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Something interesting is brewing in the local beer scene involving plant-derived terpene extracts aimed at enhancing the flavor and aroma of beer. Plus we share a list of summer ales on tap at local breweries and information about a new food cart lot in Redmond hoping to become a beer mecca of sorts. In other, non-beer news, we profile an impressive climber; take a look at the history of a hospital that’s long gone and chat with band members from Yachtley Crew. —Nic Moye, Managing Editor

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OPINION

Will

“Criminalizing Homelessness”

Come with Funds that the Big Beautiful Bill Just Took Away?

or years, Oregon’s leaders have sought to address the crisis of homelessness with a compassionate approach. At least since the pandemic, funds — largely contributed by the federal government — have helped cities, including Bend and Redmond, vastly build out shelter capacity and expand wraparound services and treatment, all in an effort to ultimately move more people into permanent housing. But of course, this is an uphill battle, because at the root of much of the increase in homelessness is a lack of affordable housing. As a Pew Charitable Trust report put it in 2023, “homelessness rises when rents rise.” So if a wraparound service has no place to refer its clients who are seeking low-income housing, it becomes difficult to move the needle.

someone into mental health treatment. “…additional treatment capacity is critical to support Oregonians in need of mental health and substance use disorder treatment and has committed increased funding to support additional treatment capacity,” reads the language of HB 2005, which Gov. Tina Kotek signed into law last week. Passing a bill like that took several tries among various legislative sessions, and came with a long list of caveats that aim to protect people’s autonomy and avoid the mass forced institutionalization we saw in the middle of the last century. It was less of a blunt instrument and more of a carefully crafted compromise.

People in Central Oregon, where housing costs have skyrocketed in the past decade, know this intimately. State and local governments have made numerous efforts to foster the construction of affordable housing wherever possible, believing that having a safe, affordable place to live can lower health care costs, decrease likelihood of addiction and so much more.

But that butts up against a new executive order from the Trump administration, whose actions this week seem to fly in the face of best practice and research into addressing homelessness in the United States. The order, titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” aims to put people with mental illness into institutions as a way of addressing the homelessness crisis. Contending that most people experiencing homelessness are addicted to drugs, have a mental illness or both, the executive order states, “Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order.”

OK, sure. We don’t support the let’s “lock them up…” theory but if this is the new federal program… who’s paying to ensure success?

The order directs federal agencies to take money away from “housing first” programs, along with harm-reduction programs that aid those experiencing addiction, and instead, put money toward local governments that make criminals of people sleeping outside or using drugs. It’s not yet clear how states — the entities that manage institutions like the Oregon State Hospital ¬— might benefit from these orders.

Oregon is already grappling with these very real issues and aiming to do it in a humane way.

For example, during this year’s legislative session, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that makes it easier to force

If the President’s executive order is truly aimed at addressing this issue, then it might be a helpful tool to bring more funds into a system of behavioral health and addiction services that has consistently been in need of more support. Even with last year’s legislative effort that effectively re-criminalized drug use, mandated treatment for those arrested for drug crimes and funded more treatment beds, more money is needed for treatment. Another bill that expanded behavioral health programs, HB 2059, was also signed by the Governor this month, but that doesn’t mean everything is hunky-dory. As the National Alliance on Mental Illness points out, “This executive order comes at a time when significant cuts are being made to mental health services nationwide.”

Sure, it would be wonderful to see more funds coming into states like Oregon, and cities with high housing costs like Bend, to actually address the root causes of homelessness – lack of affordable housing among them. But right now, with other helpful programs, including harm reduction and housing first, on the chopping block, and Medicaid cuts looming from the passage of Congress’ “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and $1 billion in grants cut for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the promise of funds to “end crime and disorder” all just seem like a Trumpian way of robbing Peter and then not paying Paul.

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PRIORITIZE LONG-TERM RECOVERY

We continue to allocate funding toward temporary solutions that fail to address the root causes of homelessness. Rather than investing taxpayer dollars in managing individuals in low-barrier environments where long-term progress is often limited, we should redirect these resources toward high-barrier shelters that provide structured support and require participation in treatment programs.

These facilities should offer comprehensive services to help individuals address underlying mental health and substance use challenges. Those who are unwilling to engage in meaningful support or treatment should be required to seek alternatives outside Deschutes County.

Our focus must shift toward longterm recovery and community restoration, not the maintenance of unmanaged encampments that contribute to the deterioration of our public spaces and community.

—Nicole Perullo

ANOTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE?

After the fact it's easy to see the major unintended consequences in traffic problems created by the north 97 Parkway rerouting.

Almost certainly the proposed Hawthorne bike bridge will do the same by:

• 1. Closing the primary exit from the Parkway to downtown at Hawthorne, will reroute 3,000 cars daily. This will likely cause serious congestion at several intersections.

• 2. Franklin Avenue is designated as the primary east west bikeway.

Because there is no money for a bike bridge here, it will force bikers and cars to dangerously merge at the bottom of Franklin underpass. Insane!

• 3. An elevated 10-20 ft wide bike bridge ramp will go down Hawthorne, east of the parkway, making this key stretch of the BCD very undesirable for development.

• 4. Heading west bike traffic will conflict with cars and create congestion and safety concerns with the already crowded streets downtown. It has no logical connections to key bike routes.

• 5. The bridge ramp east will end one block west of 3rd Street, with no plans for a crossing. A crossing will be either very dangerous and interruptive for 3rd Street traffic or require an expensive bridge for which there is no money. Or it is a bridge to nowhere, as pointed out in an article in The Source 8 months ago!

Clearly these many unacknowledged negative impacts vastly outweigh any potential benefits of the bridge.

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Woman Arrested After Setting Two Small Fires

Bend Police arrested a 45-year-old Bend woman in connection with two brush fires near Sawyer Park. Shortly after 11pm on Saturday, July 26, multiple callers reported a fire on the west side of the Deschutes River. Bend Fire & Rescue quickly contained the fire, then requested law enforcement assistance for a second fire that had just started south of where they were working to extinguish the flames.

Officers searched the area and located the woman walking in the area of the fires. They say she had a lighter in her hand when she was contacted. Officers arrested her on suspicion of two counts of reckless burning and one count each of first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree theft. She also had a warrant for a parole violation.

—Sophie Haney

Expanded Recycling List

The new state Recycling Modernization Act began July 1. Deschutes County has updated the list of items that will be accepted in curbside recycling carts and drop-off centers to align with the new Uniform Statewide Collection List.

Newly accepted in curbside carts:

• Food & Beverage cartons (milk, broth, juice)

• Pizza Boxes (no food residue)

• Small scrap metal (under 10 pounds or 18 inches)

No longer accepted in curbside carts:

• Shredded paper (can be recycled at Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill, or any Deschutes County Transfer Station and placed in a shredded paper bin).

—Nic Moye

$29,850

—The cost to build a new hospital in 1922 in “Savage in Bend: Hospital Hill.”

Running Out of Fresh Air Local athletic events adapt to annual smoke season

By Sarah Isak-Goode

Central Oregon's summer recreation season now comes with an unwelcome, routine companion: thick, choking smoke. What was once an occasional annoyance has become a regular threat, forcing everyone from weekend hikers to competitive athletes to rethink their outdoor plans.

Smoke threatens vulnerable groups and athletes alike

Those with sensitive immune systems, like pregnant women, children and the elderly, face increased health risks when the Air Quality Index reaches 100 or higher. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, smoke creates health risks for many, including otherwise healthy athletes.

“Some have reported permanent damage from even one hard effort in high smoke,” says FootZone Operations Director and Central Oregon Running Klub Board Member Thomas Morgan. “The key appears to be how hard someone's activity is. Our recommendation is if someone is going to exercise when the smoke is borderline, they do so at a low intensity to avoid the deep breathing required at higher intensity.”

The problem is getting worse

Local organizations adapt their programs

With so much outdoor recreation at stake during Central Oregon's smoky summers, local organizations have had to get creative about keeping people safe while still offering activities.

The Bend Park and Recreation District manages over 80 miles of trails and dozens of parks and open spaces around the area. According to the District’s website, when air quality gets bad, it uses a tiered system that includes AQI, weather forecasts and a visibility scale to decide what outdoor activities can continue. When BPRD deems air quality to be moderately unhealthy, programs continue with lighter intensity and more breaks; when conditions worsen significantly, outdoor time is capped at one hour with frequent rest periods. When air quality becomes hazardous, most outdoor activities are canceled altogether.

Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort and Sun Country Tours also has a system in place based on weather conditions.

Resources During Active Wildfires Fire updates:

Inciweb: inciweb.wildfire.gov/ Watch Duty: app.watchduty.org/ Central Oregon Fires: centraloregonfire.org/

Evacuation Updates:

Deschutes Co. Sheriff: facebook.com/DeschutesCountySheriff/ Crook Co. Sheriff: facebook.com/CrookCountySheriff/ Jefferson Co. Sheriff: facebook.com/JeffersonCountyORSheriff/ Evacuation Maps via Genasys: protect.genasys.com

Highway Closures: ODOT: tripcheck.com/ Air Quality: Air Now: Airnow.gov DEQ: oraqi.deq.state.or.us/

Emergency Alerts Sign-Up: Deschutes Co.: deschutes.org/911/page/sign-deschutes-alerts Crook Co.: alertcrookcounty.org/ Jefferson Co.: member.everbridge.net/892807736724035/login

Central Oregon Running Klub will cancel an event if the AQI is 150 or higher for adults and 100 or higher for youth.

“I had a goal in mind, I'm gonna walk out of this

hospital.

That's the only goal.”

—Paralyzed climber Jack Ryan in this week’s Outside.

Like dusty ash after a fire, these health hazards are lingering. In its March 2024 “Wildfire Smoke Trends and the Air Quality Index” report, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality reports large wildfires have increased across the western United States over the past decade and are expected to continue increasing. From 2013 to 2023, DEQ found that Bend had 83 days with air quality at a “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” or worse. Bend was also rated one of the top three smokiest cities in the country from 2019 to 2023, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. This contrasts dramatically with earlier decades: from 1989 to 2012, Bend saw just seven days total of poor air quality.

“We encourage guests to check the Mountain Report for operations and event information as well as consult the local weather forecast prior to deciding whether or not to head to the mountain,” says Communications and Community Relations Manager Presley Quon.

Local event producers also adjust for smoky weather. FootZone and

Organizers are also simply scheduling around fire season. As Morgan of FootZone says, “Many races traditionally scheduled for August (plus or minus a couple of weeks) have moved their dates to earlier or later which creates an oversaturation of races in those months. The cancellation rate was just too high during the smoky months.”

As wildfires continue to intensify over time, adaptive measures such as these may become the permanent new normal, rather than temporary adjustments.

Joni Auden Land-OPB

Ty Rupert, Long-Serving Captain, Tapped for Deschutes Interim Sheriff

County Commission appoints Rupert to lead the agency through the 2026 election cycle

By Peter Madsen

The Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners appointed veteran Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office

Capt. Ty Rupert to the role of interim sheriff on July 29. All five candidates for the position, which will run 18 months through the 2026 Election Cycle, were present for Tuesday’s vote of the Board, including James McLaughlin, Paul Kansky, Deron McMaster and Aaron Wells.

Before the vote, each commissioner spoke. Commissioner Phil Chang said the immediate need for interim sheriff is a leader that rank-and-file DCSO employees believe in and trust — someone to cast away “the dark cloud” the agency has been under “not just the last seven months, but years.

“With an election in 10 months, it’s important that the interim sheriff can create the conditions inside the sheriff’s office for us to have a fair and healthy election next year. We have not had healthy elections for many cycles at this point,” Chang said. “It will be important that people inside the [DCSO] are not punished for throwing their hat in the ring and saying they want to run.”

The interim sheriff should also stamp out any favoritism toward their preferred sheriff candidates in the 2026 election, he said.

“We need a sheriff who is going to help us enter a new era where we can have a sheriff election we’re proud of, not one we’re ashamed of,” Chang told the gathered DCSO employees, media and members of the public. “I hope all the candidates can keep these three things in mind.”

Commissioner Anthony DeBone cast his vote for Rupert; Patti Adair seconded it. Chang, the third commissioner, abstained from voting, expressing a guarded optimism that Rupert can steer the direction, yet he ceded a preference for McLaughlin, who topped the Deschutes County Sheriff Employee Association’s recommendation by a ranked vote. Rupert was the association’s second pick.

“I’m not opposed to appointing Captain Rupert,” Chang said. “If we want a leader [DCSO staff] can believe in, I think the association has spoken to who that is.”

Reached by phone, McLaughlin, a DCSO lieutenant, said that while he’s personally disappointed, he has trust in Rupert’s leadership. McLaughlin, too, said he intends to run for sheriff. The county will begin receiving candidacy filings on Sept. 11.

“I love Ty. I love him,” McLaughlin said. “So that's always been the way, I think that there's a mutual respect for both of us. …I believe that the [DCSO] employees look and say, ‘We have a path that we're on… I feel like there is a sense of relief that we’re not turning 180 degrees away from the track we started on in January this year.’”

Rupert will take an Oath of Office at the Deschutes County Courthouse on July 31 — the last day of outgoing Sheriff Kent van der Kamp’s brief tenure before resigning. Rupert’s first official day as interim sheriff is Aug. 1. Rupert also told reporters that he intends to run for sheriff in the 2026 election next May.

In the July 7 letter of interest Rupert submitted to the BOCC, he wrote of his diverse work background lending unique qualifications for the role. His tenure as a U.S. Marine imbued him with a servant-leader mindset, he wrote, and his 15 years in the private sector at a Redmond manufacturing plant, where he eventually rose to vice president, honed his fiduciary sense. Rupert joined the DCSO as reserve duty in 2005, rising through the ranks to become Captain of the Detective and Special Services Divisions. Appropriate

staffing, Rupert wrote, is critical to reducing overtime costs and mitigating deputy fatigue. Another key component to departmental well-being, Rupert told the Source after the appointment, is creating a work culture that is free of intimidation and retaliation.

“I’m excited for our future. My goal will be to mentor our office and hopefully foster a different culture, one of integrity and trust in the command level of management,” Rupert told reporters. “…Our staff is the greatest asset we have. And they’re the most expensive asset we have. So, they deserve for us to take care of them. I want to have a culture where they’re excited …proud to come to work at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.”

Asked about the status of the June 26 internal investigation van der Kamp launched into Capt. William Bailey for critical comments he made about the outgoing sheriff while a guest on KNCP, a radio station in La Pine, Rupert said he cannot comment on an ongoing investigation.

Reached by phone, Paul Kansky, the deputy chief of the Bend Police Department who was also a candidate for interim sheriff, said he was confident Rupert is the right person for the job.

“Ty is a fine man,” Kansky said. “We’ve crossed paths in a professional manner for years. The Bend PD, and me, personally, support [DCSO] as a department as they move forward in a positive direction.”

Also reached by phone, Commissioner Chang said he’s confident Sheriff Rupert can affect the sea change — and earn the legacy — of having returned the vote for sheriff to the 162,000 voters in Deschutes County in elections to come.

“We [the BOCC] were very uncomfortable with the job of voting for the sheriff; that’s the job of the electorate,” Chang said. “I want them to make the decision next time.”

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Swift Water & K-9 Teams Lead Search at Dillon Falls Floater Missing Since July 19

By Nic Moye

Search and recovery efforts at Dillon Falls continued this week for a man swept over Dillon Falls on July 19. Two women died in the same incident. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says swift water experts worked in and around Class 5 rapids, tethered to safety systems while navigating hazardous conditions near the waterfalls. Professional divers conducted searches downstream, while highly trained K-9 units were used each day to help identify areas of interest. Crews also deployed sonar, side-scan equipment, and drones to aid in locating clues from both above and below the surface.

Six people were floating the Deschutes River on inner tubes tethered together. Three were able to jump off the tubes before they went over Dillon Falls which has a 15-foot drop into Class 5 rapids with rocks, logs and other debris. 40-year old Amanda Lloyd of Rockwall, Texas, and 33-year old Lindsay Bashan of Parkland, Florida, died.

K-9 teams were back in the field this week, actively searching both sides of the Deschutes River. They are trained to detect human scent in and around moving water, helping to guide where search efforts are focused. Drones continue being used to gather updated aerial perspectives and identify any changes in the landscape that could support the search effort. Swift water search crews used technical rope systems in the challenging terrain and dangerous currents which require extensive experience and coordination.

As of Tuesday, July 29, the Sheriff’s Office says search operations will continue using various resources within and outside the agency as appropriate. Deputies remain in daily contact with the victim’s family which has requested continued privacy while search operations continue.

Newly appointed Interim Sheriff Ty Rupert stands with Deschutes County Commissioners Anthony DeBone, left, Phil Chang and Patti Adair on July 29.

Peter Madsen

Deschutes Co. Sheriff's Office

REDMOND NEWS Brewing Up Expansions

Initiative Brewing, Sunriver Brewing Company and Wild Ride Brewing grow regionally

By Sarah Isak-Goode

Three Redmond-based brewpubs have expanded throughout Central Oregon in the last several years. Wild Ride Brewing expanded to Prineville in 2022, with Initiative Brewing and Sunriver Brewing Company expanding more recently. Brian Mitchell, co-founder of Wild Ride Brewing, agrees that production and taprooms have felt economic challenges, but says, “In general, both of our Taprooms are doing well, as we have amazing communities that support us in Redmond, Prineville, and, in general, Central Oregon.”

Kobold Brewing has also expanded in the region. Its original venue, The Vault, is located in downtown Redmond. Kobold’s second location, The Lair, is on Bond Street in downtown Bend and is currently under renovation. Read on to find out more about each of these expansions.

Initiative Brewing

Initiative Brewing opened its first location, The Hub, on Fifth Street in downtown Redmond. Since The Hub’s opening in 2019, Initiative has added two more breweries in Central Oregon. The company's latest venture, The Fortress in Madras, opened in November with an easy-to-find location just off SW Fourth Street. While the other locations serve food from the kitchen, Initiative does things a little differently at The Station. Located on Third Street in Prineville, patrons can enjoy Thursday evening campfire sessions with live music, a beer garden with 16 taps and rotating food trucks. The food trucks cycle throughout the week and include Renegades BBQ, Toni's Tacos and B's Teriyaki. Initiative's newest location, The Fortress, is a family-oriented brewpub with allergen-conscious pub fare. The Fortress has over 16 craft beers on tap, along with complete bar service. The family-friendly venue features multiple TVs and ample seating. Full menu items are available daily from 11am-8pm, with late-night options available until 11pm.

Nearby and not to be missed is The Spot, which also opened in Madras at the same time as The Fortress. Owner Andre Jackson's venue features local breweries, including Initiative, Cascade Lakes and Sunriver. Plans are in place for the John Brown Entertainment and Event Center, scheduled to open in summer 2026, which will accommodate up to 770 concertgoers or 231 for dining events.

Sunriver Brewing Company

Sunriver Brewing Company, founded in 2012, opened its sixth location in Redmond in July 2025. The new brewpub can be found in the Westmount building across from Ridgeview High School.

The indoor layout is open and inviting, with floorto-ceiling windows and plenty of seating. There's also a spacious outdoor beer garden patio with a fire pit, and guests have access to a shared rooftop area offering stunning views of the mountains.

Sunriver's Redmond location features 16 craft beers, hard seltzers and non-alcoholic selections on tap, along with full bar service and a variety of cocktail offerings. The food menu showcases house-made artisan pizzas like a creamy chicken alfredo and spicy Italian with hot honey. Bonta Gelato and Backporch Coffee Roasters are also located in the Westmount building.

Wild Ride Brewing

The original Wild Ride Brewing in Redmond opened in May 2014 as both a production brewery and taproom. It expanded to Prineville in May 2022.

Both the Redmond and Prineville locations are family-friendly with plentiful indoor and outdoor seating, as well as nearly two dozen different beers and seltzers on tap.

"We have quite the variety of beer styles available in our taprooms at all times… typically 20-25 different beers/seltzers on tap," said Brian Mitchell, co-founder of Wild Ride. He told the Source that their "Cole's Light Lager is very popular" for its low ABV and low price, adding it’s "only $4 per pint, which customers appreciate!"

Food trucks rotate regularly and include a variety of options like Mexican-Asian fusion Shred Town and Wild Catch, which features English style fish and chips.

YARN INTERPRETATIONS: AGATES & GEODES

FIBER ART MEETS GEOLOGICAL WONDERS

The Petersen Rock Garden proudly presents its first-ever fiber art show, showcasing J. Lauren Popma’s creations inspired by thunder eggs, agates and geodes. The works blend natural mineral beauty with rich textile expression. Sun., Aug. 3, 10am-4pm at Petersen Rock Garden. 7930 SW 77th St., Redmond. $10 Suggestion donation.

MONDAY 8/4

A TRIBUTE TO BRACERO WORKERS IN CENTRAL OREGON

FARM‑LABOR HERITAGE IN REDMOND

Join the Latino Community Association, the Deschutes County Historical Society and the Deschutes Public Library for Bracero Program Day, celebrating the legacy of the Bracero Program and its vital role in Central Oregon’s agricultural history. A mix of presentations and exhibits provides insight into regional labor contributions. Mon., Aug. 4, 4-6:30 pm at Redmond Public Library. 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond. Free.

Each of Initiative Brewing’s locations in Redmond, Prineville and Madras are centrally located and easy to find. Sunriver Brewing Company’s latest addition in Redmond includes a view of the mountains from a shared rooftop. Wild Ride offers nearly two dozen beers and seltzers on tap.

Photos by Nic Moye

Abstrax’s Extracts Are on the Nose

Cannabis industry’s flavorists spark new joint for brewers

By Brian Yaeger

I’d like to open by issuing Abstrax’s national sales manager, Barbara Stone, an apology. In discussing the brave new world of smell and taste wrought by Abstrax’s 100% plant-derived terpene extracts—a terpene being the aromatic compound found in all plant life and notoriously central to the world of cannabis—I provincially asked if dosing cannabis products or beverages with such hyper concentrated extracts is analogous to Lance Armstrong winning the Tour du France seven years in a row due to his use of performance enhancing drugs. Conventional thinking knows that Armstrong would’ve been a world-class cyclist sans steroids, but almost assuredly couldn’t have won the grueling bike race without taking PEDs (in part because the cyclists who placed second through ninth were also possibly juicing). Regardless, I’d been thinking about these extracts through the wrong lens. The products Abstrax creates and sells aren’t remotely illegal or even immoral. In fact, they’re U.S. Food and Drug Administration registered, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved, and even certified organic and kosher. They are, to echo the company’s slogan, “made by nature, perfected by science.”

What they do, in the simplest of terms, is make stuff smell and taste good. Moreover, these all-natural extracts make stuff smell and taste like the genuine article, even when not employing the real deal.

When Abstrax Tech launched in 2017, it was primarily aimed at the nascent legal cannabis industry. It’s headquartered in California where weed went legal in late 2016 (two years after Oregon). In 2023, it branched out with Abstrax Hops focused on revolutionizing the beer industry. It already boasts a wealth of hop and beer industry royalty who collectively wield over a century of expertise. The team is led by Jim Ringo, formerly the VP of sales and marketing for John I. Haas, part of the world’s largest hop supplier. That’s where Abstrax lured Stone from, too, after she’d worked at Oregon’s Ninkasi Brewing. There’s Tom Nielson, director of brewing and beverage innovation, who helmed Sierra Nevada Brewing’s R&D and raw materials. Craig Thomas, the national sales director, not only was a sensory research analyst for Firestone Walker Brewing, one of the world’s most decorated brewers of hop-forward beers, but is one of only 28 Master Cicerones in the world making him among the most vaunted of certified hop experts. Which brings us to Bendite Nathan Smith, the senior VP of sales.

Smith was born and raised in England, where he dreamt of being a professional rugby player, but now with more than 20 years in the flavor game under his

belt, he’s more than happy snowboarding, mountain biking, and spending family time in the mountains and on the lakes. I’m guessing he also finds it easier to explain the science of flavor and aroma than it is the rules of rugby, but luckily, he’s got a professional audience that is not just aware, but champing at the bit, to learn more about the hop extracts he’s offering. A handful of Bend breweries has become early adaptors from the oldest and largest, Deschutes Brewery, to the newest launched just a couple months ago, UPP Liquids.

Feeling Flavor

There have been “flavor houses” for centuries. Smith’s first job in the field was with Firmenich, the Swiss fragrance factory founded in the late 1800s. Just as perfumes may have the effect of getting you in the mood, Abstrax’s AI Mood line is designed to alter your mental state 21st century-style. They can make you feel energized, inspired, or peaceful.

Stone says, “To get to go into this field first you have to have a love for flavor.” Smith is obsessed with it. When most people discover something that they love the taste of, they simply crave more. Smith dives into what it

means for something to taste good. And why it does so.

Smith says his “pops” also worked at Firmenich for 32 years, “Working in flavors, part scientist, part sales leadership legend, pioneer of taste modulators. (And also) my hero and favorite drinking buddy.”

In his pursuit of discovering what makes something “literally tickle your taste buds,” Smith notes that whatever the reason, “Often we will find it is deeply

rooted in a strong tie to memory... Taste and smell are the closest thing we have to time travel. A mere smell can take us back to being five years old, waiting by the kitchen table to lick the spoon of grandma's cake mix, the house teeming with the smell of baked vanilla, hints of cinnamon, brown butter. The sounds of the wooden spoon on the metal bowl. (It’s) a portal back to the past that is uniquely yours, if only for a second. That’s the magic of taste and smell.”

In Stone’s words, Abstrax is, “First and foremost a technology company.” What I’ve come to accept in short order is that perceiving extracts like these as some sort of cheat code makes me look like an old man yelling at clouds. Doing such is to deny that over the 12,000 years of human civilization, every great, sociological leap forward has stemmed from academic advancements designed to enhance facets of life, liberty, or leisure (where we’ll put beer, although I might argue beer belongs to all three of those camps).

The armchair anthropologist in me notes that the history of beer completely dovetails with the history of human society beginning with transitioning from nomadic hunters to settled agrarians specifically for the purpose of harvesting grains required to make beer. Since then, every societal breakthrough has been applied to beer. It’s a straight line from inventing the wheel to beer delivery vehicles. From Louis Pasteur discovering microorganisms to brewers propagating yeast. From artificial refrigeration to beer fridges keeping our ales and lagers stable (and tasty). Everything we’ve achieved as a species has essentially been done in the name of optimization. And the extracts from Abstrax Hops is designed to optimize beer.

From GC to Juicy

There really is a job title called “flavorist” that is otherwise called a flavor chemist. Smith calls these folks “master tasters.” They’ve trained their senses— typically over the course of a decade or longer — “to detect taste and smell at the most granular chemical level possible.”

To achieve the desired results, labs like the stateof-the-art one at Abstrax use comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography. When you’re in the industry, you simply call it “GCxGC.”

Please don’t make me get technical. Think of GCxGC as a CT scan of aromatics, as a way to create a 3-D map of flavor.

“That is how you decode what is inside an orange. What is a lemon?” Smith muses. “GC flashed off all those volatiles and captures it. So you're trying to look

Nathan Smith and his "pops" enjoying some quality beer time.

Nathan Smith

at every nook and cranny and that's what we are then recreating or decoding to be nature identical.”

I’m going to put on my Cicerone cap. When I’m drinking beer, I do that geeky thing beyond identifying if an IPA is brewed with grapefruity Cascade or guava-like Mosaic hops. I take a deep sniff to allow the beer to convey its essence so my nose tips off my tongue. If my first thought is, “Ooh, smells like stone fruit, I try to go deeper! Apricot? If so, tangy California or sweeter Turkish apricots? Is it ripe or underripe, or more like dried pluots” Wine enthusiasts expound beyond a Syrah being peppery: is it whole white peppercorns or cracked black pepper? Scholarly stoners decipher if flower is simply skunky and gassy or is it actually sulfuric like shaved Walla Walla onions or fried black garlic?

The chemists at Abstrax take that level of geekery to a whole ‘nother level by breaking flavorants—a subclass of aroma chemistry—into alcohols, esters, phenols, mercaptans, heterocycles, and sulfuric thiols. This might sound cool, but it means virtually nothing to someone whose nose doesn’t have its own Ph.D.

Vern Johnson, pilot brewer for Deschutes Brewery, became interested in Abstrax hop extracts from the jump. Having worked at Deschutes since 2014 and now conjuring up test batches, he pointedly stated that it’s not his job to brew what he likes, but rather what the customers may want. When dialing in something so unknown, it helps to know exactly what you’re dealing with. “Not every Citra is created equal.” Citra happens to be the most popular hop varietal in craft beer, but, being an agricultural product, there are countless variants from farm to farm, even acre to acre, and year to year, etcetera. “What that means is that some lots are better than others.”

When Russian River Brewing, creators of the iconic Pliny the Elder Double IPA, formulated its STS pilsner, it selected a French hop varietal called Aramis. So to help ensure a reliable supply of this delicate hop with less demand, it called on Abstrax to create a highly specific extract to capture it, which Abstrax now offers as Aramis Quantum Brite, found in the Quantum series of hop-derived terpenes.

Ironically, while all of Abstrax’s cannabis terpenes are 100% plant derived, they are not extracted from the cannabis plant, although sniffing it you’d insist otherwise. Incidentally, botanically-speaking cannabis and hops are cousins, so some overlap in terpenes is not unexpected.

It’s this pious dedication to nailing specific sensory evaluation in its hop offerings that Johnon admires about Abstrax, specifically calling out Tom Nielson

and Craig Thomas’s involvement and backgrounds as reasons why these extracts are so reliable and only increasing in value as their technology improves.

As for terpene applications, Silver Moon Brewing brewer Jordan Hunt created Cross Joint IPA. It’s a beer I’ve had several iterations of since it debuted at the pub last year. It is already their new flagship, available in cans year-round.

“Abstrax helped us innovate beer and stand out from the crowd with something unique in this competitive beer space,” says Hunt. “We first used the Pineapple Express terpenes in an experimental batch...and have dialed in our usage of the terpenes and matching hops that blend well with them to make an incredible IPA.”

To sip Cross Joint is to undeniably get a sense that you’re drinking the dankest of beers. I call it, “like drinking bong beer, in a good way.”

Adds Hunt, “What I like most about it is the intense aromatics we can get from the terpenes while not overwhelming the beer or making it out of balance on the palate.”

Over at Deschutes, Johnson’s pilot brewery never stops testing and tinkering, even with established brands. “The cupboard is always open. Fresh Squeezed today is a lot different than it was when it was introduced (in 2013).” When Tropical Fresh IPA debuted two years ago, it was exclusively made with hops “but now has incorporated extra extracts from Euphorics,” the advanced hop product line from Haas. To achieve the pineapple and other tropical fruit notes, those botanicals are used. Whereas Deschutes’ double IPA line, Symphonic Chronic (chronic being slang for premium weed) reaches for Pineapple Express extract from Abstrax’s BrewGas series of canna terps.

Beer Purity: Past, Present, and Future

Smith and Stone sat down with me with a plethora of miniscule bottles that hold 5ml each of extracts. Keep in mind an ounce is just under 30ml. But a single drop offers a world of aromatics. A few drops of the clementine flavor in a can of soda water transports you to a Florida citrus grove. One whiff of the Blackberry Kush extract and you’d swear you’re at a Snoop Dogg concert. Likewise, dosing soda water with the Cascade hop extract conjures up memories of the first time I had Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, the beer that made Cascade hops world famous.

And here’s the kicker. When I’ve taken a swig of, say, White Claw Black Cherry, it offers a suggestion of black cherry, but isn’t evocative of cherries. (And I don’t say that to slag Smith, whose past work indeed impacted

that hard seltzer sans laws.) But with the advances made by Abstrax, the high-tech equipment coupled with the flavorists yields lifelike results backed by both human palates and digital displays.

“Taste is entirely subjective,” acknowledges Smith. “A flavorist or someone passionate about flavors wants to know what is specifically driving the tonality and, subsequently, the like-or-dislike.”

We’ve already heard about Smith’s nostalgia for his childhood memories of his grandmother’s baking. He’d also mentioned, “As a small boy, I would obsess over cooking and watched hours of cooking shows instead of the cartoons playing on the main telly downstairs.” Remember, he’s English. It’s like that lyric from the Twenty One Pilots song, “Stressed Out.”

Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young.

How come I'm never able to identify where it's coming from?

I'd make a candle out of it, if I ever found it.

Try to sell it, never sell out of it.

Abstrax is the company that could identify it and capture it for use in candles (or cannabis or beer). There have long been methods to mimic and attempt to replicate tastes and scents, especially ones evocative of, say, grandma’s baked goods. It’s a fact that a “natural vanilla” flavor was (and still is) extracted from beavers called castoreum, so called because it emanates from castor sacs, which—there’s no delicate way of saying this—is located in a beaver’s taint. To contrast and reiterate, every Abstrax product is derived organically from plants. So, unlike castoreum, they are vegan and much cheaper. You can see why beaver gland, as a food flavoring (if not as a perfume ingredient!), has fallen out of favor.

Abstrax hop extracts are increasingly used in beers from Bend to Anheuser-Busch and are increasingly tested and employed world-wide. The Dutch brewery Moersleutel calls its brewers beer engineers and its new West Coast-style IPA is engineered with Abstrax. The reason it’s notable is that the brewery is situated 150 miles from the German border where the Bavarian Beer Purity Law, known as the Reinheitsgebot of 1516, dictates that beer can only be made from malts, hops, and water (and later amended to include yeast, thanks again to Pasteur). Once such advanced hop products enter Germany, more than 500 years of brewing regulations will become revolutionized.

UPP Liquids co-owner, Tonya Cornett, the research and development brewer responsible for many of 10 Barrel Brewing’s awards before being unceremoniously let go by the brewery’s new cannabis-industry parent company, Tilray, says, “I am constantly experimenting with new hop varieties and new recipes. Occasionally hop saturation doesn't turn out as planned. I began using Abstrax after one such occasion when the beer I was working on needed a boost in aroma and flavor. It turned an OK IPA into a top seller.”

UPPlift West Coast IPA utilizes Simcoe Quantum. As a value-add, Cornett points out that “We have seen an extension of shelf life in these beers in addition to the aroma, mouthfeel and flavor boost.” Cornett mentions another value-add. “I have made many terpene beers. They are tricky because too much is undrinkable. A little bit goes a long way.”

Whether a brewer is looking for a way to add a pop of, say, pineapple essence and reaches for pineapple from the SkyFarm series, Simcoe hops (Quantum series) which throws pineapple notes or Pineapple Express (BrewGas series), Smith and the team from Abstrax have our local brewers covered.

“It’s a tool in our toolbox,” concludes Cornett. “It doesn't work miracles. You still need a great beer to build upon.”

Several companies have come up with concentrated flavor extracts that can propel your favorite beer to another level.

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WEDNESDAY 7/30

OLD DOMINION

HOW GOOD IS THAT: WORLD TOUR

Multi-Platinum country group Old Dominion brings its "How Good Is That" world tour to Bend, delivering witty lyrics, infectious melodies and award-winning anthems. Expect a high-energy performance from one of country’s hottest live acts. Wed., July 30, 6:30pm at Hayden Homes Amphitheater. 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend. $50-$160.

WEDNESDAY 7/30 - SUNDAY 8/3

DESCHUTES COUNTY FAIR & RODEO

CENTRAL OREGON’S LARGEST SUMMER CELEBRATION RETURNS

A five-day extravaganza filled with championship rodeo, carnival rides, live concerts, livestock exhibitions, shopping and fair food. With everything from a pie-eating contest to a live set by Diplo, the annual Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo draws crowds from across the region. Wed., July 30-Sun., Aug. 3 at Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond. Prices vary.

THURSDAY 7/31

MUNCH & MUSIC

WITH PORTLAND’S FUNKIEST MARCHING BAND

MarchFourth isn’t your typical marching band—they’re a wild, high-energy explosion of brassy funk, rock and vaudeville. With stilt walkers, dancers and circus flair, they bring a party wherever they go. Catch them headlining Bend’s favorite summer series. Thu., July 31, 5:30pm at Drake Park. 777 NW Riverside Blvd., Bend. Free.

FRIDAY 8/1

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS

WITH RIVER WHYLESS

Progressive innovators Greensky Bluegrass brings its gritty, jam-infused sound along with rising alt-folk act River Whyless for an energetic evening at the Century Center. Fri., Aug. 1, 5:30pm at Century Center at Volcanic Theatre Pub. 70 SW Century Dr., Bend. $50-$60.

FRIDAY 8/1

LAMBY BAND

FOLK/BLUEGRASS DUO

New Mexico-born duo Lamby wields banjo, fiddle, mandolin and guitars in tight folk-bluegrass harmony, drawing on a wide variety of influences. Fri., Aug. 1, 6-8pm at Velvet Lounge. 805 NW Wall St., Bend. Free.

SATURDAY 8/2

THE ROSA LEES & GUESTS

SOUTHERN OREGON BLUEGRASS

The award-nominated Rosa Lees deliver potent, harmony-rich bluegrass in the tradition of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. Catch the band’s soulful harmonies this week, joined by special guests. Sat., Aug. 2, 7pm at Silver Moon Brewing. 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. $15.

SUNDAY 8/3

THE GOLD SOULS

“SOMETHING IN THE AIR” AT SILVER MOON Bay Area powerhouse The Gold Souls fuse soul, blues and funk with powerful storytelling and a spectacular horn section. The band’s particular mix of influences converge to create a unique brand of boogie. Sun., Aug. 3, 6pm at Silver Moon Brewing. 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. Free.

TUESDAY 8/5

MY MORNING JACKET

ROCKING LIVE SHOWS SINCE 1998

Louisville quintet My Morning Jacket brings lush, atmospheric rock and indie-Americana sound to Bend as part of its 2025 tour. With over two decades of touring success, the band’s experimental and psychedelic brand of rock has amassed a large following. Tue., Aug. 5, 6:30pm at Hayden Homes Amphitheater. 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend. $50.

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Immaculate Vibes It’s a hot patio summer

By Jared Rasic

Look, if there’s one thing that Bendites love, it’s a patio in the summer with a happy doggo, a microbrew and some delectable cuisine. In fact, patios have become so synonymous with the Central Oregon experience that you’d be hard pressed to find a spot without one that doesn’t offer some combination of good beer, great food and a lovely view. There are so many to choose from that you first have to decide what vibe you’re after before picking the patio.

For example:

OG Patio- Pine Tavern: A Downtown Bend staple since its inception in 1936, Pine Tavern’s back patio looks out on the still and serene Mirror Pond. Watching the sun set on Mirror Pond while enjoying their Wild Alaskan Fish and Chips and sipping a Boss Rambler lager is one of my favorite local pastimes. There’s a reason why the Pine Tavern survives all.

This entire area of Downtown is filled with great patios from the expansive calm of Bend Brewing Company’s riverside view, to Sen’s luxurious overlook and the extremely dog-friendly backyard vibes of Looney Bean. It’s hard not to be happy when looking out on the splendiferousness of Mirror Pond.

Hidden Patio- La Mesita: Out in the Old Farm District on Knott Road sits an unassuming taqueria food truck near Farmer Brown’s farmers market. Serving fresh seafood, tender birria and one of the best

horchatas I’ve ever had, La Mesita is worth the trip just for the food, but there’s another piece of magic waiting for those who go. Sitting under the umbrellas in their small patio, in the middle of working farmland and looking out at an astonishing view of the Cascade Mountains, feels like a re-connection to the type of town Bend used to be before all the people and buildings. Such peaceful vibes.

Romantic Patio: Jackalope Grill - I feel like Jackalope Grill has been undergoing a renaissance lately under the guidance of owner Laura Bliss and new chef Josh Podwils. While the ambience is immaculate, the new menu is to die for with an herb-crusted bone marrow I can’t stop thinking about and a flawless Duck Confit. But on a romantic level… the open-air garden patio feels like a snapshot of perfection, creating a timeless and achingly lovely ambience. Sitting in that patio, one can’t help but think that maybe life is but a dream.

Food Truck Patio- Bevel Brewing & the Food Carts at 9th Street Village: A lot goes into choosing which food truck spot to frequent. There are so many locally that you could go to a different one every day of the week and still miss out on several. If you want to escape the crowded madness of The Podski or the bustle of On Tap, might I suggest the trucks at Bevel Brewing. First of all: Bevel’s beer is perfection, but their patio has plenty of shade, space for everyone and there

are lovingly cultivated flowers and plants everywhere. It reminds me of Old Bend in a way that I’m always looking for. Plus, with the amazing Reuben slider from Nosh, the unbelievable veggie egg rolls from IndoDaddy, the nostalgic collard greens from Little Red Kitchen and the Quesabirria from Tacos El Nava… there’s no downside here.

I asked the Bend Foodies community what some of their favorite patios were and received a wide breadth of answers: Lots of votes for Currents (one hell of a view of the Deschutes), the wide-ranging vista view at Monkless and GoodLife Brewery (for being spacious, plus kiddo and doggo friendly).

Here are a few more of my favorite answers:

“JDub! Their doggy menu is just genius.”Kina King

“I honestly don’t know of a better view of the sunset during the summer than Bend Brewing. The river with the sunsets we’ve been getting this summer have been like nothing I’ve seen before.”- Peyton White

“I’m a dive bar girl… Westside Tavern has the best people, car watching (patio’s perfect) and friendly people if you come before 9pm. (Established in 1934)- Michelle Tager McCarthy

Tell us your favorite patio and enjoy the summer!

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IThe Music We Need Right Now: Yächtley Crëw

The Yacht Rock band to top them

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By Julie Hanney

count myself as part of one of the fortunate generations that got to grow up listening to the music that is now known throughout the world as Yacht Rock. The term for this genre of music was coined by some comedians in 2005 and now Yacht Rock boasts multiple radio stations, as well as a plethora of cover bands that are completely dedicated to the iconic, breezy, fun and free sounds of the late 70s and early 80s. Yächtley Crëw is the cream of the crop of these cover bands, so much so that they were signed to Jimmy Buffet's Mailboat Records in 2022.

This seven-piece band from California has sailed the Seven Seas, or at least several of them, to bring their authentic covers (as well as some sweet originals) to audiences who truly can't seem to get enough. Nautical wear is encouraged, captain hats are for sale at their merch table, and these sailor-attired gentlemen are talented musicians who re-create the songs of the era with incredible skill. They cover songs by favorites like Hall and Oats, Christopher Cross, Boz Scaggs, the Bee Gees, Africa, Michael McDonald, Toto, and many more, and the good vibes on their live videos are palpable. I had a great time talking with Rob Jones (a.k.a. Sailor Hawkins) who is one of the founding members and drummer of Yächtley Crëw. They will take the stage at Volcanic Theatre Pub on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 8pm.

the Source: Have you been able to figure out what makes the music of the Yacht Rock genre so enjoyable?

Rob Jones: I think it's timeless music, but it's also a fresh sound for a lot of ears. I think people kind of miss the fun and the quality of the music. And it's feel-good music. A lot of the songs are about love and fun, you know, and I think that that's something we are kind of missing a lot today.

Rock] as a side project to other things that we had been doing. We had been playing music since we were in our young 20s, essentially kids. When we did put the band together, we thought we would do like, maybe three or four shows, and it would just be some kind of fun, tongue-in-cheek thing. No one thought we were going to have records, a tour bus and tour internationally. At first, we couldn't even get any of the venues to book us that we had played in previously with other projects. They thought it wouldn't work.

they were the only person wearing one, even though there are seven guys on stage in full nautical attire [laughing]. After a while we realized that people really wanted these, so we started selling them, and now, the hats are our biggest seller from our shows. We travel with a lot of fun merchandise, but our hats are the biggest seller. And people come all dressed up now. People wear life vests; somebody was dressed like a boat at a recent show in Arizona. She had a homemade boat kind of thing around her waist! It's a really fun time.

tS: I wonder if the music was different then because it was pre-internet and life was a little more laidback? And so maybe that feeling made its way into the music?

RJ: I think there was a lot more freedom in music too, like writing it and creating it. Today, everything is just so produced, you know. There was definitely an art form and a skill, especially with some of the songs. As a musician, a lot of these songs have almost jazz chord structures, too. It wasn't considered a genre in the day, it was just popular music. And now it's kind of nestled into its own genre, of being soft rock or Yacht Rock.

tS: I read that you came up with the idea to do a Yacht Rock cover band while you were sitting in a hot tub one day.

RJ: My music partner Chaz [Ruiz] who plays bass (A.K.A. Baba Buoy), and I were in a Jacuzzi at this house one night, having some cocktails and listening to this music, and we were thinking it would be kind of a fun thing to do. You know, maybe we could do it [Yacht

tS: That's wild!

RJ: The first show we finally booked was probably 300 people, and they couldn't fit another body in that little bar and grill that we were playing down in Orange County. And then the second show we did was in Ventura, and that was the same thing... I mean, there was a line around the block. I think people were interested and curious to see what in the heck this was going to be, because the posters of us in the venue showed seven guys dressed like Thurston Howell from Gillian's Island, and they said, “Yacht Rock.” People at the time [2016] were still even like, what's Yacht Rock? Nobody knew what that meant. And for a long time, we had to describe what it was.

tS: From your live videos, it looks like people show up wearing captain's hats and maybe even full sailing suits.

RJ: When we first started the group, we would write on the fliers to come and have fun and that nautical attire is encouraged. We used to give captain's hats way, just so people would have fun and not feel like

"The happiest I feel is when I see people having fun and people being happy. And when you hear people singing along to these songs. When we play 'The Pina Colada Song,' I mean... they freak out."

—Rob Jones

tS: What are a couple of songs that when you play them, you always feel happy?

RJ: The happiest I feel is when I see people having fun, and people being happy. And when you hear people singing along to these songs. When we play “The Pina Colada Song,” I mean... they freak out.

tS: I love that song!

RJ: And when we first started, our audience demographic seemed like it was people in their 40s to mid 60s and now we are starting to see younger generations come to our shows.

tS: Is there anything you'd like us to know about your upcoming show in Bend?

RJ: We are excited to come to Bend. We have three shows in Oregon coming up, and coming through this region for us is exciting because there are a lot of people that have seen the band online, and we do get a lot of requests to play in the Pacific Northwest. So, it's exciting to finally bring this to them.

Yächtley Crëw Sat., Aug. 9, 8pm Volcanic Theatre Pub 70 SW Century Drive, Bend yachtleycrew.com $40

Yächtley Crëw, bringing the smooth sounds of Yacht Rock to modern audiences

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30 Wednesday

The Astro Lounge Karaoke Get here early to put your name on the list! Drink specials every night. 9pm-2am. Free.

Bunk+Brew Open Mic Show off your talent at Bunk + Brew’s Open Mic Night! Sign-ups begin at 5:30 PM, the show kicks off at 6. All acts welcome—music, comedy, poetry, and more. Grab a drink, hit the stage, or cheer them on. Free to attend. Good vibes guaranteed. 6-8pm. Free.

The Cellar Live Music with Danger Gently Head down to The Cellar every Wednesday to enjoy live music from Danger Gently, a talented rotating cast of characters playing old-timey jams! 6-8pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Rob Gregerson Rob Gregerson is a one-man-band for the ages! He began his looping career in 1999 with just a guitar and a delay pedal, and has developed into a full orchestrated looping carnival. 7:309:30pm. Free.

Deschutes Brewery & Public House

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

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo The Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is Central Oregon’s biggest summer tradition—bringing five days of concerts, rodeo action, 4-H and FFA showcases, carnival fun, and community celebration to Redmond each year. Held at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, the Fair honors the region’s agricultural roots while delivering unforgettable entertainment for all ages. Learn more at www. deschutesfair.com. -Aug. 3. $12-$34.

Hayden Homes Amphitheater

Old Dominion: How Good Is That - World Tour Albums are coherent statements about life instead of just a collection of good songs, in much the same way bands are forged and groups are made. Old Dominion – the 6-time Academy of Country Music, 5-time Country Music Association Vocal Group, and as importantly a People’s Choice Country Music Artist of the Year nominee – understand both worlds. Old Dominion’s skyscraping anthems and electrifying live shows have put the Multi-Platinum-selling band prominently at the forefront of country music. Fusing clever lyrics and an infectious sound, their lyrical wit and hook-heavy songwriting has certainly proved to be a winning formula for Nashville’s hottest band. 6:30pm. $49.95-$159.95.

M&J Tavern Open Mic Night Downtown living room welcomes musicians to bring their acoustic set or turn it up to 11 with the whole band. Bring your own instruments. 6:30pm. Free.

Northside Bar & Grill Mellow Wednesday Acoustic Open Mic and Jam hosted by Derek Michael Marc Sign-up sheet is available at 6:30pm. 7-9pm. Free.

Pinky G’s Pizzeria MUSIC BINGO Join music Bingo (think Bingo and Name that Tune). Great food, cold drinks and good times. Free to play and prizes for each round winner. 6-8pm. Free. Ponch’s Place Bingo Wednesdays at Ponch’s Place Enjoy Bingo at Ponch’s Place on Wednesdays. 5:30-7pm. Free.

Portello Wine and Spirits MUSIC BINGO! Music Bingo is back after popular demand! This is not “call out numbers” bingo - this is hearing epic music playlists, and if the song is on your bingo card you cross it off! Fun music, sing-a-long,

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chance to win gift cards - all hosted by Rachel Fishman who always makes it fun! Every other Wednesday, 6:30-9pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Rushadicus the Infamous Cello Goblin Rushadicus (Rushad Eggleston) the infamous Cello Goblin from the land of Sneth brings his one-man, immersive, improvisational show to Silver Moon Brewing. Featuring experimental cello “metal”, mystical goblin stunts and nonstop “jicking”. . $13-$15.

31 Thursday

The Astro Lounge Karaoke Get here early to put your name on the list! Drink specials every night. 9pm-2am. Free.

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

Bar Rio Live Music at Bar Rio Grab your favorite bites and sips and relax into the music— ranging from jazz and blues to pop and flamenco. 6-8pm. Free.

Blacksmith Public House Karaoke with DJ Chris Join us on our indoor stage for Karaoke night! Every Thursday from 6:30-8pm. We have plenty of indoor and outdoor seating, great drink options, and lots of food trucks! Family and dog friendly. 6:30-8pm. Free.

Bridge 99 Brewery Trivia Thursday Think and Drink! Genuine UKB Trivia is truly unique and entertaining trivia for you! Independent, locally owned and operated. Please bring something to write with and some positive vibes, too :). 6:30pm. Free.

Bunk+Brew Karaoke Thursdays Sing your heart out at Bunk + Brew’s Karaoke Night! Whether you’re a pro or just love the spotlight, all voices are welcome. Food carts available all evening! Located in the Historic Lucas House Living Room for winter. 7-10pm. Free.

The Capitol Comedy at The Capitol Headlining comic Anthony Poponi is the founder of Focus on the 40 and Humore.us Productions and is a standup comedian, international professional speaker author and an expert in human happiness. 7:30-9pm.

The Cellar Live Irish Trad Music with The Ballybogs! Join us for a night of live music featuring Bend’s Irish Trad band, The Ballybogs! Every Thursday at The Cellar. Seats fill up, so get there early if you can! 6-8pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Pete Kartsounes Based in Bend, Pete pushes the boundaries of acoustic music by seamlessly blending ballads, blues, jazz, bluegrass, folk, and more into his captivating compositions. His songwriting reflects boundless creativity and versatility, earning him praise as a “must-see” and “truly one of a kind” artist. 7:30-9:30pm. Free.

Crave Bend COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHT Comedy Open Mic Night on the SW side of Bend! Adults only encouraged. Intimate, smaller venue, healthier food and beverages, and an interactive night of comedy every Thursday! Hosted By Hopper. 7-9pm. Free.

The Dez Lounge Open Mic Join Joyful Lane at open mic night! Enjoy NA cocktails, charcuterie and dessert while listening to local talent! 6-9pm. Free.

Dogwood At The Pine Shed Let’s Have a Kiki A weekly 2SLGBTQIA+ night hosted by Cliché, with a new featured resident DJ each month. Kicking off the series in May with DJ Lunallday. Let’s have a kiki! 7-10pm. Free.

Drake Park Munch & Music The Munch & Music free concert series in Drake Park, presented by The Source Weekly and Hayden Homes, celebrates its 34th season! Music starts at 5:30pm on the Boss Mortgage stage and ends around 9pm. Every Thursday, July 3-Aug. 7. 5-9pm. Free.

The Lot Sidney Joseph A multi-instrumentalist who’s greatest passion has been creating and performing music since he was just a wee lad. With a foggy Philly past. The smokey voiced singer just moved to Oregon, where he’s finding inspiration for new songs. 6-8pm. Free.

McKenzie General Store & Obsidian Grill FlaxVox at McKenzie General Store McKenzie General Store loves being able to provide free family friendly live music to our community of locals, adventures and travelers alike! With our outdoor beirgarden, restaurant and general store we’re sure to have all you need for an unforgettable evening! 6-9pm. Free.

River’s Place DuBb Central Bringing island reggae dub music from the band’s roots in Hawaii to the high desert of Central Oregon. 6-8pm. Free..

Silver Moon Brewing Ellis Bullard Experience a true-blue honky tonk night with Ellis Bullard. 7-11pm. $15.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Use’ta Do Roots-country & bluegrass straight outta Central Oregon, connecting audiences to music performances like they “Use’ta Do.” 6-8pm. Free. Volcanic Theatre Pub K+Lab with Ashez EDM night at the Volcanic! 8pm. $20-$30.

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Bend Cider Co. Kevin Conness Come on out and listen to the American roots, old country, folk & blues stylings of Kevin Conness. Enjoy his music in our chill backyard with your friends & family while sipping on delicious ciders, beer, wine, and n/a beverages. Light appetizers available, outside food welcome. Kid & dog-friendly. Free! 6-8pm. Free.

Big E’s Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke Night at Big E’s Bar & Grill A Fine Note Karaoke Too featuring DJ Jackie J, bringing the party! Come early, sing more (sing two songs in a row between 8-9pm.) 21+. 8pm. Free.

Brasada Ranch Use’ta Do Roots-country & bluegrass straight outta Central Oregon, connecting audiences to music performances like they “Use’ta Do.” 5-7pm. Free.

Bunk+Brew Splish Splash! Get wet and wild at Bend Burlesque’s summer spectacle: Splish Splash! It’s a water-themed burlesque blowout celebrating all things beachy, pool party and aquatic—from slip ‘n slides to sultry sea sirens. This show is making waves—literally. The Splash Zone will actually be a splash zone. 7-9pm.

The Capitol Proper with Giancarlo & Mr. Danimals Monthly DJ Residency with Giancarlo (Fantastic Voyage) & Mr. Danimals (House of Sutiki.) First Friday of every month, 9pm-2am. Free. Century Center Greensky Bluegrass w/ River Whyless Greensky Bluegrass w/ River Whyless. Rain or shine! 5:30pm. $60.

Cheba Hut Comedy Open Mic Bring your friends and let’s have some laughs together! 7:45-9pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Kel and Cal Kel and Cal are a fantastic husband and wife duo from Bend, that plays a little bit of everything including country, classics and pop. Karaoke will follow after their show. 8pm-Midnight.

The Commonwealth Pub Commonwealth DJ Dance Party with TRUNORTH Join TRUNORTH as he makes his way down from the 49th parallel, spinning the latest and greatest, raising the bar on this year’s playoff season. Join him Friday and Saturday nights at The Commonwealth Pub and cheer on the beats from soul, to funk, to today’s hits. 9pm-Midnight. Free.

Joseph is a multi-instrumentalist whose smokey bluesy voice will leave you wanting more. Join the fun at Portello Wine and Spirits on Sat., Aug. 2 starting at 7 p.m.

Sidney Joseph

Five days. Hundreds of moments. One unforgettable tradition.

For 105 years, the Bi-Mart Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo presented by Indian Head Casino has been where Central Oregon comes to play, connect, and celebrate. From legendary live music and championship rodeo to beloved animal acts and big-deal attractions, this is more than a county fair—it’s the week the whole region waits for.

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The big moments are everywhere. Plan your

Five Nights. Free Shows. Endless Energy.

TH JUL 30 - AUG 3

DESCHUTES COUNTY FAIR & RODEO

The Kendall Toyota of Bend FREE Summer Concert Series, brings chart-toppers, fan favorites, and can't miss performances to every single night of the Fair. ALL Shows FREE with Paid Fair Admission; limited VIP Tickets available.

Spotlight Attractions. Big Crowd Favorites.

Budweiser Clydesdales

Back in Oregon for the first time in 5 years and Central Oregon for the first time in 20. These iconic horses are a sight to behold.

JD Platt’s K9 Kings

High-flying, tail-wagging stunts from dogs who know how to entertain a crowd.

Sea Lion Splash

High dives, splash zones, and show-stealing sea lions. A fan favorite for good reason.

Cascade Lakes Design NPRA Rodeo presented by ABBAS Well & Pump

From broncs to bulls, this year’s rodeo brings adrenaline and tradition to the arena all five days.

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center

Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo The Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is Central Oregon’s biggest summer tradition—bringing five days of concerts, rodeo action, 4-H and FFA showcases, carnival fun, and community celebration to Redmond each year. Held at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, the Fair honors the region’s agricultural roots while delivering unforgettable entertainment for all ages. Learn more at www. deschutesfair.com. July 30-Aug. 3. $12-$34.

Desert Inn Sports Bar & Grill Chasin’ Bandits feat Christie Strode Chasin’ Bandits play Country, Rock & Southern Rock tunes. Christie Strode adds her vocal talents to many of your favorite songs. The Desert Inn has a great menu w Prime Rib Fridays. Catch this talented band first Friday monthly all season long. Great vibes off the Culver Hwy! First Friday of every month, 7-10pm. Free.

The Dez Lounge DJ Preet DJ Preet serves as your in-house resident DJ for First Fridays at the Dez. Dress festive and come prepared to enjoy vibrant beverages accompanied by spicy beats and luscious soundscapes. First Friday of every month, 6-9pm. Free.

Eurosports Sisters Food Cart Garden Cover Story Cover Story is a country rock band based in Bend. We play songs you forgot you love. @coverstory_bend 6-8pm. Free.

The Grove Summer Friday Concert Series

Join us on Fridays throughout the summer at the Grove Market Hall for some live music! 6-8pm. Free.

Hardtails Bar & Grill Stage 28 Karaoke

Come out for a night of Stage 28 Karaoke with your host Miss Min! What’s your go-to karaoke tune? Come to Hardtails for a fun Friday night and sing your heart out! 8pm-Midnight. Free. Ponch’s Place Music with Paul Eddy Enjoy Friday night music at Ponch’s Place with Paul Eddy. 6-8pm. Free.

Portello Wine and Spirits Live Music: Mason James Mason James is a local Bend musician with 15+ years of experience, known for his skillful acoustic and electric guitar playing. Blending folk, indie, and pop, he offers fresh takes on cover songs and captivating original music. Don’t miss his unique, soulful sound live at Portello! 7-9pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Witch Eyes Witch Eyes (a mixed media/edm show) is a collaboration between two longtime artistic staples of Central Oregon—producer Colten Williams and Film Maker Jesse Locke. 7pm. $15.

Silver Moon Brewing Joel Chadd & Guests I have given myself to these songs entirely, pouring my heart and soul into them time & time again. They are the raw and unhidden truths of my last two years and all that I have faced in that time. From finding a love that I never knew could exist. 7pm. $15.

Silver Moon Brewing So Much House: Fluffy Stuff & Luxo SoMuchHouse: Bend debut DJ set by Fluffy Stuff with support by Luxo. B2B set by Its Fine & MStarkDJ. Dance, community, house music. Join for this special night! First Friday of every month, 8pm-2am. $15.

Sisters Depot Haystack Jack Band Steve Vujnovich, Scott Crabtree, Rick Moore, and Sue Moore—a wonderful collaboration of musicians! They will play original songs along with a few covers that have inspired them along the way. 6-8pm. $10.

Unity Spiritual Community of Central Oregon Deathtrap Deschutes Theater Company proudly presents Deathtrap—Broadway’s longest-running comedy-thriller! Join us for an unforgettable night of suspense, deception and wickedly clever twists. 7:30-10pm.

Velvet Lounge Lamby Band Folk-Bluegrass dup from New Mexico, with banjo, fiddle, mandolin & guitars. 6-8pm. Free.

Wildwood Bar & Grill Ben Rice & PDX Hustle Trio Ben Rice might be described as quiet and unassuming – until he picks up a guitar. That stealthy quality has earned him the moniker “blues ninja,” evidenced in his vocal chops and song-craft as well as his guitar playing. 7-10pm. Free.

2 Saturday

Austin Mercantile Saturday Afternoon Live Music Austin Mercantile is now adding live music on Saturdays! Serving wine, beer, lite happy hour menu, gifts and home decor. Hope to see you soon! 4:30-6:30pm. Free.

Bridge 99 Brewery Family-Friendly Karaoke Night Looking for family fun? You’ll find it every Saturday night at Bridge 99 Brewery. Family-friendly karaoke is hosted by DJ Jackie J and A Fine Note Karaoke Too from 6-9 PM. Adults, kids and good dogs welcome. 6-9pm. Free.

The Capitol Rare Form w/ Soft Clip and Mafimi (Montly DJ Residency) Bend’s finest nightclub, djs, atmosphere and premium sound system. First Friday features Rare Form w/ Soft Clip and Mafimi. First Saturday of every month, 9pm-2am. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Thomas T and The Bluechips Thomas T and The Blue Chips deliver a mix of classic and contemporary Chicago and Texas blues, playing fun, funky tunes that always get the crowd moving. This seasoned four-piece blues band is sure to bring a good time wherever they perform. 8-10pm. Free.

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center

Hayden Homes Amphitheater Caamp

Acclaimed folk-rock band Caamp hits the road in 2025! The band recently released their brand new EP, “Somewhere,” their first collection of new music since 2022. The EP captures the band’s signature warmth and introspective storytelling while exploring themes of love, change, nostalgia, and letting go. 6:30pm. $78.25+.

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Jerry Garcia Birthday Celebration with Call Down Thunder Call Down Thunder returns to celebrate Jerry’s would-be 83rd Birthday. 7pm. Free.

Pangaea Guild Hall Celestial Celebration: Leo A celebration of those born under the star sign of Leo. Join us for a night of bespoke cocktails, fine food and more! 6-11pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing The Rosa Lees & Guests The Rosa Lees hail from the hills of sunny Southern Oregon and trace a distinct line between their music and the vision of female bluegrass pioneers such as Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard, Rose Maddox, and beyond. 7pm. $10/15.

Velvet One Mad Man Music One Mad Man: loops together multiple instruments to create moody, driven backdrops accompanied by smooth vocals. First Saturday of every month, 9pm-Midnight. Free.

Volcanic Theatre Pub SadGirl & The McCharmlys with The High Curbs Surf rock. 8pm. $22-$30.

Wetlands Taphouse Dad Bods 80’s Cover Band The Dad Bods Band brings high energy to every show, delivering ‘80s nostalgia, feel-good tunes, and dance-worthy vibes—with a few favorites from other decades! Featuring iconic hits by U2, Billy Idol, The Cure, The Killers, Van Halen, Duran Duran, Bryan Adams and The Cars (to name a few). 6-9pm. Free.

Wildwood Bar & Grill Cloverdayle & Brim Bar Pop-Up Since their inception, Cloverdayle has shared the stage as the supporting act for industry heavy hitters Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Wynonna Judd, Lady A, Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, Josh Turner and Kelsea Ballerini to name a few. 7-9pm. Free.

3 Sunday

Bar Rio Live Music at Bar Rio Grab your favorite bites and sips and relax into the music— ranging from jazz and blues to pop and flamenco. 6-8pm. Free.

Bleu Bite Catering Evil Sister Saloon 30-Year Reunion Miss the Evil Sister Saloon? Now’s your chance to bring it all back for one unforgettable reunion weekend—the noise, the faces, the energy (and, yes, the PBR.) Three days of music, fun and memories—just like the old days. 11am-4pm. $50.

The Commons Cafe & Taproom Trivia Night Sunday Funday Trivia with Sean. Gather your team, or roll solo and find a spot early in the cafe, knowledge tests begin at 6pm. Prizes for 1st and 2nd place. 6-8pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Richard Taelour - Sundays on the patio Richard is an amazing artist and musician; hang out, listen to music, look at art he makes. 3-6pm. Free.

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center

River’s Place Larkspur Stand An energized, grassy feel of new Americana, folk and country blues. 6-8pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing The Gold Souls

The driving grooves of funk, rich textures of soul and the compelling storytelling of the blues converge through The Gold Souls’ unique brand of boogie. 6pm. Free.

4 Monday

Bunk+Brew Backyard Open Mic Mondays

Bring the energy and hit the stage! Sing, rap, tell jokes or vibe out with the crowd. Killer eats from food carts and beer truck flowing all night. 6-10pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Monday Night Musicians Showcase: Hosted by FAFO Come showcase your sound, discover fresh talent and enjoy a night of incredible live music. Hosted by Funk Around & Find Out, we’re creating a space where musicians can stretch out, jam, tighten up or spark something new. Full backline provided. 6-9pm. Free.

Crux Fermentation Project Trivia Night @ Crux Trivia Night at Crux! First place team wins a $25 gift card! 6-8pm. Free.

Elixir Winery and Tasting Room Locals

Music Night and Open Mic Bend’s friendliest open-mic! All genres welcome. Oregon and international wine, beer and tapas menu available all evening. 6-9pm. Free.

JC’s Bar & Grill Karaoke Karaoke kicks off at 8pm with our awesome host Van! Come early to get a prime seat. Happy hour lasts all day and our pool tables are free Mondays. 8pm. Free.

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

On Tap Use’ta Do Roots-country & bluegrass straight outta Central Oregon, connecting audiences to music performances like they “Use’ta Do.” 6-8pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Beertown Comedy Open Mic Voted #1 Open Mic and Locals Night, Beertown Comedy’s Open Mic happens every Monday at Silver Moon Brewing. Free to watch and perform! Sign-ups at 6:30pm, show at 7pm. With 20 spots available, bring your best jokes and get noticed for paid gigs. Laughter guaranteed! 6:30-9pm. Free.

5 Tuesday

The Astro Lounge Karaoke Get here early to put your name on the list! Drink specials every night. 9pm-2am. Free.

Bunk+Brew Backyard Trivia Tuesdays! Big brains, cold beers, bragging rights! Battle it out under the stars with rotating trivia themes and epic prizes. Grab food from the food carts and drinks from the beer truck. Think you’ve got what it takes? 7-9pm. Free.

The Louisville, KY-bred five-piece band My Morning Jacket comes to Bend on Tue., Aug. 5 at 6:30pm at Hayden Homes Amphitheater.

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CALENDAR EVENTS

The Capitol The Capitol Karaoke Music Weekly Karaoke at its finest! Central Oregon’s premiere karaoke experience has just moved locations! Now at the Capitol! Drink specials! Air guitars! Come see for yourself. 8pm-1am. Free.

Crosscut Warming Hut No 5 Head Games Trivia Night Live multi-media trivia every other Tuesday at Crosscut Warming Hut No. 5, Bend. Free to play, win prizes, teams up to 6. Please arrive early for best seats. Every other Tuesday, 6-8pm. Free.

Elements Public House Trivia Tuesdays at Elements Public House UKB Trivia is experienced, independent, locally owned and operated! Team up to win house gift cards! 7pm. Free.

Hayden Homes Amphitheater My Morning Jacket is On Tour! The Louisville, KYbred five-piece band My Morning Jacket comes to Bend with American rock, indie and alternative tunes. 6:30pm. $49.50.

Northside Bar & Grill Karaoke with DJ Chris Ossig Karaoke with DJ Chris. 7-9pm. Free.

Pinky G’s Pizzeria TRIVIA NIGHT Test your knowledge in a casual/laid-back atmosphere. Pizza, beer and trivia. Free to play and prizes for 1st and 2nd place. 6-8pm. Free.

River’s Place Bingo! Have fun, win prizes and support a local nonprofit organization. 6-8pm. $1-$5.

MUSIC

Around the World in 30 Instruments with Four Shillings Short “Around the World in 30 Instruments” is a music education concert featuring hammered & mountain dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, recorders, tinwhistles, medieval and renaissance woodwinds, north Indian sitar, charango, bowed psaltery, banjo, Native American flutes, bodhran, guitar, ukulele, doumbek & darbuka, spoons, vocals and even a krumhorn. July 31, 1:30-3pm. Sisters Library, 110 North Cedar Street, Sisters. Contact: 5413121063. beccar@deschuteslibrary. org. Free.

Live Classical Indian Music — Explore the Yoga of Sound! Experience the soul-stirring sounds of Indian classical music through live tabla and sarod. Discover Nāda Yoga—the yoga of sound—and how melody and rhythm become a path to presence, connection, and stillness. Join us for a no-cost, intimate story based lecture-demo. All curious listeners welcome. No experience needed. July 31, 4-5:30pm. Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond. Contact: 5416397781. josh@cascadiahero.org. Free.

Sunriver Music Festival Opening Night: a French Soirée The 2025 Festival opens with the Fanfare from Dukas’ La Péri. Ravel’s Piano Concerto, performed by Stewart Goodyear, celebrates the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The second half opens with Faure’s Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande and closes with selections from Bizet’s Carmen. Aug. 2, 7:30-9:30pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541.593.9310. information@ sunrivermusic.org. $45.

DANCE

Adult Jazz Dance Community Class

Join nonprofit Bend Dance Project for intermediate level adult jazz drop-in dance classes. Friendly supportive atmosphere. Get your dance on! Fridays, 12:15-1:45pm. Acadamie De Ballet Classique, 1900 NE 3rd St #104, Bend. Contact: 408-857-6773. jcliff@gmail.com. $10 donation.

Argentine Tango Classes and Social Dancing Tango 101 lesson at 6:30pm, followed by a práctica from 7:15-9:30pm. All levels welcome. Check Facebook for latest info. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30pm. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 901-550-5671. aneezerk@gmail.com. $10.

Indian Dance Classes Indian Classical & Temple Dance: excellent & supportive for any style of dance or athlete. Activate, balance and optimize your entire being, from the inside out! Includes yoga, hand gestures, sensual bends, head & eye postures and feet positions. Details and registration at www.templetribalfusion.com/ dance-bend. Wednesdays, 9:15-10:30am. Private Studio, 123 Private Rd, Bend. Contact: www. templetribalfusion.com/contact. $20.

ARTS + CRAFTS

Ceramic Seconds on 2nd Sale A sale of pottery and ceramic creations that have some extra personality! Handmade here at Camp Clay in Bend, these pieces are beautiful, funky, and still functional. A great chance to get local handmade pottery at a discount! “Seconds” means that there are small imperfections or variations. Aug. 2, 10am-5pm. Camp Clay Bend, 147 NE Olney Ave, Bend. Contact: 808-269-9992. kara@campclay. studio. Free.

Encaustic Art at the Oxford Hotel

Encaustic artist Janice Rhodes is featured at the Oxford Hotel during July. Encaustic is a mixture of wax, resin and pigment, a painting medium that dates to the 1st Century A.D. July 2-31, 9am10pm. The Oxford Hotel, 10 Northwest Minnesota Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-382-8436. Free.

Sunriver Quilt Show Each summer on the first Saturday in August, over 100 brightly colored quilts go on display in The Village at Sunriver. Aug. 2, 9am-4pm. Sunriver, various locations, Sunriver. Contact: show@mountainmeadowquilters.org. Free.

PRESENTATIONS + EXHIBITS

“Of Faith and the Human Experience” by Taylor Manoles Makin’ It Local is honored to feature original paintings and fine art prints by Taylor Manoles, an oil painter who lives in Bend. Her artwork explores themes of faith and the human experience through contemporary landscapes. June 1-July 31, 10am-6pm. Makin’ It Local, 281 W Cascade Avenue, Sisters. Contact: 541-904-4722. Free.

Healing Waters: New Show by Contemporary Realist Painter David Kreitzer Kreitzer paints meditative and healing images of peace and beauty in the style of the old masters. 20% of proceeds will be donated to the St. Charles Foundation. Ongoing, 8am-7pm. St. Charles Medical Center, 2500 NE Neff Rd., Bend. Contact: 805-234-2048. jkreitze@icloud. com. Free.

A Tribute to Bracero Workers in Central Oregon Join the Latino Community Association, the Deschutes County Historical Society and the Deschutes Public Library to celebrate Bracero Program Day and learn how the Bracero Program contributed to the agricultural success of Redmond and Central Oregon. Aug. 4, 4-6:30pm. Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond. Contact: 541-312-1032. lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

THEATER

Coal is King Is a 1977 coal mine any place for a black woman? Will Kate’s groundbreaking make her a trailblazer? Theatre 33’s 2025 Regional New Play Festival presents 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights each week. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing regional work into the national Theatre. Sat, Aug. 2, 2-4pm and Fri, Aug. 8, 7-9pm. Pelton Theatre Willamette University, 900 State St., SALEM. Contact: (503) 370-6300. theatre-33@ willamette.edu. Suggested Donation $12. Deathtrap by Ira Levin Deschutes Theater Company proudly presents Deathtrap — Broadway’s longest-running comedy-thriller! Fri, Aug. 1, 7:30-10pm, Sat, Aug. 2, 7:30-10pm, Fri, Aug. 8, 7:30-10pm, Sat, Aug. 9, 7:30-10pm, Fri, Aug. 15, 7:30-10pm and Sat, Aug. 16, 7:30-10pm. Unity Spiritual Community of Central Oregon, 63645 Scenic Drive, Bend. Contact: 9719988798. ssophieschmidt@gmail.com. $25.

WORDS

Author Karen Spears Zacharias Hear from the author about her latest book, “The Devil’s Pulpit.” Part travel journal, part memoir, part story about a friendship, the collection seamlessly weaves together prose and poetry. Aug. 6, 6-7pm. Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond. Contact: 541-3121032. lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Free. Current Fiction Book Club We will discuss “Death of the Author” by Nnedi Okafor. Aug. 6, 6-7pm. Roundabout Books, 900 NW Mount Washington Dr., #110, Bend. Contact: 5413066564. julie@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

OUTDOOR EVENTS

E-bike Safety Class Join Commute Options at Bend Electric Bikes for an e-bike safety class. Learn all about e-bike laws and best practices. This will also function as an information session about the E-bike Rebate Program, happening now in Bend Oregon. Join us to learn all about e-bikes and enter the e-bike lottery! July 30, 4-6pm. Bend Electric Bikes, 869 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: info@commuteoptions.org. Free.

The Deltaz brings its Americana, blues-rock sound to Silver Moon Brewing on Tue., Aug. 5 starting at 7 p.m.

The Deltaz

VOLUNTEER

Volunteer at the Bend ReStore If you want to help make affordable homeownership a reality for individuals and families in Central Oregon, consider volunteering at the Bend ReStore! Ongoing, 9am-5pm. Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 224 NE Thurston Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-312-6709. Volunteer@brhabitat.org. Free. Volunteer, Feed the Masses! At Family Kitchen, the mission is to serve anyone who needs nutritious meals in a safe and caring environment. They have tons of volunteer needs - servers, cooks, shoppers, and more. Groups and teams wanted! Monthly or quarterly opportunities! Visit familykitchen.org/volunteer to fill out a volunteer interest form. Mondays-Sundays. Family Kitchen, 231 NW Idaho, Bend. Contact: tori@familykitchen.org. Free.

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

GROUPS + MEETUPS

Be and Belong Be and Belong is a meeting providing community support for those who are struggling with suicide, who know someone that is struggling and for those who have lost someone to suicide. This is an open meeting and dropins are welcome. Wed, July 9, 6-7:30pm and Wed, July 30, 6-7:30pm. Cottage 33, 33 NW Louisiana Ave., Bend. Contact: 5414199616. onewellbend@ gmail.com. Free.

The Beaver Den Book Club Beavers are remarkable animals that shape ecosystems through their dam-building and habitat creation, influencing other species and environmental processes. To better understand their impact, we host a monthly science reading event where we critically evaluate research papers on beavers. Join us to discuss and explore these fascinat ing studies together. First Wednesday of every month, 6-8pm. Bend CoWorking, 150 NE Haw thorne Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-699-1606. maureen@thinkwildco.org. Free. Bend Chess and Go Club Casual gathering for players of Chess and Go/Baduk/Weiqi.

FUNDRAISING

Community Pint Night w/ CAMP! us during the month of July to come together as a community and raise a pint to the Companion Animal Medical Project (CAMP.) Learn more about this awesome organization and hang out for some fun themed events. More info on the socials! Thursdays, 4-7pm. Through July 31. The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room, 30 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: taryn@thealeapothecary.com.

EVENTS + MARKETS

Coveted - All Luxury Watches at One Place

Sunriver Farmers Market Discover a wide variety of fresh, farm-to-table products from dedicated local vendors. From freshly butchered meats to seasonal produce, there’s something for everyone. Thursdays, 10am-2pm. Through Aug. 28. Sunriver Resort, 17600 Center Dr., Sunriver. Free.

BEER + DRINK

Crosscut Warming Hut: Locals’ Day! Tuesdays are Locals’ Day. Every Tuesday enjoy $1 off regular size draft beverages. Come by the Warming Hut and hang out by the fire. See you soon, Bend! Tuesdays. Crosscut Warming Hut No 5, 566 SW Mill View Way, Bend.

Sangria Sundays Like Sundays in Spain, just add paella. Every Sunday, 2pm-close at Bar Rio in Downtown Bend. Sundays. Bar Rio, 915 NW Wall St., Bend. Free.

Suttle Lodge’s Wine on the Deck: Buona Notte Wines Winemaker and founder of Buona Notte, Graham Markel, worked with many acclaimed Oregon wineries before setting off on his own to bring the joy he finds in making wine to the people drinking it. He loves the Gorge for

The driving grooves of funk, rich textures of soul and the compelling storytelling of the blues converge through The Gold Souls’ unique brand of boogie. See the group at Silver Moon Brewing on Sun., Aug. 3 at 6 p.m.

The Gold Souls

By Richard Sitts

GUNG HO Meaningful Homecoming Tyler Parsons returns to Bend for first time after losing bandmate in crash

Amusical son of Bend is returning for a homecoming gig at one of his favorite venues. Former Bend resident Tyler Parsons, now of Seattle, is playing Aug. 16 at Silver Moon Brewing. The Source reached out to Parsons with questions through email.

Background

current project. “Brian Wilson’s take on pop music has been very influential in my journey. I find it interesting to fuse happy sounds with darker topics. Another big inspiration is Paul Simon - his lyrics are so bizarre at times and poignant. I learned to not be afraid of oddity thanks to his writing.”

“I’ve been playing music for the greater part of 15 years, most of which was playing bass in Bend bands: Corner Gospel Explosion, Wilderness and The Roof Rabbits,” Parsons wrote. “The first band I gigged with was Corner Gospel Explosion, led by my brother, Brad. We played from 20142018 and it’s where I really cut my teeth as a musician.”

Sadly, the band took a huge hit when keyboardist Stephen Chase Mickel died after his car crashed on South Century Drive in June 2016. “My brother Brad, lead singer and drummer, and I kept the project alive as a loud, rambunctious two-piece until 2018. I did a lot of soul searching after we lost Chase. By 2018, it felt like it was time for a fresh start.”

According to Tyler, Chase’s brother, Hudson, is an active member of the Bend music community with jazz nights with Wolfe House Records and his own funk/hip-hop/rap fusion project, Mamasboy.

“Throughout my childhood, my family bounced between La Pine and Sunriver,” Tyler says. “I officially moved to Bend when I was 16. When I was 19, I moved to California for a year, then moved back home. In 2018, at age 24, I moved to Seattle. I’ve been in Seattle for almost seven years. I met my wife in 2019 and am happily married with three dogs. I love it here, so it’s likely going to be home as long as we can afford it.”

Current project — Media House

Parsons says that 1960’s surf rock has been a big part of his musical philosophy with Media House, his

Parsons started out playing bass but has since branched out to sing and play guitar. “I also dabble with electric drums and keys but consider myself a songwriter these days. As for Media House, “We’re surfy, we’re loud and we’re not shy about it. And, if you’re as A.D.D. as me, there’s plenty of melody being interwoven….we have three guitar players,” Parsons says.

“Creating a fun and welcoming environment at my shows is a major inspiration for me. My buddy Chase Mickel taught me in real time how to interact with people, leaving each person feeling seen and valued. He taught me so much through his actions and that’s something I try to carry on. Music creates an opportunity to engage with new people that share a mutual love for music — that in and of itself is inspirational.”

Parsons says he’s excited to return to Bend. “This return feels like a turning of a page and a moment to reflect on what got me to where I am today. I’m really excited to play Silver Moon again! I have so many great memories playing there.”

Sharing the bill is John Saint Just, a rock duo from Portland comprised of two other Bend music scene alums, John Has-Ellison and Keegan Leonburg. Also on hand are bend locals, the Wildland Blues Band.

Media House w/John Saint Just & Wildland Blues Band Sat., Aug. 16, 7pm

Tyler Parsons

CULTURE

Beyond the Trip

The

Quiet Rise of Psilocybin Integration in Bend

By Al Olson

Since Oregon became the first state to legalize supported adult psilocybin use in 2020 under Measure 109, most media attention has focused on the so-called "heroic dose"—the 30-40 milligram, four-six hour guided psychedelic trip that promises a mystical, mind-expanding journey.

But for the experts working in the field, the real story begins once the trip ends. "The psilocybin session is powerful," said Amanda Gow, executive director and co-founder of Bendable Therapy. "But it's only about 10 percent of the process. The heavy lifting comes afterward. It’s integration that leads to lasting change. The medicine is just the catalyst."

What is integration? It’s where the magic happens. "There’s a widespread illusion that the psychedelic experience is the healing. But in truth, integration is where healing actually takes root. Without it, we risk losing the very wisdom we came to find,” said Alexandrea Masloski, LCSW, a private practice therapist who provides telehealth services for patients throughout Oregon.

Research Reveals Integration’s Value

The latest research con firms Masloski’s point. A study from Cambridge University published last year by the U.S. National Institute of Health found “that the synergy between psilocybin and the therapeutic support provided drives therapeutic change” and that “psilocybin therapy brings the issue into a sharper contrast.”

holistic programs that include preparatory sessions, a legal psilocybin journey, and, most critically, weeks, or months, or sometimes years of guided integration work.

"Most of our clients don’t come to us looking for a quick fix," Gow says. "They've been in therapy previously. But they’ve hit a wall. The psilocybin experience lights the path forward — but navigating that path requires guidance, support and time."

From Insight to Action

According to the Oregon Health Authority, more than 1,500 people have experienced the “heroic journey” in the first quarter of this year. The data is unclear as to how many followed up with any kind of integration work, since people are not required to report this portion of the treatment. But for Masloski, those who ignore this step are missing the point.

“If we bypass the integration process and don’t engage with what arises, we risk reinforcing the very patterns we’re trying to heal,” says Masloski. It creates “a potential inner backlash, possibly an even greater sense of feeling alone, or inflated spiritual grandiosity, toxic positivity and avoidance masked as growth.”

Gow explains. "For about 32 days after the session, people are more open to change. But you have to use that time wisely. Your brain has been rewired and now is the time to explore. This is when integration comes in.”

Gow encourages people to start integration as soon as possible after the day of the big dose. "Because of the neuroplasticity, people can make changes that used to feel impossible," Gow says. "They come out of the session ready to talk. Ready to shift. Integration helps channel that energy.”

Many experts in the field say that psilocybin will show you what you need, not what you want.

talk about their experience. Our online groups give them a safe space to stay connected."

What Happens in an Integration Group?

Every group at every facility is different. Most include storytelling, emotional check-ins, and reflection. Between sessions, clients are encouraged to journal, draw, walk in nature, or practice breathwork.

"Your mind went through a major event," Gow says. "It got shaken up. Now's the time to make sense of it."

Earlier studies, from Johns Hopkins and the Imperial College of London reveal similar findings. Researchers paired high-dose psilocybin sessions with multiple post-trip therapy sessions. Participants who engaged in integration work were far more likely to report sustained reductions in depression and anxiety. As more research is conducted, the more this connection to psychedelics and integration becomes more evident.

Gow has seen more than 300 clients come through the Bendable Therapy program since it opened in 2023. About half of them are from out of state, drawn to Central Oregon's reputation for professional, research-based psychedelic care. They travel here seeking relief from depression, PTSD or anxiety — often after years of traditional therapy. In Bend, there is a growing number of

Working in small integration groups helps patients turn psychedelic insight into real-life change. Participants reflect on what surfaced in the heroic journey, share how it's showing up in their lives, and find encouragement to keep going. The structure can vary — some groups encourage journaling, making art, playing music practicing mindfulness, or focusing on somatic work — but the core principle remains: You don’t have to go through this alone. “We didn't get hurt alone, and we won't heal alone," Gow says.

Your Brain is Rewiring Itself

During the heroic journey, your brain has the ability to reorganize and form new neural connections. The medicine helps the brain depart from ordinary patterns and allows for deep inner exploration and transformation.

"A large dose of psilocybin gives the brain this incredible window of potential — enhanced neuroplasticity,"

“There are no bad trips—only unintegrated ones,” Masloski says. “The journeys that feel overwhelming, difficult, confusing or empty often hold the deepest medicine. No experience is wrong. They’re portals. But we must be willing to go through them.”

Bend a Key Node in a Global Psilocybin Network

Today, there are 369 licensed facilitators in Oregon, according to the OHA data dashboard. In just a few years, Oregon has built one of the most developed legal psychedelic infrastructures in the world, and Bend has emerged as a key node in that global network.

At Bendable Therapy, clients can attend up to four integration groups a month, in addition to private sessions. The open groups welcome 5-6 regulars, while closed sessions of six to eight people meet virtually or in-person over a defined period. For out-of-state clients returning to less accepting communities, virtual integration groups offer a lifeline.

"Nearly 50 percent of our clients come from outside Oregon," Gow notes. "They go home to places where they can't really

Masloski emphasizes that integration is a lifelong process. "It doesn’t follow a checklist or a timeline. It’s messy. It’s non-linear. It asks you to get honest with yourself, to feel your grief, and to live differently in response."

Lighting the Path

To describe psilocybin therapy, Gow often turns to metaphors. One of her favorites involves cross-country skiing on a dark day in the dead of winter. The path is there, but it’s difficult to see. But when the trail is lit by luminarias, it becomes visible, if a bit hazy.

"The path was always there, but you struggled to see it," she says. "The psilocybin lights the way. It acts as the luminarias. But you still have to ski it. That’s what integration is. And the facilitators are there to help guide you and help you get to where you need to go safely."

In Bend, that guidance is increasingly easy to find. As legal access expands, integration is emerging as not just an essential part of the process, but a cultural movement in its own right. It is where stories are shared. Where change takes root. And where healing becomes a practice, not a trip.

The medicine opens the door. Integration is how you walk through it.

Amanda Gow, executive director and co-founder of Bendable Therapy.

The inviting interior of Bendable Therapy HQ.

Photos courtesy Bendable Therapy

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The Dry Canyon Club Redmond’s newest food cart lot also offers hundreds of beverages

By Nic Moye

by Nic Moye

Anew tap house and food cart lot opened July 1 in the heart of a neighborhood off NW Hemlock Avenue in Redmond. The Dry Canyon Club has six food trucks, a coffee stand and just about any type of beverage a person could think up. The food cart lot is unique in that it’s literally surrounded by homes. Co-owner Masson Hart says it’s something the Homeowners Association wanted, but he’s conscientious about the noise and traffic impact on nearby homes. Hart and another owner are also investors in the Midtown Yacht Club in Bend. A third investor owns 3rd Street Beverage and East Side Liquor in Bend.

A big focus of the Dry Canyon Club is the vast variety of drink options. There are 24 rotating taps and what may be the largest craft beer cooler in the area.

“I enjoy good, cheap light beer and I enjoy those hard-to-find IPAs and smooth sours, all that fun stuff,” Hart told the Source. He stocks $4 cans of Coors Light and Freight Supply American Lager as well as hundreds of cans of specialty beer. The tap menu rotates. Since opening, Hart says they’ve blown through an average of five kegs a day. They post their evolving tap menu on Untappd. As of this writing, it included Humble Sea out of Santa Cruz, California, and Oregon breweries such as Cascade Lakes, Sunriver, pFriem, Van Henion and Terminal Gravity. Hart wants to have popular brews on hand, while also cultivating a reputation for unique, hard to find cans.

“They (distributers) brought in a bunch of fun beer from this brewery called Tired Hands out of Pennsylvania,” Hart says with a smile, “and there were a few bars in Portland who got shorted and they were… ‘Really? Some brand new bar in Redmond, Oregon out of all places?’ Which is fun, you know, we’re trying to be that craft beer bar, that experience for everybody while also offering the everyday finds.”

For non-beer drinkers, there’s wine on tap, in cans and even a chardonnay-orange-passion fruit-guava slushy and cabernet sauvignon-cranberry-raspberry-lime slushy. In the eight-door cooler, there’s a gluten-free section, a non-alcohol section which includes NA beer, CBD and THC infused beverages, cider and lots and lots of beer. Another cooler holds soda, juice and other beverages suited for children and people who aren’t interested in the other options.

“One thing I’ve been really proud of is offering so many diverse options,” Hart says. “There’s so many people in this town who either want to have one beer or just don’t drink but still want to be included.”

Being part of a neighborhood, the Dry Canyon Club also fills the niche of a sort of mini-mart offering six and 12-packs of beer and bottles of wine to grab and go. Hart also plans to add merchandise like candy, local beef jerky and other easy to grab snacks.

The Dry Canyon Club may be one of the only food cart lots with a coffee shop inside the tap house. Tite Knot Craft Coffee opens at 7am with a full espresso bar, tea and iced drinks. It also serves freshly made scones with rotating flavors, vegan banana chocolate chip muffins, plus other seasonal flavors, cookies and more. Hart says being part of a neighborhood often means people will stop in for coffee in the morning on their way to work, then return later for dinner.

The tap house opens at 10am with most food trucks opening by 11am. Dylan’s Mexican Food offers tacos, breakfast burritos served all day, flautas, chimichangas, tortas, enchiladas, loaded fries, nacho supreme and taco salad. Fusion City Grill specializes in Philly cheese steak sandwiches, gyros (including a falafel option), cheeseburgers, mozzarella sticks, onion rings and jalapeno poppers. Chasin Pizza has traditional flavors as well us unique pies such as chicken bacon ranch, the pickle pie and Cacio e Pepe. Lively Up Yourself specializes in vegan food including Mac N Cheese Bowls, sandwiches like Chik’n, jackfruit or blt, giant nachos and potato salad. Double T’s offers smoothies such as the ‘Elvis Presley’ (bananas, peanut butter and honey) and the Fruity Zooty (berries, pineapple juice and sorbet) and paninis including a Reuben, Italian and “Leftovers” which is smoked turkey with cranberry cream cheese. The Landing dishes out BBQ and burgers.

Most of the customers walk, bike or drive golf carts to the Dry Canyon Club. Most of the parking for vehicles is on the street. Hart hopes to partner with Redmond High School down the street for fundraisers to support athletics, music and theater programs. All of the recycled cans collected at the tap house go to support Central Oregon Autism Movement. By next month, Hart plans to add live music, karaoke, bingo and trivia nights.

Dry Canyon Club

Every day 10am-10pm

Tite Knot Craft Coffee Mon.-Tue. 7am-2pm, Wed.-Sun. 7am-6pm 1865 NW Hemlock Ave., Redmond facebook.com/p/Dry-Canyon-Club-61577097088633/

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The Dry Canyon Club is set in the heart of a neighborhood in NW Redmond. The beer cooler has hundreds of hard to find brews and dozens of NA options.

LITTLE BITES

By Nic Moye

Farmers Market Finds

Specialty items for sale at the

Bend Farmers Market

Farmers markets are no longer primarily produce stands. You can purchase individual items to make a feast by stopping by the Bend Farmers Market on Wednesdays. Dozens of booths spread the length of Brooks Alley, spilling into the plaza in front of The Commons Cafe and Taproom. Start with an appetizer of uniquely flavored hummus or cashew dip followed by a vibrant salad showcasing a rainbow of colors served with fresh bread. The entrée might be fresh steelhead or grass-fed beef or lamb with a dessert of cherry pie or delectable chocolate chip cookies. Finish with a nightcap of locally made spirits. Beyond the fresh food, there are other unique items aimed at health and healing.

Sakari Farms

Sakari Farms is a native women-owned farm in Tumalo specializing in growing native traditional foods. “I’m an indigenous seed keeper, so we use native seed from all round Indian country to produce these foods and we also specialize in value-added food products,” Spring Alaska Schreiner explains. “We preserve our foods whether it’s drying, smoking, roasting and freezing them. We make award-winning hot sauces, jams, spa products, seasonings and salts.”

Their most popular selling item at the farmers market is the Pinyon Pine Smoked finishing salt. “The conifer has a lot of vitamin C in it,” Schreiner says. She also sells Sazon seasoning, Blackened Salmon rub, BBQ rub, a variety of hot sauce flavors, tea, lip butter, salves, soaking salts and Hopi Blue Corn Masks.

Broadus Bees

Master Beekeeper Jimmy Wilkie spends time moving his hives around the state. “Jimmy moves his hives depending on the season to places like Madras and Alfalfa. In the winter, they go down to Northern California,” says Tess Charlott who was working the Broadus Bees booth at the farmers market. “He works with different farmers and different lands.”

“People love our whipped honey, the thick, spreadable honey to put on a piece of toast or frosting for a cake,”

Charlott says. Other products include bee pollen, several flavors of raw honey including vanilla, ginger and bourbon barrel-aged, honeycomb, hot sauce and candles.

Beruna living.foods

If you’re looking for something to add zest to vegetables, meat, avocado toast or even popcorn, Beruna living. foods has seed salts and sweets, each with a distinct flavor. Their most popular item is Black Truffle salt. “All of these products have superfood seeds in them. They’re all organic,” Suzanne Walker explains. Ingredients include sprouted sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, hemp, chia, flax and poppy seeds, mineral salts, nutritional yeast, maca and spices. Because it’s “alive” refrigeration is recommended. In addition to the salt, there are sweet seed spices including cinnamon, berry vanilla and coconut cacao.

If you stop by the booth, you can sample each one. Walker shares ideas on how to use them. “This one’s awesome on fish tacos. My new favorite thing is corn on the cob.” It started in San Diego, but all of the products sold at the farmers market are made in a commissary kitchen in Bend.

Happy Patty

The Happy Patty started as a hobby in Jenn Hunt-Petrak’s kitchen. “It’s a recipe that I’ve had for a really long time,” she told the Source. Friends would take them home in Ziploc bags. She decided to turn it into a business a little over a year ago. It’s made with cashews, cheese, brown rice, onion, pumpkin and sunflower seeds and herbs. She’s already working on new products including a vegan patty, sauces to pair with the patties or use on salads.

If you miss the weekly farmers market, many of the local products can be found in stores like Newport Market, Locavore and Market of Choice.

Nic Moye

LITTLE BITES

By Dallas Finn Calvert

Chia Roadside Stand Offers Sourdough Baked Goods

The Deschutes River Woods stand is an offshoot of Rooted Bakery

Good sourdough only requires three things, says Liz McCarthy. Flour, water, and salt. Oh, and attention.

“You have to take care of your starter. If you don’t, it will not make good bread,” says McCarthy, 55, a longtime resident of Deschutes River Woods, where she has her small home-based Rooted Bakery at 19126 Kiowa Road. She takes orders online through Tuesday afternoons, prepares the sourdough-based products on Wednesday, then bakes on Thursday — one of her days off from Safeway, where she’s worked as a meat wrapper for 30 years.

Rooted Bakery customers pick up their orders on Thursdays, which is also when McCarthy fills the Chia roadside stand at the end of her driveway. She opened it over Memorial Day this year and already has a strong following.

“Oh, my goodness, she makes the best brownies, she makes the best chocolate chip cookies. She gives them out as little goodies when you order and come pick it up. They’re to die for,” says Beth Marchel who first noticed the Chia stand on her regular runs through the Deschutes River Woods neighborhood. She recently completed the Bend Half-Marathon and the Dirty Half-Marathon and says her regular Rooted orders help fuel her. “I run for ice cream and sourdough bread and brownies and cookies.

“I first ordered the cheddar jalapeno, and then the next time, I ordered a loaf of the sourdough. It’s the best sourdough I’ve ever had,” Marchell adds. “I only have had store-bought sourdough products before. This is so much better.”

McCarthy and her husband of 25 years, Jason, stock and organize the stand, where they recently added a

miniature refrigerator to keep items fresh. She’s experimenting with different flavor combinations, such as the cherry-almond miniature cakes she recently introduced. She also stocks The Royal Bee honey from local beekeeper Emily Palmer. McCarthy, who has two grown children and five grandchildren, says she started her bakery because she was looking for something to occupy some of her free time.

“I don’t want to be that busy, but I’m not an idle person. I don’t idle well,” she says with a chuckle. “This gives me something to do and it makes people happy.”

She first decided to make her own sourdough starter a few years ago to use for her personal baking. Little did she know how it would evolve. She bakes all items on her menu using her “Chia” sourdough starter, which she named after the popular terracotta plant figurines that you simply water regularly and watch as chia seeds sprout.

“I love to cook and I love fresh food,” she says. “I decided to do my own starter. It took me, literally, a full year to even get good bread.”

With a friend as a regular taste tester, she finally produced a good starter, she says, and that friend encouraged her to sell bread made from it, hence Rooted Bakery’s origin two years ago. She then opened the roadside stand after realizing that many customers were missing her Tuesday order deadline but were still clamoring for her homemade baked goods.

Rooted Bakery and Chia Sourdough Stand 19126 Kiowa Road, Bend rooted-bakery.com/

Courtesy of Liz McCarthy

Baker Liz McCarthy shows her roadside stand in Deschutes River Woods.

SC Something Witchy This Way Comes Colten Tyler Williams and Jesse Locke create a sensory experience with Witch Eyes

For Bend locals, certain names have been a part of the arts and culture scene for so long that it’s hard to imagine the evolution of the scene without them. Jesse Locke has been directing, shooting and editing features, documentaries and music videos as long as there has been a burgeoning film community here and Colten Tyler Williams has been a multi-disciplinary musician for as long as I can remember. With the upcoming mixed media/EDM show, Witch Eyes, they’re teaming up for a live music experiment unlike anything I’ve seen or heard. I recently spoke with Locke and Williams about the show and what people can expect from this singular new vision. the Source: For the readers unfamiliar with your past work, can you tell us a little about who you are?

Jesse Locke: Ah, the age-old question. Who am I? Well, I'm a filmmaker who doesn't enjoy talking about himself, so that's very counterproductive. Here we go. I love learning and seeking out information in many different ways. That influenced how I made documentary films. It was always so mind-blowing to hear people's stories and draw human connections from that. I wanted those films to educate and inspire people. I also love wild shit. I love Tarantino. I love Grindhouse films. I spent many sleepless nights wondering if I could live in both worlds. I really don't have an answer for that yet. I go through phases as a creative person. Right now all I want to do is have fun, take a step back from being serious and find joy. I'm very privileged to be able to do that. Witch Eyes is fun and experimental. That is exciting. I'm always looking for new ways to connect with audiences.

Colten Tyler Williams: I started out playing guitar in bands when I was a

By Jared Rasic

teenager. I kept playing in bands for years, but somewhere along the way I became more interested in film music and electronic music, so I eventually moved to Vancouver B.C., to study music production for film/TV and video games. After that I just started scoring a lot of indie films. More recently, I’ve been writing music for companies like Netflix, Apple, Beats by Dre, the NBA and the UFC, to name a few. Some of my music was also used in one of the “Deadpool & Wolverine” trailers, which was really fun and exciting.

tS: So, explain the concept for your upcoming show, Witch Eyes, for us.

JL: Witch Eyes is Colten's musical baby. He has been making dark wave music under the name Witch Eyes for many years. I love Colten’s music. It’s rich with deep emotional tones and badassery. The current iteration of Witch Eyes as a live show, which combines Colten’s music and my visuals, is

the culmination of many years working together in a number of different capacities. A year or so ago, an idea hit me like a bolt of lightning: to make a movie about a coven of time-traveling witches in a desperate chase to save the world from evil capitalist pigs. I would call the movie "Witch Eyes." Colten and I would make the movie together, working on characters, sound design and music. I wanted to create a one-of-a-kind movie that blends music, sounds and visuals. Our first project with these witch characters was to make a music video, which then grew and grew into what you will see Friday night at Silver Moon. Colten sent me a bunch of music that he felt would fit the vibe of our live set. From there, it was basically creating a cohesive 13-song music video/movie.

CTW: With Witch Eyes, Jesse picked the tracks already suited for his vision and then we got together and talked about new tracks and bounced ideas

back and forth, writing new music from scratch. A lot of the tracks were written specifically for this show.”

tS: What do you want the future of this show to be? Touring with live film editing and music across the country?

CTW: I just hope people enjoy the show as an experience. At its core it’s a film with the score being performed live and the music at its core is an electronic music show. I think fans of electronic music and indie films will really love this. Jesse and I will continue to make new music and film. It’s what we love to do and as long as we’re having fun doing it, we will not stop!

JL: I want this live show to keep growing and changing. I want to keep adding elements and creating new songs with Colten. I want to tour Witch Eyes up and down the West Coast and see if people get excited. I love this project so much that it's almost bulletproof for me. By that, I mean I don't care if anyone else likes it. If Colten and I are having fun, then we're winning. I want the audience to be stimulated on multiple fronts: audio and visual. I want to blow minds. I want everyone to have a good time and jam out with some witches! This is a live musical performance with an actual story/movie playing along with the music. Everyone has visuals playing nowadays with their live set, but not everyone has a fully curated movie playing that has been edited and created to fit the music, and is being tricked out on stage with the musician.

Witch Eyes with Sombre Lux Fri., Aug. 1, 7pm Silver Moon Brewing 24 NW Greenwood Ave. silvermoonbrewing.com/events $15

Jesse Locke and Colten Tyler Williams, together again for Witch Eyes.

Courtesy of Jesse Locke

O OUTSIDE

Jack Ryan: From

Paralyzed to Peaks

Jack Ryan is the only person with a spinal cord injury

to summit Mount Whitney

By Josh Davis

“I had a goal in mind, I'm gonna walk out of this hospital. That's the only goal.”

Jack Ryan is defined by grit, determination and unwavering will. His life has unfolded through bold adventures, intense sports and even guiding surfers in Nicaragua. That all took shape before a life-threatening injury radically transformed everything. He faced those changes head-on, refused defeat and overcame odds that weren’t in his favor.

Ryan grew up in “America's Finest City,” also known as San Diego, but now lives in Bend.

“I thank my lucky stars, l grew up super privileged. I had a great upbringing…we were fortunate enough to do a lot of cool things growing up.”

Those cool things shaped who he became. From surfing and spearfishing to freediving, his childhood was rich with physical challenge and fearless exploration. As a seven-year-old, he and his brother backpacked Santa Catalina Island armed only with spearguns. Relying on their own ability to survive.

rises to 14,505 feet, and for Ryan it represented more than just another climb, it was the next test of his determination and endurance.

On Nov. 29, 2018, just one month before he was set to climb Mount Whitney, he suffered a catastrophic Jiu-Jitsu injury. His neck was crushed at the C4–C5 vertebrae, rendering him paralyzed from the neck down with incomplete quadriplegia. Around 12 hours later he suffered multiple hemorrhagic strokes. Surgeons performed emergency procedures that included removal of blood clots and fusion of damaged vertebrae with titanium support.

By 16, Ryan was traveling solo across California, fueled by curiosity, independence and supportive parents. At 17, he ventured abroad for the first time, heading to Mexico.

“I went down to the Sea of Cortez at 17 because I DM'd a bunch of old dudes on a spearfishing forum.”

This drive for adventure led him to the Enchanted Islands, a small cluster of volcanic islands off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, where he honed his skills spearfishing in the clear Pacific waters. By 2015, Ryan had saved enough money to move to Nicaragua and immerse himself in a Brazilian surf camp. There he worked as a surf guide while attending school full time. The camp didn’t just sharpen his surfing it introduced him to Jiu-Jitsu.

“They had a resident black belt who would run clinics at the camp.” He says, “You're around all these Brazilians that could literally kill you for fun. And I'm like a jacked white boy that has no idea how to defend himself.”

Ryan began training once or twice a week, slowly building skill and confidence. In 2017, he made the decision to commit fully to the discipline. Between Jiu-Jitsu, powerlifting, hiking and other pursuits, he found himself craving a new kind of challenge, summiting Mount San Gorgonio, the tallest peak in Southern California at 11,503 feet. He pushed himself to the top and reached the summit in under six hours, proving to himself that his drive could match any mountain.

Naturally, his next target became the tallest peak in the lower 48 states, Mount Whitney. The mountain

In this situation, most people would have given up. After all, what can anyone really do when faced with something so life changing? Ryan, however, is not your average person.

“I saw a lot of broken people in rehab, and I was broken, too,” he continues. “I never gave myself an opportunity to feel bad for myself.”

His early recovery was brutal. He was intubated and communicated through an alphabet board for nearly a week. Hallucinations, extreme temperature swings and loss of bodily autonomy pressed in on him. Finally, a flicker of hope came when Ryan had movement in his big toe.

If you can’t tell already, Ryan is a free-spirited individual. Always ready for adventure, willing to take risks, and constantly searching for the next thrill. Becoming paralyzed didn’t change that.

“I have all the PTSD and scars to show for it, but at no point was there an option. It just wasn’t an option to quit”

sports. He threw himself into learning how to rock climb and took up cycling, finding new ways to challenge himself.

With his heart still set on summiting Mount Whitney, Ryan was finally ready to set out on his biggest and most challenging adventure yet. On Aug. 7, 2021, Ryan stood at the foot of the mountain, preparing for the climb of a lifetime. Thankfully he wasn’t alone as he had a full team with him, supporting him every step of the way.

Summiting Mount Whitney is no small feat. At 14,505 feet, with a grueling 22-mile round trip and more than 6,000 feet of elevation gain. The thin air, steep switchbacks, and unpredictable weather tests even seasoned hikers. Every step was a battle against fatigue, pain, and the limits of his recovering body. For Ryan, the climb wasn’t just about reaching the summit; it was his defiance of every limit placed on him. It was proof that no obstacle, not even disability, could decide what was possible.

After five relentless days of blood and sweat, Ryan and his team stood at the summit, making him the only person in the world with a spinal cord injury to conquer Mount Whitney.

Ryan moved to Bend with his girlfriend in April of this year. He’s currently volunteering for Oregon Adaptive Sports, participating in community bike rides, rock climbing and competing in gravel races across Oregon. He’s currently averaging 50 to 100 miles a week on his bike, and his extreme sports journey is only just getting started.

After months of rehab, Ryan had finally relearned to control his limbs, move independently, and slowly regain mobility. He wasn’t finished with extreme

To close our interview, I asked Ryan what message he wanted to leave with those who would read his story.

“Don’t take your body for granted,” Ryan says. “I don’t think anyone should take their fitness and their ability for granted, because it can all be taken away from you.”

He pauses, then continues, “Movement is medicine. The outdoors are medicine. Make it a point to volunteer with people that may not be able to. If you have the opportunity, time and money to volunteer, go volunteer with disabled athletes. You may see it as inspirational, but, for somebody like me, I just want to be outside.”

Ryan has big plans for Paralyzed to Peaks, so keep an eye on what’s ahead. To learn more about his journey, visit his website paralyzedtopeaks.com.

Photos courtesy Jack Ryan

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By Maddie Franz

The Commonwealth Pub: Live Music, Events & Game Day Energy

Owner Dan Larsson is building a spirited gathering place

Since opening last November on Bend's west side, The Commonwealth Pub has made good on its promise to be more than just a watering hole. Built with music in mind, it offers top-notch sound, room to dance and live bands nearly every night of the week. The Commonwealth also boasts big-screen sports, trivia, "Table Tennis Sundays" and open-mic nights, carving out its place as the neighborhood’s unofficial living room. Amid the packed calendar, owner Dan Larsson maintains that his core mission is to provide a gathering space for old friends and new.

the Source: You have live music pretty much every night of the week, plus other events. How is it going?

Dan Larsson: It's exciting! All this live music has really become the focus, to be a place for local bands and musicians to be able to find a venue with great sound in a great environment.

The place was built to provide fantastic sound and musicians are recognizing that.

One part that has been more of a challenge, in part because we also provide a sound engineer as part of the deal when people play, is that everything costs money. We tried what we called the “voluntary cover charge,” but that hasn't really worked. So, what we’ve started to do is add a $3 entertainment fee to checks when there is music playing, which will help greatly and make the live shows more sustainable. It's limited to when there's music playing, and in the big scheme of things, hoping people understand that’s still pretty cheap for a fantastic listening experience.

tS: Since opening last fall, do you have any particular favorite moments?

DL: Our St. Patty's Day weekend was crazy. I think we went through 15 kegs of Guiness in two days. Apparently, we were the second biggest seller of Guinness in the state of Oregon. We had Irish bands playing—it was very fun.

tS: What's special about your neighborhood and the local crowd there?

DL: The location we are at is great. We have visibility being right on Century Drive and what's kind of cool with all the venues right here, we’re all working together and promoting each other. We really want this to be a place where you can come here for music and sports, then pop into Prost, Flamingo Room or GoodLife. Just last night, Collective Soul was playing at the amphitheater,

but we had a phenomenal local act on stage at the pub. Maxwell Friedman, he grew up here and now lives in New York. The place was packed. The place was absolutely packed.

tS: What do you have on the horizon? What are you looking forward to in your second year of business?

DL: We’d like to host more community events, maybe fundraisers, things like that... The sort of the motto is, “the Commonwealth for the common good.” I spent 30 years as an immigration lawyer, and I myself am an immigrant myself from Sweden, so it's really important to me that this is a safe, welcoming place for everybody. We do things that bring people together, like music and sports. We’re also going to provide more nonalcoholic beverages, mocktails and things like that. Sometimes people say, “I don't drink.” Well, you don't have to drink alcohol to be at the pub. This is a place for people to just really be out and socializing. We have more in common than our differences, and that's what I really want to keep working on.

tS: I've been watching the WNBA lately—can I come catch a game there?

DL: Oh yes! We have them on all the time. Right now, we are showing the women's Euro soccer tournament. We play all kinds of sports every day and look forward to more in the fall with NFL and college football, plus more soccer and basketball.

tS: In an imaginary world where you could book any act—dead or alive— who would it be?

DL: It would have to be Queen.

tS: Yes! I love Queen.

Dan Larsson

CRAFT Last Call for Summer Brews! Sip

the season: Hot weather beers to sip before the season is over

By Julie E. Furnas

Can event on the weekends, Silver Moon Brewing serves up some of Bend’s most popular brands like IPA 97. Some new releases include Maui Wowie and F*Cancer, a specialty charity release beer with a naming contest coming soon!

entral Oregon and Bend in particular still rank as one of the top five regions with the most breweries per capita. Tourists coming to Bend are looking for adventure, food, beer and our year-round Après Culture. After a float on the river, a bike ride or hike along one of Bend’s many scenic trails – there’s nothing better than enjoying a cold, crisp summer brew with family and friends. With lively patio atmospheres, lawn games and areas that are kid and dog friendly — Bend’s breweries make summer beer sipping an all-day affair right up until the sun goes down! And thanks to our ever-abundant supply of high-quality water from the Cascade Mountains and access to local hop farms bursting with seasonal varietals, summer is the perfect time for brewers to create unique and distinctive flavors. It’s an ideal time for locals and tourists alike to enjoy crisp IPAs, hazy ales, refreshing pilsners and other light, flavorful craft beers. Also, with the rising demand for non-alcoholic options, breweries have responded by creating some remarkably flavorful beers with zero alcohol.

GoodLife Brewing: This homegrown brewery practically invented the "food and drink pod" scene and Sweet As! Pacific Ale continues to win awards and sell out statewide. With a specialty in IPAs and hazy ales, check out new brews like Wave Park Hazy IPA and Beachlife P.O.G Pale Ale.

Whether you’re conquering the Bend Ale Trail, riding the Cycle Pub or floating down the Deschutes, Central Oregon has something refreshing waiting on the other side. From Sisters to Prineville to Redmond, Bend and La Pine, over 30 breweries, cideries and tasting rooms are serving up delicious summer brews, perfect after every kind of adventure!

Catch these local, seasonal summer brews while you can:

Deschutes Brewery: Named after the Deschutes River, this hometown brewery distributes beer in all 50 states and a few countries. Since it’s debut, Fresh Squeezed has always been a popular summer favorite. Some new seasonals include Anytime Lemonade Shandy; Afterburner Ale; Love in Color (sour ale) and Super Stoked Golden N/A Beer.

Worthy Brewing: Perfectly situated on the east side of Bend facing a spectacular view of the Cascade Mountain range, Worthy has always been about innovation and atmosphere. Their new seasonals include Abiqua Creek Kolsch and Trail Dog Summer Ale

Silver Moon Brewing: Always a popular spot to swing by after work or

Wild Ride Brewing has been daring, bold and serving up some of the most delicious beers in Central Oregon. With summer gatherings, try some of these summer seasonal beers like Cold Chillin' Vanilla Cream Ale; Whoopity Woop Hefeweizen; Electri-Fly IPA; 3 Sisters American Red Ale. Bevel Brewing released Disclandia Summer IPA; Courtesy Violation Prickly Pear Kettle Sour and Par Save Pale Ale. Crux Fermentation Project offers two fruity summer beers this year: Half a Brain Hazy IPA and NOMO Bright Sky Pils (N/A).

Spider City: If you like fruity, hoppy IPAs, Spider City is the place for you! Summer seasonals include Grazing Goat West Coast IPA, Spicy Goat IPA (serrano peppers and pineapple notes), El Dorado Haze IPA and Patriot IPA.

Cascade Lakes: Try these summer sips at their new location on Reed Market and 27th: Muy Chido Mexican Lager and Roundabout Red are flavorful, bold and perfect for summer gatherings. Kobold Brewing in Redmond is serving up Hyperborean Expedition Lager and Smearing Smite, a summer stout infused with chocolate, chili peppers and spices.

Three Creeks Brewing's summer lineup includes: Summit Run Summer IPA (available until it runs out in July/ August) and Stonefly Session (available from July to September)

Sunriver Brewing, a well-known collaborator with other brewers, offers several beers designed for summer sipping. Try 3-Way IPA West Coast, a collaboration with Fort George Brewery, or Boozed Awakenings, a delicious beer in partnership with McMenamins.

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By Brendan Emmett Quigley

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25. Eyeopener?

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29. Oceanographer's study

31. Bailiwick

32. Cuts

33. Country that forbade citizens from owning private land, briefly

34. Wild ___

35. Surly sulky mood?

37. Began to smoke

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41. Is deeply concerned about

44. Story of one's life

46. Gurus

48. Biblical prophet

50. Penthouse aparment's feature

52. Mythical creature

54. Astronaut's wear

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57. Often torn knee parts, briefly

58. Met solo

60. Safety org. that sponsors proms

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Puzzle for the week of July 28, 2025

Pearl’s Puzzle

Puzzle for the week of July 28, 2025

Difficulty

Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters

Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once. WET FLASHY

W E T F L A S H Y exactly once.

Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters W E T F L A S H Y exactly once.

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, ________. Think of it--always.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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- Mahatma

ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES

Answer for the week of July 21, 2025

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, invincible, but in the end, . Think of it always.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

Answer for the week of July 21, 2025

I N H S U T O G

“The heat of Vegas desiccates the unwary, its dryness sapping moisture from one’s mouth and eyes. Sweat evaporates too quickly to cool, its only evidence dusting of salt on one’s shirt. Las Vegas claims they are the sunniest, least humid state in the Union, which is boastworthy to those not turning to tourist jerky.”

- Thomm Quackenbush, “Holidays with Bigfoot”

— Thomm Quackenbush, “Holidays with Bigfoot”

“The heat of Vegas desiccates the unwary, its dryness

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ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In ancient China and ancient Greece, the lion was not the king of beasts, but the guardian of gates. The threshold keeper. The one who asked, “Are you ready?” Now is a good time to bring this aspect of Leonine symbolism to your attention. You may soon feel a surge of leadership radiance, but not necessarily the stage-commanding kind. It will be more like priest and priestess energy. Gatekeeper presence. People and situations in your orbit are on the verge of transformation, and you can be a midwife to their transitions—not by fixing or moralizing, but by witnessing. So I invite you to hold space. Ask potent questions. Be the steady presence ready to serve as a catalyst.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The love-fakers and promise-breakers and delusion-makers are no fun, but I think you will ultimately be grateful they helped you clarify your goals. The reverse healers and idea-stealers and greedy feelers are perilous to your peace of mind in the short run, but eventually they will motivate you to create more rigorous protections for your heart, health, and stability. In conclusion, Virgo, it's one of those odd times when people with less than pure intentions and high integrity can be valuable teachers.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is built into a Norwegian mountain near the Arctic. It’s humanity’s backup garden. It stores over a million seed varieties from all over the world, serving as a safeguard for biodiversity. In accordance with astrological omens, Libra, I invite you to imagine yourself as resembling a seed vault. What valuable capacities are you saving up for the future? Are there treasures you contain that will ensure your long-term stability and security? Which of your potentials need to get extra nurturing? Bonus: Now is a good time to consider whether you should activate any of these promises.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Dear Rob

Brezsny: I wonder what you are like in person. Sometimes I get a Gen X vibe, like you wear vintage t-shirts from obscure bands, are skeptical but not cynical, and remember life before the internet, but are tech savvy. Other times, you seem like a weird time-traveler visiting us from 2088. It's confusing! Are you trying to be a mystery? When's your next public appearance? I want to meet you. —Aquarian Explorer." Dear Aquarian: I'm glad I'm a riddle to you. As long as I avoid being enmeshed in people's expectations and projections, I maintain my freedom to be my authentic self, even as I continually reinvent my authentic self. By the way, I recommend you adopt my attitude in the coming weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In Norse mythology, the god Odin plucked out one of his eyes and hung himself upside down from the World Tree for nine days. Why would he do such a thing? The ancient stories tell us this act of self-sacrifice earned him the right to learn the secret of the runes, which held the key to magic, fate, and wisdom. You don’t need to make a sacrifice anywhere near that dramatic, Pisces. But I do suspect you are primed for a comparable process. What discomfort are you willing to endure for the sake of revelation? What illusions must you give up to see more clearly? I dare you to engage in an inner realignment that brings metamorphosis, but not martyrdom.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): For many bamboo species, nothing visible happens for years after the seeds are sowed. Beneath the surface, though, the plants are developing an extensive underground root system. This is referred to as the “sleep” or “creep” phase. Once the preparatory work is finished, the above-ground growth explodes, adding as much as three feet of stalk per day. Dear Aries, I sense you have been following a similar pattern. Soon you will launch a phase of vigorous evolution and expansion. It might feel unsettling at first, but I predict you will come to adore it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s a myth in Gnostic traditions that Sophia, the Goddess of Divine Wisdom, split herself apart and dispersed into the material world. She became embedded in every stone, plant, and drop of blood. And she’s still here, murmuring truth from within every part of the material world. In Sophia’s spirit, Scorpio, here is your message: Wisdom isn’t elsewhere. It’s embedded in your body; in your grief; in the wood grain of your table and the ache behind your eyes. More than ever, you have a mandate to celebrate this gift. So for now, refrain from thinking that spirituality is about transcendence and ascendance. Instead, greet the sacred in the dust and mud. Listen for Sophia in the ordinary. She speaks in sighs and sparks, not sermons.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When I do tours to promote the books I write, the range of encounters can be wide. On one trip, over 300 people came to see me at a bookstore in New York City. They listened raptly, posed interesting questions, and bought 71 books. In Atlanta three days later, I was greeted by nine semi-interested people at a small store in a strip mall. They purchased three books. But I gave equal amounts of energy at both gigs. The crowd in Atlanta got my best, as did the audience in New York. I invite you to regard me as a role model, Sagittarius. Proceed as if every experience deserves your brightest offerings. Express yourself with panache no matter what the surroundings are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In ancient Egyptian cosmology, ka is the vital essence and the double of a person that lives on after death. But it also walks beside you while you live. It drinks, eats, and dreams. It is both you and more than you. Dear Capricorn, I invite you to tune in to your ka in the coming days, and any other spiritual presences that serve you and nourish you. Be alert for visitations from past selves, forgotten longings, and future visions that feel eerily familiar.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are very close to uncovering interesting information about yourself—some new, some forgotten. But you will have to be brave and strategic to actually find it. If you manage to pull off this demanding-but-not-impossible trick, a series of breakthroughs may stream your way. Like what? Here are the possibilities. 1. A distorted self-image will fade. 2. An adversary’s hex will dissolve. 3. An inhibition will subside, freeing you to unite with a fun asset. 4. You will knock down a barrier that has been so insidious you didn’t know how strong it was.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In medieval music, “organum” refers to passages that feature two voices. One is sung in long, sustained notes, and the other performs intricate, faster-moving melodic lines above it. This is an apt metaphor for the roles I invite you to take on in the coming weeks, Gemini: both the drone and the melody. One way to do it is to hold steady in one realm as you improvise in another. Another is to offer your allies doses of stability and inspirational dreams. Welcome the duality! You are capable of both deep-rooted rhythm and visionary risk; both fortifying truth and playful fun.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Ernest Hemingway had a reputation for bravado, but he was adept at wielding the protective, self-nourishing skills your sign is renowned for. He was sensitive about his works-in-progress, refusing to discuss unfinished stories. He understood that raw creative energy needed to be sheltered from kibitzing until it could stand on its own. "The first draft of anything is shit," he said, but he also knew that defending the right to write that mediocre first draft was essential for him to thrive. Hemingway's ability to channel his emotional vulnerability into moving prose came from establishing firm boundaries around his generative process. I recommend you do all that good stuff in the coming weeks, dear Cancerian.

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SAVAGE IN BEND

EXPOSING THE QUIRKS THAT MAKE CENTRAL OREGON UNIQUE

By Josh Savage

Hospital Hill

“Recently, a local told me she was born on Hospital Hill. I had no idea what she meant. Do you know the story?”

Absolutely! When I moved to Bend, I heard the same thing. People born on a hill? Bend was a smaller town not so long ago, sure, but the citizens weren’t that backwards, were they?

Perched on a rocky knoll downtown, the place once known as Hospital Hill seems to hold a special place for many longtime locals. This “hill” was the location of the original hospital. As most of us know, long before Bend was a bustling tourist town it was a busy frontier lumber settlement. In fact, explosive population growth has often been an issue in Bend’s history. The town grew from just over 500 people in 1910 to more than 5,000 by 1920. Lumber mills, new businesses, and new families brought the need for more services, especially reliable medical care. And so begins the story of Hospital Hill.

In late 1917, five nuns from St. Joseph of Tipton, Indiana, arrived in Bend with a mission to establish a hospital. The women who came were Sisters Theresa Thistlewaite, De Sales Burns, Evangelista McKenzie, Blanche Ress and Brendan Donegan. At first, they operated an emergency facility out of a small wooden rented house near Mirror Pond on Broadway Avenue, but they knew from the beginning this small setup would have trouble keeping up with the injuries from the mills, let alone the rest of the population. Realizing this, the Sisters, with the help of Father Luke Sheehan of St. Francis Catholic Church (yes, the same location that would become McMenamins), looked for a larger and more permanent location.

In 1919, Father Sheehan purchased five acres on a rocky hill above Franklin Avenue for $1,100 and gifted it to the Sisters. This site quickly became known as Hospital Hill. By September 1921, construction began on a new brick building. It was named St. Charles, honoring both Bishop Charles O’Reilly of Baker City who had helped to bring the Sisters to Oregon, and Saint Charles Borromeo, an Italian Catholic Archbishop from Italy in the 1500s. The new hospital opened in 1922 and was built for about $29,850, a lot of money back then.

The original St. Charles was also small, but it immediately changed the fabric of Bend. It offered more hospital beds, a surgical suite, and definitely

more space than the Sisters’ previous makeshift location. Still, it wasn’t long before the demand for health care outstripped capacity once again. In 1934, an expansion added more beds, bassinets for newborns, an X-ray department, and a chapel for patients and staff. The Sisters worked hard to ensure that St. Charles became the region’s trusted health care center.

When World War II arrived, the hospital played an unexpected role. The U.S. Army established Camp Abbot south of Bend to train combat engineers. To care for military personnel, a 25-bed annex known as “Prague Hall” was built on Hospital Hill in 1942. After the war, the annex remained part of the hospital complex, increasing its capacity to about 60 beds.

By the late 1940s, the original brick hospital was showing its age. Bend’s population was booming once again, and the town needed a modern facility. Community members raised funds for a new hospital, and in 1950, construc tion began on a much larger and more modern structure next to the original structure. Completed at a cost of nearly $900,000, the new St. Charles Memo rial Hospital opened in 1951. Through out the 1950s and 1960s, expansions continued, and by 1971, the hospital offered nearly 100 beds.

By the late 1960s, it was already clear that even these upgrades wouldn’t keep up with Bend’s growth. Sister Cath erine Hellmann, administrator of St. Charles at the time, led efforts to plan a new state-of-the-art facility on the east side of town, near Pilot Butte. A new nonprofit corporation, St. Charles Memorial Hospital, Inc., was formed to guide the project.

The dream became reality in 1975, when the new St. Charles Medical Cen ter, the one we know now, opened its doors. At more than 160,000 square feet, it offered 164 beds and modern medical technology. As we can see, it’s still expanding. With over 5,000 employees, St. Charles is also currently the largest employer in Bend, and it all started with five forward-thinking Sisters from Indiana!

The old hospital buildings on Hospital Hill stood empty. In 1977, the Sisters of St. Joseph transferred ownership to the city. The buildings were demolished and eventually redeveloped. Today, passersby will see The Newberry (a Hilton brand) Hotel on the spot.