'Yelp extortion' is a new bane of restaurateurs

May 31, 2012 4:00 am

The Red Rabbit Kitchen and Bar, co-owned by Matt Nurge (left) and John Bays, was the apparent target a would-be Yelp.com critic in Sacramento, Calif.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Restaurant owner Sonny Mayugba was given an offer he almost could not refuse this month. Not by a local gangster, but by a user of a popular online review site, Yelp. com. Mayugba said the user threatened to blast the Red....MORE

Local movie times

May 31, 2012 4:00 am

Rachel Weisz portrays Hester Collyer in “The Deep Blue Sea,” which is being shown at Regal Pilot Butt 6 in Bend.

For Thursday, May 31BendRegal Pilot Butte 62717 N. E. U. S. Highway 20, Bend, 541-382-6347THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30DARLING COMPANION (PG-13) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15THE DEEP BLUE SEA (R) 1, 4, 7THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) 12:45,....MORE

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Venus to transit the sun Tuesday | May 31, 2012 4:00 am

All things music in Central Oregon by Bulletin writer Ben Salmon.

my favorite drumming in a song ever | 3:06 pm | 05/31
[Photos] Beck and Metric at Les Schwab Amphitheater | 10:25 am | 05/30
[Photos] Tenacious D at Les Schwab Amphitheater | 12:12 pm | 05/28
[Photos] The Shins + The Head and The Heart at Les Schwab Amphitheater | 1:36 pm | 05/27
This week in GO! Magazine’s music section | 2:52 pm | 05/25

The Shins rock the Schwab

May 26, 2012 4:00 am

Portland-based pop-rock band The Shins helps the Les Schwab Amphitheater kick off its 2012 Bend Summer Concerts series Friday night. The series continues tonight with the comedy-rock band Tenacious D and Sunday with veteran alt-rocker Beck, followed ....MORE

10 years of Les Schwab Amphitheater

May 26, 2012 4:00 am

The country duo Sugarland performs in 2009, the largest concert that year. Courtesy Les Schwab Amphitheater

On July 4, 1971, an estimated 10,000 people gathered in Bend's Drake Park to hear actor/musician Burl Ives and others “sing in a rock festival of sorts,” according to the Aug. 23, 1971, edition of The Bulletin. Longtime Bend developer....MORE

Going out

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

Lisa C. Pollock and the 'Handpicked' Concert Series at Common Table

TODAYDAVID GILLESPIE: 6 p. m.; Taylor's Sausage Deli & Pub, 913 N. E. 3rd St., Bend; 541-383-1694. THE SHINS: Indie rock, with The Head and The Heart and Blind Pilot; $35; 6 p. m.; Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 S. W. Shevlin Hixon Drive, Bend; www.....MORE

Anastacia, Voodoo Highway play Maragas

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

The friendly folks up at Maragas Winery north of Terrebonne will host their annual open house Saturday, with music by a couple of fine local bands. The festivities will kick off around 10 a. m. with Voodoo Highway, a trio that digs deep into blues,....MORE

Upcoming Concerts

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

June 1 — The Marrow (rock), The Horned Hand, Bend, www. reverbnation. com/venue/thehornedhand. June 1 — Jantsen and Papaskunk (electronic), Domino Room, Bend, www. slipmatscience. com. June 2 — Little Owl (indie rock), The Horned Hand,....MORE

The Shins

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

Over three excellent albums released between 2001 and 2007, James Mercer — principal singer and songwriter in The Shins — walked a careful lyrical line between inscrutable detachment and the occasional song sprinkled with just enough....MORE

Beck

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

In the Internet age, four years goes by in the blink of an eye. Take Beck, for example, who plays in Bend on Sunday (see “If you go”). From 1994 to 2008, the visionary singer, songwriter and producer pumped out 10 critically acclaimed and ....MORE

Tenacious D

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

Tenacious D, the over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek rock duo of actor-musicians Kyle Gass and Jack Black, occupies a unique place in music. Like something only a mad scientist obsessed with Led Zeppelin and Spinal Tap could create, Tenacious D makes tight,....MORE

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10 years of Les Schwab Amphitheater | May 26, 2012 4:00 am

Art exhibits

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

“Tribal Dance,” by Dori Kite, will be on display through June at Sunriver Area Public Library.

Alleda Real Estate: Featuring works by Cameron Kaseberg; through Thursday; 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. art by knight: Featuring oil ....MORE

Still room in A6’s summer workshops

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

Space remains in Atelier 6000’s two summer workshops, which it’s hosting in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft, based in Portland. The first is the Binding Sampler workshop, in which instructor Roberta Lavadour of....MORE

Deadline nears for Caldera residencies

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

Each winter, Caldera invites artists for monthlong residencies at its arts center on Blue Lake west of Sisters, where artists stay in A-frame cabins while having access to studios, rehearsal and performance spaces, a kiln and more. Residencies are....MORE

Correct dates for Waterston workshop

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

Based on incorrect information provided to The Bulletin, last week’s issue of GO! Magazine contained the wrong dates for Bend author and poet Ellen Waterston’s new workshop series, The Story You Came to Tell. It begins Thursday at....MORE

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Vocal variety | May 25, 2012 4:00 am

Water always wins

May 31, 2012 4:00 am

The 25-foot-tall Benham Falls marks a point where the intersection of a 6,600-year-old lava flow and what is now called Benham Butte almost stopped the Deschutes River in its tracks.

Nathaniel Wyeth was a brave and determined man. In 1832, Wyeth left his Cambridge, Mass., home for Oregon Country in hopes that he could make a quick buck by catching salmon, harvesting timber, trapping fur and trading with the Native Americans who....MORE

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Out of town

May 25, 2012 4:00 am

The following is a list of other events “Out of Town.”ConcertsMay 25 — Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM*May 25 — Spiritualized, Wonder Ballroom, Portland; TF*May 25 — Trampled by....MORE