Forget that Mitch Hedberg OD’d on March 29, 2005. Everybody dies, especially comedians. They die young, tragically, with a lifetime’s worth of soul-soothing mirth incomplete and undone. But that’s ...

Fifteen years into his standup comedy career, Mitch Hedberg is experiencing a span of pseudo-fame that rock bands who make it big must pine for: enjoying full venues and critical acclaim, but without ...

The first 47 minutes of Mitch Hedberg’s set at Mandel Hall on Sunday night nearly put me to sleep. Not because the comedy was bad, but because the eccentric comedian hadn’t even taken the stage yet.

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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is the former executive producer and general manager of Atlantic Studios at The Atlantic.

Last week, I recounted several of the more memorable interviews of my 30-year journalism career, some from before I arrived in Bend in 2001. The evening after that week’s column had gone live online ...