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It’s not officially summer just yet, but it sure does feel like it! This week’s issue is packed with events and happenings that seem to be roaring back to life in 2021. From a look at all the farmers and artisan markets found in our Chow section, to a list of some of the running and biking (and triathlon) races found in Central Oregon this summer, to more awesome concerts found in our calendar, it appears that summer activities—especially ones taking place outdoors—are moving full steam ahead. And with Memorial Day behind us, in addition to memorializing those who have given their lives in service to our country, I’d like to say a thank you to the health care workers who continue to strive for a healthy community. With our hospital full over Memorial Day, they deserve our recognition and thanks. And finally, congrats and a job well done to the Class of 2021, graduating from local high schools this week. What a feat in a tough year!

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ight now, a group of locals is spearheading an effort to try to move the races for the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners from partisan to non-partisan. This has been a topic of conversation since at least last year, when then-Democratic candidate Phil Chang—now a county commissioner— said he was in favor of the switch. While the commission ultimately voted against putting the idea on the ballot because of the costs involved, a group of citizens is picking up where they left off.

The group needs roughly 9,000 signatures to get the initiative on an upcoming ballot. Locals should consider signing the petition.

Deschutes County has a more balanced electorate than other counties in the state, which tend to lean more heavily blue or heavily red. Here, roughly 40% of voters are not affiliated with any party, and the remaining percentages are closely split between Republican and Democrat. In Oregon’s primary system, only voters of a particular party can vote in the primary—meaning here in our county, roughly 40% of voters don’t get a say in that initial run.

As we have seen in some recent county elections, that can lead to parties sending some of the most extreme members of their parties forward to the general election. When Republican Patti Adair—who ran largely on an anti-marijuana platform—ran in the Republican primary, she narrowly beat out a far less ideological candidate.

As we have seen in the most recent non-partisan elections for the Bend-La Pine Schools board, ideology can creep into even a non-partisan race. In the case of the recent May elections, it meant that local voters were required to pay more attention and to examine the actions of each candidate more closely. Filling in that little bubble next to the “D” or “R”

candidate is the easy route—but not necessarily the route that results in electing the most qualified person for the job.

Some opponents of non-partisan races say this is a drawback—that requiring voters to do their research before voting on a candidate is too much trouble for many, and that low-turnout elections are the result. We just don’t buy that.

Deschutes County is no news desert, nor is it devoid of opportunities for voters to engage and to learn about candidates during campaign season. To kowtow to the notion that “people are too ignorant to vote without a party to guide them” is a race to the bottom. What would it look like if we instead assumed the best—that people actually are capable of thinking for themselves, and will do so if not given the easy route? While turnout in the May election did not rise to the level of a presidential year, at 29.99%, it was over 10 points more than the last special election of its ilk in Deschutes County, when 18.68% of voters ushered in new school board candidates in 2015. What’s more, the effort could make running for office more equitable; making the change would cut the costs of running for office in half, according to information from the signature-gatherers.

Interested parties will be stationed outside the Deschutes Public Library in downtown Bend from 3-6pm June 9 and 23 and July 7 and 21 to register voters, with “clipboarders” gathering signatures at the Bend Farmers Market on Wednesdays as well, says Mimi Alkire, chief petitioner. They’ll also have a table at the Sisters Farmers Market Sundays from 11am to 2pm, Alkire told the Source. At this point, the signature-gathering process is only just that: a gathering of signatures to explore whether local voters feel strongly enough about this issue to move it forward. It’s worth adding your name to the effort.

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RE: BEND ROUNDABOUTS, LETTERS, 5/27

down or stop...and yield to traffic already in the roundabout.” The pamphlet also states in bold letters “DO NOT STOP IN THE ROUNDABOUT”.

I am surprised the Source would print such a letter without first verifying that it correctly describes Oregon traffic law.

—James MacAfee

NO FOSSIL FUELS BY RAIL IN BEND WITHOUT ADEQUATE INSURANCE

Thank you to Bend’s Environment & Climate Committee for recently reviewing a draft resolution that formally opposes dangerous fossil fuel trains passing through our town and then bringing it to the attention of the City Council. The Council has been very proactive in asking the experts at the ECC to review the ramifications of a potential spill or explosion and protecting the future of our community. Please join efforts by signing this petition urging the council to act: https:// actionnetwork.org/petitions/regulateflammable-oil-and-lng-trains-in-bend In times where we are required by law to have car, health and other insurance, why is it that big oil is not required to have adequate insurance coverage to transport by rail and clean up an accident?

A fatal accident in 2013 spilled 1.6 million gallons of oil, caught fire as a result of a runaway train in Canada and cost taxpayers $2 billion to clean up. A Union Pacific train hauling 96 tanks of crude oil derailed in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge near Mosier in 2016, spilling 42,000 gallons and sparking a large fire. 147 residents were evacuated and the clean-up was a massive effort with estimated costs around $8.9 million.

Deschutes 350 and Bend residents who are concerned about the safety of our community urge the Bend City Council to pass a NO Fossil Fuel by Rail Resolution.

Please join efforts by urging the council to act: 350deschutes.org/oiltrains.

—Shane Roy

GUN VIOLENCE Flags are at half mast again this week after yet another terrifying mass shooting.The tragedy is in another state, is one of so many, and so often we feel powerless to stop the awful loss. Every day, more than 100 Americans are killed with guns and more than 230 are shot and wounded. What can you and I do after all? There is something simple each of us can do.We can remember lives lost to gun violence and take even one simple action to raise awareness about this public health crisis.

The 7th National Gun Violence Awareness Day will fall on June 4 and this kicks off Wear Orange Weekend on June 5-6.

Stand up and wear something orange to raise awareness, speak out to even one other person or thank Bend Representative Jason Kropf for supporting the gun safety legislation passed this session.

We in Central Oregon face the particular challenge of suicide by guns. Suicide by gun is gun violence. The rate of gun suicide in our counties is among the highest in the state. and Oregon has the second-highest rate of suicide among all 50 states in our country, most of which are by firearm. When we raise awareness, we can work together to find ways to save these lives, the lives of our families, our neighbors and our friends.

Together we can build a future free from gun violence and the place to start is with each of us taking a simple step.

—Jean Carlton

RE: MORE BREAD CRUMBS FOR A SOLUTION ON MIRROR POND, OPINION 5/27

Sedimentation of the “pond” is exacerbated by the annual flushing of the river by irrigation releases from Wickiup. These releases erode the banks, widen the river and deposit silt in Mirror Pond.

Speaking of the spotted frog, this annual scouring “has created a wide gulf of land between riparian vegetation and the river’s edge, both of which the frogs need to survive” (OPB). Perhaps introducing the spotted frogs to the pond, where the water level is more constant, would be beneficial.

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A recent Letter to the Editor contained misleading information regarding the use of roundabouts. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation (https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/ Engineering/Documents_RoadwayEng/ Roundabout-Driving-Brochure.pdf): “A driver approaching a roundabout must slow down or stop for vehicles stopped ahead, yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, and yield to traffic already in the roundabout. Then it’s a simple matter of a right turn onto a one-way street. Once in the roundabout, the driver proceeds around the central island, then takes the necessary right hand exit.” It goes on to say: “Do Not Stop in the Roundabout” (their emphasis, not mine). The intent is to only yield to cars in the roundabout, then enter the roundabout where you have the right of way.

There is no need to alternate cars (as in a four-way stop) as the letter implies. Additional stopping will lower the traffic flow (cars/hour) through the intersection defeating the roundabout’s advantages. At times it may be stressful to need to wait for a line of cars before you enter, it is overall more efficient than either a fourway stop or a traffic signal.

—Paul Stadnik Although well intentioned, Cindi Garvie’s letter “Bend Roundabouts” in the May 27th SOURCE does more harm than good when she erroneously states “EVERY OTHER CAR” is allowed into the roundabout between those cars already in the circle.

Oregon ODOT has an excellent twopage pamphlet, with diagrams, online which explains the actual law.

Specifically, ODOT states a roundabout is “...a series of T-intersections where entering vehicles yield to oneway traffic coming from the left. A driver approaching a roundabout must slow

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City leaders propose two bike paths, one running north to south and the other east to west, to the Transportation Oversight Committee

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omentum for more protected active transportation is building in Bend, with City Councilor Anthony Broadman and Bend Park and Recreation Board Member Ariel Méndez submitting a proposal for the prioritization and augmentation of 17 miles of new bike paths in Bend.

The routes would run 7 miles in a north-south corridor and 11 miles eastwest, both sharing a 1-mile segment around Pilot Butte. The paths will prioritize a separation from cars through “modal filters” and diverters.

“A modal filter is something that blocks cars, but allows people walking, biking or in wheelchairs, or using scooters to get through, and a diverter is something that allows people to drive through, but requires that they change directions.

So it could be a forced right turn. It’s just it’s a mechanism of preventing cutthrough traffic,” Méndez said.

The paths would connect Shevlin Park in the west to Big Sky Park in the east and Rockridge Park in the north to Alpenglow in the south.

“The approach up to this point has been more or less piecemeal,” Méndez said. “The two parts that have been missing are this higher standard of not sharing space with cars, and a contiguous

A map from Bend Parks and Recreation Board Member Ariel Méndez shows the two proposed paths.

The seventeen miles of trails were designed to be low stress routes for pedestrians and cyclists.

network so that people feel like they can get somewhere safely and conveniently.”

Méndez said he’s already heard complaints that the new proposed routes wouldn’t connect some areas, like southwest Bend.

“I think that’s a totally legitimate criticism, and I had said, ‘this is a start.’ I think the concept is the most important

part to provide this kind of protected connectivity across town,” Méndez said.

The other two factors in deciding routes: catering to historically underserved neighborhoods and areas that will grow residentially in the next several years. Getting the paths approved will require the input of both the Transportation Bond Oversight Committee and

City Council before approval or denial by the Bend City Council.

“The Transportation Bond Oversight Committee—one of the question before them is prioritizing which projects should be funded first,” Méndez said.

“And in this case, what I’m suggesting is that they approve of a minor amendment and some realignments in some cases to fulfill some of Council’s goals for eastwest and north-south connectivity.”

The next phase of planning for the proposal will be evaluating which routes can be done quickly and cheaply, and which will require more planning and investment before proceeding.

“There’s that that trifecta of fast, good and cheap, pick any two, and I think that applies here, as well,” Méndez said. “But I think there’s a lot of mileage that we’ll be able to get right off the bat because it was specifically designed to take advantage of existing conditions.”

The oversight committee held their first meeting on May 18 and will be meeting continuously to evaluate and prioritize projects that voters approved in the General Obligation Bond in November 2020. They will meet on at least a quarterly basis until they have satisfied the goals outlined in the Transportation Systems Plan.

Tumalo Fails

Vandals target a portion of Tumalo Irrigation District pipe amid piping resentment by local landowners

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andals targeted a segment of pipe belonging to the Tumalo Irrigation District near Pinehurst Road, causing around $78,000 in damages for heavy construction company Taylor Northwest and more than $15,000 to the irrigation district.

Seven holes were drilled into a pipethat was to be used in the irrigation district's project to replace open-air canals with underground piping. TID is offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an arrest and $10,000 if it leads to a conviction.

“During final inspections and testing of the new pipeline, it was discovered that multiple holes were intentionally and unlawfully drilled into the pipeline.

It is believed that between January 6th and 13th the vandal climbed into the then open trench and drilled multiple holes in the 36” polyethylene pipeline,” wrote Sergeant Jayson Janes of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office in a press release.

The total estimated repair costs range from $125,000 to $250,000, after which

engineers will determine if the repairs were sufficient or if the 450-foot-long section will need to be replaced entirely.

TID says the pipeline is meant to increase flow in streams and provide farmers with pressurized, reliable water for crops. Some landowners who rely on the district oppose the project and have filed a class action lawsuit to recoup the costs they say the project is pushing onto them.

“Tumalo Irrigation District describes itself as quasi-governmental entity and that is exactly how it is behaving— pressing ahead with its $42 million big government handout with no accountability, no concern for the millions of dollars of destruction, and little regard for the rule of law or the legal rights of the individual citizen,” said Matt Smith on behalf of the homeowners' group.

The group alleges the district neglected to factor in costs for patron hookups, destruction of trees and property devaluation when making their decision.

They also argue that the canals provide a

Patron Group in Tumalo lawsuit

Paths cleared through the forest is one of the homeowner group’s biggest complaints with Tumalo Irrigation Ditrict’s pipeline.

reliable source of water for area wildlife, and that drying the 100-year-old canals could put local wildlife at risk.

A judge rejected a temporary restraining order halting the project in October, and the project was

allowed to continue, before the lawsuit was finalized. The landowners asked for $250,000 in financial damages per property if the project wasn’t stopped, which would result in a multi-million-dollar payout for the district.

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l impulso para un transporte más activo protegido se está edificando en Bend, con el concejal de la ciudad Anthony Broadman y Ariel Méndez, miembro de la mesa directiva de Bend Park and Recreation (Parques y Recreación de Bend), presentando una propuesta para la priorización y del aumento de 17 millas de nuevos caminos para bicicletas en Bend.

Las rutas circularían por 7 millas de norte a sur y por 11 millas de este a oeste, ambas rutas compartirían un segmento de 1 milla a la altura de Pilot Butte. Los caminos priorizarán una separación de los autos por medio de “filtros modales” y de desviaciones.

“Un filtro modal es algo que bloquea los autos, pero permite pasar por

ahí a las personas que pasan a pie, en bicicleta, en silla de ruedas, o en patín del diablo (scooter) y una desviación es algo que permite a las personas pasar por ahí manejando, pero que requiere que cambien de dirección. Así que, puede ser que se lleve a cabo una vuelta forzosa hacia la derecha. Es solo un mecanismo para recortar el tráfico”, indicó Méndez.

Las rutas conectarían a Shevlin Park del lado oeste con Big Sky Park en el lado este y Rockridge Park del lado norte con Alpenglow en el lado sur.

La siguiente fase de planeación de la propuesta será evaluar las rutas que se pueden crear de manera rápida y económica, y cuáles requerirán de más planeamiento e inversión antes de ponerlo en marcha.

El comité de auditoría llevó a cabo su primera reunión el 18 de mayo y se reunirá de forma continua para evaluar y priorizar proyectos que los votantes aprobaron en el Bono de Obligación General en noviembre 2020. Se reunirán por lo menos cada trimestre hasta haber cumplido con las metas descritas en relación al Plan de Sistemas de Transporte.

Vándalos abordaron una parte de la tubería de riego en el distrito de Tumalo, en medio del resentimiento de los terratenientes locales

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ándalos atacaron un segmento de la tubería perteneciente al distrito de riego de Tumalo, cerca de Pinehurst Road, causando cerca de $78,000 en daños a la compañía de construcción pesada Taylor Northwest y más de $15,000 al distrito de riego.

Se perforaron siete agujeros en una tubería para el proyecto del distrito de riego, para reemplazar los canales al aire libre con una tubería subterránea. El distrito de riego de Tumalo ofrece una recompensa de $2,500 por la información que conduzca a un arresto y de $10,000 si esto conlleva a una sentencia.

“Durante las inspecciones y pruebas finales del nuevo acueducto, se descubrió que múltiples agujeros se perforaron intencional e ilegalmente en el acueducto. Se cree que entre el 6 y 13 de enero, el vándalo subió a la fosa entónces abierta y perforó múltiples

agujeros en la tubería de polietileno de 36,” escribió el Sargento Jayson Janes de la oficina de la comisaría del Condado de Deschutes en un comunicado de prensa.

El valor total de la reparación en costo oscila entre los $125,000 a $250,000, después de que los ingenieros determinarán si las reparaciones eran suficientes o si la sección de 450 pies de largo necesitará reemplazarse por completo.

El distrito de riego de Tumalo dijo que el acueducto está destinado a aumentar el flujo de arroyos y suministrar a los agricultores con aguas fiables para los cultivos. Algunos terratenientes que dependen del distrito se oponen al proyecto y han presentado una demanda colectiva para recuperar el costo, que de acuerdo a ellos, les está imponiendo el proyecto.

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Líderes de la ciudad proponen al comité de supervisión de transporte dos senderos para bicicletas, uno que va del norte al sur y otro que va del este hacia el oeste.

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Year-Round Shelter Opens

Seventy individuals can find shelter at a converted warming shelter with new City and non-profit funding

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hepard’s House is receiving funding from NeighborImpact and the City of Bend to convert its warming center into a full year-round shelter.

The location at 275 NE Second Street will open on June 1 and have the capacity to house 70 individuals. It will run seven days a week from 6 pm-7am and will be a low-barrier shelter, meaning all people have to do to stay there is cooperate with the volunteers in keeping the shelter safe and peaceful.

The shelter is located in the same building that housed the Winter Warming Shelter, which opened in November and closed for the season in the spring.

City leaders upped the timeline for opening that location in November following the death of a Bend man, David Savory, due to exposure on Nov. 10. Previous versions of the winter warming shelter would open only when temperatures were expected to be below freezing, so last year’s more permanent shelter added more support for those experiencing homelessness in Central Oregon.

“Having a low-barrier shelter in Bend is an important step towards our Council goal to find 500 beds for our neighbors experiencing homelessness,” said Bend City Councilor Megan Perkins in a press release. “This public-private partnership is a key investment and can serve as a model for our actions going forward.”

At the shelter guests will be provided with two warm meals a day, a bed and shelter from the elements. Shepard’s

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The main room at the new permanent shelter for Shepherd’s House. Previously it had strictly been a warming center for the colder months, but now is open year-round.

House will provide case management and support services through their program Project S.H.A.R.E., which collaborates with other agencies to make sure there are continuous services including medical help, employment, long-term housing, mental health and other services.

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Shepherd’s House is seeking help from the community in the form of clothing, food and supply donations, volunteering and monetary donations.

Donations can be dropped off at the 1854 NE Division Street location in Bend. Those who want to volunteer can find more information or donate at shministries.com.

The City and NeighborImpact will both contribute at least $300,000 for the project, made up of state and federal

which included creating a five-year action plan, exploring additional funding services and expanding options for both temporary and permanent housing.

The City had attempted to address other issues related to houselessness with a safe parking program to allow overnight parking in certain areas for people experiencing houselessness, updating its code to allow for temporary housing shelters in some commercial

Shepherd's House currently has about six to nine months of funding while the Emergency Homelessness Task Force, a joint endeavor between the City and Deschutes County, explores long-term funding options.

The side room at the Second Street facility is smaller and often goes to houseless families.

funding as well as from federal COVID-19 relief funding. Shepherd's House currently has about six to nine months of funding while the Emergency Homelessness Task Force, a joint endeavor between the City and Deschutes County, explores longterm funding options.

The City of Bend estimates that there are nearly 1,000 people experiencing houselessness in Central Oregon, including families and young people living alone. Actions towards ending homelessness in Bend were part of the council’s 2021-2023 goals,

zones and attempting to gain funding through Project Turnkey. Though the City’s first application was unsuccessful, the Council gave authority to City Manager Eric King to purchase one or two motels to convert into a shelter.

On May 28, City Manager Eric King released new guidelines for removing homeless camps that have been deemed “unsafe” by the City. Tenants must be notified three days prior to the eviction and can’t be arrested solely for failing to vacate before the campsite removal takes place.

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of Central Oregon

The area’s population is exploding. But a host of abandoned communities are sprinkled across the high desert

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The Millican Store on Highway 20 hasn’t sold a thing since 2005 after 85 years helping customers between Bend and Burns.

entral Oregon’s population has grown massively in the last three decades, transforming Bend from a small lumber town into one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Its humble beginnings and quick growth contrasts the numerous settlements that formed concurrently near the turn of the century, but became abandoned over the years—some still standing as ghost towns sprinkled across the desert landscape.

Many of these towns were vacated as quickly as they grew. Some held on in some form for decades and others remain, memorializing the spirit of the first homesteaders claiming their 160 acres.

But what killed these communities in an area where other towns are now thriving?

Richmond: Sheep and Rebels Twenty miles north of Mitchell, past the Painted Hills, the bones of a town lie scattered among newer-built

cattle ranches. A store, church and school are split by a modern asphalt road. The town of Richmond was created when traveling in the area was extremely difficult. The settlers were nearly all sheep herders who grazed their flocks on the remote mountains during warm months and moved to valleys when it got cold.

“They just got tired of having to haul all their stuff in from Fossil or Condon or Prineville or John Day, and they wanted to have their own community where they could sell and buy things,” said Steve Lent, a historian at the Bowman Museum in Prineville.

Among the pioneers who settled in Richmond in the late 19th century was R.N. Donnelly, an Oregon state senator who led the effort for the establishment of Wheeler County. The town was named after the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, after many arguments between Donnelly and settler

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William Water, whom Donnelly called a "rebel," about what the town should be called.’

The town was a hub for the newly established county. A meeting of the Wheeler County Pioneer Association in 1901 drew more than 450 people to the small town. Though promising at the turn of the century, Richmond would be irreparably damaged by the decline of the sheep industry and the advent of cars.

For years there was strife between sheep herders and cattle ranchers, resulting in the Sheepshooters’ War and over 25,000 sheep slaughtered by paramilitary sheepshooting associations between 1895 and 1906.

“People don’t realize how many sheep were in this country. That’s actually what led to the conflict between the sheep and cattlemen,” Lent said. “Cattlemen said the sheep ate up all our grazing land and no self-respectable cow would eat the same grass after a sheep.”

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The town and sheep herders would survive the war, but not for long. The herders were running massive flocks of sheep and relied on grazing on public lands to support them.

“They really counted on having their unlimited summer grazing up in the forested areas, and when they put allocations on it, limited the size of the herds they could have, it just wasn’t as profitable,” Lent said. “Most of the sheepmen moved to cattle, but that that just led to the demise of Richmond because that was their livelihood.”

The town also declined as shipments became timelier due to cars and roads improving in the early 20th century.

Wagons typically need to stop every 15 miles or so, but cars could go nearly 100 miles before needing service.

People started moving away from Richmond in the late 1920s and it would be mostly empty by the 1930s. A few stragglers would remain. The post

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From left: Richmond’s former general store is cluttered with miscellaneous items wherever the floorboards remain intact. An abandoned shack about 100 yards from the Millican Store. The Richmond Saloon, which is no longer standing.

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Millican: One-Stop Shop, One-Man Town Much like Richmond, Millican in the late 19th century began attracting those interested in trading livestock. George Millican, the town’s namesake, was the most prominent cattle rancher in the area when the post office was established.

Cattle was the original industry, but settlers moved in under the Homestead Act, spurred on by railroad propaganda hyping the land’s fertility, and by the turn of the century many farmed dry land wheat.

Farmers usually didn’t make enough money on their crops alone, and the patriarch of the family often worked a job while the family maintained the homestead. The town was never the regional hub that Richmond was, but at its height had a population of around 60 and even established a school between 1913 and 1916. Shortly afterwards, though, many of the homesteaders would leave.

“When they first came were kind of wet years,” Lent said. “We had several years of drought, and particularly out on the desert like Millican and those areas, the homesteaders had a tough existence anyway. Most of it was dry land wheat, and when they didn’t get any winter moisture they couldn’t make a living off of it, so they either abandoned or sold off to larger landowners and left.”

By 1920 the population was whittled down to one. But unlike Richmond, Millican would live on as a peculiar single-family town for nearly 70 years. As the population was dwindling, the Millican store was bought by William “Billy” Rahn, who delighted in being the sole resident of the town. During his ownership of the store from 1920 to 1945, Rahn would appoint himself mayor, secretary of the chamber of commerce, chief of police and chief air raid warden, along with his duties as a postmaster and storekeeper.

In 1940 Rahn achieved national celebrity after being featured on Ripley’s Believe It or Not as both a cartoon circulated in print

and on their nationally syndicated radio show. Rahn told The Bend Bulletin in 1942 that he received hundreds of letters from fans in the months after being featured in Ripley’s, and was later invited onto the national radio show We The People where he boasted of the town’s ability to blackout in two seconds in case of an air raid.

“The Millican record of two seconds is due to two things,” Rahn said. “One is that nobody is ever more than two seconds away from the main switch and the other is that I am the entire population of the city.”

He said if the sage hens and jackrabbits get out of the way then he could evacuate the entire city to a safety zone in less than a minute and a half.

Rahn sold the town in 1945, after passing the 70-year age limit that existed for postmasters at the time. It would briefly be run by George Petry before it was sold to its next longtime owner Bill Mellin. Mellin would manage the store for over 40 years, much of that time with his family helping him.

Mellin was well liked among the ranchers, hunters and travelers who stopped in his store. Many would stop by just to chat or play cribbage, and at night Mellin would leave 8 to 10 gallons of gas in the pump in case someone needed it after hours.

The first 20 years manning the Millican store went well for the Mellins.

Though they weren’t getting rich running it, they made enough to live comfortably and support their family. That would change in the ‘70s, when a series of tragedies would whittle the town’s population back down to zero.

In 1971 Mellin’s daughter was killed by a drunk driver. A few years later his wife would die from a heart attack and in 1980 his son, a pilot, died in a plane crash. Mellin considered selling but was reluctant and priced the property three times its assessed value. Mellin would never sell, and in 1988 he was shot in the back of the head by David Wareham, who briefly worked at the store after a stint in prison.

After Mellin’s murder Millican never returned with the consistency of its two prior owners. The town was again sold in 1991 to the Haisler family, but they faced financial trouble almost immediately. By 1997 they were facing foreculsure, and the new owners, the Resnicks, hoped to transform the property into an animal shelter—a dream that never came to fruition.

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Clockwise from Top: The Brothers Stage Shop has been serving customers since they arrived in covered wagons, and is one of the last travel hubs between Bend and Burns. A man and his dog stand outside of the Brothers Store in the 1940s. A ‘No Trespassing’ sign is left outside a decaying building in Brothers. Below: Bill Mellin stands at the Millican Trading Post. He operated the store starting in 1945, until his murder in 1988 by an employee.

Bruce Resnick leased the store to the Murray family in 2002, and they managed it for the next three years. It was the last time the Millican store was open for business. The town was again sold in 2010 to Leonard Peverieri, who hoped to cash in on the only commercially zoned property between Bend and Brothers, but it didn’t work out. In 2017 he put the town up for sale at the price of $1.5 million, a price nobody has been willing to pay yet.

Brothers: The Pioneer Town That Could The town of Brothers has similar origins to the other towns that popped up during the homesteading boom, but unlike Millican and Richmond, Brothers is not a ghost town. The population is around 60, about the same as when it was settled in the early 20th century by sheepherding families. The Brother’s Stage Shop is still openmore than 100 years, and the small schoolhouse across the street still teaches about a dozen kids from nearby ranches.

Like Millican, the town survived as one of a few stations on the route between Bend to Burns.

“Millican lasted quite a while mostly because at the time there were a long ways between Bend and Burns,” Historian Steve Lent said. “That’s why Millican and Brothers even got established, to provide a place for people to get fuel.”

The Millican and Brothers stores were built when wagon travel necessitated stations nearly every 15 miles.

Now, between Burns and Bend the only station providing gas is in Hampton at the eastern edge of the high desert.

“As cars and roads improved, there wasn’t that need,” Lent said. “Back then a car might make 70-100 miles on a tank of gas.”

The Brothers store wears its heritage on its sleeve, with the shop’s walls covered in the history of the area—scouted by legendary frontiersmen such as Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Peter Ogden and homesteaded by vaudeville star Klondike Kate. The wagon outside the shop and the history on its walls connect the land to a pioneer past that is becoming more and more rare, but is still evident from the abandoned buildings that outlasted their residents.

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office, usually the last thing to go in a town, Lent says, was closed in 1952.

“When they left, they just left everything. That’s why it was a ghost town,” Lent said. “All the buildings were there, but most of the people were gone by the late ‘20s, early ‘30s.”

The town’s rise and fall mirrors other settlements of people seeking opportunities out West—but other towns didn't die out so easily.

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THRIFT THURSDAY LUCK OF THE DRAW’S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY Revival Vintage, Luck of the Draw and a rotation of local vendors are celebrating all things thrift! This will be their first monthly thrift party with live music from One Mad Man and drinks from Boneyard, 10 Barrel and Avid. Thu., June 3, 3-9pm. Revival Vintage, 1824 NE Division St., Bend. Free.

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PROFIT DRAMA LIVE AT 10 BARREL BREWING

Trevor Martell is a local and regional touring act known as Profit Drama. Performing solo, electronic and a band set as part of 10 Barrel's summer concert series. Thu., June 3, 6pm. 10 Barrel Brewing Eastside, 62950 NE 18th St., Bend. No cover.

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HIGH DESERT WONDERS PRESENTED BY OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION

Get to know our desert conservation community at this community gathering. The team at ONDA will share stunning imagery, tips to plan your next visit and will provide ways to advocate for this special landscape. Tue., June 8, 6-7pm. onda.org/event/ high-desert-wonders. Free.

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There’s something special about music that releases as the summer rolls in. Will you find a new summer album to play on repeat? And exactly what will be the song of this summer? This May we received plenty of offerings up for consideration, which makes this Source Material extra important.

In the Local’s Bin you’ll find two new releases that couldn’t be more different from each other, but both offer something important to those listening. And on the national level you’ll see me rave about one of the industry’s youngest and brightest stars—and I have no shame about it. Plus five new songs that you should add to the rotation.

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SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo Sure, I might be turning 27 later this year, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy some good old fashioned teenage-angsty pop-punk. Olivia Rodrigo’s “SOUR” is a pleasure I don’t feel guilty about liking in the slightest. The opening six-songs is one of the best runs to an album you’ll hear—let alone a debut album from an 18-yearold woman. There are obvious moments where Rodrigo’s influences are heard clearly, whether it be Lorde or Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift, but the album still feels all her own. The album’s opener, “Brutal,” is just that—a gut-punching, melancholy rock song that has Rodrigo examining her newfound fame and status as one of music’s biggest stars. While there was plenty of room to fail on an album under the microscope as much as this one, Rodrigo succeeds beyond expectations. “SOUR” turned out to be a ripping collection that offers a solid perspective on teen life. And sure, while she can’t even “parallel park,” as noted on “Brutal,” Rodrigo can definitely make good music—and probably will be for quite some time.

Five For The Rotation “C’mon Be Cool” - fanclubwallet “Naples” - Brevin Kim “Somebody” - Daniyel “A Deep Breath” - Pickle Darling “Daydream” - Peach Luffe

“Bounce Back” - Jay Meast On “Bounce Back,” Jay Meast is rapping with his heart on his sleeve. The track follows the passing of Meast’s older brother, who, judging by the track, was someone he really looked up to. In a Facebook post, Meast wrote, “I had to put this in a song because it was the only way I could release my Jay Meast feelings in a positive way.” The outcome is a vulnerable and honest description of what Meast has been going through the past few months—from not eating, to picking up the phone to call someone who is no longer there and even contemplating his own life. Meast lays it all out there for the listener in a way that’s brave and admirable. Grieving is hard, and Meast is trying to bounce back by pouring his heart into the music. Look out for his upcoming EP, “Depressed Times,” out later this year.

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“Necroma” - Brendon Teegarden Necroma, a 14-song collection of minimal and grainy acoustic tunes has Brendon Teegarden swimming in the same pool as the likes of Alex G, with the album's sporadic string-strumming and conversational tone. Teegarden sings in an off-kilter style—almost in a mumble at times, but in a way that’s enjoyable and one that n arde flows well with the music. He also shows off his impecTeeg Brendon cable knack for crushing a whistle solo multiple times throughout the project. There are different stories to tell over each track, highlighting Teegarden’s ability to write very matter-of-factly as if most of the songs are very detailed personal accounts he remembers himself.

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4 Friday Dogwood Cocktail Cabin DJ Wicked Two nights of oldschool Hip-Hop and R&B with DJ Wicked! 9pm. No cover.

Worthy Brewing Summer Sessions: The Shining Dimes A new take on old country.

Come on down and party with us at Worthy!

7-9pm. No cover.

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perball A Juju Eyeball spin-off, Superball plays rockin’ hits from 70s. In bell-bottoms. 6-9pm.

On Tap Sleepless Truckers presented

by On Tap Outlaw Country on tap! Come out and get your groove on with us and throw down some tasty food and beer. 6pm. No cover.

Spoken Moto Magical Mystery Tour at Spo-

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Bend Profit Drama Live at 10 Barrel Brewing

Profit Drama, local and regional touring act from Trevor Martell is back in full swing, performing solo, electronic & a band set in 2 hours for the concert series at 10 Barrel in Bend, Oregon.

6pm. No cover.

Bridge 99 Brewery Thursday Trivia Night at Bridge 99 Join us each Thursday at 6, for LIVE UKB Trivia at Bridge 99. Free to play, win Bridge 99 gift cards! 6pm. Free.

Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards Live

at the Vineyard: Just Us They play covers that include The Eagles, James Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, Loggins and Messina, with our original tunes mixed in here and there, specializing in clean harmonies and great guitar work. I have included the webpage of our CD, so you can get an idea of our multi-genre style. 5-8pm. $15.

General Duffy's Waterhole Trivia with Beulah's Place Tuesday Night Bingo is Redmond’s Best FUNdraiser & home to “The Give Back,” giving back to our community while giving more to our guests! Tue, June 1, 6pm, Tue, June 8, 6pm, Tue, June 15, 6pm, Tue, June 22, 6pm and Tue, June 29, 6pm. $5.

Revival Vintage Thrift Thursday Luck of the Draw 1 Year Anniversary Join Revival Vintage, Luck of the Draw, and a rotation of local vendors for their first monthly Thrift Thursday party! June’s edition will be in celebration of Luck of the Draw’s 1 Year Anniversary! Live tunes

by One Mad Man. 3-9pm. Free.

River’s Place The Woodsmen Americountry Folk. Rooted in Whiskey, told in blues. 6-8pm.

No cover.

Silver Moon Brewing Trivia on the Moon!

Come play Trivia with us at Silver Moon Brewing every Thursday Night. Bring your friends, test your knowledge and compete for Silver Moon gift cards and prizes. 7-9pm. Free.

Sisters Depot T.N.W. - Juniper and Gin

Thursday Night Writers (aka) TNW is a new weekly showcase featuring some of the best local, regional, and national singer/songwriters around. First up, we bring you Jason Chinchen of the Band “Juniper & Gin” to kick it off properly with a vast selection of over 80 original songs.

6pm. No cover.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Thurs-

days With the Suttle Lodge Silvertones Every thursday we’re bringing the two-step to Suttle Lake with the Suttle Lodge Silvertones. Pull up a chair on the big lawn with some dinner and soft-serve from the boathouse and chill out with us during sunset. All ages and free for everyone, a little local magic for visiting guests and something that the neighborhood of Sisters, Bend, and Camp Sherman can make into a weekly habit. 6-8pm.

ken Moto A Beatles tribute band that strives to make their sound as authentic as possible. With four lead singers and two guitarists that also play keyboards, they can cover every harmony and every studio sound. You just won’t believe your ears! Always a blast! 6-8pm. Free.

5 Saturday Tower Theatre Lake Street Dive Livestream from Beak & Skiff Orchards in NY. Combining retro influences with contemporary attitudes, the Boston-based band performs songs from their latest album, “Obviously,” in their first full show of the year. Bask in their unique and addictive blend of soul, R&B, and indie-pop! 5-7pm. $20.

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Matt Borden Thank you Bigfoot Beverage, Three Creeks Brewing, Avid Cider and Sunriver Brewing 6:30pm. $10.

Bendistillery Distillery & Tasting Room Safe Summer Nights Concert Series:

Tone Red Come out to enjoy listening to Tone Red, drinking full size cocktails, and enjoying a night of socially-distanced fun! 5pm. $15-$25.

Craft Kitchen and Brewery Comedy at Craft: Outside Good Vibes Comedy Tour Get ready to wave your vaccinated arms in delight, because California stand up comedians Alyssa Cowan and Nicki Fuchs (and some of their dear friends) are heading out of their apartment pandemic bunkers for the Outside Good Vibes Comedy tour. Literally, they just want to be chilling, telling jokes with good vibes, don’t you?

Come hang out! Hosted by: Courtney Stevens 8-10pm. $30-$50.

Crux Fermentation Project Live Music -

Dead Lee Dead Lee returns to Crux on the heels of releasing their new album, Ride or Die. 5-7pm.

No cover.

Horseshoe Tavern Superball at Horseshoe

Tavern Join Superball for a fun afternoon of groovy tunes from 60s and 70s. Bellbottoms and flares allowed. Lets Boogie! 3-6pm. No cover.

On Tap The Jess Ryan Band at On Tap Join

The Jess Ryan Band at On Tap for their first live performance since October. It is finally time to gather with friends, drink good beer, and listen to some live music! 6pm. No cover.

Spoken Moto Live Music and the Tintype Event Live music: She’s With Me 11am-1pm Tintype Event: All day. No cover.

Volcanic Theatre Pub Beyond The Lamplight (Members Of Larry And His Flask) w/ Acousta Noir High energy folk/rock featuring members of Larry And His Flask. New EP out soon! 9pm. $12.

Worthy Brewing Summer Sessions: Never

Come Down Join us on the patio for live music with Never Come Down! Earnest songwriting,

Beyond the Lamplight features some local favorites together for one night of awesome tunes at Volcanic Theatre Pub this Sat., June 5 at 9pm.

dedication to craft, and genuine care for the music is at the forefront of what Never Come Down does. 7-9pm. No cover.

6 Sunday The Brown Owl An Evening with Bobby Lindstrom High Desert legend Bobby Lindstrom brings his blues filled soul to the Brown Owl. 6-8pm. No cover.

River’s Place Aladinsane An acoustic tribute to David Bowie fronted by Mark Quon and friends.

6-8pm. No cover.

Silver Moon Brewing Not Cho’ Grandma’s

Bingo Not Cho’ Grandma’s Bingo is back at Silver Moon Brewing! We host our famous bingo event every Sunday morning from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM for good times and a chance to win some cold hard cash! 10am-1pm. Free.

Sisters Saloon & Ranch Grill Summer Sunday Nights: Never Come Down & Skillethead Join us for Summer Sunday Nights on the patio with Never Come Down & Skillethead Sunday, June 6! Hot grass fresh off the griddle in Central Oregon! 6-9pm. No cover.

Spoken Moto The Homecoming Tour: Seth

Brown LIVE at Spoken Moto! Central Oregon, come hear local favorite Seth Brown as he returns to Oregon to tour in June 2021! 5-7pm. No cover.

7 Monday Bridge 99 Brewery Monday Night Trivia Now playing Mondays (Thursdays too!), it’s LIVE UKB Trivia at Bridge 99 Brewery. Free to play, win Bridge 99 gift cards! 6-8pm. Free.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse The Sut-

tle Lodge: Big Lawn Series The Suttle Lodge is a perfect stop for touring bands and musicians, allowing us to showcase some incredible artists from near and far. Catch a variety of tunes on our big lawn every Monday from 6-8pm. Free for all and for all ages. .

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play we will have mics in rotation with disinfection in between, or bring your own if that makes you feel more comfortable. Sign ups at 5, mic goes live at 6. 6pm. Free.

Initiative Brewing Tuesday Night Trivia in Redmond It’s UKB Trivia outdoors on the partially sheltered patio with gas fire pits. It’s free to play with prize cards to win! Event is on each week, weather permitting, so dress warm!

Please mask-up and keep distance. 6pm. Free.

9 Wednesday Worthy Brewing Summer Sessions: Rubbah Tree Join us on the patio for live music with Rubbah Tree! A six piece reggae rock band from Bend. Our goal is to spread the positive message and irie rhythm with the heavy influence of the North West 7-9pm. No cover.

MUSIC Soul Drumming Online (Level 1)

Improve your skills while learning to play with feeling, engaging rich cultural traditions, and connecting meaningfully with community and yourself. Includes live Zoom sessions, follow-up practice materials, and a culminating online performance. Wednesdays, 5-6pm. Through June 9. Contact: shireen.amini@gmail.com. $60-90 sliding scale.

Soul Drumming Online (Level 2)

This is a 4-week intermediate-advanced hand drum class series with local musician Shireen Amini. Includes live Zoom sessions, follow-up practice materials, and a culminating online performance. Tuesdays, 5-6pm. Through June 8. Contact: shireen.amini@gmail.com. $60-90 sliding scale.

The Ultimate Oldies Show A locally-pro-

duced, syndicated, weekly, thematic two-hour radio show highlighting the music, artists, producers, musicians and cultural touchstones of the late 1940s through the late 1960s. Stories, anecdotes, chart information, interview clips and trivia complement the recognized, the long forgotten and the seldom heard rock’n’soul records of that memorable period. Fridays, 6-8pm. KPOV, 501 NW Bond St., Bend. Contact: mikeficher@ gmail.com. Free.

The Commons Cafe & Taproom Storytellers Open Mic We will be set up outside with plenty of space to spread out. If you come out to

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The Brown Owl An Evening with Mark Quon An evening with singer songwriter Mark Quon.

6pm. No cover.

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Be inspired by others, the music, the energy. Be sure to register beforehand. Wednesdays, 12:3012:40pm. Contact: soulinmotionbend@gmail.com.

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Silver Swans: Adult Ballet ClassThis is an

open level ballet-based class for 35+, where the instructor adjusts for all ages, abilities, and agility.

Fridays, 8:45-9:45am. Through June 18. Academie de Ballet Classique, 162 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. Contact: dance@abcbend.com. $56.

Soul in Motion Sunday Gathering Drop

down from the commotion of your mind and be lead by your heart, hips, and feet in mindful movement and dance. Everyone welcome! Sundays, 6:30-7:45pm. Contact: soulinmotionbend@ gmail.com. $20.

FILM EVENTS Retro Japanese Monster Movies Every

major blockbuster with a city-destroying climax would not exist without one genre that started it all: the Kaiju movie. Thursdays. Tin Pan Alley, Off Minnesota, between Thump and the Wine Shop, Bend. $30.

Takeout Tuesday w/ Classic B Horror Films! Thats right, bring your takeout and

we’ll bring the rest! Tuesday nights, Tin Pan Alley transforms into Bend’s only outdoor movie theater. Tuesdays, 7:30pm. Through June 29. Tin Pan Alley, Off Minnesota, between Thump and the Wine Shop, Bend. $30.

ARTS / CRAFTS Amazing Animals Sticker Design Contest Local print production company, Car

Stickers is running a call for entries for original animal themed Sticker Designs! This contest is free to enter and there are amazing prizes for the winners! Submit your original art for a chance to win big! April 27-June 22. Contact: designcontest@carstickers.com. Free.

Art at the Music Hall Dry Canyon Arts

Association presents: Art at the Music Hall. Local Artists will be showing and selling their work.

Sat, June 5, 10am-5pm. High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Avenue, Redmond. Contact: dcaa. marketing@gmail.com. Free.

Artist Showing Featured artists Scott Cordner is a fine art landscape photographer specializing in panoramic format. Danica Curtright makes glass beads individually crafted using lampworking. Creating unique one of a kind beads. Mondays-Thursdays-Sundays, 10am5pm. Through June 17. Hood Avenue Art, 357 W Hood Ave., Sisters.

EVENTS Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Prints from the Permanent Collection

Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts provides a creative conduit for educational, social, and economic opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development. Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts is located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the foothills of Oregon’s Blue Mountains. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Through June 26. Scalehouse Gallery, 550 NW Franklin Ave, Bend.

Exhibition Closing: Kids Curate Don’t miss the final day of this year’s Kids Curate exhibition! The display is the work of fifth graders from Jewell Elementary School in Bend through the yearlong project incorporating science and art that culminates in an exhibit at the Museum.

June 6, 9am-5pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Free with Museum admission.

First Friday Art Walk ​Join hundreds of other locals and visitors in celebrating art the first Friday of every month in Downtown Bend!

First Friday of every month. Through Sept. 3.

Downtown Bend. Free.

Journeys in Nature—art by Sarah B Hansen in June at Tumalo Art Co. Inspired

by her Pacific Northwest hikes, and witnessing the increasing challenges of human impact on wilderness areas, Sarah B Hansen has created this selection of mixed media paintings focusing both on what it means to experience the unaffected wilderness, and how our presence in those spaces alters its habitat. June 4, 4-7pm. Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr., Ste. 407, Bend.

PRESENTATIONS & EXHIBITS Gold of the Caliphs: Medieval Islamic Coins A curated exhibition on medieval Islamic

coins at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University. The exhibition will run through August 14, 2021. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Noon-5pm and First Tuesday-Saturday of every month.

Through Aug. 14. Contact: 503-370-6855.

High Desert Wonders Whether

you’re a new member of the desert conservation community, or want to be introduced to the vast beauty of Central and eastern Oregon, you’re invited to join Oregon Natural Desert Asssociation to get to know the High Desert Wonders. Their team will share stunning imagery, tips to plan your next visit, and provide ways to advocate for this special landscape. June 8, 6-7pm. Free.

In Time’s Hum: The Art and Science of Pollination In Time’s Hum dives into the

world of pollinators, with a focus on the flowers essential to their survival. guy is a British Columbia-based artist who also sees herself as an educator and citizen scientist. Her practice includes close observation of pollination ecology Courtesy Never Come Down

and the exploration of the floral resources that pollinators require–nectar and pollen. For the past six years, guy’s mixed media artwork has focused on native bees. May 22-Oct. 24. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend.

Climate Change in the Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests Join us for a

virtual brown bag lunch presentation on climate change impacts in Deschutes and Ochoco National Forest and the Crooked River National Grassland. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/ event/61643. June 9, Noon-1pm. Free.

Online Only: Police and Mental Health Crisis in Central Oregon Join us for a

panel discussion on the intersection between law enforcement and the mental health system in Deschutes County. Our panelists represent advocacy groups, law enforcement, and mental health providers. Virtual. Live. June 3, 6:30-8pm. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/61644. Free.

WORDS Classics Book Club We will discuss The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom link.

June 9, 6-7pm. Free.

Current Fiction Book Club We will discuss

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom link. June 2, 6-7pm. Free.

Zoom Author Event: Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson

This heart-stoppingly romantic fantasy debut features a world bound for an epic flood, only a chosen few are guaranteed safe passage into the new world once the waters recede. Visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info. June 8, 6-7pm. Free.

Zoom Author Event: The Step Back

by J.T. Bushnell After Ed Garrison’s family

falls apart, he finds himself alone in Northern California, burying his feelings in sports, writing, and romance. Sidelined by failure and betrayal, Ed realizes the only place to pick up the pieces is back home. Please visit www,roundaboutbookshop.com for more info and Zoom link. June 3, 6-7pm. Free.

ETC. High Desert Museum Virtual Event: Nature’s Best Hope Join Dr. Doug

Tallamy, entomologist and author of Nature’s Best Hope, for a lively discussion. Tallamy will remind us of the essential roles insects play and describe the simple changes we must make to keep insects on the ground, in the air and on our plants. June 9, 12-1:30pm. Contact: 541-3824754. bburda@highdesertmuseum.org. Free.

Volunteer Opportunity Seize this opportunity; volunteer at Mustangs To The Rescue.

Please call and leave a message. Mondays-Sundays, 9am-6pm. Mustangs to the Rescue, 21670 McGilvray Road, Bend. Contact: 541-330-8943. volunteer@MustangstotheRescue.org.

Volunteer with Salvation Army The Salvation Army has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for almost every age. Ongoing.

Contact: 541-389-8888.

Volunteers needed! New Volunteer Orien-

tations every Sunday at 10 am. Please come and meet the herd and learn ways you can help out!

Ages 8 - 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Sundays, 10-11am. Through Dec. 26. Equine Outreach Horse Rescue, 60335 Arnold Market Rd, Bend. Contact: 541-729-8803.

GROUPS & MEETUPS A Course in Miracles This is a course

in mind training. We practice together seeing through the eyes of love rather than fear. If you are interested please call me or email me at 760-208-9097 lmhauge4@gmail.com Saturdays, 10:30am. Free.

Bark+Brew - Doggie Meetup! J Each

month we’ll host a variety of local vendors with treats and activities for our 4-legged friends to enjoy plus treats for humans as well! First Thursday of every month, 4-7pm. Through Oct. 7. Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend.

High Desert Corvette Club Our purpose is to plan and conduct safe social activities and events that promote enjoyment of Corvettes. Due to COVID, please check our website for meeting details: highdesertcorvettes.org Second Tuesday of every month, 6-7:30pm.

FAMILY & KIDS Amelia’s World Puppet Show Join Amelia Airheart Monkey & Miss Hannah for a fun & uplifting interactive zoom puppet show! Message ACORN School of Art & Nature on Facebook to request the zoom link. Fridays, 4-4:15pm. Contact: facebook.com/acornartandnature/. Free.

Baby Ninja Classes Cuties (10 months -

24 months) plus an adult will bond and have a blast during this unique yoga and ninja warrior class! Tuesdays, 11-11:45am and Wednesdays, 11-11:45am. Through June 2. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. $99.

Preventative Walk-In Pet Wellness Clinic The Bend Spay and Neuter Project offers

Born to Dance This Mommy and Me class

vaccinations, deworming and microchips at our walk-in wellness clinic. Saturdays, 9am-2pm.

Bend Spay & Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson, Suite A1, Bend. $10-$30.

is a fun and engaging introduction to ballet for ages 2.5 to 4! Saturdays, 9:15-9:45am. Through June 19. Academie de Ballet Classique, 162 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. Contact: dance@ abcbend.com. $47.

Reflecting on Social and Environmental Justice through Art Using Art

Fantasy Ballet - An Online Ballet Class for 4 to 6 Yr Olds Dance in your own home

to express your thoughts and reflections about Social and Environmental Justice with Kerstin Arias June 5, 10am. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Free.

Wine ‘N’ Shine Car Show Join us for the annual Wine ’N’ Shine Car Show in at Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards in Terrebonne, Oregon.

This is a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald and Sparrow. The event is Free to the Public! June 5, 10am-2pm. Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley Dr., Terrebonne. Free.

VOLUNTEER Call for Volunteers - Play with Parrots!

Never Come Down is making the Central Oregon rounds with two shows this weekend. Catch them at Worthy on Sat., June 5 or at Sisters Saloon on Sun., June 6.

Smith Rock Trail Improvement Trail party at Smith Rock SP, Central Oregon! June 5, 8:30am. Smith Rock State Park, Terrebonne OR, Smith Rock SP, Terrebonne.

Volunteers needed at Second Chance Bird Rescue! Located past Cascade Lakes Distillery, call for hours and location. Contact: 916-956-2153.

with a live, interactive teacher. Children are delighted to dance through all of the magical places while using their newly learned ballet steps. Mondays, 2:40-3:20pm. Through June 14.

Contact: dance@abcbend.com. $89.

Foster Parent Orientation This two-hour

class covers the basics about being a foster parent and working with the Oregon Child Welfare program. RSVP to centraloregon.fostercare@ dhsoha.state.or.us to register. Second Tuesday of every month, Noon-2pm. Through June 8. Free.

Get Out and Ride Four Week Camp

The Get Out and Ride program is designed for our older more experienced riders looking to get out on the trails each week! Thursdays, 3:30-5pm. Through June 10. Contact: cierra@ ladiesallride.com. $150.

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Happy Hip-Hop This vibrant class utilizes the latest dance moves for dancers to express their individuality to craft their own hip-hop style. Fridays, 2:50-3:35pm. Through June 17. Academie de Ballet Classique, 162 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. Contact: dance@abcbend.com. $54.

announce that we’ll be able to enjoy live music at the market this year! And our furry friends will be welcome to join! Sundays, 11am-2pm.

Through Oct. 3. Fir Street Park, Sisters.

Ninja Elite Kids (age 8 - 12) increase your

BEER & DRINK

Ninja Night It’s Parent’s Night Out- that’s right come drop off your kids (age 6 - 12) for 3 hours of fun in our super-rad indoor Ninja Warrior play space! Fridays, 5-8pm and Saturdays, 6-9pm.

Through July 3. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend.

Outdoor Family Yoga Event Partner-up with your kids ages 6 - 10 years old during this 45 min outdoor yoga class as we lead you through fun ways to practice yoga together as a family. Pre-Registration Required: $12 per pair $5 per additional adult or child June 6, 10:3011:15am. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend.

Summer Math Enrichment Camps & Tutoring Join master teacher Debbi Mason,

founder of Flourish Bend, for engaging and fun explorations with mathematical content this summer, 2021. Wednesdays, 9am-3pm. Through Sept.

8. Flourish Bend, 361 NE Franklin Ave, Bend.

Contact: 541-848-2804. flourishbend@aol.com. $50-$80.

The Youth Choir of Central Oregon Auditions YCCO is recruiting talented, enthu-

siastic singers, grades 5-8 for the Debut Choir and highly motivated singers grades 8-12 for the Premiere Choir. fTo schedule a ZOOM audition, or for more information, call the YCCO office 541385-0470 or visit ycco.org.

FOOD EVENTS Matti Joy in the Park Kicking off the Sisters Farmers Market with Matti’s angelic voice and indie-folk-jazz fingerstyle guitar! June 6, 11am2pm. Sisters Farmers Market at Fir Street Park, 291 East Main Avenue, Sisters.

NWX Farmer’s Market Discover a bounty

of seasonal produce, locally-raised meats, fresh eggs and cheese, handmade items, beautiful flowers, tasty morsels, and so much more! June 5, 8am. NorthWest Crossing, NW Crossing Dr., Bend.

Saturday Market Come down for some

shopping and a Mimosa Saturdays, 11am-3pm.

Through July 31. General Duffy’s Waterhole, 404 SW Forest Avenue, Redmond. Free.

Saturday Market at Craft What better way to support your local artisans than live music, amazing food, Craft Beer, spirits, and great friends! June 5, Noon-5pm. Craft Kitchen & Brewery, 62988 Layton Ave #103, Bend.

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Traeger every Wednesday alongside a special guest brewery with some live local tunes too.

All ages, first come first served. Wednesdays, 5-7pm. Through Sept. 1. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse, 13300 Hwy 20, Sisters.

Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. Pawsitive Pale Ale Release Party to Benefit BrightSide Animal Center

Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. requests all paws on deck for a special release party featuring their newest brew, Pawsitive Pale Ale. Toss back a pint while tossing axes and cornhole.

Family and dog friendly. June 5, 2-7pm. Cascade Lakes at 7th Street, 855 SW Seventh St., Redmond. No fee for entry.

Cross Cut Warming Hut: Locals’ Day!

Every Tuesday enjoy $1 off regular size draft beverages. Tuesdays. Cross Cut Warming Hut No 5, 566 SW Mill View Way, Bend.

Growler Discount Night! Enjoy $2 off growler fills every Wednesday at Bevel! Wednesdays. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend. Free.

Locals’ Night We offer $3 Pints of our core line up beers and $4 pours of our barrel aged beers all day. Mondays. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend.

Locals’ Day Come on down to Bevel Craft

Brewing for $4 beers and cider and $1 off wine all day. Outdoor dining is open now! Tuesdays.

Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend. Free.

Wine on the Deck Come sit, relax and learn from the different willamette valley wineries featured on our year-round wine list. Reservations required. Tuesdays, 2-6pm. Through Aug. 31. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse, 13300 Hwy 20, Sisters.

ATHLETIC EVENTS Bend Area Running Fraternity The

group will run, maintaining social distance, along the Deschutes River and then receive discounted drinks from the cidery after the run!

Mondays, 5pm. AVID Cider Co. Taproom, 550 SW Industrial Way, Bend. Contact: bendarearunningfraternity@gmail.com. Free.

CORK Saturday Run at Thump Coffee

We will head out for a long run then meet back at Thump for a coffee. All paces are welcome! Saturdays, 9-11am. Through Aug. 28. Thump Coffee - NW Crossing, 549 NW York Dr., Bend. Free.

CORK Thursday Run Join us for a 3-5 mile

run along the river trail. Meet at Zpizza Bend on Yates Dr. at 5:50; run at 6pm. Thursdays, 6pm.

Through Aug. 28. Zpizza Tap Room, 1082 SW Yates Drive, Bend. Free.

Market season is upon us! Sisters Farmer's Market is back every Sunday and NWX Market returns this Saturday!

Deschutes Dash Triathlon Training

Fun Group Training focused towards Deschutess Dash and or Salem Half Ironman Triathlons.

Coached by 32 year veteran and 29 x Ironman finisher. First Monday-Wednesday-Saturday of every month, 5:15pm. Through July 7. Discovery Park, 1315 NW Discovery Drive, Bend. Contact: 808-269-2471. $195.

Redmond Running Group Run All levels

welcome. Find the Redmond Oregon Running Klub on Facebook for weekly run details.

Thursdays, 6:15pm.

OUTDOOR EVENTS Crooked River National Grassland Nest Box Trail Hike On this easy two mile

hike, we will monitor eight bluebird and two kestrel nest boxes. We may see nests, eggs, and nestlings. June 5, 7:30am. Peninsula Road North of Crooked River Ranch, Peninsula Road, Terrebonne. Free.

Cruiser Bike Repair & Donation Day

Ben & Jerry’s at the Old Mill has arranged for cruiser bikes, donated by Pedego to be repaired and ready to donate to youth involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon and Cascade Youth & Family Center. Each of the 20 bikes will take about 30 minutes to repair, so more hands will make for faster work. Bring your own tools would be great! June 5, 10am4pm. Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. Suite 422, Bend.

Grit Clinics: Beginner/Intermediate Skills We’ll begin by dialing in our bike set up

and body position, then work on skills throughout the afternoon. Saturdays, 1:30-3:30pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend.

Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $75.

Grit Clinics: Cornering & Switchbacks OR Jumping* Cornering/Switchbacks (odd

that lead to jumping, (like body position, wheel lifts, level lifts and bunny hops) then take it to small jumps. Saturdays, 11am-1pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend.

Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $75.

Grit Clinics: Happy Hour Trail Ride ‘N Skills Join Grit Clinics at a new trail each week to work on specific skills needed for the features you will encounter. Fridays, 4-6pm. Phil’s Trailhead, Skyliner Rd, Bend. Contact: info@ gritclinics.com. $75.

Grit Clinics: Skills & Ride We’ll start with

dialing in our bikes and body position and progress through several more skills before hopping on the nearby trails to test our new skills on a fun ride. Sundays, 10am-1pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $99.

Grit Clinics: Women’s Foundational Mountain Bike Skills Calling all ladies new to mountain biking! In just two hours, you’ll feel more confident setting up your bike, shifting, braking, and navigating small trail obstacles after instruction from the skilled coaches at Grit Clinics. Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend.

Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $75.

Sunriver Swings Fore Strings Golf Tournament Sunriver Resort and Sunriver

Music Festival present this good time for a great cause -- Gather your golfing buddies for a fun afternoon and sign up now at sunrivermusic.org or call 541-593-1084. $130 per player, $520 per foursome.

Whychus Canyon Preserve Enjoy hiking through this 930 acre Preserve along the Whychus Creek. Wildflowers will be abundant so be sure to bring your Native Plant Book June 8, 9am. Whychus Canyon Preserve, Sisters. Free.

dates): We’ll practice bermed corners, flat loose corners and switchbacks until we’re all dizzy with progression! Jumping (even dates): We’ll start by practicing fundamental skills in grass

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OUTSIDE GOOD VIBES COMEDY TOUR

BEYOND THE LAMPLIGHT

Bend Burlesque Presents:

at Craft Kitchen and Brewery

W/ACOUSTA NOIR at Volcanic Theatre Pub

HIGH ROLLERS VARIETY SHOW at The Capitol

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The Suttle Lodge: Wednesday Cookouts Find us in the rustic village bbqing on our

athletic performance through the exciting sport of Ninja Warrior! Tue, June 8, 4 and 5:15pm. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. $72.

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Sisters Farmers Market We’re happy to

Junior Shredder Four Week Camp TThe

goal is to work on skills and get out for fun rides each week! All skill levels are welcome. Wednesdays, 3pm. Through Sept. 1. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: cierra@ladiesallride.com. $175.

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Make yoga a family event with Free Spirit's Outdoor Yoga Family event on June 6 at 10:30am.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Anti-Racist Book Club & Social Justice Series, supports Namaspa Foundation

June: “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies” by Resmaa Menakem, PJ Fritchman Meets via Zoom. Tuesdays, 7-8pm. Through Sept.

7. Contact: namaspayoga@gmail.com. $25 per book / $60 for series.

Balance, Strength & Mobility Program Bend Council on Aging is sponsoring

Fallproof™ Balance and Mobility training. An evidence-based multi-dimensional and multi-sensory balance, strength, and mobility training program. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10:30am. Through July 6. SNAP FITNESS, 1310 SE Reed Market Rd #130, Bend, OR 97702, Bend. Free.

Capoeira: A Perfect Adventure The Bra-

zilian art form of Capoeira presents opportunities to develop personal insights, strength, balance, flexibility, musicality, voice, rhythm, and language by tapping the energy of this rich cultural expression and global community. Text 541-678-3460 for location and times. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 6pm. $30 intro month.

Coaching Group Build your dream life while connecting to a supportive, motivating community. Led by Diana Lee, Meadowlark Coaching.

Mondays, 6-7:30pm. Contact: meadowlarkcoaching@yahoo.com. $15-25.

Dream Interpretation Group Facilitator Michael Hoffman has been interpreting dreams for the past 35 years. This approach draws on Jungian dream interpretation and spiritual traditions. Every other Tuesday, 6-7:30pm. Contact: 541-639-6246. michael@naturalwayofbeing.com. Free.

Friday Morning Creekside Yoga Join

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Meeting

Zoom meeting Password: 301247 For more information: centraloregonoa.org/ For assistance, call Terri at 541-390-1097 Sundays, 3-4pm. Contact: 541-390-1097. oacentraloregon@gmail.com.

Sexual Abuse Support Group Confi-

dential support group for women survivors of sexual abuse. The primary focus of the group is to develop a support system to share and work through issues related to sexual abuse. Call or text Veronica at 503-856-4874. Tuesdays, 6-8pm. Through June 29. Free.

Sundays with The Yoga Lab Wind down your summer weekends with playful grounding outdoor yoga classes steps away from the lodge.

Yoga classes are taught by Ulla Lundgren owner of the Yoga Lab in Bend OR. She has more than 26 years experience as a yoga teacher, yoga teacher training facilitator and studio owner. Yoga classes are accessible and fun for all ages and abilities.

RSVP below to guarantee a spot class. Sundays, 4:30-6pm. Through Sept. 5. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse, 13300 Hwy 20, Sisters. $15.

Tai Chi for Health™ created by Dr. Paul Lam This two-day per week class is ap-

propriate for anyone who wants a slower Tai Chi class or those dealing with chronic health conditions. The slow, gentle and simple movements facilitate healing, range of motion, flexibility and balance. This class is offered through Oregon Tai Chi Wushu with Certified Instructor Maureen Benet. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am.

Contact: 541-389-5015.

Teen Yoga Series Explore yoga, breathing,

sound healing, meditation & journaling to encourage a peaceful and happy life. Gina Murphy leads class each Wednesday, May 5th - June 9th, Online via Zoom. Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30pm. Through June 9. Contact: namaspayoga@gmail.com. Free.

Annie for an all-levels vinyasa class on the creekside lawn. Regardless of your level, some deep stretches, steady breathing, and good music outside will be a great start to the weekend. Annie Wilson is an experienced yoga instructor, outdoor fitness enthusiast, personal trainer, and lover of all things nature. For more information or to sign-up in advance for class, DM @yogawithannie Fridays, 10-11am. Through Sept. 3. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse, 13300 Hwy 20, Sisters. $15.

Yoga for Healthcare Workers Health-

In-Person Yoga at LOFT Wellness & Day Spa In-person yoga classes at Bend’s new-

Yoga Sculpt 4-Week Series Challenge

est yoga studio! Tuesdays: Vinyasa with instructor Kelly Jenkins. 5-6pm. Limited to five participants.

Thursdays: Foundation Flow with instructor Kelly Jenkins. 5-6pm. Limited to five participants.

Schedule online or give us a call to reserve your spot! Tuesdays-Thursdays, 5-6pm. Loft Wellness & Day Spa, 339 SW Century Drive Ste 203, Bend.

Contact: 541-690-5100. info@loftbend.com. $20.

Motivation and Goal Setting Workshop

Feeling Pandemic Blues? It’s a great time to redesign your life. Make use of your time at home by setting and reaching goals in a free Zoom Workshop. Certified Life Coach, Jacquie Elliott is hosting a motivation and accountability workshop on the first Monday of the each month. First Monday of every month, 5:307pm. Contact: coach@jacquieelliottclc.com. Free.

care is a very rewarding line of work, yet often very draining with a high burnout rate.

Healthcare providers, tend to take great care of others yet forget to care for themselves.

Join other healthcare providers for physical yoga practice, meditation, breathwork, and inquiry or self-reflection. Live via Zoom.

Tuesdays, 7-8pm. Through June 29. Contact: namaspayoga@gmail.com. Free.

your mind and body in this fun, upbeat series sure to take your yoga practice up a notch. Set to fun, upbeat music, Yoga Sculpt fuses the mindful approach of yoga with the physical benefits of strength training! Thursdays, 5:30-6:30pm.

Through June 24. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend.

Contact: info@freespiritbend.com. $72.

Yoga to Calm The Nervous System

Rebalance and renew with gentle flow and restorative yoga in this new series. Bring your journal along as an additional access point for reconnecting mind, body, and spirit. Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30pm. Through June 30. Namaspa Yoga Studio, 1135 NW Galveston Ave., Bend. Contact: namaspayoga@gmail.com. Free by donation to Namaspa Foundation.

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Get Your Art on, All Weekend Long

By Megan Burton

Courtesy First Friday Art Walk Bend Oregon

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n another sign of the times, locals will flock to the downtown areas of both Bend and Redmond this week to take part in an annual summer tradition.

Plus, more art shows are on the way for the weekend.

Bend First Friday It’s starting to feel like summer around Central Oregon! The season is kicking off with a holiday weekend under our belts, 90-degree weather in the forecast and the return of downtown First Friday Art Walks, an annual Bend tradition that supports local artists and makers and gets the community back together again. Downtown Bend shops are matched with local artists, giving artists the chance to display their works and chat with the public, and for everyone to take in some live music. Most shops will be open later than usual, providing ample time to browse, grab a bite or a drink and take in all that downtown has to offer.

First Friday Art Walk

Fri., June 4, 5pm Downtown Bend Bendfirstfridayartwalk.com

Redmond First Friday Redmond will have its own First Friday in June, celebrating summer and local art in the core of downtown Redmond.

This monthly event kicked off in May of this year, bringing artists, musicians and

Downtown Bend’s First Friday Art Walk gives local businesses the chance to showcase local art in shops.

shops together for a one-stop community experience. Love Bird Yoga even offers a free community yoga class during each First Friday. There are plenty of drinks and treats to try to keep you fueled up as you stroll through the heart of Redmond.

Redmond First Friday Fri., June 4, 5pm Downtown Redmond visitredmond.com/events

More art in Redmond Want even more art this weekend?

The Dry Canyon Arts Association presents a new Redmond artist-focused event. The non-profit organization is

dedicated to encouraging the growth of the art scene in Redmond by providing access and experiences for the community to interact with the local art. Art at the Music Hall will be a chance for the community to browse 21 local artists work at the newly opened High Desert Music Hall. This will be first event of a series of art shows at this venue highlighting the best artists in Redmond and the surrounding areas.

Art at the Music Hall

Sat., June 5, 10am-5pm High Desert Music Hall 818 SW Forest Ave., Redmond Drycanyonartsassociation.com/events Free

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ith a busy Memorial Day weekend in the books, and First Friday returning this month, the bustle of a busy summer is upon us. We checked in with the owner of Dudley’s Bookshop Café, to get a read on what’s ahead for downtown retailers.

Source Weekly: Any plans for the first First Friday June 4?

Tom Beans: Really happy to see it come back. I think we’re in a place where we can do it pretty safely, but it won’t yet be like it used to be. We’ll be staying open later selling books and drinks to go but, as for having live music or other events, we’re not there yet. Capacity restrictions, even at 75%, make it tough. If we allow in-store beverage consumption, then we’re at 50% so it doesn’t make financial sense for us yet. Regardless, it’ll just be great to see First Friday crowds in downtown again.

SW: As a downtown Bend business owner, what’s it been like since the county moved to Lower Risk?

TB: It’s been a real relief. For a long time, we had to closely monitor the number of customers in the shop but at 75% capacity that’s rarely an issue now.

I’m not comfortable putting my staff in a position to check for proof of vaccination so we’re still requiring masks but no one seems to mind. I can count on one hand the number of people we’ve had to ask to put a mask on and that’s pretty cool.

SW: What do you hope to see this summer, in terms of business and activity in downtown Bend?

TB: If Spring Break and Memorial Day Weekend are any indication, we’re all going to be really busy this summer.

Everyone was stuck at home for about a year and all that pent up energy is about to let loose.

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First Friday Q&A

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By Nicole Vulcan

Debra Brace

Why heat up the oven on a hot day, when grilling pizza outdoors will do?

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Grilled pizza: another reason to cook outdoors.

can get decent pizza dough at my local store. Without the fuss of crust, we can focus on toppings and grilling. We have all summer to figure out the dough.

Grilled Margherita ala Al Forno The Al Forno margherita pizza is a great, simple place to embark upon the path of grilled pizza. They use maple charcoal, but I think any pure hardwood charcoal is fine.

Makes one medium-sized pizza that serves two 4 lbs hardwood charcoal 1 ball of pizza dough, 14-16 ounces ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 clove garlic, pressed, grated, crushed or minced 3 ounces grated fontina cheese 1 ounce grated Romano cheese ½ cup chopped basil ½ cup chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 14 ounces of canned whole tomatoes, hand crushed ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes Place the dough ball in a bowl and let it sit for about an hour. If it rises, punch it down and pack back into a ball. Pour the oil over it and roll it in the bowl of oil to coat it all around, and leave it to soak. Light the coals. When they are about halfway ready, spread them evenly about 5 inches below one side of the cooking grate.

Remove the dough and place it on the back of a cookie sheet. Use your fingers to press and stretch it into an oblong

shape about the size of the pan, and about ¼-inch thick. It’s OK if some parts are thick and others thin. That’s part of the art. If you stretch the crust so thin that a hole opens up, don’t try to patch it. This is an artist's pizza. Just don’t add any toppings to that negative space and you’ll be fine. Add the minced garlic to the bowl with the remaining oil. Hand crush the tomatoes and mix in the basil, thyme and parsley.

When the coals are a bit past their prime and not burning quite so aggressively, lift the crust by two points on the same edge and toss it onto the hot side, like you’d whip a fresh sheet onto a bed.

After about a minute on the grill it should start to puff up. Carefully tug up on an edge and peek at the underside. After another 30 or so seconds, before it blackens, grab the edge and flip the crust onto the cool side of the rack. (It’s impossible to give exact cooking times because they depend on the heat of your coals and their distance from the grill.)

While it’s still piping hot, immediately brush or rub the newly browned side of the crust with the garlic oil. Sprinkle on the fontina and Romano cheeses, and spoon on the crushed tomatoes and herbs in dispersed little piles. Sprinkle the salt, pepper, pepper flakes over the pizza.

With tongs or carefully with your fingers, slide the pizza onto the hot side, over the coals. Cook it as long as you can, ideally about four minutes, without smelling any burning crust. If it starts to blacken, pull it to the non-hot side of the grill and put the lid on until the cheese melts. Cut into pieces with cooking scissors and serve.

In a sure sign of summer, more local farmers markets—and Saturday markets—are opening up this week.

The NorthWest Crossing Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday, June 5, featuring local produce, meats, eggs, cheese, flowers and other handmade items right in the heart of NorthWest Crossing in Bend. Live music is also part of the experience.

The market is open every Saturday from 8am to 2pm, now through September.

Craft Kitchen & Brewery in Bend is also offering a monthly Saturday market, starting June 5 and continuing through October. Find live music, food, beer and local artisans from noon to 5pm the first Saturday of each month through October.

The Downtown Bend Artisans Market—formerly known as the Central Oregon Saturday Market—opened May 29 in the parking lot across from the Deschutes Public Library in downtown Bend. The Artisans Market features dozens of artists and makers selling everything from quilts and fine arts to gemstones and doggie treats.

It’s open Saturdays from 10am to 4pm through September 4.

The Sisters Farmers Market returns this week, kicking off its season on Sunday, June 6. The market is open from 11am to 2pm every Sunday into October at Fir Street Park, featuring live music, local produce and more.

The Redmond Farmers Market is back on Tuesday, June 8, taking place at Centennial Park from 3pm to 6pm every week. Market days end in mid-September. …And as previously reported here, the Bend Farmers Market is has been underway since early May and is happening Wednesdays from 2pm to 6pm through October 13.

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rilled pizza does not sound like the highest use of a grill or a pizza.

Wouldn’t the bottom of the crust burn into a blackened crisp long before the cheese melts? Luckily, nobody told Johanne Killeen and George Germon, two art students from Providence, Rhode Island. They met while working for Dewey Dufresne, a young chef with a big future of his own. In 1980 they opened Al Forno, which means “from the oven,” an unlikely name for the birthplace of the world’s first nonbaked pizza. It sprang from the fact that their new restaurant space came with a grill. They wanted to use it, and their signature margherita pie became that grill’s reason why.

In those days, dishes like pesto were exotic, and the married chef/owners had to contract with a local farm in order to get enough basil. They credit Dufresne for their focus on quality ingredients cooked simply. As for the pizza, it succeeded despite the obvious reasons why it shouldn’t have. Or perhaps these hurdles are what sculpted the pizza into the work of art it is. The crust—or my version, anyway—comes out puffy, crunchy, crispy, chewy and cracker-like, with a charred but hopefully not burnt bottom and smoky flavor.

While Germon and Killeen were inventing local grilled pizza in Providence, I was a mere 50 miles away, eating oven-baked pizza from Armando’s in Cambridge, quite certain that pizza couldn’t possibly get any better.

The core trick is to flip the pizza after grilling one side and put the toppings on the cooked side. This flipping solves the problems presented by grilled pizza.

The cheese melts. The extra-oily, extrathin crust cooks quickly, all the way through, with no gooey inside to worry about. And it won’t stick to the grill.

Once you get the hang of grilling a pizza, the precooked crust becomes a blank slate for whatever seasonal and creative toppings you can imagine. But none of Al Forno’s specials ever supplanted the simple margherita, topped with a juicy tomato sauce with herbs and the occasional pungent intrusion of half-cooked garlic, all held together by cheese.

You could grill yourself a lovely pizza with a hunk of store-bought dough, a jar of sauce and a bag of shredded cheese.

But there are levels to this. Once you get the basic hang of grilling pizza, you can progress to thinking about toppings. And some day, perhaps, you’ll be ready to contemplate dough mixing. I am not there myself, but luckily I

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In Pod We Trust: One of the shows that kinda helped me not think about the state of the world over the last year and change has been “Frasier.” There’s a predictability to the behavior on that show that was really comforting to me, and I could watch it without worrying about anything else aside from the contained little bubble of their world. “I’m Listening: A Frasier Podcast with Anita Flores,” has been a wonderful companion piece to the series, giving me things to think about that the show never did.

The newest episode has Flores bring on horror super fan Oscar Montoya to discuss how the cast of “Frasier” would fare if they all existed in a

Sweet Tooth must be protected at all costs.

horror movie. It’s legit one of the most entertaining discussions I’ve heard all year and now I can’t stop thinking about Niles facing off against Freddy Krueger in some weird dream library.

Maybe I do need people.

Now Streaming I don’t make many predictions in this column because it’s usually pretty hard to guess what the public is going to latch onto from streaming services (“Tiger King,” anyone?) but I’m going

to go big and predict that the upcoming (on June 4!) Netflix original “Sweet Tooth” is going to be a “Stranger Things”-level banger.

Based on the absolutely flawless comic by Jeff Lemire and created by Jim Mickle, the beautiful mind behind the wonderful “Hap and Leonard” TV series, “Sweet Tooth” tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world where a virus destroyed most of society and culture. This virus is a weird one, though, as it has created a new species: hybrid

children who are half human and half animal. A deer boy named Gus and a badass killer named Jepperd team up to travel across the barely recognizable landscape of apocalyptic middle America to discover the origins of the virus and to see if there’s a chance to save the world. Looking at the trailer and the strength of the source material, “Sweet Tooth” is going to be a an achingly empathetic look at what makes us human. I’m calling it now. This is gonna be the show of the year.

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appy beginnings of summer, everyone. Now that blockbusters are starting to hit movie theaters again and people are actually going to them (sorry “Tenet”), it feels like things are getting back to normal more than ever.

Since I’m a sucker for the theatrical experience, I’ve been psyching myself up for entering the public sector again by streaming as much as I possibly can in order to get sick of myself and actually enjoy being around people again. It’s not working as well as I’d hoped because I’m absolutely delightful and now I wonder if I can just keep quarantining indefinitely and avoid humanity altogether.

Anyway, there’s a ton of cool stuff I’ve discovered over the last month as well as a few things coming up I’m entirely too hyped for, so let’s dive in.

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In-person events—and the occasional remote one—for summer 2021

By Nicole Vulcan

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repping for a race can be the motivating factor for many: Will I sit on this couch tonight, or will I get ready for that thing I signed up for months ago? With local running and cycling races popping up in greater numbers than they did in 2020, it may be easier this season to find reason to do the latter. Here are some cycling and running (and the occasional triathlon) races to have on your Central Oregon radar this season.

Hint: Look for the icon next to each race’s name to determine the sports involved.

Central Oregon 500+ June 2-6 Already full and underway this week, this benefit for Mount Bachelor Sports Education Foundation offers guided bike rides of 100 miles and 100k over the course of five days. mbsef.org/ events/central-oregon-500 10 Barrel Riding Solo Series – Now through July 3 Already miss the new-old days when everything was spread out and remote?

10 Barrel’s Riding Solo Series lets you hit one of their suggested routes for a “low-key high-fun factor dispersed cross-country mountain bikes held over four weeks on the trails in and around Bend.” Ride on your own and record your time. ridingsolo.me

Feeling competitive? An array of options are available this summer for running and cycling enthusiasts of all skill levels. Here, Best of Both riders start their race.

Dirty Half Marathon – June 13 Who said Phil’s trails are just for mountain bikers? This half-marathon trail running race starts out on some of the most popular bike trails in Bend, with a pass-by of the renowned “Flaming Chicken” trail sculpture. superfitproductions.com/races/dirty-half Best of Both and Mixed Surface Showdown races – June 19-20 Gravel, mountain and road cyclists converge on this three-part course, which can be raced by one rider or a team as a relay. Multiple race days for varying types of endurance and skill. racethebestofboth.com Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder – June 23-26 Five days and four nights, with 350 miles of gravel riding around the Cascades. Starts in Sisters, over the McKenzie to Oakridge and back through La Pine to end in Sisters. oregontrailgravelgrinder.com Bend Beer Run – June 26 An annual running tradition in downtown Bend, the Bend Beer Run involves a 5K loop through downtown, sampling beer along the way. What could be more Bend than beer and running combined?! bendraces. com/bend-beer-run/ Tour des Chutes – July 10 A multi-distance cycling race, as well as a 5k running event, held to help raise funds and awareness for survivors of cancer. tourdeschutes.org

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11-mile loop… all… night… long. mudslingerevents.com/Oregon-24 Deschutes Dash – July 10 A little something for everyone: Olympic and Sprint-Distance triathlons, aquabike and duathlon events and even 10K and 5K runs, all based at Wickiup Reservoir in 2021. deschutesdash.com High Cascades 100 – July 17 100 miles of mountain bike terrain in one of the largest single-loop events in the U.S. Only waitlist registration is available at this event, but sign up two volunteers and you race for free.

Ochoco Gravel Grinder – July 24-25 Formerly known as the Ochoco Gravel Roubaix, this is two days of riding around the Ochoco National Forest. oregongravelgrinder.com Cascade Relays – July 30-31 Race with a team from Diamond Lake Resort all the way to Bend on a 216.6-mile, 36-leg course, or a 132-mile, 24-leg course, also available as a walk relay. Fun times for eight to 12 of your friends! cascaderelays.com Haulin’ Aspen – August 7 Central Oregon’s only full-trial marathon, with half, and a “half-as” distance available too. Wind your way around the Deschutes National Forest and take in gorgeous mountain views. bendraces. com/haulin-aspen/ Oregon Cascades 100 – August 28 An ultramarathon that starts outside of Bend and finishes in Sisters, with 92% single-track trails. Registration closes Aug. 14. alpinerunning.co/cascades100

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Train for that Race

Running clubs in Central Oregon can help you get ready for a race, or just get motivated Whether you have your sights set on one of the many races coming up this summer, or you’re just looking for a new way to get social while also getting fit, keep these running clubs and training activities on the to-do list.

Central Oregon Running Klub hosts a number of group runs for those looking for some camaraderie while running. CORK’s Mom Squad meets the third Sunday of the month at LOGE Camp at 9am for a run/walk, followed by stretching at 9:50. On Saturdays is the Saturday Morning Coffee Run, which meets at Thump Coffee in Northwest Crossing for runs of varying lengths. In addition, there’s a Thursday 6pm run. Check out the groups Facebook page for the latest offerings: facebook.com/groups/corksunrunners/ The Redmond Oregon Running Klub meets Thursdays at 6:15pm at various places around Redmond, running an average distance of 3 to 6 miles each week. All levels of walkers and runners welcome. More info at facebook.com/ RedmondOregonRunningKlub FootZone also offers a number of group runs, including its Rise & Run Group Tuesdays at 5 am, its Performance Group Tuesdays at 5:30pm and its Noon Run Wednesdays. See all the times at footzonebend.com/weekly-runs.

Also check out the Bend Babes Brew & Running Crew, which meets Thursdays at 5:30pm. Find out more at facebook.com/groups/b3runningcrew/.

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Drinking in The Cellar

Porter Brewing brings its cask-conditioned brews to its new downtown Bend pub

By Heidi Howard Heidi Howard

History and ambiance abound at Downtown Bend's newest English pub.

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here’s a new pub in town and it’s freakin’ awesome! Located in downtown Bend on NW Oregon Avenue, The Cellar opened on April 13 by the owners of Porter Brewing, Devin and Avara Roberts. Porter Brewing exclusively brews cask beers, and The Cellar has eight beer engines sourced from pubs in the U.K. The English pub is in the 100-year-old Erickson building just below Silverado Jewelry, only accessible by using the small staircase.

Once you walk in, it’s pretty easy to see you’re in an English Pub. The exposed lava-rock walls and wooden beams add to its cozy charm. Family heirlooms and a beautiful stained-glass window, given to the owners by Devin’s mom, add even more history and charm. In one corner, chairs sit around a small fireplace. A cozy little drinking nook with vintage wallpaper is behind it. I really like this place!

During renovations, which began before the pandemic hit, the Roberts’ found a historical document in the walls. They framed it and placed it on the wall for everyone to enjoy. For a pub that’s only about 850 square feet, it packs so much character and a good amount of seating, especially when we are post-pandemic. I really didn’t want to leave!

While there, I had an English IPA called “Distance Learning.” The beer

is a collaboration with Bend Brewing Company, and The Cellar serves it exclusively. The best thing about a cask beer is its creamy head, which lends to a smooth body when drinking. Porter Brewing does it right! The temperature of a cask beer is typically warmer than other beers. If it’s too warm it seems flat. If it’s too cold you lose too much flavor. Distance Learning was given to me at the perfect temperature. The finish was ever so slightly bitter. I will admit that I haven’t knowingly had another English IPA from the cask, so I don’t have a lot to compare it to, but I would bet money that this beer is one of the best.

The Cellar also serves food, including homemade savory pies made by Devin’s mother, which look mouth-watering. I will be back next week for a tasty treat! They also serve warm pretzels and sausage bites.

The Cellar is a great addition to downtown Bend’s beer culture. It’s funky, fun and endearing. The family history, and the history within the walls of that building, will draw you in. The beer will keep you there.

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By Brendan Emmett Quigley

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ACROSS 1. Sends an Evite for 7. White on some white meat 10. Animal mouth 13. Most preciously twee 14. “St. Matthew Passion” composer 15. Copying in the kitchen 16. Movie scenes involving dancers in toe shoes 19. Education acronym 20. Subjects in audience research 21. Boozy and bawdy sitcom on the 14-Down 24. Long-winded, angry monologue 25. Brown truck company 28. Kashi ingredient 29. “You’re the Worst” actress Cash 31. Treats like dirt 33. Frozen treat company with a mint leaf in its logo 37. They’re often cast from overseas 40. The general public 41. Dirty clothes basket 42. “___ With Cold Beads of Midnight Dew” (Wordsworth) 43. 5 p.m., in memo lingo 44. Between-album releases 45. Turn droopy 48. Hydrocarbon group 50. “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” opener 53. “Duh!” [eye roll] 57. Resting period for some Mariners 60. Org. that offers a “Telehealth Implementation Playbook” 61. Website with a Certified Refurbished section 62. 32-card card game 63. Trevor Lawrence, for short 64. Tierra Whack’s genre 65. Super-hunk

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Buyers: That Love Letter to the Seller May Not be the Best Idea

Otis Craig Broker, CRS

“Pick Me” letters create liability issues for all involved to decorating the beautiful fireplace mantle with Christmas stockings with the kids and the bedroom with the en-suite bath on the main level is perfect for their father who has difficulty with stairs. That simple and seemingly innocent description provides information about family status, religion and feasibly disability. Couple that with a family photo and race becomes revealed as well. All of the aforementioned are protected classes and create an opening for discriminatory bias, be it unconscious or explicit bias; thereby creating liability and quite possibly legal issues.

Real estate contracts are benign and strictly stick within the confines of trade and consideration. Consideration is the price one is willing to pay and trade means the terms under which consideration will be executed. The reason for this is to remove the possibility of fair housing violations.

The elimination of the love letter removes the possibility for discrimination (intentional or unintentional), and the perception or claim of discrimination from a potential buyer. The National Association of Realtors’ goal is to protect its members and members’ clients from legal liability and ultimately protect the health and success of the real estate industry. Thus, the member guidelines regarding “love letters” from buyers were adopted in an effort to prevent potential fair housing violations altogether. A practice that has become commonplace will soon be a thing of the past.

Buyers, please know that when one’s real estate professional advises against the letter and refuses to deliver the letter, it isn’t because they don’t want to give any advantage, it is because they are working to protect everyone involved in the sales process from liabilities and potential legal ramifications. It is best for buyers to focus on price and terms to give themselves the highest advantage in such a competitive market.

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he housing market is one of the most competitive we have ever seen—at least since the National Association of Realtors started keeping records in the late 1960s. Buyers are literally doing anything they can to give them the advantage when submitting offers to purchase a home.

Historically, a common tactic deployed by the buyer to connect with a seller is the heartfelt “love letter.” It’s a seemingly innocuous note expressing their love for the property, giving a bit of background on themselves and vision for the home in an attempt to strike a positive emotional connection with the seller. It has become such a commonplace approach, buyers can even go online to sites like Etsy and purchase ready-made templates, complete with the earnest verbiage and places to upload photos and even go so far as to fill in brief descriptions of each family member.

This is all seemingly harmless, right?

According to the National Association of Realtors, these letters are raising fair housing concerns and creating potential liabilities for the seller and the real estate professionals who are delivering and receiving these letters. NAR has gone so far as to create guidelines for its members stating that members should not encourage, draft, read, deliver or accept letters from buyers any longer.

Why is this? According to the federal Fair Housing Act, it is illegal to discriminate in the sale of housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status and disability. The State of Oregon goes a step further and includes marital status, source of income, sexual orientation including gender identity and domestic violence victims. These letters are full of these kinds of details. For example, the letter describing the young family who loves the property because of the swing set in the yard, who are looking forward

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ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “All I want to be is normally insane,” said actor Marlon Brando.

Yikes! I have a different perspective. I would never want to be normally insane because that state often tends to be sullen and desperate and miserable. My preferred goal is to be quite abnormally insane: exuberantly, robustly, creatively free of the toxic adjustments that our society tells us are necessary. I want to be cheerfully insane in the sense of not being tyrannized by conventional wisdom. I want to be proactively insane in the sense of obeying my souls’ impulses rather than conforming to people’s expectations. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because I believe the coming weeks will be a fruitful time for you to be my kind of insane.

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make a mistake, it’s another to become wedded to it,” advised author Irena Karafilly. Let’s make that one of your key truths in the coming weeks. Now is a good time to offer yourself forgiveness and to move on from any wrong turns you’ve made. Here’s a second key truth, courtesy of composer Igor Stravinsky: “I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.” Third key truth, from Sufi teacher Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: “Don’t be concerned about being disloyal to your pain by being joyous.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the number of perfect moments you will experience during the next two weeks could break all your previous records. And what do I mean by “perfect moments”? 1. Times when life brings you interesting events or feelings or thoughts that are novel and unique. 2. Pivotal points when you sense yourself undergoing a fundamental shift in attitude or a new way of understanding the world. 3.

Leaping out of your own mind and into the mind of an animal or other person so as to have a pure vision of what their experience is like. 4. An absolute appreciation for yourself just the way you are right now.

your allies. Assist them in doing what they do well.

To do so will be in your own best interest!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet Tess Gallagher praises those times “when desire has strengthened our bodies.” I want you to have an abundance of those moments during the coming weeks. And I expect that cultivating them will be an excellent healing strategy. So here’s my advice: Do whatever’s necessary to summon and celebrate the strong longings that will strengthen your body. Tease them into bountiful presence.

Treasure them and pay reverence to them and wield them with gleeful passion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else,” observed poet Emil Dickinson. That’s the truth! Given how demanding it is to adjust to the nonstop challenges, distractions, and opportunities of the daily rhythm, I’m impressed that any of us ever get any work done. According to my astrological analysis, you Capricorns are now experiencing a big outbreak of this phenomenon. It’s probably even harder than usual to get work done, simply because life keeps bringing you interesting surprises that require your ingenuity and resourcefulness. The good news is that these surges of ingenuity and resourcefulness will serve you very well when the hubbub settles down a bit and you get back to doing more work.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarius-born August Strindberg (1849–1912) was a masterful and influential playwright. He also liked to dabble in painting and photography.

His approach in those two fields was different from the polish he cultivated in his writing.

“I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way,” he testified about his approach in the visual arts. “I reject all forms of professional cleverness or virtuosity.”

Just for now, Aquarius, I recommend you experiment with the latter attitude in your own field.

Your skill and earnestness will benefit from doses of playful innocence, even calculated naiveté.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “There is strong

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Which of the astro-

shadow where there is much light,” wrote Virgo author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832).

That’s a good metaphor for you these days. Since I suspect you are currently shining as brightly as you possibly can, I will urge you to become acutely aware of the shadows you cast. In other words, try to catch glimpses of the unripe and unformed parts of your nature, which may be more easily seen than usual. Now, while you’re relatively strong and vibrant, investigate what aspects of your inner world might need improvement, care, and healing.

logical signs feels the deepest feelings? I say it’s you Pisceans. You’re connoisseurs of deep feelings, as well as specialists in mysterious, multi-splendored, brushes-with-infinity feelings. And right now, you’re in the Deepest Feelings Phase of your personal cycle. I won’t be surprised if you feel a bit overwhelmed with the richness of it all. But that’s mostly a good thing that you should be grateful for—a privilege and a superpower! Now here’s advice from deep-feeling author Pearl Buck: “You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to physicists, it’s impossible for a human being to suck water up through a straw that’s more than 34 feet long. So please don’t even try to do that, either now or ever. If, however, you have a good reason to attempt to suck water up a 33-foot straw, now would be an excellent time to do so. Your physical strength should be at a peak, as is your capacity for succeeding at amazing, herculean tasks. How else might you direct your splendid abilities? What other ambitious feats could you pull off?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Ezra Pound had character flaws that bother me. But he also had a quality I admire: generosity in helping his friends and colleagues. Among the writers whose work he championed and promoted with gusto were 20th-century literary icons James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Hilda Doolittle, William Butler Yeats, Ernest Hemingway, William Carlos Williams, and Robert Frost. Pound edited their work, arranged to get them published in periodicals and anthologies, connected them with patrons and editors, and even gave them money and clothes. In accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you to be like Ezra Pound in the coming weeks. Make an extra effort to support and boost

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “There is ecstasy in paying attention,” writes Aries author Anne Lamott.

That’s always true for everyone, but it’s extra true for you Aries people. And it will be extra ultra especially true for you during the next 20 days. I hope you will dedicate yourself to celebrating and upgrading your perceptual abilities. I hope you will resolve to see and register everything just as it is in the present moment, fresh and unprecedented, not as it was in the past or will be in the future. For best results, banish all preconceptions that might interfere with your ability to notice what’s raw and real. If you practice these high arts with exhilarating diligence, you will be rewarded with influxes of ecstasy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your guiding wisdom comes from Taurus author Annie Dillard. She writes, “I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you.” I suspect that Dillard’s approach will enable you to maintain a righteous rhythm and make all the right moves during the coming weeks. If you agree with me, your crucial first step will be to identify the nature of your “one necessity.” Not two necessities.

Just the single most important.

Homework. Testify about how you redeemed the dark side.

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SCIENCE ADVICE GODDESS No Manchild Left Behind

I’m a woman in my early 20s. I’m

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considered pretty, and I’m in good shape. I started dating significantly older men (in their 40s and early 50s). I love that they’re adults and I don’t become a girlfriend-slash-nanny, motivational coach, and resume editor like when I’m dating guys my age. But these older men and I are in different life stages with different goals. They want to get married way sooner than I do, or they’ve had kids and don’t want more. How can I trick my brain into wanting men my age who are less emotionally and otherwise mature?

—Elder Dater In my 20s, upon moving from Michigan to Manhattan, I was quite the grandpa chaser. I have a thing for the lived-in male face and a ripened mind.

But back then, I felt personally and professionally adrift—unsure of who I was and what I wanted to do. Ultimately, I think I was drawn to much-older men in the way Kate Winslet’s character was drawn to the door she clung to when The Titanic went down.

These men had what might be called stability: established careers in impressive, high-status fields, and they lived in civilized apartments (in contrast with my grim walk-up, so tiny you could breathe or think; pick one). But, now, looking back through the lens of evolutionary psychology, the attributes that attracted me reflect the evolved female preference for men who can “invest”: provide for a woman and any children they had together.

This priority by women, found across cultures and even species, surely evolved because females (save for seahorses, pipefish, and sea dragons) are the ones who get pregnant and left with babies to feed. Because the perils of single motherhood weren’t an issue for ancestral men, men evolved to prioritize physical attractiveness. This preference is sneered at as “superficial,” though it’s anything but. The features men are drawn to—smooth, unblemished skin, lustrous hair, full lips, and youth—are cues to a woman’s health and fertility. Men who instead had the hots for wrinkly 70-year-old ladies wouldn’t have left any descendants to pass on their biddy-banger genes.

Across cultures, other characteristics most widely sought in both male and female mates include kindness, intelligence, and good health. Most of us can’t have it all; we have to settle to

some degree. But evolutionary psychologists David Buss and Todd Shackelford find that women who are very physically attractive and thus high in mate value wanted all four of a cluster of mate characteristics in a man—those indicating that: 1. He’ll invest. 2. He’ll be a good parent. 3. He’ll be a loving partner. 4. He has good genes to pass on (suggested by his physical health, masculinity, and sexiness).

If you are high in mate value—physically attractive, with other qualities men want in a partner (kindness, intelligence, etc.)— you’ll probably feel less willing to settle.

This makes for some challenges. Much-older men can be a bad bet for a number of reasons, including crushing alimony, sperm beyond their prime, and the possibility that you’ll be diapering both a baby and a husband in relatively short order.

Unfortunately, in many younger men, 30 seems to be the new 18.

Financially, the trappings of an adult life (like a house and children) are out of reach for many younger people in a way they weren’t in the past. Also, because casual sex is widely available, younger dudes are in no rush to end the Tinder rando sex parade with an “I do.” Finally, many of this generation grew up helicopter-parented, without the “Be home by dark!” independence of we who grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Many got trophies just for showing up and either weren’t asked to do chores or were allowed to shrug them off. Is it really a shock when a guy doesn’t pop up at 23 brimming with adult responsibility and instead wants to play World of, um, Warcrack all day while you write his resume and cover letters?

Your best bet is probably to look for guys just a bit older—in their late 20s or early 30s—who may not be totally together in their career and finances but show potential. These are men who are ambitious, intelligent, and hardworking, with reasonable goals (that is, goals that seem realizable without the services of a wizard). Look for signs they care about more than their own immediate comfort and ease—like by noticing when you’re cold and giving you their jacket.

To be fair, there are women with much-older male partners who have happy, satisfying, and maybe even magical relationships. Still, a good general rule might be that a guy’s probably too old for you if, when he was your age, he could’ve called you “baby,” but “3-month-old fetus” would’ve been more medically accurate.

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. Suite 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (advicegoddess.com).

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