Source Weekly January 12, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE:

Our annual Health and Fitness issue is a fun one for our staff, because it typically means we head out of the office and into some of the fitness facilities opening up around town. (Trust me, us newsies need to get away from sitting at our desks more often!) Jack Harvel, Allie Noland and I each had a memorable experience at at least one local place, and we’re telling you all about it in this week’s Feature section. We’re also rating some of our favorite fitness apps, giving you some reasons to tap your VR headset for workouts, and even giving you some inspo in the music section, with tunes to get you up and moving. It’s all in a week’s work over here at the Source Weekly… and meanwhile, we’ve also been prepping for our upcoming Cocktails and Mocktails guide, out later this month. I mean, we’ve been doing all this working out, so we had to add in just a little bit of January debauchery to keep things ordered in the Source universe!

Thanks for reading.

Angie Norwood

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New faces to the “fast, casual”

OPINION

Paying attention to the extreme partisanship in Washington, D.C., might lead one to pull their hair out. This past week – amid the effort, involving some 15 rounds of voting – to name a Speaker of the House, also happened to be the anniversary of the Capitol breach of Jan. 6, 2020. One might imagine that to be a day when some of the very same lawmakers whose lives were threatened by the breach of the Capitol would come together to commemorate the day and denounce that type of violence. But nope; on the steps of the Capitol that day was one lone Republican, and the rest of the commemorators were Democrats. Even on this we remain completely divided.

And, no surprise, those who held back their votes in the first rounds of voting for Speaker of the House were, largely, those who disputed the results of the 2020 presidential election.

This type of party politicking is tiresome. Some of this, at least in states like ours, can be attributed to the extreme party politicking that happens during primary elections. When the two major parties keep their primaries closed, like they do in Oregon, it invites those at the extreme ends of the political spectrum to run on positions that might excite their respective bases. Then in the general election, this leaves those voters not registered with a party or those who weren’t a member of the party nominating candidates, left voting for the candidates whose policy positions are the furthest from the center. This is not where a majority of voters tend to exist.

It's for this reason that voters should support the open primary Initiative Petition that just received its draft ballot title last month. If passed, Initiative Petition 2024-016, proposed for the November 2024 general election, would amend the state Constitution, requiring “primary election process allowing all candidates, voters, to participate regardless of party affiliation/non-affiliation.” The measure would impact all races in the Oregon legislature, as well as statewide races and federal

Congressional races – just not those for U.S. president and vice president.

Here in Deschutes County, voters just approved a similar measure that made future county commission races non-partisan. Some 61.24% of voters in Deschutes County approved the measure in November.

Like that effort, IP 2024-016 would require a certain number of voters — 149,360 in this case — to sign the petition to put it on the ballot. But before that, Oregonians are encouraged to share their thoughts about the proposed measure by submitting a public comment on or before Jan. 17.

This is an important notion to consider. According to the most recent voter registration counts from the Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division, non-affiliated voters – those who are not registered with any particular party – outnumber the counts for Democrats as well as Republicans. Some 1,036,230 people were registered as non-affiliated voters in Oregon as of December, with another 1,017,231 registered as Democrats and 735,354 registered as Republicans. Looking at these numbers, it should be clear that it is simply not fair nor equitable to have the two major parties determining who can or can’t be on a general election ballot. Sure, third-party candidates can file and run in the general election and skip the primary, as gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson did, but that leaves viable candidates like Johnson out of a lot of the conversation during the many long months of primary campaigning.

Between our state’s automatic voter registration and an electorate that’s tired of political extremes on both the left and right, this trend of seeing non-affiliated voters exceed the number of party supporters is only going to grow.

Those who want to see a more measured approach to Oregon politics should weigh in with a public comment now through Jan.17, and should sign the petition when approached by signature-gatherers. And if IP 2024-016 makes it on the November 2024 ballot, voters should support it then, too.

MARKET OF CHOICE: MY MARKET OF CHOICE

Kudos to Bend’s Market of Choice for a memorable holiday gift and incomparable customer service. Arriving the Friday before Christmas after a grueling, 15-hour-long plane trip from the East Coast to visit family, I braved the grocery crowds to pick up my preordered brisket dinner for 20.

Had to share the back story, which I just heard from assistant manager Corbin Serano. An unexpected snow storm had stranded the truck carrying the meat. Thanks to Serano’s creative workaround, though, we feasted on brisket instead of hot dogs. Determined to fill my order, he reportedly was going to take meat from the display case and cook it himself. But he had an aha moment: enlisting the culinary acumen of the company’s artisan chef Greg Cabaze, on site to help with the holiday crush. Cabaze performed his magic. The result: best brisket ever, according to our lucky guests. Market of Choice… beyond the call of duty; definitely my market of choice!

—Lynn Lewis

EVERY OTHER FLUSH TO SAVE WATER

In addition to the City of Bend urging customers to be vigilant in conserving water used for their landscaping needs, perhaps it’s time we take it a step further and start looking at other ways we use water in our homes. One measure that comes to mind that is painless came about during the 2014 drought in California when Gov. Brown urged people to flush less to save water. The idea was to flush the toilet every other time one went to the bathroom as flushing does save water. Since then, it has

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been found, even if you have a highly water-efficient toilet that uses just 1.28 gallons per flush, that could still mean you'd save potentially 1,400 gallons of water a year if you only flushed every other time you peed (three fewer flushes a day, for 365 days).

The amount of water released by flushing varies widely from one toilet to another. Generally speaking, the older the toilet, the more water it uses. Toilets built before 1982 use 5 to 7 gallons per flush. Now, most toilets are designed to flush using only 1.6 gallons of water. So based on the assumption that the majority of people pee six or seven times a day, if you flushed every time and each flush used 1.6 gallons of water that could mean between 9.6 and 11.2 gallons of water a day just to flush (times the population of Bend!).

Toilet flushing accounts for about a third of household water usage.

—Jill Tinker

who thought of the mill sites as “gritty,” “barren” or a “blight.” The mills supported a large population and had a hospital for workers.

I recall that during my breaks, I would sit by the river and watch wildlife. I was not interrupted by thousands of tourists walking on the banks, or floating by. We have traded the mill pollution of bark chips and soot for hundreds of pounds of garbage that are removed from the river each year. We have traded a quiet mill town for one that is “vibrant” with over 15,000 visitors a day and terrible permanent traffic congestion. Most of the natural areas I enjoyed in my youth are paved.

I know the closed mills had to be replaced with a new economy. I never dreamed our leaders would exploit the natural beauty of the area by advocating relentless development and, in the process, destroy so much of what was good about Bend and making it unaffordable for many.

—Kyle Miller

estate aka the former Les Schwab on Franklin… perfect for a village for the unsheltered.

How about a way to create opportunities for those on the street to do, say, snow shoveling, in exchange for gift cards, prepaid credit cards, as a way for that misplaced job force to earn and grow.

So much is being done. I thank y’all. Think of what you could come up with.

—Alan McCarthy

Letter of the Week:

A ROSY PICTURE OF BEND

Permit me to comment on the rosy picture of Bend as printed in the January 1 Bulletin article by Suzanne Roig. I have lived in Bend 81 years and worked for a time at Brooks Scanlon. The mills provided an adequate living for many, although not comparable to the higher wages some businesses are able to provide today. A drive through the old mill housing district will show a cross section of the homes the mill workers lived in. They were not as large as many of the mega mansions in Bend today, but I never heard anyone complain. Compare them to the new homes on the east side, all lookalikes and barren of native trees and yards. I don’t know of anyone

THE OBSERVATIONAL TOOL

People. On. The. Street. POTS! How about… the unsheltered? Even naked and fearless, is better than HOMELESS. Can we remove the inanimate object out of this circumstance? Home. I live in a van. Shelter. No want or need of a home. SHELTER. That chunk of real

Just when you think the world is all going meta and digital and no one talks to you face-to-face anymore, people walk in off the street and hand you their hand-written letters about topics of importance in the community. Two of these letters this week – from Alan and Kyle – came to us that way. Thanks for your letters, guys! Alan, come on by for your gift card to Palate.

—Nicole Vulcan

New Year New Council

By Jack Harvel

On Jan. 4 the Bend City Council swore in new members and declared the vacancy of councilor-turned mayor Melanie Kebler’s former seat. Councilors thanked outgoing councilors Mo Mitchell and Stephen Sehgal and former Mayor Gena Goodman-Campbell for their service.

City councilors appointed Mitchell and Sehgal to their seats in July, after former councilor Rita Schenkelberg and former Mayor Sally Russel resigned from their positions. During their outgoing remarks, Mitchell said they hoped to honor Schenkelberg, who cited attacks to their race and nonbinary gender identity as one reason they stepped down.

“I’m actually sitting up here thinking of Councilor Schenkelberg, and for those members in our community of non-dominant culture,” Mitchell said.

New Councilors Mike Riley and Ariel Méndez and returning Councilor Barb Campbell recited their oaths of office and gave brief statements about their outlooks and priorities. Riley pointed to housing, houselessness, environment, child care and multimodal transportation as issues he’s excited to work on. Mendez spoke about fostering a culture of respectful dialogue. And Campbell reflected on her time on the past five City Councils and thanked her opponents for participating in the democratic process.

Kebler’s elevation left a seat empty, and the City must find a replacement within 30 days per the City Charter.

Fourteen people applied to fill the vacancy by the deadline on Jan. 6, including two candidates who lost in the November elections — Julia Brown and Karon Johnson. A council vacancy subcommittee combed through the resumes and selected John Heylin, Megan Norris and Bryan Brown as finalists.

Heylin is the owner of Unofficial Logging Co., an axe-throwing bar and restaurant in downtown Bend. He said his time on nonprofit boards taught him the importance of active participation in meetings, and that his knowledge of sustainability and business practices would benefit the City.

“I envision Bend being a place where people of different backgrounds, beliefs and identities are comfortable and accepted. I would love to support pedestrian, bike and public transit. I also want to push for a more environmentally sustainable town that can survive droughts, recessions, and future epidemics,” Heylin wrote in his application.

Norris is currently the forward planning manager at Hayden Homes, but has a diverse work background with experience as an executive at an investment firm, a campaign manager for the Sierra Club and the child care accelerator for a group of Central Oregon organizations.

“I care deeply about our city, its beauty and sense of community and believe that my background and life experiences uniquely position me to serve in an impactful way. My vision for the City

is for it to thrive on the principles of inclusivity, sustainability and thoughtful governance. In that vein, I will work to bring positive solutions to key issues we face – affordable housing, homelessness, child care, and environmental protection,” Norris wrote.

Brown is the project manager for Rickabaugh Construction, a civil construction company. He said his knowledge of construction would be beneficial for the council, that he’s able to work well with diverse teams and his hobbies as an outdoor enthusiast have given him a connection with the community in Bend.

“Such a wonderful city is bound for growth and I believe it is the biggest challenge we face as residents. I am confident that my experience as a Construction Management professional could be of value to the City Council as resource to help navigate difficult questions that arise from the impacts construction has on the City,” Brown wrote.

City Councilors reviewed the three applicants at a special meeting on Jan. 9 and suggested they also interview Greg Delgado for the position. Delgado is a community organizer for Central Oregon Jobs with Justice and has worked on boards for Latino and LGBTQ organizations.

“I think one of the things that I find attractive about Greg is I think he has a history of working with really trusted organizations like the Latino Community Organization. I think people really

respect him and look to him as someone that they trust. So, knowing he has those connections in the community is a positive,” Méndez said.

City Councilors are scheduled to interview the four finalists at a meeting on Jan. 11 before making a decision.

Bend park board changes

Méndez’s election to the City Council prompted him to leave the board of the Bend Park and Recreation District.

State Representative Jason Kropf also left the BPRD board, citing increased responsibility in the Oregon House of Representatives. The BPRD Board of directors filled the vacancies with Donna Owens and Jodie Barram at a meeting on Jan. 3. Owens served on the BPRD budget committee and had a long career with the U.S. Forest Service before retiring in 2018. Barram is a former Bend City Councilor and has worked in the communication field throughout her career. Board Chair Deb Schoen celebrated the appointment of the two new board members in a press release.

“Bend’s first parks were established more than 100 years ago by strong women and this is the first time there is a majority of women on the board and it is to be celebrated,” Schoen said. “Donna’s and Jodie’s past service to this community and to others is greatly appreciated and I look forward to working closely with you.”

New and returning city councilors took their oaths of office, but the new mayor’s ascension leaves a vacancy the City must fill within a month

The new Bend City Council takes their seats behind the dais for the first time on Jan. 6.

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Q&A With New Mayor Melanie Kebler

Melanie Kebler shares her thought on the election, council goals and more

By Jack Harvel

Bend voters elected Melanie Kebler with 55% of the vote in November after she served two years on the City Council. The Bend-raised attorney’s platform focused on increasing affordable housing, environmentalism and a transportation system that increases access for pedestrians and cyclists. Shortly before she was sworn in, Kebler sat down with the Source Weekly for an interview. Listen to the full interview in full at the “Videos and Podcasts” tab of our website, bendsource.com. The following excerpt has been edited for length and clarity.

Source Weekly: Something we think about is, as the community grows, and these positions remain, basically volunteer, how does someone balance a career, a family, the civic engagement and stepping up now with responsibilities as a mayor?

Melanie Kebler: I think that's one of the conversations I want to have in the next couple of years is looking at how to professionalize City Council a little bit more, so that people feel supported to run for that job even if they have a lot of other pressures or family obligations. Because it can be pretty hard to show up in the community and to go to all the meetings and to do all the prep that you really want to do to be an excellent counselor or mayor, if you still have to work a nine to five and get your health benefits and support your family. What I think ends up happening is, you know, I have some privilege of a partner who has a steady, well-paying job, we've got a house and so I have the freedom to do this. But not everybody has those same privileges. And we'd like more people to have the opportunity to do this work. I think that's a conversation that's coming. The process for us locally would be to appoint a committee of citizens and residents to answer a couple questions for us and make a recommendation. And then anything we decide would not go into effect till the next election. So we couldn't raise our own [pay]. But we could set a course for the future.

SW: Now that you've achieved at least the initial goal to be our next mayor, what are you looking forward to? What are some of your goals for the coming year?

MK: I'm really excited to get into our goal-setting process that we do every two years with the new council that comes on. I really want to focus on building this council together as a team that works well together with staff, and

that we set some real clear priorities and goals for the next couple of years. I think a lot of them are going to build on what we've been doing the past couple of years. I'm excited about the progress we've made, but want to keep moving forward and refining or redirecting as we need to from what we did last time.

SW: When you're looking back at the goals, how do you measure if you were successful or not?

MK: We've been talking about that a lot and talked about having a dashboard online that has each goal. When we set some of our goals, we tried to put numbers on them. We wanted 1,000 new affordable units in the pipeline. We wanted 500 shelter beds, so we tried to do something that we could measure. And I think that's what we need to talk about, again this time, is how do we set priorities and goals? And then how do we have actual performance indicators, things that we can measure along the way so that we can adjust as we need to through the years.

SW: How did you do on those two numbers?

MK: We've got 800+ affordable homes in the pipeline right now. And our biennium actually starts in June, so we're actually in the last kind of six months of the biennium. And then I think we're at 400+, or maybe close to 400 shelter beds total. I think we knew those were aspirational numbers, but we wanted to set a target we could aim for and really push ourselves to try to achieve.

SW: One of the next steps of that is how many people have we converted from having overnight shelter to permanent housing, and those numbers are still pretty low. I suppose that's probably part of your goal setting as well.

MK: I think we came in as a council and had a priority around, can we just get the basics of having an overnight shelter year round? Can we just get some of this navigation center stuff set up? Now that we've sort of achieved that milestone, I think we need to look to all the other parts of the housing spectrum, and especially there are folks staying at that overnight shelter, they have jobs, they have incomes, if there was a cheap apartment for them, that's where they would go, but there isn't. So that next step is a lot of what I think the focus needs to be on.

SW: We're always looking at things like NextDoor and, if you were on there, you might have assumed that this council

was on its way out. That's just not really reality when it comes down to voting, which is kind of fascinating, to just see what the rhetoric is on a certain platform and how that does or doesn't play out.

MK: In my campaign, you know, I had a social media presence. But for us, it was more about being on the ground talking to people at their doors, getting ads in places where people will see them versus a Facebook ad, making calls and actually talking to people about what the values are that they support. I think too, I mean, a reality of our mail-in voting system, it's so convenient and easy. And a lot of people just sit down with their voter pamphlet and make their choices. So, it's important to make sure your values are clearly stated there as well, but it's hard. Sometimes you can feel like, wow, this post got a lot of comments or a lot of likes, and it feels very real. But what I've experienced is that there's kind of two different realities: online versus not.

SW: Knowing Bend's nonpartisan election, there's been a growing progressive slate that's been supported. And all indicators are that this, this purple community is leaning a little darker shade of blue. What does that mean for you, as you come in as a mayor? And what do you think it means for the future of Bend politics?

MK: A lot of that just speaks to some of the core values of our community, which I think cross both sides. And a lot of it has to do with why people live here, which is our amazing outdoor amenities and our resources. And despite the growth in size, and growing to 100,000 people, it’s still a little bit of that small town feel and that community connection. I think a lot of people really value that no matter which direction you think the city should go. For me, it gives me hope that we're on the right track with what we've been doing the past couple of years. I think we felt we had some of that mandate coming in a couple years ago. And so, we really went for it. To see the voters say, ‘Yes, we want more of that,’ is great, because then we can just really dig in and try to move forward on those values. I think Bend can be a leader in a lot of different ways. I think we already are on things like housing policy, affordable housing, but things like climate action and transportation and transformation of our system, we can really be a leader. And we're kind of unique over here on our side of the mountains, all by ourselves, not part of a metro area. We have a chance to kind of step out and show people how some cool new things can be done. And I'm excited about that.

Melanie Kebler was elected to the City Council two years ago, and won the mayorship with the support of all current City Council members.

Melanie Kebler

Por Jack Harvel / By Jack Harvel Traducido por / Translated by Jéssica Sánchez-Millar

Cerca del 40% de los adultos tenían un próposito de año nuevo para el 2022 y para febrero solo alrededor del 36% de esas personas ya se habían rindido. Menos de una de cada 10 personas son capaceces de llevar a cabo su próposito durante todo el año y las personas que no lo logran a menudo culpan a la falta de tiempo, a los recursos o a la motivación.

Los propósitos más comunes para el año nuevo giran en torno a la mejora para la salud. Una encuesta de Statista mostró que el hacer más ejercicio, tener una dieta más saludable y el perder peso fueron los tres principales propósitos para el 2022. Cerca del 12% de las membresías de gimnacios se compran en el mes de enero y cerca del 80% de esos miembros dejan de ir a los seis meses.

Así que, ¿cómo mantenemos nuestras propias promesas? Un entrenador particular recomienda establecer metas manejables que la gente puede cumplir al momento, en vez establecer su meta ideal.

“La gente comienza y dice que hará

ejercicio cinco días a la semana. No lo haras, me refiero a que lo haras por unos dias. Pero si trata de hacer demasiados cambios, fracasará, dijo John Peters de JP Fitness. “Comienza con poco junto con metas manejables, como unos 30 minutos de ejercicio por semana o tal vez tu meta solo sea ir al gim y no tener ninguna meta precisa en relacion a los ejercicios, solo ir al gim.”

Peters has sido entrenador particular por unos cinco años y su gim se especializa en entrenamiendo individualizado. Dice que es más probable que la gente cumpla con su propósito si hay un grupo que les apoye.

“Creo que el tener un amigo, el apoyo en sí mismo e ir al gim que le guste, con la gente que le cae bien, ayudará. Tener un compañero que te apoye. Y a mucha gente le encantan las clases en grupo. Eso ayudaría mucho,” comentó Peters.

Peters dijo que es parcial, pero un entrenador privado también podría ayudar con su conocimiento sobre el ejercicio. Los entrenadores particulares tambiên pueden ayudar con la dieta para

complementar los esfuerzos que las personas realizan en el gim.

“Te pueden indicar que hacer. Eliminarían las cosas obvias que no te están ayudando, como por ejemplo, sacar de tu casa el azúcar y tratar de no estar expuesto a alimentos que no son buenos para ti,” comentó Peters.

El mejorar la salud es la meta más común para el año nuevo, pero despuecito de está es el mejorar la educación financiera. Ahorrar más, gastar menos e invertir son las metas más comunes para las personas al entrar el ańo nuevo.

“Al ver al futuro, los norte americanos claramente están priorizando sus ahorros y estamos viendo esto sin importar su edad y su nivel de ingresos. Si puedes, ahorra dinero a tiempo y a menudo es un elemento inportante para el bienestar financiero a largo plazo y animamos a aquellas personas que lo hacen que lo continuen haciendo,” escribió Ravi Kumar, head of CIT’s direct bank (director del banco CIT)

Las recomendaciones de los expertos para seguir con sus metas financieras

son similares a aquellas que se encuentran en el campo de la salud. Elige algo manejable, esta consiente de lo que eres capaz de hacer y ten una razón solida para cumplir tu meta. El vicepresidenta de conocimiento del comsumidor de Allianz Life, Kelly La Vigne, le dijo a Yahoo que es mejor ser especificos al proponerse metas.

“De esa manera, puede determinar las metas incrementales mán pequeńas que debe establecer para ayudarlo a llegar ahí. De otro modo, está trabajando para alcanzar una meta lejana sin sentir que estas avanzando. Eso desalienta,” le dijo a Yahoo.

Metas no especificas como el “ahorrar más dinero” no es una meta lo suficientemente clara para registrar el avance, comentó ella. En su lugar, trate de pagar un porcentaje más alto de la deuda, haga el hábito de llevar un registro de gastos o aumente las contribuciones a un plan de jubilación.

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Straight Blastin’ in Bend

By Jack

Straight Blast Gym is Bend’s newest mixed martial arts gym, offering classes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, boxing, Muay Thai and more under the SBG banner, which has locations in over a dozen states, is in eight countries and has trained high-profile fighters including Connor McGregor. Brian Heenan, SBG Bend’s owner and head instructor, started the gym after COVID restrictions lifted and has since attracted over 100 students to his location in downtown Bend.

“It wasn't until I talked to a couple of the black belts in our organization, one being John Kavanaugh, who is Conor McGregor's coach, and another one being John Frankel. And they gave me the confidence to be able to do go and pursue my goal,” Heenan said.

Heenan teaches over 40 classes a week on striking, jiu jitsu and wrestling — including some kids classes and women’s classes. When I gave it a go, I tried a striking class attended by three other students. Let’s be clear that I’m in bad shape — over the past three years my sole fitness outlet has been the occasional hike. And though the class was designed for beginners and likely wouldn’t be as intense for someone in good health, I still got absolutely wrecked.

SBG’s space on the third story of the Franklin Crossing building in downtown Bend is filled with exercise equipment. One area has weightlifting equipment, another has spaces for treadmill. A heavy bag, wrecking ball bag, reaction bag and speed bag sit in a corner, but my class was done entirely on the mat. The class was just the fundamentals, focusing on maintaining a proper

boxing stance while moving and practicing a basic jabstraight combination with a partner holding pads.

Simply maintaining a boxing stance for the better part of an hour gave me a week-long limp, and the con stant pivoting during pad work and shadow boxing tore a bit of skin off my foot. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I puked around 45 minutes in. Puking and bleed ing on your first day is tough, but it’s also great exer cise and I enjoyed it enough that I’ve since signed up to be a member. There’s a long way to go, but it’ll be with other people who are also learning the ropes at the new gym.

“I have like 100 white belts and three blue belts,” Heenan said. “I have one guy that was a nation al champion of wrestling and have a bunch of col lege wrestlers, but other than that it's people with no experience. I actually prefer that; you get a brand-new beginner, those are the people that I can help the most, the less athletic people, people that maybe haven't done anything physical since high school.”

My experience was just scratching the surface at SBG. There’s also wrestling, jiu jitsu and even yoga classes I haven’t experienced. Heenan teaches many of them but is bringing in more people as the gym grows. The schedule is centered around core class es Heenan teaches and is peppered with other coaches who are specialists in certain

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keeping yourself safe generally, is just some good awareness and having the confidence,” Heenan said. “I'm not even looking at giving people the opportunity to take fights yet. I want them to have at least a blue belt. I want them to be able to keep themselves safe.”

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Though that’s the case now there will be some avenues to compete in the future. The gym has a competitive jiu jitsu team and Heenan plans to work with other SBG coaches around the country to host camps.

Therapeutic Dance That Marries Movement and Mindfulness

A Bend psychotherapist starts a new chapter with Soul in Motion

By Nicole Vulcan

An extended bike tour in 2019 prompted psychotherapist Lynne Herbert to re-exam ine what she was doing with her life and, more specifically, how she was spending her time. All that time on her bike brought out a feeling of “aliveness” that she says she wanted to bring into her work. After working as a licensed professional counselor since the year 2000, Herbert began pursuing training that would eventually prompt her to open Soul in Motion, described on its website as, “body-based mindful ness practice asks you to relax your intellect, quiet your brain, and connect

with the messages you receive internally.”

Standing on the outside of a typical class, it might look a little like ecstatic dance, but as Herbert — who said she attended ecstatic dance sessions for years — puts it, “I see Soul in Motion as starting from a more centered space, tuning in to ourselves first, then expanding out into the room while not losing our ground in ourselves and our needs. My process takes a less predictable path (the music

varies…more typical of what happens in life), and it’s equally about internal and external exploration.”

In prep for our annual Health and Fitness issue, I recently checked out the Intro class she was offering for those who wanted to learn what the practice is all about. The class was held in a local dance studio, but unlike ballet or even Latin dance classes held in these same spaces, the mirrors are covered up – the idea ostensibly being to, “learn how to listen to ourselves

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first, our own bodies and what it needs, and to then practice holding that in the world, connecting without losing ourselves, a practice in pres ence and awareness,” as Herbert described to me via email.

The intro class started with Herbert prompting the group to simply walk around the room, focusing on the sensations in our bodies, turning inward. As the class progressed, Herbert described various types of communing – com muning with ourselves, with another being, with a wider group and with the wid er world. As the class progressed, her prompts shifted to encouraging us to dance with someone else, in smaller groups and as a whole. This practice, she said, is intended to have people notice and be curious about what shows up in

the body, and to experience those feelings in a group setting. We didn’t get any prompts about how to move our bodies, per se, but just to, “notice what comes up” and to move to the music… or not.

“There’s a mindfulness (a bodyfulness) aspect to this that supports folks to notice and be with emotion in a different way,” Herbert said. “And, because it’s a group practice, it also provides a sense of not being alone in it. I want to ‘undo aloneness’ around emotion… even if it just means feeling an emotion in the presence of others without putting words to it.”

deeper into the practice – the drop-in weekly classes tend to center around one simple theme for that week, though internalizing that theme is up to the individual.

“Because of my history, asking folks to notice what comes up… physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually… it’s who I am and what I’m inviting,” Herbert wrote. “Folks may choose to listen to those inquiries or let them fall… each person’s practice is their own and each person is showing up with a different goal or motivation.”

While it’s designed as a therapeutic practice – and Herbert offers workshops and eight-week groups to go

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By the end of our 90-minute intro class, some of the attendees had worked up a sweat. Some reported feeling more ability to manage or confront their ongoing physical pain. Some were simply happy to find a place to dance and let go. Herbert encouraged me to notice how I slept that night, and so I did, noting that my dreams were more vivid than in recent days, though I didn’t recall much of what they were about. I’m going to chalk that up to "noticing what came up," and not needing to put words to it.

Finding Your Life Force with Shadow Yoga

Continuum: A School of Shadow Yoga offers Central Oregon a pathway to unite physical and spiritual health

By Allie Noland

Taking the time to feel centered, peel back the layers of the true self and focusing on breath can be hard in an age of over-stimulating media and fast-paced life. Shadow yoga attempts to offer individuals a system of unlocking the strength to look within.

As an intermediate yogi, I thought I had tried every type of yoga—hot, restorative, Vinyasa, Buti, Kundalini, Yin and more—until I heard about Shadow Yoga. After a quick scroll through the website, I had to find out what made it different from the rest and visit Continuum: A School for Shadow Yoga.

Angie Norwood opened Continuum on Century Drive in the fall of 2022, bringing the practice to Central Oregon. Norwood has been teaching yoga for 20 years. Previously, she worked as a drug and abuse outpatient treatment counselor, so guidance has long been at the core of her work.

After many busy years of teaching at fitness clubs, schools, gyms and studios, Norwood decided to dive into a therapeutic approach to yoga. Feeling called to Shadow Yoga, Norwood went through hours of training ti begin her own teaching at Continuum.

Shadow Yoga is a progressive curriculum and serves as a system. There is a gentle and intentional progression of movements that teach how to build a strong foundation, tap into your internal energy and gain an understanding for the preludes.

“Students report increased stamina and strength, suppleness in breath, awareness of internal mechanics and influence of the moon, reduce grasping,

internal acceptance and finding qui et within oneself,” Continuum’s website describes. “This prac tice touches something deep within and draws a univer sal wisdom forth.”

The first prelude is the Balakrama, which means “stepping into strength.”

“It works the feet to release deeply held tension and corrects the actions of the lower body,” the website describes. Continuum’s 12-week course guides yogis through the first prelude, building piece by piece. I attended the intro course to the 12-week series. As I rolled out my mat, I was ready to dive deep into Shadow Yoga. Norwood started the class with a lesson on the basics, making sure yogis knew how to make the most of their practice. We were there to peel back the layers to uncover our life force, the force that serves as our vitality and strength.

“We use the body to get to the mind and to the experience of life force,” Norwood said. “The ultimate goal of yoga is not about strength, flexibility, relaxation

or stress relief. The ultimate goal of yoga is to discern between what is real and everything else.”

After the short lesson, we dove into the first pieces of the Balakrama, and the day after, I was sore. Though it is mainly a practice of the mind, the movements target muscles from your feet to your hips in this prelude. Slowly transitioning between poses and focusing on the breath, I got into the zone.

“All of the squatting and lunging and the bending of the joints that is really designed to help free the obstructions in the physical,” Norwood said.

After savasana, I felt lighter and more in tune with my surroundings. It had been so long since I took the time to slow down and be present. This practice is meant for those wanting to go beyond the physical and get in tune with mindfulness.

Shadow Yoga allows yogis to refine the practice as they move through the series. Each class builds upon the other. At the end of the course, individuals will understand the Balakrama and be able to move forward to the next prelude. There is always something new to learn and the layers are endless, according to Norwood.

Angie Norwood in her studio.

App-solute Guide to Tracking Fitness

Accomplish your goals, find inspiration and track progress with these three fitness apps

By Allie Noland

With hundreds of fitness apps out there, I went on a mission to find three worth sharing with Central Oregon readers. After downloading, using and deleting dozens of health apps, these are the three I kept on my phone and plan to use in my fitness routine.

Nike Training Club: For finding the perfect gym workout

I heard about this app through some friends, so I gave it a shot. It filled a gap in my fitness routine that I didn’t know I had. When I’m at the gym, I rare ly have a plan or know what to do. I normally grab a kettlebell, Google a workout and do that. But this app gives me structure for my gym visits.

The Nike Training Club app has hundreds of workouts for users to browse, save and use. This app gives users a free and easy personal training experience. The “Home” tab features a variety of training programs that users can get started with, from basketball workouts to core strengthening. The “Workouts” tab is full of exercise tutorials that range from 5-minute to hour-long workouts. Users can search based on muscle group, workout focus, equipment and more. This app tracks activity and achievements.

I can target muscle groups, master my form and feel confident in my movements. The guided workouts provide support to people who may feel a little uncomfortable at the gym.

I would suggest this app to people who are new to the gym, enjoy guided workouts and are looking for new exercises.

Strava: For tracking stats, adventuring and connecting with friends

I started using Strava in August and I was instantly hooked.

Would you rather climb rocks, mountain bike in the

woods, run along the river or ski down the slopes than hit the gym? Then this app is for you! Strava tracks physical exercise and is most popular with the running and biking community. It also serves as a social network for athletes.

Strava tracks almost every sport you can think of— running, biking, rock climbing, snowshoeing, skiing, swimming, skateboarding, windsurfing and more. It tracks performance stats, displays the user’s trail map and (my favorite part) allows users to upload photos from their experience.

After creating my profile and logging my first activities, I realized it combined everything that motivates me—detailed stats, personal competition, photos and staying in touch with friends.

After an activity, athletes have access to almost every metric imaginable—distance, pacing details, elevation gain, segment PRs and more. The stats are what excite me. I want to break personal records, decrease my average pace and maintain a regular routine to track. When saving data, athletes can create a title, caption and photos, personalizing each activity to share with their friends. I usually take a quick selfie on the trail and a scenic shot of the location. After the activity is saved, it’s uploaded to your personal profile and Strava feed, where users can see their friends’ activities and give “kudos,” similar to a “like” on Instagram or Facebook. Users have the option to post privately, as well. These are the features users get with the free version, but there is more to be discovered with Strava Premium.

I would recommend this to individuals who are stat hungry, craving a little competition and looking to connect with friends through fitness. Download this app, and I promise it will motivate you.

My Fitness Pal: Mindful diet and daily goals

My Fitness Pal tracks diet and exercise—it’s an

Workouts in the Metaverse

Is this the way to beat the winter blues?

By Nicole Vulcan

No doubt about it: Central Oregon’s outdoor playground offers a wealth of fun and fitness all year ‘round. From shusshing down the slopes or skate skiing in the Cascade snow in winter, to cruising the hundreds of miles of trails on foot or by bike in summer, to ascending a route in the birthplace of sport climbing in the U.S. at Smith Rock, locals and visitors alike have no shortage of opportunities for heart-pounding fun.

Only, in winter, when the sky is grey and the wind is howling, one might not exactly feel like embracing all things outdoors in Central Oregon. Same goes for those unfortunate days, weeks or even months when smoke fills the skies – seemingly every late summer these days. So what’s a fitness-minded Bendite bent

on outdoing, outskiing and out-every thing-ing their friends on Strava to do? Well, maybe the metaverse will help. When the real world becomes too dystopian, just go more dys topian by cutting yourself off, donning a mask entering, well, nearly any environment you might want to encounter.

Workouts employing a virtual reality headset are already out there, and buying workout games will set you back a lot less than some of the more shootem-up types (though according to VR headset mak er Oculus, many of its non-fitness games, including Phantom: Covert Ops or PistolWhip will let you track calories and set fitness goals). The dedicated fitness

all-in-one health app. I was skeptical of this at first, because tracking calories is out, and listening to your body is in. But My Fitness Pal lays out data in a way that is mindful and motivational rather than discouraging. The accountability is helpful for people who need a little extra push to pursue fitness goals.

The free version of this app has a lot to offer. Each user is asked basic information, fitness goals and is put on a calorie plan. My Fitness Pal will take the goal calorie count (around 2,000 based on the individual), subtract calories through food and add calories through exercise. The goal is to hit zero by the end of the day.

In the “Diary” tab, users can enter breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and water. My Fitness Pal will log the nutritional value and calories of each entry. For example, if you have two pieces of toast and a latte for breakfast, the app will log it and subtract 503 calories from the goal count.

This tab also allows users to track exercise—yoga, weight training, swimming, etc. My Fitness Pal calculates calories burned and subtracts it from the goal count. So, if users exercise more, they should be eating more calories. My Fitness Pal helps track the fuel needed to keep the body healthy and nourished.

I tracked my food and exercise for a week and found that it wasn’t about the calories. It was about being mindful of what I was eating and how I needed to fuel my body based on activity levels. On days I worked out for 2-3 hours, I was eating the same amount on the days where I only got a 15-minute walk in. My eating habits shifted, and I felt energized. I also found that I was making better choices with what I was eating based on nutritional value. Instead of a muffin or toast for breakfast, I opted for oatmeal with bananas and chia seeds because of the points it gave me in the nutrients section.

I would recommend this app to individuals looking to improve their diet and be more mindful about how to fuel their bodies. Tracking holds accountability and offers a little competition with yourself.

app Supernatural has more than 500 workouts, including boxing and meditation sessions. FitXR has boxing features too – but also includes something more up my alley: Dance fitness workouts, as well as high-intensity interval training and a social component to let you work out “alongside” your friends. These are just two I checked out, but there are

In our research for this Health and Fitness issue, we didn’t find any IRL gyms in Central Oregon that are yet offering VR-type workouts in their facilities, but by this time next year, we predict there will be. In the meantime, consider this a major level-up in the

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LIVE IN THE COZY TASTING ROOM: BOBBY LINDSTROM

SOUL-INSPIRING BLUES AND ROCK

Bobby Lindstrom’s music weaves his life experiences together—self-discovery, love and healing through music. Get cozy and listen to bluesy, soul music while sipping on some wine. Sat., Jan. 14, 5-8pm. Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley Dr., Terrebonne. $15/adults, free/children 12 and under.

DIY CRAFT NIGHT

SIP ON CIDER AND CRAFT IT UP

Create a vision board for the new year while enjoying a fresh cider from Bend Cider Co. Brainstorm things to improve, relationships to nurture, changes you want to make and get it all out on paper. Grab a few friends or family members and get crafting! Thu., Jan. 12, 5:30-7:30pm. Bend Cider Co., 64649 Wharton Ave., Bend. $15-$30.

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THE FANTASTICKS: THE LONGEST RUNNING MUSICAL IN HISTORY

FUNNY AND ROMANTIC MUSICAL Cascades Theatre presents a timeless fable. All about love, this musical is about a boy and a girl who long to be together, but their fathers are keeping them separated—a classic trope. Grab some tickets and head to the theater! Thu., Jan. 12-Sat., Jan. 14, 7:30pm. Sun., Jan. 15, 2pm. Cascade Theatrical Theatre, 148 NW Greenwood, Bend. $39/adults, $36/students and seniors. FRIDAY 1/13

CARMEN LUNDY

GRAMMY-NOMINATED JAZZ VOCALIST AND COMPOSER

With over 40 years of musical experience and 15 albums, Lundy’s jazz is smooth, soft and innovative. Listeners will be mesmerized by the groove and flow of her compositions. Find a time that fits your schedule with three concert options. Fri., Jan. 13, 7-9pm and Sat., Jan. 14, 5-7pm and 8-10pm. The Oxford Hotel, 10 Northwest Minnesota Ave., Bend. $55.

SATURDAY 1/14

FATHERS GROUP MLK NIGHT OF UNITY

REFLECTION AND UNITY

To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy, the Father's Group will host a night of reflection, unity, family, music, activities for kids, art showcasing and great food from Fresco and Fryed. Connect, learn and unite with the community to celebrate MLK. Sat., Jan. 14, 6-8pm. Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave., Bend. Free.

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SATURDAY 1/14 SON DE CUBA

LATIN DANCE NIGHT

These world-class musicians play Latin music of all styles—salsa, timba, son, merengue, boleros, cumbia, bachata and Latin jazz. Get dressed up and dance the night away with Son De Cuba. Sat., Jan. 14, 7-11pm. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. $20. SUNDAY

WARM CLOTHING AND USED CAMPING GEAR DRIVE

GATHER DONATIONS FOR WINTER WEATHER Unity provides Central Oregon with the opportunity to share resources with the Redmond unhoused community. The drive is looking for warm long-sleeved shirts, long pants, waterproof items, socks, boots, coats, gloves, hats, and camping gear and blankets for men and women living out in the elements. Sun., Jan. 15, 10-11:30am. Unity Community of Central Oregon, 63645 Scenic Dr., Bend. Free.

THE FAB FOUR: THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE

EMMY AWARD-WINNING BEATLES BAND

Miss the Beatles? Catch The Fab Four with note-fornote live renditions of Beatles classics. From “Here Comes The Sun” to “Yesterday,” this tribute band will rock the stage with uncanny resemblance to the classic band everyone knows and loves. Fri., Jan. 13, 8pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. $44.50$74.50 (plus $3 historic preservation fee).

RAILROAD EARTH

JAM-GRASS LOVE

This swingy, folky quintet is ready to take over Midtown this weekend. Railroad Earth is known for energetic live performances and has sold out Red Rocks Amphitheater. On tour, find this band jamming out after hours and crafting new music! Sat., Jan. 14, 8pm. Midtown Ballroom, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. $30.

SNOWSHOEING CENTRAL OREGON

WEBINAR FOR THE SNOWSHOE CURIOUS

From gear to safety to trail options, Oregon Wild is sharing everything you need to know about snowshoeing in Central Oregon. There will be tips and tricks for all levels. This winter sport allows people to enjoy the cold weather, get exercise and socialize with friends. Wed., Jan. 18, 6pm. Go to oregonwild.org for Zoom information. Free.

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Source Material: Music to Give You Endorphins. Endorphins Make

You Happy.

Get over that holiday hangover with tunes to make you move your body. Simple.

By Doone Lupine Williams

As Elle Woods says in the iconic early Y2K comedy, Legally Blonde, “Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy.” Well so does playing your music really loud with a tempo to wake you up. You really don’t need that second, or third, (or fourth... no shame) cup of coffee. I promise. And if you’re suffering from that holiday hangover — like a social, family overload, “Did I spend too much money on gifts?” hangover — then don’t sulk in this current lack of sunlight with sad PNW mountain music that’s all too familiar around here. . . crank up the dance music, and teleport to Miami in the ‘90s. Or just a really good dance party… or overpriced cycle class.

Here’s a plethora of songs that will wake you up and keep you movin’ and groovin’ into the New Year (aka make your deadlines and show up to your IRL meetings on time) with total motivation domination.

For the MorningSleepy But Rise and Shine:

“II Pleure (At The Turn Of The Century)” - Art of Noise

The English avant-garde synth-pop group known as Art of Noise always brings that dreamy ethereal energy. Mixed with Powerpuff Girl drums and computer-generated voices — this, at first gradual, then fast-paced 8-minute soundscape creates a total uplifting oasis to get all your senses ready for the day. It’s the opening track to its 1999 album, “The Seduction Of Claude Debussy.” What a name. It also has a totally out-of-the-blue vocal narration by Anthony Hopkins. Pretty wild.

“Pulse (v.1)” - LCD Soundsystem

I recently deep-dove into LCD Soundsystem after watching the 2022 documentary film, “Meet Me In The Bathroom.” I had no idea it was just some guy in the early 2000s New York underground rock scene who ultimately couldn’t work with anyone successfully so he started his own name; LCD Soundsystem. Then he actually had to form a band last minute before his first gig, made up of a combination of friends and other sound engineers he knew. I think James Murphey is a genius and this track off his 2017 album, “The American Dream” is a perfect duque from your alarm clock into your morning rituals. 13:42 minutes.

For the Afternoon CrashCome On You Can Do It:

“Lazy (feat. David Byrne)” - X-Press 2, David Byrne

I think I was just on a Talking Heads radio on Spotify one day and this came on. I’m like, “Why am I hearing David Byrne’s voice on an electro track after hearing him on Rei Momo?” Quite the difference! This collab with English electronic dance music duo X-Press 2, is now a staple for my nsst nsst lineup and Byrne's lyrics really resonate with me. I feel like he really does mean it when he says he can be lazy. And naked. 4:15 minutes.

“Contortion” – Sextile

I feel so lucky to have found Sextile. They just want to make you kick something and skip like Billy Elliot. This post-punk, emo-meets-funk, dance/electronic band is based in Los Angeles and selling out every show in L.A. This song will give you a little kick in the pants when you are literally watching the clock and struggling. 3:10 minutes

based group, SEXTILE will without a doubt make you move your body. Trust us (or me?)

For the Evening Workout (Before You Crash Again)I AM FEELING GREAT:

“Marea (we’ve lost dancing)” - Fred again.., The Blessed Madonna

The song was released on Fred Again’s 2021 album “Actual Life,” and every time I hear it I think about how we really did lose dancing in the pandemic. The way it flows makes you feel like you’re flying. And really hopeful. But kind of sad, so it makes you want to work the bod harder? 4:45 minutes

“I Feel Love - 1979 Disco Club Mix” - DJ Pierre, Chic Loren

All those Studio 54 vibes. But make it alien circus in outer space. Your heart rate will thank you! 9:06 minutes.

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Crosscut Warming Hut No 5 Hannah Siglin Relax with a pint and enjoy great local music! 6-8pm. Free.

M&J Tavern Open Mic Night Downtown living room welcomes musicians to bring their acoustic set or turn it up to eleven with the whole band. Bring your own instruments. Goes to last call or last musician, which ever comes first. 21+. 6:30pm. Free.

Deschutes Brewery Public House Head Games Trivia Night Eat. Drink. Think. Win! Head Games multi-media trivia is at Deschutes Bend Public House every Wednesday at 6:30pm. Free to play. Win prizes. Teams up to 6.

Hub City Bar & Grill Stage 28 Karaoke

Come out for a night of Stage 28 Karaoke with your host Miss Min! What’s your go-to karaoke tune? Come to Hub City every Wednesday and Thursday night and sing your heart out! 8pm-Midnight. Free.

JC’s Bar & Grill Trivia Nite with Trivia Girl Compete with your peers and test your knowledge of current events, music and other random categories while enjoying 75 cent wings! Also, JC’s trivia separates themselves from the rest with a physical challenge! 7-9:30pm. Free.

Seven Nightclub & Restaurant The CO Show The CO Show is a free comedy showcase! Doors open at 7pm show starts at 8pm! Central Oregon Comedy Scene and Karaokaine productions have teamed up to bring this show to you! It’s co-hosted with multiple hosts, co-produced for Central Oregon! 8pm. Free.

12 Thursday

McMenamins Old St. Francis School

Pete Kartsounes This local artist will take the stage for some familiar favorites and stellar originals! 6-9pm. Free.

Northside Bar & Grill Accoustic Open Mic w/ Derek Michael Marc Head down to the Northside Bar and Grill Wednesdays to catch local artists perform live. 7-9pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Trivia on the Moon Come down to Silver Moon Brewing for a night of trivia! Teams are welcome to show up in groups up to 8 people. Silver Moon also offers seating reservations for $20 donations that all go to F*Cancer! If you would like to reserve a table please contact the Trivia on the Moon Facebook page. 7pm. Free.

Bridge 99 Brewery Trivia Thursdays Trivia Thursdays with UKB Trivia at Bridge 99. UKB’s live trivia game show is like no other. Team up to compete for gift card prizes! It’s free to play. Brews, ciders, mixed drinks, pizzas and food truck options. Indoor and outdoor seating. 6-8pm. Free.

High Desert Music Hall Comedy Open Mic Night Come tell your jokes, every 2nd Thursday of the month. All are welcome to perform. Sketch, improv and musical comedy encouraged also. Second Thursday of every month, 7-9pm. Free.

Hub City Bar & Grill Stage 28 Karaoke Come out for a night of Stage 28 Karaoke with your host Miss Min! What’s your go-to karaoke tune? Come to Hub City every Wednesday and Thursday night and sing your heart out! 8pm-Midnight. Free.

Porter Brewing Co. Live Music with The Ballybogs Grab a pint, sit back, relax and enjoy live music by an amazing group of artists that brings the best Irish Trad Music in Central Oregon! Every Thursday at Porter! 6-8pm. Free.

Big E’s Sports Bar Big E’s Open Mic Open mic from 6-9pm. Sign-ups at 5:30pm. Three song/15-minute limit. Minors allowed. Singles/ duos/trios. No drum sets. Great food and beverage from Big E’s Sportsbar menu. Original music or covers. A warm and friendly environment to share those precious creative moments. 6-9pm. Free.

Open Space Event Studios High Dessert Music Collective Presents Musicians Gathering Join Open Space for a special Musicians Gathering to kick off the new year! Hosted by Scottie of Billy and the Box Kid. This event provides musicians with the opportunity to connect with fellow local musicians and show off your talent during an open mic. Featuring the Hasbens Band. . Free.

River’s Place Alicia Viani & Mark Karwan Their version of indie folk weaves in jazz, funk and Americana influences with personal and provocative lyrics. 6-8pm. Free.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse

Shaene Pascal Fireside Show Suttle Lodge is bringing back the winter tradition of music at The Lodge. A chance to see wonderful intimate performances, they’ll host a different musician most Thursdays through May at the Skip Bar. This week, Shaene Pascal will share some cool tunes at The Lodge. 6-8pm. $10.

Austin Mercantile Live Music Every Thursday Join at Austin Mercantile for live music every Thursday. Offering a light happy hour menu — daily flatbread, chili, charcuterie, soft pretzels and more! 4:30-6:30pm. Free.

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Craft Kitchen and Brewery Philanthropic Funnies A monthly showcase of Central Oregon comedians that donate 100% of all tickets and tips to a local nonprofit charity. Laugh with the local greats! Featuring: Grace Sophia, Dillon Kolar, Liam Gibler, Skyler Rexrode, Courtney Stevens, and Jasmine Rogers. Hosted by Katy Ipock. 8pm. $15.

Hardtails Bar & Grill Stage 28 Karaoke Come out for a night of Stage 28 Karaoke with your host Miss Min! What’s your go-to karaoke tune? Come to Hardtails for a fun Friday night and sing your heart out! 8pm-Midnight. Free.

The Oxford Hotel Carmen Lundy Grammy Nominated vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy began her professional career in Miami, when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz vocalists. Over four decades later, Ms. Lundy is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her jazz innovation. 7-9pm. $55.

14 Saturday

Craft Kitchen and Brewery Comedy

at Craft: Ball Pit Comedy Throw ball-pit balls at comedians as they perform. Buckets of balls will be on the table, ready for you to lob (gently) whenever you like. Enjoy a joke? Chuck it! Didn’t like a joke? Chuck it! Just feel like it? Chuck it! 8pm. $10.

Crux Fermentation Project Hannah Siglin

Hannah Siglin is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from the Pacific Northwest. She was raised with a deep appreciation for folk music and the natural world. 5-8pm. Free.

Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards

Live in the Cozy Tasting Room: Bobby Lindstrom

Join International Blues Challenge solo nominee, singer/songwriter/bluesman Bobby Lindstrom for some soul-inspiring blues and rock. His riveting original songs reflect the stories of his life, his loves and his quest of helping and healing with music. Bobby developed into a high energy, soulful, blues influenced rock ‘n roller. 5-8pm. $15/ adults, Free/children 12 and under.

Flights Wine Bar Live Music at Flights Come grab a great glass of wine, have an incredible dinner and enjoy live music every Saturday at Flights Wine Bar. 6-8pm. Free.

McMenamins Old St. Francis School

10th Annual High Gravity Brewfest Gather around our blazing fire pits or step inside the theater to taste all the big, bold ales – and cider – at the 10th annual fest! 24 unique ales and ciders from McMenamins and local guest breweries.1-8pm. $25.

Midtown Ballroom Railroad Earth

Midtown Events brings you Railroad Earth! Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. This is an all ages show. Tickets on sale now at midtownballroom.com. 8pm. $30.

Northside Bar & Grill HWY 97 Band HWY 97 brings popular rock hits to the Northside Bar. Grab a drink and listen to live music! 8-11pm. Free.

The Outfitter Bar at Seventh Mountain Resort Heller Highwater Join in the Speakeasy for free live music with Heller Highwater! Heller Highwater Trio, based out of Bend. Stand-out vocals and excellent harmonies and guitar. 4-7pm. Free.

River’s Place Saturday Jazz Sessions All Jazz Considered Trio—typically start out gigs playing jazz tunes but if it feels right, the group adds some blues, reggae or rock toward the end of the night. 6-8pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Son De Cuba Son de Cuba are world class musicians from Chile, Mexico, USA and Cuba. The band performs with precision and passion with Salsa, Timba, Son, Merengue, Boleros, Cumbia, Bachata, Latin jazz. 7-11pm. $20.

The Oxford Hotel Carmen Lundy Grammy Nominated vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy began her professional career in Miami, when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz vocalists. Over four decades later, Ms. Lundy is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her jazz innovation. 5-7 & 8-10pm. $55.

Seven Nightclub & Restaurant

The CO Show The CO Show is a free comedy showcase! Doors open at 7pm show starts at 8pm! Central Oregon Comedy Scene and Karaokaine productions have teamed up to bring this show to you! It’s co-hosted with multiple hosts, co-produced for Central Oregon! 8pm. Free.

Tower Theatre The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute The Emmy Award Winning Fab Four is elevated far above every other Beatles tributes due to their precise attention to detail. With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles’ classics such as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Twist And Shout,” “Here Comes The Sun” and “Hey Jude”, the Fab Four will make you think you are watching the real thing. 8pm. $44.50-$74.50 (plus $3 historic preservation fee).

Hoodoo Ski Area Friday Night Lights Enjoy bonfires, live music and more every Friday night at Hoodoo, thanks to Ablis CBD. 5pm. Free.

Velvet One Mad Man Music Spencer Snyder, One Mad Man, loops together multiple instruments to create moody, driven backdrops accompanied by smooth vocals. Hip-hop-style drums drive funk-inspired bass followed by electrifying sounds from his keyboard and guitar. 8-11pm. Free.

Carmen Lundy is a Grammy-nominated vocalist, composer, visual artist and arranger who focuses on bringing life to jazz and blues. Her swingy style is one not to miss. Catch Lundy at the Oxford Hotel on Fri., Jan. 13 or Sat., Jan. 14.

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To your health?

Why do we toast to our health when heavy drinking actually raises our risk for liver disease, breast cancer and depression? This year, give some thought to how much you drink and consider drinking less. It could make a big difference…to your health.

15 Sunday

The Astro Lounge Local Artist Spotlight Sundays This is a chance to listen to Central Oregon’s newest and upcoming local artists. They have earned their spot to perform a two-hour show, changing weekly, every Sunday. Support local top notch talent! 7-9pm. Free.

Flights Wine Bar Trivia at Flights Wine Bar Join Sundays for trivia with King Trivia! Free to play! Get a group together, and come get nerdy! Awesome prizes and as always, delicious food and drinks! 4-6pm. Free.

River’s Place Trivia Sundays at Noon Trivia Sundays at Noon, with UKB Trivia, at River’s Place. This is no ordinary contest, this is a live trivia game show. Bring your bunch and win gift card prizes for top teams! Indoor and outdoor seating available. Great food and drink options available. Noon-2pm. Free.

River’s Place Bill Powers If you know, you know. If you don’t, this is the night to come and find out what you have been missing! A local hero in the Bend local music scene. 6-7pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Not Cho Grandma’s Bingo Not Cho’ Grandma’s Bingo is back at Silver Moon Brewing! The brewery hosts the famous bingo event for good times and a chance to win some cold hard cash! 10am-1pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Open Mic at the Moon Get a taste of the big time! Sign-up is at 4pm! Come checkout the biggest and baddest open mic night in Bend! 5-8pm. Free.

16 Monday

Bridge 99 Brewery Trivia Mondays Trivia Mondays with UKB Trivia at Bridge 99. UKB’s live trivia game show is like no other. Team up to compete for gift card prizes! It’s free to play. Brews, ciders, mixed drinks, pizzas and food truck options. Indoor and outdoor seating. 6-8pm. Free.

Elixir Wine Group Locals Music Night Enjoy live musicians, great wine and small bites. 6-9pm. Free.

On Tap Locals’ Day Plus Live Music Cheaper drinks all day and live music at night, get down to On Tap. 11am-9pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Comedy Open Mic Comedy open mic every Monday at Silver Moon Brewing in the Green Room. Sign-ups at 6:30pm, show starts at 7pm. Free to watch and free to perform. Presented by Tease Bang Boom Productions.

Worthy Brewing Head Games Trivia Night Eat. Drink. Think. Win! Head Games multi-media trivia is at Worthy Brewing Co. in Bend every Monday at 7pm. Free to play, win prizes. Teams up to 6.

17 Tuesday

The Commons Cafe & Taproom Storytellers Open-Mic StoryTellers open-mic nights are full of music, laughs and community. In the old house Bill Powers of Honey Don’t and several other projects in town, hosts one of the best open mics in town. Sign-ups start at 5pm sharp in the cafe, and spots go quick. Poetry, comedy and spoken word are welcome, but this is mainly a musical open mic. Performance slots are a quick 10 minutes each, so being warmed up and ready is ideal. 6pm. Free.

The Lot Winter Trivia Series Calling all trivia loving, beer drinking, food cart craving smartypants. . . Trivia Tuesdays are back. What a fun way to spend Tuesday nights inside the heated seating area with your favorite trivia buff friends. Check the social media for category clues. Winning teams earn table reservations and prizes! 6-8pm. Free.

AVID Cider Co. Taproom Trivia Tuesdays! Join every Tuesday at Avid Cider Co. with Last Call Trivia! Gather your friends and stretch your brain to answer questions from broad and varied categories with prizes at the end. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

Volcanic Theatre Pub Sam Grisman Project Presents Garcia/Grisman The music that Sam’s father David Grisman and his close friend, Jerry Garcia, made in the early 90s (in the house that he grew up in) is not only some of the most timeless acoustic music ever recorded, it also triggers his oldest and fondest musical memories. 8pm. $20.

18 Wednesday

AVID Cider Co. Taproom Bingo with a Brit Join with the favorite bloke Michael as MC, and win prizes, swag, gift cards, weekly cash prize and an end-of-the-month cumulative cash jackpot. $10 per booklet (5 games/booklet). 6:30-8:30pm.

Cabin 22 Trivia Wednesdays Useless Knowledge Bowl Live Trivia Game Show! It’s not your average quiz night. Team up to win gift cards. It’s fun and free to play, with Locals’ Day featuring Crater Lake and local craft beer specials. Get here this week! 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

The Commons Cafe & Taproom

Kalos Ryan McKasson, Eric McDonald and Jeremiah McLane are masters of tradition who purposefully explore the dark corners floating on its edges. Their individual artistry is enhanced when together. 7-9pm. $20.

Craft Kitchen and Brewery Comedy Open Mic Sign-up 7:30pm. Starts at 8pm. Free to watch. Free to perform. If you’ve ever wanted to try standup comedy, this is where you start! 8-10pm. Free.

Crosscut Warming Hut No 5 Bill Powers Relax with a pint and enjoy great local music! 6-8pm. Free.

Deschutes Brewery Public House Head

Games Trivia Night Eat. Drink. Think. Win! Head Games multi-media trivia is at Deschutes Bend Public House every Wednesday at 6:30pm. Free to play. Win prizes. Teams up to 6. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

Hub City Bar & Grill Stage 28 Karaoke Come out for a night of Stage 28 Karaoke with your host Miss Min! What’s your go-to karaoke tune? Come to Hub City every Wednesday and Thursday night and sing your heart out! 8pm-Midnight. Free.

JC’s Bar & Grill Trivia Nite with Trivia Girl Compete with your peers and test your knowledge of current events, music and other random categories while enjoying 75 cent wings! Also, JC’s trivia separates themselves from the rest with a physical challenge! 7-9:30pm. Free.

M&J Tavern Open Mic Night Downtown living room welcomes musicians to bring their acoustic set or turn it up to eleven with the whole band. Bring your own instruments. Goes to last call or last musician, which ever comes first. 21+. 6:30pm. Free.

McMenamins Old St. Francis School Justusworx “Justusworx” came together 10 years ago in Bend. With influences in driving blues-rock, soul, funk and jazz. Our members have well over a hundred years of combined musical experience. 6-9pm. Free.

Northside Bar & Grill Accoustic Open Mic w/ Derek Michael Marc Head down to the Northside Bar and Grill Wednesdays to catch local artists perform live. 7-9pm. Free.

Seven Nightclub & Restaurant The CO Show The CO Show is a free comedy showcase! Doors open at 7pm show starts at 8pm! Central Oregon Comedy Scene and Karaokaine productions have teamed up to bring this show to you! It’s co-hosted with multiple hosts, co-produced for Central Oregon! 8pm. Free.

MUSIC

HDCM Concert Series: Crown City

String Quartet High Desert Chamber Music’s 15th season continues with Central Oregon favorites the Crown City String Quartet. Their performances have been praised as “sublime” and “simply moving and spectacular.” This Pasadena-based group has been the resident and premier group featured in the HDCM Concert Series.

Jan. 14, 7:30pm. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon, 61980 Skyline Ranch Rd., Bend. Contact: 541-306-3988. info@HighDesertChamberMusic.com. $48/general, $10/child/student.

Open Hub Singing Club Sing in community... for the simple joy of creating meaning and beauty together! All voices and experience levels welcome. The group believes singing is a birthright and are reclaiming this ancient technology for belonging and well-being. The group sings easy-to-learn delicious songs in the paperless aural tradition. First timers are free! Lalalalala! Sundays, 1-2:30pm. First Presbyterian Heritage Hall, 230 NE Ninth St., Bend. Contact: 541-2416182. openhubsinging@gmail.com. $10-$20.

Sunday Brunch and Karaoke Wake up right with brunch and karaoke! Sundays, 10am3pm. General Duffy’s Waterhole, 404 SW Forest Ave., Redmond. Free.

DANCE

Argentine Tango Classes and Dance

Join every Wednesday for Tango classes and dancing! Your first class is free. 6:30-7pm Tango 101 Class, no partner needed! 7-8pm All levels class. 8-9:30pm Open dancing. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30pm. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 541-728-3234. tangocentraloregon@gmail.com. $5-$10.

Line and Swing Dancing Lessons Line and swing dance lessons every Thursday night at The Cross-Eyed Cricket! Thursdays, 7-9pm. CrossEyed Cricket, 20565 NE Brinson Blvd., Bend. Free.. Salsa Classes Bring on the SPICE! Sexy, sassy Salsa classes are just what you need for the New Year. No rhythm needed. Two left feet are acceptable. Beginning class at 6:30pm. Beginning plus at pm. 4-week series starts Wed., Jan. 4. Register in advance with Victoria. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Through Jan. 25. Bend Dance, SW Porcupine Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-410-0048. salsavictoria@yahoo.com. $50/person/month.

Scottish Country Dance Scottish Country Dance class is on Mon. from 7-9pm at the Sons of Norway Building, 549 NW Harmon. A chance to socialize and get a bit of exercise, too. Beginners are welcome. All footwork, figures and social graces will be taught and reviewed. Contact 541508-9110. Mondays, 7-9pm. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 541-5089110. allely@bendbroadband.com. $5.

FILM EVENTS

Bend Film Presents: Nexus & The Approach 2 Nexus is produced and directed by women. The overwhelming majority of cinematographers, photographers and editors working on Nexus are female. Who better to tell women’s stories than female creatives? Jan. 14, 7pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541-317-0700. $15.

“Free Outside” Bend Film Premiere The idea of filming the record attempt was born out of a failed TV show, which inspired Jeff and director Dylan Harris to take on the challenge together. They hired some of the crew that had worked on the previous show and in only two weeks, had a strategy to capture something that had never been captured before. Jan. 17, 7pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541-3170700. $20 (plus $3 historic preservation fee).

Outside Movie Night Join every Friday evening for the live outside movie night. The movies will differ each week, and if you enjoy classic and current outdoor movies come join at the cafe starting at 7pm. Happy hour beverage pricing is also featured during LOGE’s movie nights. Fridays, 7pm. Through Jan. 14. LOGE Bend, 19221 SW Century Dr, Bend. Free.

ARTS + CRAFTS

Art Viewing Visit Sagebrushers Art Society in beautiful Bend to see lovely work, paintings and greeting cards by local artists. New exhibit every 8 weeks. Visit Sagebrushersartofbend.com for information on current shows. Wednesdays, 1-4pm, Fridays, 1-4pm and Saturdays, 1-4pm. Sagebrushers Art Society, 117 SW Roosevelt Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-617-0900. Free.

DIY

Craft Night

Each Thursday Bend Cider Co. will guide you through a craft to make while you sip on cider. This Thursday the group will create a dream board. Start of 2023 right with a vision for the future! RSVP! Jan. 12, 5:307:30pm. Bend Cider Co., 64649 Wharton Ave., Bend. Contact: info@bendcider.com. $15-30.

Kreitzer Open Gallery and Studio

Give the gift of a contemporary realist David Kreitzer original. Stunning Central Oregon splendor, water, koi, fantasy, figure and floral. SF Chronicle: “Kreitzer demonstrates the poetic intensity of the old tradition.” Mondays-Sundays, 11am-5pm. Kreitzer Art Gallery and Studio, 20214 Archie Briggs Road, Bend. Contact: 805-234-2048. jkreitze@icloud.com. Free.

West Coast Swing Classes

Sultry and smooth, this is not yo’ grandma’s swing! This is done to late night R&B or acoustic, hip-hop or dirty blues. Grab a partner or come solo because you don’t need experience for this! 4-week series starts 1st Tuesday every month. Register in advance with Victoria. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Through Jan. 24. Bend Dance, SW Porcupine Dr., Bend. Contact: 541410-0048. salsavictoria@yahoo.com. $50.

Learn to Knit at Fancywork Yarn Shop

Get started on the path to creating your own treasured handknits! Learn the fundamentals of knitting, basic stitches, how to read a pattern, fix your mistakes, and more. Create a small project to take home. Pattern provided. Take three classes and earn a 10% discount on yarn! Every other Thursday, 5:30-7pm. Fancywork Yarn Shop, 200 NE Greenwood Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-3238686. hello@fancywork.com. $10.

Ryan McKasson, Eric McDonald and Jeremiah McLane are the band members of Kalos. This trio highlights spontaneity, energy and mystery in its music. Listen to Kalos at 7pm on Wed., Jan. 18 at The Commons Cafe & Taproom.

Courtesy Kalos Facebook

CALENDAR

Second Saturday at the Gallery Enjoy free food and libations at the Artists Gallery Sunriver Village the 2nd Saturday of each month. Work of 30 local artists is on display and here’s your chance to meet some of those artists. Second Saturday of every month, 4-6pm. The Village at Sunriver, 57100 Beaver Dr., Sunriver. Contact: 541-593-8704. Free.

Unfixed, Featuring Akihiko Miyoshi In Unfixed, Akihiko Miyoshi reimagines photographs as magical objects whose potential is not yet concrete, colonized or mined for data and information. Miyoshi’s work results from his unique process of printing digitized 35mm negatives on silk which are then layered in between coats of resin. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1-6pm. Through Feb. 26. Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts, 550 NW Franklin Ave, Bend. Contact: 541-6402186. marley@scalehouse.org. Free.

Visual Joy and Perfection: The Artistry

of Master Fine Artist David Kreitzer Join David in the Kreitzer Gallery and Studio, and experience sublime and healing Central Oregon splendor landscapes, the human figure, koi, California vineyards, floral and fantasy oil and watercolor images. Thursdays-Sundays, Noon5pm. Kreitzer Art Gallery and Studio, 20214 Archie Briggs Road, Bend. Contact: 805-234-2048. jkreitze@icloud.com. Free.

PRESENTATIONS + EXHIBITS

Indigenous Ceremony Wisdom Sharing

Indigenous cultures from all over the world have been using ceremony to heal people, enhance their lives and create community. This is an opportunity to learn from two elders about their ancient and revered traditions of how to use ceremony to create sacred space for healing. Jan. 12, 5:30-8pm. Hanai Foundation, 62430 Eagle Rd., Bend. Contact: 607-351-0475. piper@piperlucas.com. $25-$50.

Know Sustainability: The Electric Future of Cars, Bikes, & More The world is in the middle of a transportation revolution! Come join The Environmental Center’s Electric Mobility expert, Neil Baunsgard to learn about affordable and used options, current and upcoming incentives, e-bikes and what is yet to come in future electric vehicles. Jan. 11, Noon1pm. Downtown Bend Public Library - Brooks Room, 601 NW Wall St., Bend. Jan. 17, 6-7pm. Redmond Proficiency Academy, 657 SW Glacier Ave., Redmond. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@ deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

SheJumps: Empowering Women

Through Adventure Speaker Series On the second Wednesday of each month, SheJumps will pressent female speakers on a variety of adventure topics. Wed, Jan. 11, 6:30-7:30pm and Wed, Feb. 8, 6:30-7:30pm. Crow’s Feet: A Mountain Collective, 2843 NW Lolo Dr., Bend. Free.

THEATER

AUDITIONS: The Cake Open auditions for The Cake, a contemporary dramedy by Bekah Brunstetter. Directed by Ren Langer. Casting: Della: 45–60s, Female Tim: 45–60s, Male Jen: 20s–30s, Queer Female or nonbinary Macy: 20s–30s, Female, BIPOC Performances: March 24/25 Open Space Studios Jan. 12, 6:30-8pm and Jan. 13, 4-6pm. Downtown Bend Public Library - Brooks Room, 601 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: laurenlanger94@gmail.com. Free.

The Fantasticks: The Longest Running Musical in History

The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. A timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time, The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world. Learn more or get tickets at cascadestheatrical.org/ the-fantasticks/. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30-10pm and Sundays, 2pm. Through Jan. 31. Cascade Theatrical Theatre, 148 NW Greenwood, Bend. Contact: 541-389-0803. ctcinfo@cascadestheatrical.org. $39/adults, $36/students and seniors.

Improv Class - Bend Institute of Comedy Now is the time to make Longform Improv a major part of your life, and Bend Institute of Comedy is the place to learn it. John Breen’s 25+ years of teaching and performing experience will transform you. Join! Jan. 14, 10:30am-12:30pm. Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-410-5866. improvbend@gmail. com. $190.

Long Form Comedy Improv Classes

This 6-week improv series focuses on honest, grounded scene work, where finding, heightening and expanding the game (or hook) of the scene are critical. Taught by John Breen of the Bend Institute of Comedy, this course will train students to be highly cooperative improvisers with rigorous skills training. Saturdays, 10:30am-12:30pm. Through Feb. 18. Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-410-5866. improvbend@gmail.com. $225.

WORDS

2023

Season of Nonviolence Community Book Discussions

Join COCC’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, The Nancy R. Chandler Lecture Series and other community organizations for the 2023 season of nonviolence book discussions. This year’s selection is Kim Johnson’s “This is My America.” There are in-person and remote options throughout Central Oregon. All of the dates included are start dates for different groups. Folks should email the corresponding email of the group they wish to participate in. Wed, Jan. 11, 5-6pm, Tue, Jan. 17, 12:30-1:30pm. COCC, 2600 NW College Way, Bend. Contact: cwalker2@cocc.edu. Free.

Author

Event: “100 Things to Do in Bend Before You Die”

by Joshua Savage

In 100 Things to Do in Bend, Before You Die,” you will be swept into this magical part of the United States, where the natural wonders will make you fall in love, and the year-round entertainment might just make you stay a lifetime. Jan. 17, 6-7pm. Roundabout Books, 900 NW Mount Washington Dr., #110, Bend. Contact: 541306-6564. julie@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Author Event: “Katya” by Kathryn Mattingly This is a ticketed event requiring a $5 fee or purchase of the book. Fees and books can be purchased through Eventbrite. Bend author Kathryn Mattingly will discuss her fifth book, “Katya.” Jan. 12, 6-7pm. Roundabout Books, 900 NW Mount Washington Dr., #110, Bend. Contact: 541-3066564. julie@roundaboutbookshop.com. $5-$15.99.

Hello! Storytime: Lunar New Year Hello, and welcome to Roundabout Books Storytime: “Lunar New Year.” Roundabout Books is looking forward to sharing stories, movement and a touch of music with 0-5 year olds, geared toward those younger ages. There will be a heavy emphasis on fun, so bring your listening ears and a smile. Jan. 11, 10:30-11am. Roundabout Books, 900 NW Mount Washington Dr., #110, Bend. Contact: 541306-6564. julie@roundaboutbookshop.com. 0.

Mystery Book Club Please join for Mystery Book Club. The group will discuss “The Lunar Housewife” by Carolyn Woods. Jan. 18, 6-7pm. Roundabout Books, 900 NW Mount Washington Dr., #110, Bend. Contact: 541-306-6564. julie@ roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Nonfiction Book Club Please join for Nonfiction Book Club. The group will discuss “Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole” by Susan Cain. Jan. 13, 3-4:45pm. Roundabout Books, 900 NW Mount Washington Dr., #110, Bend. Contact: 541-306-6564. julie@ roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Writers Writing: Quiet Writing Time

Enjoy the focus of a quiet space with the benefit of others’ company. This is an in-person program. Masks are recommended at all in-person library events. Bring personal work, read a book or answer emails. Come when you can, leave when you want. Free, open network WiFi available. Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30pm. Deschutes Public Library-Downtown, 601 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541-3121063. paigef@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

ETC.

Annual Meeting and Member Appreciation Night

Please join for the annual meeting with executive director Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D., to hear about the museum’s recent accomplishments and upcoming plans. Afterward, stay for festivities at the member appreciation night. Jan. 12, 5-6:30pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Free.

Fathers Group MLK Night of Unity The Father’s Group Hosts MLK Night of Unity at Open Space Event Studios. A gathering to connect you to community members and pay tribute to Dr. King’s legacy. There will be food provided by Fresco and Fryed, music, games and an art showcase. Jan. 14, 6-8pm. Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-410-5866. info@openspace.studio. Free.

ATHLETIC + OUTDOOR EVENTS

Badminton Night! Beginners and experienced players welcome. Extra racquets and shuttles provided. The $10 fee helps pay for the facility. Saturdays, 5-7:30pm. Through Feb. 25. Bend Hoops, 1307 NE 1st St, Bend. Contact: jimwinkle@gmail.com. $10.

Bend Adult Volleyball Bend Hoops adult open gym volleyball sessions offer players a chance to get together and enjoy some competition. To sign up, go to meetup.com and RSVP. Bring exact change. Sundays, 7-9pm. Bend Hoops, 1307 NE 1st St, Bend. $10.

One of the favorite rockin’ local bands in Central Oregon, Heller Highwater, is taking the stage at the Outfitter Bar at Seventh Mountain Resort. Catch the lively performance at 4pm on Sat., Jan. 14.

Courtesy Heller Highwater Press

Bend Area Running Fraternity The group will run, maintaining social distance, along the Deschutes River and then receive discounted drinks from the cidery after the run! Mondays, 5 and 5:30pm. Through Feb. 7. AVID Cider Co. Taproom, 550 SW Industrial Way, Bend. Contact: bendarearunningfraternity@gmail.com. Free.

COAC Know Before You Go Know Before You Go is a free basic avalanche awareness presentation aimed at highlighting introductory concepts and tools for traveling in avalanche terrain. Learn about the destructive power of avalanches, safety equipment, how people get in trouble and the basics of how to avoid them. Jan. 16, 6-7:30pm. Black Diamond Bend, 550 SW Industrial Ave. Suite 105 Bend, OR 97702, Bend. Contact: 503-896-9818. info@coavalanche.org. Free.

CORK Mom Squad This group is open to moms of all running levels! The focus of the group will be to connect with other moms, share advice/ information on running while pregnant or with a family and to have fun! Meet back at the LOGE by 9:50am for coffee and chatting! Third Sunday of every month, 9-10am. Sisters Coffee The Old Mill, 450 SW Powderhouse Dr., Bend. Contact: centraloregonrunningklub@gmail.com. Free.

Scones on the Cone! Stop by for hot coffee and homemade scones at the top of the cinder cone. Sunrise ski/snowboard! Woooooo! Saturdays, 7:15-8am. Through March 31. Mount Bachelor Ski Resort - West Village, 13000 SW Century Dr., Bend. Suggested $2 donation.

Snowshoeing Central Oregon Join Oregon Wild for a presentation on how and where to snowshoe in Central Oregon. They’ll have tips and suggestions regarding everything from safety to gear to picking the most scenic trails. They’ll include some “Snowshoeing 101” for those new to the activity as well as some tips on locations. Jan. 18, 6-7:30pm. Contact: 541-3822616. ef@oregonwild.org. Free.

Wildlife Track ID Snowshoe Hike Join Think Wild at Virgina Meissner SnoPark for a Wildlife Track ID Snowshoe Hike. They will have 20 adult snowshoe pairs and 20 child snowshoe pairs available at no cost. SnoPark parking pass required. Jan. 15, 10am-Noon. Virginia Meissner SnoPark, Century Drive, Bend. Contact: 541-2418680. info@thinkwildco.org. Free!.

VOLUNTEER

Bunny Rescue Needs Volunteers

Looking for more volunteers to help with tidying bunny enclosures, feeding, watering, giving treats, head scratches, play time and fostering. All ages welcome and time commitments are flexible — weekly, monthly or fill-in. Located at the south end of Redmond. Email Lindsey with your interests and availability: wildflowerbunnylove@gmail.com. Ongoing. Ember’s Wildflower Animal Sanctuary and Bunny Rescue, 2584 SW 58th St, Redmond.

Volunteer: Help Businesses Prosper!

Share your professional and business expertise. Become a volunteer mentor with SCORE in Central Oregon. The chapter is growing. Your experience and knowledge will be valued by both new and existing businesses in the community. To apply, call 541-316-0662 or visit centraloregon.score.org/volunteer. Ongoing. Contact: 541-316-0662.

Mentor a Child with an Incarcerated Parent: Winter Training COPY is offering a winter volunteer training about becoming a mentor for a child with an incarcerated parent. This 3.5-hour class covers program policies, how to establish a mentor relationship, the impact incarceration has on families and communication skills. No cost to attend, but advanced registration is required. Jan. 14, 9am-12:30pm. Deschutes County Services Center, 1300 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541-388-6651. copy@ deschutes.org. Free.

Volunteer with Salvation Army The Salvation Army has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for almost every age. Salvation Army has an emergency food pantry, the groups visit residents of assisted living centers and make up gifts for veterans and the homeless. Ongoing. Contact: 541-389-8888.

Distillery

& Business Cards Pop-Up:

Gompers Distillery! Hi, folks! Missing some in-person networking with like-minded individuals? Let’s get some events rolling. Gompers Distillery has offered up their space to congregate and rub some elbows with some folks that like beverages, mingling and building the roots of the economy. Thu, Dec. 8, 5-8pm and Wed, Jan. 18, 5-8pm. Gompers Distillery, 611 NE Jackpine Ct #8,, Redmond. Contact: 541-819-0443. beveragesandbusinesscards@gmail.com. $5.

NAMI Central Oregon Family to Family Class NAMI Central Oregon is happy to announce that it will offer an in-person family-to-family class starting Jan. 12 and ending in mid-March. Thursdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Through March 2. First Presbyterian Church, 230 NE 9th., Bend. Contact: 541-316-0167. info@namicentraloregon.org. Free.

Competitive Cribbage Play nine games of cribbage versus nine different opponents. Cash prizes awarded based on number of wins. Mondays, 5-8pm. Deschutes Junction, 2940 N Hwy 97, Bend. Contact: 541-530-1112. rickyticky1954@ gmail.com. $2-$18.

Selling a Book to New York: An Impossible

Dream? Author Jodi Compton shares how she wrote her first novel while working full-time, and how—by sending out proposals “blind”—she placed that novel with a NY agent, who sold it to Bantam Dell. Jodi will share her missteps, misperceptions and take questions. Presented by Toastmasters of Bend. Jan. 11, Noon-1pm. Deschutes Downtown Bend Public Library - Meyer Room, 601 N.W. Wall Street, Bend. Contact: 206-390-8507. bend. toastmasters.club@gmail.com. Free.

FUNDRAISING

Bingo Night Come down for a fun night of Bingo! Selling cards by game. Family friendly. Fun time. Good times. Jan. 12, 6-8pm. Craft Kitchen and Brewery, 62988 NE Layton Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-668-1766. katyipock@gmail.com. Per card.

Warm Clothing and Used Camping

Gear Drive Donate warm clothing and used camping gear items to Sunday service Jan. 15 and 22. More info contact cylvia@cylviahayes. com. Sun, Jan. 15, 10-11:30am and Sun, Jan. 22, 10:30-11:30am. Unity Community of Central Oregon, 63645 Scenic Dr., Bend. Contact: 541280-5040. cylvia@cylviahayes.com. Free.

FAMILY + KIDS

Thrive Moving Volunteers Support your neighbors by helping them move to their new home. If interested, fill out the volunteer form or reach out! Ongoing. Contact: 541-728-1022. TCOmoving22@gmail.com.

Volunteers Needed for Humane Society Thrift Store Do you love animals and discovering “new” treasures? Then volunteering at the HSCO Thrift Store is a great way to combine your passions while helping raise funds to provide animal welfare services for the local community. For more information visit the website at www.hsco.org/volunteer. Ongoing. Humane Society Thrift Shop, 61220 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3840. abigail@hsco.org.

GROUPS + MEETUPS

Bend Ukelele Group (BUGs) Do you play Uke? Like to learn to play? Beginners and experienced players all welcome to join the fun every Tuesday at 6:30-8pm at Big E’s just off 3rd street near Reed Market. Go play with the group! Tue, Dec. 6, 6:30pm and Tuesdays, 6:30pm. Big E’s Sports Bar, 1012 SE Cleveland Ave., Bend. Contact: 206-707-6337. Free.

Hysteria Comedy Collective: Comedy Writing

Workshop Welcome to Hysteria, a comedy collective open to all female-identifying, trans and non-binary folks. Whether you are a seasoned performer or completely new to the scene, Hysteria invites you to join the community of professional, novice and aspiring stand-up comedians. Its mission is to create a space where there is support for each other’s growth as writers/ performers, give and receive feedback on materials and foster a more inclusive, progressive and artistic comedy community. Third Wednesday of every month, 5:30-7pm. Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave., Bend. $10.

Open Hub Singing Club An unforgettable evening of singing. . . together! All voices are welcome and wanted. No previous singing experience required. All songs are taught in a call-and-echo, aural tradition process. Group singing is one of the most ancient technologies of belonging - come join us! Led by community songleaders, Ian Carrick & Kira Seto. Jan. 18, 6-7:30pm. Becky Johnson Center, 412 SW 8th St., Redmond. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@ deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Couples

Massage Classes

Learn to connect and relax with your partner through nurturing touch. Taproot Bodywork offers 2- or 4- hour couples massage classes in Tumalo. One couple per session. Additional days/times are available, prices vary. Visit www.taprootbodywork.com for more info. Ongoing. Taproot Bodywork studio, Tumalo, Tumalo. Contact: 503-481-0595. taprootbodywork@gmail.com. Varies.

Family Process Art Play Connect with your little through creativity as you engage in the process of making together in our beautiful studio space. Each class includes themed process art invitations with different materials for children to explore, experiment and create with. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10am-Noon Through March 23. Wondery Art + Adventure School, 19550 Amber Meadow Dr Suite 190, Bend. Contact: 541-2365990. sarah@wonderyschool.com. $15.

Wild

Wednesday Art Adventure

The group will begin class at the studio with themed process art invitations with different materials for children to explore, experiment and create with. The group will then go on an art adventure exploring a nearby natural area. Each week will include a new topic/concept to explore outdoors, journaling and projects inspired by nature. Wednesdays, 1-4:30pm. Through March 22. Wondery Art + Adventure School, 19550 Amber Meadow Dr Suite 190, Bend. Contact: 541-236-5990. sarah@wonderyschool.com. $180/month.

Americana and harmony lie at the core of the Miller Twins music. With guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo and vocals, the duo is putting strings at the forefront. Vibe out with the Miller Twins at Crux Fermentation at 6pm on Fri., Jan. 13.

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FOOD + DRINK

Know Sustainability: Sustainable Wine Featuring Bedrock Wine Co. Learn more about how sustainability shows up in the wine industry. Registration is required. Join for an evening learning about different ways a vineyard and winery can promote and practice sustainability. Try a lineup of three wines from our featured winery paired with light fare. Jan. 12, 5-7pm. Arome, 432 SW 6th St., Redmond. Contact: 541-312-1032. lizg@dpls.lib.or.us. Free.

Sunday Brunch Please join on Sunday mornings for the new brunch in the cozy tasting room. Faith, Hope and Charity will have a special rotating menu that will be different every week. Sam and Jerry, the chefs will create the amazing buffet! Sundays, 11am-2pm. Through Feb. 12. Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley Dr., Terrebonne. Contact: 541-526-5075. events@fhcvineyards. com. $32/adults, Free/children 12 and under.

BEER + DRINK

Bottle & Board Mondays Join on Mondays at Bend Wine Bar for local, small batch Oregon and Washington wines at the Box Factory. Take $5 off any white wine and cheese, salami or charcuterie board or $10 off a red wine and board. Tasting room for The Winery at Manzanita. Mondays, 2-9pm. The Bend Wine Bar & Winery Tasting Room, 550 SW Industrial Way, Suite 194, Bend. Contact: info@bendwinebar.com. Free.

Head Games Trivia Night Join for live multi-media trivia every Tuesday night. Win prizes. Teams up to 6 players. Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Worthy Beers & Burgers, 806 NW Brooks St #110, Bend. Contact: 541-678-6268. Free. Live multi-media trivia every Thursday at Spoken Moto. Win prizes. Teams up to 6 players. Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm. Spoken Moto, 310 SW Industrial Way, Bend. Contact: 541306-6689. mike@headgamestrivia.com. Free.

Locals’ Night with The Bluegrass Collective Monday is the day to be at Silver Moon Brewing! Come on down and join the local family all day every Monday! Silver Moon offers $3 pints of the core lineup beers and $4 pours of the barrel-aged beers all day. Come down and sample what’s new while also enjoying the brand new food menu! It’s a steal of a deal that they won’t be chasing you out the door for! Mondays. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend.

Succulents & Spirits: Ginuary Edition

Build a dreamy succulent planter out of the recycled gin bottles while sipping on tasty Oregon Spirit cocktails! Tickets include all materials for planting, including pots made from recycled distill-

ery materials, as well as a cocktail and a personal cheese board. Jan. 11, 6-8:30pm. Oregon Spirit Distillers, 740 NE First St., Bend. Contact: 541382-0002. ashley@oregonspiritdistillers.com. $40.

HEALTH + WELLNESS

“Getting Theta With It” Crystal Sound Bath

Learn the science behind sound healing, then experience what it can do for you while being surrounded by the store’s crystal energy. Jan. 18, 5-6:30pm. Nature’s Bling, 133 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-668-1716. sirahkreitzer@gmail.com. $33.

Bend Zen Meditation Group Bend Zen sits every Mon, evening at 7. Arrive at 6:45pm to orient yourself and meet others. The group has two 25-minute sits followed by a member-led Dharma discussion from 8:05-8:30pm. All are welcome! Learn more and sign up for emails at www.bendzen.net. Mondays, 6:45-8:30pm.

Brooks Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church, 469 Wall St., Bend. Contact: bendzensitting@gmail.com. Donations accepted.

Community Therapy Are you tired of healing alone? This pilot program offers an affordable, innovative and connected way to heal. Create community, build trust and help each other heal from the past so everyone can all be here now. This is a safe, inclusive small group. Please sign up in advance. Jan. 12, 6-8pm. Deschutes Downtown Bend Public Library - Meyer Room, 601 N.W. Wall Street, Bend. Contact: 206-9990490. info@cassredstone.com. Free intro offer!.

Divine Guidance: A Soul Adventure

Discussion Would you like to live a happier life, one filled with love and meaningful service? Join for an ECKANKAR Soul Adventure discussion of Divine Guidance. What is it? How do people find it? How do people follow it? Together everyone will try a spiritual exercise and share inspiring spiritual stories. Jan. 11, 7-8pm. Contact: ineckservice@gmail.com to receive access meeting ID. Free.

Kirtan: Celebrate With the Bend Bhakti Collective Kirtan, sacred song, dance and community. Celebrate with the Bend Bhakti Collective. Thursdays, 7pm. First Presbyterian Heritage Hall, 230 NE Ninth St., Bend. Contact: 541-382-4401. Free-$20.

Ease the Winter Blues Crystal Bowl Sound Bath Shake off those winter blues in a gentle, compassionate and loving way with the Fairylike tones of seven quartz crystal singing bowls. Join Sirah at Hanai as she plays harmonies and disharmonies to help you shift from heavy to lighter and brighter. Jan. 11, 6-7:30pm. Hanai Foundation, 62430 Eagle Road, Bend. Contact: 541-668-1716. sirahkreitzer@gmail.com. $33.

CALENDAR

Group Biofield Tuning Energy Balancing Session Biofield Tuning is an energy balancing method for self-healing and wellness that uses sound waves produced by specialized tuning forks. The leader will work with the energy of the group. Please join for this healing experience. Bring water, a mat to lay on, pillow and blanket. Space is limited. Jan. 13, 7-8:30pm. Serenity Arts Studio, 61396 South HWY 97, Suite 203, Bend. Contact: 458-256-8464. phnxmn11@ gmail.com. $30.

Drop In Monday Meditation Open to all! Come join in the beautiful gardens for meditation and healing! Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm. Blissful Heart Wellness Center, 45 NW Greeley Ave, Bend. Contact: 510-220-2441. cathleen@blissful-heart. com. Donation based.

Guided Forest Bath Forest Bathing is the practice of immersing yourself in the forest through sensory connection. This practice will slow you down and deepen your relationship with nature and others. It is a great practice for friend groups and families. This guided experience is hosted by Missie Wikler, a certified forest therapy expert. Saturdays, 10am-Noon Through March 25. Shevlin Park, 18920 Shevlin Rd., Bend. Contact: 541-316-9213. missie@romingyogabend.com. $35.

Preventing Migraines w/ Dr. Megan Daly Join for a fun, engaging event, and learn how to get rid of migraine attacks by getting better sleep. You will learn about hidden triggers and get easy-to-implement tips to help you get shortterm and long-term relief from your migraine episodes. Prevention is the best medicine. Jan. 11, 6:30-7:30pm. The Peoples Apothecary, 19570 Amber Meadow Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-728-2368. classes@thepeoplesapothecary.net. $20.

Sunrise Yoga Practice Start your day grounded and invigorated with this guided sunrise yoga practice. The Shadow Yoga lineage uses dynamic, linear activity (such as sun salutation) to bring energy into the bones for the day ahead, along with breathing and meditation to help stabilize the mind. All levels welcome. Thursdays, 6-7:15am. Continuum: A School of Shadow Yoga, 155 SW Century Dr., Suite 112, Bend. Contact: 541-588-2480. info@continuum-yoga.com.

Yoga For Hips Enjoy a full 75 minutes dedicated to the hips! The group will explore all the ranges of motion in the hip joint with an emphasis on balancing stability and mobility in the joint. This will be a Hatha-style class. Enjoy infrared heat to promote circulation in the joints! All levels. Jan. 14, 2-3:15pm. Bend Hot Yoga, 1230 NE 3rd St. Unit A320, Bend. Contact: yoga@ bendhotyoga.com. $10/BHY members, $20/ non-Members.

GUNG HO

By Allie Noland

Put on Your Puffy and Party

The Commons and Mt. Bachelor are partnering to bring life to the Mirror Pond Plaza during the winter months. The Apres Ski Bash concert series is all about bringing the community together through local live music, dancing, food/drink and bundling up outside.

With four concerts lined up, the Apres Ski Bashes resemble the energy of a block party. Eventgoers can warm up by the bonfires, grab drinks, join the live music dance party, walk around and mingle or simply enjoy the energy of the night. It is an event for everyone.

“Show up, wear your puffy and get ready to dance. It’s high-energy music,” said Dan Baumann, owner of The Commons Cafe and Taproom.

Baumann and Parallel 44 worked together to host different genres, but attendees can expect some sort of jam band. Whether it’s funk, bluegrass, rock, soul or electronic, every show is a little different, but a dance party is expected.

“The lineup this year is really solid,” Baumann said.

Tha Exchange is kicking off the concert series this Friday, Jan. 13. This band brings together funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul with an upbeat spin. Tha Exchange is sure to bring a groovy dance party.

The second show on Jan. 27 will feature Watkins Glen, a local ‘70s rock and jam band. Family Mystic will take over the stage on Feb. 17 with funky tunes. The final show will be the Quattlebaum Quintet bringing its bluegrass tunes on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Attendees can purchase beer from the Deschutes Brewery beer cart, snag a few tacos from El Sancho’s setup, sip on warm hot chocolate or coffee from The Commons and explore the tents set up along the perimeter of the party. Mt. Bachelor season pass holders can flash their pass to get $1 off drinks before 8:30pm.

Jan. 13, Jan. 27, Feb. 17, March 17, 7-10pm

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NW Brooks St., Bend

The Sam Grisman Project is a creation of passion and love for David Grisman and Jerry Garcia’s music. Sam is David’s son, and when he plays his father’s music, memories flood in for a heartfelt performance. Experience joy with the Sam Grisman Project at 8pm on Tues., Jan. 17 at the Volcanic Theatre Pub.

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Apres Ski Bash Concert Series

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A Dream Comes to Fruition with Viaggio Wine Merchant

New retail wine shop and tasting room on SW Century Drive is intended to take visitors on a journey

By Donna Britt @donnabrittcooks

Benjamin Richardson had a dream.

“About 15 years ago a little bubble popped up in my head about how a wine shop would be a great retirement plan. My wife Rebecca and I would kick around the romantic idea of me being an old man in his small wine shop,” Richardson shares on a recent snowy afternoon inside his new wine store and tasting bar. Viaggio Wine Merchant is Richardson’s plan, accelerated.

The Richardsons arrived in Bend in 2018 and Benjamin, with his years of restaurant experience, landed at Bos Taurus, quickly working his way up to general manager. He often ended up tableside talking wine with customers and realized that was the part of his job that he loved the most, so why wait until retirement to make that dream come true? “Bend seemed ripe for something new and different and in tune with my wine shop idea, so why not just do it?” he recalls. “It seemed like the right time.”

This is Richardson’s first time owning his own place and working for himself. As challenging as that may be — “there’s a lot of inventory in here,” he exclaims during our visit — he’s up for it.

Richardson’s wine journey began in Aspen, Colorado. “I was a snowboard instructor at Snowmass and needed a night job,” he remembers. He went to work at Renaissance Restaurant, where the sommelier started force-feeding him wine. After a few more years and an epiphany that being a ski bum might not be what he really wanted to do, he started medical school. It was a chance encounter with Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey, while having a beer at a place

called Sherpa’s in Boulder on his way to take a physics test, that was a turning point.

Shortly after that meeting, Richardson wandered by Stuckey’s new place, Frasca Food and Wine, and was offered a job on the spot. That gave him the opportunity to immerse himself in wine, working at Frasca, over time, as the Maître d', the assistant GM and the assistant wine director. He also tested his way up the sommelier ladder, earning the second highest accreditation of Advanced Sommelier.

From there, Richardson headed to California where he ran the wine program at The Restaurant at Meadowood, a Michelin 3-Star restaurant. After his daughter was born he moved over to the winery side of things becoming the estate director of Failla Wines.

Then a desire to get back to a mountain town to raise their daughter overcame the Richardsons. They chose Bend and now, just a handful of years later, that wine shop dream has come to life.

Richardson named his new place Viaggio, an Italian word meaning “journey.” Richardson says his own wine journey began serendipitously all those years ago and believes that everyone and every wine has a journey. His dream was to have a neighborhood wine shop, where collectors and novices alike could continue their journeys exploring the world of wine.

His idea is to have a place where everybody feels comfortable, whether they’re buying a bottle of wine for dinner, sitting at the bar for a glass of wine or adding to their wine cellar. Richardson has plans for winemaker events,

frequent tastings and other educational offerings, adding, “If you want to, you can really dive in and learn more about wine or discover something new.”

“I’m here every day,” he says. “That’s what sets me apart. It’s my full focus and I can walk you into something. I have wines that are less than $20 and wines that are over $500. I don’t want anyone to feel intimidated.”

Viaggio has a warm, welcoming vibe. “I describe it as Napa Valley meets European bistro,” he says, “with lots of natural wood and warm white colors.” He refers to the wine shop area of the establishment as “the library room,” complete with a library ladder to reach the upper shelves.

The floor-to-ceiling shelves are filled with wines from around the world –France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and other European outliers. There’s a domestic corner with wines from California and the Pacific Northwest. There’s also “bubble land” with a variety of Champagnes and sparkling wines.

Viaggio’s wine bar features wines by the glass and bottle, Champagne, a few select beers and European-style snacks including caviar. The wine menu will change frequently according to Richardson and he’s excited to “pour wines that people aren’t

accustomed to or give them something that’s refreshing that they don’t normally see, such as White Burgundy.”

He’s hoping his extensive, constantly changing menu at the bar, along with his large, varied collection of wines in the shop, will make Viaggio a go-to place. He feels fortunate about his location on the ground floor of The Hixon at Westside Yard on SW Century Drive in Bend as well, calling it an “ideal neighborhood spot uniquely positioned” for making Viaggio a part of everyone’s daily routine.

Viaggio Wine Merchant

210 SW Century Dr., Ste 160, Bend 541-299-5060

Open daily 11am – 8pm viaggiowine.com

Meet the Winemaker with L’Angolo Estate

Owner/Winemaker Chase Renton pouring four wines from his 100% organic estate-grown, limited production Dundee Hills Vineyard Fri., Jan. 13, 5-7pm

Viaggio Wine Merchant $10 fee (can be used toward purchase of L’Angolo wine in the shop)

The Viaggio Wine Merchant features a wine library room and plenty of space for sipping and relaxing.

Photos courtesy Viaggio

By Nicole Vulcan

Fire on the Mountain Heading to Bend

The Campfire Hotel in Bend will soon see another restaurant added to its roster, when Fire on the Mountain opens in the former auto dealership building on the southeast corner of the Campfire property. Fire on the Mountain and Campfire announced the addition of the popular Portland-area wings place this month, with a projected opening spring or early summer.

The original Fire on the Mountain has been a beloved haunt for Portlanders since 2005, when Sara Sawicki and Jordan Busch opened the first location along North Interstate Avenue. Locations now include two more Portland spots, on East Burnside and NE Fremont, as well as two locations in Denver, Colorado.

“FOTM sources its wings from cage-free, antibiotic-free, hormone-free, and humanely raised chicken. The restaurant also uses all-natural beef and pork that are both humanely and sustainably raised,” described a press release.

Fire on the Mountain – which also serves beer brewed by its own brewers -will be the latest addition to the hotel’s food and beverage offerings, which also include the Canteen Bar, run by the people behind Dogwood Cocktail Cabin, as well as the recently opened Juice Easy Café, the concept created by “master juiceologist” Bobby Humbert. Juice Easy’s menu includes fresh juices and smoothies, as well as “breakfast burgers” and a chicken and waffle bowl.

The area of Third Street between Franklin and Greenwood is looking pretty Portland-y these days, with two recent additions of Portland-based businesses—including SuperDeluxe and the Campfire—added in recent years. That’s on top of the Portland-based Laughing Planet, also located on the same block.

Left Coast Burger Packs It In

Left Coast Burger Co., the “old-school burger joint” concept created by the Brown Owl’s Lisandro Ramon, is closing its doors. LBC began work on its original location in the Cascade Village Shopping Center in 2019, and later added a location in The Grove in Northwest Crossing – a location that remained open until recent days. “We have decided to close our doors and pass the torch on to our space at The Grove to some wonderful new operators! Thanks for your support but we’ve decided to centralize our efforts on our sister restaurant The Brown Owl,” wrote LBC’s owners on its social media channels Jan. 7. Anyone who has gift cards for Left Coast Burger can begin to use them at The Brown Owl “very soon,” the owners wrote. The Brown Owl is located in the Box Factory at 550 SW Industrial Way, Suite 120 in Bend.

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C Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution

CULTURE

More than 90% of New Year’s Resolutions get abandoned — so how do you become one of the 10%?

By Jack Harvel

many changes, you're going to fail miserably,” said John Peters of JP Fitness. “You want to start very small with manageable goals, like one 30-minute workout a week, or maybe your goal is to go to the gym, and not have any goal to exercise or anything, just go to the gym.”

Peters has been a personal trainer for about five years, and his gym specializes in individualized training. He says people are more likely to stick to their resolutions if there’s a group supporting it.

“I think having friend, that support in itself, and then having a gym that you like, with people you like will help. Having a partner that's supportive, of course. And then a lot of people love group classes. So that would help a lot,” Peters said.

entering the new year.

“Looking at the year ahead, Americans are clearly prioritizing their savings, and we're seeing this regardless of their age and income bracket. If you're able to, putting money aside early and often is an important element of longterm financial wellness, and we encourage those who are doing so to keep it up," wrote Ravi Kumar, head of CIT’s direct bank.

Expert tips for sticking with financial goals are similar to those found in health. Pick something manageable, know what you’re capable of and have a solid reason for pursuing the goal. Vice President of Consumer Insights at Allianz Life, Kelly LaVigne, told Yahoo it’s best to be specific when setting goals.

Nearly 40% of adults had a new year’s resolution going into 2022 — and by February about 36% of those people had already given up. Fewer than one in 10 people are able to maintain their resolution the whole year, and the people who fall off the wagon often blame it on a lack of time, resources or motivation.

The most popular new year’s resolutions revolve around improved health. A survey from Statista showed more exercise, a healthier diet and losing weight were the top three resolutions heading

into 2022. About 12% of gym memberships are purchased in January, and about 80% of those members will leave within six months.

So how does one keep the promises we make to ourselves? One personal trainer recommends setting manageable goals people can meet currently, rather than their ideal.

“People start off and they say they're going to work out five days a week. You're not going to, I mean, you will for a few days. But if you try to make too

Peters said he’s biased, but a personal trainer could also fill that role with the addition of their knowledge on exercise. Personal trainers can also help with diet to complement the effort people put in at the gym.

“They can fill you in on what to do. I would eliminate obvious things that aren't helping you, like, taking sugar out of your house and trying not to surround yourself with foods that aren't good for you,” Peters said.

Improved health is the most common goal for the new year, but close behind it is improved financial literacy. Saving more, spending less and investing are all popular goals for people

“That way, you can figure out the smaller incremental goals to set to help you get there. Otherwise, you’re working toward this far-off goal without feeling like you’re really making any progress. That’s discouraging,” she told Yahoo.

Nonspecific goals like “save more money” isn’t a clear enough benchmark to track success, she said. Instead seek to pay off a higher percent of debt, make a habit of tracking expenses or increase contributions to a retirement plan.

So if you have a new year’s resolution, keep it simple, keep it manageable and keep it up. With hard work you can be one of the few that sees it through to 2024.

Photo by Yuvia Storm

SCREEN

Last week we took a gander at some of the bigger releases heading to theaters in 2023. All of those movies I listed are ones you should definitely be able to catch at the multiplex near you, regardless of where you might live. This week, it’s only fair that we look at some of the smaller, indie, arthouse and international releases that might not even play on a big screen, but instead will be relegated to Apple or Amazon or even streaming on Netflix, Peacock or some service that lies between. Let’s get into it.

TBD: “No Bears” Writer/director Jafar Panahi is currently imprisoned in Iran, serving a six-year sentence, basically for being an artist. Since 2011, he’s officially been banned from making films in his home country (he depicted his house arrest in the stunning “This is Not a Film”) and continues to make them anyway. “No Bears” is another fearless act of protest as film and deserves to be seen by the largest audience available.

LIMITED RELEASE 1/27/2023: “Infinity Pool” Brandon Cronenberg (son of body horror maes-tro David Cronenberg) has such a distinctive and haunting style of filmmaking that his movies deserve to be seen on the biggest screen available. His new one stars Mia Goth and Alexander Skarsgard as a rich couple on vacation that gets pulled into a dangerous fight for their lives outside the safety of their resort gates. With a score by the ambient genius Tim Hecker, this is one of my most anticipated new releases.

and Me: Part Two

The Source looks ahead to arthouse and international releases across the next year

By Jared Rasic

2/17/2023: “Return to Seoul” From Davy Chou comes this restlessly intense adoption drama that spans almost a decade in its two-hour running time. Chou has explored Cambodia in such hauntingly beautiful ways with “Diamond Island” and “Golden Slumbers” that I can’t wait to see how he sees South Korea.

3/30/2023: “Master Gardener” One of my favorite films of the last decade is “First Reformed” from writer/director Paul Schrader, and his follow-up, “The Card Counter,” wasn’t too shabby either, so a new film from the man who wrote “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” is a reason to rejoice. There isn’t a ton of info about the film other than it stars Joel Edgerton as a master horticulturalist with a dark past working for a wealthy dowager played by Sigourney Weaver. Sounds pretty Schrader.

4/28/2023: “Polite Society” From Nida Manzoor, the brilliant mind behind the best show you should be watching, “We Are Lady Parts,” comes a martial arts comedy about a wedding heist and sisterly affection. This has a good chance of being this year’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

TBD: “Showing Up:” The new film from Portland filmmaking royalty Kelly Reichardt stars Michelle Williams, Hong Chau and Andre 3000, and focuses on the Portland art scene. The film looks like it walks that beautifully bittersweet line between deeply sad and hilarious, which is absolutely my comfort zone, so I’m here for it.

TBD: “Civil War” Alex Garland has been behind several of the most fearless films and shows over the last few years, all of which have flopped fairly hard at the box office or no one really watched on TV. The mind behind “Men,” “Annihilation,” “Ex Machina” and “Devs” brings us lucky folk his new vision of the future with “Civil War,” starring Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura. There isn’t much info about it, but new Garland is something to rejoice.

TBD: “I Saw the TV Glow” There was a little movie that came out last year that no one really saw called “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” from firsttime filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun and I was, to put it mildly, a bit obsessed with the film. Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature comes out this year about two teenagers whose reality starts to disintegrate after their favorite show is canceled.

Also, Fred “Limp Bizkit” Durst is in it. I need to see this now, please.

This year should be amazing for arthouse cinema. I mean, just look at what indie darling distributor A24 has on the docket: New films from Ethan Coen, Sean “Martha Marcy May Mar-lene” Durkin, “MaXXXine,” the sequel to “Pearl” and “X” from Ti West, Nicole Holofcener’s new film “You Hurt My Feelings” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as well as ones a little further on the horizon like Rose (“Saint Maud”) Glass’ new film, “Love Lies Bleeding,” Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City,” Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” and Jonathan Glazer’s first new film since 2013’s “Under the Skin.”

It’s impossible to predict whether all of these will be great films, but I can guarantee they will, at the very least, make you feel something. Isn’t that what we want from movies in the first place?

The weird as hell “Infinity Pool.”

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By Jared Rasic

OPENING THIS WEEK!

WILDCAT: An unforgettable documentary following a former soldier with PTSD who forms a deep bond with a baby ocelot in the jungles of Peru. If you like kitties, then 106 minutes of a baby ocelot teaching a tough guy to feel will absolutely lift your heart and make your eyes leak uncontrollably. Tin Pan Theater

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER: I know it’s easy to joke that no one really wanted a sequel to a movie that came out in 2009 that basically had the same plot as “Dances With Wolves” and “Fern Gully,” but James Cameron does tend to change the game every time he releases a new movie. With “Terminator 2,” “The Abyss” and even “Titanic,” the man creates spectacle on a level that theaters were designed to show. Regal Old Mill, Odem Theater Pub

BABYLON: Wait, a three-hour-long look at Hollywood as it transitioned from silent films to talkies in the 1920s starring Brad Pitt as an aging ex-silent film star and Margot Robbie as a wild flapper gal from Damien Chazelle, the director of “Whiplash?” I’m not saying this movie was made directly for me, but you can’t prove that it wasn’t. Seriously, I’m moving into the theater to watch this over and over. Regal Old Mill

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER: This will hopefully be a reset for people who are getting sick of Marvel as they remember why they liked the MCU in the first place, but this was also a loving and heartbreaking tribute to the late, great Chadwick Bozeman. Regal Old Mill

CORSAGE: A fictionalized account of a short period in the life of Empress Elizabeth of Austria as she ceases giving all f**ks after turning 40. Funny and touching in the most unpredictable ways, “Corsage” is an irreverent and heartfelt look at a world the history books don’t cover very well. Expect lead actress Vicky Krieps to win several awards this year. Tin Pan Theater

EO: This Polish film about a big-eyed donkey is one I’m abnormally excited for in 2023. Director Jerzy Skolimowski is an absolute legend, (co-writing the dialogue for “Knife in the Water,” directing “The Shout” and acting in “The Avengers” are just a few of his credits) and this appears to be his most deeply resonant and emotional film so far.

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THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER: The great Tilda Swinton plays a mother and daughter staying at an old country manor turned hotel in England where the mother grew up as a child. What could have just been a creepy ghost story is also a haunting trip through memory and the connection we have with our parents. It’s a gorgeous film that feels pulled directly from the great British films of the 1960s. Tin Pan Theater

THE FABELMANS: Steven Spielberg’s newest film (his first that’s autobiographical) is not just a love letter to filmmaking, but one of the best movies of the year. Michelle Williams is always incredible and movies about movies are my kryptonite, so this felt like a deeply personal film that I’ll be watching many more times to come. Regal Old Mill

HOUSE PARTY: A relaunch of the ‘90s franchise starring Kid n’ Play.Now, instead of being about a massive high school party, this one is set at Lebron James’ house as two recently fired house cleaners set up a party in the mansion while he’s out of town. The first three “House Party” movies were pretty fun when I was a kid, so it would be nice if that sense of freedom and excitement could be captured again. Regal Old Mill

M3GAN: Look, I love an evil doll movie as much as the next person, but kind of preemptively hate this movie just for making me spell it “M3GAN.” I’ll see it because I’m an easy mark, but I won’t be happy about it. Regal Old Mill, Sisters Movie House

A MAN CALLED CALLED OTTO: The second adaptation of the 2012 novel “A Man Called Ove” and a remake of the 2015 Swedish film of the same name. This one stars Tom Hanks as Otto, a grump who unwillingly gets pulled out of his strict routine by new neighbors who upend his life. I love me some Hanks, but I’ve seen “A Man Called Ove” and I’m not sure how a brand-new adaptation of the story is something required just a few years after the Swedish film. Seems like time better spent reading the book. Regal Old Mill, Sisters Movie House, Odem Theater Pub

THE OLD WAY: Nicolas Cage stars in the first western of his career, which I hope allows him to delve into his Nouveau Shamanism acting style. The film appears to be a fairly straightforward western, which is shocking for those of us expecting him to do something post-modern and bonkers. Sisters Movie House

PLANE: Gerard Butler is in the phase of his career where he’s making really dumb action movies that are still ridiculously entertaining because of the insane amount of effort he puts into his performances. Just watch “Geostorm,” “Greenland” and his “Fallen” trilogy and tell me I’m wrong. This new one sees him teaming up with a convicted murderer when their plane goes down in a dangerous area of the Philippines. This might not be good, but it definitely won’t be boring. Regal Old Mill

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH: Some of my favorite film critics are calling this second entry into the “Puss in Boots” franchise not only an action-packed game changer when it comes to animation, but also a touching fable about death. I love me some sad cartoons and Antonio Banderas has never let me down (not even in “Spy Kids 3,”) so I’m here for it. Regal Old Mill, Sisters Movie House, Odem Theater Pub, McMenamins

SAINT OMER: From rising director Alice Diop comes this legal drama following a novelist attending the trial of a young mother accused of abandoning her infant daughter to a rising tide. Based on a real trial, this is one of the most visually striking courtroom dramas in recent years and the story at the center of the case is deeply complex and fascinating. Regal Old Mill

SKINAMARINK: Made on a $15,000 budget, “Skinamarink” is being hailed as the most terrifying micro-budget horror movie since “The Blair Witch Project.” It follows two kids who wake up in the middle of the night to see that their father is missing and all the doors and windows in their house are gone. Cool, so most of my night terrors packed into one 100-minute package. Sounds terrifying. Regal Old Mill

VIOLENT NIGHT: Basically, this is a mash-up of “John Wick,” “Die Hard” and “Home Alone” from the writers of the “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies and the director of the great zombie comedy (zombedy?) "Dead Snow.” I’m pretty sure David Harbour was also born to play Santa and he definitely delivers. Regal Old Mill

WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY: These types of biopics are really hit and miss, but Houston really had such a remarkable life that this is one life story very much worth telling. Just having a movie packed with her music will make it worth watching. Regal Old Mill

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By Allie Noland

Noticing, Appreciating and Respecting Wildlife on Snowshoes

Think Wild hosts Wildlife Track ID Snowshoe Hike and Oregon Wild hosts Snowshoe Central Oregon webinar

All the hype during winter surrounds skiing and snowboarding. Snowshoeing never gets enough love, even though it is one of the most accessible snow sports out there, doesn’t require a ton of gear and is gentle on the body.

“There isn’t a huge learning curve. It just takes a second to get used to having wider shoes on your feet. Anyone can learn pretty quickly. It’s a great way to make otherwise inaccessible areas accessible in the winter and explore in a safe way that doesn’t have a huge impact on the environment if done responsibly,” said Sadie Pollock, education and volunteer manager for Think Wild.

Pollock wanted to share the wonders of snowshoeing with Central Oregon and make it an accessible experience for those interested in the winter activity. On Sunday, Jan. 15, Think Wild will host its first Wildlife Track ID Snowshoe Hike at Virginia Meissner Sno-Park. This guided snowshoe experience will cover the basics of the sport and dive into noticing the nature along the way, all for free.

Think Wild partnered with Pine Mountain Sports and Children’s Forests of Central Oregon to offer free snowshoe rentals for attendees — 20 adult and 20 children shoe rentals. The only things people need are warm layers and an open mind.

Pollock will lead the hike along with two expert animal tracking volunteers. The group will be split, so everyone can ask questions, listen and have an intimate experience. Hikers can expect to see squirrel, rabbit and deer tracks in the snow. Under the right conditions and depending on snow type, snowshoers may even see the lightest prints of songbirds. If people are lucky, they may see fox or bobcat prints.

“Snowshoeing kind of forces you to slow down and notice more of the beauty and evidence of wildlife around you than like blasting through the trees on skis,” Pollock said.

Think Wild’s events fill up quickly, so stay tuned to its website for event details.

Another way to get a taste of the sport is to attend the “Snowshoeing Central Oregon” webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 6pm with Oregon Wild. This is a free webinar that explores everything from safety to gear to finding the most suitable, scenic trail for snowshoers based on experience level. Ask the experts and feel confident on your next adventure.

Wildlife Track ID Snowshoe Hike

Sun., Jan. 15, 10am-Noon

Virginia Meissner Sno-Park NF-4615, Bend thinkwildco.org Free

Snowshoeing Central Oregon Webinar

Wed., Jan. 18, 6-7:30pm oregonwild.org Free

A Dozen Desert Wonders

A short list of reasons to visit year-round

By Scott Bowler

OOregon’s high desert – that vast expanse of sagebrush between Bend and Boise, Idaho, – is a truly spectacular place with wonders that reveal themselves through frequent visits and close, quiet observation. While many people confine their desert visits to the spring and fall to avoid summer’s heat and winter’s cold, the desert is enjoyable year-round when you know where to go and what to do. And, there’s more to do than you might think!

With one idea per month, this list offers a starting point, with further investigation required. Start your research on Oregon Natural Desert Association’s website, ONDA.org.

Snowfall

Possibly even more magical than it is in the woods, snow in the desert is gorgeous, and actually makes it easier to travel in many places. You can hike, snowshoe, or cross-country ski on nearly any public land, on or off trail. Biking is especially easy and rewarding on back roads. Five cool zones are Winter Rim, Abert Rim, the western flanks of Steens Mountain, Warner Valley and Sutton Mountain Wilderness Study Area.

A Playa

The Alvord Desert Playa, below the east face of Steens Mountain, offers an expansive landscape of geologic wonders to explore – carefully! While the playa may look like fun to drive on, that’s only possible late in summer; winter mud swallows cars. Borax Lakes and Mickey Hot Springs, at opposite ends of the playa, are amazing, delicate and fascinating to admire – but NOT safe for soaking. Cold enhances the steam, too, making the scenery even more intriguing. The playa is fragile and threatened with overuse/abuse: please, leave NO trace of your visit.

The Oregon Desert Trail

Much of the Oregon Desert Trail route traverses mountain ranges that can be snow-covered through May, but there are lower elevation sections as well. With its longer daylight hours, cooler temperatures and early wildflowers, March is a great time to hike those stretches or bike the back roads of the route.

Wildflowers

Loads of interesting wildflower species bloom from early March through July, depending upon elevation and precipitation. Try these areas: the Upper Crooked River Basin (April-June), Steens Mountain (June-Aug), Owyhee Uplands and Leslie Gulch (March-June), Oregon Badlands Wilderness (March-May), Sutton Mountain (March-June), Spring Basin Wilderness (April-June), and the Oregon Canyon Mountains (May-July), or the easily accessible Sagehen Hill Nature Trail near Hines.

Springtime Bird Migration

An impressive array of bird life migrates through the desert from April into early June, with a May peak. Notable hot spots include: Malheur Wildlife Refuge, the Warner Wetlands below Hart Mountain, Lake Abert, Summer Lake, Fields Station and the banks of the Owyhee, Malheur, Silvies and Crooked Rivers.

Interesting Rocks

In June, how about a geology field trip to hunt for obsidian, petrified wood, thunder eggs, opals and agates? Two places to collect are Obsidian Buttes and the sunstone digging areas north of Warner Valley. As water levels drop, try rockhounding in the tributaries to the lower John Day River between Clarno and Mitchell, or throughout Owyhee country.

Swimming Holes

Swimming in the desert? You betcha! Many desert lakes and rivers have warmed up quite a bit by July, so get out for a swim, or tubing, pack rafting, or even paddle boarding and kayaking. The Lake Owyhee area (via Leslie Gulch access road or via a backpacking trip into the Honeycombs area) and the John Day River Basin are especially scenic.

Backcountry Campsites

In August, pack the camping gear. For sure, it’s hot, but higher elevations offer pleasant temperatures. For fantastic backpacking and day hiking, explore the high lakes and ridge lines of the Steens, the Pueblos or the Owyhee Uplands. More options: hike DeGarmo Canyon to Hart Mountain summit, mountain bike Winter Rim, backpack the Trout Creek Mountains, or explore the upper Crooked, Silvies, Malheur and John Day Rivers.

Autumnal Bird Migration

As September heralds fall, southbound bird migrations bring sandhill cranes, swans, songbirds and waterfowl. Explore riparian areas, especially Malheur Wildlife Refuge around Burns, Lakes Abert and Summer, and any montane meadows.

Golden Aspen Groves

In October, enjoy fall color in the glorious aspen groves on Steens Mountain, the edge of Winter Rim, along the upper Crooked River, and the Trout Creek and Oregon Canyon Mountains.

Hot Springs

November is prime time to soak up a desert sunset while soaking in a hot spring. Developed hot springs are located at Summer Lake Hot Spring Resort, Crane Hot Springs, the Alvord Desert Hot Springs and the Hot Springs Campground on Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge.

Dark Skies

Close out your year of wonders with stargazing in some of the darkest skies in the country. Head to the Malheur area, Alvord Desert or the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, or gaze from any of the high plains below the mountain ridges throughout the region.

Important Note on Safety

As you figure out how to reach the places mentioned, know that venturing into the high desert demands a high level of preparation and self-sufficiency, and that you and your vehicle must be up to your chosen trek.

See onda.org/safety-tips/.

One reason to look forward to autumn: aspen groves on Steens Mountain.

Jim Davis

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CHReview: Van Henion’s Schmetterling German Winter Ale

Fantastic beer and a cool vibe in this collaboration with Portland’s Migration Brewing

By Heidi Howard

Van Henion is Bend’s newest brewery. The brewery opened up in the old Boneyard Production facility on the east side of town in 2021. With the amount of brewing experience to be had by the folks who opened this brewery, it’s no wonder they came out of the gate strong. It’s also no surprise that Portland's Migration Brewing reached out to them to brew a collaboration beer. What a match made in beer heaven! These two great breweries created the Schmetterling German Winter Ale, a unique and freaking delicious dark beer.

Schmetterling is a 6.2% ABV beer that has a rich, dark appearance with a lovely frothy brown head. Take a long sniff and you will pick up strong rye notes, underlying chocolate and a touch of clove. Taking that first sip, you get rye with its signature bitter note, then some light notes of clove and spices, but the underlying brightness is what really takes this beer to another level and balances it out in such a way that it is pretty darn crushable. Yep, I said it. A crushable winter ale. This beer uses Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops which lends to the brightness and spiciness. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy, but nevertheless this is an easy drinking beer. There is a real complexity to this beer, yet it remains so balanced and clean. Very impressive. The rye varieties give additional complexity and provide a strong base for other flavors to bounce off. I could have spent all day picking up on the variety of flavor notes that presented themselves. In other words, every drink was an experience. I give this beer a solid 4 out of 5 on my drinkability scale. I would recommend this beer to all types of beer drinkers.

When I asked Dana Henion about this beer, she told me that Schmetterling is a twist on a Dunkelweizen, mixed with the Roggenbeir style. A Dunkelweizen is an “all grain” beer, whereas the Roggenbeir style is brewed with a high proportion of rye malts and has fruity notes, adding additional brightness to the beer. Schmetterling was brewed with half wheat and half rye as an addition to the grist and includes pilsner and dark specialty

malts. Henion mentioned what a great time it was to collaborate with Migration for this beer.

“The folks at Migration are really cool, down to earth and best of all, great brewers,” she said.

Van Henion only has a few kegs left of Schmetterling, so get over there and grab this tasty pint (or really, anything they have on tap). Van Henion does NOT disappoint. The tap room is dog friendly, with green velvet walls and kitschy artwork, a handful of tables and bar seating. The tasting room has an inviting, relaxing vibe that will make you want to stay awhile. Each beer I’ve had from Van Henion has been so clean, and well thought out. I am excited to see what beers they will make in the future. You can also grab cans to go from their cooler. While there, try the Pesto Chicken flatbread sando from That Guy’s Bistro. It’s money. Cheers!

Van Henion Brewing Company Tasting Room

Open Tue-Fri 2-8pm, Sat Noon-8

Van Henion Brewing Company 63067 Plateau Drive, Bend vanhenionbrewing.com

Suitable for crushing: Schmetterling on tap.

Heidi Howard

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When he was 74 years old, Capricorn author Norman Maclean published his first novel, A River Runs Through It. It became a best-seller. Capricorn film director Takeshi Kitano directed his first film at age 42. Now 75, he has since won many awards for his work in his native Japan. Capricorn activist Melchora Aquino, who was a leader in the Philippines' fight for independence from Spain, launched her career as a revolutionary when she was in her eighties. She's known as the "Mother of the Revolution." I hope these heroes inspire you, dear Capricorn. I believe that 2023 is the year you will get an upgrade in any area of your life where you have seemed to be a late bloomer.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will soon be called upon to summon grace under pressure; to express magnanimity while being challenged; to prove that your devotion to your high standards is more important than the transitory agendas of your ego. The good news is that you are primed and ready to succeed at these exact assignments. I have confidence in your power to activate the necessary courage and integrity with maximum poise and composure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "By dying daily, I have come to be," wrote poet Theodore Roethke. He didn't mean he suffered literal deaths. He was referring to the discipline of letting go of the past; shedding worn-out habits; leaving behind theories and attitudes that once served him well but no longer did; killing off parts of himself that were interfering with the arrival of the fresh future. I recommend his strategy to you, Pisces. To the degree that you agree to die daily, you will earn the right to be reborn bigtime in a few weeks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Nigerian author Wole Soyinka reworked the ancient Greek play, The Bacchae. In one passage, the god Dionysus criticizes King Pentheus, who is supposedly all-powerful. "You are a man of chains," Dionysus tells him. "You love chains. You breathe chains, talk chains, eat chains, dream chains, think chains. Your world is bound in manacles." The bad news, Aries, is that many of us have some resemblances to Pentheus. The good news is that the coming months will be a favorable time to shed at least some of your chains. Have fun liberating yourself! Try to help a few others wriggle free from their chains, too. Doing so will aid your own emancipation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The coming weeks will be a great time to fill your journal with more intense ruminations than you have for many moons. If you don't have a journal, think about starting one. Reveal yourself to yourself, Taurus! Make conscious that which has been vague, unnamed, or hiding. Here are assignments to help launch your flood of intimate self-talk. 1. Write passionately about an experience you've always wanted to try but have never done. 2. Conduct imaginary interviews with people who rouse strong feelings in you. 3. Describe what deity, superhero, or animal you are and how your special intelligence works. 4. Visualize a dream in which you appear as a bolder, more confident version of yourself. 5. Talk about a time you felt rousingly alive and how you plan to feel that way again.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A stranger approached me at Wild Birds Unlimited, a store that sells bird food and accessories. "You write the horoscopes, right?" she asked. "I'm a Gemini, and I want to thank you for helping me tone down my relentless fidgeting. You made me realize I have been secretly proud of tapping my fingers on the table while talking with people, and constantly darting my eyes around the room to check out the ever-changing views. I'd unconsciously believed that stuff was a sign of my incredible vitality. But you've been a steadying influence. You've shown me ways to settle down and focus my energy bet-

ter. I can see how restlessness sometimes saps my energy." I told the woman, "You're welcome!" and let her know that 2023 will be a favorable time to do much more of this good work. Homework: Meditate on channeling your incredible vitality into being grounded and centered.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to Cancerian author Ronald Sukenick, the writer’s work is "to destroy restrictive viewpoints, notice the unnoticed, speak the unspeakable, shake stale habits, ward off evil, give vent to sorrow, pulverize doctrine, attack and uphold tradition as needed, and make life worth living." I believe 2023 will be an excellent time for you to carry out those actions, even if you're not a writer. You will have abundant power to bless and heal through creative rebellion and disruption. You will thrive as you seek out interesting novelty.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Psychotherapist Ryan Howes has wisdom you'll benefit from heeding in the coming weeks. "We need to accept our age," he writes. "We need to accept illnesses and addictions. We need to accept the past. We need to accept others as they are." He goes on to say that this doesn't mean we must like all these situations. And we can certainly try to make the best of them. But when we don’t struggle in vain to change what’s beyond our control to change, we have more energy for things that we can actually affect.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s testimony from musician Pharrell Williams: "If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, 'That which is missing.'" Yes! This is an apt message for you, Virgo. The best way for you to generate motivation and excitement in the coming weeks will be to explore what is lacking, what is invisible, what’s lost or incomplete. Check in with your deep intuition right now. Do you feel a stirring in your gut? It may tell you where to find important and intriguing things that are missing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Every animal knows far more than you do," declares a proverb of the Nimíipuu people, also known as the Nez Perce. Author Russell Banks provides further testimony to convince us we should be humble about our powers of awareness. "There is a wonderful intelligence to the unconscious," he says. "It’s always smarter than we are." These are good pointers for you to heed in the coming weeks, Libra. You will have a special power to enhance your understanding of the world by calling on the savvy of animals and your unconscious mind. They will be especially rich sources of wisdom. Seek out their educational input!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Psychologist Carl Jung said that the whole point of Jesus Christ's story was not that we should become exactly like him. Rather, we should aspire to be our best and highest selves in the same way that he fulfilled his unique mission. So Jesus was not the great exception, but rather the great example. I bring these meditations to your attention, Scorpio, because I believe life in 2023 will conspire to make you, more than ever before, the hero of your own destiny. You will be inspired to honor only your own standards of success and reject all others'. You will clearly see that you are progressing at your own natural and righteous pace, which is why it makes no sense to compare your evolution to anyone else's.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A reader named Mary Roseberry describes her experience of being a Sagittarius: "I hate to be bored. I hate imperfections. I hate to wait. I hate sadness. I hate conflict. I hate to be wrong. I hate tension." Wow! I admire Mary's succinct understanding of who she doesn’t want to be and what she doesn't like to do. I invite you to compose a similar testimony. You would benefit from getting clear about the experiences you intend to avoid in 2023. Once you have done that, write a list of the interesting feelings and situations you will seek out with intense devotion during the coming months.

UNDERSTANDING INTIMACY:

By Dr. Jane Guyn

Feeling Kinky in 2023

Dear Dr Jane,

I've been married to my wife for over 10 years. In many ways, we have a healthy sex life. We do it twice a week and she’s pretty open when I ask. Even though we do a lot, I'm bored. It's the New Year and I want to make changes. We only use one or two positions. I want to try sex toys. I want to experiment with some kinky stuff like spanking or bondage. My biggest fantasy is having a threesome, but I'm worried she'll freak out if I suggest it. I love her but things are stale in the bedroom at our house. What should I do?

— Feeling Kinky in 2023

and past experiences will help you have a conversation where she doesn’t feel ambushed or criticized. It’s completely OK to have desires and fantasies, but before you present them to her, think about it.

Step #2 Talk about it

Dear Kinky,

I’m so glad that you decided to write to me. I often hear this concern from clients. Life gets routine and the sex that was satisfying when you first met feels stale. I love it that your wife is open to fairly frequent sex. A lot of busy couples have trouble making love twice a week. It’s great that you’ve got ideas about what you’d like to try. Your sexual bucket list is creative. Good for you! The word “kink” is interesting. One of the definitions of “kink” is “bizarre or unconventional sexual preferences or behavior.” In my mind, the things you’re imagining aren’t particularly bizarre or unconventional. You nailed the #1 fantasy for American couples, which is having a threesome. It’s a great fantasy (and some couples make that fantasy a reality), but bringing another person into your bed is a lot more challenging than using sex toys or trying new positions. Start with something easy and make progress.

Here’s my advice:

Step #1 Think about it

Think about how your wife might feel about the things you’re interested in. Be as compassionate as possible as you think about her. How was she raised? What have her experiences been like as a sexual person over the years? Has she struggled to be open talking about sex in general? Has she experienced sexual trauma or assault during her life? What kinds of attitudes, values and beliefs does she have about sex and physical intimacy? Does she seem to enjoy the sex you have together? Your sensitivity about her feelings

Set up a time to talk with your wife about your sex life when you’re both relaxed. Make sure that you have plenty of privacy so that you can speak freely. Tell her how much you love her and that you want to talk about how things have been going. Ask her how she’s been feeling about your sex life. Who knows — she might be feeling the same way you’ve been feeling. Make sure she knows you want to talk about it because you want things to be even better than they are now. Ask if she has pleasure during your love making sessions. Do the sessions usually last long enough for her to relax and let go of the day’s stresses? Are there things that she’d like to add into your sex life, too?

Step #3 Start with something easy

Hopefully, your conversation will go well and you’ll both be open to making some fun changes. Talk with her about how she might feel on top or with you behind her if these aren’t things you usually do together. If she’s open to it, maybe include the threesome idea as a fantasy without implementing it. Sexy shopping can be a great field trip or virtual activity for a special date night. You might want to skip the sex toys for now and do some sensual touch or a sexy bath instead. It can be fun to start by exchanging massages or reading erotic stories out loud. Whatever you do, be compassionate and understanding. Your intimate relationship is worth it. You can always reach out to me or to another sex positive professional if you need support.

You got this.

Xoxo

— Dr. Jane

—Dr. Jane Guyn (she/her) is a well-known relationship coach who received her Ph.D. in Human Sexuality and is trained as a Professional Sex Coach and Core Energy Coach. You can find her at howtofixmysexlife.com.

Send her your questions at thesource@ drjaneguyn.com.

“It's the New Year and I want to make changes.”

This light and bright 4 bedroom 2 bath single level home is tucked away inside the desirable Hawley Estates neighborhood. Conveniently located on the Western edge of town. This home is situated on a .42 acre city lot zoned R4. The recently updated home features, newer roof, newer interior paint & nicely stained trim. The open floor plan lives large with vaulted ceilings and plenty of natural light. The large kitchen includes newer quartz counter tops, breakfast bar, and plenty of built in storage. Brand new front yard landscaping and irrigation.

Home located on a quiet street in SW Redmond lined with mature trees. Open floorplan features kitchen, eating area, half bath, and great room with gas fireplace. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms, 2 bath with utility/laundry room for convenience, also boasts a HUGE bonus room. Double sinks and a large walk-in closet in Primary. Front and back sprinkler system with fenced backyard. 2-car garage with room for shop/storage area.

Answering

I know Bend is experiencing a lot of growth, but it seems like a lot of commercial development is going on currently?

A: Agreed. There are a lot of projects currently going in around town, so this is certainly not meant to be a comprehensive list. The big one that just started was the new Highway 97 bypass on the north end of town, aka the North Corridor project. This will help ease the congestion coming into town and leaving town by turning the current highway into a “business loop” and continue 3rd Street on the existing highway. This will allow those travelling the “new” highway route to avoid all the traffic lights and retail traffic from Cascade Village Shopping Center. For additional information on the project check the ODOT website. There are currently a bunch of other smaller projects worth noting throughout Bend, like the mixed-use project on the corner of Reed Market and 27th. This will include a new Cascade Lakes Brewery location, along with other potential spaces to include retail and restaurants. On that same topic a new building that has almost completed construction, replacing the old Sonic restaurant on South Third Street that burned down in March of 2019. An ice cream shop, Panda Express and UPS store are slated to open up once the entire project is complete in the near future.

Last week the city approved another proposed development in SE Bend, at Murphy and Brosterhaus, next to the Scandia RV Park. This project is to include a gas station, drive-thru restaurant and other potential spaces. This particular development has been contested by local neighbors who oppose this development primarily based on environmental and traffic concerns

By James Keane Licensed broker, Windermere Central Oregon

around the gas station piece of the development. Staying on the south end of town, across the highway, construction has begun on the new RV Park, located on Murphy just west of Highway 97 next to Romaine Village.

Q: My realtor suggested I “credit” the buyer at closing for a handful of small repairs I think I could have taken on and fixed for less money. Were they just making it easier on themselves?

A: Hard to tell without all the specifics, but not likely. For those who are unfamiliar, it’s common during the inspection period for buyers and sellers to negotiate any needed repairs or fixes on the property prior to closing. When representing the seller, I too often will advise to credit the buyer as opposed to taking on any repairs. I prefer the credits to repairs for a few reasons, namely, liability. For instance, if you discover other issues while fixing one, you are required to disclose that information, as well as open up the possibility of re-negotiating the deal. The other piece is that often repair addendum requests include language that requires a “licensed and bonded” contractor/ tradesperson to handle the repair, so unless you possess those licenses, you might not be able to “contractually” fix those items anyway. Finally, the scheduling portion: These repairs need to be completed prior to closing, and often times it can be difficult to get someone who is able to complete the needed work prior to closing. Allowing a seller to credit a buyer removes a lot of the stress and risk that accompany the inspection period and repair addendum negotiations.

Please feel free to reach out with your questions to jkeane29@windermere.com!

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