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).
The reason that Sparrow Club USA nonprofit exists, and the reason that 23-year-old Michael Leeland says he is alive today are one in the same—a generous 7th grader named Dameon and a sick baby named Michael. Back in 1992, Dameon helped Michael Leeland’s father Jeff in the adaptive PE class he taught in a suburb […]
It’s buzzing inside the Cascade School of Music building on Monday afternoon. The pitter-patter of feet up and down the narrow hallways, the din of a dozen practice rooms, some with one-on-one lessons, some with groups of three to six students hammering away on keyboards, bowing violins or crashing sticks on symbols. When I sit […]
In the redwood forest above Santa Cruz, amongst a handful of co-op art deco Airstream trailer-homes painted yellow or paisley with rainbow peace flags displayed proudly in the windows, between hand-hung clothes drying lines that crisscross the walking paths that converge at the communal kitchen with the “free food fridge,” Marty O’Reilly and the Old […]
Witty, theatrical, otherworldly, athletic, humorous and rich are all adjectives not necessarily associated with describing traditional dance performance. But in the case of Portland’s modern dance company, BodyVox, those themes braid together to form a textured and truly unique show. Artistic directors Jamey Hampton and his wife, Ashley Roland, are in their 17th season of […]
Head for the Hills The foursome covers the spectrum of prairie music with the solid backbone of Adam Kinghorn on guitar and Matt Loewen on upright bass, and the tumbleweed riffs of Michael Chappell on mandolin and Joe Lessard on fiddle. But Head for the Hills isn’t just for the bluegrass crowd. The band’s new […]
Tonight at Volcanic Theatre Pub, six kick-ass songwriters perfrom during the Loud As Folk Songwriter’s Showcase. While none of the guys will have full bands with them, you can enjoy the craft and detail of their songwriting as they play solo. Tonight’s lineup features: Jeshua William Marshall of Larry and His Flask Chis Fox of […]
Tonight on the Late Show with David Letterman, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas—the Detroit-based band that played #inBend and at the Wildwood Music Festival in July and in Portland later in the summer—will make TV its debut! Check out the official video for “Demons” below and read the Source’s interview with Hernandez from earlier this […]
Just think…all you have to do is make it through the final few hours of your work week and then you can enjoy your days off with these awesome weekend events! Here’s what we suggest checking out… friday 7 First Friday ART! ART! ART!—With fresh art gracing the walls of your favorite shops downtown (including […]
Editor Phil Busse chats with Mike from 92.9 FM about the 11/5/14 issue of the Source Weekly, featuring our winter wellness doctor profiles and election coverage. Related Stories
Future-spaceship disco ball music, drenched in sequins and synthesizers—that’s the sound of Las Vegas duo GoldBoot. Flittering strobe guitars, handclapping percussion and shimmering tambourines collide around Logan Lanning and Bobby Lucy who often don matching goofy sunglasses and, you guessed it, gold boots, as plumes of glitter encircle the pair like dust around a glam […]
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