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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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One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Outfit

Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show turns five
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The rules are simple for Bend’s Rubbish Renewed Fashion Show, a trash-to-treasure design contest and benefit for Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School (REALMS): use garbage. Using repurposed materials, students, alongside amateur and professional designers, are asked to create runway quality outfits in the style of “Project Runway’s” unconventional materials challenges. Entries are labeled Trash-fashion […]

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No ‘Wagon Wheel’ Covers

The Harmed Brothers attempt to dodge cliché
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The front men of The Harmed Brothers, Alex Salcido and Ray Vietti, frequently recount how lucky they are to have found their musical soulmate in each other. “It’s a person who speaks your language of ideas and hopefully challenges you to learn and embrace new ones,” said Salcido in an interview with the Source. Paired […]

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Dying to DIY

Kent Ueland of The Terrible Buttons takes on solo songwriting
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Last year wasn’t a good one for Kent Ueland. But as 2015 emerges, so does his first ever solo record—and perhaps that will make some artistic sense of the wasteland of the previous year. The former songwriter and bandleader of Spokane-staple The Terrible Buttons presents, Do it Yourself, which consists of songs based on what […]

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Source Suggests 1/15-1/21

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Show Ponies Los Angeles may not be the epicenter for string bands, but the Show Ponies have crept their way up into the surrounding mountains and tapped into the clear water, rolling hills aesthetic. With fiddle, banjo and guitar, joined by the occasional harmonica riff and a mix between male and female lead vocals, the […]

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The Modern Primal Foodie

Keeping fit with the paleo lifestyle
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After realizing that a strictly gluten-free diet wasn’t the full solution to his celiac disease, Cain Credicott sought out other eating options that might sooth his dietary woes. Stumbling upon the paleo diet back in 2011, just before its rise to popularity, Credicott almost instantaneously started Paleo Magazine, a bimonthly lifestyle publication based out of […]

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Go Ducks! One Hour to Kick-off!

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Kick-off for the CFP Championship between the No. 2 University of Oregon (QUACK QUACK) and No. 4 Ohio State is at 5:30 pm PST! Here’s some background reading from USA Today to make you sound super smart during the game.  And here’s what Phil Steele had to say about the game to the New York Times. And […]

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TGIF: What to do in Bend this Weekend 1/9-1/11

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friday 9 Device Grips HIP-HOP—Portland-based psychedelic hip-hop act Device Grips blends dreamy, jam-band intros with bluesy riffs, funky horns and a rap-styled lyrical delivery. The band claims to channel an Olympic heritage, drawing on Greek mythology to align itself with the four elements—earth, fire, air, and water—transformed by the beat to create a timeless balm. […]

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R. Kelly With More Banjo

Portland’s Junebugs splice genres
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The Junebugs are really into beards. Or at least that can be deduced from the fact that two of the three members of the band have pretty epic ones. “Yeah man, we just feel lucky beards are in right now,” said Moses Barrett, the band leader who sings and plays guitar and banjo. “We are […]

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Source Suggests 1/7-1/15

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New Ranch Records Location Don’t freak out when you walk past the former Ranch Records location on Wall Street. next to the Tower Theater. Yes, it’s empty, but Bend’s oldest record store isn’t closed, it has just moved a few blocks over to Oregon Avenue, across from US Bank and next to Summit Saloon. We […]

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Q&A with T&A

Two burlesque dancers talk bump and grind
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The word burlesque derives its meaning from the Italian for caricature, parody and travesty, so yes, the art form is dramatic, entertaining and engaging, funny and sexy at its base. Built from the belief that seduction is an art form, “TEASE: A Classic Burlesque Revue,” will debut with performers from Portland, Salem, Eugene and Seattle […]

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