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Two bills in the Oregon House and Senate aim to offer health insurance for all Oregon kids—but how to pay for it? Former Oregon legislator Judy Stiegler has the story.

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Next up in our Housing Crisis series: How factors including mental health diagnoses and criminal records can make for even more challenges in finding and keeping housing in Central Oregon. Magdalena Bokowa reports.

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Can a vegan burger fool your meat-eating friends into thinking it’s the real thing? Lisa Sipe took that challenge, and tells you how it turned out.

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A Fish Ladder at Newport Dam: It’s Time for Collaboration

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n a few weeks’ time, a new fish passage at the North Canal Dam, near the Riverhouse on the Deschutes in Bend, will be open. The effort is a collaboration between the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, and the North Unit, Swalley and Central Oregon Irrigation Districts, costing stakeholders about $1.6 million, according to Ryan Houston, executive director of UDWC. With the opening of that fish passage this spring, all but one of the nine dams that stretch from the headwaters of the Deschutes River to Lake Billy Chinook include some sort of fish passage, says Houston. The last one without a fish passage? You guessed it: the Newport Dam—the one, built in 1910, that Pacific Power nearly sold last year. The dam that powers about 200 homes and holds back the murky, mucky waters of Mirror Pond—that bastion of all things quaint and historic and befuddling in downtown Bend.

In the case of the North Canal dam, Houston points to the collaboration among stakeholders as the source of their success—an albeit expensive effort that benefits the native fish, including the Redband trout, that populate the sections of the Deschutes near Bend.

Above Mirror Pond and below it, however, fish populations still don’t mix.

“Those fish populations are fundamentally isolated from one another given that there’s a dam in the middle that doesn't have passage,” Houston told the Source Weekly. “The idea is to connect these populations and have more genetic diversity that makes stronger, more healthy fish populations.”

As it stands today, any upgrades to the Newport Dam would likely include the requirement for a fish passage—but for now, there are no legal or regulatory

triggers that compel Pacific Power to make any changes at the dam. Its permits from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are in place. The dam’s sale is no longer imminent, and no Endangered Species Act threats appear on the horizon, either.

Were Pacific Power to sell the dam or to change it in some way, that could trigger required changes—and that, of course, would be expensive. Removing the dam and letting the river flow free—as has been the preferred solution of this editorial board for years—would come with badly needed riverbank restoration, and a shift in public perception about the visage of the river from downtown.

Bendites have become accustomed to this annual battle between the propond folks and what’s best for Mother Nature. But as we have seen with the construction of the North Canal fish passage, it is possible to assemble a team of stakeholders with seemingly divergent views, and to get them to work together for a common purpose—even when it’s expensive.

Pacific Power representative Ry Schwark told us Tuesday the company has no current plans to install a fish ladder at the Newport Dam. But if company leaders were willing to come to the table to discuss the issue as one of a cadre of stakeholders, we posit that the company would find support—both financial and moral—for this endeavor. Whether it’s a free-flowing river or a fish passage, there are willing participants out here, waiting for reasonable solutions to come to the table.

The question of the future of Mirror Pond and its dam should not be Bend’s perennial rhetorical question, never answered. SW

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CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE POOR I appreciate and honor the poor among us because they walk, cycle and use public transportation, contributing very little to the carbon emissions polluting our air.

They use very little water and do nothing to pollute our water resources with exploitative resource extraction and indiscriminate waste disposal. They do not destroy the earth with chemicals, fertilizers and infinite miles of concrete and asphalt. Affordable housing is rarely affordable but Mother Earth offers acceptable accommodation for tents. There is no need for mega houses and buildings to display greed and status The un-privileged contribute very little to the war machine, bankster bailouts, corporate subsidies and other capitalist “rob the poor to enrich the rich” schemes.

The bottom 1 percent and the top 1 percent share the common ground of paying minimum, if any, taxes. The capitalist mantra of PROFIT OVER PEOPLE based on insatiable greed is not a factor for the economically challenged. Most of their possessions extend to what they can carry on their backs. Shopping locally is imperative and they are committed to reuse and recycle. A consumer driven lifestyle is not a priority.

The criminal justice system is often their primary interaction with government services. Police target activities such as drug and alcohol use in public whereas the affluent and privileged can indulge in similar activities in the security of their homes.

The poor have little reason to believe police will protect and serve them. They take care of each other and many have dogs to protect them and their meager belongings.

Our poor neighbors provide those of us who are privileged an opportunity to appreciate our common humanity recognizing

Bicycle enthusiasts claim wilderness managers get “hip,” and adapt to a generational shift in how young people recreate.

Yet, if the law must change to meet new demands (no matter the Wilderness Act intended to secure these lands as wild for FUTURE generations) then why not allow runners in their spandex, polyester mesh, brightly colored outfits pushing fully accessorized baby joggers? They, like bicycles are non-motorized. What about tricked-out non-motorized go-carts?

Won’t happen? Think again. On March 2, HR-1349 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill allows bicycles, strollers, wheelbarrows, survey wheels, measuring wheels, game carts as well as motorized and non-motorized wheelchairs in any wilderness. Lest you forget, in 2016 Senate Bill 3205, The Human Powered Travel in Wilderness Act was introduced.

Once modified, additional outdoor recreation enthusiasts will demand equal access to wilderness. Consider geocaching, once allowed in our Badlands Wilderness. Geocaching draws fewer enthusiasts and causes less environmental damage than bicycles.

Finally, consider another eventual demand; commercial Pole Pedal Paddletype races in wilderness. Won’t happen?

The 1964 Wilderness Act Section 4 (d) (6) “Allows commercial services within wilderness areas…to the extent necessary for activities which are proper for realizing the recreational or other wilderness purpose of the area.” Hikers/Backpackers, imagine stepping aside for hundreds of bicycle endurance racers on wilderness trails.

This month the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests want to know how you want them to manage your wilderness areas.

— Gladys I. Biglor

IN RESPONSE TO, GAS, CARS AND ROADS (3/16) Your opinion column published March 16 was off to a good start…“Roads are one of those core government services that are a great reflection of a community” then, you lose traction and make a left (yes, that left) turn.

The cure to Bend’s road ills resides squarely amidst the process of establishing budget priorities and wrapping our collective heads around realities such as what negatively impacts the life of our roads.

Weather shouldn’t be much of a surprise nor population influx or studded tires.

Bend began building an infrastructure for a population of 250,000 in the late 90s and it backfired in 2008. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be a lesson brought forth in the memories of the committees doing Bend’s planning and budgeting. Where are we spending tax dollars that are not necessary for the city to function? We built, they came, now we’re in trouble.

Bend continues to create revenue generators such as parking fees and the resultant ticketing / fines (paying an outside contractor to police parking meters and to issue parking violations for a fee), TRT’s, rental home permitting — ad nauseam. Eventually this could be a recipe for the demise of Bend’s primary source of income/livelihood — tourism. Nirvana for many, but realistically, we know it’s not in the cards, ergo - time to get grounded and to plan/budget (including contingencies) accordingly.

We’re already taxed into oblivion – another gas tax (it should be taken for granted that it’ll NEVER go away) is a BAD idea, and if left to the voting populace to decide, will be reaffirmed.

Tax and spend is not a panacea in this case. Bend has no reason to mimic the Fed. — Bill McMillan If the only route to solve our problem was through increased revenue, a gas tax would make more sense than taxes that only hit the locals. We have developed a revenue stream from residents, in order to support tourism. Tourism should pay its own way.

So when the time comes to increase revenue this option should be explored.On the other hand, we do need to look at the issue of government waste. Frequently those opposed to any tax increases cry about waste, without providing intelligent examples. However, the city has repeatedly given us ammunition to question the judgement of government waste. There is a funnel of money that the city dishes out, paying too much for property. The cynical part of me wonders, how much graft is going on with our tax money in Bend. Our sheriff ’s office has a long history of corruption, so why wouldn’t we have that taking place at the city level as well? Maybe an outside audit is in order.

— Randy McBride, via facebook.com Most of the people I talk to who are for the gas tax are not from Oregon. Oregonians have a long history of denying our government sales and other hidden taxes. Is our tax system perfect and fair? Absolutely not. I drive probably twice the miles of an

average Bendite because of my business.

However, I assume, I do half the damage to the roads because I do not use studded tires. Should we tax people who use studded tires so they pay their fair share of road damage? The real problem is government spending. Bend’s revenues are up significantly and yet there has been little increase in road funding. Just look at our city’s epic failure with snow removal this winter. I’m sure the city will gladly take donations for road repairs. Let’s start a collection fund jar in local businesses? In the meantime, keep your hands out of my pockets. I work everyday. I earned it.

— Joshua Pearson, via facebook.com My 2¢ on the gas tax — I’m a mechanic. I run a shop in town. I can honestly say that if the gas tax was implemented and used to fix our roads most of you would save more money on repairs​ than five freaking cents a gallon (that’s about 75¢ a fill up if you drive a gas-guzzling SUV). If you fill up twice a week every week of the year that’s $78.

That’s less than one hour of labor at your average repair shop. Blown tie rods and ball joints will cost you hundreds of dollars a year. Not to mention tire wear from messed up alignments. So when you all open your mouths to complain about “another tax holding you down” maybe actually think for a second instead of denouncing every tax as bad and think about the end result.

— Shawn Sweetman, via facebook.com

LETTER OF THE WEEK Shawn – Best argument I’ve seen in favor of the gas tax—and the tie between the life of your vehicle and poor road quality—that I’ve seen yet.

Thanks for that, and for not losing your cool on that thread, as some others did...have a cup of coffee on us.

— Nicole Vulcan, Editor

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t is snowing in Washington—strange in early March after an insanely warm winter, but nothing compared to the cold many activists and tribal members endured in North Dakota while fighting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Kristen Tuske of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation stands with other women in front of the White House, fist raised in the air. She lived at the camp, where thousands of water protectors gathered to fight the pipeline, for seven months.

“The last couple weeks at the camp were sad and everyone was a little angry,” she said. “A lot of feelings are hurt ... That was our home and we got kicked out.” The last protesters left the camp Feb. 23.

The struggle started last summer when the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes sued the Army Corps of Engineers to stop the construction of the pipeline, claiming it could contaminate their water supply and destroy significant archeological sites. Protests pitted indigenous people—and the environmentalists and veterans who fought with them—against an increasingly militarized police presence. Then-President Obama twice ordered construction stopped, but, after taking office, the new president gave the go-ahead, insisting it must be constructed of American steel (a stance he quietly reversed this month).

The evacuation of the camp may be a defeat for Standing Rock, but it may also signal the beginning of something greater: the possibility of a real environmental movement in America.

“The reason I am here is to represent our future generations and be their voice, part of the resistance in decolonizing our minds,” said JoRee LaFrance, a member of the Crow tribe from Montana. “Protecting our waters should be our number-one priority, and that’s why we’re all here is to unite and protect tribal sovereignty and to protect indigenous people and their waters. People need to realize indigenous people are doing this for all people, not just indigenous people.”

I hear that sentiment again and again; indigenous people, stepping forward to save the planet.

Little Thunder, father of a child living at Standing Rock and an elder from South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation, is standing apart from the crowd in full ceremonial regalia: a feathered headdress, a circular feather shield. He came to “let people know and let Trump know that this is not just a Standing Rock or a Washington,

D.C., or a politics issue. This is for the whole earth. We’re trying to save the water because water is life.”

“Once he let [Standing Rock] go through, they think they can destroy the water, which is life every place else on this earth, not just Standing Rock,” he says.

David Kenny, a member of the Seneca Nation, is standing with a sign that reads, “Water is Life.”

“It’s not just about Native Americans anymore. It’s about everyone,” he says. “Because you keep poisoning the water, you’re going to start paying for it and they’re going to shoot that price up. You’re going to be paying $20 for a bottle of it. It’s not just about the tribes anymore.”

He turns his attention toward the White House. “Can you stop this pipeline, please?” he asks, his voice soft.

There’s no indication that anyone in the White House hears, despite the fact that native nations have at this point spent four days with teepees on the mall, raising awareness of indigenous and environmental issues. On March 9, the day before the gathering across from the White House, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said he would not agree that climate change caused by human activity is “a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.”

But as the Native Nations Rise rally went down, thousands of more people were calling the EPA to complain about Pruitt’s disavowal of accepted science. On the very same day as the rally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study reporting that carbon dioxide levels rose at a “record pace for second straight year.” Trump’s budget proposal stands to slash the EPA by more than 30 percent. NOAA is not included in the final proposal, but a leaked draft showed a 17 percent decrease in funding.

The snow falls on the demonstrators and the dancers and the speakers.

Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas takes the stage. Part Shoshone, he organized the release of a song recorded by a collection of mostly native artists, bringing attention to native issues. It is still a strange moment, watching the snow fall as this pop star sings “I Gotta Feeling” and people dance and sing, making it feel, for a moment, more like spring break than a fight for the fate of the world. Looking over at the White House, I have a feeling that tonight’s probably not gonna be a good night. But if we listen to the water protectors, we may still have some good nights left. SW

NEWS

Cover All Kids

By Judy Stiegler

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ealth care coverage is a “hot topic” these days, and Oregon is no exception. The uncertainty created by discussions in Washington, D.C., only adds to the chaos in the health care arena—but a pair of bills currently making their way through the Oregon Legislature meets this head-on.

Senate Bill 558 and House Bill 2726, commonly referred to as “Cover All Kids,” have both made it through their respective policy committees and have landed in the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. These bills each have bipartisan support. They are essentially the same bill, and their objective is to ultimately extend health care coverage to the estimated 17,500+ children in Oregon ages 0 through 18 who do not have health care coverage. These bills do essentially two things: revise requirements for coverage, and set up a process to develop outreach and marketing strategies to encourage enrollment in the Health Care for all Oregon Children program.

constraints, this expansion of coverage brings to the forefront what is arguably the major challenge the legislation faces: money. Rep. Knute Buehler, (R), explained his vote against the House bill in committee: “At a time when the governor is already cutting services for the elderly, veterans, and abused children and Oregon is hard pressed to maintain Medicaid for those who are currently covered, I cannot justify spending an additional $55 million to create a program for new beneficiaries.” He also pointed to the fact that many of the existing services have matching federal funds, where the proposed expansion does not.

Beyond the financial challenges, other opponents underscore the fact that this expansion is largely benefitting children who may not be here legally. This has been an impediment to similar legislation in previous sessions of the Legislature. In talking with sponsors of the current legislation, there is some optimism that despite

“There is a moral imperative that every child who comes to our schools be as healthy as possible.”

—SEN. ARNIE ROBLEN The bills modify which children qualify for coverage as well as the metrics for determining eligibility. Coverage would be extended to any child 0 through 18 who “resides” in the state, and “the income of the child’s family is at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.” Current guidelines extend coverage only “if the child is lawfully present” in the state.

The current metric is much more restrictive, allowing up to the 300 percent level only, “as long as federal financial participation is available for the costs of the coverage.” The latter requirement is excluded in the current legislation.

Effectively, the new requirements take away the impediments contained in the original 2009 legislation creating the Health Care for all Oregon Children program. The two eligibility requirements creating the most conversation are those doing away with the legal residency requirement and the requirement of federal financial participation. The Legislative Fiscal Office estimates that if Oregon adds an additional 14,928 children over the 2017-2019 biennium, it will cost the state an additional $54,761,718.

Obviously, with current budgetary

these challenges, there’s momentum.

As Sen. Arnie Roblan, (D), a chief sponsor of both bills, and a retired school administrator, explained: “There is a moral imperative that every child who comes to our schools be as healthy as possible.” Since we have an obligation in this state to educate all children, he believes that it stands to reason that we do everything possible to ensure the physical health of all those we are charged with educating. He also emphasized that there is a shared view that we should not hold kids responsible for the actions of their parents.

Rep. John Huffman, (R), also a chief sponsor, expressed similar sentiments, stating that, “I believe kids need to be prioritized for access to quality preventive primary care and an emergency visit is not quality/primary care.” Both he and Roblan discussed the economic connection with kids missing school, parents missing work to stay home to take care of a sick child and the trickle down impact on employers. Both also emphasized the reduction in chronic absenteeism if students are healthy, and the impact this ultimately has on the educational benefits for students and their futures.

Where this legislation will go this session is by no means certain. Ways and Means will almost certainly choose only one bill to consider going forward. The governor has set aside $20 million in her proposed budget to cover this expansion.

The question is whether enough momentum has gathered to push forward the idea to “Cover All Kids?” SW Judy Stiegler has served as an Oregon State Representative, on the Bend-La Pine School Board, the State Board of Education and Government Ethics Commission and currently, on the State Quality Education Commission. She’s also a political science instructor at OSU-Cascades and COCC.

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Bills that would offer insurance for all Oregon children have passed through committees in the state House and Senate. But if passed, where will the money come from?

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The fighters on the frontline “Our biggest mental institution right now is jail,” begins Dr. Maryanne Straumfjord, a psychiatrist at Deschutes County Behavioral Health.

Straumfjord says in her five years in the county, she has “seen the gamut” of mental illness, but predominantly sees patients with depression, bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and psychosis.

She estimates that 30 percent of her patients are currently homeless, and that mental illness, unemployment, low income and incidences of legal involvement have the greatest impact on finding and keeping housing.

Deschutes County Behavioral Health and its team of psychiatrists, crisis team responders, doctors and counselors are ground zero in the fight against mental illness and substance abuse. County residents, whether they are insured or not, can go there to find some help—but resources are limited. The recent proposed Oregon budget for 2017-19 estimates a 28 percent cut in spending for the Oregon Health Authority, which includes the Oregon Health Plan, that helps fund this behavioral health clinic—and that’s before the proposed cuts that could come at the federal level.

“There are always environmental stressors that trigger mental illness,” Straumfjord says, “and being homeless is a horrendous stressor.” Take for example a patient with bipolar disorder. Sometimes, the extreme worry and anxiety over finding stable housing or employment can set off bipolar incidents, especially when a patient isn’t on medication. “I had a patient with bipolar disorder who lost her housing,” Straumfjord says. “She’s been camping out all year long and she’s scared because she can’t get out of it.

‘There’s no way out. I try, and try, and try, try, try and I’m stuck,’ she says.

And that’s a tremendous stressor added on to the difficulties in finding a job, both because she’s homeless and she can’t even take a shower or charge her cell phone. Maintaining a job while she’s having episodes of depression or mania triggered by homelessness is very hard.”

In a recent article in this series, profiling people living in the Redmond

homeless camps, a frequent reader reaction was: “Why can’t they just get over it and get a job?” To this, Straumfjord says, “I would say, OK, if you have somebody in congestive heart failure, having a heart attack or someone who has severe chronic back pain, would you tell them to suck vit up and go back to work? It’s the same thing with emotional illness. It’s a chemical change in the brain, it’s something that causes behavior that isn’t voluntary. It’s not something you go out and say, try harder. That’s a dangerous notion.”

The foundation of mental illness In the mid 1990s, Kaiser Permanente and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) founded the Adverse Childhood Experience Study or ACES, which now includes over 70 accredited research papers. The study shows that when one experiences childhood trauma, it harms that child’s developing brain so immensely that the effects can show up years later. The more ACEs a person has stacked up, the increased chances of triggered mental illness, chronic disease, substance abuse, violent and impulsive behavior and early death. ACEs includes childhood traumas such as physical, sexual and verbal abuse, physical and emotional neglect, a family member who is depressed, has mental illness, is addicted to alcohol or substances or is in prison, witnessing domestic violence and losing a parent in either divorce or death.

Those who are exposed in very high doses can have triple the lifetime risk of heart disease, lung cancer and a 20-year difference in life expectancy. At the Redmond homeless camps, a 28-year-old camper, identified as Chelsea, made this poignant statement. “If it looks like we are out here by choice, you’re wrong. Everyone out here has been soaked in trauma.” And she’s right, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 25 percent of homeless people in the U.S. suffer from some sort of mental illness.

ACES are extremely common. It is estimated that 67 percent of the population has at least one ACE, and 12.6 percent has four or more. The

problem lies in the number of ACEs a patient has.

The ACEs also shows that early adversity affects the pleasure and reward center in our brains, linked to substance dependence. It hinders the prefrontal cortex, which impedes impulsive control and supports high risk behaviors. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, a pediatrician who gave a 2014 TED talk on the subject, cited that on “MRI scans, we see measurable differences in the amygdala, the brain’s fear response center. So there are real neurologic reasons why folks exposed to high doses of adversity are more likely to engage in high-risk behavior.”

Mental illness and substance abuse: compounding challenges “A lot of patients who we see have had difficult trauma backgrounds.

They have a lot of ACEs,” says Karen Tamminga, adult outpatient treat-

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As part o f our ongo ing housing c risis serie s, Magdalen a Bokowa examines the link b etween m ental illness, ch ildhood tr auma and substanc e abuse in accessing affordable housing — and the individuals who are o n the frontlines fighting th e crisis.

ment supervisor at Deschutes County Behavioral Health. In 2016, the center saw 3,433 adult patients, 241 of which were homeless. An estimated 7,800 adults with severe mental illness reside in Central Oregon alone. One in five adults report depression, and there are on average 38 suicides in Central Oregon per year. “The majority of patients who have mental illness have had trauma. Many of those turn to substances to cope with their trauma or mental illness. Not all, but a fair percentage,” says Tamminga. She cites alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin as the top four abused drugs in Deschutes County. “Not all substance abusers have mental illness,” she continues, “Although those drugs all cause changes in the brain, and can cause depression and anxiety.”

When a person struggles with mental illness and then turns to substances to cope, the barriers to find and keep housing become even more immense.

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State and local resources for housing: An uphill climb In an attempt to close Oregon’s $1.7 billion budget gap, Gov. Kate Brown has suggested closing the Junction City state psychiatric hospital and cutting funding for community-based developmental disability programs— showcasing Oregon’s disconnect with mental illness. If Measure 97 would have passed, for example, an estimated $3 billion in revenues would had been raised, enough to close the gap. With its failure, and with the new administration, budget cuts are looming.

Dr. Nathan Boddie, a Bend city councilor and primary care physician, acknowledges the tough uphill battle the city faces with finding solutions for affordable housing, much less for those dealing with the compounded issues of mental illness and/or substance abuse. “When you add those factors in, people really fall off the cliff,” he says. “In the housing market that we have here, there really isn’t any wiggle room for individuals who struggle with mental illness or substance abuse to navigate the complex application process to find housing.” He continues, “What do we do to break the cycle then? That’s the trick. Plainly put, we don’t have enough resources to address the problem.”

One proposed solution His solution? The “Housing First” model — a permanent supportive housing solution that provides low entry barriers for people who don’t meet the requirements to obtain a house. “Once in,” he says, “The brick

and mortar have social services, treatments and case managers, it’s a comprehensive home with services attached to it.” Boddie adds: “It’s the only evidence-based effective approach to a chronic homeless situation that works.” Straumfjord agrees, though says supportive living facilities such as those are at the moment rare to find and hard to get into—but that they may be the only way patients can be successful.

“I watch the City Council and the zoning going on and low-cost housing and it’s a quagmire that’s not getting solved fast enough. And I don’t see it getting solved, either,” Straumfjord says. When asked about the critics, Boddie says, “I would agree. I am one of them. I think we can’t move fast enough and we are already behind the curve.” He illustrates his point by saying, “We are using the same sort of approaches we have used for years. Which aren’t bad, it’s essentially using our revolving loan fund to build affordable units that we put families into. But we need different housing policies that address chronic housing shortages.”

He says that all too often, the first thing that critics turn to is land-use law. “It’s nonsense that we can’t build houses. Yes, we need land, but we also need the housing policies to promote affordability and protection for renters. The real hurdles will be financial and organizational.” He adds: “We’ll need the housing subsidies through the state to make their way to us. We got less federal funding in the last funding cycle because we weren’t doing enough innovative things to combat the problem. Unfortunately, we have limited tools in the city government because we don’t have much money to throw around — as you can see in the conditions of roads, for example.”

Among the people working on solutions, it’s clear the consensus is that the approach—and the funding for mental illness and housing—must change. “Local people could give to local services,” says Tamminga. “Unfortunately, in our state, often services are the first things that are cut out of state budgets. So knowing what local services that are helping those in our community, food programs like NeighborImpact, or COVO (Central Oregon Veterans Outreach), services that pay deposits, that have case managers with loan applications, support those locally.”

“I don’t know if I’m optimistic, but I’m determined,” says Boddie, “because we need to do something and we need to redouble our efforts. I think funding is a big barrier as is political will. It’s hard to remain hopeful.”

Straumfjord adds, “With this administration, no. I don’t remain hopeful. C’mon! We need more funding, not cuts. We need more help. Our community is really suffering.” SW

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Some deal with disabilities and chronic illnesses as well, making finding and keeping a stable job even more difficult. Tamminga adds: “Those looking for housing often can’t afford first and last month’s deposit, let alone the application fees. So, they make difficult choices such as do they eat? Do their children eat? Or do they apply for housing and hope to get on a waiting list to better their life?”

She admits that the county has limited funding to deal with the issues at hand, but that they try to help patients with application fees, transportation, car repairs or with paying small bills.

Case managers also try to help with organizational skills. “When dealing with mental illness, the stress and sense of overwhelm impacts your ability to be organized,” she adds. “You are not able to focus on filling out forms, returning them in a timely manner and get everything together. Our case managers help with that.”

Still, when we asked Tamminga to point us toward a “success story”—a former patient who’s now living in stable housing, for example—that we could share for this article, she was unable to point one out.

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Friday 24

MUSIC — A Canadian native, folk singer Rose Cousins uses her songwriting talents to balance heartbreak and courage in her award-winning folk melodies. In perfect contrast, Nashville born Caitlin Canty represents the heart of American blues and folk rock. These two notorious collaborators bring their distinct voices together for one unforgettable evening. // 7pm. Sisters High School, 1700 McKinney Butte Rd., Sisters. $40-$55.

REGGAE—Every time Indubious comes to town, Benditos go crazy for their solid reggae sound. It’s true—and even if you’re under 21, you’ll get a chance to see why.

Touring with Riotmaker and Zahira, it’s a night of good vibrations at the Domino Room. // 8pm. Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. $10. All ages.

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JUNIOR CULTURE & SOUL MEDIC REGGAE — Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Junior Culture started making reggae music at the age of seven and never stopped. His positive message of faith and love has captured the hearts of fans around the world. Bliss out and let some reggae master musicians send happy vibes your way. For fans of dancehall, roots and all the reggae in between. // 9pm. Domino Room, 52 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. $15. All ages.

Saturday 25-Sunday 26

RIVERHOUSE RENDEZVOUS SLALOM KAYAK RACE & CLINICS

BOATS—Come to watch the spectacle that will ensue from the safety of Currents, or take part in the boater cross or clinics as a participant. After a year of hiatus, this marks the start of the season on the Deschutes! // All day. Clinics & races at Riverhouse on the Deschutes, 3065 N Hwy 97, Bend; Sat. 6pm cookout at Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, 805 SW Industrial Way, Suite 6, Bend. Races $20-25.

Saturday 25

CLASSICAL MUSIC — This unique and sophisticated musical event features a single musical instrument and four people who know it best. Spanning two days, this piano celebration includes workshops for musicians and fans alike, as well as two concerts with separate programs. Stop in for just the concerts, or treat yourself to the all-inclusive pass for a comprehensive music experience. // 3/24 @ 7:30pm, 3/25 @ 10am-9:30pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. $35-$80.

SKI COMP — Definitely living up to its name, this snowboarding comp has a massive, and we mean, massive jump that will surely wow and amaze big air competitors. Back for its second incarnation, this all-ages event features live DJ sets, live music from rapper Lyrics Born, and a 10 Barrel beer garden — a perfect activity to kick start your spring break. // All day.

Mt. Bachelor, 13000 Century Dr., Bend.

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BURLESQUE — Due to the success of their New Year’s event, the troupe is back with a show featuring the music of local favorites, Company Grand — an 8-piece swing and New Orleans-esque band.

Expect to see some new routines with a new “boy-lesque” addition. Even with two shows, book ahead. // 6:30pm & 9pm.

2nd Street Theatre, 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend. $18-22. 21+

ART&CONVERSATION—The Caldera Arts Center hosts a lineup of artists of many disciplines from around the region, and at this event, they’ll be on hand to talk about their work and share their experiences.

Plus, great views of nearby Blue Lake for your own inspiration! // 12:30-3:30pm.

Caldera Arts Center, 31500 Blue Lake Dr., Sisters. Free.

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INDIE ROCK — Dreamy soundscapes will fill Bend this Friday with New York indie rockers The Dig. Long guitar riffs wash into upbeat melodies that cross between baroque pop, alternative beats and psych rock. If you like bands like the Strokes or Tame Impala, you’ll dig The Dig. // 9pm.

Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Drive, Bend. $10 adv., $12 door. All Ages.

RUN — Prepare to get down and dirty in this all-ages fun run with a muddy twist.

Over a mile of mud to run through, clamber over and fall into awaits participants who know how to have a filthy good time.

With non-competitive waves set to run throughout the afternoon and a firehose shower to clean off in, this family event is a perfect way to bring in spring. // 1pm.

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Bluegrass SOUND Ultimately, After a departure on their last album, the Infamous

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Stringdusters return to their bluegrass roots

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The Infamous Stringdusters ride their ever-expanding bluegrass galaxy into the Domino Room, 4/4.

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oming off of a 2016 album (“Ladies & Gentlemen”) that was a bit of a musical detour, the Infamous Stringdusters knew it was time to re-establish what the band is about musically. But fiddle player Jeremy Garrett is a bit surprised by just how far back to their roots his group went on their new album, “Laws of Gravity.”

“We wanted to make a statement with this record that’s who we are and we’re back to our Dusters’ business, I guess you could say, but with a whole lot more experience under our belts,” Garrett said. “But you know what’s exciting about this record to me in some ways, too, is it even hearkens back to maybe our first record, ‘Fork in the Road,’ in the sense that there’s a lot more bluegrass on there.

“It (bluegrass) has always been that foundation, and we kind of have over the years sort of expanded into more of a poppier side of things we could do,” he said. “So this is kind of that way to come full circle.”

The bluegrass emphasis on “Laws of Gravity” gets established with frisky opening track, “Freedom,” while other songs also demonstrate the group’s command of the bluegrass form. But “Laws of Gravity” also has songs that expand beyond bluegrass, including the graceful title song and poppier “Soul Searching” and “Vertigo.”

In reality, “Ladies & Gentlemen” wasn’t a total departure from the Infamous Stringdusters’ bluegrass roots.

But it was a left turn, beginning with the fact it featured 11 female vocalists (including Joan Osborne, Joss Stone and Sara Watkins) singing the songs.

Perhaps more than the previous

five studio albums released since the Infamous Stringdusters formed in 2006, “Ladies & Gentlemen” also stretched the group stylistically. The instrumentation was still bluegrass, and several songs fit the genre. But many of the songs favored deliberate tempos and cross-pollinated bluegrass and blues, gospel, soul and other rootsy styles.

“Laws of Gravity” shows that the Infamous Stringdusters were ready to reach back into bluegrass. But the group had a few other goals in mind for the new album.

One key objective was to try and capture more of the group’s live sound and vibe on a studio recording. To help achieve that goal, they brought in Billy Hume to co-produce “Laws of Gravity.” Hume was no stranger to the Infamous Stringdusters, having worked on the group’s 2012 album, “Silver Sky.” “You really try to make a conscious effort not to overproduce,” he said. “Let the songs, if they’re simple, be simple. If they’re complicated, come up with the best arrangement to emphasize the strengths of the song rather than have a complicated part just because we want to use our brains. So that’s kind of the way we approached it. And then having Billy record it, he really is a wizard. I mean, he’s more than just an engineer. It’s incredible what he does sonically with a record. He’s able to capture those natural, edgy tones that get that more raw sound. And with less production and more of that, I think that’s really what’s captured on this record, more than ever before.”

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“Laws of Gravity” was something the members of the Infamous Stringdusters—which includes Garrett, dobro player Andy Hall, bassist Travis Book, guitarist Andy Falco and banjo player Chris Pandolfi—could only accomplish on their own, at least in Garrett’s view. They learned to put more trust into their musical instincts and not let commercial concerns compromise their artistic goals.

“I think in the past we’ve made sacrifices because we want to sound a little more progressive, or we want to use a producer because you think he can get us to another level, or they have a big name, or whatever,” Garrett said.

“So with this, (we were) trusting ourselves and fully just getting on board in that way.”

The music-first attitude carries over into the Infamous Stringdusters live show. The group is starting to mix the new songs into its shows, but continues to change up its song set-listfrom night to night. This helps keep the group inspired on tour and also ensures that fans that come to multiple shows on a tour will get a different song selection each time. SW

The Infamous Stringdusters with Ghost of Paul Revere Tues. April 4, 7pm The Domino Room 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend Tickets at BendTicket.com $20

Book these shows now so you don’t miss out.

April 7

BROTHERS COMATOSE AND THE LOWEST PAIR BLUEGRASS — Sisters Folk Festival favorites The Brothers Comatose return to Central Oregon in support of last year’s record, “City Painted Gold,” an album widely received for its southwestern roots and beautiful soundscapes. A downright rocking string band, the quintet wrote the album while living in San Francisco, with Ben Morrison explaining: “It was changing from a weird, art friendly mecca to a place that only super-rich tech workers can afford. Venues were closing down, and artist and musician friends moved away. The group ponders the thought, “What is San Francisco without its weirdos?”

See if you can find the answer with this rocking live show supported by Midwestern band, the Lowest Pair. 9pm. // Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Drive, Bend. $15. bendticket.com

April 14

ANDRE NICKATINA RAP — Oh yeah, Nickatina’s back in Bend and this time it’s in an intimate venue. Still kicking it from the mid ‘90s, the artists formerly known as Dre Dog has a slew of something like 18 albums to his credit, with his unique lyrical sound recognizable by older Millennial Bendites who grew up listening to records such as “Raven in my Eyes “ and the aptly titled “Cocaine Raps.” A down and dirty show, this is old school hip-hop at its semi-finest. // 9pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Drive, Bend. $26 adv., $30 door.

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June 20

TAJMO’: THE TAJ MAHAL & KEB’ MO BAND BLUES — Two for the price of one! To say this is a long-awaited and hotly anticipated show is an understatement. Blues legends Taj Mahal and Keb’Mo hit the Sunriver stage to kickstart the summer outdoor concert series. Enticing audiences with their legendary sound, both multiple Grammy-award winners have collaborated with everyone from The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton to Bonnie Raitt. The musicians are touring in support of their collaborative new record “TajMo” which drops on May 5. These legendary giants pair their unique voices, personalities and guitar styles to create vibrant sounds that are firmly rooted in the blues tradition, yet still play into that keen sense of adventure. // 6pm.

SHARC John Gray Amphitheater, Sunriver. $45.

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Digging The Dig The east coast band with three songwriters returns to Bend

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The Dig is on a national tour in support of its latest album, Bloodshot Tokyo.

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oming off a blistering five sets in two days at South by Southwest, Erick Eiser, keyboard player, guitarist, songwriter and one-fourth of New York’s indie rock band, The Dig. Out on a national tour supporting their fourth studio album, “Bloodshot Tokyo,” Eiser took some time out of his busy schedule to discuss the album and the tour.

After the 2010 debut album, “Electric Toys,” The Dig has spent the last decade working hard on consistent and collaborative song creation among the three songwriters, as well as on regular touring in support of their albums. As described in “SPIN,” the band boasts sounds that fall “between the worlds of garage, post-punk, and slow mellow reflection without having to choose one or the other.”

When asked about the origin of the band’s name, Eiser told me that the band formed in Boston in the early 2000s, when the group was attending music school. During that time in Boston a gigantic road infrastructure improvement project named the Big Dig was going on. The local events paper in Boston is also named DigBoston, (it was formerly known as the Weekly Dig). In addition, an influential music documentary called “Dig,” based on the band Brian Jonestown Massacre, was popular at the time.

All of that led them to decide on the band’s name.

“Blood Shot Tokyo” is considered the “most wide spanning stylistically

and colorful of their records,” displaying the enduring practice of song creation that remains the root of the approach to their evolving sound.

Inspired by an eclectic mix of musicians and performers ranging from bands such as Parliament, The Kinks, Bach, Betty Harris and Harry Nilsson, among others, their sound and inspiration is complex and wide ranging— allowing for room to experiment and evolve over time.

“You don’t really know what you have until you record or at least write a bunch of music and then have time to step back and review it,” Eiser says.

The consistent multi-person writing allows the band to find the gems that could otherwise be overlooked in the creative process that goes into recording a new album.

Eiser tells me that The Dig played Bend once before a few years back when The Horned Hand was still a popular local venue. Today, they’re looking forward to returning to Bend for their Friday show at Volcanic Theatre Pub. SW

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Mama Magnolia opens for Bend favorites Trout Steak Revival at the Volcanic Theatre Pub, 3/26.

22 Wed. Mar 22 Checker's Pub Talent/Open Mic 6-8 pm.

Corey’s Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Maverick's Country Bar & Grill Free

Country Swing Dance Lessons Every Thursday night, learn how to country swing. No partner needed. 8 pm. No cover.

Sisters High School Rose Cousins &

Wednesday of every month, 5:30 pm. No cover.

Caitlin Canty Part of Sisters Folk Festival winter concert series. The emotive and beautiful singing of two outstanding singer-songwriters. Caitlin Canty's sound harnesses the grit and spark at the very heart of American music, tempered with a voice both haunting and distinct. 7 pm. $55 adults, $40 youth.

M&J Tavern Open Mic 6:30 pm.

Strictly Organic Coffee Company Open

Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Hub City Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Level 2 Allan Byer Americana. 21+. Fourth

Maverick's Country Bar & Grill Karaoke 7 pm.

Northside Bar & Grill Open Mic 6-9 pm.

The Lot Open Mic 6 pm.

Volcanic Theatre Pub The Ballroom Thieves w/ Parlour Blending folk conventions with modern hymnals, delta blues grit with rich harmonies, exploring the basic constructions of pop music while almost wholeheartedly rejecting its restrictions at the same time. With local band Parlor. 8 pm. $10.

23 Thu. Mar 23

Mic 6 pm.

The Lot Jake Soto Beer drinking music for anyone who enjoys a tad of bluegrass, Americana and a few surprises along the way. 6-8 pm. No cover.

Volcanic Theatre Pub Tango Alpha Tango Sweaty blues rock, Portland’s Tango Alpha Tango w/ Spirit Award rock their way to Bend. . $8 adv., $10 door.

24 Fri. Mar 24 2nd Street Theater Bend

Soul Medic and Mista Chief Roots reggae comes to town with a powerhouse lineup of legendary artists. All ages. 9 pm. $15.

Burlesque & Company Grand Present "OH YEAH!" "Oh YEAH," Spring is upon us!. Imagine if you will, a soft breeze, warm sun beams on your body, cold microbrew in hand, and supple, bouncy young bodies entertaining you as you enter Spring in full force! A new boylesque performer joins the troupe. 7-8:30 & 9:30-11:15 pm. $18-$20.

Hub City Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Broken Top Bottle Shop Blackstrap Come

Corey’s Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Domino Room Junior Culture,

down for some hard driving picking and grinning with Blackstrap and the best beer selection in Bend. 7-9 pm. No cover.

Checker's Pub The Substitutes Classic rock variety. Let's Dance! 8-11:30 pm. No cover.

Domino Room Indubious,

Riotmaker and Zahira Reggae music at its finest.

Indubious returns to Bend with support from Sacramento's own Riotmaker and the Reggae Soul Goddess Zahira. This is an all ages event. 8 pm. $10.

Maverick's Country Bar & Grill Free Friday Dance Lessons 21+. 8 pm. No cover.

Niblick and Greenes at Eagle Crest

Bobby Lindstrom Two nights of unique blues music from Bobby Lindstrom. CDs for sale. 7 pm.

No cover.

Pour House Grill Alarm 58 Come check out some original alternative rock who are celebrating the release of their new self titled single "Alarm 58" on iTunes and Spotify. 7-10 pm. No Cover.

The Summit Saloon & Stage DJ Steele

21+. 9 pm. No cover.

The Capitol Prince & Michael Experience Come celebrate their lives (and the start of Spring Break) with an all Prince & MJ all night long dance party! 10 pm. $7 adv., $10 door.

The Loft Paul Eddy Find Northwest troubadour and Bedell Artist Paul Eddy upstairs (natch) for an evening of song. 7-9 pm. Free.

Volcanic Theatre Pub The Dig w/ Nico Yaryan and Palo Soprano Dreamy and electrifying, New York City's The Dig make their way to Bend. Compared to the Stokes, this is American Indie rock at its best. 9 pm. $10 adv., $12 door.

25 Sat. Mar 25 Bottoms Up Saloon Redmond Rocks with the Bad Cats Rock 'n' Roll, Blues, & Soul, with great food & drinks served up by an awesome staff in a fun atmosphere. 8-11:45 pm. No cover.

Checker's Pub The Substitutes Classic rock variety. Let's Dance! 8-11:30 pm. No cover.

Crooked River Brewing Company

Bony Chanterelle Upbeat, roots-punk trio Bony Chanterelle delivers a powerful performance with wily riffs, humor and moving tributes. 7-10 pm. No cover.

Dogwood Cocktail Cabin DJ Theclectik A night of electronica, hip-hop, '80s new wave and soul with DJ Theclectik. Fourth Saturday of every month, 10 pm. No cover.

Domino Room Mickey Avalon Mickey Ava-

lon’s life story plays out like an episode of VH1′s ‘Behind The Music,” marred by personal tragedy, triumphs and immense pain. American rapper from Hollywood. His debut self-titled solo album was released Nov. 7, 2006. 8 pm. $15.

Kelly D's Irish Sports Bar Karaoke 8 pm.

Latigo Barringer and Booser Mark & Jo return for an evening of acoustic roots on fiddle and guitar. 6-8 pm. No cover.

Maverick's Country Bar & Grill Free Dance Lessons Come learn the popular line dances to your favorite country songs every Saturday! 9 pm. No cover.

Niblick and Greenes at Eagle Crest

Bobby Lindstrom Two nights of unique blues music from Bobby Lindstrom. CDs for sale. 7 pm.

No cover.

CLUBS Silver Moon Brewing Wayward Soul "The

moment that caller grabs the mic, I'm gonna need my dancin' shoes!" Wayward Soul brings their unique blend of alt-country goodness. 9-11 pm. No cover.

The Summit Saloon & Stage DJ Steele

21+. 9 pm. No cover.

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The Workhouse Celebrating 5 years of serv-

ing the community of Bend with music by Corner Gospel Explosion, Art from Greg Amanti, Root Cellar Cocktails, a 123- Ramen Pop-up, EMW Fusion, Fika Coffee, and Cake — while it lasts!

Sat., 6-10 pm, No cover.

Vic's Bar & Grill HWY 97 Don't miss out on

one of central Oregon's rock bands. 8-11 pm. No Cover.

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28 Tue. Mar 28 Astro Lounge Trivia Tuesdays Bring your

team or join one! Usually six categories of various themes. 8 pm. No cover.

Crow's Feet Commons Open Mic for Storytellers Come one, come all....each Tuesday night Crow's Feet Commons will be hosting an open mic night. Cozy up next to the fire, bring your courage or your encouraging ear. All levels welcome and storytellers too. Evening beer and wine specials. Sign up begins at 5pm. 6-8 pm.

Kelly D's Irish Sports Bar Ukulele Jam

All ages. 6:30 pm. No cover.

Corey’s Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

The Lot Trivia at The Lot Bring your team or join one. Enjoy the heated seats, brews, and tasty eats while rubbing elbows with Bend's smartest smartipants who love trivia. A rotating host comes up with six questions in six different categories. 6-8 pm. Free.

Dogwood Cocktail Cabin Locals Night— DJDMP & Friends A night of soul, hip-hop and electronica with DJDMP and friends, plus 25% off everything on the menu all night long (with local id). 9 pm. No cover.

Volcanic Theatre Pub Crook and The Bluff Equipped with an arsenal of songs depicting lust, love, loss, murder and malevolence, Crook & the Bluff’s music explores diverse themes and often meddles in strange curiosities. 8 pm.

26 Sun. Mar 26

Volcanic Theatre Pub Trout Steak Revival with Mama Magnolia Trout Steak Revival crosses over and blends the bounds of folk, indie, bluegrass, and roots, and in doing so, evokes its own style of Americana. 7-11:30 pm. $10 - $12.

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29 Wed. Mar 29 Checker's Pub Talent/Open Mic 6-8 pm.

Corey’s Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Hub City Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Astro Lounge Open Mic 8 pm.

M&J Tavern Open Mic 6:30 pm.

Corey’s Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Maverick's Country Bar & Grill Karaoke

Northside Bar & Grill Comedy Open Mic

Northside's favorite cheerleader is back! This time, Britney is cheering on local comics in this open mic format. All comics are welcome to perform. 6:30-8 pm. 2 Drink Minimum or $5 Cover.

7 pm.

Northside Bar & Grill Open Mic 6-9 pm.

The Lot Open Mic 6 pm.

Portlanders Tango Alpha Tango are always an upbeat, high-kicking time at the Volcanic Theatre Pub, 3/23.

30 Thu. Mar 30 Corey’s Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Hub City Bar & Grill Karaoke 9 pm.

Kelly D's Banquet Room Nonprofit Tunes

NPT introduces C.O. Pink Sistas for their invaluable focus on breast cancer support. Jeff Leslie, Erin Wiley, Janelle Muson and Palo Soprano will trade songs and tales. 7-9 pm. No cover.

Maverick's Country Bar & Grill Free

Country Swing Dance Lessons Every Thursday night, learn how to country swing. No partner needed. 8 pm. No cover.

Strictly Organic Coffee Company Open Mic 6 pm.

The Summit Saloon & Stage 97 Comedy Presents A night of stand up comedy with Trixie Jesus (Jake Woodmansee.) Featuring Katy Ipock and Terence Hartnett. 8-10 pm. $10. summitsaloon.com.; Some of the best comics from around the US to the Summit Saloon and Stage.

Comics as seen on Comedy Central, TBS, NBC and more. Last Thursday of every month, 8-11 pm. $12.

The Old Stone Squirrel Butter & The Horsenecks Two folk bands are coming together to perform a bluegrass jamboree! Join for a night of string music, square dancing, and musical performance for the whole family to enjoy!

7:30-10 pm. $10 adv., $15 door.

Velvet Emily Afton: Indie-Pop-Folk-Elec-

tronica Smokey, powerful, and emotive, Come witness a combination of indie, fold, pop, and electronic. 8-10 pm. No Cover.

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CALENDAR MUSIC Bella Acappella Harmony Chorus

Medal-winning Bella Acappella seeks women and girls who love to sing and harmonize. Bella teaches and performs four-part acappella harmony and welcomes singers with high and low voices, all levels and ages 15 and above.

Tuesdays, 5:45-9pm. Bend Senior Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. 541-460-3474. $30 month.

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Cascade Highlanders Pipe Band Practice A traditional bagpipe and drum band

with members from the Central Oregon area.

Experienced pipers and drummers are welcome to attend, along with those who are interested in taking up piping or drumming and would like to find out what it would take to learn and eventually join our group. Mondays, 5:30-7pm.

Bend Church of the Nazarene, 1270 NE 27th St. 541-633-3225. Free.

Chris Novak Delighting audiences with an

eclectic yet classic variety of genres interpreted and articulated through 12 string guitar, melodic harmonica and emotive vocal skills. March 24, 5-8pm. The Pickled Pig, 63136 Powell Butte Rd. 541-797-6136. No cover.

Community Orchestra of Central Oregon A community orchestra that welcomes all players. We are serious musicians who want to have a lot of fun. Wednesdays, 6:30-9pm.

Through May 31. Cascade Middle School, 19619 SW Mountaineer Way. 541-306-6768.

The Deschutes Caledonian Pipe Band Practice Looking for experienced players to join and perform with the group. We are a volunteer not-for-profit society dedicated to the preservation, performance, and enjoyment of Scottish style bagpipes and drums in Central Oregon. If you are interested in joining please contact us. Mondays-Sundays, 6-8pm. Through Nov. 1. Abilitree, 2680 Twin Knolls Dr. Free.

Piano Showcase Featuring four exceptional pianists celebrating the versatility and virtuosity of piano! Concerts and workshops are geared toward music makers and music appreciators alike. March 24, 7:30-9:30pm and March 25, 10am-9:30pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St. 541-593-9310,. $80 pass /$35 concert.

DANCE Adult Intermediate Level Dance Class

Styles include contemporary, modern, jazz, and ballet. Teachers rotate monthly. Friendly, supportive atmosphere! Performing opportunities available. Fridays. Academie de Ballet Classique, 162 NW Greenwood Ave. 541-321-4321. $5.

Argentine Tango Class & Práctica

Beginning lessons every first Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30pm. Followed by practica every week, from 7:30-9:30pm. Wednesdays, 6:309:30pm. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd. $5.

Argentine Tango Milonga Tango dancing

every 4th Saturday. For all levels of dancers. No partner needed! Fourth Saturday of every month, 7:30-10:30pm. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd. $5.

It’s the Workhouse’s Fifth anniversary this Saturday. Come celebrate local artisans with food, beverages and fun, 3/26.

Bend Ecstatic Dance Dance your own dance in your own way in a supportive community of kindred spirits. Come explore free form movement, connection, and self-expression, guided by rich, diverse soundscapes. Visit: BendEcstaticDance.com or FB Bend Ecstatic Dance.

Tuesdays, 7pm. Bend Masonic Center, 1036 NE 8th St. 360-870-6093. $10-$20.

Dances of Universal Peace Celebrating

the human spirit through movement, song and silence, honoring the world's many spiritual traditions. Beginners welcome! Every dance fully taught. Fourth Tuesday of every month, 7-8pm. Through June 27. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 61980 Skyline Ranch Rd. 541-3853908. $3-$5.

Gotta Dance Studio & Company Recital Support the team in preparation for this year's Hollywood Vibe Convention & Competition! Students will share their solo and group pieces with our local community before their big debut in Tacoma, Washington. March 25, 5pm. Mountain View High School Auditorium, 2755 NE 27th St. 541-322-0807. $5-15

Group Class & Ballroom Dance Get

your dance on at our Friday night group class and dance! Class topic changes weekly. No experience or partner necessary. Ages 16-plus.

All proceeds donated to Bend's Community Center. Fridays, 7pm. Bend's Community Center, 1036 NE Fifth St. 541-314-4398. $5 per person includes the class & dance.

Salsa Footwork & Partnerwork Patterns Learn a series of fun footwork

combinations followed by partner work patterns.

No experience required, but the class is still challenging for experienced dancers. Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm. (541) 325 - 6676. $10.

Scottish Country Dance Weekly Class

Artventure with Judy Artist-led painting

West African Dance Class Cultural dance experience to live drumming by Bend's Fe Fanyi West African Drum & Dance Troupe! Learn movement to traditional rhythms of the Western region of Africa. Taught by Shannon Abero and live music led by David Visiko. Mondays, 7:158:15pm. Cascade Indoor Sports: Skating Rink Side, 20775 NE High Desert Ln. 818-636-2465. $10.

Caldera Artists in Residence Open Studios An afternoon of art and conver-

No experience or Scottish heritage necessary.

Weekly classes include beginner & advanced dances. Mondays, 7-9pm. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd. First class is free, future classes are $5.

FILM EVENTS LGBTQIA Film Night When Emma moves

in with her estranged, gay son, the pair must learn to reconnect through food where words fail, and face the foreclosure of the family's Chinese restaurant and a stubborn fear of intimacy.

March 27, 7pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. $5.

LOCAL ARTS "Relics & Ruins" Artist Books Exhibition Altered books, sculptural books, outward

folding books, and tunnel books challenge our notions of what a book really is. Featuring book artists from across the U.S. and Europe.

Saturdays, 10am-6pm, Sundays, noon-5pm and Mondays-Fridays, 10am-7pm. Through April 2.

A6, 550 SW Industrial Way Suite 180. 541-3308769. Free.

event! No experience necessary! Fee includes supplies. Pre-register and see upcoming images at artventurewithjudy.com. Tuesdays, 6-9pm.

Broken Top Bottle Shop, 1740 NW Pence Ln. 541410-3267. $25 pre-paid.

sation with Caldera's March Artists in Residence.

Experience the power of creativity in the warmth the Caldera Arts Center on stunning Blue Lake while contemporary artists from a variety of disciplines share their work. March 25, 12:303:30pm. Caldera Arts Center, 31500 Blue Lake Dr. 541.595.0956. Free.

Call for Art for The Novel Idea The De-

schutes downtown Library invites artists to submit artwork inspired by the novel "Homegoing" to it's spring exhibit (4/12 to 7/11). Artists may submit work on April 12th, 4-5:30pm, 1-2 pieces, all media, 16" by 20" or larger, framed, and ready to hang. Wednesdays. Through April 13. Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St.

Call for Artists: Anything Spring Juried

exhibition featuring spring themed art in any media. Submit artwork anything spring themed.

More info online http://www.circleoffriendsart. com/events. Through April 5, midnight. Circle of Friends Art Association, 19889 8th St.,. 541-7069025. $15.

Creating Byzantine Chains An intro-

duction to Chain Maille Jewelry, The Byzantine Weave. You will create a beautiful two-tone Byzantine chain bracelet. All materials included.

March 25, 12:30-3:30pm. Circle of Friends Art Association, 19889 8th St.,. 541-706-9025. $65.

MAR 23 The Volcanic Theatre Pub TANGO ALPHA TANGO W/ SPIRIT AWARD

MAR 24 The Domino Room Presents INDUBIOUS, RIOTMAKER AND ZAHIRA

MAR 24 The 2nd Street Theater Presents BEND BURLESQUE & COMPANY GRAND

MAR 26 The Volcanic Theatre Pub TROUT STEAK REVIVAL W/ MAMA MAGNOLIA

PRESENT “OH YEAH!”

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EVENTS Going out of Business Sale COFAA will be holding a going out of business sale. On sale: gallery fixtures, furniture, a kiln and accessories, other items. Fri, March 24, 9am-4pm, Sat, March 25, 9am-4pm and Sun, March 26, 10am-3pm.

Circle of Friends Art Association, 19889 8th St.,.

Free.

Used Books, Art and a Website! Raising funds through the support of literacy and art for the benefit of the community of Redmond. Visit reBOOKS used store and our website at: www. friendsofredmond.org. March 28-May 30, 10am6pm. reBOOKS Used Bookstore, 531 NW Elm Street. 541.238.2181. Free.

PRESENTATIONS Encouraging Mason Bees in Your Backyard Rich Little, Entomologist, will talk

on how to encourage and create a habitat for Mason Bees in your backyard. The Mason bee is a solitary native bee and very productive pollinator for spring flowers. March 30, 6-8pm.

The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave. 541-480-5550. Free.

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail Come hear Eli Boschetto share his experiences with the rigors of the PCT. Since 2005, he has served as a Northwest trail correspondent for Backpacker magazine and became the editor of Washington Trails magazine in 2011. March 24, 7pm. Roundabout Books, 900 Northwest Mount Washington Drive, #110. FREE. Nature Nights Black bears are the most

common bears in our region, yet most of us know little of this omnivore and its habits and habitats. Join wildlife biologist Dana Sanchez for a glimpse into the life of North America’s smallest bear species. This event is free, but registration is required. March 22, 7-8:30pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St. 541-330-0017. Free.

THEATER Blackbird Una, a 27-year old woman tracks

down her abuser, Ray, fifteen years after his arrest for statutory rape. Their long, difficult confrontation delves into Una's confusion as she struggles to come to terms and understand the ordeal. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30-9:30pm and Sun, March 26, 2-4pm. Through April 1. Cascades Theatrical Company, 148 NW Greenwood Ave. 541-389-0803. $13-$20.

FADE IN An original psychological thriller/ black comedy by local playwright Patricia WestDel Ruth. This special event invites patrons to the last dress rehearsal of the play. March 30, 7:309:30pm. 2nd Street Theater, 220 NE Lafayette Ave. 541-338-3378. $18.

Free Improv Jam Love improv or want to

see what it's all about? Jams are a great way to experience our tried and true methods. No experience necessary, all levels welcome. Last Thursday of every month, 7-8:30pm. Through May 25. Bend's Community Center, 1036 NE Fifth St. 541-771-3189. Free.

Nana's Naughty Knickers This play is a

farce about 82 year old “Nana,” who is secretly designing and making sexy lingerie and selling her creations to her senior citizen neighbors.

Throw in a grumpy landlord, a concerned granddaughter, a half deaf partner, and a love struck local cop for a hilarious performance. Fri, March 24, 7-8:30pm, Sat, March 25, 7-8:30pm and Sun, March 26, 3-4:30pm. The Door, 56870 Venture Ln. Suite 4, Sunriver. 541-480-7483. $10-15.

WORDS Half Off Book Sale Sale will be be noon to 4:30pm both days. While paid FORBL members get a chance at an early sale from 10am. Will receive a free book of equal or lesser value with every 3 books purchased. March 24, 12-4:30pm and March 25, 12-4:30pm. Friends of the Redmond Library Bookshop, 875 SW Deschutes Ave. 541-312-1060. Free.

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Daycations in Our Own Backyard Join Kim Cooper Findling, author of "Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families," for an evening of exploring Bend's backyard. March 23, 6-7pm. East Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Rd. 541-312-1032. Free.

Somatic Poetry Workshop Led by Caldera Artist in Residence Michelle Peñaloza, participants will engage in somatic poetry rituals to be mindful of the present moment and reveal the creative viability of everything around them.

This class is for folks who want to shake up their practice, write new work, and have fun! March 26, 1-4pm. Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St. 541-312-1032. Free.

Writing to Share All-level writing class

inspired by the teachings of Natalie Goldberg ("Writing Down the Bones"). Over the course of six weeks, you'll be guided through the process of writing a personal essay from conception stage to final product. Begins 1/11 and continues each Wednesday till 2/15. Wednesdays, 10-11:30am. Dudley's Bookshop Cafe, 135 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-480-7732. $150.

VOLUNTEERS 350Deschutes Climate Advocacy & Education Use your special talents to encourage

awareness of the need for meaningful climate action. Speak or organize educational events, attend rallies, write or do art about the climate. Thursdays. Bend, RSVP for address. 206-498-5887.

After School Mentoring—Teens/College Students/Adults Needed Female

Ignite your child’s sense of storytelling adventure with a new book at the Half Off Book Sale, 3/24-25.

Mentor Heart of Oregon Corps is a nonprofit

that inspires and empowers positive change in youth through education, jobs, and stewardship.

For more information or to become a mentor, contact Amanda at 541-526-1380. Mondays-Fridays. Heart of Oregon YouthBuild, 68797 George Cyrus Rd.

Spring Break Garden Work Party Help

us get the garden ready for spring! Join us anytime throughout the day to help us get our garden ready for spring planting and garden lessons with kids. This is a family friendly event and we'll have tasks for all ages. March 28, 9am3pm. The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave. 541-385-6908. Free.

Tiny Explorers Meetup The Children's For-

est is seeking committed volunteers to host Tiny Explorers Meetups in the outdoors. Serve as the point person and distribute free baby carriers.

Monthly meetups. Ongoing, 10-11am. Deschutes National Forest, Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District, 63095 Deschutes Market Rd. 541-383-5592.

mentors are needed to serve 4th-5th or 6th-8th grade girls in weekly after school programs in Bend. Mentors must be 14 or older. Female adults and college students are encouraged to volunteer to change the lives of young girls.

Afterschoolbuddies.org. Tuesdays, 3-5:30pm.

Through May 25. After School Buddies, 62595 Hamby Rd. 541-390-3046.

Volunteer—BCC Bend's Community Center

Become a Big Brother or Big Sister in Redmond It doesn’t take much to make a big

ers needed to transport veterans to the Bend VA Clinic and Portland VA Hospital. Must have clean driving record and be able to pass VA-provided physical and screening. Call Paul at 541-6472363 for more details. Mondays-Fridays.

difference in the life of a child! Looking for caring adult mentors who are willing to spend a few hours a month sharing their interests and hobbies. Mondays-Sundays. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon - Redmond, 412 SW Eighth St., Redmond. 541-617-4788.

Fences For Fido Help free dogs from chains!

We are seeking volunteers to come out and help us build fences for dogs who live on chains. No experience is required. Sign up on Facebook: FFF Central Oregon Region Volunteers or Bend Canine Friends Meet Up group. More information can be found at fencesforfido.org. Mondays.

Bend, RSVP for address.

Go Big, Bend Big Brothers Big Sisters works

with kids who need a positive role model and extra support. By being a mentor you have the opportunity to help shape a child’s future for the better by empowering them to achieve. We need caring volunteers to help children reach their full potential! Ongoing. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon, 2125 NE Daggett Ln. 541-312-6047.

Make Your Mark at Bend Spay+Neuter! Compassionate, awesome people to join an

incredible team, whether you volunteer in the clinic, festivals, or helping with our community cat population. Ongoing. Bend Spay+Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson Ave. Suite B1. 541-617-1010.

has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for individuals over age 6. If interested in volunteering go to bendscommunitycenter.org or call 541312-2069 for more information. Wednesdays.

Bend's Community Center, 1036 NE Fifth St.

Volunteer Drivers Needed Volunteer driv-

Brightside Thrift Store in Redmond

Looking for volunteers to receive donations, sort, and price items. Volunteers are critical to the operations of our high-save shelter and contribute directly to the care of our animals by ensuring our donations are processed. Mondays-Sundays.

Brightside Animal Thrift Store, 838 NW 5th St. 541-504-0101.

CLASSES AcroYoga Join Deven Sisler to experience how the power of acrobatics, wisdom of yoga and sensitivity of thai yoga intertwine. No partner necessary! Wednesdays, 7pm. Namaspa Yoga Studio, 1135 NW Galveston Ave. 541-550-8550. $7-$15.

African Dance Classes are taught in a friendly, welcoming, and fun environment, and you will leave every class with a smile on your face and joy in your heart! Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30pm.

Gotta Dance Studio, 917 NE Eighth St. 541-3220807. $12.

Beginning Songwriter Preregistration is required. Students will gain an understanding

of song structure, writing in different styles and learning techniques designed to open the doors of creative songwriting. Thursdays, 7-8pm.

Through April 20. Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. 541-382-6866. $90.

Beyond Notes Preregistration is required.

Beyond Notes is a class designed to provide you with a lifetime of tools to overcome plateaus in your playing and to give you a new perspective on music. Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm. Through April 18.

Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. 541-382-6866. $90.

Buddhist Mantras Chanting Explore

the spiritual insights and learn how to correctly chant mantras in Japanese. Reservations required. Mondays-Tuesdays-Thursdays-Fridays, 10:30am-4pm. Custom Built Computers Of Redmond, 439 SW 6th St. 541-848-1255. $10.

Capoeira Experience this exciting martial art

form of Afro Brazilian origins which incorporates music and acrobatic movements. For adults and teens. Mondays, 6:50-8:15pm and Thursdays, 6:50-8:15pm. Sortor Karate, 63056 Lower Meadow Dr. $30, two week intro.

Cascade Pops Orchestra Preregistration

required. Perform intermediate level string ensemble music with an emphasis on blending together and having fun. Spring term will feature "Pops" material. Participants should be able to read music. Thursdays, 7-9pm. Through April 20.

Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. 541-382-6866. $90.

Cello Ensemble Preregistration is required.

Skill Level: Intermediate. Join our group cello class to share harmony, passing of melodies, and a relaxed atmosphere to just play and have some fun. Thursdays, 9:30-10:30am. Through April 20.

Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. $90.

Build a Webpage II Use javascript to im-

prove a webpage in a low stress, friendly environment. Learn more about your computer and how it works. Registration required. March 25, 1-4pm.

Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond. 541-312-1055. Free.

DIY Fused Glass Bird Bath Sign up and

find out more on our webpage. March 23, 5:30pm and March 24, 10:30am. DIYcave, 444 SE Ninth St. 541-388-2283. $65.

DIY Soldering Sterling Silver Rings

Sign up and visit us on our webpage. Wed, March 22, 5:30pm. DIYcave, 444 SE Ninth St. 541-3882283. $60.

DIY TIG Welding Sign up and find out more

on our webpage. March 30, 5:30pm. DIYcave, 444 SE Ninth St. 541-388-2283. $70.

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Art & Wine, Oh My! Local artists will guide you through replicating the night's featured image. Food and beverage available for purchase.

Register online. Tuesdays, 6pm. Level 2, 360 SW Powerhouse Dr. Suite 210. 541-213-8083. $35-$45.

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DIYcave.com Wed, March 22, 5:30pm and Wed, March 29, 5:30pm. DIYcave, 444 SE Ninth St. 541388-2283. $50.

Figure Drawing Salon, Every Tuesday

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This drop-in salon features a live nude model and is open to all levels. Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Through March 28. The Workhouse, 50 SE Scott St. Suite 6. theworkhousebend.com. $15.

German Conversation Group With a tutor to learn conversational German. Mondays, 7-8pm. In Sisters, various locations. 541-5950318. Cost is variable.

Good Grief Guidance Classes Class

meeting once a week for 16 weeks. Using Peer to Peer sharing, journaling, creativity and gentle inner exploration. Thursdays, 3-5pm. Through June 30. Rosie Bareis Campus, 1010 NW 14th St. 541-647-7915. $30- $300 for 16 week class.

Online Chair Tai Chi Classes Designed for people who have limited mobility and cannot stand for long periods of time. From a seated position soft movements are used to help increase energy, improve blood circulation. Fridays, 2-3pm. Grandmaster Franklin, 51875 Hollinshead Pl. 623-203-4883. $40.

Introduction to Guitar Preregistration

required. Introduction to guitar is designed for the beginner looking to learn the basics of music notation, chords, picking and strumming technique. Build basic guitar skills and learn songs in a fun group setting. Tuesdays, 6:15-7:15pm.

Through April 18. Fridays, 1-2pm. Through April 21. Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. 541-382-6866. $90.

Introduction to Violin/Fiddle Preregis-

tration is required. This is a beginning class for those who have never played before, and a great

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT starting point to get you playing violin! During the class, you will learn the basics of proper violin and bow technique. Tuesdays, 10-11am. Through April 18. Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. 541-382-6866. $90.

Japanese Group Lesson We offer group lessons for both beginners and intermediate students for Japanese for all ages. Wednesdays, 5-6pm. Wabi Sabi, 830 NW Wall St. 541-6337205. $10 plus material fees.

Ladies Introduction to Singing Prereg-

istration is required. Ladies, come explore ways to experience greater ease and freedom in your singing. The class will cover posture, breath control, tone production, and diction. This friendly atmosphere is just for ladies and includes both group and individual singing. Tuesdays, 9:3010:30am. Through April 18. Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. 541-382-6866. $90.

Mason Bees 101 Did you know there was

an emo bee? Find out about the "Shy Bee" and how they can help your garden! Learn all you need to know about rearing and caring for Mason Bees - one of nature's most unique pollinators.

Registration not required but space is limited!

March 30, 6-8pm. The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave. 0.

Music for Film Preregistration is required.

Learn about music in the movies. No music experience needed, this class will be a fun intro into the history of cinematic soundtracks. We'll start from the beginnings of Silent Era music and hear the progression of film music until present day. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Through April 18.

Cascade School of Music, 200 NW Pacific Park Ln. 541-382-6866. $90.

Oriental Palm Reading Discover how the brain, nerves, and lines connect in palmistry.

Wednesdays, 6-7pm. Wabi Sabi, 830 NW Wall St. 541-848-1255. $10.

Relaxation & Rejuvenation class

Enhance relaxation, positive focus, and inner awareness. Mon, March 27, 10-10:30am and 12-12:30pm. Bend Golf & Country Club, 61045 Country Club Dr. 971-217-6576. $8.

Tai Chi A free Tai Chi class open to the Bend

Community centered on a gentle and basic form for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, but will introduce more aspects of Tai Chi as the class progresses. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 9:30-11am.

Brooks Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church, 469 Wall St. 541-548-1086. Free.

West African Drumming Level 1

Learn traditional rhythms, and experience the brain-enhancing, healing and joyful benefits from David Visiko. A beginner class open to all.

Mondays, 5:30-6:30pm. Home Studio, 63198 NE de Havilland St. 541-760-3204. $15.

West African Drumming Level 3 Build on your knowledge, technique, and performance skills. Teacher/troupe director David Visiko and members of Fe Fanyi study, practice and play joyfully. Thursdays, 7-8:30pm. Home Studio, 63198 NE de Havilland St. 541-760-3204. $15.

Women's Circle Join us for this interactive

group experience and learn the power of deep listening and intentional speaking. Circle practice can improve meetings, create healthy teams and community relationships, problem solve, cultivate creative solutions and more. March 25, 3-5pm. Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St. 541-537-3867. Free.

Yoga Wisdom for Caregivers Discover how ancient yogic texts, the heart of yoga, are relevant to child rearing in modern times. Yoga philosophy expert, Pam Hardy, will explain the

origins of the sutras, what they promise to do, and how to work with them. March 25, 1-4pm.

Namaspa Yoga Studio, 1135 NW Galveston Ave. 541-550-8550. $30 pre-registration, $35 day of workshop.

EVENTS 5 Year Anniversary of The Workhouse

A home for local art, The Workhouse celebrates 5 years of serving the community of Bend with music by Corner Gospel Explosion, Art from Greg Amanti, Root Cellar Cocktails, a 123- Ramen Pop-up, EMW Fusion, Fika Coffee, and Cake — while it lasts! Sat., March 25, 6-10 p.m, The Workhouse, 50 SE Scott St. Suite 6. Free.

Beatles Cartoon Pop Art Show Ron Campbell, Beatles Yellow Submarine animator will showcase his original Beatles cartoon paintings and other artwork based on his 50year career in cartoons including Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Smurfs, Flintstones, Jetsons and more.

March 28, noon-7pm and March 29, noon-7pm.

Peterson Roth Gallery, 206 NW Oregon Ave, Ste 1. 541-688-7148. No cover.

Bend4Trees Please join us as we form a new coalition to better protect Bend's beautiful trees.

We are planning our first Arbor Day Celebration for Bend in 10 years on April 28th and on Earth Day. The group with plans to assist the city to reinstate 'Tree City,USA'. March 28, 4-6pm.

Brooks Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church, 469 Wall St. 541.788.1786.

Central Oregon Pink Sistas Live music

and silent auction. A fundraiser to provide chemo care packages and no-cost retreats to women with breast cancer in our community. March 30, 7-9pm. Kelly D's Irish Sports Bar, 1012 SE Cleveland Ave. 541-480-2333. Free.

EVENTS Drawing Under the Influence Bring pa-

per, pen, creativity and draw under the influence!

This DUI club is for anyone looking for some fun on a Sunday. Sundays, 6-9pm. JC's Bar & Grill, 642 NW Franklin Ave.

Grassroots Cribbage Club Newcomers welcome. For info contact Sue at 541-382-6281.

Mondays, 6-9pm. Bend Elks Lodge, 63120 Boyd Acres Rd. $1 to $13. introductory meeting of the High Desert chapter of the National Organization for Women. Open to current members and interested nonmembers.

March 27, 5:30-7pm. Deschutes Public Library (Brooks Room), 601 NW Wall St. Free.

Snowshoe Nature Hike with a Ranger

Snowshoe Nature tours on Mt. Bachelor with a Forest Service Naturalist Ranger. All interpretive programs focus on the ecology, geology and wildlife of the Cascades. Through March 31, 10-11:30am and 1:30-3pm. Mt. Bachelor, 13000 Century Dr. 541-383-5530. Free.

Spring Break Fundraiser Pop-Up Shop Featuring JewelsForYourHair Lilla Rose

Hair Accessories and LulaRoe clothing. Proceeds benefit CardioStart International. March 25, 10am-noon. CardioStart ReSale Thrift, 425 Hwy 20. 541-350-0799.

Pool Tournament Cash Cup Anyone can

Sunriver Summer Jobs Meet with hiring managers from SHARC and other Sunriver area businesses seeking summer help. Bring your resume, references and be prepared for on-site interviews. March 29, 9-11am. SHARC, 57250 Overlook Rd. 541-585-5000. No cover.

Preventative Walk-in Pet Wellness Clinic First come, first served. Vaccines, micro-

Trunk Show with Local Makers Enjoy a Trunk Show featuring Broken Top Candle Company and Bushel & a Peck! Features store specials, refreshments and a raffle. Benefits 3 Rivers Humane Society. March 23, 1-5pm.

Oregon Body and Bath, 1019 NW Wall St. 541383-5890. Free.

join in, regardless of experience! APA rules, winnings based on number of participants.

Tuesdays, 8pm. Seven Nightclub, 1033 NW Bond St. 541-760-9412. $5.

chips, toenail trims, and de-worming available.

Service fees can be found at bendsnip.org. Saturdays, 10am. Bend Spay & Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson Ave. A-1.

Public (Rock) Choir Come sing in a fun,

non-threatening environment for people of all skill levels. Rock and pop favorites—no hymns.

First time free. Mondays, 5:45-8pm. Various Locations - Bend, Bend. 541-728-3798. $0-16.

SHARC Teen Swim Pool Party wa-

ter-themed games and contests, access to the hot tub and more! March 29, 8-10pm. SHARC, 57250 Overlook Rd. 541-585-3147. $10.00.

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High Desert NOW Meeting Join the

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SENIOR EVENTS Senior Social Program Monday, Wednesday and Friday senior brunch will be served from 10-11am for $2. Social hour Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday social hours 10-1pm.

Closed Thursdays. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 10am-1pm. Bend's Community Center, 1036 NE Fifth St. 541-312-2069. Free to attend.

Pilates & Physical Therapy for Parkinson's, MS and Stroke A five-session class

for individuals with Stroke, Parkinson's and MS.

The comedic stylings of Billy Anderson come to town, 3/24.

You receive the exponential benefits of improved flexibility, strength, muscle coordination and control, better posture and the end result is increased body awareness, independence and confidence. Thursdays, 2-3pm. Through June 16.

True Pilates NW, 243 Southwest Scalehouse Lp. 541-241-6837. $75.

MEETINGS Adelines' Showcase Chorus Practice

For more information call Diane at 541-447-4756 or showcasechorus.org. Mondays, 6:30-9pm.

Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood Ave.

Mistress of Erotic Self Expression

EVENTS Al-Anon Family Groups 12-step group for

friends and families of alcoholics. Check afginfo. org or call 541-728-3707 for times and locations.

Ongoing.

Alcoholics Anonymous If you want to

drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. Call Alcoholics Anonymous. Hotline: 541-548-0440. Ongoing. Brooks Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church, 469 Wall St. 541-548-0440.

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Annual Meeting for Friends of the Central Cascades Wilderness Join us to

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help the Forest Service preserve and protect our local Wilderness areas. Learn about our summer program of Wilderness Stewardship hikes.

Thurs, March 23 and Thurs, March 30. Bend Public Library- Brooks Room, 601 NW Wall St. 248-330-5654. Free.

Thursday, March 23

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Bend Chamber Toastmasters Develop and grow your public speaking and leadership skills, whether you're an executive, stay-at-home parent, college student or retiree. Wednesdays, noon-1pm. The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave. Free.

Cool Cars and Coffee All makes, models

welcome. Saturdays, 8am. C.E. Lovejoy's Brookswood Market, 19530 Amber Meadow Dr.

ECOCHAMPIONS Volunteers from 350deschutes are presenting small group discussions about our personal carbon footprints and what we can do to decrease it's size to benefit the climate. Group size limited, with required RSVP. Thurs, March 23, 4:30-5:45pm. Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St. 541-213-7405.

No cover.

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Live Music 5 Days a Week Thu 3/23

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7:30 to 10:30 Fri 3/24

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“Double AA” 8:30 to 12 Sat 3/25

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“Double AA” 8:30 to 12

Evolutionary SELF-Healing Through guided imagery, you'll learn how to tap into your internal power. Thursdays, 6:30-8pm. Sol Alchemy Temple, 2150 NE Studio Rd. 541-3908534. Free.

Health Care for All Movie Night We will

continue the conversation regarding access to health care and current legislation concerning that issue. The movie "Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point" will be shown for analysis and commentary. March 22, 6:30-8:30pm. The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave. 541-3506496. Free.

High Desert Gardening Liz Douville,

master gardner, will entertain your questions on Gardening in the High Desert at the Soroptimist International of Bend program meeting. Bring your questions on seeds, plants, weather and pests. March 23, noon-1pm. Deschutes Historical Museum, 129 NW Idaho Ave. 541-382-8608. Free.

Marijuana Anonymous Meeting Know

you need to quit, but can't? Help is here. Share experience, strength, and hope with each other.

Thursdays, 4:45-5:45pm. Serenity Lane, 601 NW Harmon Blvd. 503-567-9892. Free.

NAMI Depression & Bipolar Disorder Support Group Mondays, 7-9pm. First United

Methodist Church, 680 NW Bond St. 541-4808269. Free.

Overeaters Anonymous Meeting

Mondays-noon-Saturdays, 9:30am and Thursdays-noon. First United Methodist Church, 680 NW Bond St. 541-306-6844. Free. Wednesdays, 4pm. Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood Ave. 541-306-6844. Free.

Socrates Cafe Group People from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the Socratic Method. Open to all comers. Fourth Thursday of every month, 6-8pm. Dudley's Bookshop Cafe, 135 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-7492010. Free.

Spanish Club Spanish language study and conversation group. All levels welcome. Thursdays, 3:30-5pm. Dudley's Bookshop Cafe, 135 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-749-2010. Free.

The Abraham Inspiration Group We will continue our journey thru Abrahams new DVD series "Playing In Playa Del Carmen." Our open discussion allows us to share how the Art of Allowing and Law of Attraction work through us and those in our circle. March 25, 5-8pm. Rosie Bareis Campus, 1010 NW 14th St. 541-389-4523.

Donation accepted.

Wednesday Night Kirtan Bring your voice and your heart and join the Sol Alchemy community for an evening of Bhakti and Sacred Song. Wednesdays, 7-9pm. Through June 14. Sol Alchemy Temple, 2150 NE Studio Rd. 541-2854972. Sliding Scale: $10-$20.

Women's Cancer Support Group For

the newly diagnosed and survivors of cancer. For information call: Judy, 541-728-0767. Candy, 907-209-8181. Thursdays, 1-3pm. Looking Glass Imports & Cafe, 150 NE Bend River Mall Dr. Suite 260. Free.

Young Professionals Network A conduit for professionals ages 21-40 to access unique and valuable experiences. Engages, educates and empowers young professionals to become leaders of business. March 22, 5-7pm. Finance of America Mortgage, 233 SW Wilson St Ste 203.

541-382-3221. $5-10.

Zen Discussion & Meditation A weekly lay-led Dharma discussion and meditation (zazen). Open to all. Discussion 6pm, sitting/walking meditation 7-8:30pm. Mondays, 6-8:30pm. St. Helen's Hall - Trinity Episcopal, 231 NW Idaho St. 541-390-1220. Free.

Mon 3/27

Comedy Open Mic w/ Britney Cheers

6:30 to 7:30 Tue 3/28

The Cutmen 6 to 9

Wed 3/29

Acoustic Open Mic w/ Derek Michael Marc

6 to 9

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Moondog Matinee rock ‘n’ roll their way into the Volcanic, 3/30.

KIDS' EVENTS KPOV Youth Radio Camp Learn how to create a radio show and have fun making it happen! Make up announcements, create skits, do interviews, and talk live on the radio. Bring your music and produce a radio show that will be broadcast on KPOV and put on a CD. Ages 10-14.

March 27-31, 9am-noon. KPOV, 501 NW Bond Street. 541-322-0863. $105-$126. week-long camp in the heart of Sunriver. Explore water creatures, birds of prey up close and personal, and track the wild beasts that roam our grounds. Sign up for all five days or pick and choose! Ages 4 - 10. March 27-31, 10am-noon.

Sunriver Nature Center, P.O. Box 3533. 541-5934394. $20 day/$90 5 days.

LADIES’ NIGHT

TUESDAYS FROM 6-8PM. Lingerie & toy discounts.

Nature Journaling Kids Workshop

Explore at The Wildheart Nature Camp, 3/27-31.

Backpack Explorers Preschoolers ages

3-5 go on an adventure created just for them and an adult chaperone. Go on a backpack journey through the Museum, observe nature, animals, science, and create art. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 10-11am. Through March 30. High Desert Museum, 59800 S Hwy 97. 541-382-4754. $10-15.

Big Kids Yoga This class is for older kids who

want to learn more of the fundamentals of yoga through more technical yoga games and a deeper exploration of postures and flow sequences.

Wednesdays, 4-5:30pm. Namaspa Yoga Studio, 1135 NW Galveston Ave. 541-550-8550. $5-$6.

Children’s Yoga: Movement & Music

Designed for children aged 4-8, this class is a playful way of introducing children to the miracles of movement, yoga and music. Mondays, 4-5pm. Bend Community Healing, 155 SW Century Dr. Suite 113. 541-322-9642. $10.

Family Fun Story Time Age 0-5 years.

Interactive story time with songs, rhymes, crafts.

Thurs, March 23, 10:30am and Thurs, March 30, 10:30am. La Pine Public Library, 16425 First St. 541-312-1090. Free.

Glow in the Dark Bouncing Come bounce with us and get your glow on! Wear white or bright clothing and bring glow sticks! Pizza and soda included for a family of 4. Advanced registration via website is required. March 24, 6-9pm. Bouncing off the Walls, 1134 Centennial Ct. 541-306-6587. $20.

Kids Camp: Around the World Discover

cultures around the world. Age 6-8 years. Wed, March 22, 2:30-3:30pm. Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St. 541-617-7050. Free, registration required.

Kids Day: Monsters of the Deep Explore the prehistoric and current inhabitants of our seas and rivers. Participate in a bean bag toss, make a shark and learn what makes a sturgeon’s jaw unique with crafts, painting and games.

March 29, 10am. High Desert Museum, 59800 S Hwy 97. 541-382-4754. Free with Museum admission.

Kids Make a Sign Class Create a Simple Sign for a Favorite Sport or First/Last Name or Other Simple Word(s). March 30, 10-11:30am.

Junque in Bloom, 50 SE Scott St. Suite 19. 541728-3036. $20.

Kids Rock Choir Kids ages 12 and under with only one goal: to have a great time singing their faces off! No training, experience, or long term commitment is required to join in. See website for locations: singbend.com/kids-rock-choir.

Mondays, 4:30-5:30pm. Various Locations Bend, Bend. 541-728-3798. $10.

Explore nature through a creative lens! Students will participate in field based explorations of nature while recording their observations through writing and art. Age 7 - 11; All supplies included.

Mon, March 27, 9-10:30am and Wed, March 29, 9-10:30am. Sunriver Nature Center, P.O. Box 3533. 541-593-4394. $55.

Pancakes & Pajamas Parents- drop off your kids (age 3-10) for this night of fun! The theme is Pajama’s & Pancakes. Kids are welcome to wear their favorite pj’s and we’ll have pancakes for dinner. Snack, dinner, craft, movie and bouncing included. Advanced registration is required via website. March 25, 6-9pm. Bouncing off the Walls, 1134 Centennial Ct. 541-306-6587. $20.

Royal Tea Party Dress in your finery for

stories, entertainment, and refreshments. March 28, 10:30am. East Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Rd. 541-330-3760. Free.

Spring Break at the High Desert Museum Extended hours at the HDM! Special

wildlife encounters, an indoor raptor flight show called Sky Hunters and Kids Day on Wednesday, March 29. March 25 through April 1. March 25, 10am-5pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S Hwy 97.

Spring Break Camp Spring Break is for parents too! Drop your kids (ages 3.5-6 years old) off for a day or week of fun with us! Monday: Ocean Adventures, Tuesday: Diggin’ on Dinosaurs, Wednesday: Lets Go Camping, Thursday: Jungle Safari, Friday: Bug Off! Register for each day on website. Mon, March 27, 10am-2pm, Tues, March 28, 10am-2pm, Wed, March 29, 10am-2pm and Thurs, March 30, 10am-2pm. Bouncing off the Walls, 1134 Centennial Ct. 541-306-6587. $30/ day.

Tiny Explorers Meetup A time for new

families to get together in the outdoors. Meetups are hosted by volunteers that provide program information and suggestions for activities. The program is targeted for families with infants from 0-2 years old. Fourth Tuesday of every month, 1-2pm. Through April 26. Larkspur Park, 1700 SE Reed Market Road. 541-383-5592. Free.

Wildheart Nature Camp Each day of camp will be an adventure as we uncover a new story that will teach us about the earth and about ourselves. Sign up by the day! March 27-31, 9am-3:30pm. Tumalo Ranch, 65620 Twin Bridges Rd. 503-680-9831. $57/Day through January 31st $62/Day. Youth Track & Field Camp For kids aged 7-14. A 3 day camp with focused training.

Wednesdays-Fridays, noon-3pm. Through March 31. Bend High School, 230 NE Sixth St. 541-3503938. 75.

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Bed, Bath and Way Beyond

THE Hostel in Bend delivers lodging… and a social life

By Howard Leff

Monday Morning (12:30am: Karaoke)

Three Days Earlier Frankie Maduzia’s gleefully bouncing around Bend’s new Bunk+Brew Hostel, practically jogging from one room to the next, super excited to show his latest visitor the perks of clean, safe, ultra-low-cost lodging in Central Oregon’s glamour city.

And why not?

Limited hotel/motel space here makes the hostel idea seem like such an amazing business venture, I’m surprised “Shark Tank’s” Mark Cuban doesn’t roll out of a bunk bed wearing $5,000 pajamas. Maduzia, the hostel’s co-owner, walks me through the seven bedrooms and two baths inside this charming and historic house barely a three-minute walk east of downtown. Some rooms have multiple beds for the full hostel experience. Others, at a slightly higher cost per night, have just one.

Not aware that Bend even has a hostel? Well, it hasn’t been here long.

The physical house, however, known as the Lucas House—Bend’s first brick building—has stood on this spot since 1909. But it’s only been functioning as a haven for budget travelers since mid-December. How budget? Prices, depending on the season and type of

Saturday (Just thinking aloud) Did I just carve out plans to spend the night with several strangers and shared bathrooms?

Sunday (3pm: Check-in) It’s J.’s birthday. J. Charles Griggs, Maduzia’s business partner and the hostel’s other co-owner, celebrates by, what else, handing me my room key and a beer. And just like that, it’s cocktail hour! We’re all sitting in one of the common rooms downstairs when talk turns to how this whole thing got started. Seems both men had visions of getting into the hosteling business while living in Portland. A mutual friend brought them together and they soon decided that Bend provided the perfect setting for their budding project.

“You want to spend your money on the adventure, not on the sleep,” says Griggs. “You don’t come to Bend to watch TV in your motel room. We wanted to build something that was affordable, close to downtown and had a sense of community—where travelers can meet each other and share travel stories over local brew.”

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We’re singing—no, screaming—the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” into a pair of microphones inside a crowded Bend bar featuring cheap beer, pool and, well, karaoke. There are four of us now, down from a high of seven earlier in the evening. Outsiders might think they’re looking at a bunch of longtime friends partying away the latest in an endless string of nights on the town.

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room (dorm style or private), generally run between $27 and $74 a night.

“You come to Bend, you rock climb, you ski, you do the outdoor activity all day,” says Maduzia, a Portland transplant, describing the inspiration for starting the hostel. “Then you drink beer all night. You just need a place to put your head down and a warm shower in the morning. I think $120 was the cheapest [accommodation] I could find. And you’re only sleeping for like five hours.”

I make plans to check in for a trial run on Sunday.

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or those of you who don’t remember “National Geographic Adventure Magazine,” (RIP 1999-2009), it was the pinnacle of outdoor journalism, featuring such authors as Sebastian Junger, Peter Matthiessen, David Quammen, Peter Heller and Gretel Ehrlich.

Its arrival in my mailbox was cause for excitement each month. If its passing left a hole in your adventure reading, fret not. The former West Coast editor of “NGA,” Steve Casimiro, carries

The historic Lucas House has become Bend’s newish hostel. Inside, one of seven bedrooms awaiting travelers.

Sunday (8pm: Local Brew)

Monday (10am: Check-out)

I’m about 30 forkfuls into a plate of Smoked Chicken Macaroni & Cheese, inside one of Bend’s most popular dining/drinking spots, surrounded by my new friends including Frankie and J. and four other hostel guests. Hours go by. We wind up at the karaoke bar and don’t return to the house until well past midnight. I’m fortunate enough to snare a private room, meaning just one bed. The bathroom’s just a few steps down the hall. Both rooms are spotless, as is the rest of the house.

Down to the kitchen for a quick breakfast and soon I’m on my way home, with the opening lines to “Bohemian Rhapsody” still echoing in my head. “Is this the real life/Is this just fantasy?”

Hostel life’s what you make of it, but there’s plenty of room for both. SW Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House 42 NW Hawthorne Ave., Bend 458-202-1090 bunkandbrew.com

By Tom Beans, Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe that flag on with Adventure Journal Quarterly. Now a year old, believe me when I say this is the best outdoor writing happening today, and a perfect fit for the adventure-loving residents of Central Oregon.

What I especially love about “AJQ” is what it’s not. It’s not about stoke, about buying more gear, about going big. It’s about going inward when we get out. This is deep, thoughtful outdoor literature, from authors such as Craig Childs and Terry Tempest Williams that has meaning to every enthusiast, not just the hardcore crowd that seems to be featured in many of the

other magazines out there. I hesitate to even compare it to a magazine. “AJQ” is like a beautifully produced book with stunning photography and off-the-chart production values, arriving four times a year. Even just picking one up makes customers quietly exclaim, “Oh, wow.”

To quote Casimiro, “I’m dedicating “AJ Quarterly” to being a place where we can explore and share the best of what it means to live with adventure in our lives.” Well said, Steve. SW Note: Dudley’s is the #1 retailer of “Adventure Journal Quarterly” in the U.S. You go, Bend.

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mma Anderson enthusiastically declares it was Saving Grace that brought her to Bend. Five and a half years ago, she was fresh out of the University of Oregon where she studied psychology and women and gender studies, when she began working for Saving Grace. She was hired as part of the AmeriCorps program and started doing prevention work in local middle and high schools, talking to students about dating violence and what healthy relationships look like.

Since then, she has evolved into a victim advocate and the volunteer program coordinator who oversees close to 90 volunteers. Anderson said she is often working with 10 or more clients at any given time. Saving Grace is a nonprofit that serves survivors of intimate partner violence, as well as victims of sexual assault, human trafficking and even stalking. After the first point of contact, clients are advised of their options, whether it be to obtain a court order or to get the police involved if an alleged crime has taken place.

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get their autonomy back so that they can make decisions for themselves,” Anderson says.

Clients’ first contact with Saving Grace mostly comes through its hotline (541-389-7021), according to Anderson. Callers reach a live person no matter what time they call, 24/7, and often call just to learn about the services offered by Saving Grace.

“It’s incredible seeing our clients go through the process and see them grow and take back their lives, to get the tools to be where they need to be,” Anderson says. “We’re always here for them, no matter what they decide to do.”

Saving Grace has a full time staff of about 28, with offices in Bend, Prineville, Madras and Redmond, and a representative at a health center in La Pine.

“I love my co-workers. It’s an amazing group of people who are doing this work, and we’re always there for each other. It’s always been a passion of mine to be there for other people and to be that listening ear,” Anderson says. “It’s very satisfying work and

it’s also very taxing on us because we’re working with people who are actively in trauma, so we take that trauma on ourselves.”

Anderson points out that all Saving Grace services are completely free and confidential. The great majority of clients are women and children, but a minute percentage of men have also sought out their help. The Saving Grace shelter is strictly for women and children and has room for up to eight women and 14 kids, who can stay for up to 60 days.

Saving Grace has been around for 40 years, since 1977, when a couple of friends were sitting at a kitchen table trying to figure out how to help their friend who’d been abused by her husband, according to Anderson.

The group began as COBRA—Central Oregon Battering Rape Alliance.

The name changed over 10 years ago, Anderson says, when “a client said her advocate was her saving grace,” and the name stuck.

“We’re the only agency in Central Oregon that does this kind of work,” says Anderson.

In 2016, Saving Grace provided services to 4,950 people, sheltered 240 adults and children, and answered 3,041 hotline calls, according to Anderson.

She recalls working with one survivor for more than two years because it is not always easy to get out of an abusive relationship. “It’s hard to see them return to a relationship that’s not healthy for them,” Anderson says.

Saving Grace receives its funding from a variety of private, state and federal sources, which, she says, could be threatened if the new administration in Washington decides to defund the Violence Against Women Act. Saving Grace’s budget and staff have steadily increased over the years, “which is good because there’s always a need for this kind of work,” Anderson says. SW

By Howard Leff

Guitar Gods Two Old Hippies Add One Fantastic Showroom Like most Americans, I flirted with playing guitar.

I took a lot of lessons. Practiced my scales. Pretended I was Tom Petty at 2 a.m. in my living room. Standing there in socks, playing “Free Fallin,” following right along with Tom on my iPod. Transported to a dream state: on stage, 20,000 in attendance, supermodels in the front row, The Heartbreakers behind me in awe of my enormous talent…and my dog just sort of staring and wondering.

This goes through my mind as I’m touring Bend’s giant Two Old Hippies guitar (and mandolin) production

facility. It’s where the company’s expert craftsmen build Breedlove, Bedell and Weber instruments from scratch. Using “legally- and sustainably-sourced wood” of course, as Sami Mulhern, with TOH Marketing & Artist Relations points out. Rosewood, redwood, maple, cedar, spruce, walnut and more. Each one with distinct colors, patterns and tone.

It’s all hands, heart and passion here. Out of this hard work comes gorgeous instruments. Most are so pretty you could just hang them on your wall.

“Functional art,” Mulhern adds.

Now, after more than two decades in Bend, the company has a shiny new retail showroom across the street.

Here, you can see, play and get one for yourself. “We’re about being friends

and we want to invite the public into our space,” says showroom manager J.C. Trayser. To that end, TOH plans to utilize both its showroom parking lot and adjacent green areas to host events, including a grand opening party next month. This will include food trucks, live music (of course) and discounts on guitars and other merchandise.

No more excuses about delaying your music career—but some lessons wouldn’t hurt either. SW Two Old Hippies Showroom

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he burger is America’s favorite food, so it’s no wonder vegetarians and vegans have been trying to find a suitable replacement for years. Almost every veggie burger lacks in some department. It’s either too mushy, the wrong color, or it tastes rich and delicious but nothing like the real thing. Maybe plants just can’t be animals.

But maybe they can! My brother told me to try Beyond Meat Burgers. Actually he bought them and left them in my refrigerator. Not being one to let food go to waste, I made them following the pan-frying instructions.

I heated a sauté pan to medium high heat and cooked each side for 3 minutes. As the burgers cooked my kitchen was filled with an amazing aroma. I hoped the burgers tasted as delicious as they smelled! I watched the burgers sizzle and leave greasy pools of fat in the pan as the edges of the patties started to turn golden brown and caramelize. When the burger was ready I assembled it the way I like it: on a hamburger bun with tomato, pickle, mustard and ketchup. I took a bite and sent this text message to my brother, “Fucking tasty.”

In a surprise taste test, carnivores eagerly snarf down non-meat burgers. It’s all in the heme.

did this beef come from?” I responded simply with, “Whole Foods.” Then he asks, “Is it grass-fed?” We all laugh.

Beyond Meat Burgers have more protein than beef, less fat, fewer calories and no cholesterol.

At this point I should tell you I’m not vegetarian or vegan, but I think the Beyond Meat Burgers can pass as the real thing. So I tried something.

I invited friends Tim and Taylor over, asking them to help test a new mobile app I’m working on and in return I would make them dinner. When it came time to have dinner, I prepared the burgers in front of them. I took the Beyond Meat Burgers out of their packaging earlier in the evening. The patties were sitting on a plate next to the stove looking just like bloody, raw beef patties. While dinner was cooking someone said, “It smells really good.”

We sat down to eat and after the first bite Tim jokingly asks, “Where

I say, “I visited the ranch last week and met the cow.” We take a downward spiral into “Portlandia” references and laugh about how we aren’t really those people, but sometimes it hits a little close to home.

I watch as my friends eat their burgers. I made sure to prepare them well, on a Sparrow brioche roll with dill pickle slices, tomato, lettuce and a slice of real grass-fed cheddar cheese. They added mustard and ketchup to their liking. I get complimented on dinner with the typical thanks. I let the conversation guide to various topics because I don’t want to ask too many questions about the burgers until they are done eating. When my first guest

finishes she says, “You can tell I liked the burger, I ate it so fast.” I then spit out, “I have a confession to make!”

I let them know I did my little experiment and it opens up the dialogue for honesty. Taylor, who was a vegetarian for years, said there was something about the color that made her think it was a veggie burger. Tim had the same feedback. He said the pinkness of the burger didn’t have the brown, pink, brown gradient; it was all the same medium-rare color. That being said they thought the burgers were awesome.

So what exactly makes these burgers taste like the real thing? Science!

A Stanford University biochemist, Patrick Brown, discovered burgers taste like burgers because of heme, a molecule that makes blood red and meat pink. There is a lot of heme in red meat, but it’s also found in plants.

Brown’s team, which works for Impossible Foods, the company producing Beyond Meat Burgers, makes plant heme from yeast. The burgers are also

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If you eat meat you might be asking yourself right now, “why would I eat a fake burger?” The answer is simple: your health. Beyond Meat Burgers have more protein than beef, less fat, fewer calories and no cholesterol (based on patties that are 80% lean).

In Bend, you can find Beyond Meat Burgers at Whole Foods—in the meat section. If they are out of stock it could be because I got this message from Taylor the day after our dinner, “Thanks again for having us over last night, so fun! Craaaazy good burgers I want to buy some this week.” SW

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FOOD EVENTS Enjoy A Sandwich To Support FAN!

Day of Giving — ALL proceeds from both Bend locations will benefit the Family Access Network (FAN)! The funds raised will support vital FAN services that connect disadvantaged children to food, shelter, clothing, and more. March 29, 11am-9pm. Jersey Mike’s, 143 SW Century Dr.

Prime Rib Dinner Night Sundays, 5-9pm.

Pronghorn Resort, 65600 Pronghorn Club Dr. 541-693-5300. $35.

Sunriver Tasting Dinner Featuring Joel Gott Wines, you will have the unique opportunity to learn about the wines while enjoying a private five-course dinner. March 24, 6:30-8:30pm.

Sunriver Resort, 17600 Center Dr. 541-593-3740. $90.

BEER AND DRINK Wine Tastings Join us every Friday and

Saturday for tasty wine tastings. Fridays, 3:305:30pm and Saturdays, 3:30-5:30pm. Through Dec. 31. Newport Avenue Market, 1121 NW Newport Ave. 541-382-3940. Free.

Beer Tastings Don’t miss out! Join us every Friday afternoon for delicious beer tastings.

Fridays, 3:30-5:30pm. Through Dec. 29. Newport Avenue Market, 1121 NW Newport Ave. 541-3823940. Free.

Drink the High Desert with Crux Fermentation Project Taste the desert-inspired

beer inspired by a hike at Otter Bench with the Oregon Natural Desert Association. No registration required. $1 from every beer sold will benefit ONDA. March 23, 6-8pm. Crux Fermentation Project, 50 SW Division St. 541-330-2638. Free.

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Party with both Starburst IPA and Quasar Pale Ale on the shelf and on tap! March 24, 5-7pm.

Broken Top Bottle Shop, 1740 NW Pence Ln. 541728-0703. Free.

Firkin Friday A different firkin each week. $3 firkin pints until it’s gone. Fridays, 4pm. Worthy Brewing, 495 NE Bellevue Dr. 541-639-4776.

Food Truck Fridays Flights, pints, fine

bratwurst, Belgian frites and European food truck cuisine provided by We’re The Wurst in a cozy and funky industrial brewery setting. Fridays, noon-7pm. Monkless Belgian Ales, 20750 High Desert Ln. Suite 107. 541-610-5098.

Geeks Who Drink Trivia Eight rounds of

eight questions each, including a music round, an audio round, and a picture round. with gift certificates for the winning team and five bonus questions per night for additional prizes. Six person teams max. Tuesdays, 8-10pm. The Platypus Pub, 1203 NE Third St. 541-323-3282. Free.

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Industry Night We, the service industry, work

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Meet the Brewer 21+. Last Saturday of every month, 6pm. Currents at the Riverhouse, 3075 N Hwy 97. Free.

Standup Comedy— Billy Anderson & Bo Johnson A legend at the SketchFest

Seattle, The Washington Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot and a finalist in the 2016 Seattle International Comedy Competition, he was recently featured on “Sounds Like America” and “Laughs.” March 24, 8-10pm. Looking Glass Imports & Cafe, 150 NE Bend River Mall Dr. Suite 260. 541-419-0111. $8 adv.,$10 door.

Trivia Thursdays Featuring craft cocktails,

amazing food and trivia prizes. Thursdays, 7-9pm. The Barrel Thief Lounge at Oregon Spirit Distillers, 740 NE First St. 541-550-4747. Free.

Whiskey Wednesday Featuring drink specials, whiskey samples, delicious food, and a raffle with prizes! Wednesdays, 4-9pm. The Barrel Thief Lounge at Oregon Spirit Distillers, 740 NE First St. 541-550-4747. No charge.

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Beer Abounds in Boise On a tour of U.S. beer (this time closer to home!), Payette Brewing leads a suddenly-crowded pack

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Idaho’s Payette Brewing recently expanded to a capacity of 100,000 barrels a year.

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he drive along US-20 between Central Oregon and Boise can be pretty boring: vast tracts of uninhabited, sagebrush-filled land with little to ease the monotony until the mountains past Burns. But Idaho’s capital is worth at least a weekend visit for any Bendite, thanks to its towering state capitol, its vast array of outdoor activities and (increasingly) its beer scene.

So juicy is their session IPA, and it’s remarkably flavorful. On the other end of the spectrum, there’s Beat Moans, a 10 percent imperial stout.”

The state currently has 54 operating breweries, from Laughing Dog way up in Sandpoint to Grand Teton near the border with Wyoming. A good 20 of them are in the greater Boise area, about five hours away from Bend. Staying at a cheap hotel somewhere downtown serves as a good base to explore the beer scene, since one can easily visit multiple worthy locations in an easy walking tour.

Start with Woodland Empire Ale Craft, which launched in 2014 and sees occasional distribution over here.

So Juicy is their session IPA, and it’s remarkably flavorful. On the other end of the spectrum, there’s Beast Moans, a 10% imperial stout. It’s conveniently located right by the PreFunk Beer Bar, a growler-fill place and neighborhood hangout offering all the highlights of local distribution.

A bit east of downtown is Boise

Brewing, which features a high-ceilinged taproom and a unique “public offering” program that lets Idaho residents with at least $1,000 purchase company stock and have voting rights on future brewery operations. The Snowboarder Porter on tap is a lovely chocolate-themed affair, and—like the two places mentioned above—the bar is dog-friendly inside and out, something that really needs to be seen more often in Oregon.

Downtown itself is home to 10 Barrel’s local brewpub, where Shawn Kelso brews IPA all day and wins medals for them, year after year. It’s just a block or so from Bittercreek Ale House, arguably the main hub of Idaho beer and a great place to catch up on smaller locals such as Edge Brewing and Hunga Munga. (They’re also offering Extra Special Bittercreek, a combination of IPA and English mild brewed in collaboration with Barley Brown’s.)

Finally, for a taste of where Idaho beer is going, check out the new factory and taproom Payette Brewing opened up just outside of downtown, a bit north of the Boise River. Launched five years ago in the adjacent town of Garden City, Payette’s grown so fast that as of last September, they’re headquartered in a new $4.5 million brewhouse, containing a 60-barrel system with a potential capacity of 100,000 barrels per year. This gives it the capacity to put out even more cans of Rustler and Mutton Buster around Bend and elsewhere, as well as launch new one-offs like One in the Chamber, a 9.7 percent IPA that’s dangerously drinkable in much the same manner as Boneyard’s Notorious. SW

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Ape-pocalypse Now Hail To The King… Kong

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‘Twas beauty that killed the beast.

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ometimes when we go to a movie it’s simply to escape the outside world. As long as the film can transport us to a new world, a different time period or some far-off dimension, it doesn’t much matter if the movie is good or bad. But as a critic, it can be difficult to search for nuance or thematic resonance in something that’s only designed to entertain.

“Kong: Skull Island” might not have much meat on its bones, but it’s one of the finest adventure movies of the last several years.

down for a second.

Populating this island of giant monsters is one of the strongest casts of the year, with Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly and more. This cast presents the biggest problem with the movie: they’re all basically wasted. Aside from Reilly (who has a lovely and bittersweet arc), the characters only exist to have giant computer-generated things happen to and around them. Hiddleston acts like he’s auditioning for the next Bond movie

“It doesn’t matter that some things don’t work; other parts are ridiculously fun.”

In 2005, Peter Jackson made his version of “King Kong,” something he had wanted to do since he was a child.

As over-long and bloated as the film might have been, the Skull Island section was pure cinematic joy. Most critics remarked that an entire film set on the deadly home of the giant man-ape would have been a much better idea.

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts took that skeleton of an idea, set it during the Vietnam War and made a twohour theme park ride that doesn’t slow

and Larson, playing a pacifist war photographer, barely has a dozen lines in the film.

Yet, “Kong: Skull Island” is so lovingly crafted and every frame is filled with such imagination that it’s hard to get worked up about the thin characterizations and occasionally wooden dialogue. Just when Samuel L. Jackson threatens to over-act his way into an entirely different movie, the absolutely astonishing sight of King Kong shows up and the entire audience is

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10 years old again. In a way, “Kong” is critic proof. It doesn’t matter that some things don’t work; other parts are ridiculously fun.

Setting the film during the Vietnam War was the perfect choice, as the characters who end up on Skull Island are already haunted by the horrors they’ve seen. The soundtrack, front-loaded with Creedence Clearwater Revival, makes the film feel like a lost hybrid of “Apocalypse Now” and “Platoon” that gave birth to a Ray Harryhausen fever dream. Seeing King Kong swat down helicopters instead of bi-planes gives the film a visual palate and texture never before seen in giant monster movies.

“Kong: Skull Island” will age very well. There’s a timeless quality to the direction, cinematography and production design that makes every frame absolutely gorgeous to look at. There’s no depth or subtlety, but that’s not why we go to movies like this. “Kong” exists to take us to the most dangerous island on the planet, leaving us there to marvel in the sights. Enjoy this movie for what it is: pure unadulterated cinema. SW

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Disney is on a

bit of a roll lately with remaking their classic animated films as big budget live action spectacles.

This one stars Emma Watson as Belle and the smashingly handsome Dan Stevens (from “Downton Abbey”) as the Beast, while also featuring all of the same beloved songs from the original. If this is half as good as last year’s remake of “The Jungle Book” then it should be highly worth your time.

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BEFORE I FALL: A teenage girl relives a car crash over and over again in this psychological teen thriller. This one came out mostly under the radar, so it's anyone’s guess whether the film will transcend its genre limitations. Old Mill Stadium 16 & IMAX, Sisters Movie House GET OUT: A thriller about a biracial couple navigating the thinly-veiled racism of their community, with many psychologically-thrilling twists. Old Mill Stadium 16 HIDDEN FIGURES: Taraji P. Henson stars as

Katherine Johnson, one of the key mathematical minds that helped put John Glenn into orbit during the Space Race. Watching Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae take on a sexist and racist NASA while doing twice the work as everyone else is inspiring, but also infuriating.

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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO: This incendiary

documentary uses the words of queer black intellectual James Baldwin to draw parallels between the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and modern race relations. While this movie might just be preaching to the choir, it’s something that every American should see. Prepare to be angry.

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JOHN WICK 2: Keanu Reeves gave one of the great action movie performances in the first "John Wick" and this one looks to be even better. With more people getting shot in the face than can be counted, these movies are an action fan's nirvana.

Give the series a chance. It's better than it looks.

Old Mill Stadium 16 KONG: SKULL ISLAND: This new King Kong movie takes all the fun from Peter Jackson’s version and builds an entire film around it. The film is also part of the shared monster universe connecting it with the Godzilla movie from a few years ago. Expect to see these versions of the classic giant monsters fighting each other sometime in 2019. See full review on p33. Old Mill Stadium 16 & IMAX, Redmond Cinema, Sisters Movie House LA LA LAND: Director Damien Chazelle ("Whiplash") takes his incredible eye and style and puts it into making a throwback to Hollywood musicals of the 1940s-‘50s. Ryan Gosling plays a focused jazz musician who falls in love with Emma Stone, a struggling actress. Old Mill Stadium 16

LION: A young Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, a long, long way from home. Eventually he’s adopted by an Australian couple, but 25 years later he goes in search of his lost family. Old Mill Stadium 16, Sisters Movie House LOGAN: Hugh Jackman reprises his role as Wolverine one final time in what is being hailed as the greatest X-Men film of all time. Set in the near future, “Logan” follows Wolverine and Professor X as they attempt to protect one of the final living mutants. Should be even better than advertised.

Old Mill Stadium 16 & IMAX, Redmond Cinema, Sisters Movie House MANCHESTER BY THE SEA: For those looking for adult entertainment, "Manchester by the Sea" is an emotional powerhouse. Casey Affleck gives the performance of his career as Lee Chandler, a broken man whose brother dies and leaves him as the guardian to his 16-year-old nephew. Old Mill Stadium 16 MOONLIGHT: A genuine masterpiece. The

film follows three time periods of a young African-American male as he struggles with understanding himself. Winner of multiple Oscars, including Best Picture, "Moonlight" is a wonderful work of American cinema that should not be missed by anyone who loves film. Old Mill Stadium 16

SPAGHETTI WESTERN WEDNESDAY: $8 gets you an All-U-Can eat spaghetti dinner and a hootin’ and hollerin’ good time watching old Western classics. Tin Pan Theater

THE BELKO EXPERIMENT: This new horror comedy runs with the wonderful idea of “what if everyone from ‘Office Space’ were forced to try and kill one another.” With a script co-written by James (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) Gunn and directed by Greg (“Wolf Creek”) Mclean, this should be one bloody and intense good time. Old Mill Stadium 16 & IMAX

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE: There's no reason why "The Lego Movie" should have worked as well as it did, but somehow it did and Batman was one of the breakout characters. The hilarious Will Arnett made Batman a sad, lonely, egotistical jerk while mining the pathos for laughs around every turn. Spinoffs shouldn't work, but this one sorta did. Old Mill Stadium 16 & IMAX, Sisters Movie House, Redmond Cinema THE SHACK: Based on the religious book that

even your non-religious friends read, “The Shack” is about a grieving father who has a conversation with God. At times bouncing between serious exploration of faith and a wacky thriller, “The Shack” is either exactly the kind of movie you're looking for or something to drunkenly make fun of with friends. Old Mill Stadium 16 & IMAX

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eral of the thousands of stray cats that populate the Turkish city of Istanbul. See full review on p35.

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The Kedi’s Meow

This story about cats on the streets of Istanbul is way better than those cat videos you like to watch

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The wild cats of Istanbul raise a ruckus

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verything is beautiful if you look at it with love.”-“Kedi” Hundreds of thousands of cats have roamed freely through the streets of Istanbul over the last several thousand years. The people of the city treat the cats like neighbors, not like annoying strays snatching food off tables. Indeed, part of living in Istanbul is making peace with the cohabiting cats.

“Kedi” (Turkish for “Cat”) is a kitty lover’s paradise. The documentary boils down to 80 minutes of cats and kittens doing the darnedest things, with a surplus of adorability to keep it moving. This isn’t quite the cinematic equivalent of YouTube cat videos though; instead we get a view into the mindset of the Turkish citizens who treat the city’s strays like their own children.

We meet several cats that act as the stars of the film, including one that everyone has informally named “Psycho,” because she drives fear into the hearts of not just all of the neighborhood cats, but the dogs as well. There’s also Gamsiz, which is Turkish for “Carefree,” who shows up to a family-owned bakery with different injuries every week, but he is always well tempered and friendly.

As humans, we are incapable of assigning alien desires and meaning to the actions of felines. Instead, we anthropomorphize them and expect them to fit inside the rigid characteristics we assign them. So “Kedi” feels more like a documentary focused on the homeless than it does an episode of “Planet Earth.” By the end of the

movie we care about Psycho and Gamsiz as if we’ve gone through a journey with them instead of just seeing them be adorable and on the street.

“Kedi” isn’t just a film about looking at cute cats as they run and climb around an ancient city. It’s about how the lives of these cats mirror humanity and how their “owners” need them just as much as the cats do. Even those who don’t really like cats will be fascinated by the sociological exploration of a city and its inhabitants. The symbiotic relationship between the not-quite-feral felines and their endlessly patient humans makes for a story as touching as it is charming.

As a portrait of a city, “Kedi” truly allows the viewer to get swept up in the textures, nooks and crannies of the ancient metropolis. It’s heartening to see a city and its inhabitants working together for the simple goal of protecting cats. It shows that we could really do anything if we put our minds to it, or at least could work together longer than five minutes at a time.

“If you can enjoy the presence of a cat, a bird, a flower... what can I say?

The world will be yours.”- “Kedi.” SW

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It’s still too muddy to ride some of Central Oregon’s trails, but in the meantime, Bend becomes a gathering point for trail builders from all over

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construction and maintenance of sustainable trails and trail systems.

Newly elected PTBA president Jon Underwood opened the conference with a talk on where the trail industry is in 2017. With an almost constant building of new trails and improvement of existing trails, many businesses are working whenever weather isn’t a factor.

At various sites, including Smith Rock, participants focused on trail assessment and terrain dynamics. At Tetherow, participants checked out the continuing construction of easement trails that connect Bend to the Phil’s trail system. Other events took place at Seventh Mountain Resort, Tumalo State Park and Shevlin Park.

The official conference was held at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes, with lectures and networking sessions, as well as an indoor trade show and an outdoor demo area—a personal highlight for me.

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t’s a busy time of year for trail builders all over North America. Every year, more and more communities are seeing the impact on health, happiness, and economy that comes from creating access to good forest trails.

Because of this, there’s an ever-expanding need for further education of the professionals within the industry.

Last week, professionals in the trails industry descended upon Bend to participate in this year’s sustainable trails conference, put on by the Professional Trail Builders Association (PTBA).

The national organization includes over 80 private sector businesses that design, build or consult in the building and maintaining of trails. Land managers and trail professionals shared information about all topics trail, from designing long-distance mountain bike trails, to building trails where the mountains burn, to designing the ultimate pumptrack and the factors of risk management. The information sessions were a recreationist’s ear and eye candy, covering the thoughts, practices, tools, and language that go into the

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Trail builders visited Bend-area hotspots to contemplate and work on trails.

professionals coming together to share a common language and goal of bringing consistency to a historically inconsistent practice.

As access to good trails becomes a bigger draw in both urban and rural communities, it’s helpful to be able to adopt and share common practices that can be used in every new trail

built by the individuals and organizations in attendance.

Trail users around Central Oregon have lots of new trails to check out, but as always, remember to check conditions before heading out to play, because sustainable recreation means not damaging trails when they are too wet to ride. SW

Spring is here, but snow sports endure.

Ready for your next feat of endurance and strength? Try running on a sea of snow.

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or thousands of years, humans have been known for their inventive minds — crafting tools to perform tasks more efficiently, observing nature and finding inspiration.

Watching a snowshoe hare, with its large hind legs, hopping around in deep snow, seemingly effortlessly. Our ancestors took notice by developing snowshoes—footwear that allows for greater floatation in snow by distributing the person’s weight over a larger surface area. Nearly every North American indigenous culture produced a version of the traditional snowshoe.

The oldest snowshoe in the world, at around 5,800 years old, was discovered in Italy’s Dolomites Mountains in 2016. Originally made for hunting, gathering or traveling distances in the snow, snowshoes have become a fun way for runners and hikers to continue their hobby throughout the wintertime.

The growing popularity of the winter sport is delivering the United States National Snowshoeing Championships back to Bend for the second time in five years.

On March 25 and 26, snowshoe athletes from around the country will gather at Mt. Bachelor to compete in events of various distances. Two loops, a 5K and 7.5K, have been designed for the race venue and 120-150 athletes are expected to attend the national championship race. While the registration window has already closed for most categories, registration will be open for the 5km Citizen’s Run/Walk and Kid’s Kilo at the Visit Bend office downtown on Friday, March 24.

In the 2013 national championships, local endurance athlete Mario Mendoza achieved a third place, and Stephanie Howe Violett earned a first place finish. For both of these professional runners, it was their first time snowshoe racing, proving that fitness can produce results across different running disciplines.

For the recreational snowshoer, Saturdays from December to March, the Cascade Snowshoe Runners, a division of the Central Oregon Running Klub (CORK), meet up to explore Central Oregon’s scenic snowshoeing trails.

The group is open to snowshoers of

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Snowshoe runner Michayla Heil of Wisconsin races toward the finish line of the 2013 U.S. National Snowshoeing Championships in Bend.

all abilities and running paces. Alternatively, the U.S. Forest Service offers free 90-minute interpretive tours every weekend at Mt. Bachelor until the end of March. USFS Naturalists teach snowshoers about winter ecology, the geology of Central Oregon and the plants and animals found in the Deschutes National Forest. Snowshoes can be rented at places including Fleet Feet Sports and Mountain Supply. SW

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Saturday Night Curling The Bend Curling

Club offers an opportunity for first time curlers and veterans to come curl with us on Saturday night for good competition, good fun, and good people. Nonclub members welcome, register via bendcurlingclub@gmail.com Saturdays, 9:3011:30pm. Through March 25. The Pavilion, 1001 SW Bradbury Way. 541-728-0974. $150 season, $20 nonmember.

Brace & Roll Kayaking Class Whether it

is your first time in a white­wa­ter kayak, or you need a thor­ough refresher after years out of your boat, Tumalo Creek’s Brace & Roll (winter) classes are a great place to start. Offering two and three-hour sessions, see website for details.

Sundays, 3-6pm. Through April 30. Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, 805 SW Industrial Way Suite 6.

541-317-9407. $25/$35 plus a pool reservation.

Trail Running Camp Info Night Learn

trail running technique, forest stewardship, trail etiquette, and more in the gorgeous forest around Suttle Lake. Find out more at info night at FootZone! Please RSVP. March 22, 6-7pm. FootZone, 842 NW Wall St. 541-317-3568. Free.

Riverhouse Rendezvous Slalom Kayak Race & Clinics 8th annual includes

clinics, boater cross and a cookout at on Saturday and race Sunday. Enjoy spectating from the deck at Currents on the Deschutes. March 25, 9am-8pm. Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, 805 SW Industrial Way Suite 6. 541-317-9407. $20-25.

Sunriver March Mudness Spring Break Mud Run With past participants rang-

ing from 3 – 76 years old, our mud run allows participants to choose their level of “mudness” on our 1.5 mile obstacle-intensive course. A portion of proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. March 26, 1pm. Hola! Sunriver, 57235 Deschutes Rd., Sunriver. 541.585.3145.

OUTDOORS The Owyhee River Journals Join writer

Bonnie Olin for an illustrated journey into the Owyhee River Canyons of Nevada, Idaho and Oregon. Photographs by Mike H. Quigley. Features a Q&A, and book signing. March 25, 4-5:30pm.

Jefferson County Library Rodriguez Annex, 134 SE E Street. 541-475-3351. Free.

Brain Freeze Winter Race Race solo or with a team of up to 4 people. Includes a 2-6 miles of snowshoeing, a fatbike/XC ski track, and a “Pro” course for added challenge. Takes 5-8 hours to finish. March 25, 7am. Various Locations - Bend, Bend. 415-656-9764. $90-320.

Deschutes Redbands Chapter Trout

Members of the Warm Springs Tribe guide the 39 miles of the Deschutes which borders the reservation. Elke will provide valuable fly fishing

information. More significantly, Elke will share his perspectives on Deschutes stewardship and conservation. March 23, 6-7:30pm. Hollinshead Barn, 1237 NE Jones Rd. 503-407-7155. Suggested donation.

FootZone Noon Run Lunch hour 3 to 5 mile run. Wednesdays-noon. FootZone, 842 NW Wall St. 541-317-3568. Free.

Moms Running Group All moms welcome with or without strollers. 3-4.5 mile run at 8-12 minute mile paces. This is a fun and encouraging group for moms of all running levels. Runs occur rain or shine. Thursdays, 9:30am. FootZone, 842 NW Wall St. 541-317-3568. Free.

Move it Mondays We occasionally carpool for a trail run, light-permitting. Runs are between 3-5 miles, paces between 7 and 12-minute miles can be accommodated. Mondays, 5:30pm. FootZone, 842 NW Wall St. 541-317-3568. Free.

Mt. Bachelor National Ski Patrol Ski Tryouts Join the patrol! A volunteer, nonprofit

organization whose members have been serving the skiing and outdoor recreation public at Mt. Bachelor since 1958. Providing first aid and rescue services for both snow sports and other community events. See www.mtbachelornsp.org for info and signup. Sun, March 26, 9am-3pm.

Mount Bachelor Village Resort, 19717 Mount Bachelor Dr. 541-420-0423. Free.

Sky Hunters Raptors take flight overhead in

this intimate demonstration. Experience these powerful predators like never before as our wildlife specialists showcase the birds’ agility and grace. Sat, March 25, 11am and 1:30pm, Sun, March 26, 11am and 1:30pm, Mon, March 27, 11am and 1:30pm, Tues, March 28, 11am and 1:30pm, Wed, March 29, 11am and 1:30pm and Thurs, March 30, 11am and 1:30pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S Hwy 97. 541-382-4754. $3-$5.

Spring Half Marathon Training Ready to

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kinds all along.The best moment my family and I had with a harrier “harriering” was one day when we were birding in the Summer Lake Wildlife Management Area in Lake County and came upon one standing on the surface of the water.

“What in the heck’s going on?” I said, just having caught sight of the creature standing on the water as we were driving by it. I stopped, backed up and immediately, the whole family was looking out the windows of our old three-door Suburban as I said, “Boy! There’s a Harrier with a lot of faith, it’s walking on water.”

Wildlife making a living alongside roadways in wildlife refuges are used to motor vehicles with humans in them driving by, and tend to go on with life in a normal fashion—but when one of them stops, it gets their attention. The Harrier looked up at the carful of people staring at it and probably thought, “Who me…? I’m not doing anything.”

But when I aimed my camera at it it got to be too much, and it did what most birds do in a similar situation, it flew off. When it did, a Coot, a small water bird, popped to the surface.

Sure enough, the Harrier had been standing on top of the coot, more than likely trying to drown it. That meant that in addition to the aforementioned prey items that Harriers enjoy dining on, we could then add Coots.

Then there was the time when my wife Sue was out birding on a lovely spring day with a bunch of kids at the edge of the Great Meadow at Sunriver and accidentally discovered a harrier nest. This is not a ho-hum, “gee-isn’tthat-nice” sort of incident; it’s a “Look

A head-on look at a female Northern Harrier zooming by.

out! Duck, or you’ll get your head knocked off ” sort of thing.

A very unhappy female Northern Harrier suddenly dropped out of the sky, and with her talons out came swooping over Sue’s head, cacking at her, “You leave my babies alone!” Most of the time humans get the message pretty quick that they’re somewhere they shouldn’t be and leave.

Most people, that is. Sue, on the other hand, had to see who was dive bombing her and why. Sure enough, there was the reason right in front of her feet: three tiny week-old harriers in a grass nest, and with them three fresh caught voles waiting to be fed to the ever-hungry babies.

As raptors go, harriers are unique.

First off, adult males and females have a dramatically different plumage. The adult male is mostly gray with black wing tips and white underneath, and, when seen side-by-side, is noticeably smaller than his partner.

While both hunt in the same manner, skimming over grasses and shrubs, looking down and rarely where they’re going, the female is a dark brown with

a very distinct white rump patch.

When attacking prey they both do a very quick wing-over maneuver and dive head-long into the ground. But like the Osprey that do the same as they go after a fish, both hawks swing their feet in front of their faces at the last second so that their talons are right in front of their eyes.

Like the accipiters, the only time you will see a Harrier soaring like a red-tailed hawk of an eagle is when it’s going somewhere else, not hunting.

Oh, yes, Harriers also have an owl-like face, which resembles that of a lookalike owl, the Short-eared Owl. Which brings us to the conclusion of this little glimpse into the life-andtimes of our Northern Harrier, and a suggestion: When you spot this hawk zig-zagging over the grass and shrubs of their habitat, don’t just check it off your bird list as seen. Instead, stop and watch as it skits along the top of the grass and shrubs. You may be rewarded with the opportunity to witness a Harrier as it takes its plunge into the vegetation and bounces back up with a vole in its talons. It’s quite an air show. SW

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here was a time in the long-longago of “bird-watching” when today’s Northern Harrier was known as the Marsh Hawk, because the low-flying, small bird- and mammal-eating raptor could almost always be seen in western marshes, flitting along just a few inches above the foliage, always looking down and rarely where it was going.

Those were the days when people who enjoyed watching birds were called just that: “bird watchers.” However, in certain circles of society that name came with some kind of a snigger, at times. But then, sometime in the ‘80s birding came out of the dark ages. I think people who sold cameras and binocs, birding clothing, books and other equipment sort of gave their customers a new lease on life and elevated their status to that of “birder,” spoken with a bit more high class.

At about the same time the scientific world of bird-namers took on the title, “Marsh Hawk,” with sort of the same attitude as “bird watching”—perhaps because zoologists began to see Marsh Hawks in a lot of other places than just marshes. Because this lovely raptor skimmed over the surface going about its business of persistent attacks on other animals, they seemed to think “harrier” was a better name (he who harasses others). So today we have “birders” watching, documenting, photographing and enjoying Northern Harriers.

And all of this meant absolutely nothing to the comings and goings of the hawk. It’s been eating voles and other small mammals, lizards, snakes, small birds and no doubt insects of all

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According to an article in the National Association of Realtors Daily Real Estate News, in order to increase the Department of Defense and Homeland Security budgets by $54 billion, cutbacks are proposed in many other programs. Included in this is the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where the budget is to be decreased from $46.9 billion to $40.7 billion. Among the programs on the “chopping block” are Community Development Block Grants, the Home Investment Partnerships

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I’m a 40-something woman, living with my 50-something male partner.

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There’s no fun like mandated fun.

What’s next, holding him at gunpoint and demanding that he enjoy miniature golf?

Chances are, his lying and your feeling “weird” that things aren’t all even-steven in the sexual snacking domain come out of the same place — the evolution of cooperation and the sense of fairness that fostered it. Fairness comes down to how benefits or resources get divided between people

— whether in a balanced or imbalanced way. We evolved to get all freaked out about imbalances — even when they’re in our favor — explain population biologist Sarah Brosnan and primatologist Frans de Waal. In fact, we are driven to equalize things “to our own detriment.” But, don’t get too misty-eyed about human moral nobility. They point out that it’s in our self-interest to take the long view — trying to avoid being perceived as unfair, which could kill the possibility of “continued cooperation” between ourselves and a partner.

Understanding the likely evolutionary psychology behind your feeling upset could help you Amy Alkon focus on why your partner is saying (a silent) “nope!” to the sex buffet. My guess? He loves you and wants you to have what you need. And he doesn’t want you to feel uncomfortable about going out and getting it — even if the only taboo things he’s doing in bed are allowing the dog on it and clipping his fingernails and letting them ricochet around the room.

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TAURUS (April 20May 20): If you own an untamable animal like a bull, the best way to manage it is to provide a fenced but spacious meadow where it can roam freely. So said famous Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki, using a metaphor to address how we might deal with the unruly beasts in our own psyches. This is excellent advice for you right now, Taurus. I’d hate to see you try to quash or punish your inner wild thing. You need its boisterous power! It will be a fine ally if you can both keep it happy and make it work for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If I were to provide a strict interpretation of the astrological omens, I’d advise you to PARTY HARDY AND ROWDY AND STRONG AND OFTEN! I’d suggest that you attend a raging bash or convivial festivity once every day.

And if that were logistically impossible, I’d advise you to stage your own daily celebrations, hopefully stocked with the most vivacious and stimulating people you can find. But I recognize that this counsel may be too extreme for you to honor. So I will simply invite you to PARTY HARDY AND ROWDY AND STRONG at least twice a week for the next four weeks. It’s the medicine you need.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are on the verge of achieving a sly victory over the part of you that is unduly meek and passive. I believe that in the coming weeks you will rise up like a resourceful hero and at least half-conquer a chronic fear. A rumbling streak of warrior luck will flow through you, enabling you to kill off any temptation you might have to take the easy way out. Congratulations in advance, my fellow Cancerian! I have rarely seen our tribe have so much power to triumph over our unconscious attraction to the victim role.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo journal entry, Thursday: Am too settled and stale and entrenched. Feeling urges to get cheeky and tousled. Friday: So what if I slept a little longer and arrived late? Who cares if the dishes are piling up in the sink? I hereby refuse law and order. Saturday: I’m fantasizing about doing dirty deeds. I’m thinking about breaking the taboos. Sunday: Found the strangest freshness in a place I didn’t expect to. Sometimes chaos is kind of cute and friendly. Monday: The nagging voice of the taskmaster in my head is gone. Ding-dong. Let freedom ring!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): William Boyd writes novels, which require him to do copious research about the real-world milieus he wants his fictional characters to inhabit. For example, to ensure the authenticity of his book Waiting for Sunrise, he found out what it was like to live in Vienna in 1913. He compares his process of searching for juicy facts to the feeding habits of a blue whale: engorging huge amounts of seawater to strain out the plankton that are good to eat. Ninety percent of the information he wades through is irrelevant, but the rest is tasty and nourishing. I suspect you’ll thrive on a similar approach in the coming weeks, Virgo. Be patient as you search for what’s useful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When I was 24, I lived in rural North Carolina and had a job washing dishes in a city four miles away. I was too poor to own a bicycle, let alone a car. To get to work I had to trudge down backroads where hostile dogs and drunk men in pick-up trucks roamed freely. Luckily, I discovered the art of psychic protection. At first I simply envisioned a golden force field surrounding me. Later I added visualizations of guardian animals to accompany me: two friendly lions and two sheltering wolves. Maybe it was just the placebo effect, but the experiment worked. My allies made me brave and kept me safe. You’re welcome to borrow them, Scorpio, or conjure up your own version of spirit protectors. You’re not in physical danger, but I suspect you need an extra layer of protection against other people’s bad moods, manipulative ploys, and unconscious agendas.

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You’re going to need its specific type of guidance more than ever in the coming months. And at this particular moment, it is beginning to overflow with wisdom that’s so rich and raw that it could unleash a series of spiritual orgasms.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The empty space at the end of this sentence has intentionally been left blank. The serene hiatus you just glided through comes to you courtesy of Healing Silence, an ancient form of do-it-yourself therapy. Healing Silence is based on the underappreciated truth that now and then it’s restorative to just SHUT UP and abstain from activity for a while. (As you know, the world is crammed with so much noise and frenzy that it can be hard to hear yourself think -- or even feel.) With Healing Silence, you bask in a sanctuary of sweet nothingness for as long as you need to.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I hope you won’t feel the need to say any of these things: 1. “I’m sorry I gave you everything I had without making sure you wanted it.” 2. “Will you please just stop asking me to be so real.” 3. “I long for the part of you that you’ll never give me.” Now here are things I hope you *will* say sometime soon: 1. “I thrived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.” (This declaration is lifted from novelist Joshua Graham.) 2. “I’m having fun, even though it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having.” (Borrowed from author C.S. Lewis.) 3. “I’m not searching for who I am. I’m searching for the person I aspire to be.” (Stolen from author Robert Brault.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you fantasizing more about what you don’t have and can’t do than what you do have and can do? If so, please raise the “do have” and “can do” up to at least 51 percent. (Eighty percent would be better.) Have you been harshly critiquing yourself more than you have been gently taking care of yourself? If so, get your self-care level up to at least 51 percent. (Eight-five percent is better.) Are you flirting with a backward type of courage that makes you nervous about what everyone thinks of you and expects from you? If so, I invite you to cultivate a different kind of courage at least 51 percent of the time: courage to do what’s right for you no matter what anyone thinks or expects. (Ninety percent is better.)

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P.S.: The reversals that you consciously co-create may not be perfect. But even if they are baffling, I bet they will also be amusing and magnificent.

Homework: What’s the part of you that you trust the least? Could you come to trust it more?

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Of course you want to get the best of everything. But that doesn’t mean you should disdain cheap thrills that are more interesting and gratifying than the expensive kind.

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emotions have on physical body and how to allow transformation to occur within the energy of the physical body. We will then move into an introduction to the Conscious Transformation Internal Energy Practice. March 26, 5:15-6:30pm. Spiritual Awareness Community at Old Stone Church, 157 NW Franklin Ave. 541-385-1332. Free.

Communicating for Life For anyone who

wants to learn and practice the basics, as well as for those who want to re-charge their compassionate/nonviolent communication consciousness. Mondays, 6-7:45pm. Center for Compassionate Living, 803 SW Industrial Way Suite 200.

541-350-6517. $65. Sliding scale.

Community Healing Flow A gentle flow

class by donation with all proceeds will benefit the Humane Society of Central Oregon. Fridays, 5-6:15pm. Bend Community Healing, 155 SW Century Dr. Suite 113. 541-322-9642.

Crystal Bowl Harmonic Sound Bath Experience the Harmonic Sound of 10+ crystal and Tibetan bowls, plus crystal pyramids. Energize your whole being with sound and good vibes as you align to your greater You. Bring a mat and pillow. March 26, 7-8:30pm. Sol Alchemy Temple, 2150 NE Studio Rd. 509-456-8315. Donation.

Diabetes Prevention Program Make

lifestyle changes which include healthy eating and physical activity. The group setting provides support with people who are trying to make the same changes. Tuesdays, 1-2pm. Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood Ave. 541-3227446. Free. Thursdays, 1-2pm. Mike Maier Building, 1130 NW Harriman. 541-322-7446. Free.

Spring 10K Training Group Prepare for

the Smith Rock Road 10K with coach Rory Rowan. Learn about proper training, injury prevention and more with other aspiring runners! March 25, 8-10am. FootZone, 842 NW Wall St. 541-3173568. $75.

Mama Nurture Circle An 8 week circle for moms to deeply connect to yourself and other moms. Explore topics that relate to being a woman, mother, wife, and friend. This is a community of open hearted women who are ready to be vulnerable, open and honest. Sundays, 7-9pm.

Through March 26. Rooted&Open, 21212 Limestone Ave. 541-306-8466. $90.

Practice Groups (Compassionate Communication/NVC) Through practicing

with others, learn to become more compassionate with ourselves and others. Some NVC experience necessary. Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm and Wednesdays, 4-5:30 and 6-7:30pm. Center for Compassionate Living, 803 SW Industrial Way Suite 200. 541-350-6517. Free.

Recovery Yoga Wherever you are on the road of recovery, this yoga class offers a safe and confidential place to explore how meditation, pranayama (breath work), journaling, and yoga can aid in your recovery and enhance your life.

This gathering is not limited to drug and alcohol dependence. Thursdays, 7-8pm. Namaspa Yoga Studio, 1135 NW Galveston Ave. 541-550-8550.

Tai Chi Grandmaster Franklin has 50+ years

Healing the Loss Paradigm In this 9 week series, we will explore how The Loss Paradigm is manifesting in our lives. If we are not experiencing perfect happiness what happens if we change our minds about how we think about Loss.

Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm. Gayle Zeigler, Pilot Butte Area. 925-366-3091. $10 per week.

Healing Vibrations Meditation Group

Learn tools to transform old, limiting beliefs into life-affirming patterns. Tune into your heart and tap into your highest good. Sundays, 6:15-7:15pm. Through May 28. Yogalab - Justyn Livingston, 550 SW Industrial Way, Suite 170.

541-731-3780. Sliding scale $8-20.

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us Saturday mornings for our group runs, all paces welcome! We meet at the store and run a combination of road and trail routes. Saturdays, 8-9:30am. Fleet Feet Sports, 1320 NW Galveston Ave. 541-389-1601.

Women’s Full Moon Lodge A sacred space

Grief Support Group 8 week program creates a safe and supportive environment to begin the journey toward healing. Mondays, 3-4:30pm.

Through March 27. Whispering Winds Retirement Community, 2920 NE Conners Ave. St. Charles Hospice 541-706-6700. Free.

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for women to circle and to experience, celebrate and harness the creative power we hold.

Wednesdays, 7-9pm. Sol Alchemy Temple, 2150 NE Studio Rd. 541-285-4972. $10.

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Laughter Yoga Proven to reduce stress and increase health, it’s a great team-building activity leaving your group energized and relaxed, allowing motivation and cooperation. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 8-9am. Hawthorn Healing Arts Center, 39 NW Louisiana Ave. 541330-004. Free.

The Vance Stance In this series of 2-hour classes in posture and flexibility, reduce pain in back, neck, shoulder, knees, hips, bunions.

Mondays-Thursdays, noon-2pm and Mondays-Wednesdays, 6-8pm. Through April 27.

EastSide Home Studio, 21173 Sunburst Ct. 541330-9070. $180, 12 classes.

and well. Tuesdays-Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:45-8:30am. Plantae, 2115 NE Hwy 20 Ste 107.

541-640-8295. Free.

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of experience, practice and knowledge. The focus of his teaching is on the individual. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 9:45-10:45am. Grandmaster Franklin, 1601NW Newport Ave. 623-203-4883. $50. For people of all ages. Tuesdays, 1-2pm. La Pine Parks & Recreation, 16406 First St. 541536-2223. $30.

Tuesday Performance Group Maximize

your time with focused, intense efforts. All ages and ability levels welcome. Sessions led by Max King, one of the most accomplished trail runners in the country. max@footzonebend.com. Tuesdays, 5:30pm. FootZone, 842 NW Wall St. Free.

April 9

Half Marathon • 10k • 5K —the 29th annual Salmon Run. Traverse beautiful dirt and paved trails along the Deschutes River in Bend; the race winds through some of the most scenic trails in town.

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WalkStrong 5k and 10k These programs

are suited for all abilities of walkers in all shapes of bodies. Tuesdays, 6-7pm and Saturdays, 8:30-9:30am. Through May 29. Synergy Health & Wellness, 361 NE Franklin Ave. Building C. 541323-3488. $125.

5 Week Intro Yoga Course You will

never feel lost in the crowd at Iyengar Yoga of Bend. Learn poses safely and with attention in alignment=maximum benefit. Thursdays, 5:306:45pm. Iyengar Yoga of Bend, 660 NE Third St. Suite 5. 541-318-1186. $55 or $15 drop-in

Racers 2-10 can participate in The Little Fry Run! Three distances for each fry to choose from.

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Anastacia Armstrong: Physical Mastery Learn the impact our thoughts and

about it, we’ll have more conversations with ourselves than we will ever have with anyone else.

If they aren’t kind, how will we find happiness, peace, and connection? In this four-week class, we’ll use the tools of Compassionate Communication to find our caring voice. Thursdays, 6-8pm.

Through March 23. Center for Compassionate Living, 803 SW Industrial Way Suite 200. 530-8673198. $65.

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how to turn each chakra into a ‘color ray’ and become the embodiment of each ray. Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm. Gayle Zeigler, Pilot Butte Area.

925-366-3091. $225 or can pay weekly.

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’ve written in the past about how my work within the music and cannabis industries has been most complementary, how cannabis has saved my sanity during numerous tours, and how offering up cannabis products to touring bands has saved theirs. But there was one time when a band saved me from cannabis, and a potential stretch of jail time.

I was out with a “baby band” comprised of millennials who had never taken on a tour of this degree: back-toback, three-week-plus tours.

We set out one morning from Arizona, with a good dozen hours ahead of us. Knowing that the only food we would find when we pulled into town would be a Sonic, we loaded up groceries from a health food store.

After several hours, we found ourselves at the notorious Texas “border check point” known as Sierra Blanca, 30 miles from Mexico, which has busted numerous notables such as Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg and Fiona Apple, who may have escaped punishment by singing the chorus from “Criminal.”

Our driver had not been sleeping well and was half awake when the guards motioned him to drive forward to the inspection station. They motioned several times, moving me to tell him, “Drive, man, drive forward.”

Which he took to mean “accelerate suddenly through the inspection station and nearly hit two border agents.”

Few things compare to the sound of a dozen heavily armed federal agents screaming at you to “Stop the car and get out! Now!” They surrounded us while a drug-sniffing dog was led into the van. It was 98 degrees in the shade.

The mirror shade-wearing agents asked who we were and where we were going multiple times, and soon the dog and his handler emerged with the bag of cookies. An agent took a sample and performed a litmus-type test, while I explained that the cookies had been a gift from a fan in California, and, ha ha, you know those people, with their wacky tabacky, amirite? While we

hadn't tried any, it was certainly possible they had pot in them, I guess.

An agent triumphantly held up the test, which determined the cookies contained cannabis. The penalties were explained as, “You are going to jail.” I stated the cookies had been gifted to me, the band had no knowledge, and I alone deserved any punishment.

The man running the show emerged, taking me aside and asking where we were headed.

“We’re opening for a band for a three-week tour.” I said.

“Which band?” he asked.

“The Old 97s,” I replied.

There was a long silence.

“Good band” he said, cracking a microscopic smile. “‘Wreck Your Life’ is one of my Top 10 albums,” I said. Another silence.

“Yeah, it’s pretty fine,” he drawled.

We looked at each other wordlessly for a good while.

“Ah tell you whut,” he said, slowly.

“Imma make you an offer. Our dawg may have done some, uh, damage to yawh van during the inspection. If y'all would like to file a complaint seeking damages, we can do that, in which case ah will charge you and yawh friends with possession of cannabis and we can arrest y'all right now. Or, yew can forgo the complaint, we will keep the cookies, and y'all can go on your way.”

“Believe I’ll take that second option, sir.”

We shook hands, and I returned to our van.

Every square inch of flat surface of the van was covered in food and packaging. The dog had gone on a frenzy, converting every food item into shredded matter that, when combined with dog spit in the blazing heat, adhered to everything like tar. We spent 45 minutes and three rolls of paper towels getting it somewhere bearable.

This week, I’m going to go see the Old 97s play in Portland. I'm going to legally partake pre-show, and I'm eating a cookie. Maybe two.

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1 2009 film set in 2154

1 Cultural interests

7 Backs of boats

2 They’re often exchanged for rituals

11 A.D.A. member’s degree

3 “Absolutely!”

14 “Everybody Loves Raymond” star

4 ___ Bo (workout system that turns 25 in 2017)

15 Grade

5 Spain’s has no official lyrics

16 Down Under hopper

6 Big game on January 1

17 “Mean ___” (recurring Jimmy Kimmel segment)

7 “The Kite Runner” protagonist

18 Frozen kids?

9 Clandestine meetings

20 ID for a taxpayer

10 If it’s blue, it doesn’t mean you’re pregnant

21 Aptly named card game

11 Priest of Stonehenge days

23 Witty criticism

12 Disco diva Summer

24 “Entourage” actress Mazar

13 How some people like their cereal

25 Like some weekend “sales events”

19 O3

27 Leader of a Russian Doors tribute band?

32 “Look!” to Dora the Explorer

22 Loud sound effect for rappers and morning radio shows

33 It’s a question of time

24 “It’s in my ___”

34 Plucks unwanted plants

26 “Where do I even begin ...”

38 Took those plums from the icebox (that you were probably saving for breakfast)

27 Computer since 1998

39 Lindsay of “Mean Girls”

29 8, for a two-by-four?

41 Bank acct. transaction

30 It’s supposed to be a sobering experience

42 Go down without power

31 Low

45 Actor Spall of “Life of Pi”

35 Hagman’s “I Dream of Jeannie” costar

46 One’s in a lifetime?

36 Beyond reinflation

47 Mineral-fortified red wine?

37 Full of life

50 Head shop patron, presumably

40 Most likely to squee over a Pi Day pie

53 Fargo’s st.

43 Bone-to-muscle connection

54 Cyrano’s protrusion

44 Cool with Green Day

55 Like Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve specials

46 Sound of a belly laugh

58 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author

48 Planetarium model

61 CEO painter?

49 Clumsily tall

63 Often-spiked drink

50 Long-billed marsh bird

65 Frozen food bag bit

51 Cartridge stuff

66 Met highlight

52 His first line was “Don’t bang on my can!”

67 Christian who plays the titular “Mr. Robot”

56 Milo’s canine pal

68 Blow it

57 Socialize in cyberspace

69 Atmospheric 1990s CD-ROM puzzle game

58 Prefix with parasite

70 “Chappelle’s Show” character who’s always scratching

59 Either “Barton Fink” director

8 The 100% truth (accept no imitations!)

28 Corleone patriarch in “The Godfather”

60 Grimm guy 62 Sweet potato lookalike 64 Long-jawed freshwater fish

“They say there are only two kinds of people on St. Patrick’s Day: the Irish, and the people that drive them home.” —Conan O’Brien

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