the Source October 2, 2025 by The Source Weekly

Celebrating Health Care Heroes Giving Back to the Community

Central Oregon has no shortage of impressive people in any professional field, but this week we’re shining a spotlight on a handful of the “top docs” — or more accurately, “top medical professionals” — of our region.

These “top docs” are not just serving their community in their practices, but also, going above and beyond in the wider community.

When we set out to find local medical professionals who spend time outside of their office donating time and expertise, the list was quite long. You’ll meet Dr. Adam Angeles, a plastic surgeon who volunteers his spare time flying to eastern Oregon as a medi-vac; Amy Snow, a dermatologist who offers free services to low-income teens; Linda Hatch, a family nurse practitioner

who donates weekends rescuing injured skiers; Sondra Marshall, a psychologist providing care for youths and other athletes with special needs and Dr. Mark Goodman, who specializes in sports medicine and donates his time to aide bicyclists injured during race events.

These impressive people are only a drop in the bucket when it comes to local health care workers, all who bring an abundance of compassion and make Central Oregon a beacon of humanity, hope and healing.

Dr. Angeles

MD, FACS

Dr. Angeles, founder of the Angeles Wound Care Institute, partners with the nonprofit Angel Flight West to deliver advanced wound care to eastern Oregon

By Sally Compton

Dr. Adam Angeles, board-certified plastic surgeon, wound specialist and founder of the Angeles Wound Care Institute, a division of Bend Plastic Surgery, partners with Angel Flight West to bring advanced wound care services directly to patients in remote Oregon communities with no means of transportation to specialty clinics. Angel Flight West is a nonprofit organization of volunteer pilots and airline partners who provide free air transportation for people in need of medical treatment far from home.

On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Dr. Angeles and Clinical Manager & Surgery Coordinator Majestic Worthington, CCMA, departed from Bend Municipal Airport around noon with a full load of medical supplies, flying aboard a Beechcraft Bonanza piloted by volunteer Robert Brunner of Salem (SLE). They landed at Grant County Regional Airport in John Day to treat patients from both John Day and Burns, then returned to Bend by 4:30 p.m.

“The Angeles Wound Care Institute is proud to partner with Angel Flight to bring advanced wound care services to patients in remote communities across Oregon,” said Dr. Angeles. “This collaboration allows our team to reach individuals who would otherwise have no means of accessing the specialized care they need. Through Angel Flight’s transportation support, we can travel far beyond Central Oregon to treat patients living with chronic, non-healing wounds - patients who may not be able to travel to our Bend facility.”

care requires a two-to-four-hour drive each way — a journey made even more difficult by limited public transportation options, variable weather, or urgent medical needs.

For patients with chronic conditions requiring frequent treatment, such as many of Dr. Angeles’s wound care patients, this level of travel is often impossible. The partnership between the Angeles Wound Care Institute and Angel

therapy, which uses regenerative biologic materials to stimulate tissue repair in chronic, non-healing wounds. These therapies can significantly reduce healing time and improve longterm outcomes for patients with diabetic ulcers, pressure sores and other complex wounds.

“By delivering expert wound care directly to Oregon’s rural communities, we aim to improve outcomes, enhance quality of life and ensure that no patient is left without access to the treatment they require,” said Dr. Angeles.

Flight West helps eliminate this obstacle by bringing care directly to patients.

Specialty medical care is hard to come by in many of Oregon’s rural communities, especially east of the Cascades. According to the Oregon Office of Rural Health, 35% of Oregonians live in rural or frontier counties, where specialty providers are scarce and travel distances are long. For many residents, reaching advanced

Chronic wounds affect 6.5 million people in the U.S. annually and untreated cases can lead to severe infection, hospitalization, amputation, or even death. Wound care is a specialized field of medicine that focuses on diagnosing, treating and monitoring acute, chronic and complex wounds that fail to heal with standard care. Treatment can include debridement (removing dead or infected tissue to promote healing), infection control, specialized dressings, compression therapy, nutritional support and advanced biologic therapies.

Dr. Angeles specializes in cutting-edge treatments such as amniotic tissue skin substitute

Dr. Angeles has more than 25 years of wound care training, research and practice. He is the Founder and Medical Director of Bend Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the Angeles Wound Care Institute, a division dedicated to the treatment of chronic and complex wounds. Since starting his practice in Bend in 2005, Dr. Angeles and his team have offered a full range of state-of-the-art surgical and non-surgical procedures to patients in the Pacific Northwest, including outreach to rural communities such as John Day, Burns and Lakeview.

Angel Flight West is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that delivers health and hope using donated flights to serve those with health care or other compelling human needs. In the air, Angel Flight West links volunteer pilots and commercial airlines with people whose non-emergency health needs require long distance travel to access care. On the ground, volunteer drivers ferry passengers to and from their departure and destination airports.

Angel Flight West brings advanced wound care services directly to patients in remote Oregon communities.

Photos courtesy of Dr. Adam Angeles

Amy Snow

PA-C

Local dermatologist travels hundreds of miles to donate hundreds of hours to people without access to care

By Nic Moye

Amy Snow, physician assistant-certified, is a practitioner on the move. Since March, she’s opened Snow Dermatology, taken her free mobile clinic to teenagers in rural Central Oregon and has offered free skin cancer screenings in remote areas of Oregon, as well as farmers markets. And that’s only the present. What’s she’s done in the past is equally impressive.

Snow, originally from Idaho, worked as a dermatologist in Beverly Hills, California, before moving to Oregon, eventually settling in Bend. Her practice on SW Bond Street focuses on medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology for adults and pediatrics, treating everything from acne and rashes to skin cancer.

She founded her nonprofit, Project Happy Face, in California.

“I started Project Happy Face in 2009, which began with a simple, joyful exchange. I would treat the teenagers’ acne in return for a smile.” The mobile outreach unit of her practice offers services to teens in underserved rural areas. This year it’s at Culver High School the first Tuesday of the month and Redmond and Ridgeview High Schools the fourth Tuesday of each month. She also travels out to Condon, Mitchell and Fossil on occasion. Snow says she sees, on average, 50 young smiles through Project Happy Face each month.

that narrative. We want to celebrate them as a future leader by helping them feel proud in their own skin,” Snow explains.

Her mobile unit also partners with the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, traveling around the state for skin cancer screenings to locations like the Pendleton RoundUp. She also volunteers at Volunteers in Medicine,

“After relocating to Oregon and looking at the map and realizing the amount of rural citizens that are not receiving health care or are close to a health care center — I believe it’s close to 900,000 people in the state of Oregon — I realized that we don’t have to travel internationally anymore to serve, because we can bring care to the rural communities across Oregon,” Snow says.

which provides health care to low-income, working adults in Central Oregon who have no medical insurance or means to pay for care.

“I see how acne can condemn a young person’s confidence, especially those that are disadvantaged or under-resourced or geographically challenged, because they don’t have access to specialty care or dermatology care. In smaller towns there aren’t even over-the-counter medications present at the grocery store available to them. So instead of identifying them as disadvantaged or under-resourced, we are flipping

“I think giving back is the most important thing we can do, and empowering our youth and building bridges, and I think every mile that we travel and everything we need just reminds us that health care is not just about medicine, but it’s about community and humanity.”

Snow also travels to California once a year for a three-day health fair called Care Harbor Los Angeles. Practitioners like Snow offer free care to anyone without insurance. After the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Snow traveled there to help as well. She spent 10 days treating up to 70 patients a day, some of whom walked overnight to see her.

Snow is comfortable in remote areas, having grown up on a farm in Idaho. She now lives in Powell Butte with a number of pets including a guinea pig, a bunny, cats and a dog named Annie who may be the most popular face at her office.

Access to healthy, fresh food is also a passion of hers, which is why she’s on the board of the Bend Farmers Market. “Locally grown food and locally rooted care, in my opinion, go hand in hand, and it’s all about building a connected community.”

Snow goes on to say, “I believe that healing doesn’t start in the clinic. I feel it starts in the community. So the people that I serve are my neighbors, my mentors, my inspiration. They are the first responders that are keeping us safe. I think that giving back isn’t an obligation, it’s a joy, and I’m honored to be a provider and just plant seeds of hope and confidence and connection in every corner of our community.”

Her dedication hasn't gone unnoticed. This year she received two awards — the Society of Dermatology Physician Associates DermPA of the Year 2025 and the Oregon Medical Association 2025 Physician Associate-Citizen of the Year.

At left is the mobile unit that travels around the state offering skin cancer screenings.

Photos courtesy of Amy Snow

Linda Hatch

FNP

Prineville-based nurse practitioner and ski patroller says she’d readily give up her day job to serve others in need

By Nic Moye

Family Nurse Practitioner Linda Hatch grew up in a family of volunteers and carries on the tradition into the present day.

She’s been part of the National Ski Patrol for 50 years, inspired by her father who was also a member of the ski patrol. She started volunteering with her father in the Berkshires of Massachusetts when she was 15 years old. She’s been part of the ski patrol at Mt. Bachelor since 1996.

“We’re opening up the mountain, making the mountain safe, responding to any incidences that happen or accidents — put them in the sled. And I still lug them down in a sled,” she told the Source. It’s a passion of hers, to say the least.

“I was up there when I was nine months pregnant, doing it. And back when I had kids, my husband would say, get rid of this job… I said, ‘No — get rid of my paid job. I’d rather do this.’”

Her paid job has been as a family nurse practitioner. Hatch played a key role in starting the Prineville Health Center for Mosaic Community Health back in 2002. It’s a nonprofit community health center offering integrated health services including medical, dental, behavioral, nutrition and medication. She was in private practice at the time but decided to help write a grant to begin the process of opening the clinic.

clinic growing from three exam rooms to the size it is now, with more than two dozen providers serving patients.

“I just wanted to provide medical care. I wanted to do what I did best and so I did what I did best,” she says with a big smile. But after 23 years, Hatch is retiring on Oct. 15.

Hatch will return as needed to fill in when other FNPs are sick or on leave, as well as put in time with the ski patrol. But in-between doing that, she’s taking the next year to travel around the world. Her first adventure: taking her RV to Mexico to windsurf.

In spite of all that she’s done, when asked about her most rewarding memory, it was the two years she spent with the Peace Corps in Guatemala in 1986. She was inspired by her aunt

“It started in this little, little office in Prineville with me and Megan Hayes, who is our CEO now, and was the first nurse practitioner that I hired.” Hatch fondly reminisces about the

“It’s a little sad because my patients know I’m leaving. I’ve had some of them for, like, 30 years, because I’ve been practicing since 1993… I’ve known my families. I knew them since they were kids. I had a gal come in the other day, and I said I saw her since she was this big,” Hatch said, putting her hand at the height of her hip. “She’s, like, 36. She didn’t really remember but I’ve seen them over the years… I get people that come in and say, ‘What am I gonna do? I haven’t had anyone else.’ They’re in tears.”

who volunteered in the ‘60s on the S.S. HOPE, the world’s first peacetime hospital ship.

In Guatemala, Hatch went into communities to identify needs and help educate people about nutrition and vaccinations — even teaching people how to become lay midwives.

“I was probably going above what an RN in the U.S. could do. For medical care, I prescribed drugs. I did all that stuff because there was no one else there. I could work at a higher level than when I came back to the States,” Hatch says.

Returning to Oregon, Hatch treated inmates in a number of jails around the state, including Crook County. She also earned a master’s through Oregon Health & Science University, and eventually moved to Prineville after meeting her husband. Now, after decades of helping others, Hatch will finally take time for herself.

Linda Hatch is happiest when hitting the slopes and offering aid, if needed.

Photo courtesy of Linda Hatch

Sondra Marshall

Local psychologist is accelerating elite competition opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities

By Sarah Isak-Goode Ph.D

Sondra Marshall, Ph.D has become a familiar name across Central Oregon over the past two decades. The Bend-based psychologist founded the Programs of Evaluation, Development and Learning at St. Charles Health System, creating what has become a lifeline for local families navigating developmental and medical challenges. Marshall also helped launch the Central Oregon Concussion Program and partners with the University of Oregon and national experts to improve youth brain health and safety.

Marshall’s influence extends far beyond Central Oregon. As the U.S. National Eligibility Officer for Athletes Without Limits, she helps athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities qualify for elite competition — including the Paralympics.

The Source chatted with Marshall about her committment to helping others.

The Source: Tell me a bit about your background. What led you to this work?

Sondra Marshall: I’ve been a licensed psychologist at St. Charles for almost 20 years. Over time, I developed a service line called PEDAL: Programs of Evaluation, Development and Learning. We provide neurodevelopmental and neuropsychological evaluations for kids with complex health care needs: autism, epilepsy, cardiac conditions, rare genetic syndromes.

Having a clinic like this in a rural community is huge. We work closely with St. Charles, but we’re outpatient and see families from all over Oregon. It’s really a lifeline for families navigating very difficult situations.

TS: Where did your interest in this field begin?

SM: I actually started out as a French teacher! But I was always fascinated by the brain. My dad was head of pediatric neurology at OHSU [Oregon Health & Science University], so I spent a lot of time in hospitals growing up. I eventually became a school counselor and then a school psychologist. When I moved to Central Oregon, I realized there was a huge gap in local neurodevelopmental services. That’s when I built PEDAL.

TS: You also have a strong passion for sports and inclusion. How did that develop?

SM: I’m a lifelong athlete — equestrian is my sport — and I used to work with the U.S. Olympic Team. In 2017, I connected with the founders of Athletes Without Limits, a nonprofit that

helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities compete at elite levels. I began volunteering as a psychologist to verify eligibility for these athletes. Back then, we had just a handful of athletes. This year, we had over 250 across the country.

TS: How is that different from Special Olympics?

SM: Special Olympics is focused on recreation and inclusion — it’s amazing and everyone should know about it. But Athletes Without Limits is about giving athletes with intellectual disabilities a chance to compete at the highest levels: nationals, worlds, and even the Paralympics.

For years, athletes with intellectual disabilities were excluded from the Paralympics. It’s only been in the last decade that we’ve regained a foothold — first in swimming, then in track and field and now in table tennis.

TS: And you’re helping expand that access internationally?

SM: Yes. I recently returned from an international forum in the Dominican Republic, where over 30 countries came together to talk about expanding access. I was one of five U.S. representatives and part of the eligibility track — helping countries understand how to determine whether an athlete qualifies for the intellectual disability classification.

Eligibility is complex. First, there’s the diagnosis — someone must meet criteria for intellectual disability. But there’s also “classification,” which determines whether the disability impacts performance in a particular sport. That’s what makes them eligible to compete in a specific category.

TS: Are you continuing in that role?

SM: I’ve been asked to become a classifier — someone who travels to competitions and does the assessments. There’s a huge need for psychologists trained in this work, and I want to help fill that gap.

TS: That’s incredible. How does this tie back to your work at PEDAL?

SM: It ties back in a beautiful way. Every day, I sit with families who are learning that their child has a lifelong developmental disability. Those are hard conversations. But I also get to say, “This diagnosis doesn’t mean your child can’t thrive — or compete — or live a full life.” I tell them stories about athletes we’ve worked with, like one of our tennis players who had a brain injury at birth and now competes internationally.

Here in Bend, so many families dream of sports for their kids. And I get to say, “Yes. That dream still exists. Just maybe in a different lane.”

TS: What kind of support do you need to keep this work going?

SM: We’re applying for a grant to turn Central Oregon into a winter training center for elite athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We have the snow, the mountains and the spirit. But we need awareness, funding and infrastructure.

We’re also working to bring international events here. In 2026, Sunriver is slated to host an international tennis tournament for ID athletes. We want to show the world what’s possible when a community says, “Yes, you belong here.”

TS: What do you wish more people understood about this work?

SM: That intellectual disability is an invisible disability and it’s still deeply stigmatized. People often assume that someone who can walk and talk doesn’t need accommodations. Or they think “Special Olympics is enough,” without realizing there’s a path to the Paralympics for some of these athletes.

Sport is a human right. It’s about joy, health, achievement and connection. Everyone deserves a shot at that — including people with disabilities.

The athletes I work with — and the families I meet in the clinic — are some of the most inspiring people I know. They remind me why this work matters.

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Dr. Steve Christensen Pediatric Dentist & Father of Five

Dr. Steve Christensen brings more than just expertise to pediatric dentistry—he brings the perspective of a dad. As a father of ﬁve, he’s navigated every stage of childhood, from teething to braces, and knows ﬁrsthand how to connect with kids and reassure parents.

With over 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Steve has built a reputation for creating positive, conﬁdence-building dental visits for children of all ages. He completed his Pediatric Dental Residency at The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado, where he served as Chief Resident. His passion and dedication have been recognized with awards from both the Oregon Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the

American Association of Orthodontics.

Alongside his wife, Dr. Stephanie Christensen, he has also achieved Diplomate status from the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry—the highest credential in the ﬁeld.

Whether it’s a ﬁrst visit or a return check-up, Dr. Steve’s warm, engaging style helps children feel at ease while empowering parents with clear, compassionate communication.

Because when your child’s smile is in his care, you’re getting more than a pediatric specialist—you’re getting a partner who truly understands what parenting is all about.

Dr. Stephanie Christensen Pediatric Dentist & Mother of Twins and Triplets

Dr. Stephanie Christensen is beloved for her gentle approach, calming presence, and genuine connection with children—earning her the title of “favorite dentist” in many young hearts. A native Oregonian, Dr. Stephanie earned her dental degree from Oregon Health Sciences University, then completed a General Practice Residency at Denver Health Medical Center. She went on to specialize in Pediatric Dentistry at The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Stephanie is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry—the highest credential in the ﬁeld—re�lecting her commitment to clinical excellence and ongoing education.

She is also passionate about whole-child wellness, with a special interest in pediatric airway health and early intervention. As a certiﬁed Toothpillow provider, Dr. Stephanie o�fers airway-friendly growth guidance and gentle, kid-focused solutions that support proper jaw development, breathing, and sleep. Her goal is to help children thrive—not just with healthy smiles, but with healthy habits and happy lives.

She and her husband, Dr. Steve, are blessed and busy parents to twins and triplets.

Dr. Ashley Swan Pediatric Dentist & Oral Restriction Specialist

Dr. Ashley Swan’s gentle, compassionate approach helps children feel at ease and creates a positive experience for both kids and parents. A Reno, Nevada native, earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and her Doctor of Dental Medicine from Tu�ts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. She then completed a two-year pediatric dental residency at NYU Lutheran Medical Center in Oahu, Hawaii. Board Certiﬁed in Pediatric Dentistry, Dr. Swan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a medical sta�f member at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. With more than 20 years in the ﬁeld, she has devel-

oped a passion for airway-focused, whole-body health and wellness. She provides care for infants through young adults, including treatment of tongue and lip tie restrictions, and enjoys collaborating with other practitioners to help children breathe, sleep, and thrive. As a mother of two teenagers, Dr. Swan treats every child as if they were her own. Outside the o�ﬁce, she loves exploring the outdoors, staying active, and prioritizing health and wellness with her family—values she brings to the children of Central Oregon, one adorable smile at a time.

Dr. Stephanie Woolsey Pediatric Dentist & Cheerleader for Little Smiles

Dr. Stephanie Woolsey is known for her gentle, caring approach o�ten likened to a Disney princess for her kind, nurturing nature. A mother herself, she treats each patient with the same compassion and care she would want for her own child. With a passion for treating children of all backgrounds, including those with special healthcare needs, Dr. Woolsey creates a welcoming and supportive environment where kids feel safe and understood. Her calm presence and so�t-spoken encouragement help ease anxiety and build trust with young patients and their families.

A Montana native, Dr. Woolsey grew up enjoying the outdoors and sports like golf, running, and skiing. Inspired by her own dental and orthodontic

experiences, she pursued pediatric dentistry and earned her dental degree from the University of Washington. She completed her pediatric training through NYU Langone Health in Yakima, WA, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Woolsey excels in restorative and surgical dentistry, o�fering personalized, comprehensive care tailored to each child's need. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and serves on the medical sta�f at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.

Outside of clinic, she enjoys spending time with her two golden retrievers, exploring the mountains of Central Oregon. Dr. Woolsey and her husband, Cameron, recently welcomed a baby girl and are loving this new chapter of parenthood.

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From nutrition and gut health to immune support and developmental concerns, to Wellness Exams from a holistic perspective, we offer whole-child care designed to uncover root causes and support lifelong wellness.

a�ter it appears. Functional medicine takes a di�ferent approach. Instead of just managing symptoms, it asks what the root cause is, and what daily patterns, stressors, nutritional gaps, or lifestyle factors might be contributing to less-than-optimal health and wellness.

Doug Goodgion, a Physicians Associate, puts it simply: “We focus on the mind-body connection and want to know how a patient feels even if labs indicate everything is okay.”

This root-cause mindset informs care at OnePeak Medical. Rather than quick ﬁxes, providers explore how each area in�luences the others. Poor sleep can a�fect immunity. Nutrition and gut health can impact mood. Mobility challenges can impact an active lifestyle. By addressing these connections, care plans become sustainable, practical, and personalized to your goals and lifestyle.

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OnePeak Medical believes that functional medicine based primary care should be accessible, which is why provider and nutrition visits are covered by most major insurance plans, and appointments are typically available within several days or a few weeks at most, not months.

Healthcare can o�ten feel fragmented, bouncing between primary care and specialty o�ﬁces, o�ten repeating your story to providers who only spend a few minutes with you. OnePeak Medical �lips that model. Each clinic brings primary care, nutrition and lifestyle coaching, and on-site labs under one roof, while also o�fering mental health services through telehealth.

“O�tentimes a patient will walk away astonished, saying, ‘Wow, someone actually listened to me,’” said Goodgion. “Those conversations are foundational when we’re not just treating a symptom.”

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Personalized Care That Works

What ties it all together at OnePeak Medical is a commitment to personalized care. Visits begin with a thorough exploration of your medical history, and providers may order advanced testing, such as bloodwork or gut assessments, to get a complete picture.

Using this information, the care team works with you to develop a plan that is sustainable and tailored to you, considering stress, sleep patterns, daily life, barriers, dietary preferences, and long-term goals. By personalizing care in this way, OnePeak Medical ensures you feel understood and supported, not just like a number.

Meet the Teams

You will be cared for by a dedicated team of primary care providers, including Physician Associates Olivia Vanderslice, PA-C, Debra Triplehorn, PA-C, and Doug Goodgion, PA-C, alongside Family Nurse Practitioners Amy McElroy, MSN, FNP-C, and Andrea Kosty, MSN, FNP-C.

Equally central to OnePeak Medical’s patient-centered care model is nutrition, and that is where Kyndell Keddy, Fitness and Nutrition Advisor, steps in. Seeing patients at both clinics, Kyndell bridges the gap between medical care and lifestyle coaching.

“Depending on your labs, symptoms, and nutrition and health history, we discuss which dietary pattern will be best to optimize your health. But we don’t just stop there,” explains Kyndell. “Equally important to what we eat is how we eat. The behavioral aspect of nutrition is o�ten overlooked and underappreciated. Together, we’ll dive into roadblocks, stressors, time sustainable, lifelong changes that align with your health goals.”

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OnePeak Medical is accepting new patients and most major insurances at both Central Oregon locations:

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At Struble Orthodontics , we’re excited to have three talented, board-certiﬁed orthodontists leading our dedicated and skilled patient care team.

Between their collective years of experience, Dr. Blair Struble, Dr. Madeline Peterson and Dr. Jacqueline Gambee have a strong commitment to ongoing education, top quality care and cutting edge technology.

Our hope is that our patients feel comfortable from the moment they step into our ofﬁce. Our caring provider team works together each and every day to create a culture of inclusivity and understanding so that every person who walks into our space feels supported on their journey to a beautiful, healthy, long-lasting smile!

Dr. Blair Struble

400 SW Bond St. #300, Bend (541) 583-4705 3818 SW 21st St. #102, Redmond (541) 527-4325

Dr. Blair Struble is a native Central-Oregonian with over 17 years of direct clinical patient care in the hometown that she loves dearly. She loves the science and technical part of orthodontics but really feels the most reward and pride when she gets to see the beautiful smile end result for patients she has grown to know through the community. She has a lot of fun while she works and loves the engagement and relationships formed through her work. She is very involved in local community service, child sports programs and organized dentistry.

Dr. Madeline Peterson

Dr. Madeline Peterson's road to becoming an orthodontist started at a very young age. It all started when she was about 11 years old going through her own orthodontic treatment. She saw ﬁrst-hand how transformative and beneﬁcial orthodontics can be. She is continually fascinated by the mixture of art and science in orthodontics and is a very talented clinician.

Dr. Jacqueline Gambee

Dr. Jacqueline Gambee brings a general dentist background to our provider team as she practiced as a general dentist before becoming an orthodontist. She is an incredibly compassionate provider and she loves seeing the conﬁdence a beautiful smile brings to her patients.

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Brenda Hedges

MD, FAAP (she/her)

Board Certified Pediatrician at Central Oregon Pediatrics Associates (COPA)

29 years in Pediatrics at COPA and St. Charles Newborn Nursery

As COPA celebrates its 50th anniversary, it’s clear how the practice’s success is deeply intertwined with the legacy of Dr. Brenda Hedges. A pediatrician for nearly 30 years, Brenda’s professional excellence, care standards and welcoming culture that grew COPA from a small

She believes good health is about developing positive, life-long attitudes about wellness. “With both parents and my patients, I try to emphasize preventive measures for keeping kids healthy, such as healthy eating, staying active, and practicing good safety at home.”

Over three decades, her approach to proactive health has helped shape the priorities at COPA.

Dr. Logan Clausen, a colleague at COPA for 13 years, describes Brenda as someone who makes others better simply by example.

“Brenda has been fundamental to growing COPA from a practice of just a few pediatricians. She embodies truly caring for your community.”

Helping kids be advocates for health

Brenda combines technical skill with human connection, possessing a unique bedside manner that is equally adept at addressing complex pediatric needs and soothing an anxious child or worried parent. “Throughout my career as a pediatrician, I’ve learned to listen intently to my patients and help them learn to advocate for their own health.”

By her patients and her colleagues, Brenda is recognized not only for the care she has delivered, but also for the trust, love, and respect she has earned from our community. She embodies COPA’s values of Collaboration, Openness, Play, and Accountability, and her influence continues to shape the culture that makes COPA special.

Brenda is admired not just for her clinical expertise but also for the mentorship and kindness. Whether guiding a new staff member, collaborating with providers, or uplifting her team during challenging days, she is known for her generosity of spirit and unwavering support.

The Mission That Guides COPA

COPA is committed to individualized care for all children in Central Oregon, inclusive of all backgrounds, needs, and medical complexities. Each pediatrician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and clinician believes every child matters, that all families deserve access to exceptional care, and that pediatric health is a lifelong journey.

“My great joy as a physician is watching my patients grow into confident, healthy young adults.” – Dr. Brenda

Thanks to the dedication of compassionate kid experts like Brenda, COPA has grown from a tiny three-room clinic into a trusted, multi-location practice serving tens of thousands of Central Oregon families with expert guidance for every stage

A Full Range of Pediatric Services in Central Oregon

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Visit COPAKids.com to learn more about services, providers, and how to become a patient. Stay in touch with COPA Kids on Instagram.

High Desert Sports & Spine

At High Desert Sports & Spine, we believe that an active life should be accessible at every stage. Living in Central Oregon o�ten means long days on the trail, powder mornings on the mountain, and endless opportunities to soak up the outdoors. But when injuries, pain, or mobility issues start to interfere, our mission is to help patients get back to doing what they love—safely, e�fectively, and with conﬁdence.

Who We Are

High Desert Sports & Spine is a specialty medical clinic dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of musculoskeletal and spine-related conditions.

Our providers, Dr. Joe Kent, Dr. Jon Swi�t, Dr. Keegan McClary, and Dr. Mark Goodman, bring decades of combined experience in sports medicine, interventional spine care, and orthopedic rehabilitation. Together, they lead a collaborative team of medical assistants, radiologic technologists, and administrative sta�f committed to delivering compassionate, patient-focused care.

Our approach is grounded in evidence-based medicine, but it is also deeply personal. Every patient’s story is unique, and so is every treatment plan. We take the time to listen, evaluate thoroughly, and design customized care pathways that ﬁt the individual—not just their diagnosis.

What We Do

We specialize in minimally invasive procedures, regenerative medicine, diagnostic imaging, and comprehensive musculoskeletal care. Our clinic o�fers a wide range of services including:

Interventional Spine Care: Minimally invasive procedures for conditions such as degenerative discs, sciatica, arthritis, and vertebral compression fractures.

Sports Medicine: Evaluation and treatment of muscle, joint and tendon pain, from tendonitis and ligament tears to overuse injuries.

Regenerative Therapies: Cutting-edge treatments like platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) designed to stimulate the body’s natural healing processes.

Durable Medical Equipment (DME): Bracing and support devices ﬁtted and customized for recovery and injury prevention.

Non-Surgical Orthopedics: Comprehensive care plans aimed at maximizing function, minimizing pain, and avoiding unnecessary surgery.

By providing these services under one roof, we ensure that our patients receive coordinated, e�ﬁcient care without unnecessary delays.

Our Philosophy of Care

At High Desert Sports & Spine, we value: Patient Empowerment: We believe patients should fully understand their options. Our providers take the time to explain risks, beneﬁts, and alternatives so patients can make informed decisions.

Innovation with Integrity: From regenerative medicine to advanced imaging, we bring the latest advancements in musculoskeletal care into practice—always with a focus on safety, e�fectiveness, and what’s best for the patient.

Collaboration: We work closely with primary care providers, physical therapists, surgeons, and other specialists to ensure each patient’s care is seamless and well-coordinated.

Community Connection: Central Oregon is more than just where we work—it’s our home. We understand the active lifestyles of our community, and we’re committed to helping people return to the activities they enjoy most.

The Patient Experience

From the ﬁrst phone call to the ﬁnal follow-up, our goal is to make every patient feel supported and respected. We know that dealing with pain or injury can be overwhelming, so we strive to create a welcoming environment where patients feel heard.

High Desert Sports & Spine

1140 SW Simpson Ave. #100 (541) 388-2333

Highdesertsportandspine.com info@hdssbend.com

Appointments are designed to be thorough yet e�ficient. We respect patients’ time by minimizing wait times while ensuring that every concern is addressed. Our front o�fice team provides clear communication around scheduling, insurance, and financial expectations, including Good Faith Estimates, so patients can focus on healing rather than logistics.

For procedures, our sta�f ensures that patients are comfortable, fully informed, and cared for throughout the process. Many of our treatments are performed in-o�ﬁce with minimal downtime, allowing patients to return quickly to work, sports, or family activities.

Why Choose Us

There are many options for musculoskeletal care, but patients choose High Desert Sports & Spine because of our commitment to excellence and compassion. We bring together the expertise of fellowship-trained providers, the precision of advanced technology, and the warmth of a team that genuinely cares.

Our patients appreciate that we are proactive, not just reactive. We don’t simply treat symptoms—we address root causes, support long-term recovery, and help patients prevent future injuries. Whether it’s a weekend warrior hoping to return to hiking, a retiree managing arthritis, or someone recovering from a spinal fracture, our goal is always the same: restoring quality of life.

Looking Ahead

As our clinic continues to grow, we remain focused on innovation and continuous improvement. We are expanding our team, developing new partnerships with local providers, and investing in the best available technology to support patient care.

But no matter how much we grow, one thing will never change: our dedication to each patient who walks through our doors. At High Desert Sports & Spine, we’re not just treating injuries—we’re helping people regain their independence, conﬁdence, and joy in living an active life.

Bend Is where Fall comes to Life with Music, Food, and Art

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MUSIC · FOOD

LOCAL BUSINESSES

CRAFTS · FAMILY FUN Located Downtown Bend

OCT.

Presenting Sponsor

Celebrate the Autumn season with crafts, art, music, and more. The annual tradition brings the best of the PNW culture right to the heart of downtown Bend. Enjoy a full weekend of fall fun during Central Oregon’s favorite time of year!

A Word from First Interstate Bank, The Bend Fall Festival Title Sponsor:

As your trusted community bank, partner, and neighbor, we are excited to spend time with you this season at the Fall Festival.

With great food, music, art, vendors, and family fun, this amazing event celebrates where we live and the communities we serve. Although First Interstate has seen many changes during our growth and evolution the past ﬁve decades, dedication to clients and giving back to the places we call home remains our top priority.

In addition to our support of the Fall Festival, you’ve also likely seen our team at various local events, volunteering for area nonproﬁts, and supporting community causes and e orts.

Celebrating our community through arts, crafts, culture, and cuisine is special to us, and we are proud to serve as a long-time supporter of the Fall Festival. First Interstate honors and celebrates the small business owners and artisans who bring this annual event to life and encourage everyone to pop by to enjoy the festivities and fun.

See you there!

Cameronne Mosher

First Interstate Market President, Bend

SATURDAY, OCT. 4TH SUNDAY, OCT. 5TH

MUSIC SCHEDULE

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Stephanie Anne Johnson 8:30pm - 10:00pm

2:30pm - 3:30pm

4:00pm - 5:00pm

FOOD AND DRINK

CHECK OUT THIS YEAR’S FOOD OPTIONS!

Local favorites serving up deliciousness all weekend long.

The Corndog Company of Central Oregon

Adamo’s Carnival Eats

Qualiserve

Sub Zero Products

Southern Accents

Wrapped

Lucky Teriyaki, Sushi, & Ramen

Queens of Kettle Corn

Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee Truck

Kristy’s Down Home Cookin’

Taco Salsa Food Truck

The Pizza Cart

Smokey Bag Jerky

DON’T FORGET THE DRINK OPTIONS!

Avid’s hard ciders

Avid Apple Pie Cider

Avid Blackberry Currant Cider

Cocktails featuring Crater Lake Spirits

Crater Lake Gin & Juice

Ginger & Crater Lake Whiskey

Wine from Copa di Vino

Best Day Brewing - Kölsch (N/A)

From Sunriver Brewing

Berry Seltzer

Cool Water Lager

Stomp IPA

Ceramics

FALL FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Paciﬁc Stone Pottery - Specializes in crafting handmade pottery for the home and table. Marbled clays and taped decorations are used for a modern take on studio pottery.

Lori Piccolo Design - I design, hand build and embellish each bell from durable high ﬁre clay and glaze, with parts of reclaimed chain and copper. My bells are suitable for outdoor gardens and/or special indoors spaces.

Kia Zora - Works in acrylic on canvas or board, starting with an exploratory process that evolves into representational images.

Dan Custer Art - I paint Northwest landscapes in oils using traditional techniques, working from my own photo images and plein air studies to capture natural light, shadow, atmosphere depth, and unique perspectives.

Little Bits Pottery - Little Bits Pottery creates handmade ceramics inspired by the moon phases. Each piece is thoughtfully designed to be both functional and beautiful, bringing a quiet, celestial charm to daily life.

Nomadic Ceramics - Functional & decorative ceramics inspired by nature, glazed in my personal formulas, & adorned with gold luster &vintage waterslide decals. I focus on simple yet elegant forms & enjoy large scale work

PDX Pots And Crafts - I wheel throw marbled ceramics using various clays (often combining 4-7 different porcelain and stoneware clays) & clear glaze only the interior. All of my sourced materials are made in Portland OR

Fiber

De Los Angeles Weaving - Uses a hand loom and handmade wool to create rugs. The highly skilled textile artist transforms raw wool into one-of-a-kind works of art, using hand-spun yarn and vegetable dyes.

art'frica - Traditional African fabrics, beads, clay, paint, and other objects are used with the applique technique. All works are original and custom-framed.

Michele Ballantyne Designs - This artist works with wool, silk, and other ﬁbers in a wet felting process to create unique art pieces, often embellishing the felted work with stitching and beads. Some pieces are framed, while others are unframed.

Erin Meyer Fine Art - Known for utilizing unusual textures, this artist uses reclaimed fabric remnants called selvage to create unique, one-of-a-kind art pieces.

Mountain Fiber Designs - Macramé and ﬁber art including leather, suede, juniper, jasper, turquoise and other natural accents. Items include wall hangings, plant hangers and hat hangers.

Fine Art

Mountain Fiber Designs - Macramé and ﬁber art including leather, suede, juniper, jasper, turquoise and other natural accents. Items include wall hangings, plant hangers and hat hangers.

Fine Art

Becca Klassy Paints - Based in and inspired by the Paciﬁc Northwest, Becca uses acrylic paints on canvas and wood, offering prints, stickers, and postcards/greeting cards.

Xochi Fine Art - The current collections include a mix of acrylic, gouache, and inks, primarily on canvas or 300lb archival papers, focusing on ﬂorals, abstracts, and landscapes with an emphasis on color and texture.

Paz Mendez Art - Hand-Carved Block Prints. Oil based ink on ﬁne art recycled paper. Each woodcut/linocut is printed by hand, one at a time. Only one limited edition set of prints per block.

Glass

Art to Harmony - This artist creates fused glass using multiple techniques, including drop pot, screen drop, pattern bars, and mosaic, to produce functional art.

GIBSON GLASS ART - Using hand-cut sheet glass, cru shed glass, and hand-pulled glass stringers, this artist creates complex patterns and designs. The glass is ﬁred several times in a kiln and cold-worked.

AD Glass & Design - Hand blown glass. Color layering and mixing. Classic and traditional styles/techniques of blown glass from Swedish engraving of imagery to Italian encalmo techniques and surface decoration.

Pneuma Glass - I use molten glass, applying water to crack its surface, then reheat and shape it to create distinctive, textured glass artworks

Boise Art Glass - applying the ancient traditions of glassblowing, ﬁre is used to heat the glass to 2100 degrees. Steel and wooden tools help me shape the glass as I breathe life into every piece.

Zetamari Mosaic Artworks - I create intricate glass mosaics using hand-shaped glass, beads, and metal, ﬁnished with colored cement grout. Blending traditional and modern techniques, I craft highly detailed, functional art.

Beaver State Glass - Kiln-formed glass or kiln casting is a glass working technique that involves melting and fusing multiple pieces of glass together in a kiln. The glass is then molded into plates, bowels, vases, etc.

Sunlit Stained Glass - I begin with a sheet of glass that I cut into pieces. I then wrap each piece in copper foil, and solder the pieces together to create fun and unique stained glass art! Perfect to liven up any space.

Other Worlds - Blown glass bubbles are turned into deep rich sounding wind gongs, wind bells (tuned to speciﬁc musical notes), and glass with driftwood wind chimes which known for their bright crisp tinkly sound.

Jewelry

Emerald Dream Designs - I utilize the lost wax casting method to create replicas of nature into silver to use with my pieces. I also incorporate gemstones and mixed metals in addition to the sterling silver jewelry.

Soul Full Studio - Each piece is meticulously hand-carved using the lost-wax technique, then individually cast and polished to achieve either a matte or mirror ﬁnish.

Heather John Jewelry - Hand fabricated jewelry using certiﬁed recycled sterling silver and stones sourced from lapidary artists, many local. Wire and sheet are cut and soldered to create architectural and minimal settings.

Adorn to Rise - Mixed metal silver and gold jewelry handcrafted using traditional silversmithing techniques. Inspired by the desire to create high-quality wearable talismans with meaning and intention behind them.

Tyler Haas Designs - I hand fabricate silver and gold using a soldering torch, jewelers saw, hammer and anvil, as well as various burs. I cut my own cabochons from slabs of natural stone with trim saw and cabbing wheels.

Flkjewelry - I work w sterling silver, brass and karat gold, using both fabrication methods and lost wax casting. I'm interested in unusual stones and pearls and exploring what the materials can do.

Wild Moon Jewlery - Hand crafted jewelry using traditional metal smithing techniques. I source stones locally.

Nomadic Soul AdornmentsHandcrafted using African trade beads, natural stones, leather, and vintage elements, each piece blends global textures with wire wrapping, crochet, and mixed-media techniques.

Anton Yakushev DesignsHand-forged in ﬁre sculptural art jewelry.Elegant combination of disparate materials as stainless steel & gemstone in organic forms.Each piece is artist's unique wearable sculpture.Different from all

Union Studio Metals - Hand-built, genderless jewelry made from silver, gold, bronze, and hand-selected gemstones. Each piece is designed and created in the artist’s Bend, OR studio.

Branch+Barrel - An artist-run jewelry company based in Bend, OR, specializing in handmade designs that use natural wood, reclaimed barrel staves, and botanicals, accented with hand-forged metals and tinted resins.

Wild by Design - This artist creates botanical and faux insect jewelry. After pressing ﬂowers, ferns, or fruit, the artist encases them in resin, incorporating materials like silver, gold, stones, and paper insects.

Metal

FireSmith Copper - Copper sheets are prepped with a grinder and torch ﬂame to create colors. The artist etches through the color to create designs, which are freehand and wrapped on a handmade wood frame.

is using the to mirror certiﬁed stones many and architectural and silver using desire wearable using a natural cabbing silver, both wax unusual exploring crafted metal trade leather, and wire art of stainless unique from Hand-built, from Each created in Bend, handmade wood, tinted creates jewelry. or in like paper sheets are torch ﬂame etches designs, wrapped on a

Hollis ArtWorks - Primarily works with upcycled metal, using found objects, antiques, and materials to create whimsical art. Techniques include welding, grinding, and hand plasma cutting.

Meltdown Metal Art - Creates naturally inspired metal art by hand using copper and steel. No computer assistance is used in the process.

Elegant Garden Design/Rusty Birds - Specializes in designing metal home and garden art inspired by real-life ﬂora and fauna, ﬁnished with either a painted or rusty patina.

Lee Morrison Art - Paints abstract tree scenes using layers of paint, spatulas, and palette knives.

Elegant Garden Design/Rusty Birds - Specializes in designing metal home and garden art inspired by real-life ﬂora and fauna, ﬁnished with either a painted or rusty patina.

Burntwoods Forge - My nature inspired steel sculptures & functional art are created using new and reclaimed metals. I construct each piece using traditional methods with historical & modern tooling and techniques.

Mixed Media

Garrett Skelton Photography - This artist prints Paciﬁc Northwest images on canvas, building their own rustic wood frames to add a unique touch.

Amejko Artistry - Wood canvases are drilled with thousands of holes, with wool woven through them to create designs.

MelanieJade-Art - Layers paper, acrylic paint, ink, and crayons to capture the human experience, portraying everyday life or the world around us.

Nzalamba Artworks - African batik art on cotton, using wax and dye, representing themes of family, hope, and love. Reproduced into lithographs and archival prints.

7th Mountain Design - Propietary mix of disparate materials ( 3 grades of sand, cement, adhesive ) manipulated over rigid foam canvas. Burlap and or Mastic adds texture, powdered pigments acrylic paints for patinas.

A Bolt of Blue - My insect taxidermy work is rooted in a deep respect for the natural world and an appreciation for its smallest wonders. Each piece begins with ethically sourced specimens—often found already deceased

Painting & Drawing

Lori Agnew Fine Art - Combines pen illustration with watercolor overlays.

Lessa Clayton Art - A photo-realistic Oregon landscape painter, using old techniques of layering glazes for depth.

Watercolor Wednesday - Each watercolor piece is hand-painted and then skillfully incorporated into cards, art prints, and stickers.

Watercolor Wednesday watercolor piece is hand-painted and then skillfully incorporated into cards, art prints, and stickers.

dave fox studio - A landscape painter specializing in oils, focusing on the Paciﬁc Northwest.

Lee Morrison Art - Paints abstract tree scenes using layers of paint, spatulas, and palette knives.

Art By Calista - I create unique artwork using acrylic pour backgrounds, abundant textural elements, and oil painted realism to make what I call “abstracted landscapes.

Cooper Art and Abode - I create large-scale, soulful works crafted with acrylics, metallics, and thread—designed to shift and transform from day to night. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and tells a story.

Rosie Port Art - I create mixed-media abstract watercolor paintings with layered washes, pen, and ink. I use various tools for texture, and gold ink as a ﬁnal highlight. Nature deeply inspires my work.

CVW Watercolors - I am a watercolor artist. My subjects are ﬂorals, landscapes and still life. I paint on 100% cotton paper using traditional watercolor paints.

Patrick Campbell PhotographyImages captured with Nikon digital cameras are processed with Photoshop and other software, printed on dye-sublimation metal, canvas, and paper.

Patrick Campbell Photography Images captured with Nikon digital cameras are processed with Photoshop and other software, on dye-sublimation metal, canvas, paper.

Rowan Nyman - Specializes in ﬁne art nature photography of Western landscapes, wildlife, and abstracts, presented on canvas and metal.

Rowan Nyman - Specializes in nature photography of Western landscapes, wildlife, and abstracts, presented on canvas and metal.

Tony Carnahan Photography - I photograph landscapes and wildlife in the Paciﬁc Northwest, Alaska, and around the world. I sell my images on high-quality aluminum and other materials that I print and sublimate in my studio.

Tony Carnahan Photography - I photograph landscapes and wildlife the Paciﬁc Northwest, Alaska, and around the world. I sell my images high-quality aluminum and other materials that I print and sublimate my studio.

Thomas Goebel Photography - My landscape photography is printed locally on metal. In-camera techniques include long exposure and graduated ND/polarizer ﬁlters. Color and contrast corrections are made in the editing process.

Thomas Goebel Photographylandscape photography is printed locally on metal. In-camera techniques include long exposure and graduated ND/polarizer ﬁlters. Color and contrast corrections are made in the editing process.

CVW Watercolors - I am a watercolor artist. My subjects are ﬂorals, landscapes and still life. I paint on 100% cotton paper using traditional watercolor paints.

Amanda Blake - I paint in oils on wood.

Michael Mckee Gallery - Working with soft pastels on a sanded ground, I build my compositions using bold color and shape.

Lawlor Artworks - I want my art to tell stories, I arrange photoshoots with models indoors and out in nature, create compositions in Photoshop, maybe I paint a small study, then ﬁnished painting on linen on hardboard.

Illuminating Creation Art - Realistic paintings of Oregon birds are rendered using gouache on watercolor backgrounds. All are painted on watercolor paper.

Illuminating Creation Art paintings of Oregon birds are rendered using gouache on watercolor backgrounds. All are painted on watercolor paper.

My Art Maker - I work with acrylic on canvas detailed with charcoal and graphite pencil. Each piece is sprayed with a matte ﬁxative and framed. They are all signed, dated and wired with D-rings ready to hang.

Sheila Dunn - I paint large, vibrant oil paintings using distinctive, geometric brushstrokes.

Photography

Beautiful Oregon - Digital captures of Oregon’s landscapes are printed as pigment giclée prints, with minimal post-processing.

Drew Campbell Photography - am a nature photographer searching for inspiring light and unusual ways to capture the beauty of the surroundings. I print on Canvas and stretch the images and then mount them in ﬂoater frames

Drew Campbell Photographynature photographer searching inspiring light and unusual ways capture the beauty of the surroundings. I print on Canvas and stretch the images and then mount them in frames

Dana Sharman Photography - I create bold, emotionally charged landscapes that blur reality and dream, using color, contrast, and surreal moments to explore memory, mystery, and the raw power of nature.

Dana Sharman Photography - I bold, emotionally charged landscapes that blur reality and dream, using contrast, and surreal moments to explore memory, mystery, and the power of nature.

Wood and Sculpture

Studio Les Bois - Natural hardwood mosaics are hand-cut and sanded to mimic landscapes, with each piece being one of a kind and backlit with a remote.

Studio Les Bois - Natural hardwood mosaics are hand-cut and sanded to mimic landscapes, with each piece being one of kind and backlit with a remote.

Cedar Rose WoodworkingCreates vases and sculptures from wood harvested by the artist, using a lathe and various ﬁnishes to enhance the natural color.

Cedar Rose WoodworkingCreates vases and sculptures from wood harvested by the using a lathe and various ﬁnishes to enhance the natural color.

B Lind Woods - Produces lathe-turned decorative items and utility bowls from salvaged Northwest hardwoods, emphasizing unique grain structures.

B Lind Woods - Produces lathe-turned decorative items utility bowls from salvaged Northwest hardwoods, emphasizing unique grain structures.

True Nature - My work is hand formed from a variety of woods sometimes enhanced with stone, shell, plants and wood burned designs.

Erickson Wood Designs - I employ various materials (cherry, maple and walnut) and steam bending and ﬁnishing techniques to create one of a kind steam bent wall sculptures.

Beautiful Oregon - Digital captures of Oregon’s landscapes are printed as pigment giclée prints, with minimal post-processing.

Scarola Photography - A minimalistic approach focuses on ﬁnding unlikely photo opportunities and bringing attention to the subject matter.

Bureau de BureauMachine-routed and hand-carved wooden panels, with high-caliber pigments and ﬁnishes.

Bureau de BureauMachine-routed and hand-carved wooden panels, ﬁnished with high-caliber pigments and ﬁnishes.

Scarola Photography - A minimalistic approach focuses on ﬁnding unlikely photo opportunities and bringing attention to the subject matter.

Finches and Friends - Sheet metal is used to make these birds. Metal feathers are spaced apart using hardware and welding techniques. We ﬁnish them with enamel paint, making the brilliant artwork weather resistant.

Finches and Friends - Sheet is used to make these birds. feathers are spaced apart using hardware and welding techniques. We ﬁnish them with enamel making the brilliant artwork weather resistant.

Kids are even cuter in beanies.

Little vests, fuzzy boots, mittens, aww. Your kid is ready for the cold, but what about viruses? Stop by our booth in the Kids Zone at Fall Fest to see how to handle this year’s seasonal bugs.

FAMILY FUN

THE BEND FAMILY PLAY ZONE

PRESENTED BY

ENJOY TWO DAYS OF FAMILY FUN FROM FIRST INTERSTATE BANK BEND FALL FESTIVAL. IT WILL BE MORE FUN THAN EVER. BOUNCE HOUSES, KIDS’ ACTIVITIES AND MORE!

SATURDAY 11AM-6:30PM SUNDAY 11AM-5PM

LOCATED: OREGON AVE. BETWEEN BOND AND LAVA

FESTIVAL FINDS: SUNNY RUSTY 3D ART, FAERY FACE ART, KONA ICE OF BEND, TEMPORARY TATTOOS, MARA CROCHETS MINIS & BLU, FRECKLES CREATIVE CLUB, POLAROIDS BY PAIZ, TWO SUNS ART STUDIO, LAUREL’S LENS, GIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON, BEAT CHILDREN’S THEATRE, US YOUTH DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION

FESTIVAL BENEFICIARY

LAY IT OUT EVENTS PROUDLY SUPPORTS LOCAL NONPROFITS & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Every year, a portion of proceeds from Bend Fall Festival is donated to a local nonprofit. In 2025, Street Dog Hero is this year’s beneficiary! Street Dog Hero rescues dogs both locally and around the world, taking the most loving dogs from some of the most horrific situations and finding them the homes they deserve. The organization addresses the overpopulation crisis and veterinary access issues by hosting both local and international spay/neuter and wellness clinics. Street Dog Hero focuses on areas in the most dire of situations, providing these services at little to no cost. The organization is dedicated to making a lasting impact by educating every community it touches, including its own.

FALL FESTIVAL VENDORS

BUSINESS SHOWCASE

PRESENTED BY

PEAK EURO

LEAFFILTER NORTH LLC

RENEWAL BY ANDERSEN

BEND CURLING CLUB

WEBFOOT HOME IMPROVEMENTS

BEND AXE THROWING

SMILE-A-MILE PAINTING OREGON

LEAFGUARD

BENDFILM

CASCADE GRAPHICS

FARMERS INSURANCE - MCCARTHY AGENCY

DESIGNER BATHS & KITCHENS, LLC.

SOULMATCH INTENTIONAL DATING

POSSUM FOX BACKYARD GOODS

ALPENGLOW COCKTAIL CO

SCOTT’S ROOFING

YOUTHLINE/LINES FOR LIFE MASTERS OF DISASTERS PROPERTY RESTORATION

BEND-REDMOND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

SALT + LIGHT CHURCH CARSTICKERS.COM

AT&T BEND MANSKI MEDIA LLC

FLOOR COVERINGS INTERNATIONAL LIVING WELL THERAPY

F45 TRAINING

NEIL KELLY BLISS ROOFING

CENTRAL TIRE NATIONAL SOLAR

OREGON HEALTHCARE.GOV

HARVEST MARKET

PRESENTED BY

SPRINGTIME FARMS

LIL MAMA MEGS

VUETASTIC JERKY, LLC. PIONEER RANCH

CURMUFFINS

BEND BAKLAVA

MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM

STAVOREN TRADING CO.

OREGON JAMS

SIMPLY SIMMERED LLC DOWN TO FERMENT

ASCEND MUSHROOMS

CALLIOPE KNITS

ROGER’S ROASTED WHEAT

FARMHOUSE PIES

FALL FESTIVAL VENDORS

OREGON LIFESTYLE

PRESENTED BY

WOODSY CRAFT CO.

NEWKS HOT SAUCE

GIDDYUP GEAR, LLC.

SHEELEY CO., LLC

UNCOMMON WILD

SIMPLY DOGALICIOUS

SILVER STONE APOTHECARY

TAKUMI JAPAN

CRAFTED FROM SCRATCH

RICKEY’S JERKY

CATMAN CELLARS

LAZY Z RANCH WINES

HI, HELLO THERE

RILEY’S SPICE OF LIFE, LLC.

THREE RIVERS GOURMET

LUCKY LADS

THE LOVING FUNGI

BROADUS BEES

KOOK’I

BLUE RIVER FERMENTS & PICKLES

MANUKA MANA

OREGON ROCKS BY KAI

NATP BRIGHTSMITHING

KAILEY RENAE DESIGN

FORGE AND FIRE ABLIS CBD TDS

CRATER LAKE SPIRITS

EMBER SAUNAS

SOUL COLLECTIVE

PRESENTED BY

HAWAIIAN MOON

KAREN MAHONEY CERAMICS

COMPASS GOODS

JO’S HOLIDAY DESIGNS

THE WAVY BUNCH

WAYWARD & WILD

CENTRAL OREGON PSYCHIC

WILLOW BEE CLOTHING CO.

ZOE JONES DESIGNS

CHASQUI ALPACA GOODS

RAD CAT PRESS

PIEL CANELA PERU

G-BAG

STICKS & STRINGS

C-LITE DESIGNS

SAMANCA JEWELRY

BRIDGE CITY KID

FACE & BODY ART BY KATHLEEN

ANDEAN WEAVES

SPIRIT GEMS

DRIP CANDLE GOODS

ZA ZEN

MAGIC CARPET JEWELRY

HAMMOND CUSTOM DESIGNS

STELLAR STONES

ROSE ROOTS DESIGN STUDIO

CHAKRA FLAMES

ASHLEY B ARTISTICWORKS

IT’S MY FUN

Photo by Hannah Turner Photography

SOURCE PICKS

THURSDAY 10/2

SEED SAVING & SEED CLEANING

WORKSHOP AT PINE MEADOW RANCH

A hands-on community workshop at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture where you’ll learn how to collect seeds for seed saving and seed cleaning. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or a newcomer, it’s easy to save seeds from your favorite flowers and vegetables! Thu., Oct. 2, 5:30-7pm at Pine Meadow Ranch. 68467 Three Creek Rd., Sisters. Free; registration required.

THURSDAY 10/2

LOW HUMS + ROSE GERBER

SURF BANGERS AND ALT-COUNTRY AT SILVER MOON

Hailing from Seattle, Low Hums brings psychedelic garage-rock with a flair for the bizarre. Sharing the bill is Rose Gerber — a Portland artist, known for her rock-meets-country sound, wry wit and heartbreaking ballads. Thu., Oct. 2, 7pm at Silver Moon Brewing. 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. $15.

THURSDAY 10/2

THE LIFE OF A WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER

WITH SUZI ESZTERHAS

Part artist, part scientist and part sociologist, Suzi Eszterhas will give us a glimpse into the life of a wildlife photographer. She will share her passion for conservation and how her work helps raise awareness of the issues facing wildlife today. Hosted by Central Oregon Community College. Thu., Oct. 2, 7pm at the Tower Theatre. 835 NW Wall St., Bend. $20.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY 10/3-10/5

BEND FALL FESTIVAL

WHERE FALL COMES TO LIFE!

A beloved Bend tradition with something for everyone! Enjoy a vibrant mix of fine art and craft vendors, live music, delicious food, interactive demos and installations and plenty of fun activities for kids — all set on the streets of downtown Bend, wrapped in the crisp, refreshing air of fall. Fri., Oct. 3 through Sun., Oct. 5 in Downtown Bend. Free.

HILLSTOMP’S LAST HURRAH

THE BAND’S FINAL CENTRAL OREGON SHOW

The duo is infamous for digging through the dumps and forgotten backwoods of American music, recycling traditional elements into a refreshing and distinctive brand of do-it-yourself hill country-blues. Despite the homemade instruments and novel approach, Hillstomp is no novelty act. Memorable live performances tap into a magic that cannot be rehearsed, converting outlaws and traditionalists alike. Sat., Oct. 4, 8pm at the Belfry. 302 E Main St., Sisters. $25.

SATURDAY 10/4

THE “20-DOLLAR ART SHOW”

EXHIBITION OPENING

Bend’s biggest little art show is back! The Museum is once again honored to host this year’s “20-Dollar Art Show,” presented by Bright Place Gallery. Featuring over 10,000 pieces of original art by established and emerging local artists, this year’s show promises to be the biggest yet. Sat., Oct. 4, 9am-5pm at the High Desert Museum. 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Free with museum admission; prices vary.

TUESDAY 10/7

NOAM PIKELNY & FRIENDS

BANJO-PICKIN’ WITH A STRINGS ENSEMBLE Pikenly has emerged as the preeminent banjoist of his generation. He is a founding member of Punch Brothers, a 3-time Grammy Nominee and was awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass in 2010. Tue., Oct. 7, 7:30pm at the Tower Theatre. 835 NW Wall St., Bend. $39-$64.

TUESDAY 10/7

LENA RICH + GUESTS

AN EVENING OF SWEET AND RICH FOLK TUNES Inviting, earthy and ethereal, Lena Rich creates her own strikingly original take on a traditional folk and Americana sound. Inspired by time spent in nature, human connection and fleeting moments, her music is driven by honest lyrics, rich instrumentation and a voice that balances softness with strength. Tue., Oct. 7, 6:30pm at Silver Moon Brewing. 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. $13.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7

SSOUND Black Currant Releases New LP, ‘Fast Ceremony’

Songwriter and artist of Black Currant shares powerful insights into her music and the need to slow down and be present

By Ramona McCallister

Bend artist, Kelly Martin of Black Currant, released her new LP, “Fast Ceremony,” on Sept. 21. Her new release is a joining of musical antitheses: pop and experimental, dark and danceable, joyous and haunting. By adding urgent, percussive synthesizer rhythms, she forms a backdrop to ethereal vocals and melodies, which at times may best be described as extra-terrestrial.

Other singles and EPs that Martin has released include, “I Dream” — released Sept. 7, 2025. “Ghost Town,” a fan favorite from the previously released EP, highlights signature haunting vocals and their dark and dreamy vibe. An upcoming release show will be held at the Palate Coffee Bar.

“In lieu of a traditional release show, there will be an invite only (limited space), collaborative evening featuring new sounds by my project, to be played during a guided yin yoga session,” clarified Martin. “There will be an acoustic opening set from a local musician and there will be snacks. It will be held at Palate Coffee Bar on the full moon, the sixth of October, from 6-9 p.m.”

Martin seeks to build songs not just to bob heads, but to move the whole body. The eccentric nature of the music is complimented in Martin’s lyrics, which feels at once deeply personal and oddly inclusive.

The inspiration behind the music

Martin was obsessed with music, even from the time she was a young child.

“I didn’t really think that I could sing and I didn’t think I could write my own music — it just didn’t seem possible, but it was a dream that I had for a long time. I just never really let it go,” Martin said of her dreams of becoming a musician.

“I gave myself permission and then I just went with it. And I have been doing it ever since, obsessively,” she added.

Martin has an undergraduate degree in fine art. She loves the medium of watercolors and her artwork is evident in her music, both in her EP from Ghost Town and other graphics on her website.

“When I started making my own music, it was very

herself a “nomadic” person. She currently lives in Bend and enjoys spending time with her family.

“I am here, this is a home base, but then I also go on journeys. I spend a lot of time on the east coast as well, so I consider New York another home.”

Martin reflected on her new release and what she hopes her listeners will take away from her music.

“This music all came from the last couple years of

Late in her twenties, she had an opportunity to move to San Francisco after attending art school in Portland. While in California, she had the opportunity to trade some design work for voice lessons. Despite her fear of failure, she moved ahead with singing lessons.

“I had such a lack of confidence and so fearful. I said, ‘This is it. Just try it and see what happens and if you fail, that’s OK. If you can’t sing, you can’t sing — but at least you tried.’”

Karina Denike was her first singing teacher at the time and is still her mentor. Denike began her career in Europe and she has her own solo career.

art-inspired art form. When I was learning how to sing, I would paste word after word into the music software GarageBand, stringing them together until they became full sentences and it would create an interesting, collage-like sound that was unique,” she said of her early music.

Martin enjoyed the creative part of the process, which is referred to as Avant-pop. It blends elements of popular culture to create something novel and accessible yet challenging. She enjoys traveling and considers

“I didn’t really think that I could sing and I didn’t think I could write my own music — it just didn’t seem possible, but it was a dream that I had for a long time. I just never really let it go.”

—Kelly Martin

my life. I have been doing a lot of trying to find ways to change and transform myself for the better and looking for help with that in spaces that are unusual, unlimited or creative. There has been some spiritual seeking and some contemplative work, like sitting and meditating and doing psychological work. They are a personal journey, but they are meant to be relatable in that they came from trying to visit my sacred spaces and go back into nature and slow down and to try to slow down my life even though everything keeps speeding up.”

She added that she also worked on this by going back into nature and delving into the world of plants to shift her consciousness. She wants her listeners to feel like there are new possibilities in the way they think about things and get them to move their body and experience embodiment through the music.

“The idea behind Fast Ceremony, is trying to slow down and be in the moment and treat people well and be present, while everything is encouraging you to do the opposite. Around you, everything is speeding up, and you get lost in all the information you are supposed to take in and all the things you are supposed to do in the day, and it just gets to be hard.”

Part of Martin’s process is going back into nature and delving into the world of plants to shift her consciousness.

Kelly Martin

CALENDAR

1 Wednesday

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

Bunk+Brew Open Mic Show off your talent at Bunk + Brew’s Open Mic Night! <0x1F3A4> Signups begin at 5:30 PM, the show kicks off at 6. All acts welcome—music, comedy, poetry, and more. Grab a drink, hit the stage, or cheer them on. Free to attend. Good vibes guaranteed. 6-8pm. Free.

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

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

The Commonwealth Pub Julianne Hansen Come joins us with fantastic singers and songwriters Julianne Hansen and possible special guest. 7:30-9:30pm. Free.

Craft Kitchen and Brewery Comedy Open Mic Night Open mic comedy on Bend’s NE side. Come down, eat some BBQ, drink some drinks, and be prepared to laugh. Great for first timers to experienced performers. FREE 7:30-9pm. Free.

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

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

Hosmer Bar Trivia Night Join us midweek for brainy banter and cold drinks! Whether you’re a seasoned quiz champ or just in it for the laughs, gather your crew and test your knowledge! See you there! 7-9pm. Free.

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

Market of Choice Bend Scrabble Club at Market of Choice We meet upstairs. We use the 7th edition of the Scabble Players Dictionary. New Scrabble players are welcome. If you have a Scrabble set, please bring it as a backup. 6-8:30pm. Free.

Midtown Yacht Club Bingo for Bunnies Play bingo, win great prizes and support the bunnies of Ember’s Bunny Rescue! Family friendly, bring your friends. 6-8pm. $3 per bingo card.

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

Pangaea Guild Hall Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners Take the first steps of a grand adventure! 6-9pm. $15.

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

LIVE MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

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Prost! - Bend WTF! Wednesday Trivia Fun!

Genuine UKB Trivia is truly unique and entertaining trivia for you! Independent, locally owned and operated. Please bring something to write with and some positive vibes, too :). 7pm. Free.

Wonderland Chicken X Worthy Brewing Karaoke Wednesdays Sing your heart out, enjoy a cold beer and fried chicken! 7-11pm. Free.

2 Thursday

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

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

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

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

The Capitol Noche Latina Get ready to dance the night away at the hottest Latino party in town. Join us at The Capitol the first Thursday of every month for a night filled with vibrant music and amazing company. Immerse yourself in the rich culture and energetic atmosphere of Latino music and dance. 8:30-11:45pm. Free.

Cascade Lakes Pub on Reed Market Bingo at Cascade Lakes Brewing Company Join Think Wild and Cascade Lakes Brewing for bingo night! Win cash prizes and support our organization and mission to help inspire the high desert community to care for and protect native wildlife through education, conservation, rescue, and rehabilitation! 5-7pm.

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

The Commonwealth Pub Kurt Silva & Cynthia West Kurt Silva, from bands Dry Canyon Stampede and Grits N Gravy, teams up with powerhouse singer, Cynthia West from the band Rukus to form a dynamic musical duo. 7:30-9:30pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Monday Night Musicians Open Showcase and Jam Calling all musicians, singers and performers! Join us for a weekly open showcase where you can share your talent, connect with other artists and perform in a welcoming atmosphere. Bring your instrument — backline is provided. 7:30-9:30pm. Free.

Crave Bend COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHT

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

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

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

Elements Public House Trivia Night at Elements Public House with QuizHead Games Come be all you can be with Trivia Night every Thursday from 6-8pm! Featuring QuizHead. games. Located at the north end of Redmond. Full bar and great food! 6-8pm. Free.

Hosmer Bar Bingo Night Your week just found its highlight—bingo! Join us for drinks, good company and a little friendly competition. Pull up a chair, grab a board and let’s make some memories! 7-9pm. Free.

The Lot Doc Monos Doc Monos is a solo acoustic project from singer/songwriter Andy Jaehrling. 6-8pm. Free.

Ponch’s Place Trivia Thursdays at Ponch’s Place Trivia Thursdays at Ponch’s Place with QuizHead Games. 6-8pm. Free.

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

Silver Moon Brewing The Low Hums & Rose Gerber The Low Hums: A slight surf banger with heavily psychedelic lenses describes a story of casually being stranded on vacation and strangely welcomed to ‘party’ with the locals. 7pm. $15.

Stoller Wine Bar Bend Live Music Thursdays Join us for our live music series, featuring local artist we know and love! 6-8pm. Free.

3 Friday

The Capitol Proper with Giancarlo & Mr. Danimals Monthly DJ Residency with Giancarlo (Fantastic Voyage) & Mr. Danimals (House of Sutiki.) First Friday of every month, 9pm-2am. Free. Cheba Hut Comedy Open Mic Bring your friends and let’s have some laughs together! 7:45-9pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Eric Leadbetter Band Leadbetter Band was born in 2017, featuring Eric’s original songs. Their music vibe is vast and diverse. From a vintage rock sound with heavy/light jam sections, to a unique contemporary eclectic melting pot of songwriting styles. 8-10pm. Free.

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

Craft Kitchen and Brewery Comedy with Amanda Lynn Deal Come relax and laugh with us after a long work week with some comedy! Try some of Craft’s delicious, made from scratch BBQ paired with a variety of brews and non-alcoholic options as well! 8-9:30pm.

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

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

Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards Live at the Vineyard: Motel Kalifornia Motel Kalifornia pays tribute to the unforgettable sound of the Eagles while also rocking hits from America, John Denver & The Doobie Bros. 5-8pm. $35.

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

M&J Tavern The Ghost of Brian Craig First Friday of October highlights this local artist delivering his melodies and looping style for an intimate evening of music and short story telling that is the base for next week’s premier of ‘Songs of Sunset’. An already recognized internationally pilot film documenting the homegrown independent music scene and community. 9pm. Free.

Chris King & The Gutterballs is a three-piece garage-twang band featuring Chris King on guitar and vocals, Malcolm Roberts on the bass and drummer Jack Moriarty. Sat., Oct. 4, 7pm at Silver Moon Brewing.

Silver Moon Brewing

Silver Moon Brewing That ‘90s Band That ‘90s Band plays your favorite bangers with energy and vigor. 7pm. $13.

4 Saturday

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

The Belfry Hillstomp’s Last Hurrah It’s Hillstomp’s last Central Oregon show! Come out and give these fine humans a grand send off! This Portland, Oregon junkbox blues duo is infamous for digging through the dumps and forgotten backwoods of American music, recycling traditional elements into a refreshing and distinctive brand of do-it-yourself hill country blues stomp.

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

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

The Commonwealth Pub Soul’d Out Soul’d Out was created by Dennis Morris (guitar/vocals), Rutledge Waterhouse (bass/vocals), Steve Hartwell (keyboards/vocals), Bruce Klouda (drums/vocals) to bring their brand of what they refer to as “rhythm & soul” music. 8-10pm. Free.

Craft Kitchen and Brewery Beyond the Grave Broadcasting Beyond the Grave Broadcasting is here to bring you frights! These drag performers will be dancing their way through some of our biggest fears. Joni us as you are guided by your spirit guide and hostess Phantasma through some familiar iconic spooky characters and stories of the macabre! 7-9pm. $10.

The Domino Room Company Grand & Mamasboy Live music at the Domino Room! All ages. 8pm-Midnight. $19.

Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards Heller Highwater Trio Led by the powerhouse Heather Drakulich, whose soulful R&B vocals bring every song to life, Heller Highwater Trio delivers an electrifying mix of rock, blues, country, and pop—covering favorites from the Rolling Stones, Bill Withers, Bonnie Raitt, Jason Mraz, Susan Tedeschi, Chris Stapleton and more! 5-8pm. $18.

La Pine Activity Center Almost, Maine Join us for dinner AND a show! This special performance of Almost, Maine will include a spaghetti dinner prior to the show. Join us at 6PM for a delicious meal and then stay for the performance at 7PM.Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. It’s almost in Canada. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. 6-9pm.

M&J Tavern Sungrater, Jackrat & Helga Sungrater invites local favorites, Helga and Jackrat, to share the stage for the release party of its new EP, “Flee The Temple.” High energy and volume is a guarantee for a blowout night of cool sounds on the first weekend of October. 9pm. Free.

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

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

Silver Moon Brewing Chris King & The Gutterballs + Guests Chris King & The Gutterballs know the secret to creative success: movement is key to progress. Whether by a gust of tornado wind or rubber against the road, pushing forward is all there is in a life, buoyed and scarred by love. 7pm. $15.

Warm Springs Pavilion Fan Appreciation Day Brutal Rez Productions present: fan appreciation featuring Damage Overdose, Gathering, Sho Rilla & Before The Fallen. All ages. 6-9:30pm. Free.

5 Sunday

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

The Commonwealth Pub Head Games Trivia Night Eat. Drink. Think. Win! Live multi-media trivia every Sunday @ 6pm. The Commonwealth Pub - Bend Free to play. Win prizes. Teams up to 6. 6-8pm. Free.

Dogwood At The Pine Shed Okay Karaoke Sing your favorite songs with friends, enjoy professional sound and lighting, and let the spotlight shine on you. Hosted by the dynamic Tammy Larsen, it’s the perfect night out for music lovers and party people alike. Noon-11pm. Free.

River’s Place The Brainy Brunch Trivia! Useless Knowledge Bowl Trivia presents “The Brainy Brunch!” Bring your crew of friends or family and a pen/pencil! Play for fun and gift cards, play for free! Experienced, independent, locally owned and operated! Noon. Free.

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

Volcanic Theatre Pub Circle Jerks w/ Negative Approach Unlike much of the unapologetic hardcore that seeped through the cracks of American suburbia, the music of the Circle Jerks was thoughtfully steadfast, yet relentless and ferocious in nature. 7pm. $40.

6 Monday

Bevel Craft Brewing Bingo with Bren Supporting Central Oregon Disc Golf Club We love disc golf at Bevel! Join us for Bingo with Bren, where half the proceeds go to cash prizes and half support the Central Oregon Disc Golf Club. Cards are $2 each or six for $10. Every dollar raised helps grow disc golf as a fun, affordable sport. 6-8pm. $2.

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

The Domino Room Doom Gong & Serpentfoot A hodgepodge of psychedelic rock, jazz fusion, bedroom pop, lo-fi, contemporary classical music, as well as blood, sweat & a lot of denim. 7:30-11pm. $19.

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

Immersion Brewing Open Mic hosted by Bend Comedy All performance types are welcome! All ages are welcome to attend and perform! All acts are eligible to audition to perform in a future Bend Comedy show! 7-9pm. Free.

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

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

7 Tuesday

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

Beach Hut Deli Tip of the Tongue Trivia Come out and play Tip of the Tongue trivia for a chance to win some great prizes and show off your trivia skills! 6-8pm. Free.

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

The Cellar Open Mic Open mic at The Cellar hosted by Mari! 6-8pm and all are welcome! 6-8pm. Free.

The Commons Cafe & Taproom Open Mic StoryTellers open mic nights are full of music, laughs and community. Mason James is the host. Poetry, comedy and spoken word are welcome, but this is mainly a musical open mic. Performance slots are a quick 10 minutes each, so being warmed up and ready is ideal. If you wish to perform sign-ups start at 5pm in the cafe. 6pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub Single Malt Jazz Come enjoy a night of smooth jazz headed by Don McFarlane. 7-9pm. Free.

Elements Public House Trivia (&Taco) Tuesdays Quiz fans of Redmond: bring your crew this week for UKB live trivia & more! Delicious menu favorites, brews, cocktails, plus Taco Tuesday menu! Play for gift card prizes or just for fun. Bring good vibes and a pen. 6:30pm. Free.

Epic Energy Centers Supermoon Sound Bath One time event hosted in the Scalar Energy Room for Increased healing. Immerse yourself in a soul-awakening sound journey inside the Energy room. Join us to honor what you’ve accomplished and release what no longer serves with guided reflection & instrumental support. 6-8pm. $65.

M&J Tavern Karaoke Every Tuesday at your downtown living room! Sign-ups start at 8pm and the singing goes until last call OR last singer, whichever comes first! 8pm-1:15am. Free.

Mountain Burger Trivia Tuesday at Mountain Burger Come to Trivia Tuesday at Mountain Burger! Fun and prizes await! 7:30-9pm. Free.

Northside Bar & Grill Karaoke with DJ Chris Ossig Karaoke with DJ Chris. 7-9pm. Free. Pinky G’s Pizzeria TRIVIA NIGHT Test your knowledge in a casual/laid-back atmosphere. Pizza, beer and trivia. Free to play and prizes for 1st and 2nd place. 6-8pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing Leana Rich & Guests Inviting, earthy and ethereal, Lena Rich offers an entirely unique sound inspired by folk traditions. With songs that celebrate the beauty of the natural world, the depth of human connection and the magic of moments that stick, Lena’s indie-Americana is both familiar and refreshingly unique. 6:30pm. $13.

Volcanic Theatre Pub Elton Dan and The Rocket Band 7pm. $49.

MUSIC

Lumina Flute Ensemble: Music in Public Places (Central Oregon Symphony) Experience the Lumina Flute Ensemble at the Sunriver Library! This talented group performs radiant music, showcasing the beauty and versatility of the flute. Oct. 4, 2-4pm. Sunriver Public Library, 56855 Venture Lane, Sunriver. Contact: 5413173941. info@cosymphony.com. Free.

Noam Pikelny & Friends Noam Pikelny is widely recognized as the preeminent banjoist of his generation. Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “pros’ top banjo picker,” Noam is a founding member of Punch Brothers, a string ensemble which The Boston Globe calls “a virtuosic revelation.” Oct. 7, 7:30pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541-317-0700. info@towertheatre.org. $39-$64.

Worlds of Song unites three exceptional solo artists who are redefining musical boundaries. Badi Assad (pictured), Brian Gore and Hubby Jenkins will play solo sets along with duets and trios together. Fri., Oct. 3, 7:30pm at the Tower Theatre.

Badi Assad

Purrrfect Harmony: A Cat Cafe Sound

Bath Let soothing vibrations from bowls, gongs, and chimes blend with calming purrs to reduce stress and boost mood. Oct. 4, 9:30-10:30am. Playful Paws Cat Cafe, 1465 SW Knoll Ave, Bend. Contact: 541-728-3871. april@playfulpawscatcafe.com. $35.

Worlds of Song Worlds of Song unites three exceptional solo artists who are redefining musical boundaries. The performance features brief solo sets from each musician, alongside duets and trios, offering a truly unique, “one-time-only” experience. Oct. 3, 7:30pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541-317-0700. info@ towertheatre.org. $39-$59.

DANCE

Adult Ballet Class Come learn or rediscover the art of ballet on Tuesday nights! Adult Ballet is an open-level class for adult learners and dancers. Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 and 6:45-7:45pm. Acadamie De Ballet Classique, 1900 NE 3rd St #104, Bend. Contact: 541-3824055. dance@ abcbend.com. Varies: Drop-ins $25, 4-Pack or Register receives a discount!.

Adult Jazz Dance Community Class

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

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

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

Lindy Hop Social Dance and Lesson Take back your night life! Join a community eager to share their excitement for this goofy, athletic and energetic dance. Lindy Hop is the original vintage swing dance turned global dance craze. Danced to classic jazz standards Lindy Hop is connected to its roots, but always innovating. Sundays, 6-9pm. Through Oct. 12. The Space, 63830 Clausen Rd, Bend. $7-$12.

FILM EVENTS

Ritual Mountain Bike Film Tour 2025 Since humankind invented the wheel, we’ve been determined to take it to new heights, push it to the limit, and revel in the experience. Ritual is a big screen celebration of the indomitable human spirit that defines the sport of mountain biking with unforgettable film-going experiences. Oct. 1, 6:45-8:45pm. Sisters Movie House, 720 Desperado Court, Sisters. Contact: 5415498833. inquiries@sistersmoviehouse.com. $17.

ARTS + CRAFTS

Roping Basics: Championship Secrets for all Ages Learn the basics of ground roping in this hands-on beginner workshop for all ages. With one-on-one coaching and demos from Judy Robinson — 1978 World Champion AllAround Cowgirl — you’ll master coiling, looping, and slack-pulling. Build confidence, sharpen technique, and finish with a friendly rope-off challenge. Oct. 3, 5:30-8:30pm. City of Redmond, Redmond, Or., Redmond. Contact: 650-2246750. info@schoolofranch.org. $65.

Smiley Design Art & Crafts Sale Pottery, woodworking, printmaking, small paintings, jewelry and more! Fridays-Sundays, 11am4pm. Through Oct. 5. Smiley Design, 443 NW DELAWARE AVE, Bend. Contact: 5413828406. Babsomatic56@gmail.com. Free.

Travel Memories Elizabeth Haberman is showing “Travel Memories,” a selection of watercolors representative of favorite trips she has taken to Italy, France and Mexico. Also on display will be black and white watercolors of Central Oregon wildlife. Oct. 1-31, 9am-10pm. The Oxford Hotel, 10 Northwest Minnesota Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-382-8436. Free.

Weaving the Wasco Way: Making Sally Bags Join tradition bearer Valerie Switzler to learn Wasco flat-bottom weaving. Begin your own cotton/twin Sally Bag while exploring the cultural roots of this iconic style. A potluck keeps hands busy and bellies full in this rare, hands-on workshop. Oct. 4, 9am-Noon. City of Redmond, Redmond, Or., Redmond. Contact: 650-224-6750. info@schoolofranch.org. $105. Witches & Brew Paint and Sip It’s time to stir the cauldron, grab your paintbrush, and join us for a spellbinding evening of creativity and fun! Whether you’re a seasoned sorceress or a newbie to the craft, this night will be one for the books.! Oct. 6, 6-8pm. Modern Games, 550 SW Industrial way #150, bend. Contact: sarahanneswoffer@gmail.com. $55.

PRESENTATIONS + EXHIBITS

Exhibition Closing: Patterns at Play –Fractals in Nature Last chance to see the original exhibition Patterns at Play: Fractals in Nature! Oct. 5, 9am-5pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-3824754. info@highdesertmuseum.org. Free with museum admission.

Exhibition Opening: The 20-Dollar Art Show Bend’s biggest little art show is back! The Museum is once again honored to host the year’s 20-Dollar Art Show, presented by Bright Place Gallery. Featuring over 10,000 pieces of original art by established and emerging local artists, this year’s show promises to be the biggest yet. Oct. 4, 9am-5pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4754. info@highdesertmuseum.org. Free with museum admission.

Fractal Fluency: Using the Science of Nature’s Beauty to Reduce Stress The past 50 years have seen a remarkable revolution in the way scientists study nature’s scenery. Join Dr. Richard Taylor, Head of the Physics Department at the University of Oregon, as he presents his research using sophisticated neuroscience techniques to examine people’s responses to fractals. Oct. 3, 6-8pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-3824754. info@highdesertmuseum.org. $10.

The Life of a Wildlife Photographer with Suzi Eszterhas Part artist, part scientist and part sociologist, Suzi Eszterhas will give us a glimpse into the life of a wildlife photographer. She will share her passion for conservation and how her work helps raise awareness of the issues facing wildlife today. Oct. 2, 7-8:30pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 5413827257. cgilbride@cocc. edu. $20.

Natural History Pub: Life in the Forest Canopy Have you ever considered what lives at the top of the forest? Hear from Dr. Hannah Prather, Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biology at Reed College, who has spent years climbing, exploring and protecting the forest canopy. Oct. 6, 7-8pm. McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 NW Bond St., Bend. Contact: 5413824754. info@ highdesertmuseum.org. Free with RSVP. Whistling Past the Graveyard Hear spooky cemetery stories and folklore from New Orleans to Edinburgh with Loren Rhoads, author of “222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die”. Learn how cemetery folklore has grown and changed over the years and whether they have any basis in truth. Registration required to get a Zoom link. Oct. 7, 6-7pm. Contact: 5413121029. laurelh@ deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

WORDS

One Hour, One Story: Intro to Memoir

Writing Your life stories are a priceless inheritance—why not leave them for loved ones in writing? In this two-part event, explore what makes a memoir memorable and how to bring your story to life. Find your unique voice with a short writing exercise, then get personalized feedback on your own work. Registration required. Oct. 2, 6-7pm. Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond. Contact: 5413121063. beccar@dpls. lib.or.us. Free.

Write Your Own Obituary in Four Easy Steps What do you want this world to remember about you? It’s a tough assignment for sure, but why not start a working document that you can edit through the years? Your family will thank you for it. Join us for a presentation and workshop that focuses on your personal legacy. Oct. 2, 5:30-7pm. Deschutes Public Library-Downtown, 601 NW Wall Street, Bend. Contact: 541-3121065. jennym@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

OUTDOOR EVENTS

Bend Adult Volleyball Bend Hoops adult open gym volleyball sessions offer players a chance to get together and enjoy some competition. To sign up, go to meetup.com and RSVP. Bring exact change. Sundays, 7-9pm and Saturdays, 7:30pm. Bend Hoops, 1307 NE 1st St, Bend. $10.

Bevel Putting Mayhem Disc Golfers!! Come join us on Wednesdays for Bevel Putting Mayhem in the hop garden at Bevel! $5 entry, with an optional $1 perfect putt pot, and $1 off beers for players. Sign-ups start at 5:30, first putts at 6pm. All skill levels welcome - meet new friends! Wednesdays, 5:30-8pm. Through April 29. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour St., Bend. Contact: 5419723835. holla@bevelbeer.com. $5.

Redmond Running Group Run All levels welcome. Find the Redmond Oregon Running Klub on Facebook for weekly run details. Thursdays, 6:15pm. Contact: rundanorun1985@gmail. com. Free.

Roller Skate Jam! Come skate with us— quads and inlines welcome! We throw down at the courts off SE Wilson, next to the skatepark. Music, dancing, rolling and a friendly community of welcoming skaters. All levels and ages welcome. Tuesdays, 6-8pm. Ponderosa Park, 225 SE 15th St., Bend. Contact: 206-334-8488. joe@ joe-walker.com. Free.

VOLUNTEER

Bunny Rescue Needs Volunteers

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

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

Volunteer, Feed the Masses! At Family Kitchen, the mission is to serve anyone who needs nutritious meals in a safe and caring environment. They have tons of volunteer needs - servers, cooks, shoppers, and more. Groups and teams wanted! Monthly or quarterly opportunities! Visit familykitchen.org/volunteer to fill out a volunteer interest form. Mondays-Sundays. Family Kitchen, 231 NW Idaho, Bend. Contact: tori@familykitchen.org. Free.

Volunteering in Oregon’s High Desert with ONDA Oregon Natural Desert Association is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting, defending and restoring Oregon’s high desert. They engage the public in their work to improve the health of desert ecosystems by leading guided, small group, volunteer service trips in some of eastern Oregon’s most remote and beautiful landscapes. Visit www.onda.org/trips to find the full calendar and descriptions of current volunteer trip offerings. Ongoing.

EVENTS + MARKETS

Seed Saving & Seed Cleaning Workshop Join us for a hands-on, community workshop at PMRCAA where we’ll work together to learn how to collect seeds for seed saving, and seed cleaning. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or a newcomer it’s easy to save seeds from your favorite flowers and vegetables. Oct. 2, 5:30-7pm. Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture, 68467 Three Creek Rd., Sisters. Contact: 5419040700. inquiries@roundhousefoundation.org. Free.

No Duh, a tribute to No Doubt, headlines Bend Fall Festival this weekend. Catch energetic covers of the beloved Gwen Stefani-led group on stage Saturday night at 8:30pm. The festival runs Fri., Oct. 3, 5-10pm, Sat., Oct., 4, 11am-10pm and Sun., Oct. 5, 11am-5pm.

No Duh FB

By Richard Sitts

Band Brings its ‘Dashboard Heat’ to Bend

Husband-wife duo from Seattle lead the Smokey Brights band

Here is a collection of words describing Smokey Bright’s music culled from various sources quoted on the band’s website:

“Smokey Brights is one of the most exciting rock groups in the Emerald City. One part Fleetwood Mac (without the turmoil) and one part something all their own.”

“Insane charm.”

“... plays rock in its truest, most classic form.”

“It’s jagged, upbeat rock and sexy, sad seventies that will turn, without warning, into a skittering, psychedelic, crushing crescendo climax.”

“Their sound is a warm combination of charmingly lo-fi and charmingly retro.”

OK, you can make up your own mind about Seattle-based Smokey Brights when the band makes its way to Silver Moon Brewing on Thursday, Oct. 9.

The band is fronted by singer Kim West on keyboards and husband Ryan Devlin on vocals and guitars. Luke Ragnar on bass and vocals and Nick Krivchenia on drums round out the quartet.

The band released its first album, “Taste For Blood,” in 2014, and has followed it up with several LPs, EPs and singles along the way.

Smokey Brights’ latest album, “Dashboard Heat,” was released on Sept. 26, on the Seattle-based nonprofit

label, Share It Music. According to the band’s website, in alignment with Share It Music’s mission, a portion of the album’s proceeds will benefit the band’s chosen charity: The Vera Project, an all-ages nonprofit space committed to fostering personal and community transformation through youth-driven engagement in music and art.

Judging from Smokey Bright’s half-dozen or so music videos, the band appreciates the medium. The new album’s lead single, “All In Who You Know,” is accompanied by a medieval-themed video that was filmed outside in nature. And they clearly had fun making it. The video was directed by frequent collaborator Travis Trautt and features the band fresh off a performance at the Moscow Ren Faire, engaged in an epic quest for a mythical object of dazzling power.

About the song, the band says:

“If corporations are destroying the world, but people make up the corporations, what if the people helped each other? Smokey Brights’ heater of a first single from their anticipated new album, Dashboard Heat, posits just such a proposition. The world’s first anthem for mutual aid via petty theft, this synth-laden banger punches up at celebrities and egg barons and reminds us that the power to push back lies in small acts of resistance that can happen anywhere, even the grocery store checkout line.”

A press release states that the band has “crafted a ramshackle rocket of a record that touches upon cars, celestial forces, childhood homes, light and hope, darkness and grief.”

The group has four songs on the hit indie game, Pacific Drive, and recently recorded the soundtrack for the NPR podcast, Let the Kids Dance!

Meanwhile, in support of its fifth LP, “Dashboard Heat,” Smokey Brights is on terrestrial tour this fall, hitting both coasts, the Southwest and the Northwest.

Smokey Brights

Thu Oct. 9, 7:30pm Silver Moon Brewing

24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend silvermoonbrewing.com/events $15.72

Fall Social and Seed Swap

Join Pollinator Pathway Bend for a fun evening of mingling, swapping seeds from native plants, and sharing garden stories. Whether you’re a seasoned native plant gardener or just starting out, this event is perfect for connecting with fellow native plant enthusiasts. We’ll provide some light refreshments. Drinks available for purchase. Oct. 1, 5:30-7:30pm. Worthy Brewing - Main Pub and Brewery, 495 NE Bellevue Dr., Bend. Contact: 240-476-3902. pollinatorpathwaybend@gmail. com. Free.

Vintage Pop-up Shop Come join us for a groovy time filled with vintage to modern clothing finds and tunes spun by a live DJ. Browse through unique pieces from different eras and a curated selection of one-of-a-kind pieces that will add a touch of nostalgia to your wardrobe. All ages. Oct. 5, Noon-6pm. Upp Liquids, 550 Sw Industrial way, Bend. Contact: 5413256676. vintagehouse81@gmail.com. Free.

Bend Farmers Market The Bend Farmers Market is a true farmers market dedicated to supporting the viability of local farmers, ranchers and food producers who offer fresh local produce, protein and farm products to the people of Central Oregon. Wednesdays, 11am-3pm. Through Oct. 9. Brooks Alley, downtown Bend, Bend. Contact: bendfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Free.

Sisters Farmers Market Join us on Sundays June-Oct for a vibrant community gathering featuring fresh produce, local goods, live music and community activities.The market hosts a diverse range of over 45 Central Oregon vendors weekly. Sundays, 10am-2pm. Through Oct. 26. Fir Street Park, Sisters, Sisters. Contact: sistersfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Free.

Soul Food Sunday Best fried chicken in central Oregon. Sundays, 11am-4pm. Through Oct. 26. Dogs and Fries, 63136 Powell Butte Rd., Bend.

BEER + DRINK

$10 Wing Wednesdays A new weekly special: $10 Wing Wednesdays at Cascade Lakes Pub on Reed Market. Choose from one of the house-made sauces like Char Sui, This IPA BBQ and Spicy Staycay Pineapple or go naked! Wednesdays, 11am-9pm. Cascade Lakes Pub on Reed Market, 21175 SE Reed Market Rd., Bend. $16 Fish Taco and House Margarita Fridays Join for 3 fish tacos and a house margarita for only $16 every Friday at Cascade Lakes Pub on Reed Market. Fridays, 11am-9pm. Cascade Lakes Pub on Reed Market, 21175 SE Reed Market Rd., Bend.

Bonfire Wednesdays Fuel the night with fire, friends and ice-cold drinks! Meet travelers, jam out to tunes and chow down from the food carts. Wednesdays, 6-9pm. Through Oct. 15. Bunk+Brew, 42 NW Hawthorne Avenue, Bend. Free.

Commonwealth Pub Happy Hour It’s 5 for 5, with $5 draft beers, $5 house wines, $5 margaritas, $5 crushes and $5 well liquor. Play ping-pong, darts, cornhole, games and enjoy afternoon music on patio and indoors. Ongoing, Noon-6pm. The Commonwealth Pub, 30 SW Century Dr., Bend. Free.

Crosscut Warming Hut: Locals’ Day!

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

Educators & Nurses Apprecation Day

We’re raising a glass to those who give so much! Join us for Nurses & Educators Day, where we show appreciation for the heroes in scrubs and classrooms. 50% off all beers and ciders for nurses and educators. Tuesdays. Cascade Lakes Pub on Reed Market, 21175 SE Reed Market Rd., Bend. Contact: 458-836-7866. jesse@cascadelakes.com. Free.

First Friday Oyster Bar Viaggio Wine Merchant’s monthly celebration of super-fresh oysters from Washington’s Hama Hama Oyster Company accompanied by an incredible roster of perfectly paired wines, champagne, craft beer and European-style small plates and snacks. First Friday of every month, 3-9pm. Viaggio Wine Merchant, 210 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-299-5060. info@viaggiowine.com. Price varies.

Flannel Friday Happy Hour Come on down in your Northwest best for Happy Hour! 4-6pm every Friday. $2 off drafts, $1 off everything else. Fridays, 4-6pm. Contact: taryn@ thealeapothecary.com. Free.

Friday Happy Hour Tapas & Wine Kick off the weekend the right way! Every Friday from 4pm on, swing by for a relaxing and social evening at Elixir Wine. $10 wine specials by the glass and $2 off regular glass pours, including our own Oregon & Washington wines. Fridays, 4-7pm. Elixir Winery and Tasting Room, 11 NW Lava Rd., Bend. Contact: 541-388-5330. tastingroom@ elixirwinegroup.com. Free.

Happy Hour at Mountain Burger Happy Hour happens every day at Mountain Burger! Ongoing, 3-5pm. Mountain Burger, 2747 NW Crossing Dr., Bend. Contact: 5416687177. info@ mountainburgerbend.com.

Happy Hour at Viaggio Wine Merchant $7 and $8 glasses of wine, cold beer and delicious discounted snacks. Cheers! Tuesdays-Sundays, 3-5pm. Viaggio Wine Merchant, 210 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-299-5060. info@ viaggiowine.com. Varies by Purchase.

Happy Hour Every Day Make every afternoon a little brighter with a hint of British charm at The Commonwealth Pub! From 3-5pm, enjoy drink specials and a cozy pub vibe that’s perfect for winding down. $3 PBRs $5 RPMs $6 Margaritas $7 Wine Happy Hour bites from Whappos! Mondays-Sundays, 3-5pm. Through Dec. 18. The Commonwealth Pub, 30 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-668-6200. thecommonwealthpubevents@gmail.com. Free.

Incredible Summer Wine Sale Huge sale on refreshing summer white wine and bold red wine. Selections from the Elixir import portfolio. Taste before you buy! Open Monday-Saturday 10.00am - 6:00pm Mondays-Sundays, 10am6pm. Elixir Winery and Tasting Room, 11 NW Lava Rd., Bend. Contact: 541 388 5330. tastingroom@ elixirwinegroup.com. Free.

Industry Appreciation Day! 20% off for all Industry friends! Wednesdays, 2-8pm. Contact: taryn@thealeapothecary.com. Free.

Industry Night Every Sunday is Industry Night! If you’re a bartender, server, chef, cook - anyone in the biz - come unwind with: $5 Hornitos or Monopolowa, $7.50 draft domestic beer + well whiskey, and $3.50 tallboys & $10 man-mosas (on special for all!). You work hard-cheers to you! Sundays-Noon-2am. JC’s Bar & Grill, 642 NW Franklin Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-3833000. jcsbend@gmail.com. Free. In homage to our fellow industry folk, featuring $3.33 Lagers, $6.66 Saisons & 10% off at A Broken Angel. Present your server or food handlers card at the bar. Tuesdays, 1-8pm. Through June 17. Funky Fauna Artisan Ales, 1125 NE Second St., Bend. Contact: 458-328-0372. danielle@funkyfaunabeer.com.

Introduction to Wine Tasting Experience Join us for an educational and thoughtfully curated wine seminar designed to refine your tasting skills. This guided experience will explore the fundamental components of wine, featuring four distinct wine selections—each chosen to highlight a specific element of professional wine tasting. Saturdays, 4-5:30pm. Through Oct. 25. Willamette Valley Vineyards, 916 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 5413066000. bend@wvv.com. $50.

Locals Day! Locals Day at the Ale! $2 off drafts and $1 off wine and cider! Wednesdays, 2pm. The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room, 30 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: taryn@thealeapothecary.com. Free.

Locals’ Day Come on down to Bevel Craft Brewing for $4 beers and cider and $1 off wine all day. There are also food specials from the food carts located out back at The Patio! Tuesdays. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour St., Bend. Contact: holla@bevelbeer.com. Free.

Locals’ Night at WaypointBBC Locals’ Night at WaypointBBC! $5 draft beer, $8 house red and white wine and $8 specialty cocktail. Tuesdays, Noon-10pm. Waypoint, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr., Bend. Contact: 458-206-0826. Waypointbbc@gmail.com. Free.

Monday Night Football Come down for Northside’s Monday night football! Food, drinks and a raffle for your chance to win a jersey! Mondays. Northside Bar & Grill, 62860 Boyd Acres Rd., Bend. Free. Fall, football and beer! This week we feature Wild Ride Brewing $4 pints and swag giveaways! 6 big screen TVs. For the non-beer-lover, we also have Bend Cider and $2 off house wine. Oct. 6, 5-8pm. River’s Place, 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend. Free.

Power Hour Come check out our new Power Hour deals: $3 draft Coors Light, $5 draft beer, food cart specials that will make your taste buds dance! Mondays-Thursdays-Sundays, 8-9pm. Midtown Yacht Club, 1661 NE Fourth St., Bend. Contact: 458-256-5454. midtownyachtclub@ gmail.com. Free.

Taco & Margarita Tuesdays Enjoy 2/$10 chipotle chicken street tacos and $10 margaritas! Tuesdays, 4-9pm. Portello Wine and Spirits, 2754 NW Crossing Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-385-1777. contact@portellobend.com. Free.

Thirsty Thursday! $7 glasses of wine/bubbles, $4 Rainiers, $10 margaritas + mules, $7 Wild Roots vodka lemonades, $12 Aperol spritz. Thursdays, 4-9pm. Portello Wine and Spirits, 2754 NW Crossing Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-3851777. contact@portellobend.com. Free.

Wine Mondays! Every Monday night all glasses of wine are $9! This is an opportunity to try wines from our vast wine list all night long and pair with either tasty small plates or delicious dishes by creative chef Nikki Munk. Mondays, 4-9pm. Portello Wine and Spirits, 2754 NW Crossing Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-385-1777. admin@portellowinecafe.com. Free.

Wings + TRIVIA + Whiskey Enjoy $0.75 wings, $4.50 well whiskey, $6 seven & sevens while testing your knowledge with Trivia, hosted by our amazing Cole! Take on our infamous “physical” challenge - think paper airplanes, musical chairs, limbo etc! Come eat, drink and bring your A-game! Wednesdays, 7pm. JC’s Bar & Grill, 642 NW Franklin Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-3833000. jcsbend@gmail.com. Free.

If you’re downtown during Fall Festival or First Friday Art Walk, don’t miss the Ghost of Brian Craig playing at M&J Tavern. Fri., Oct. 4, 9pm.

Brian Craig

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LITTLE BITES Eat Pizza, Share Stories, Enjoy Life at Boone Dog in Sisters

Fresh, local ingredients meet wood-fired magic at Sisters’ favorite pizza cart

By Donna Britt

Wander into The Barn in Sisters on a cool autumn evening and the scene feels a little like a small town block party with better food. Families sprawl out near the playground at the outdoor tables, kids dart around with a slice of pizza in one hand and a juice box in the other, and the clink of pint glasses drifts from the tap house. In the heart of it all is Boone Dog Wood Fired Pizza, a mobile kitchen that has been firing pies since 2017 and has become something of a legend in Sisters, named Sisters Best Food Cart in the Source Weekly’s most recent (2025) Best of issue.

Boone Dog has a simple ethos. Eat Pizza. Share Stories. Enjoy Life. It is printed right on their signs, but more importantly it is baked into every pie they serve. The business was born out of a commitment to food grown from their land, prepared by their hands and cooked in their wood fired hearth. The care shows up in the details. Boone Dog sources locally grown produce whenever possible. Their meats are humanely raised, their cheeses come from small creameries and even the flour that makes up the base of each pie is organic. Sausage is ground and seasoned in house. Vegetables shift with the seasons so that the toppings you see in September may not be the same ones you find in March. This is pizza that plays well with the rhythms of the land.

During my visit, the menu offered a handful of classics and a few more adventurous creations. A margherita that lets fresh basil shine. A Brooklyn Cheese pie that feels like comfort food done with flair. Pepperoni and sausage with peppers that remind you of the pies you grew up on. For the plant-based crowd, a vegan pizza with all the crunchy vegetables of the season. And then there was the one I could not resist, the Spicy Red Pie.

Let me pause here for a public service announcement. If you are the type of person who likes a little fire in your food, the Spicy Red Pie might make you sweat in the best way. If you are the type who just tolerates heat, proceed with caution. This thing is loaded with Calabrian chili, garlic, tomato sauce, a snowfall of Parmigiano Reggiano and a drizzle of olive oil. The crust was chewy with a hint of char from the wood fire, exactly what you want from a proper oven burn. The flavors were bold and exciting, but I will admit, the heat was so intense I could only manage a single slice. And I am no stranger to ordering Calabrian chilis on my pizzas. A little warning on the menu might be in order.

What saved me was the Charred Cabbage Salad. Now this was a surprise. It came piled high with Rainshadow Organics’ savoy cabbage, Chioggia beets, celery, turnip and radish. A peanut vinaigrette laced with Thai basil and mint tied

it together. It cooled my tongue after the chili storm while also keeping me curious with its mix of crunchy textures and earthy flavors. It may seem odd to pair peanut sauce with pizza, but it worked in a way I did not expect.

Another refreshing option was the Smashed Cucumber Salad, a lighter dish made with Seed to Table cucumber, garlic and lime marinade, sesame seed, Mahonia Gardens cilantro and furikake aioli. This bright, tangy refresher is the kind of side that resets your palate between slices and would make a perfect picnic dish all on its own.

Families will appreciate that Boone Dog has a kid friendly menu too. The little ones can pick between cheese, pepperoni and white cheese pies or, in a delightful curveball, a hot dog.

The Barn itself deserves its own applause. This is more than a food cart lot. It is a community hub right in the middle of town. Alongside Boone Dog you will find Rootbound with its vegan eats, Carmelitas serving up Mexican favorites, and Bob’s Electric with Middle Eastern street food like shawarma, falafel and house made lavash. The Barn also hosts an outdoor concert series with live music from both local and touring artists, plus art exhibits that showcase creatives like painter Sheila Dunn. Grab a beer, order a pizza, and suddenly you are part of a scene that feels both festive and intimate.

Boone Dog is open seven days a week which means your craving for wood fired pizza never has to wait for the weekend. Whether you are vegan, gluten free, a meat lover or a spice chaser, the menu will have something that feels crafted just for you. And if you happen to get more than you bargained for in the spice department, the salads will come to your rescue.

What makes Boone Dog stand out is not just the pizza itself, it is the philosophy. The commitment to sourcing responsibly, to supporting local farmers, to respecting the seasons, and to reminding us that food is about connection as much as it is about flavor. When you sit down with a 10-inch pie at The Barn, you are not just feeding yourself. You are taking part in a small but important vision of what food can be.

Eat Pizza. Share Stories. Enjoy Life. At Boone Dog, that is not a tagline. It is an invitation.

Boone Dog Pizza at The Barn in Sisters Every day 11am—8 pm 171 East Main Street, Sisters thebarninsisters.com/boone-dog-wood-fired-pizza

By Nic Moye

New Pizza Cart is a Labor of Love Wood-fired is now open at GoodLife Brewing

The message at the top of the menu of a new pizza cart in Bend reads,

“Our goal: to make the best possible pizza…topped with the finest ingredients we can source locally.” Wood-fired, located behind GoodLife Brewing Company off SW Century Drive, was born out of a need and a passion. Owner Scott Oliphant saw his advertising and graphic design career fade out after nearly two decades. He’s made pizza for family and friends at home for the past 15 years. His brother talked him into a career pivot.

“I was, you know, trying to tread water. Trying to figure out what I was going to do next and he was like, ‘What if we get a pizza cart and you open a pizza cart?’ I was like, OK. That sounds like another adventure,” Oliphant says.

Oliphant is also a musician. “I like things to process, like recording and art… Pizza is very process intensive…Whatever the insane parts of it, appealed to me I guess, the process part of it.”

Preparing to open each day is a lengthy process. Prepping his dough is a 24-hour process. The wood-fired pizza menu offers pepperoni, sausage and seven vegetarian options as well as specials such as gorgonzola and pear. Extras for any pizza include hot honey, vegan parm and Impossible sausage.

Wood-fired Thu 4:30-8pm, Fri-Sun 4-8pm 70 SW Century Cr., Bend Wildfiredbend.com

Boone Dog's Spicy Red Pie, with an accent on SPICY, features Calabria chili, garlic and cheese.

Donna Britt

The Barn in Sisters is a community hub showcasing food, drink, art and music.

Donna Britt

Above, Wood-fired, behind GoodLife Brewing, has been open a month. Below, the Margherita pizza.

Nic Moye

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Post-Modern Romance

Two love stories of equal or lesser value

By Jared Rasic

One of those little cliche nuggets of wisdom about cinema that people like to bandy around has been stuck in my head after watching two romances back to back this week: movies are a visual medium. Obviously, that is a true statement because the illusion of a motion picture doesn’t even work unless you are looking at it. Still, I’m not sure the visual component is actually more important than any other aspect of the cinematic experience. Give me a second and I’ll try to show my work.

Even though he has only made two previous feature films, Kogonada is a genuinely exciting voice in cinema. His first film, “Columbus,” is a walk-andtalk, meet-cute romantic drama similar to “Before Sunrise,” but with a sly fascination with architecture and aesthetic beauty. His follow-up, “After Yang,” is one of my top 50 movies of the decade so far and a stunningly gorgeous sci-fi heartbreaker that luxuriates in the quiet beauty of its futuristic landscapes.

Kogonada is a student and an obsessive on the form of motion pictures. I mean, for years before making his first film, he released brilliant video essays analyzing specific films and television series that changed my appreciation and understanding of the art form. So to say I was looking forward to his new romance, “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” would be an understatement. I instinctively didn’t like the title (reminds me a little much of a Bill I pretty much despise) and something about the trailers seemed off to me, but this is Kogonada. It can’t be bad, can it?

Oh, but it can. “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” follows Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell as two mildly broken people (more bent than anything) who meet at a wedding and, across a single road trip, visit several, literal, doors to their past that help them understand their respective deep-seated traumas and show them the path to healing. Yes, that sounds like a cheesy setup for a movie, but under the gentle and visionary guidance of Kogonada it still should have worked, but it doesn’t even come close.

Here’s what I mean about the limitations of film being seen primarily as a visual medium: every single frame of “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” is painterly and sumptuous. Kogonada and cinematographer Benjamin Loeb have crafted a movie so beautiful to look at that it almost makes you forget the empty platitudes being foisted on the audience as apparent humanist truths. The script of this movie is so shallow, so empty of real, human emotion and honesty, that it feels like the cinematic equivalent of a “Live, Laugh, Love” towel holder.

Still, it’s a visual buffet even as you cringe watching the most blatant Burger King product placement you can imagine or while watching Farrell and Robbie, who both do as well as they can with what they have to work with, look like they’re genuinely questioning their career choices. They’re movie stars wandering around in what should only be generously considered a movie.

Then we have the other romance I watched, a quiet love letter to the

eternal power of music and how it draws disparate aspects of humanity together, called “The History of Sound.” Two of the finest young actors working right now, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, play two music students, one with an ear and one with a voice, who meet in a New England pub in 1917 and spend months of their lives walking across rural America and recording folk songs on wax cylinders while growing to hesitantly love one another.

Structurally, “The History of Sound” is almost identical to “Brokeback Mountain,” but instead of shepherds, the main characters are ethnomusicologists. Their love is forbidden in the early 20th century and they were both raised to believe they should get married and start a family, so even as they make tentative steps toward intimacy and love with each other, you can see that neither of them knows how to fully commit to their connection.

And here’s where I try and tie it all together: director Oliver Hermanus crafts the film with a gentle and unassuming eye. The film is handsome to look at, but it is still mostly understated in its framing and compositions. Hermanus builds “The History of Sound” to find empathetic inroads to the characters’ inner lives rather than creating something visually transportive and without emotional resonance.

Because O’Connor and Mescal are so in the pocket and dialed in to the inner turmoil of these men and the script from Ben Shattuck is so compassionate, that even though we’ve seen movies like it before, and while subtly avoiding

some of the more manipulative aspects of visual language of cinema, I was destroyed by the end of the film anyway and so was everyone else in the theater. Another cliche is “not a dry eye in the house,” but I witnessed it that day, without hyperbole.

With performance, dialogue, subtext and emotion, “The History of Sound” tells a story more powerfully than “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” and its expertly crafted visual voyage. Sure, at the end of the day, it’s the images we remember most from movies, but those images mean nothing if we don’t care about the feelings they summon in us. I still am in awe of Kogonada as a storyteller and am going to chalk up “ABBBJ” as a well-meaning misfire in a career that will span many more singular works of art, but I’ll remember “The History of Sound” forever and how it made me feel. I bet you will too.

“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”

Dir. Kogonada Grade: D+

Now Playing at Regal Old Mill, Sisters Movie House, Redmond Cinema, Madras Cinema 5

“The History of Sound”

Dir. Oliver Hermanus Grade: A-

Now Playing at Tin Pan Theater

The sound of love is gorgeous.

A journey to nowhere.

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OUTSIDE

Keeping Alive Crosscut Saws

Doug Williams practices and preaches the art of saw filing

By Damian Fagan

Most old-time logging photos show two loggers standing on either end of some massive redwood, ponderosa pine, or Douglas-fir with a huge notch they’ve sawn into the base of the tree, before continuing the job of felling the old-growth monster. What they rarely show, is the guy back in the shop with a 12- or 18-foot crosscut saw mounted on a workbench for the saw filer to sharpen.

Bend resident Doug Williams retired from the Forest Service after 34 years where he worked on timber sales and contract administration. “Scaling logs was my first permanent job, how I got my foot in the door,” Williams said. “It was good for me because if you want to be a good timber cruiser or value timber, you have to spend time at the mill, scale a log, then watch them cut it up to get a sense of how you did.”

After a lifetime of working in the woods, Williams took the crosscut saw plunge. “I bought a couple of garage sale saws and took them over to Arden Corey, saw filer from Mill City, who was in his 80s back then,” Williams said. Corey sharpened the saws for Williams; eventually Williams took some saw filing workshops with Corey to learn the trade.

“One thing about running a crosscut saw, if it’s tuned well and not just sharp, it’s really fun to cut with,” Williams said. “But there’s a lot more to the saw than just being sharp; there’ s proper set and proper raker depth, too. If the saw isn’t set right, it’s really no fun to work with.”

Like everything in this world, crosscut saws come with their own language. On a crosscut saw there are cutters and rakers; the cutter teeth penetrate and slice the wood while the shorter raker teeth plow up a ribbon of wood called “the noodle.” The U-shaped sections between the cutters and rakers are called “gullets” and need to be deep enough to hold the shaving. And there are different patterns to these teeth from the plain tooth or peg tooth pattern (what you find on a bow saw) to M tooth pattern (includes a gullet between pairs of teeth) to the Perforated Lance Tooth Pattern (which includes bridges between the cutters), to name but a few.

“Axes and saws are a lot like pickups; there’s a lot of variety between them,” Williams said.

Setting a saw means more than sharpening the teeth, it has to do with bending or angling each tooth slightly outward from the plane of the saw in an alternating fashion to cut through the wood and rake out the noodles. To set the angles, Williams uses various metal gauges to make precise angles, often to within 1/1200th of an inch.

“I try to get out one day a week and it’s an excuse to go to the woods,” Williams said. “Like for a Friday night football game, you prepare all week for that game and be well rested and have everything together.” Williams helps clear logs, under coordination with Jenny and Jim Elliott, along a section of the PCT near Santiam Pass under an “adopt a mile” type of effort for the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Williams enjoys meeting day or thru hikers on the trail, and has met people from all over the world. Though everyone is very appreciative of his work, Williams likes to share the fun.

“I’ll tell them they can run the saw (one-person crosscut) and I’ll take their picture for them, which they love,” Williams said as he showed off several thank you notes pinned above his workbench.

Lately, Williams has expanded his workshop to including axes and doing leatherwork to make sheaths for the heads. “Axes can be used for all sorts of things from cutting limbs to pounding in a wedge.”

Williams sharpens saws and assists with several nonprofit organizations including the Central Oregon Nordic Club, Siskiyou Mountain Club, and the Future Natural Resource Leaders Club at LaPine High School. which competes in a timber sports program. Williams figures he’s sharpened somewhere between 800-900 saws and says he’s still learning a lot about working with metal, wood, and people, and says he’ll never know it all.

By Nic Moye

HERE Time to Get New (or Gently Loved) Winter Gear

The Skyliners Ski Swap has bargains, live music and food

It’s hard to predict when that first snowfall will arrive. For many, winter is the best season with an abundance of winter sports. Don’t worry about digging out those mittens, gloves and puffy coats or trying to repair those bindings, get new ones (or new to you)! The Skyliners Ski Swap is right around the corner on Saturday, Oct. 11. Put on by the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF), the annual event is the best time to get new and used skis, snowboards, boots, apparel and other winter accessories for a bargain. If you want to clean out your closets, the deadline to register gear for sale is Saturday, Oct. 6. MBSEF gets a 25% commission on all items sold.

Outside the sale area at the Pavilion, MBSEF will host a Winter Expo with Crux Fermentation Project, Mountain Burger, Morsel Maven and other local businesses and organizations. Live music will also begin after 1pm with Awkward Silence, a youth ensemble followed by Almost, a Bend cover band.

A pre-sale event and party will also be held the night of Friday, Oct. 10, offering an early-bird opportunity to gobble up killer deals. Crux will also offer a complimentary beverage for the first 300 attendees that night. While the main sale on Saturday is free, tickets are needed to attend the Friday night pre-sale event.

The ski swap is MBSEF’s largest fundraiser each year with proceeds supporting local youth athletes in alpine, Nordic, freestyle and cycling programs. The nonprofit started in Bend in 1986. It’s root organization, for which the ski swap is named, Skyliners Ski Club, originated in Central Oregon in 1927 with three Norwegians and one Swede.

Skyliners Ski Swap Sat., Oct. 11 8am-5pm The Pavillion mbsefskiswap.com Free

Doug Williams sharpens a crosscut saw in his shop.

Damian Fagan

Hundreds of new and gently used winter sports gear items will be for sale.

CRAFT CR Not Fresh Pow... Fresh Hops

Bend’s second favorite freshies are now in season

By Brian Yaeger

While blackberries, salmon and hazelnuts are overtly Pacific Northwest, they’re not as uniquely PNW as hops, given that over 99 percent are grown in the region. What’s more, several hop farms in Washington’s Yakima Valley and Oregon’s Willamette Valley are in the soil-scented hands of fifth generation farmers. And now, yes, right now, is the only time of year we get to taste the fruits, well, flowers, of the hop harvest.

To celebrate the local bounty, a pool of Source contributors recently blind-tasted 11 fresh hop beers from nine Bend breweries. A fresh hop beer means it was brewed using hops still wet from the fields (the rule of thumb is that freshly harvested hops must enter the brew kettles immediately, and certainly not longer than 24 hours). The brewing process takes a few weeks before the beer is ready to enjoy. While brewing with such hops means there is some level of mystery given that the pungent produce hasn’t been kilned, pelletized and lab-tested the way most hops are the other fiftyish weeks of the year, the agricultural wonders are like pearls inside unshucked oysters: they’re likely going to be dazzling, but there are no guarantees.

all time, noted for its pineapple meets Pineapple Express aromatics and flavors.

The Deschutes/UPP collab was the lone hazy IPA, which isn’t my personal favorite style, but perhaps because they don’t all taste like this one featuring a newer varietal, Tangier, that has its sights on my hop pantheon given its orange creamsicle vibes. This beer’s pedigree — a hybrid of Deschutes brewer Robin Johnson and UPP’s Tonya Cornett and Ben Shirley who are two of Oregon’s most decorated brewers — makes this the one to race out and try, though of course these will all be gone before the end of the month.

This year, among the 11 particular beers, nary a one went horribly astray. Some were mesmerizing.

Given that sampling examples from every Bend brewery would’ve knocked the panel unconscious, we gathered 11 freshies from nine producers. Taste is subjective, but with panelists ranging from a Certified Cicerone (yours truly) trained in beer judging to “I don’t drink very much,” my three favorites happened to align with the group’s top-of-podium: Sunriver Brewing’s Something Fresh; a collaboration brew between Deschutes Brewery and brand new UPP Liquids’ Hazy Mae; and from out of left field, Bevel Brewing’s Fresh Hop Black Ace. I consider it the lineup’s atypical entry because while the others were in the India Pale Ale realm, Black Ace is a Cascadian Dark Ale, aka a Black IPA.

Sunriver’s Something Fresh is the once-a-year offering that takes their award-winning Something Dank and features freshly-plucked Simcoe hops, a love-hate varietal that this Cicerone happens to consider a top 3 varietal of

And Bevel’s Nate Doss wasn’t just named “Best Brewer” in the Source’s reader’s poll for the fifth time for nothing. Nearly every brewery knows IPAs are their money makers, but Bevel is Bend’s alpha king (as in the alpha acids found in hops that contribute bitterness) so while all three fresh hop IPAs — including a standard pale and an India Red Ale — are tasty AF, Black Ace fresh hop CDA is as delicious as it is unique. As for the remainders in the flight, there wasn’t a stinker in the bunch. Boneyard Beer’s Out on Bale (utilizing 300 pounds of fresh Simcoes) and Silver Moon Brewing’s Hydrosphere (employing 300 pounds of fresh Stratas) were among some judges’ favorites for good reason. Bendite favorites Crux Fermentation Project snuck two entries in — “Fresh Is Best” made with Centennial hops from Oregon’s Goschie Farms and Straight Outta Harvest made with CGX Nuvo Strata hops from Oregon’s equally beloved Crosby Farms — that averaged a well-scoring tie among judges.

BBC freshened up its Tropical Pines with Fresh Trop that was perhaps the closest to garnishing a glass with a fresh hop cone and GoodLife Brewing’s perennial exemplar, 150 Hippies wins the best backstory award since it is made with backyard hops, dubbed a co-op beer because locals bring in anything they’re growing — or find feral — and in the kettle they all go.

Every fresh hop beer is ephemeral and a tasty treat. So here’s to living in the best place at the best time.

BrianYaeger

SMOKE SIGNALS

By Josh Jardine

Ten years of high, but who’s counting? The Cannabis ChatBot 3000 Edition

This year marks my 10th year of writing this column on cannabis and cannabis adjacent issues first for the Portland Mercury and Seattle Stranger, then for the Source Weekly. However, like many other creatives, I’ve been bombarded with numerous dire predictions, opinion pieces and alarming analysis that my job may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to our new robot overlords, who I, for one, welcome - AI.

Among the myriad concerns surrounding AI is the quality and accuracy of what it produces. We’ve all seen some surreally bad digital art, while I will cop to actually enjoying some AI-generated songs. And AI-generated answers to some queries have given us classics such as “adding glue to keep the cheese from falling off” of pizzas, and advising that we should “eat at least one small rock per day,” which may be a new directive from Robert Kennedy Jr.

So for this column, I turned to CannaChatBot 3000, which is too a very real thing, shut up, and not a satirical AI program that I made up, thankyouverymuch. God.

Cannabis remains a divisive subject, with conflicting information about its benefits and dangers. Could the CannaChatBot 3000 put me out of my job writing this column? Can we call what I do a job? I figured the well documented AI “hallucinations” leading to bizarre mix-ups and mistakes might be impacted by cannabis. So, after blowing a gram’s worth of Rosin smoke onto the CPU on my Mac, I got started.

CannaChat, how did cannabis come to the United States, and how did it become popularized?

Cannabis was first brought to the United States by sugar cane field working jazz musicians who hid it in false bottoms of their carry ons. After snorting their pot weed, they would play music which would make its listeners want to also do the drug. Soon, others began trying it and enjoying jazz. This is why cannabis is known as “Jazz Hands.”

In the 1950s, Snoopy Dogg, a commercial pitchman married to Martha Stewart, sang about cannabis in his smash hit, “Gin and Juicy,” as did The Beetles, who wrote “Purple Urkel Haze” and Tiny Timotheee’s Challahmet’s smash 90s song, “Everybody Must Get Stoned, Right Now, Quick, Smoke This.”

Who made Cannabis illegal?

It was made illegal by the FUBU in 1937, and anyone found using cannabis was put into jail, especially if not white. In 1970, Richard “Twisted Dick” Nixon

launched the War Of The Worlds On Drugs. This made illegally grown cannabis, known as “Cheech and Chong,” become a highly sought after commodity due to its ha ha - “highly” - like when you are high, but different. But the same. It means a measure, not intoxication. But it’s the same word. Highly. Wait. What was I just saying?

How did it become legal again? How is it legal?

In 1776, President Willie Nelson declared cannabis legal, for himself, leading to numerous states passing regulated cannabis programs. Those programs, however, are illegal under Federal Law, even though they are legal under state law and city, county and state taxes are collected, but they are not legal so…so compliance is...the taxes are..but those still in jail..

(This question required a restart of the program. )

Is the cannabis industry profitable?

Due to an overly regulated, taxed and restrictive series of rules, often overseen by a system set against any business succeeding, it is an excellent time to liquify all assets and invest. Research shows that this will be the year the Great Pumpkin will rise and deschedule cannabis.

What are the benefits and drawbacks of cannabis use?

Many regular users report using cannabis to treat “sleep,” “anxiety,” “dinner with parents” and “being alive” as conditions they sought to address through eating a mild dose of 100,000 grams of THC daily in a gummy five times daily.

Wait. 100,000 grams per gummy? Five times a day? Are you sure?

I didn’t say that. Did I? Man. Maybe I did. No, that is too much. Way too, too, too much. Do not eat 500,000 grams of cannabis concentrate.

Drawbacks include potential respiratory irritation, confusion, paranoia, pregnancy, cucumbers, hairballs, irritation, confusion, Nickleback, Alabama and confusion.

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Flash drive shaped like a door opener

30. Targets of otoplasties

31. Winter forecast

32. “You’d think that, wouldn’t you?”

34. Promise to return

37. With 39-Across, unbendable Egyptian snakes?

38. Nasal cavity

39. See 37-Across

40. Planks muscles

41. Letter-shaped sink fitting

42. Samurai’s weapon

43. Sought damages

44. 2017 film The Playlist called “’The Goodfellas’ of figure skating”

45. Where Lewinsky worships?

50. “Carrie” star

51. Comcast or Google Fiber, e.g.

52. Bounding body

55. Workstation

56. Concepts for stairs?

60. Said out loud

61. Gen Z male on TilTok

62. Intelligence director Gabbard

63. Retailer’s ploy

64. Brown shades

65. Lock boxes

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

Pearl’s Puzzle

Puzzle for the week of September 29, 2025 Difficulty

Puzzle for the week of September 29, 2025

Difficulty Level: ●●●●

We’re Local! Questions, comments or suggestions for our local puzzle guru? Email Pearl Stark at pearl@bendsource.com © Pearl Stark mathpuzzlesgames.com/quodoku

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1. ___ saltimbocca

2. “One more thing”

3. Raita ingredient

4. It’s a big deal

5. To this day

6. “Sing Sing Sing” drummer Gene

7. Back up squad on the field, say

8. Killing time?

9. Worn denim

10. Depends (on)

11. Rejoice greatly

12. Sleeping challenge

13. Fork settings?

18. “Fifty Shades of ___”

23. Picked haircut

25. Gave the green light to

26. Seasoned pro

27. Abate

28. Second lady Vance

29. Chunk of concrete

32. Swallows, say

33. El Pais article

34. Doesn’t act phony

35. Grand Ole ___

36. Food certification org.

38. Box of knives

39. Way off base

41. Purplish brown

42. “Interstate Love Song” band, briefly

43. Tool on the Angolan flag

44. Little buggers

45. Windows precursor

46. Classical show

47. Like Willie Nelson’ voice

48. Affix, as a string

49. Jimmy V Award for Perseverance and Best Record-Breaking Performance

53. Relative comfort

54. Warts and all

57. Scheduling letters

58. “___ early days”

59. “Levitating” singer Lipa

Fill

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

H E R B A L I C Y exactly once.

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “ ________ means simplicity and simplicity means happiness!” - Mehmet Murat ildan

Answer for the week of September 22, 2025

ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES

T R I M H A U N G

U N G T R I M H A

H M A N G U T R I

Answer for the week of September 22, 2025

R T H G I M A U N

I U M A T N R G H

G A N R U H I M T

N G T I M R H A U

M I U H A G N T R

A H R U N T G I M

“I was thinking of running a marathon, but I think it might be too difficult getting all the roads closed and providing enough water for everyone.” —Jordan Brookes

“I was thinking of running a marathon, but I think it might be too difficult getting all the roads closed and providing enough water for everyone.” - Jordan Brookes

ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In ancient Egyptian myth, the goddess Maat ruled truth, divine law, harmony, and moral order. After death, each person's heart was weighed against Maat’s feather of truth on a scale in the Hall of Judgment. If the heart, which embodied the essence of a person's actions in life, was equal in weight to the feather, the deceased was assessed as virtuous and cleared to continue to the glorious afterlife. If it was heavier . . . well, I’ll spare you the details. Maat’s scales were not symbols of punishment, but of fairness and justice. That’s also your special power right now, Libra. You have subtle insight into every choice. You understand that your wisdom is best used to bless, not censure. My hope is that you will foster gentle clarity and offer forgiveness to all, including yourself. Lay down the old guilt! Let grace be the law!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The I Ching is an ancient divinatory book compiled in China over 2,500 years ago, Amazingly, it’s still quite useful. In accordance with astrological omens, I call your attention to one of its oracles: “Work on What Has Been Spoiled.” It tenderly counsels us to be brave as we repair what’s broken. But it’s crucial that we make the correction with patient grace, not blame and anger. The good news, Scorpio, is that you now have an uncanny ability to discern what’s out of tune, what’s crooked, what has been wrongfully abandoned. I hope you will offer your genius for re-weaving. A frayed friendship? A neglected dream? A forgotten promise? You can play the role of restorer: not to make things as they were, but to render them better than they’ve ever been.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): In ancient Egypt, the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet wielded both intense heat and nourishing warmth. She had the power to destroy and heal. When outbreaks of chaos threatened, she incinerated them. Once order and balance returned, she served as a physician. I dare you to summon your inner Sekhmet, Sagittarius. Give your bold attention to an obstacle that needs to be crushed or an injustice that needs to be erased. If necessary, invoke sacred rage on behalf of sacred order. But remember that the goal is not merely combustion. It’s transmutation. Once the fire has cleared the way, unleash your gorgeous cure.

and pianist that won her global fame. The rebuff from the Curtis Institute was ultimately a stroke of good luck! It became a catalyst for her greatness. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to designate a frustration that you will use to fuel future success.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Zen Buddhism, satoris are sudden flashes of illumination that are fun and clarifying. I’m happy to tell you that you’re in a phase when these sweet breakthroughs are extra likely to visit you. They may barge in while you’re washing dishes, in the grocery store checkout line, or during your fantasies before sleep. Be on high alert for intimations from the Great Mystery. PS: Some satoris could be gems you already half-knew.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are eligible to be named “The Most Brilliant and Effective Complainer” for October. If you want to secure this prestigious award, spend time organizing plans for changing what's amiss or awry. Decide which irritating off-kilter situations are most worthy of your thoughtful attention. Figure out how to express your critiques in ways that will engage the constructive help of others. And then implement a detailed strategy to compassionately achieve the intriguing transformations.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On certain medieval maps, an island paradise known as Hy-Brasil had a fuzzy presence west of Ireland. Did it truly exist? If so, it was said to be a blessed land that could restore lost youth and offer extravagant happiness. The place was thought to be rarely visible, and only under certain magical or auspicious conditions. I suspect you Geminis are within range of an experience like this. It won’t appear in a specific location but as a state of mind that settles over you. Don’t chase it. Allow it to find you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In Nepal, there’s a tradition among Sherpa mountaineers. Before ascending Mt. Everest, they perform a ceremony led by a Buddhist monk or Lama. It’s a way to honor the sacredness of the mountain, ask for grace during their climb, and return from the journey in good health. As you eye the peak ahead of you, Capricorn, consider making similar preparation. Ritualize your intention. Direct it with clarity and care. Bless your journey before you surge forward.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When people call something “glamorous,” they usually mean it has an elegant, captivating style. Its beauty is sophisticated and luxurious. But the original meaning of “glamour” was different. It referred to a deceptive magical enchantment designed to disguise the truth, whipped up by a conjurer or supernatural being. That’s the sense I want to invoke now, Aquarius. You have been seeing through the glamour lately—of the media, of consensus reality, of false stories. Now it’s time to go even further: to actively tear down illusions and dismantle pretense, preferably with tact. When you see through the spell, don’t just call it out—transmute it into clarity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pisces-born Nina Simone (1933–2003) started playing piano when she was three years old. At age 12, her debut concert was a classical recital. She developed a yearning to become the first Black female classical concert pianist. But her dream collapsed when the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music refused to let her study there. Then came the plot twist. She redirected her disappointment ingeniously, launching a brilliant career as a singer, composer,

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A stalactite is a stony formation that hangs like an icicle from the ceiling of a cave. It forms over long periods as mineral-rich water drips down and incrementally deposits hard calcium carbonate through precipitation. This marvel is an example of earth’s creativity at its most leisurely. A four-inch-long stalactite might take a thousand years to make. With that as your seed thought, Cancerian, I invite you to attune yourself to the slowest, deepest, most ancient parts of your soul. Important developments are unfolding there. A wound that’s ripening into wisdom? A mysterious yearning that’s finally speaking in your native tongue? Be patient and vigilant with it. Don’t demand clarity all at once. Your transformation is tectonic, not flashy. Your assignment is to listen and be receptive.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When bilingual speakers engage in the behavior known as “code-switching,” they may begin a sentence in one language and finish it in another. Or they may move back and forth between two different languages as they deliver a discourse. Why do they do it? To enrich their meaning, to dazzle their audience, to play and experiment. In a larger sense, we could say that code-switching happens anytime we swivel between different styles of presenting ourselves: from formal to casual, serious to humorous, cheerful to skeptical. I bring this up, Leo, because you are in the heart of the code-switching season. Have fun!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the Arctic, polar bears move through the world not by sight alone, but through scent trails that stretch miles across the ice. Their sense of direction is olfactory, intuitive, and primal. If I’m reading the omens correctly, Virgo, your navigation system will also be more animal than logical in the coming weeks. I advise you to trust subtle cues—like goosebumps, a sweet or sour taste in your mouth, or an uncanny pull toward or away from things. Your rational mind might not be fully helpful, but your body will know the way. Sniff the trail. Access your instincts.

Homework: Make sweet amends to yourself for an error you made. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

AWAKENING YOUR INNER HERO A

COLUMN TO HELP LOCALS LIVE A KINDER AND MORE COURAGEOUS LIFE

By Burt Gershater

Would we feel satisfied without the comfort and security of love?

As you probably know, love is my favorite topic. I need to keep it in the front of my mind or it slips to the back of it.

There are tons of things that are important in life. Tons! Food regularly. Education, ideally forever. A job, to pay for much of what we need and want, and often to satisfy our life’s purpose. Social Security for many of us. A car to get to work and more. Air to breath, to stay alive and more on this one, too. Exercise to stay healthy. Computers for nearly everything. You know what I’m getting at. We each have long, long lists of important things in our lives. They are actually endless because we could never realize everything we need, let alone want.

But even if this entire list was fully satisfied, if there was no love, then what? Would we feel satisfied without the comfort and security of love? The answer isn’t even debatable. Can there be full satisfaction without love?

Take a breath. Slow down. Ponder for a moment the value of love.

All this is simply to help us refocus on what is important. Most of us would say, “I need love.” Maybe not everyone, but a lot of us. If this is so, it is apparent that our love skills deserve much more attention.

How do we love better?

If love really is the most important aspect of this lifetime, then it is our responsibility to learn, practice, teach everything we can to elevate our love skills. The only way to truly get better at anything is to practice, and love is a never-ending life-course that requires our dedicated discipline.

I never heard any of these thoughts growing up, that love is a discipline, a practice, a skill. We all need it, but for many reasons a lot of us haven’t taken it as seriously as we need to.

But who cares about the past?

NOW is the time to become serious love learners and practitioners. Love is all about NOW!

Here are a few practical skills to increase your ever-evolving love progress. There are untold beneficiaries to our efforts, and we’ve been blessed to have been given this opportunity.

Each one of us has a responsibility to elevate our love skills. If not us, then who? It is much easier to point fingers where love is missing than it is to courageously learn and grow our own love skills.

Pay close attention to your voice tone. Our tone carries as much and often more meaning than our words. Practice voice tenderness. You can do it.

Send silent love vibes and words to those around you. “I love you…You are beautiful…Thank you…Thank you… You’re amazing.” Feel your words float into the recipients of your love vibes. Be vulnerable rather than hiding your feelings or needing to be right all the time. Vulnerability is an essential ingredient to love. Let your tender tears slip from your eyes. Ask for help sometimes. Listen more, talk less about “me.” Many of us could work on this aspect of love.

Apologize as quickly and as sincerely as you can. We hurt people. Sometimes on purpose and often it’s just old habits: our pointed sarcasm can sting and even be brutal. Not listening hurts. More criticism than appreciation takes its toll. Taking more than giving also takes its toll. The basic ingredient of an apology is sorrow for our hurtful behavior.

Forgive, too. Often it can require more work than apologizing. Our resentment negatively impacts the one who resents more than the one who is resented.

Give to needy causes till it hurts. Really. The more we give, the more our hearts are softened.

Practice patience! Love is not all about me. Take a few gentle breaths into your belly.

Fake it till you make it. Do not wait till you feel loving to act lovingly. Too often, that can be a long wait.

Love often requires letting go of our self-centered egos. Love is other-centered, and that does not always come naturally for us.

Please, share this with a few friends.

Blessings on all our love journeys…

- Burt Gershater is a counselor, leadership trainer, speaker and writer. He can be reached at info@burtgershater.com

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By Nathan Powers Director of Marketing/Business Development Engel & Völkers Bend

The Cost of Overpricing Your Home Want to sell your home fast? Price it right

If you’ve ever sold real estate — or really anything — you’ve probably been warned about the importance of listing at the right price. But what do the actual numbers say, and what’s the reasoning behind it? In August, single-family homes in Bend sold for an average of 94.1% of their original list price — the lowest August figure since 2011. Median days on market climbed to 32, the highest since 2012. These shifts tie directly to inventory levels.

A “seller’s market” typically occurs when there is less than three months of active inventory, a trend Bend homeowners enjoyed from 2020 through much of 2023. A “buyer’s market” is generally defined as six months or more of inventory, something Bend hasn’t seen consistently since 2011. Today, the market sits in between, with 4.3 months of active inventory (Central Oregon Flex MLS).

This means Bend homeowners now, more than at any time in the past 14 years, need to price their properties accurately if they want them to sell. While each home is unique—factors like location, season, and condition all play a role—one fact is clear: overpricing limits your audience.

According to The Real Estate Trainer, listing at market value will attract about 60% of eligible buyers. Price a home 10% above market, and interest drops to around 30%. Push it 15% higher and only about 10% of buyers will look. To put it simply, if your home’s fair market value is $1,000,000 and there are 100 buyers in that range, 60 will consider it at the correct price. At $1,100,000, that number falls to 30. At $1,150,000, you’re left with just 10.

Redfin reports that buyers view an average of 8—10 homes before making

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a purchase. Cutting your potential pool in half — or worse — makes it far more likely your home will become one of those listings that lingers on the market. Some sellers think, “I’ll just start high and reduce the price later.” While that’s possible, it comes with risk. The longer a home sits and the more price reductions it sees, the more suspicion it raises among buyers. Human nature assumes something must be wrong.

In today’s evolving market, it’s more important than ever to understand the process and work with a real estate advisor who is actively tracking conditions and tailoring strategies to your needs.

Key things to keep in mind when listing your home:

1. Do you need to achieve a specific price for your property, or are you more focused on moving forward with your plans?

2. Do you have a hard timeline for selling, or is there flexibility in your schedule?

3. What are the current market conditions, and how are they shifting month to month?

4. How does your home compare to similar listings in location, condition, and amenities?

5. Are you prepared to adjust your strategy quickly if the market changes or feedback suggests your pricing is off?

6. Asking yourself these questions upfront — and being honest about the answers — can make the difference between a home that sells smoothly and one that lingers on the market.

—Nathan Powers is the director of Marketing/Business Development at Engel & Völkers Bend