Duo evolution

• Former Ascetic Junkies return to Bend with a new band and a new style

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

Over the past three and a half years, the Portland band Ascetic Junkies made the trip over the Cascades a bunch of times to play its sparkling, banjo-powered roots-pop for its growing gang of fans in Bend. Tonight, the core Junkies — married....MORE

KPOV's Beatles Singalong

Benefit features Fab Four faves

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

Before I write about tonight’s Beatles Singalong at The Old Stone in Bend — a benefit and birthday bash for the local community radio station, KPOV — let’s engage in some full disclosure: I have a weekly show on the station.....MORE

Rootsy shows, presented in tweet-sized bites

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

Bend is going to be covered with Northwest-based roots/folk/Americana/’grass bands over the next week, according to The Bulletin’s comprehensive event calendar. Want to hear about them? OK. Here are tweet-length summaries of several!....MORE

Music in the Canyon begins with Countryfied

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

Do you know how I know it’s really summer? Because Central Oregon’s multitude of free, family-friendly, outdoor concert series are about to start kicking off, one right after another. Next week, we’ll have Redmond’s Music on....MORE

Upcoming Concerts

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

June 21-23 — 4 Peaks Music Festival (jams!), Rockin’ A Ranch, Tumalo, www.4peaksmusic. com. June 21 — RevoltRevolt (rock), The Horned Hand, Bend, www. facebook. com/thehornedhand. June 22 — Melville (Americana), The Horned....MORE

Going out

Looking for something to do? Check out our listing of live music, DJs, karaoke, open mics and more happening at local nightspots. Find lots more at www.bendbulletin.com/events.

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

TODAYCANAAN CANAAN: Folk-pop; 5-7 p. m.; Strictly Organic Coffee Co., 6 S. W. Bond St., Bend; 541-330-6061. NECKTIE KILLER: Ska; 6 p. m.; Cross Creek Cafe, 507 S. W. Eighth St., Redmond; 541-548-2883. SOUL BENDERS: Rock; 6 p. m.; Country Catering Co., 900....MORE

All the way from Idaho, it's New Transit!

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

New Transit is a fine Americana band out of the burgeoning music scene in Boise, Idaho, that has played alongside big names like Dr. John, Chris Isaak and Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. You don't get gigs like that with bad songs played badly.....MORE

Together again

• Vihara, once active in Bend's music scene, reunites to play a show at Liquid Lounge

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

For five years in the early 2000s, the hard-rock quartet Vihara was an active and powerful force in Bend's music scene. They formed in 2001, played a bunch of gigs in the region and beyond, then recorded an album, “Stand Fast," and released it....MORE

Art exhibits

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

Alleda Real Estate: Paintings by Janice Rhodes and Barbara Slater; through June; 25 N. W. Minnesota Ave., Suite 1, Bend; 541-633-7590. Ambiance Art Co-op: Featuring gallery artists; 435 S. W. Evergreen Ave., Redmond; 541-548-8115. Artists’ Gallery ....MORE

Rise Up summer camp begins Monday

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

The folks at Rise Up, a grass-roots arts organization that helps give people a creative voice in their communities, will hold an art and music summer camp starting Monday. The first session, June 17-20, will be an art camp held daily from 9 a. m. to....MORE

A6 founder wins ‘I Am Oregon’ award

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

Pat Clark of Atelier 6000 Printmaking and Book Arts Studio in Bend has been named an “Inspirational Oregonian" as part of the Meyer Memorial Trust’s “I Am Oregon" award. The May prize recognized 11 citizen problem solvers across....MORE

Outing

History, hiking and Dad

• Fish Lake, Santiam Wagon Road a nice hike with the right company • Fish Lake, Santiam Wagon Road a nice hike with the right company

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

My dad is the kind of dad who shows up to a hike with practical presents for me in hand: Garlic whistles and kale from his garden, bug spray (that was on sale at Bi-Mart, the preferred shopping destination for dads like mine) and a clutch of....MORE

A Washington state park gem: Deception Pass

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — If you know only the landmark green bridge at Deception Pass State Park, you don’t know this park. What awaits visitors here is so much more snapping photos from the overlooks at the bridge that spans the green slash....MORE

Fishing Report

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Here is the weekly fishing report for selected areas in and around Central Oregon, provided by fisheries biologists for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife:CENTRAL ZONEANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: The reservoir has been very turbid, which has....MORE

Well shot! Your outdoor photos

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Can you work a camera, and capture a great picture? And can you tell us a bit about it? Submit your color or black-and-white outdoors photos at bendbulletin. com/wellshot and tell us a bit about where and when you took them. All entries will appear....MORE

Commentary

Time to license ATVs

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

I was hunting chukars east of Juntura when I heard the unmistakable growl of an all-terrain vehicle. I expected to see the machine become visible on a nearby fire trail. Unfortunately, not one, but two ATVs emerged from a draw not far from me and....MORE

Trail update with Chris Sabo

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Summer weather tapers offAfter a short spell of hotter temperatures, the forecast is calling for temperatures ranging in the high 60s to mid 70s. As the school year ends today for Bend La Pine Schools, expect increased use at recreation sites and....MORE

Paddleboard event Saturday

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

The third annual Bend Paddleboard Challenge will be from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday at Riverbend Park in Bend. The World Paddle Association-sanctioned event will include long and short course standup paddleboard races, and paddling clinics taught by....MORE

Hike to tell Bend’s timber tale

June 12, 2013 4:00 am

The Deschutes Land Trust is offering a 7-mile history hike exploring the era of timber and irrigation of early Bend. The free hike will be from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Tuesday in the Skyline Forest west of Bend. The hike to scenic Juniper Point will feature....MORE

Out of town

June 14, 2013 4:00 am

The following is a list of other events “Out of Town."ConcertsJune 14 — Lights, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TF*June 14 — “The Ultimate Thriller: The Michael Jackson Tribute," Craterian Theater at The Collier Center for the....MORE