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Peter Madsen takes a look at over-the-counter products marketed as having psilocybin, but instead have other potentially dangerous concoctions. Also a Q&A with the Interim Deschutes County Sheriff about changes he’s made within the Sheriff’s Office. A first-of-its-kind workshop aims to educate the community about Tribal matters. Plus a global twist for two new restaurants in Bend and local musicians, who’ve formed a new band, are releasing their first two songs with a public celebration. —Managing Editor, Nic Moye

LIGHTMETER:

The Redmond Managed Camp Cleared a Funding Hurdle. Can It Clear the Toughest One?

If you were in Central Oregon before the pandemic, you would have seen a very different landscape as it pertains to the people living unsheltered. People camped in the junipers and overstayed their allotted time on public lands. Tent encampments were still visible. But what did not exist as it does now: The breadth of services, including overnight shelters, safe parking and tiny home villages that now seek to house some of the hundreds of people who are experiencing homelessness every day.

In 2019, the Source reported how local service providers were once again rallying to stand up a winter warming shelter to give respite to people on some of the coldest nights of the year. That was the extent of Bend’s low-barrier, overnight shelter offerings. A similar thing was true in Redmond, Sisters and other locales. But after the tumult of the pandemic, massive amounts of public dollars — largely federal but also state dollars — helped construct the public shelters and the safe parking spaces that exist today.

With American Rescue Plan Act dollars about to dry up, and with state funding for homeless services being cut back due to federal cuts, stable funding is going to be a big problem. Some of the facilities that cropped up to meet a need have already been in danger of closing. So far, Deschutes County Commissioners have moved to meet some of the need by allocating funding for safe parking. This month, during a panic over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, they also allocated County dollars to NeighborImpact and The Giving Plate.

These policy decisions are helping some of the agencies already doing the work — but what about other plans that are still in the pipeline?

Case in point: the managed camp planned for Redmond. County and City of Redmond officials approved the funding for construction of the camp late last month — but that’s just for the building. So far, the camp doesn’t have a service

provider signed on to run it… and even if it did, there’s no real guarantee of stable funding. As Deschutes County Commissioner Tony DeBone pointed out during the meeting in which commissioners voted to approve additional funds for the camp construction, if a government is going to make an effort to start something that then gets stopped due to funding gaps, it’s potentially more destabilizing than not starting at all. That’s why DeBone voted no.

Another issue DeBone brought up: Who owns the camp? If and when things go wrong, who can the public reliably turn to in order to gain information about the place? In other words, who’s going to be accountable?

Take a gander at a site like NextDoor and you’ll see that when issues around government-funded projects come up, a primary thing people want to see is accountability. Running a government-funded apartment complex or managed camp is no different than building a government bridge: The public wants a transparent process about how the sausage is made. When problems arise, the people running the facility (at the behest of the government) should answer to that.

Over the last several years, a lot of money has flowed into this community in hopes of easing homelessness. In some cases, we’ve seen how a shortage of qualified service providers has caused some projects to fail to launch. In this funding landscape, there’s always a chance that that happens again. But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t still have high expectations for good service.

As local governments work in tandem on this next piece — the operation of the Redmond managed camp — is it possible to bake more accountability into the process? And if sharing information with the public about both successes and failures scares certain service providers away, they probably weren’t equipped to handle the job in the first place.

Letters

PEOPLE POWER OR CORPORATE PERSON

Acts of resistance must target corporations, the ROOT CAUSE of domestic and global problems. Resistance actions must have a direct financial impact on corporations.

Effective resistance actions include the following ideas: *Learn from the past, innovate for now and visualize for the future. *Develop resources and training programs for building local community resistance programs. *Establish community goals and strategies, organize and mobilize. *Learn, care, share and act for the common good domestically and globally. *Join and support other groups to build solidarity, share ideas, organize actions and increase power. *Utilize time tested resistance strategies including direct action, strikes, work slowdown and stoppage, union organizing, sit down sessions, boycotts, exposure of corporate owned politicians, art, music and independent community media. *Targe protests at corporate, military, judicial, political, administrative and relevant institutions. *Utilize “boots on the street” actions for media and public visibility directly exposing corporations. *Use stealth tactics and direct action for flexibility, mobility and effectiveness. *Create a system for tactical communication and safety of activists at rallies and protests. *Prepare for risks of resistance enforced by the corporate controlled police state. *Avoid establishing encampments and designating leaders which become easy prey for police.

Corporate “persons” have legal, police state and financial resources, but real people have the power of truth, fairness and justice. We are many, they are few.

John Lewis, the extraordinary nonviolent civil rights activist said, “We will not wait for the courts to act, for we have been waiting for hundreds of years.

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We will not wait for the President, the Justice Department, nor Congress, but we will take matters into our own hands and create a source of power, outside of any national structure, that could and would assure us a victory.”

“Good trouble, necessary trouble” to end corporate dominance and control.

—Sue Bastian

SUPPORTING A NEW KIND OF LEADERSHIP

After reading a recent interview with County Commissioner candidate John Heylin, I’m convinced he’s exactly the kind of leader Deschutes County needs right now. Heylin’s background — growing up in a working-class family, serving in the Peace Corps and running a small business in Bend — has grounded him in real-world problem solving. He understands what working families are up against and focuses on action, not excuses.

As a nurse for 20 years, I value someone who sees issues and takes action to solve them. Heylin talks about affordable housing, wages that keep pace with costs and a county government that listens to everyone — not just the loudest or wealthiest voices. His priorities on property tax reform, wildfire preparedness and transparency show a commitment to fairness, accountability and collaboration. These are the values our community deserves from its leaders. Unfortunately, that’s not what we’ve been getting. Commissioner Tony DeBone has had years to bring people together and address these challenges, yet too often he chooses partisanship over problem- solving. He’s not accessible or community-minded and he’s become disconnected from the people he represents. John Heylin, by contrast, listens. He shows up. He’s running a grassroots campaign powered by local volunteers who care deeply about the

future of this county.

Deschutes County needs leadership that’s practical, transparent and focused on solutions — not culture wars. Heylin represents a new kind of leadership — one that truly puts people first.

—Kenneth Goode

PRESERVE OPEN SPACE IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS

I am writing to express strong concern regarding the proposed amendment to Bend Development Code (BDC) 4.5.200.E.4.d, which would remove the current requirement that open space in new Master Plan developments “must be open to the public.”

This change poses a serious threat to both the Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) and to the citizens of Bend. For decades, our community has valued open space as a shared resource — an essential part of what makes Bend livable, healthy and connected. The current code ensures that open space serves the public good, not just private interests. Eliminating that guarantee risks turning future parks, plazas and natural areas into private enclaves, inaccessible to the very residents whose taxes support the city’s growth and infrastructure.

This amendment would also weaken BPRD’s ability to negotiate for public parks in new developments. Without a clear public-access requirement, developers could meet the 10% open space requirement by designating private areas, effectively sidestepping the spirit and intent of Bend’s Comprehensive

Plan, which calls for preserving and expanding outdoor recreational opportunities that enhance our community’s livability.

If adopted, this change would set a troubling precedent — one that could open the door to further loss of public access to open spaces in future developments. Once those spaces are privatized, they are lost to the community forever.

I urge the Council to preserve the existing language of BDC 4.5.200.E.4.d and reaffirm Bend’s long-standing commitment to open, accessible public spaces for all.

—Michael and Christin Zapp

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—Managing Editor Nic Moye

Cascade Lakes Highway Closing for Winter

The roads up Cascade Lakes Highway and to Paulina/East Lakes will close for the winter on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at approximately 8am. The high elevation forest highways are seasonally closed due to snow accumulation which can exceed five to 10 feet at the summit. Deschutes County, which maintains the highways, will attempt to remove snow and reopen the roads before Memorial Day.

Realms Schools are Relocating

The Bend-La Pine School District is relocating the Realms magnet schools next fall. Realms Middle School, which has 140 students, will relocate to Buckingham Elementary School on Hamby Road. Realms High School, with 104 students, will merge with Bend Tech Academy on NE 5th Street. Currently both Realms schools share a leased building on Brinson Boulevard in northeast Bend. District officials say that is no longer financially viable.

—Nic Moye

—The number of licensed and regulated psilocybin service centers in Oregon from “Not-So Magical Mushrooms.”

A New Direction: In Conversation with Interim Sheriff Ty Rupert

Since Aug. 1, Ty Rupert, the Deschutes County interim sheriff, says he’s already saved taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars

By Peter Madsen

When Ty Rupert applied for the job of Deschutes County interim sheriff last July, he listed in his letter of interest a series of institutional goals. Among them: transparency, fiscal responsibility and accessibility to the public. Having won the appointment, Rupert is now 15 weeks into the job.

Fresh off some personnel reorganization and a Nov. 6 town hall in La Pine (the first of several throughout the county), Rupert has made good on his intentions to correct the course of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, whose former sheriff, Kent van der Kamp, resigned on July 31 amid investigations of lying and misconduct. In a sit-down conversation at the Source office on Nov. 10, Rupert caught us up to speed on the new dawn at DSCO that so many Deschutes County residents have been hoping for.

[This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For the full version, visit bendsource.com]

The Source: Thanks so much with meeting with us.

Ty Rupert: Yeah, I’ve been trying to reach out to media. As you know, our office traditionally hasn’t had the best reputation with the news for quite a few years. You’ve probably seen a lot of negative headlines.

tS: I’ve written some of those headlines.

TR: You’ve got a job to do. But I’m a different kind of person [than former Sheriff Kent van der Kamp] and I’d rather build bridges.

has time with Hewlett Packard. He’s got private sector experience. He’s done an incredible job of taking over a position that previously didn’t exist. He’s digging deep into the budget. I’m trying to change the culture of financials. For years, it seemed like we were spending the money from Taxing District One, we were spending District Two, and then we were living on a credit card. That’s not sustainable. We need to live within our means.

tS: You also have experience in the private sector.

we’re short-staffed. That should help reduce the overtime. And with radios, we brought in some single-band radios to test in the Deschutes County Jail, and they work well. You don’t need dual-band radios in the jail like you do for patrol. I ordered 25 of them, and that was an almost $30,000 savings. And with out-of-state travel: we used to have a travel agent. In 2025, we paid them almost $65,000. When I saw that, I said no — we’ll have one of our assistants do that.

tS: This is a lot of savings. You’ve also launched a series of town halls, beginning with the one in La Pine on Nov. 6. How did it go?

“Personally, and professionally for me, building trust within our tribal communities is important.”

—Kristine McConnell with Visit Central Oregon in this week’s Culture story “Tribal Learning Series.”

tS: How’s the new job?

TR: I feel really good. We had the Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo going on and National Night Out. A lot of people wanted to know who their new sheriff is. But right out of the gate, we got hit with the Flat Fire near Sisters. Even though we lost a few homes — I don’t ever want to lose homes — we mitigated that really well, compared to what it could have been. All the partners involved in that did an incredible job.

tS: When you applied for the interim sheriff position, you talked about doing a fiscal audit of the sheriff’s office. Can you tell us about that process?

TR: We have a new business manager, Jeff Price, who came on board right before van der Kamp left. He’s a 21-year Marine Corps veteran. He comes from Amazon corporate. He

TR: Yeah. This is something I’ve learned: There’s a lot of vendors that will give you a 2-3% discount if you pay early. Our fuel vendor is letting us save $6,000. We now are contacting every vendor to see if they’ll give us that discount. I’ll just throw a number: Let’s say we can save $50,000 a year by taking advantage of discounts. That’s $50,000 a year of free money. Taxpayer money. I’m trying to restore that trust with the taxpayers, to show that I’m responsible. The other way we’re saving money is that I don’t currently need an undersheriff. Aaron Wells, the previous undersheriff, went to Bend PD, where he’s a lieutenant. I’m not going to backfill that position.

tS: Wells made a good salary.

TR: If I had to guess, it was $250,000+ with a rollup. The previous executive assistant to van der Kamp moved back to Florida. My executive assistant is Deana Tucker. She used to work in evidence, but I don’t have to backfill her position because we’re too heavily staffed in that area. So that saves me about $140,000 a year. Out of our $68.5 million budget, about $54.3 million is personnel. I save on personnel with the caveat that we’re not going to sacrifice service to the community. I’m trying to hire more patrol and more correctional officers because

TR: It went really well. I had people come up to me after and tell me, in their words, that I’m a breath of fresh air. People said they like what they’re hearing and they like what they’re seeing. One of the ladies got upset — and rightfully so. She said there’s been a lot going on at the sheriff’s office, and I understand her frustration. I worked there; not just me, but 238 other people. But trust is something that’s earned. And what we went through with van der Kamp makes it harder. I’m definitely climbing a mountain. And it’s OK. We’ll get to the top and we’ll be successful. I’m not worried. She apologized for being upset, and I said, you don’t need to apologize. You have a right to feel that way. Trust me, I get it. I gave her a big hug. People in the room had tears in their eyes. It was just super cool.

tS: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a big concern for a lot of people. Does your office intend to continue complying with Oregon’s Sanctuary Law?

TR: We will follow whatever is in place. I want people to understand, we’re a local government. We’re not federal. We enforce local and state laws. My job as sheriff is to make sure we are taking care of the citizens of Deschutes County.

tS: Would your office ever collaborate with ICE?

TR: I’m not going to collaborate with them. If they come here, they’ll be operating on their own. Some of my closest friends are Hispanic. I have friends that are Black, I have friends from Korea. I don’t ever want a citizen in Deschutes County to be afraid to contact us if they need help. I want them to know that they can come to us and not be afraid. That’s very important to me.

Local Leaders Pump Up Efforts to Hose Down Damage from Wildfires

City and County leaders are taking steps to require homes be more fireproof

By Nic Moye

With fire season in the rear view, local government leaders continue taking steps to make fire prone areas more resistant. On Monday, Nov. 10, Deschutes County Commissioners directed staff to advance standards to the planning commission that would create building hardening standards for new developments based on section R327 of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code. Over the summer, when state lawmakers passed Senate Bill 83, which repealed a controversial state wildfire hazard map, it gave local governments the authority to adopt safety standards within their own communities, if they choose.

Section R327 outlines the type of fire-resistant roof material allowed, gutters must have a way to prevent the build-up of leaves and pine needles, exterior walls and decks must be non-combustible and windows must be tempered glass or have a fire-resistance rating of not less than 20 minutes. Questions surround how much extra it would cost to build new homes with those requirements. Deschutes County Senior Planner Kyle Collins told commissioners it would likely be in the neighborhood of an additional 2% or 3% for a 1,700-square-foot home. A study posted on the website of the Building Codes Division of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services put the cost as high as 11%, but is based, in part, on a California study.

County commissioners are hoping the public hearing with the planning commission, which is expected before the end of the year, will help clarify the cost.

“We’ve talked about this for years and I’ve asked builders and the Builder’s Association…a few times over the years, ‘I don’t think this is going to cost too much, any thoughts?’ And they’re like ‘Oh maybe, maybe not,’ Commissioner Tony DeBone said during the meeting. “But this will be the moment. We’re really talking about it and it’s really in front of the planning commission…just for community members and builders to make sure we’re hearing back from them. I don’t see it as a big lift. It seems appropriate...in Deschutes County to have R327 standard as an expectation when you’re building new construction.”

City Council temporarily adopted the amendment in August, but is seeking to make it permanent by April 2026. A public hearing is scheduled for Nov. 19.

There’s a growing concern among local leaders about the growing intensity of wildfires over the years. Eight local, state and federal representatives gathered for a roundtable in Bend on Nov. 6 to discuss the urgent need for stronger prevention measures. In attendance were Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler, Redmond City Councilor Kathryn Osborne, Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang, Former Operations Chief for Bend Fire & Rescue Bob Madden, State Sen. Anthony Broadman (District 27), representatives from U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Janelle Bynum’s offices and Central Oregon LandWatch Executive Director Ben Gordon.

The home hardening standard is expected to return to the Deschutes County commissioner agenda for a second public hearing sometime in January.

SB83 also directed the State Fire Marshal to develop a model defensible space code that local governments can choose to adopt or not. Deschutes County commissioners say they are interested in having a universal defensible space code for properties within the county and plan to revisit that issue once the state is finished, which is expected to be by the end of the year.

“I think when we get to defensible space, which will affect a vastly larger number of properties, that we’ll want to do a more in-depth public process,” Commissioner Phil Chang said.

The City of Sisters is also taking steps to permanently adopt the R327 home hardening code. The

Much of the discussion focused on close calls with recent fires like the Flat Firenwhich came within two miles of Sisters last August and the Euston Fire in June northwest of Redmond.

Osborne described the panic and damage caused by the Euston Fire.

“It started right outside town and our children had just gotten home from school. Parents weren’t home from work yet and the wind and the heat of that fire, it spread very rapidly and it triggered our power to go down, which then caused a hard stop on our water pumps, which in turn then caused the pressure back up and our pipes burst right on Airport Way. So this caused a large sinkhole. It shut down our city.” According to Central Oregon Fire Info, a person burning cheatgrass caused the 36-acre Euston Fire.

The Flat Fire, which burned 3,300 acres putting thousands of homes at risk, is considered a success story despite burning four homes, six structures and traveling from just west of Lake Billy Chinook to two miles outside of Sisters.

“One of the key lessons from the Flat Fire was we can prepare for fires and mitigate the worst impacts that are possible from a fire,” Chang said. “The reason that we did not lose more homes, besides heroic efforts by firefighters, was because we had done the work across the landscape. There were hundreds of homeowners who had put defensible space around

their homes. There have been large landscape level fuels reduction investments in the private lands.”

Sen. Broadman recently toured one of the properties off Wilt Road. “I was standing in the perimeter of the Flat Fire still going, with our State Fire Marshal. We were looking at the private landowner’s property who essentially had prevented that fire from running further south.”

Zillow now includes a Fire Factor in high-risk areas on homes for sale, providing a rating on how likely the area will be impacted with wildfire, giving a summary of past fires and the future risk. For instance, a home listed for sale on Crooked Horseshoe Road in Sisters has an eight out of 10 fire factor. Zillow says there have been 58 large wildfires within 20 miles of that property since 1984 and there’s a 5.6% change of another one within five years. It also states a separate wildfire insurance policy is likely required.

“Our job in the legislature, with our federal partners, local partners, tribal partners, is to make sure that we’re planning for the economic reality,” Broadman said. “We’re going to be spending a lot more money on mitigation, on prevention as well as on suppression.”

The Deschutes National Forest has continued pile burning operations to reduce hazardous fuels, even with the government shutdown. The most recent work was done the week of Nov. 5, on nearly 250 acres 10 miles northwest of Bend and another 200 acres eight miles southeast of La Pine.

When asked about the impact of the shutdown, a spokesperson with the U.S. Department of Agriculture told the Source, “Currently, the national forests and grasslands will remain open to visitors and wildland firefighting, disaster response and some prescribed burns will continue. This may change due to the length of the shutdown.” The House of Representatives was expected to vote Nov. 12 on a bill to reopen the federal government.

The roundtable panel is urging stronger prevention measures with funding and policy support from the state and federal governments. The group says federal funding cuts to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are hampering efforts.

“There’s very little we have control of when we’re talking about wildfire,” Chang said. “We cannot control the weather…We cannot control when lightning is going to strike, when someone’s going to be dragging their chain on their trailer and throwing sparks. One thing that we can control is where we build our homes and what the landscape around our homes is like.”

BIRD YOGA

RN REDMOND NEWS

Onlookers came out by the hundreds for the annual Veterans Day parade in Redmond on Nov. 11. The festivities began Tuesday at 11:11 am, in homage to Armistice Day from World War 1. That war officially ended in 1918, at the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day. This was the 24th year for Redmond's Veterans Day parade, hosted by Central Oregon Veterans Outreach.

REDMOND PICKS

11/14 –11/16

DOWNTOWN LADIES’ NIGHT

SHOP, EAT AND DRINK IN REDMOND

Bring your bestie or meet new friends at the third annual Redmond ladies’ night! Shop and sip your way through downtown Redmond with snacks, drinks and discounts. Fri., Nov. 14, 5–8pm in Downtown Redmond. 446 SW 7th St., Redmond. Free.

SATURDAY 11/15

MOTOCROSS

PRACTICE AND TRAINING

Join an open practice at the MX13 motocross training facility, where there will be three courses up and running. All ages and abilities welcome. Sat., Nov. 15, 12:30-4pm at MX12 MX. 7505 NW Eagle Dr., Redmond. $50.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 11/15 & 11/16

ART SHOW AND SALE

HOSTED BY DRY CANYON ARTS

Discover new local art, woodworks, jewelry, textiles, glassware and more. Find one-of-a-kind gifts and try your luck at the raffle with prizes donated by some of the best artists in Central Oregon. All raffle proceeds benefit art education. Sat., Nov. 15, 10am–5pm and Sun., Nov. 16, 10am–4pm at Redmond High School. 675 SW Rimrock Way, Redmond. Free.

A recent study shows that most gas-station “magic mushroom” products contain caffeine, kava and precious little (illegal) psilocybin

By Peter Madsen

There I was, standing in a local smoke shop, browsing the display cases, when a collection of technicolored vapes, gummies and chocolates caught my attention. The raised lettering and foil trim of the packaging glinted in the light. Soaring mushrooms, some with eyeballs, put out a very trippy vibe on products with the brand name Trē House.

“Whoa,” I said to the clerk who’d clocked my surprise. “A magic mushroom vape pen?”

“Yeah,” she said. “They’re pretty amazing.”

I didn’t waste time with questions. My logic went: magic mushrooms — obvi — means psilocybin, a Schedule 1 substance under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, and only permitted in therapeutic settings in Oregon. If I was getting away with buying something illegal, I knew enough to not lollygag with questions.

Forty dollars later and back home, I tore into the packaging. The black vape in my hand looked sleek, just like one for nicotine. Yet its packaging featured a helpful dosage chart replete with slightly confusing syntax: 1-7 puffs (“Ideal for the subtle benefits psychedelics potentially offer”; 8-14 puffs (“Feel euphoria flow through your body as your mind unwinds”); 15+ puffs (“Experienced users seeking high potency and legal mushroom vapes for a trippy time”).

I puffed. And then I puffed some more. A microdose did little more than make me feel guilty for vaping around my dog; a full dose (15+ puffs) gave me brain fog, a cloudy visual periphery and the nagging notion that I shouldn’t be sucking so much vapor, trying to get high.

I scoured the Trē House website for answers. The company states that the mango smoothie contains undetectable traces of mescaline, DMT, psilocybin and psilocin.

I felt duped. Is there anything better — predictably effective — than nibbling a microdose of actual magic mushrooms — or chowing down a quarter-ounce, for that matter, and blasting through the stratosphere?

Proof is in the pudding

The therapeutic use of psilocybin became legal in Oregon after Ballot Measure 109 became codified as ORS 475A in November 2020. The Public Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority is the home of Oregon Psilocybin Services, the program that dictates the manufacturing, transportation, delivery, sale and purchase of psilocybin products and the provision of psilocybin services, according to its website. Psilocybin Service Centers began operating in summer 2023.

Unlike the legal, recreational use that psychonauts enjoy in Colorado — the only state that has

fully legalized magic mushrooms — Oregonian trippers must purchase and consume psilocybin in sanctioned, therapy-forward service centers, of which there are presently 22 in the state. (New Mexico has a similar setup.) Mushrooms are grown by nine licensed growers, according to OPS. And no, we can’t take them to go from the service centers.

A magic mushroom vape pen? I didn’t waste time with questions. If I was getting away with buying something illegal, I knew enough to not lollygag with questions.

Turns out, I’m not alone in my sour feeling about the “magic mushroom” bait-and-switch back at the local smoke shop. In September, scientists at Oregon State University and Rose City Laboratories published a study of such gas station “psilocybin” in JAMA Network Open, a peer-reviewed medical journal put out by the American Medical Association. The results are eye-popping.

Daniel Huson is the owner of Rose City Laboratories, the only laboratory in the state licensed by OPS. That means samples of the legal psilocybin produced by licensed growers to be used in licensed psilocybin service centers must first pass through his team’s liquid chromatography method. The potency and purity of a particular mushroom strain is discerned to the milligram. Huson had also noticed the “magic mushroom” products in gas stations and headshops. Dubious of their authenticity, Huson sent a team to collect 11 gummies and one chocolate so they could test the results in his lab.

Of those 12 products, none of the psychedelic mushroom products contained psilocybin, despite one advertising on its label 100 mg of the psychoactive compound per gummy, the team found. Four samples contained zero active constituents at all. Three products did, however, contain psilocin, which is the psychoactive compound that results from the body’s breakdown of psilocybin. But the absence of the attendant precursors to mushrooms typically found with actual psilocybin led Huson’s team to conclude that the psilocin was synthetically created.

Synthetic psilocybin is sketchy because researchers don’t fully understand its side effects. Similarly, some products falsely advertised as containing synthetic

cannabinoids can cause health problems that can be life-threatening, according to the National Institutes of Health. New Yorkers — and former ones like myself — saw the scary effects of “K2” and “Spice” in real-time, as users fell ill and manic in public, DNA Info reported in 2016. The fake-weed epicenter was right outside a Brooklyn building I called home for years. (There, at a corner bodega, I, too, bought synthetic weed. Smoking in my apartment, a couple tokes caused slasher violence to race through my mind; I threw the crap away and immediately went to bed.)

Prior to collaborating with OSU, Rose City Labs presented its findings at a scientific trade show called Pittcon, which held its first Psychedelic Symposium in 2024. The presentation piqued the interest of Jonathan Ferguson, a representative of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, a Japanese maker of analytical and measuring instruments. Ferguson encouraged Huson to send his test extracts to Richard van Breeman, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the Linus Pauling Institute at OSU. Van Breeman’s laboratory is home to two types of Shimadzu mass spectrometers, which break apart, identify and qualify the chemical makeup of a test sample. In the “magic mushroom” study, the detectable active ingredients in products absent of psilocin read like a grocery list of things buyers hadn’t intended to put in their bodies: caffeine, those aforementioned

cannabinoids, kavalactones — which can cause liver damage, vision impairment, seizures and nausea — and synthetic psychoactive tryptamines, which are similar to DMT and break down as psilocin. They can also induce psychosis and paranoia and do not occur naturally in psychedelic mushrooms.

What’s alarming, van Breeman said by phone, is that the added ingredients, like kava, can be especially dangerous for consumers with health conditions.

“There’s no evidence on most of the labels about how much they contain, although what they contain is not usually disclosed,” van Breeman said.

He added that his team declined to publish the “magic mushroom” brand names because, to their knowledge, their products hadn’t harmed anyone.

Not knowing what you’re taking can be dangerous. In November 2024, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration reported 180 illnesses (one in Oregon) related to folks eating products purporting to contain “magic mush rooms.” Of those, 73 cases resulted in hospitalizations, and 118 stemmed from products made by a compa ny called Diamond Shruumz, which makes chocolates, gummies and other edibles. Three deaths were poten tially related, according to the report. Diamond Shruumz products were subsequently recalled by the FDA.

“There’s no way for people to figure out what some thing is by using it, or what the effects might be,” van Breeman said. “Whatever happens might not be what they expect.”

Huson finds the imaginative advertising more than false; he considers it an affront that delegitimizes the 24 licensed and regulated psilocybin service centers presently operating in Oregon. Roll out happened in summer 2023. In total, 36 psilocybin service centers have been licensed since Jan. 2, 2023. To date, 12, or 33%, have closed, according to OHA data.

“The [Oregon Psilocybin Services] system is collapsing because of the misconception that mushrooms are legal, and you can buy products at the headshops,” he said. “So why pay money to a service center?”

Therapy-forward

Ryan Reid is the co-founder of Bendable Therapy, a psilocybin service center in Bend. His became the fifth licensed psilocybin service center in the state.

Despite his skin in the psilocybin game, Reid isn’t fazed by the not-so magical mushroom cottage industry. That’s because Bendable Therapy, a nonprofit, leads with a therapeutic approach to psilocybin. The psychedelic experience is the means to an end — not a recreational end to itself.

“Clients don’t come to us because they just want to buy mushrooms. They want help with their

mental health goals,” Reid said. “This is a program that includes legal psilocybin, but the focus isn’t even ultimately on the psilocybin. It’s this therapeutic program with licensed providers. I view it as totally different from what’s going on at the gas stations.”

A session at Bendable Therapy, which costs about $3,800, is much more than an expensive vacation to the moon. The price tag involves 20 hours of treatment with a staff of mental health professionals across four weeks, Reid said.

“The Bendable program has multiple integrations and consultations, which make it a little more clinical — more in line with traditional mental health practices.”

“It’s cheaper than if you did the hourly rate with a therapist,” Reid said, adding that health insurance, however, doesn’t cover Oregon’s Psilocybin Service Centers.

Reid says surreptitious magic mushroom products may muddy the public’s understanding of psilocybin’s legal status in Oregon. Yet the testing that Rose City Labs provides, Reid says, ensures precise psilocybin dosing amounts, which can vary in psychedelic mushrooms across batches. That’s way safer than meting out doses in grams — “street dosing,” Reid calls it.

“That’s one of the benefits of the legal, regulated model: you know exactly what you’re getting, which is high-quality stuff,” Reid said. “Our licensed grower grows them, he freeze-dries them, they taste great. An eighth-ounce costs $100. That’s more expensive than street mushrooms, but it’s a higher quality product that’s regulated, tested and validated.”

‘People should be suspicious’

Mary Sheridan picked up my phone call on her way to a psychedelic mushroom foraging trip along the Oregon Coast. Sheridan has owned and operated Myco-Vision, which offers guided psychedelic therapy sessions in Bend since 2022. Because her business doesn’t provide psilocybin, Myco-Vision doesn’t require licensing through OHA’s Oregon Psilocybin Services Program. As the sole facilitator, Sheridan leads clients on sessions aided by psilocybin, MDMA, LSD or 2C-B, which they supply themselves. Sheridan also writes “The Psychedelic Frontier” column for the Source. After I told Sheridan about the results of the OSU/Rose City Labs study, she said she’s “not at all surprised.”

“I think that there’s a pretty good understanding among the people that I associate with, such as fellow facilitators, that these are not real,” she said. “These products are not safe. They don’t have psilocybin-containing mushrooms in them.”

Sheridan says if clients were to hire her to guide an experience with a “magic mushroom” vape like the one I wrote about above, she’d instead steer them toward a substance whose purity she can verify with a Miraculix test kit.

“People should be suspicious of — and testing — anything that purports to be a controlled substance,” she added. “Whether they bought it at a gas station or vape shop or from an underground dealer.”

But Sheridan doesn’t worry about gas station “magic mushroom” products watering down the public’s understanding of the therapeutic effects of psilocybin, nor of the service she offers.

“It’s similar to why you would go out to dinner instead of making food at home,” Sheridan said. She explained that, at a restaurant, you’re not necessarily paying for the access to food so much as for the experience of eating somewhere equipped with chefs and table service. At Myco-Vision, Sheridan charges anywhere from $350 to $3,500 for 20 total hours of therapy, which includes preparatory meetings. Often, Sheridan pegs the hourly rate she charges to the hourly rate a client earns in their respective profession.

“I do spiritual coaching, I help people prepare for and navigate the psychedelic experience. It’s not about that access,” Sheridan said. “You know, you can get mushrooms in the wild, too. You don’t have to pay anything for them if you know how to forage. …My services are not just about the mushrooms.”

Mostly priced out

The therapy provided at psilocybin service centers like Bendable Therapy, or that offered by Sheridan, sound great. I’ve benefited greatly from conventional talk therapy and the more woo-woo-seeming Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, for example, in addressing anxiety, depression and PTSD. But until Psilocybin Service Centers can accept health insurance — which won’t likely happen until psilocybin is legalized on a federal level — I’m left holding the bag of psychedelic mushrooms I just bought from my Johnny-on-the-spot dealer.

You know the time-worn saying: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice …that’s not very cool, man! —This story is powered by the Lay It Out Foundation, the nonprofit with a mission of promoting deep reporting and investigative journalism in Central Oregon. Learn more and be part of this important work by visiting layitoutfoundation.org.

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THURSDAY 11/13

FORMULATING MEDICINAL TEAS

PART OF THE HERBAL MEDICINE-MAKING FALL SERIES

This event is part of a series offering an introduction to the multiple ways to incorporate plant medicines in your home. Learn about herbal applications and enjoy hands-on learning in class. Thu., Nov. 13, 4:30–6pm at The People’s Apothecary. 1841 NE Division St., Bend. $46.

FRIDAY 11/14

AN EVENING OF WORDS AND WONDER

HOSTED BY THE LAY IT OUT FOUNDATION

Enjoy live readings, candid conversation, spontaneous moments of magic and free speech in support of keeping independent journalism thriving in Central Oregon. Featuring Ellen Waterston (Oregon Poet Laureate), Jared Rasic (film critic & writer), Nicole Vulcan (the Source Editor in Chief) and Aaron Switzer (Publisher of the Source.) Fri., Nov. 14, 5:30pm at Hanai Center. 62430 Eagle Rd., Bend. Free; RSVP required, space limited. RSPV to support@layitoutfoundation.org.

FRIDAY 11/14

PA LA CULTURA

FIESTA DE BAILE

Hosted by DJ Solo and Latin Dance Bend, this dance party will feature two different areas with different DJs spinning. Shimmy away your daylight saving blues. Fri., Nov. 14, 8pm–1am at The Barrel Room at UPP. 550 SW Industrial Way, Bend. $10–$20.

FRIDAY 11/14

JUDITH HILL

LIVE AT THE TOWER

Gutsy and nuanced as a vocalist, Judith Hill is an accomplished songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the few musicians who can cite Elton John, Spike Lee, Prince, and Michael Jackson among those who have sought out her talent. One of the highest-profile background singers of her generation, now touring as the headliner. Fri., Nov., 7:30pm at the Tower Theatre. 835 NW Wall St., Bend. $19–$39.

FRIDAY 11/14

SFF PRESENTS EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON + ANDREA VON KAMPEN

SINGING SONGS OF HOPE AND CHANGE

Head to Sisters for an evening with the acclaimed singer/songwriters Andrea von Kampen and Emily Scott Robinson. This will be an intimate show with two artists producing beautiful work in the Americana/folk scenes. Fri., Nov. 14, 7pm at the Belfry. 302 E Main Ave., Sisters. $15–$25.

SUNDAY 11/16

FUHGEDDABOUTIT VARIETY SHOW

SUPPORTING THE ALZ ASSOCIATION

Support the Alzheimer’s Association with live comedy, music, prize drawing and a paddle raise hosted by The Oxford Hotel. Featuring Zack Lyman, Mandy Simonson, Cody Michael, Shanan Kelley and Cody Parr. Sun., Nov. 16, 5pm at the Oxford Hotel. 10 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend. $50–$150.

MONDAY 11/17

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

GATHERING AT THE LIBRARY

Presented by the Bitterbrush Broads and Bros  and The Environmental Center, a discussion about natural resources: current conditions, current concerns and how you can play a role. Light supper provided. Mon., Nov. 17, 5–7pm at the Downtown Bend Public Libary. 601 NW Wall St., Bend. Free; registration required.

TUESDAY 11/18

LADIES CLIMB NIGHT

WITH THE LADIES CLIMBING COALITION

If you’re needing an indoor hobby this winter or looking to build community in Bend, consider heading to Bend Rock Gym on the third Tuesday of every month for Ladies Climb Night. With a mission to help women and non-binary people feel at home in the climbing community, all experience levels are encouraged to join. Seriously, no experience necessary! Third Tuesday of the month, 6:30–8:30pm at Bend Rock Gym. 1182 SE Centennial Ct., Bend. $15; free with BRG membership.

S SOUND Songs That Feel Like Home Joshua Radin to perform at the Volcanic Theatre Pub

By Sophie Elliott

This November, acclaimed singer/songwriter Joshua Radin is bringing his heartfelt and authentic sound to the Volcanic Theatre Pub as part of his “One Day Home” fall tour. Radin is touring the country to share his new album, “One Day Home,” described as “his most ambitious and personal yet,” with a live audience. If you’re drawn to storytelling, you won’t want to miss out on this raw and emotional performance.

Radin has been singing and songwriting for the last 20 years, although he didn’t find his love for music until later in life. He bought a guitar at the age of 30 and, after that, the rest was history. With no professional training, Radin taught himself how to play the guitar, and as soon as he knew enough chords, he began writing songs that would launch his career. It’s one that’s reached many milestones, some of which include a gold certification for his single, “I’d Rather Be With You,” performing on many major late night shows, sharing the stage with artists like Ed Sheeran, Sara Bareilles and many others.

Radin is excited about what this next chapter holds for him, including the recent release of his new album, his 10th full-length LP and first independent release since 2017. It is his most ambitious and deeply personal release to date and offers 13 new songs that highlight his signature blend of raw vulnerability and heartfelt storytelling. Uniquely recorded in two parts, the album still carries a sense of continuity through his beautiful storytelling. Radin put a lot of himself into this album and is looking forward to sharing it with audiences on tour.

At the center of the album is the track, “I’m Coming Home.” “It encapsulates longing, self-discovery and the search for a sense of belonging. This album is an amalgam of several genres of music, of which I’m most inspired,” Radin shares. “One of these genres is soul music — specifically the era of Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin. I tried to bring that kind of songwriting into a few tunes on this album, blending an Americana acoustic vibe with soul. “’I’m Coming Home’ is one of these songs.”

After spending countless years writing, recording and performing across the world, Radin was excited to return home and really focus on pouring the emotions of who he had become into this album. He says, “A better version of me happens every year. Wiser for sure, but definitely more confused in general about what I truly want out of life. I stay curious, questioning everything and everyone, and this is how art gets made.”

He’s excited to perform at the Volcanic and enjoy all that the Pacific Northwest has to offer, including its wine.

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12 Wednesday

The Astro Lounge Karaoke Get here early to put your name on the list! Drink specials every night. 9pm-2am. 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 Rob Gregerson Rob Gregerson is a modern day one-man-band for the ages! He began his looping career in 1999 with just a guitar and a delay pedal and over the last couple of decades, has developed into an full orchestrated looping carnival. He covers several genres of music (funk, jazz, reggae, folk, 7:30-9:30pm.

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 John Shipe Relax with a pint and enjoy great local music every Wednesday from 6-8pm. 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.

Dogwood At The Pine Shed Transmission: ‘80s Dark Wave Social Club Immerse yourself in the sounds of the ’80s underground. DJ Mark Brody spins Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure, Clan of Xymox, and more at Dogwood at The Pine Shed. A moody night of goth, post-punk, and darkwave. Every 2nd Wednesday. 7-10pm. Free.

Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge Poker Night Bring your poker face to this exclusive Cork & Barrel party! It’s a night of friendly competition, where KIDS Center wins big and top players win special prizes. Ticket includes two drinks (beer or wine), generous hors d’oeuvres, and the chance to win the coveted Championship Belt! Benefitting KIDS Center. 5-10pm. $100.

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.

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

Pinky G’s Pizzeria MUSIC BINGO Join music Bingo (think Bingo and Name that Tune). Great food, cold drinks and good times. Free to play and prizes for each round winner. 6-8pm. Free.

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Ponch’s Place Bingo Wednesdays at Ponch’s Place Enjoy Bingo at Ponch’s Place on Wednesdays. 5:30-7pm. Free.

Portello Wine and Spirits Music Bingo Join us for Music Bingo, hosted by the always entertaining Rachel Fishman, who keeps the crowd singing and laughing all night! It’s the perfect bonus to your night out enjoying great food, drinks and good company at Portello! 6:308:30pm. Free.

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.

Silver Moon Brewing Matt Castillo South Texas-bred Matt Castillo is cutting his teeth in honky tonks throughout Texas, Colorado and all the states in between. 7pm. $20.

Silver Moon Brewing Sweet Escape

Comedy We are all having to be tough cookies these days. We are pudding together a comedy night for a sweet escape. These beefcakes will be throwing their sugar and spice to make your night a little sweeter. 7:30-9pm.

Upp Liquids Bend Comedy Open Mic The Bend Comedy Open Mic, every Wednesday at UPP Liquids. All peformance types and ages are welcome! 7-9pm. Free.

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

13 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.

The Belfry SFF Presents Darrell Scott Join us for a night with one of Americana’s most revered artists, transforming everyday stories into songs that are raw, poetic, and unforgettable. Darrell Scott has toured with Robert Plant and Zac Brown Band, produced albums for Guy Clark and Malcolm Holcombe, and earned multiple awards throughout his career. 7-8:30pm. $15-$35.

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 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 Ben Nichols of Lucero Ben Nichols is best known as the frontman and songwriter for the long-running Memphis rock band Lucero. Now, at age 50, he is releasing one of his most personal pieces of work, a rare solo album titled In the Heart of the Mountain. Be prepared for an unforgettable evening. 8-10pm. $20 plus fees.

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 Rick Smith Rick Smith has performed live for over thirty years with Steppin Out, The Untouchables and The Coupe de Ville Band, opening up for The Average White Band, Elvin Bishop and Curtis Salgado to name a few. Rick is now a single entertainer playing country/rock, blues and funk. 6-8pm. Free.

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

River’s Place Broken Top Bluegrass A combined trifecta of traditional tunes, bluegrass and Primordial Oozegrass, Broken Top seeks to create a new original sound intertwined with the traditions of string band music 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.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Suttle Lodge’s Fireside Concert Series: The Flinns Most Thursdays from November through May, we have some fireside live music. 6-8pm.

Volcanic Theatre Pub Vincent Antone: Local Technique the Tour EDM show. 21+. 8-11:50pm. $20-$30.

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Friday

The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room Color Study with Mind Parade We’re thrilled to host some of our favorite local bands, including The Color Study, whose sound blends elements of Spoon, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, and Wilco—rich, textured, and expansive. Join us for a night of excellent tunes, great beer, and good company! 6pm. Free.

The Belfry SFF Presents Emily Scott Robinson & Andrea von Kampen Join us for an evening with the acclaimed singer-songwriters Andrea von Kampen and Emily Scott Robinson for an intimate show singing songs of hope and change. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Food and beverages available for purchase. All ages welcome. 7-8:45pm. $15-$25.

The Commonwealth Pub Pina Colada Pina Colada is a duo with that plays the smooth sounds of yacht rock, R & B and the catchy beats of pop rock from the 70s and 80s. 8-10pm.

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.

The Domino Room TJ: The Alien Everywhere Tour TJ is a standup comedian based in New York City but was born and raised in Haiti. He jokes about race, society’s idiosyncrasies, and the inherent contrast between life in Haiti and America. Some people say his humor is smart and eye-opening; he would probably agree with these people. 8-10pm. $30.

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.

Learn, donate, and join us as we spread awareness of the risks these young people in our community face, and to educate the public about solutions and the role they can play in reducing runaway incidents, preventing youth homelessness, and supporting youth experiencing crisis. Cascade Youth & Family Center and Grandma’s House provide services and shelter to youth experiencing homelessness, including those who have run away, and to those who are at risk of running away.

Helping youth out of homelessness greatly reduces the risk of them experiencing homelessness as adults.

Care

A Foundation for Independence

One young woman shared how close she came to giving up before she found help. “When I was considering suicide for the third time, it was because I got physically abused by my stepdad,” she said. After several hospitalizations, the state determined it wasn’t safe for her to return home.

She moved in with a friend’s family, but their household was also unstable. “Her dad suffered really bad with bipolar disorder,” she recalled. “He would blow up at me and my friend over the simplest things.” The stress left her constantly on edge. One day, after he threatened to kick her out, she had a panic attack. “The thoughts of suicide were so strong that I almost acted on them.”

In that moment, she reached out to a crisis line. They connected her to Canal House, J Bar J Youth Services’ transitional living program in Redmond. “I am very thankful to have found Canal House. It’s a safe place with no judgment, better access to my mental health needs, and a good place to get into a better mindset.”

Canal House is a part of J Bar J’s Cascade Youth & Family Center (CYFC) program, and like its sister program the LOFT in Bend, provides safe housing for young people who are experiencing homelessness or unsafe living conditions. With the support of caring staff, youth learn essential life skills, continue their education, find employment, and work toward long-term stability. Transitional living is more than just a roof over their heads - it’s a foundation for independence.

Canal House is part of J Bar J’s continuum of care, supporting youth in crisis across Central Oregon. Cascade Youth & Family Center provides shelter, street outreach, and crisis intervention. CYFS’s transitional living and assisted housing programs guide young adults toward independence. Grandma’s House offers safe housing for young parents and their babies. Kindred Connections connects families with host families and community resources. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon matches youth with mentors. The Boys Ranch/ J5 provides treatment for youth referred through the justice system, while the at: project responds to human trafficking and assists survivors. Together, these programs serve more than 1,000 young people each year - helping them discover their strengths, find stability, and create brighter futures.

We offer compassionate crisis intervention services, including family mediation, to build understanding and healing within families.

We Are J Bar J Youth Services

As Central Oregon’s largest human services nonprofit, we don’t just operate programs - we create pathways to opportunity, stability, and growth. By centralizing essential services like accounting, HR, and development, we streamline operations and allow our programs to focus on what matters most: supporting youth and families in our community.

at: project

Supporting survivors of sex and labor trafficking with crisis intervention and long term case management to promote healing and empowerment.

The program also coordinates the Anti-Trafficking Alliance of Central Oregon (ATACO), strengthening community response and resources to help victims reclaim safety and independence.

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2019 1989

Kindred Connections

Kindred Connections links trained volunteers and host families with parents in crisis - whether due to illness, homelessness, or other challenges. By providing temporary housing for children and support for parents, we help families stay together and regain stability during difficult times.

Cascade Youth & Family Center

A holistic continuum of care to end youth homelessness: crisis services like family mediation and emergency shelter, street outreach, longer term transitional living at the LOFT and Canal House, supportive housing, and help finding housing. Our wraparound case management, life-skills coaching, and strong community connections help young people build stability, independence, and long-term self-sufficiency.

J Bar J Boys Ranch & J5

Adjudicated youth learn responsibility, academics, and life skills to return as productive community members. J5 offers short-term stabilization, focusing on intervention and de-escalation skills, helping boys restructure their thinking and develop healthier patterns for success. 1968

Grandma’s House

Offers emergency and transitional shelter for pregnant and parenting youth - the only such program east of the Cascades in Oregon. Young parents receive safety & health education, parenting skills, and life skills training to foster stability and a brighter future together.

After 25 years operating independently, Grandma’s House joined J Bar J Youth Services in 2017

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Igniting potential by matching caring adult mentors with children. Through consistent, positive relationships, youth improve grades, build confidence, and envision brighter futures. Mentorship provides opportunities that lead to stronger academic, social, and economic outcomes for kids in our region. 1994

The Learning Center

Serving students at the Boys Ranch and J5, the Learning Center is registered as an alternative program with the Oregon Dept. of Education and accredited by Cognia. We work to increase grade level skills and re-engage students in the learning process. On the Boys Ranch campus, our vocational training program increases opportunities for gainful employment.

We Are

M&J Tavern Profit Drama Serves Up Milk for the Angry Come ready to boogie! 21+. 9pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing DANBERT NOBACON of CHUMBAWAMBA, JACKRAT & NOT YOUR EX LOVER DANBERT NOBACON freak music legend author, artist, mischievous political goblin, genre-hopping punk-folk thespian, Chumbawamba alumni, lives in and works out of, Twisp WA in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in North Central Washington USA. 7-10pm.

Silver Moon Brewing The Sextones Founded in 2015, The Sextones built a devoted following across the West Coast beforebreaking out internationally with their self-released 2017 debut album Moonlight Vision, quicklyfinding success in Japan via P-Vine Records. 7-10pm.

Sisters Depot Friday Nights with Tony Lompa Tony Lompa brings the vibe to Sisters Depot most Fridays. If the weather’s nice, he plays in the courtyard. If not, he plays upstairs at Frankie’s. No cover—just order food, shareables, or drinks and enjoy the evening. 6-8pm.

The Barrel Room at UPP Pa La Cultura: Fiesta De Baile Get ready to dance the night away at our event featuring two exciting dance rooms: Regional w/ DJ PANDA and Tropical w/ DJ SANCHITO. Join us at The Barrel Room Event Space at UPP Liquids for a night filled with rhythm, energy, and lots of fun. 8pm-1am. $10-$20.

The Oxford Hotel The Soul Collective ft. Tower of Power Prepare for a high-octane injection of funk and soul with The Soul Collective, a powerhouse featuring Larry Braggs, the electrifying voice who commanded the stage for Tower of Power, and the legendary keyboardist Roger Smith, a defining force in their iconic sound for over two decades. Tower of Power isn’t just a band; it’s a musical institution with a fiercely loyal global fanbase. 6-8pm.

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Saturday

10 Barrel Brewing Eastside Pray for Snow Join 10 Barrel Brewing for the 13th Annual Pray for Snow Party on Saturday, November 15 at 5 PM at 10 Barrel Eastside! Enjoy live music, giveaways, local vendors, free ski and board waxes, a costume contest, and plenty of 10 Barrel beer. 5-10pm. Free.

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

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

Century Center Church Of Neil Now in its 22nd year of celebrating the music of Neil Young for his 80th birthday. With four stages and 14 bands spread across three venues, this is sure to be the biggest and best church service yet. 6-11:30pm. Free.

The Commonwealth Pub The Church of Neil Hosted by Bend Roots Revival Join us for an unforgettable evening with over 40 local artists honoring the life and music of Neil Young. This is a free event, and will be hosted by Bend Roots Revival at The Commonwealth Pub, Volcanic Theatre and Ale Apothecary in the Century Center. 6-11pm.

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.

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 Crowd Control Comedy Show at Craft Buckle up for a wild, hilarious, and completely unpredictable comedy experience where the audience runs the show! At Crowd Control, nothing goes according to plan — and that’s exactly the point. Every table gets a stack of Power Cards, and that’s when the fun (and the trouble) begins. 8-9:30pm. $15-$20.

La Pine Library Music in Pubic Places: Cascade Chamber Players Enjoy an hour of music courtesy of Central Oregon Symphony. Music in Public Places is a program of the Central Oregon Symphony Association. These concerts are designed to offer serendipitous music experiences for the community, free of charge. 2-3pm. Free.

McMenamins Father Luke’s Room

Coyote Rider Kat Hilst, Kim Kelley and Tim Coffey perform original folk-Americana songs crafted for timeless storytelling with roots-driven sound and powerful harmonies to warm you up! 7-10pm. Free.

Open Space Event Studios Improv Showcase 500 by Bend Institute of Comedy Brilliant long-form improv comedy, born from a single audience suggestion. No scripts, no safety nets—just fearless performers spinning hilarious worlds out of thin air! Founder John Breen trained with Amy Poehler in NYC and now brings that magic home to Bend. 7:30-9pm. $20.

River’s Place Saturday Jazz Sessions Brandon Campbell Trio. 6-8pm. Free.

Silver Moon Brewing DuBb Central: Hawaiian Island Reggae Tribute Show Based out of Bend, they’re a brand new, second hand, reggae band bringing island reggae dub music from their roots in Hawaii to the high desert of Central Oregon. Whether you want to sit back and relax or get up and dance, DuBb Central brings the vibes for all! 7-10pm. $10.

Silver Moon Brewing Bourbon and Bellows

An absolutely beloved fan favorite, Bourbon and Bellows is a delicious mix of New Orleans jazz, heavy delta blues, fire, brimstone and a little bit of sin! 7pm. $15.

Sisters Depot Open Mic Free Entry! Our monthly Open Mic gives Sisters Country musicians a place to hear each other, cross-pollinate, and build musical community. For music lovers, it’s a chance to see a variety of local talent, in a lively atmosphere. Food and shareables available. 7-9pm. Free.

The Oxford Hotel The Soul Collective ft. Tower of Power Prepare for a high-octane injection of funk and soul with The Soul Collective, a powerhouse featuring Larry Braggs, the electrifying voice who commanded the stage for Tower of Power, and the legendary keyboardist Roger Smith, a defining force in their iconic sound for over two decades. Tower of Power isn’t just a band; it’s a musical institution with a fiercely loyal global fanbase. 8-10pm.

Wildwood Bar & Grill Drive To Space Drive

To Space is a keyboard-driven band that progressively combines rock, funk, reggae, Americana, bluegrass, and more into a cohesive, mind-meld of sound - complete with tempo and key changes, odd meters, tight jams, and, well-written, complex material interspersed with improvisation, classic favorites, and three-part vocal harmonies. 7-10pm. Free.

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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 Talamh Dubh and Friends Talamh Dubh is a trio with collective ties to Ireland and a love for Irish music. Their name, “Dark Earth” in Gaelic, pays homage to the volcanic ground of the Cascade range upon which the group formed. Featured in their repertoire are jigs, reels, hornpipes, marches, waltzes, and songs. 4-6pm.

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.

Deschutes Public Library-Downtown Open Hub Singing The science is out–singing together gives us a lasting, healthy natural high. Join local songleader Ian Carrick to share in an anciently familiar practice. With a decade of experience helping people sing together, Ian creates a welcoming, playful and tender space. No experience necessary. Wanted: your raw, imperfect voice! 3:30-5pm. $10-25.

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.

River’s Place KC Flynn We are so excited to welcome KC back! Acoustic singer-songwriter weaving heartfelt storytelling with nostalgic singalongs. His sets move from Willie Nelson and Billy Joel to Brandi Carlile and Ed Sheeran, creating a warm and engaging evening of live acoustic music 5-7pm. 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.

Silver Moon Brewing Double Jump, Tyler Benke & Jaqueline Hyde Bend’s own Double Jump, Tyler Benke & Jaqueline Hyde take over the Taproom on Sunday, November 16th. 6-9pm.

The Oxford Hotel Fuhgeddaboudit Variety Show: Supporting the ALZ Association The Fuhgeddaboudit Variety Show is a “Do What You Love to End Alz” event supporting the Alzheimer’s Association with live comedy, music, prize drawing, and paddle raise hosted by The Oxford Hotel! Featuring Zack Lyman, Mandy Simonson, Cody Michael, Shanan Kelley, and Cody Parr. 5-7pm. $50-$150.

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Monday

10 Barrel Brewing Westside Pub 10 Barrel Brewing presents Monday Night Trivia with Useless Knowledge Bowl! Maximum number of teams will be limited, early sign-up is encouraged at: https://forms.office.com/r/ NYn6n22X6H?origin=lprLink. Walk-ins are welcome if all spots haven’t been filled. Team up with friends for some casual fun, it’s free to play! 7:30pm. Free.

Bevel Craft Brewing Bingo with Bren Supporting Habitat for Humanity Join us for Bingo with Bren, supporting Habitat for Humanity! Fifty percent of proceeds go to cash prizes, while the rest helps build safe, affordable housing for families in need. Play, win, and make a difference— together we can create a future where everyone has a place to call home. 6-8pm. $2.

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. 5-9pm. Free.

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

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

M&J Tavern Vinyl Night Monday Night just got better!!! 9pm to Midnight. SupaFly will be your Dj. Bring your own vinyl and sign up to add it to the Playlist or pick from hers. . 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.

18 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.

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 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 Summit Express Jazz Band: Tuesday Night Jazz “Taking Dixieland Jazz to new Heights” is a fitting slogan for this high energy band from Bend. The members of this six-piece traditional Dixieland jazz band are all versatile musicians. They are as comfortable playing Beethoven as they are playing The Beatles or Louis Armstrong. 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.

The Lot Trivia Tuesdays Stop scrolling and streaming, get out of the house and flex your brain. Your friends will be excited for the invite, so put it out there and make memories on Tuesday nights. A local host challenges you with six questions in six categories. The heated benches are calling your name. 6-7:30pm. Free.

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.

MUSIC

Dove String Quartet: Music in Public Places (Central Oregon Symphony) Enjoy an elegant afternoon of chamber music, perfect for families and music lovers of all ages. Nov. 15. Sisters Library, 110 North Cedar Street, Sisters. Contact: 5413173941. info@cosymphony.com. Free.

Judith Hill Gutsy and nuanced as a vocalist, Judith Hill is an accomplished songwriter, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the few musicians who can cite Elton John, Spike Lee, Prince, and Michael Jackson among those who have sought out her talent. One of the highest-profile background singers of her generation. Nov. 14, 7:30-10pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Contact: 541-317-0700. info@towertheatre.org. $19-$39.

DANCE

Adult Jazz Dance Community Class

Join nonprofit Bend Dance Project for intermediate level adult jazz drop-in dance classes. Friendly supportive atmosphere. Get your dance on! Fridays, 12:15-1:45pm. Acadamie De Ballet Classique, 1900 NE 3rd St #104, Bend. Contact: 408-857-6773. jcliff@gmail.com. $10 donation. Argentine Tango Classes and Social Dance Classes Wednesdays. Tango Fundamentals progressive class 6:30pm; four-week series, join cohort on Facebook if brand-new. Main Práctica 7:30pm, intermediate class 8:15pm. After-hours práctica 8:45-9:30pm. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30pm and Second Friday of every month, 7-9:30pm. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 9015505671. aneezerk@ gmail.com. $5-$10.

Bend Dance Project Adult Community Drop-in Class Join nonprofit Bend Dance Project for an adult intermediate level drop-in dance class. Styles include classic jazz, street jazz, modern and lyrical. Teachers and styles rotate monthly. Supportive and welcoming atmosphere! Suggested donation $10. Fridays, 12:15-1:45pm. Acadamie De Ballet Classique, 1900 NE 3rd St #104, Bend. Contact: 541-7281063. dancevelocity@live.com. $10.

FILM EVENTS

Runnation Film 2025 World Tour As the only film festival in the world solely dedicated to showcasing inspirational running films from around the globe, we go beyond the traditional boundaries of trails, tracks, roads, and ultras. Our focus lies in captivating human-interest stories that beautifully utilize running as a medium of storytelling. Nov. 12, 6:15-8:15pm. Sisters Movie House, 720 Desperado Court, Sisters. Contact: 5415498833. inquiries@ sistersmoviehouse.com. $17.

PRESENTATIONS + EXHIBITS

Fort Rock Sandals and Basketry Traditions in the Northern Great Basin Learn about one of North America’s most diverse record of fiber artifacts, such as baskets, footwear, leggings, skirts, shawls, hats, nets, sleeping mats and others, that have been found at archaeological sites near Bend that date back some 14,000 plus years. Nov. 18, 5:30-7:30pm. Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd., Bend. Contact: 903-477-2168. ASCOinfomail@gmail.com. Free.

GUNG HO

By Nic Moye

Sun Dive Release Party A

new Bend band releases two singles with a public celebration

“I’m a huge sun lover — need it on my skin yearround ideally. Vitamin D — could just dive right in, so Sun Dive just worked for me and the rest of the band liked it!”

— Erin Cole-Baker

Central Oregon musician Erin Cole-Baker has released two new singles with her new band Sun Dive. She formed the band last summer with her husband Bruce Cole-Baker, Tyson Vandenbroucke and Dan Paggi. They’re celebrating two new singles named “Possible” and “Earthquake” with a show at Silver Moon Brewing. Erin Cole-Baker says their goal is to complete an album by spring.

She describes “Possible,” out Nov. 10, as a blend of slide guitars, ambient synths and hazy vocals. “Earthquake,” out Nov. 21, continues their lush, atmospheric sound.

It took awhile to settle on a band name they all liked. “I’m a huge sun lover — need it on my skin year-round ideally. Vitamin D — could just dive right in, so Sun Dive just worked for me and the rest of the band liked it!” Erin told the Source.

She first appeared in the Central Oregon music scene nearly 20 years ago, playing solo and as a duo with friend Erin Zurflu as The Erins. She and her husband came to the area with

one-way tickets to the Sister Folk Festival. “We had never lived in a winter with snow before so wanted to try it and ended up really loving Bend life,” she says. Erin was born in California but grew up in New Zealand.

She says the idea of Sun Dive began after she and her husband played at a school fundraiser with Paggi, who has kids at the same school. “We had so much fun and got in touch with Tyson to see if he’d be keen to expand the band sound with four of us. It’s been a lot of fun,” Erin says.

The Sun Dive release party at Silver Moon Brewing is Saturday, Nov. 22 with The Living Room.

Sun Dive Release Party

Saturday, Nov 22, 7pm Silver Moon Brewing 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend silvermoonbrewing.com/events $12 advance/$15 at door

From Curiosity to Contribution: A Community Science Intro Just bring your excitement and curiosity to join us for an introduction on becoming a community scientist. Leave with ideas, tools, and the confidence to find a community science project that brings you enjoyment and connection while you make a positive contribution. Nov. 15, 1-2pm. Just bring your excitement and curiosity to join us for an introduction on becoming a community scientist. Leave with ideas, tools, and the confidence to find a community science project that brings you enjoyment and connection while you make a positive contribution. Nov. 15, 1-2pm. Sunriver Public Library, 56855 Venture Lane, Sunriver. Contact: beccar@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Saunders Memorial Lecture Series: Discover Oregon’s Hidden History with Chelsea Rose and the Chinese Diaspora Project Crook County Historical Society and Friends of the Crook County Library invite the public to the next installment of the Saunders Memorial Lecture Series at the Bowman Museum in Prineville. On Thursday, November 13 at 6:00 PM, director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Archaeology (SOULA), Chelsea Rose, MA, Nov. 13, 6-7pm. Bowman Museum & Crook County History Center, (no address), (no city). Contact: 541-447-3715. carter.bond@ crookcountyor.gov. Free.

WORDS

Poetry Night at Lone Pine Join for a poetry night at Lone Pine during Apèro Hours. Spoken word with an open mic option. All ages. Wine, beer, bites and of course coffee. Third Saturday of every month, 5:30-8pm. Lone Pine Coffee Roasters - Downtown, 910 NW Harriman St., Bend. Contact: lonepinecoffee@gmail.com. Free.

Bend Ukulele Group Weekly Jam Beginners and experienced players are all welcome at this weekly jam. Join us in the Box Factory for this fun and engaging time to share music! Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm. The Barrel Room at UPP, 550 SW Industrial Way ste #185, Bend. Contact: 206-7076337. jcreekm@gmail.com. $5.

Central Oregon Badminton Come and join the badminton group in Central Oregon. All levels welcome from beginner to experienced. Instruction, racquets, birdies available, 10 fee to play, can pay in cash at the event or in advance at Bend Badminton on Meetup.com. Saturdays, 6-8pm. Bend Hoops, 1307 NE 1st Street, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4994. sheena_fischer@yahoo. com. $10.

FUNDRAISING

Breedlove Fall Warehouse Sale The most anticipated guitar sale in Central Oregon returns! Join us at the warehouse for one day of incredible deals on the largest selection of Breedlove guitars anywhere. Deep discounts, huge selection and a chance to win a free guitar. Nov. 15, 10am-2pm. Breedlove Guitars, 61573 American Loop, Bend. Contact: 877.800.4848. social@tohguitars.com. Free.

Christmas Market Join us in the Westside Church Atrium for a holiday shopping experience like no other. 50+ local vendors. Nov. 15, 9am3pm. Westside Church, 2051 NW Shevlin Park Road, Bend. Contact: 541-382-7504. mblackett@ westsidechurch.org. 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.

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.

Mezcal Mondays Every Monday get to know one new mezcal in cocktail form, and as a neat pour, at a discounted price. Plus all of our signature mezcal drinks are just $11 all night. Mondays, 4-11pm. The Flamingo Room, 70 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: 541-323-0472.

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.

A Shift in Thinking: Essential EnvironJoin author and editor Michelle Nijhuis, a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, High Country News, and The Atlantic, for a curated walk through 20+ works of the most influential pieces of environmental literature. You’ll leave with a reading list to last several winters. Nov. 13, 7-8:30pm. Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend. Contact: 5416472930. lace@colw.org. $10-$20.

Volunteering in Oregon’s High Desert 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.

Around the Bend Farms Sowing Seeds of Hope Fundraiser Please join us for our Sowing Seeds of Hope Fundraiser on November 16th at 4:00 p.m. at Spork restaurant. We will have an evening of gathering, hors d’oeuvres and drinks, and a presentation and paddle raise to raise money towards our Grow Hope Campaign that supports food access programs. Nov. 16, 4-7pm. Spork, 937 NW Newport Ave #130, Bend. Contact: (541) 668-2443. kellymoffatt@ aroundthebendfarms.org. $80.

Flannel and Frost Flannel and Frost is our largest fundraiser! Wear your best flannel, have a frosty and a lot of fun! Your impact will help hundreds of kids this year. Nov. 15, 5-9pm. Boys and Girls Clubs of Bend, 500 NW Wall St, Bend. Contact: 541-617-2877. julie@bgcbend.org. $150.

EVENTS + MARKETS

$7 for non-members. If you have any questions or desire more information

6th Annual Art Fair & Sale The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon’s Art Resource Team invites the public to the 6th Annual Art Fair & Sale. Timed to include festive holiday shopping, there will be a variety of artists, media and prices. Bring family, friends, and

Home For Christmas Holiday Bazaar Our fourth annual craft event, this year featuring 17 vendors selling arts, crafts, vintage and Christmas decor, woodworking, jewelry, macrame, baked goods and so much more. Fri, Nov. 7, 9am-4pm, Sat, Nov. 8, 9am-4pm, Fri, Nov. 14, 9am-4pm and Sat, Nov. 15, 9am-4pm. 674 NE Penn Ave., 674 NE Penn Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-640-9066. pattytichenor@gmail.com. Free.

FAMILY + KIDS

Winter Traditions in La Pine Free holiday community event hosted by the La Pine Senior Activity Center featuring 37+ gift vendors, food, wine tasting, sip & shop. Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the Grinch will be available both days! Santa’s live Reindeer will be visiting Sunday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Join the fun! Nov. 15, 9am-4pm and Nov. 16, 9am-3pm. La Pine Senior Activity Center, 16450 Victory Way, La Pine. Contact: 541-5366237. info@lapineseniorcenter.org. Free.

BEER + DRINK

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!

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, 8-9pm. Midtown Yacht Club, 1661 NE Fourth St., Bend. Contact: 458-256-5454. midtownyachtclub@gmail.com. Free.

STOKED for Thursdays $2 Stokes Lager drafts. Yeah, you read that right. Crazy cheap beer, crazy fun vibes! Thursdays. Stoked for Thursdays! Get $2 draft Stokes Lager by Boss Rambler all day long — some of the cheapest draft beer in Bend! Come get stoked with us! Thursdays. JC’s Bar & Grill, 642 NW Franklin Ave., Bend. Contact: 5413833000. jcsbend@ gmail.com.

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.

Tiki Tuesdays We want you to love rum as much as we do! Every Tuesday we will feature a new rum at a discounted price. We hope you will get to know this spirit on a new level. Additionally all signature rum drinks will be just $11 all night. Tuesdays, 4-11pm. The Flamingo Room, 70 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: 5413230472. info@ theflamingoroombend.com.

CHOW C Waffles, Security and Love The Secret Waffle Society makes

By Jared Rasic

Every once in a while, you meet someone so genuinely decent that you immediately want to support whatever it is they’re doing. Within just a few minutes of meeting Zeus at the Secret Waffle Society on the corner of Greenwood and Bond in Downtown Bend, I knew that his dream was one worth supporting. Quick with a kind smile and an immediately palpable warmth of spirit, Zeus (along with co-founder and partner Cassandra Donohoe) genuinely cares about this community and that no one, regardless of how much money they have to spend, goes hungry.

The Secret Waffle Society is a delicious study in dichotomies. It’s Bend’s best-kept secret (as it exclaims, brightly painted on the side of the cart), but also on one of the city’s busiest intersections. They sell sweet and savory stuffed waffles that are both deceptively simple and handcrafted with pride. They’re fighting food insecurity one person at a time and treating it like their privilege and not a chore. Zeus makes kindness look easy in a time when we could all use a little bit more of it.

Everything I tried was delicious and decadent, from the mouth-watering elote-style pickles to the Bavarian cream waffle, which tastes like a fried Boston cream donut that explodes flawless custardy goodness in your mouth upon the first bite. I also wouldn’t sleep on the lemon meringue waffle (which I haven’t stopped thinking about since I had it) or the maple sausage and cheddar waffle which tasted like the nostalgia I had for camping when I was a kid (the heaping side of Log Cabin syrup helps, too).

I chatted with Zeus a little about waffles, food insecurity and a few other things:

The Source: Tell me about yourself and your history with food!

Zeus: As an only child with two parents who worked well beyond 40 hours a week, I had to learn to cook relatively early on. One of my favorite and easiest foods to make were Belgian waffles from my trusty waffle maker I received as my 14th birthday present. After joining the military, I quickly learned that hardly any of my male counterparts had any sort of cooking skill whatsoever, so I was the designated chef for my sixyear stint in the service.

tS: What are the origins of the food truck?

Z: It was a stoner-engineered dream born while working at a local dispensary. Sitting around selling thousands of dollars in marijuana merch and no snacks to be seen! A friend and I discussed the dismal market of good cheap munchies and an abundance of decadent, over-the-top, $7.49 for a bar of chocolate type stuff. So why not come up with something cheap and loved by all?

tS: What do you think goes into making the perfect waffle?

Z: Selflessness. Waffles are treats. Treats are meant to be enjoyed with others. Giving yourself a treat is never as good as getting one from someone else. The most perfect waffle is the one you didn’t have to make, so I’d say the way to make a waffle perfect is to share it.

tS: I know you’ve been doing a lot of work toward feeding the less fortunate in the community. What made you want to do that and how did you get involved in doing so?

Z: This one is easy, it’s the right thing to do! Snap, WIC, and EBT all consider a hot meal a luxury item and that’s some nonsense, plain and simple. Hot food is a human right.

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tS: What do you hope people take away from a meal from SWS?

Z: I hope they feel like they had a moment at the carnival. A second outside of time where everything freezes and they melt into comfort. I hope it feels like the second day of winter break when you exhale and know you aren’t doing anything for two whole weeks and it’s time to be unabashedly self-indulgent. I hope they take away the break they deserve.

tS: Anything else you would like to add?

Z: You can’t eat Love or Money. Stocks and prayers can’t sustain life. However, real, tangible food does. Get out there and buy some emergency food for yourself. Then buy some food to share with those who are already in their own emergency. We can all make it together happy and healthy! If you don’t know who to give food to or how to help, you can always donate with us at SWS, or come by, and we will give you more resources where you can help!

At the end of November, The Secret Waffle Society’s lease will be up in its spot downtown and it’s still looking for the perfect place to call home, whether it be the cart, or more preferably, a brick and mortar. I can’t imagine having better neighbors than this crew, who care so much about our community and the people that make it one. Shoot them a message with any ideas at swsbend@gmail.com.

LITTLE BITES

By Nic Moye

A Little Bit of Ireland, A Little Bit of Argentina

Two new restaurant/sports bars open in Bend

Los Andes Sports Bar & Cafe

Two new restaurant/sports bars in Bend are infusing Irish and Argentinian culture into the community. Los Andes Sports Bar & Cafe on SW Upper Terrace Drive in Bend specializes in Argentinan street food and beverages. The location was formerly Tradesmen Coffee and Tap House.

Los Andes’ menu includes empanadas made from scratch: Milanesa, which is breaded chicken or beef; Messirve, which is Milanesa topped with tomato sauce, egg and ham; and Choripan, which is a split bratwurst with chimichurri and criolla salsa. The owners are brothers-in-law — Juan Espinoza from Mexico and Nahuel Soto from Argentina. They hope the venue will be a place where the public will come to watch sports, especially soccer, which is a passion from their culture.

While Los Andes is open now, the Grand Opening is Nov. 15. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner with a daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm. They also serve Argentinian coffee and have plans to open in the morning serving pastries like Fracturas, which is dough topped with powdered sugar and a custard-like topping.

Los Andes Sports Bar & Cafe

Sun-Mon, Wed-Thu 11am-8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9pm 384 SW Upper Terrace Dr. #100, Bend facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582449394375#

The Emerald Loop

The Emerald Loop on SE Cleveland Square Loop is an Irish pub that opened in the spot formerly known as Big E’s Sports Bar and Grill and before that, Kelly D’s. The new restaurant/sports bar serves Irish-style food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It offers Happy Hour Mon-Fri 2-5pm, wine Wednesdays with $4 specials and Tuesday Blue Collar Specials with wing and beer deals.

The Emerald Loop

Sun-Thu 7am-10pm, Fri-Sat 7am-11pm 1012 SE Cleveland Square Loop, Bend facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581903037958#

C CULTURE Tribal Learning Series Aims to Facilitate Conversations and Education

Registration is open for the first-of-its-kind workshop in Central Oregon

By Dallas Finn Calvert

In honor of Native American month, two Central Oregon organizations are partnering to offer a unique community learning event that explores how people can engage and work with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and other tribal nations.

The Tribal Learning Series, offered by Suppah Consulting and Allyship in Action, will offer participants the choice of in-person or online sessions, delving into several topics, including territory acknowledgments, the history of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and best practices for working with Warm Springs and other tribal communities.

November is Native American Heritage Month as designated in 1990 by the U.S. Congress. Jaylyn Suppah, a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and chief executive officer of Suppah Consulting, will conduct the sessions. It’s the first community-wide offering of her workshop, which she’s previously provided privately to individual clients and organizations.

“There are several tribal nations in and around Deschutes County and I just felt like it was very important that community members had an opportunity to be able to have a space to ask their questions to learn and be in community together to learn about what the rights and responsibilities of tribal nations are to the land as well as folks that are living on those lands,” Suppah said. “With the times that we’re in right now with, and the landscape of our nation, as well as that November is Native American Heritage Month, I just felt like this would be a really good time to be able to bring awareness and education to the community of Central Oregon.”

Kristine McConnell, senior vice-president for programs and operations for Visit Central Oregon, plans to attend the workshop.

“Personally, and professionally for me, building trust within our tribal communities is important,” McConnell said by phone. “What I appreciate about what Allyship is focusing on for this workshop is that they’re working with a local consultant, Jaylyn, and having that local perspective and insight into our local tribes here is helpful for our team and for the work that I do with our team and with our regional contacts.”

Kathi Barguil, community relations manager for the city of Bend, agrees.

“I’m excited to participate in the Tribal Learning Series because if organizations in Bend and throughout Central Oregon want to respectfully and impactfully collaborate with the Warm Springs Tribal Council and Warm Springs community groups, there is a fundamental understanding about tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, and government-to-government relationship-building that needs to be achieved,” Barguil said via email. “The City of Bend has an existing (memorandum of understanding) with the Warm Springs Tribal Council, and in order to deliver on transformational programs and initiatives, we must be open to learning and adapting within this partnership to be better neighbors and co-stewards. On a personal note, and in my personal relationships with friends in Warm Springs, I want to show up as a better friend who is open to continued growth, being challenged, and who can show up and support in an informed and mindful way.

LeeAnn O’Neill of Allyship in Action said that in partnering with Suppah for a “lot of different work,” she recognized a need for broader community education

with respect to how people collaborate with the Warm Springs tribal community. Suppah agreed, and the idea of conducting the community-wide sessions was born. Both Suppah and O’Neill pointed to the development of the Thornburgh golf resort, an approximately 2,000acre site near Redmond, as an example of why that education is vital. While there have been various groups contesting the resort’s development, primarily due to the resort’s proposed water use, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs has questioned whether water used for the intended golf course and approximately 950 homesites would impact fish in the Deschutes River Basin, thereby affecting tribal fishing rights.

Suppah said that governmental bodies and representatives haven’t done “a good job of consulting with the tribal nation” with respect to the Thornburgh development and that “there should also have been engagement with the tribal community, because those are two separate issues in my mind. As far as I know, the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs has come out against it, which is reasonable, given the fact that there was really limited-to-no consultation. I think there has to be some steps back. And the folks that are making those decisions, as well as the businesspeople behind them, need to understand what tribal consultation means and the laws around it.”

O’Neill said that way in which the resort development has been handled “highlighted the need for greater community education around tribal consultation and what it looks like to work respectfully (with the tribe) and have an understanding of the treaty rights of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and even having an understanding of basic things, like that the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is a sovereign nation and that we should be engaging with them as such.”

The Tribal Learning Series will offer both virtual and in-person sessions. On Thursday, Nov. 13, all participants will meet on Zoom from noon to 1pm for part one, which delves into territory acknowledgements and how organizations can use them and “navigate territory acknowledgments authentically.” Territory acknowledgements refer to a formal or public statement that recognizes the Indigenous people who live on, and care for, specific lands.

For parts two through four, virtual participants will meet online for the first three Tuesdays in December, from 10am to noon, while those who register for the in-person offering will attend a full-day workshop on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 10am to 4pm at The Haven coworking space at 1001 S.W. Disk Drive in Bend. Spork of Bend will provide lunch for the in-person attendees.

Part two details the history of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal as well as its governmental structure and the “diversity of Tribal Nations,” while part three will cover how to consult with tribal nations, “both informally and formally.” Part four will delve into community engagement with respect to tribal communities, including “what approaches are most effective and what approaches are not.”

“This is a first-of-its-kind learning opportunity that is available to the public. From our understanding, we haven’t really seen other opportunities where folks can, in a public learning environment, really learn these things,” O’Neill said. “There is a thirst for this, and people are trying to figure out how to learn these

things in a really respectful way.”

That thirst for knowledge is what drew Jennifer Alkezweeny, program director for Oregon Humanities, to register for the sessions. Oregon Humanities is a nonprofit that brings “people together across differences of background and belief” through a variety of programs centering conversation and storytelling, said Alkezweeny via email.

“The series piqued my interest because I’m continually seeking ways to learn about Oregon’s diverse Tribal communities, their histories and current activities, and how both personally and professionally there might be opportunity for collaboration. Through my work and community involvement, I’ve come to understand there is a great deal of nuance between Tribal Nations, Tribal communities, and Indigenous people as individuals,” Alkezweeny said. “I appreciate this series being offered to deepen that learning. I hope it is a space to learn more about Oregon’s Tribal Nations, specifically about the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, ask questions in a space where that is invited, and connect with other participants who are also interested in this series. Organizationally, I’m hoping to bring back what I learn to share with the team, use that learning to continue to work at relationship building with Tribal communities in Oregon, and think together about ways Oregon Humanities can continue to deepen our work with Indigenous people in Oregon.”

Audrey Tehan is the founder and executive director of Seed to Table Oregon, a nonprofit organic farm based in Sisters that grows approximately 100,000 pounds of fresh food annually that it distributes through various Central Oregon partners. The organization also hosts 1,000 Central Oregon students each year for educational field trips and manages the Sisters Farmer Market. Tehan has previously attended one of Suppah’s private workshops and said she found it so informative that she’s attending the upcoming one and has encouraged her organization’s board members and several staff members to attend as well.

Register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ HFJJ28S. There is a sliding fee scale for participants. Contact hello@allyshipinaction.com before submitting your registration regarding the possibility of a reduced or waived workshop fee.

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SC SCREEN The Thanksgiving Canon What movies are you thankful for?

By Jared Rasic

Idon’t think Thanksgiving movies get the credit they deserve. We get a ton of Christmas, Halloween, and holiday movies canonized as classics and added to the yearly rotation, but Thanksgiving has always remained the day when people slowly food-coma themselves into oblivion in front of football or a parade. Still, I think it’s time to spotlight a few pretty great Thanksgiving movies for those of us who prefer cinema to sports ball and celebrate the genius that it takes to build a movie around a problematic holiday where the most excitement involved is usually how many deviled eggs one can eat before things go south.

“Planes, Trains and Automobiles”This is the obvious one for people of my generation, but I’ll always bring this one up when younger folk are around so that we keep the appreciation of John Candy alive for a thousand years to come. Following an uptight ad exec (the wonderful Steve Martin) and a talkative but affable salesman as they go on a very circuitous journey from New York to Chicago (by way of Kansas and a few other states) to try and make it home for Thanksgiving. Endlessly quotable (“Our speedometer has melted and as a result it’s very hard to see with any degree of accuracy exactly how fast we were going.”), genuinely heartwarming and a good reminder that the holiday isn’t about pilgrims as much as a celebration of the people we love and choose to share our lives with.

“Knives Out”- While the film isn’t specifically set on Thanksgiving, “Knives Out” is still the perfect viewing antidote for those of us with…complicated

relationships with our family. From writer/director Rian Johnson, “Knives Out” is a classic cinematic throwback to detectives like Marple, Poirot and Holmes, but all centered around a profoundly dysfunctional family played by a murderers’ row of great actors like Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Christopher Plummer and Toni Collette. Watching these characters sitting around a table and squabbling over petty insecurities reminds me of too many Thanksgivings to count, and for good or ill, feels pretty nostalgic.

“Fantastic Mr. Fox”- This also isn’t set on Thanksgiving necessarily, but with the autumn leaves filling almost every frame and the focus on community, food and families both found and otherwise, it’s not only the perfect film for kids to watch on the holiday, grownups will find their eyes getting awfully moist as well. What on the surface seems like a simple story about securing food for the winter plays quite differently at a time when food security is in question. Big-hearted, warmly optimistic and filled to the brim with calls for goodness and charity, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” should be canonized as the Thanksgiving movie closest to the spirit of the holiday.

“You’ve Got Mail”- While only briefly touching on Thanksgiving, “You’ve Got Mail” is still the perfect romance to watch with your person after dinner. With a chemistry that I’m not sure any actors have achieved since, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are so effortlessly charming and dreamy that it’s hard not to fall in love with them, too. Even if some of

the story points feel a little sexist now in 2025, the film is still the equivalent of a rich dessert shared with a special someone.

“Big Night”- Not connected to Thanksgiving in any way other than in how it celebrates family and food. In fact, “Big Night” should be played as an appetizer to the Thanksgiving meal since I’m not sure food has ever looked more delicious onscreen before or since. Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Minnie Driver, Ian Holm and Isabella Rossellini cook up something truly delicious here that makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

There are so many other solid Thanksgiving canon choices. For the horror movie fanatic in your life, you could show Eli Roth’s turkey slasher “Thanksgiving.” For the Boomer in your life. There’s “The Big Chill.” The little

ones will always appreciate “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.” If you’re after heartwarming dramedy, don’t forget about the Jodie Foster-directed “Home for the Holidays.” Or if you want to focus on the historical perspective, Terence Malick’s “The New World” is an underseen classic. Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” has one of the tensest Thanksgiving dinners committed to film. “Pieces of April” reminds us to forgive and find gratitude in the small things. Me? My go-to movie to throw on for Thanksgiving is “Fellowship of the Ring.” Why you may ask? Two reasons: 1) It’s the coziest movie ever made. The shire is all vibes and I want them religiously. 2) Hearing Sam Gamgee exclaim, “Po-ta-toes! Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew” makes me hungry, happy and full of thanks.

ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your dreams speak in images, not ideas. They bypass your rational defenses and tell the truth slantwise because the truth straight-on may be too bright to bear. The source of dreams, your unconscious, is fluent in a language that your waking mind may not be entirely adept in understanding: symbol, metaphor, and emotional logic. It tries to tell you things your conscious self refuses to hear. Are you listening? Or are you too busy being reasonable? The coming weeks will be a crucial time to tune in to messages from deep within you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The tour guide at the museum was describing the leisure habits of ancient Romans. “Each day’s work was often completed by noon,” he said. “For the remainder of the day, they indulged in amusement and pleasure. Over half of the calendar consisted of holidays.” As I heard this cheerful news, my attention gravitated to you, Sagittarius. You probably can’t permanently arrange your schedule to be like the Romans’. But you’ll be wise to do so during the coming days. Do you dare to give yourself such abundant comfort and delight? Might you be bold enough to rebel against the daily drudgery to honor your soul’s and body’s cravings for relief and release?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Zulu greeting Sawubona means “I see you.” Not just “hello,” but “I acknowledge your existence, your dignity, and your humanity.” The response is Ngikhona: “I am here.” In this exchange, people receive a respectful appreciation of the fact that they contain deeper truths below the surface level of their personality. This is the opposite of the Western world’s default state of mutual invisibility. What if you greeted everyone like this, Capricorn—with an intention to bestow honor and recognition? I recommend that you try this experiment. It will spur others to treat you even better than they already do.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to engage in STRATEGIC FORGETTING. It’s the art of deliberately unlearning what you were taught about who you should be, what you should want, and how you should spend your precious life. Fact: Fanatical brand loyalty to yourself can be an act of self-sabotage. I suggest you fire yourself from your own expectations. Clock out from the job of being who you were yesterday. It’s liberation time!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): We should all risk asking supposedly wrong questions. Doing so reminds us that truth and discovery often hide in the compost pile of our mistaken notions. A wrong question can help us shed tired assumptions, expose invisible taboos, and lure new insights out of hiding. By leaning into the awkward, we invite surprise, which may be a rich source of genuine learning. With that in mind, I invite you to ask the following: Why not? What if I fail spectacularly? What would I do if I weren’t afraid of looking dumb? How can I make this weirder? What if the opposite were true? What if I said yes? What if I said no? What if this is all simpler than I’m making it? What if it’s stranger than I can imagine?

CANCER (June 21July 22): Cancerian novelist Octavia Butler said her stories were fueled by two obsessions: “Where will we be going?” and “How will we get there?” One critic praised this approach, saying she paid “serious attention to the way human beings actually work together and against each other.” Other critics praised her “clear-headed and brutally unsentimental” explorations of “far-reaching issues of race, sex, power.” She was a gritty visionary whose imagination was expansive and attention to detail meticulous. Let’s make her your inspirational role model. Your future self is now leaning toward you, whispering previews and hints about paths still half-formed. You’re being invited to be both a dreamer and builder, both a seer and strategist. Where are you going, and how will you get there?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Bear with me while I propose an outlandish-sounding theory: that you have enough of everything. Not eventually, not after the next achievement, but right now: You have all you need. What if enoughness is not a quantity but a quality of attention? What if enoughness isn’t a perk you have to earn but a treasure you simply claim? In this way of thinking, you consider the possibility that the finish line keeps moving because you keep moving it. And now you will decide to stop doing that. You resolve to believe that this breath, this moment, and this gloriously imperfect life are enough, and the voice telling you it’s not enough is selling something you don’t need.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Tagalog language includes the word kilig. It refers to the butterfly-in-the-stomach flutter when something momentous, romantic, or cute happens. I suspect kilig will be a featured experience for you in the coming weeks—if you make room for it. Please don’t fill up every minute with mundane tasks and relentless worrying. Meditate on the truth that you deserve an influx of such blessings and must expand your consciousness to welcome their full arrival.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Inuit people have dozens of words for snow. The Scots have over 100 words for rain. Sanskrit is renowned for its detailed and nuanced vocabulary relating to love, tenderness, and spiritual bliss. According to some estimates, there are 96 different terms for various expressions of love, including the romantic and sensual kind, as well as compassion, friendship, devotion, and transcendence. I invite you to take an inventory of all the kinds of affection and care you experience. Now is an excellent phase to expand your understanding of these mysteries—and increase your capacity for giving and receiving them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your liver performs countless functions, including storing vitamins, synthesizing proteins, regulating blood sugar, filtering 1.5 quarts of blood per minute, and detoxifying metabolic wastes. It can regenerate itself from as little as 25 percent of its original tissue. It’s your internal resurrection machine: proof that some damage is reversible, and some second chances come built-in. Many cultures have regarded the liver not just as an organ, but as the seat of the soul and the source of passions. Some practice ritual purification ceremonies that honor the liver’s pivotal role. In accordance with astrological omens, Virgo, I invite you to celebrate this central repository of your life energy. Regard it as an inspiring symbol of your ability to revitalize yourself.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Akan concept of Sankofa is represented by a bird looking backward while moving forward. The message is “Go back and get it.” You must retrieve wisdom from the past to move into the future. Forgetting where you came from doesn’t liberate you; it orphans you. I encourage you to make Sankofa a prime meditation, Aries. The shape of your becoming must include the shape of your origin. You can’t transcend what you haven’t integrated. So look back, retrieve what you left behind, and bring it forward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The pupils of your eyes aren’t black. They are actually holes. Each pupil is an absence, a portal where light enters you and becomes sight. Do you understand how amazing this is? You have two voids in your face through which the world pours itself into your nervous system. These crucial features are literally made of nothing. The voidness is key to your love of life. Everything I just said reframes emptiness not as loss or deficiency, but as a functioning joy. Without the pupils’ hollowness, there is no color, no shape, no sunrise, no art. Likewise in emotional life, our ability to be delighted depends on vulnerability. To feel wonder and curiosity is to let the world enter us, just as light enters the eye.

Homework: What blessing would be most fun for you to bestow right now? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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Pearl’s Puzzle

Puzzle for the week of November 10, 2025

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

H R I V E B A Y exactly once.

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could ing again.”

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Mapping Love A local’s perspective on place and love through time

By Kimberly Bowker

Growing up in high school, I heard that Millican was the place to make out. I never made it out that far — or really that far in general — but every time I pass a certain basalt rock monument in Drake Park I do remember kissing someone by Mirror Pond under the stars. Most of Bend probably has the same memory, probably at that same rock (it’s the big one with a plaque.)

It was on a Saturday night with fellow teenage friends after driving the usual triangle between Lava Lanes, Sun Mountain Fun Center and downtown Bend to see who else was out and about and also listening to late-1990s Green Day albums. That night we climbed to the top of the Tower Theatre with a view of the lights over Wall Street that was both the same and different from now — like me.

Place holds us, mapping love beyond time.

The streets in Bend and around Central Oregon are where I fell in love, where I learned how to ride a bike with wobbly training wheels, where I passed my driver’s test, where I hit my first tree with a car, and where I hugged my first tree (unfortunately not the same tree.) It’s where I worked for a newspaper and hosted my first kegger with Silver Moon Brewing Hound’s Tooth Amber at my first apartment on NW Saginaw Avenue. It’s where I bought my first house by a park with pine trees and where I keep learning.

I drive past the intersection on the way to work where a man I once dated lived, where he took me out camping on Horse Ridge because I said that

I wanted to see sagebrush and where he made biscuits. I just drove by that street again, forgetting it all until now. Downtown I pass the building that used to be Hans and remember my first Valentine’s Day date there with those macaroons, or my first coffee date at A Cup of Magic — a date which led to a first love.

The streets in Central Oregon continue in their remaking. I drive by the St. Charles Bend hospital almost daily, sending love and prayers and blessings and grace and light to those inside. I was in there once, looking over at Pilot Butte in the early morning sun, as love expanded and broke open upon the winter morning of my father’s passing. Watching NE Olney Avenue lift over the hill, it was completely still with no cars. Everything paused in that light of time. In a different room on the fifth floor of the hospital, it seemed like we were flying, I looked at Awbrey Butte and realized that it resembles the lines of a mesa to me. A beautiful mesa, not the “fart on the earth” that someone in my high school class once said that it was. That image stuck with me for some reason until seeing it later from a different view.

It is a mapping and remapping — life. The music and heart and truths that we experience for the first time, or for the same time in a new way, are somehow held in place or within the spaces between the buttes and mesas themselves. It is continuous. And place — or, the spaces between — allow us to love. Here.

UNDERSTANDING INTIMACY

A COLUMN THAT FOSTERS DEEPER LOVE BETWEEN COUPLES

By Dr. Jane Guyn

How to Bring Passion Back into a Marriage

I’m married and I love my wife. We get along pretty well and we’re intimate twice a week. My problem is that I’m completely bored with it all. There’s no spice — no passion. It always starts with a little bit of kissing, or she just asks me outright if I want to “do it” — no warm up, no sexy texts in advance. Nothing. I appreciate her willingness, but the same old thing is leaving me cold. I could write pages of things that I’d like to try with her, but honestly I don’t think she has any interest in anything new. How do I tell her that I need something more passionate without hurting her feelings?

—Bored out of my mind in Bend, OR

Dear Bored,

You’re in good company. This is the kind of problem that I hear about in my office every week. Lots and lots of couples who love each other and have regular intimacy are still unsatisfied with their sex lives. They’ve been doing the same things every time they make love. Sometimes this is because they aren’t feeling very passionate. Sometimes it’s because what they’re doing is repetitive. In either case, one or both members of the couple is disappointed with their intimacy.

I was talking with a client couple about this type of problem last week. I shared with them the fact that Jim and I have this kind of discussion about menu planning in our house. He’s a lot more interested in menu planning filled with delicious and varied meals. We need to work through the conversation about meal and food planning at my house.

Tip #1: Be brave and tell your partner that you need something to change.

I know that this is tough. It’s hard to bring it up. You’re worried that you’re going to hurt her feelings. But this stuff matters. And she’s probably also feeling some kind of uncomfortable about the whole thing, too. So, don’t put the whole thing on her. Just tell her that you’re incredibly grateful to be her partner, that you find her very beautiful and that you want to explore easy ways to make intimacy more fun, playful, and passionate together.

Tip #2: Google a Yes No Maybe List and figure out your options as a couple. You can do this! These lists are all over the internet. Find your favorite version and go through it together with your partner. If you have trouble finding one that you like, send me a message here and I’ll be happy to share some good options. The yes/no/maybe lists are great because they’ll help you

get talking about intimacy without feeling awkward. Sure, it can be embarrassing to think about some of the things that are included in this type of thing, but you’ll likely find a lot more agreement than you imagine. If nothing else, you’ll start getting your desires out in the open.

Tip #3: Create your Bedroom Menu Plan using the results of your yes/no/ maybe talk.

This is the fun part.

Just like the way Jim and I plan our menus for the week, you and your partner can talk about things you’re both interested in exploring in the bedroom.

Think about these things as if they were actual menu items.

For example, talk about starters or appetizers - things that might get you both in the mood - like lighting, kissing, nice music, a scented candle, hugging or sending a sexy text earlier in the day.

Next consider first courses for your “meal”. This could include all types of foreplay like kissing or touching all over, rubbing or massaging.

The main course could include penetration and different positions, toys, places to make love.

After the main course, you’re going to want dessert which in this case might include talking intimately, holding each other, cuddling.

I hope that the conversations that flow from this type of exercise are playful, friendly and intimate. If you have any trouble with any part of this, don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly with a question. I got you.

Xoxo

Dr. Jane

—Dr. Jane Guyn (she/her) is a wellknown relationship coach who received her Ph.D. in Human Sexuality and is trained as a Professional Sex Coach and Core Energy Coach. Send her your questions at thesource@drjaneguyn.com.

TAKE ME HOME

By Nathan Powers Engel Volkers Bend

Bend Market Reality Check

Slower sales, more concessions, pricing strategy matters

With Halloween in the rearview, it’s time to look back at October in Bend real estate. (All figures are for single-family residences only. Data is sourced from the local MLS and deemed reliable, though independent verification is recommended.

At first glance, you might think the market is heating up again. There were 189 closed sales — the most for any October since 2022 — and 729 active listings, the lowest since March. On the surface, it appears we’re heading back toward normal after a quieter summer.

Look a little closer, and the story for sellers shifts.

Key Market Indicators

Days on Market

Homes averaged 65 days on market, the longest October since 2011 (72 days) and 16 days higher than any October since. Buyers are taking their time.

% of Original List Price Received

Homes sold for 93% of the original asking price on average. (Example: list at $1,000,000 ~$930,000 sale price)

This is the lowest October reading since 2011, and the first time it’s dipped below 94.2% during that span.

% of Homes Selling Above Original List Price

Only 12.7% of sales closed above asking — the lowest since 2019 (12.5%). Prior to that, you’d need to go back to 2008. Bidding wars? Not so much.

% of Homes Closing With Concessions

44.4% of sales included concessions, averaging $10,000 — the highest October level since tracking began in 2013. Sellers are negotiating more than they have in years.

HOME PRICE ROUNDUP

What does it all mean?

Today’s market most closely resembles 2019 inventory levels mixed with 2011 buyer behavior — a fun combo only if you enjoy historical real estate trivia (Hi, that’s us!).

In 2019, Bend’s median home price was about $472,000, the average mortgage payment around $2,112, and median Oregon household income roughly $74,410 (Data according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Homes moved quicker — about 38 days on market.Fast-forward to today: the median sale price is $775,000, the average mortgage payment is near $4,649, and median income sat around $89,700 in 2024 (2025 data not yet available). Meanwhile, sales volume is down over 23% year-to-date, and the average time on market has climbed to 65 days.

For deeper context, the last time buyer behavior looked like this was 2011, just after the Great Recession — but the backdrop was dramatically different. Bend’s median home price was roughly $200,000, average mortgage payments were around $936, and median Oregon income was about $51,530. Since then, home values have climbed nearly 288%, mortgage costs have jumped roughly 397%, while income has grown only 74%.

In short, home prices and payments have far outpaced income growth, buyers are cautious, and sellers need a sharp strategy to succeed.

It’s not 2021 anymore — buyers aren’t racing, rates aren’t dropping tomorrow, and sellers who nail pricing and presentation still win. Everyone else… waits.

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Join us for an inspiring night of creativity, storytelling, and local journalism — hosted by the Lay It Out Foundation.

Featuring: Ellen Waterston, Oregon Poet Laureate Jared Rasic, Film Critic & Writer Nicole Vulcan, The Source Editor in Chief Aaron Switzer, Publisher, The Source

Enjoy live readings, candid conversation, spontaneous moments of magic, and free speech in support of keeping independent journalism thriving in Central Oregon.

Friday, November 14 @ 5:30pm

Hanai Center, Bend, OR RSVP: support@layitoutfoundation.org

RSVP today! Space is Limited to 100 Guests