Take a number, we’ll call you when your canna news is ready. Green and White all over Maryland has had a rocky start getting its medical cannabis program up and running. Although approved in 2013, the program stalled after requiring that the only growers allowed to grow and distribute cannabis be academic centers. After no […]
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Picks 4/6-12
Moon Hooch & The Lucy Ring Thursday 6 RAUNCHY SAX โ Prepare for a horn explosion that is oh-so gratifying! Two dueling saxes add percussion beats that are guaranteed to impress. Quickly gaining notoriety, the ‘Hooch has opened for the likes of Beats Antique and They Might Be Giants. Playing like they’re performing to a […]
Aliens Gone Wild
Film snobs forget that some of the best movies ever made are remakes. John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece “The Thing,” was a remake of the goofy 1951 monster movie “The Thing From Another World.” David Cronenberg’s 1986 body horror shocker, “The Fly,” was a remake of a ridiculous 1958 flick of the same name. What these […]
Shop Girl
It’s almost impossible in 2017 to walk into a movie without knowing what to expect. With the advent of Rotten Tomatoes and film trailers coming out six months before the film is released, catching a movie in the theaters is mostly just checking off a list of things we remember from the previews. That’s one […]
Here’s my fever-induced canna rant
Despite being surrounded by numerous friends who fell victim to the flu going around, I had managed to stay healthy since March of last year, never even getting a cold. “Probably because I take really great care of myself,” I smugly announced whenever the subject came up. The universe apparently took my smugness as a […]
Beautiful Scars
Ontario, Canada’s Tom Wilsonโwho you’re more likely to know as the frontman of band Lee Harvey Osmondโis venturing into the west coast leg of his American tour. Touring in support of his third studio album, “Beautiful Scars,” the “acid folk” project has a sound that Elmore Magazine says “brings to mind the imagined alliance between […]
Artwatch: Sarah More & Eva Ferrell
Colors, patterns and Sarah More have a history together. Judging by her work, it’s probably not hard to guess that this week’s cover artist has a longtime interest in both. “As a kid,” she says, “I used to make these crazy abstract coloring pages for myself, which is not so different from what I do […]
The Search for a Candy Factory
If the availability of commercial kitchen space is an indication, Bend likes its sweets, treats and eats. A combination of the popularity of locally made food products, food trucks and the legalization of marijuana are making it tough to find a commercial kitchen space in Bend. It’s not tough to see why; in the last […]
Mind Your Music
We’re three music students, in the middle of Bend, in the middle of Oregon, but our rhythm’s planted firmly in West Africa. To be more precise, we’re inside instructor David Visiko’s home studio, part of which is filled with exotic-looking drums. The three students, Linda Balsiger, Judy McAlpin and I, sit in a neat row […]
Source Spotlight: John Schweiter
“What I look for most is empathy and heart, because those are things you can’t teach. My whole passion in life is to to employ people in good jobs.” โ John Schweiter As a youth, John Schweiter rode his bicycle around what was then a much smaller Bend. As a young adult, he ran a […]

