fighting for?
Local residents fought against a home project at a local lava flow, but without help from conservation groups, neighbors worry about what could come next.
Most days, Julie Kisic’s neighborhood in Deschutes River Woods is a relatively quiet one. There are the sounds of commuting vehicles and chirping birds, but compared to the activity that could have been, that’s pretty tame stuff. Kisic is a homeowner living fewer than 50 yards from the volcanic flow at 19400 Comanche Circle, an […]
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Space Oddity
“Star Trek” soars beyond its galaxy
The Star Trek franchise has learned a valuable lesson in the three years since “Star Trek Into Darkness.” American and worldwide audiences want some fun in their science fiction blockbusters. There can be darkness and serious plot developments, but when everything comes across as joyless and dour, audiences and critics don’t respond quite as well. […]
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Letters 7/27-8/3
Troy Field: Next Step Fundraising to Save Our Field Brownstone Development has withdrawn their offer for buying Troy Field, this now opens the door for residents to start to work to raise the funds to acquire Troy Field and keep it as it has been for over a century—a playing field. We have come a […]
