With the upcoming granting cycle of Bend’s Cultural Tourism Fund scheduled for 2015, it’s time Central Oregon hosts a large-scale conversation amongst our arts community. Step one: the first Central Oregon Arts Summit, a duel project between The Arts & Culture Alliance of Central Oregon and the Oregon Arts Commission is scheduled to take place […]
Brianna Brey
Bri Brey is a Bend native who started as an intern at the Source Weekly after her graduation from the University of Oregon three years ago. She is now the full-time arts, culture and music editor.
Committed to bolstering Bend’s growing musical and arts community, Bri takes after the semi-fictional William Miller of Almost Famous. Despite a cynicism cultivated over the 20 years she’s lived in Bend, Bri loves Christmas. She loves decorating and gift giving and prides herself on having the best white elephant strategy. She once devised an It’s a Wonderful Life drinking game. Contact her at bri@bendsource.com with local music, arts and culture events (or the rules to that drinking game).
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Food Porn is On the Menu
How Tara Redfield went from food blogger to bonafide reality TV chef
Tara Redfield identifies herself as a food pervert. It might sound strange, but she means it in the most innocent of contexts. She’s obsessed with food, in every way. And, this fall, the former Sisters resident will appear on the new reality television competition, TNT’s “On the Menu” featuring hosts Chef Emeril Lagasse and Ty […]
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PICK: Last Saturday
saturday 27 Last Saturday at Iron Works ART—An amalgamation of creative intention, Armature, Cinder Cone, Stuarts of Bend and The Workhoue, are all-open late with music, eats, drinks and art for everyone. This summer, the Workhouse has taken up teaching arts classes like recycled scrap metal reworking and art business pitching only widening the variety […]
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PICK: Swinging With the Stars
saturday 27 Swinging with the Stars DANCE—A fundraiser for the Sparrow Club of Central Oregon, Swinging with the Stars takes on the model of the hit TV show, “Dancing with the Stars.” AKA embarrassing the crap out of local celebrities by partnering them with professional dancers, and forcing them to perform excessive ballroom numbers in […]
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PICK: Roots Festival
friday 26 LOCAL MUSIC—The Bend Roots Revival brings together over 80 bands and local artists for a weekend of Oregon-centric, family friendly and totally free fun. This year the event will be held on the Deschutes Brewery lawn with an opening show featuring Ashland’s Patchy Saunders at Volcanic on Thursday. The festival continues through Sunday. […]
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PICK: God of Carnage
friday 26 God of Carnage THEATER—In what boils down to an 80-minute argument between two sets of parents, this originally French play by Yasmina Reza spans the spectrum of human emotion, social class and philosophy. After a tooth-loosing altercation between the couple’s sons, the pairs from different sides of the tracks are forced together to […]
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Local Artist Natalie Fletcher WINS Skin Wars!
We’re finally on the map Bend! Local body painting artist Natalie Fletcher is the first Skin Wars champion! On tonight’s final episode of the GSN reality show, Fletcher came in first of the three finalists (the others being Dutch Bihary and Shannon Holt) securing a prize of $100,000, a year-long supply of body paint and a featured guest […]
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Skin Wars Finale with Local Painter Natalie Fletcher TONIGHT!
Local body painter Natalie Fletcher appears int he finale of Skin Wars tonight on GSN. 6 pm PST. Tune in and cheer for her as she competes against the two other finalists for prize of $100,000 in front of judges Ru Paul (OMG YES! That Ru Paul!), Rebecca Romijn (OMG Mystique!) and body painting icons Craig Tracy […]
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Locavore Musician
Annie Girl and the Flight devours what’s around it
Annie Girl and the Flight is an impeccably apt ’90s throwback, a post-grunge, lady-fronted reverb rock band with a lo-fi charm and a smoothness that comes from a lack of forcing music to happen. There’s a swaying proclivity to the band’s songs. Dreamy, bulldozing guitar riffs fill the void left by leisurely tempos and Annie’s […]
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Local Music Update
Roots Festival showcases Bend’s finest
The annual Roots Festival has become an artistic staple in Bend’s cultural landscape over the last half-decade. Shut down in 2012 for lack of venue, and facing nasty weather in 2013 that almost shut down the arts collaboration, Roots Festival has proved it’s quick thinking and resilient in the face of challenging circumstances. Having held […]
