It Takes a Village: Reed Thomas Lawrence and other regional musicians play for Haiti

• Written by: Mike Bookey
• Wednesday, 17 March 2010

The last time we wrote about a benefit concert for Haiti (Rise Up International’s event at the Domino Room), there were predictions that news about the impoverished country and the devastating earthquake that killed so many of its citizens would soon vanish from the headlines. At that time, just a f...

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The Screech Owl Doesn't...: Let’s find these diminutive hooters in Central Oregon

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• Friday, 19 March 2010

Screech Owl

All night each reedy whinny

from a bird no bigger than a heart

flies out of a tall black pine

and, in a breath, is taken away

by the stars. Yet, with small hope

from the center of darkness

it calls out again and again.

- Ted Kooser, Nebraska Poet Laureate

Ted Kooser’s got that right — that’s wh... Read more...

Eat Your Greens: What your grandparents knew about arugula

• Written by: Sara Yellich
• Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Every spring, right around daylight savings, my anxiety over cooking winter’s hearty greens reaches its apex. I’m eager for asparagus, morels, English peas, tomatoes and corn. Roughly 25 dinners separate winter and springtime in my kitchen. Stores have artichokes from far-flung locales tempting me w...

Bourne Again: Searching for truth and WMDs gives Green Zone an effective cliffhanger edge

• Written by: Morgan P. Salvo
• Wednesday, 17 March 2010

The Green Zone is what action movies are supposed to look like. A suspenseful, high-voltage, in-your-face action drama with a plausible scenario, this may be the best action flick I’ve ever seen. And if film editor Christopher Rouse doesn’t get an Academy Award for his work, there is no justice in this...

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wRite: When Nothing Works

• Written by: Mary Sojourner
• Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Me (the cop): Almost every night.

Nun: And does this fear originate somewhere in the area of the navel.

Me: Above the navel, somewhere between the navel and the solar plexus.

Nun: And what do you do about it?

Me: My mind finds specific th...

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The Golden Road: Skyliners Road is the Main Street of Bike Town USA —and the epicenter of conflict

• Written by: Mike Bookey
• Wednesday, 17 March 2010

There’s a push to turn Bend into something called Bike Town USA. And that’s not a clever contrivance on the part of the media. Visit Bend, the regional tourism bureau, came up with this name and they plan to make good on the designation, continuing to bring high-profile cycling events to the city th...

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