Where will you be when 2013 hits? Speaker-freaking at the Midtown? Snuggling up with your sweetie in a dark corner of Velvet? Or stomping the crap out of the floor at the Century Center with Larry and his Flask? Fear not, party people, the Source has a list of events happening in Bend on the […]
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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End of the World Playlist
How many times will you hear REM’s “It’s the End of the World” today? I feel fine. If you listen to this playlist, at least twice. Here are 86 songs that have some connection to the impending apocalypse. That’s six hours, enough to get you thought the rest of your day and into any raging […]
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The Beat Goes On
Despite the end of Century Center, other Bend venues keep on trucking
2012 has been a rough year for Century Center. The two-year-old music and event space has faced chronic noise and nuisance complaints from neighbors, as well as traffic and land use issues with nearby bullet company Nosler. Owner Dave Hill shut down one of the venue’s largest events, the yearly Roots Festival, with only week's […]
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Cold? Bored? Go See The Hobbit
It’s finally here. After the release of trailer in December 2011, and speculation from Tolkien-loving-nerds for the last 10 years, you can finally see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for yourself and form your own hateful conclusions about how much Peter Jackson is effing up your favorite book series in way too many frames per […]
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Snoop Dogg Tonight: Or, how Bend got a contact high
S-N double O-P D-O double G! Happy early Christmas! The artist formally known as Snoop Dogg is in Bend, TONIGHT. How early is too early to start the party? A very Doggy xmas. On tour for his 11th studio album, The Dogg will be performing at Midtown at 8pm. Unfortunately, the show is sold out, […]
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Horned Hand Ticket Dismissed
Today the Horned Hand announced that a ruling has been made by Judge Brian Hemphill on the status of the $500 noise violation ticket they received in August. Citing lack of clarity in the city’s noise ordinance and lack of evidence, Judge Hemphill dismissed the ticket and fine. Rock on. Owner of the Horned Hand, […]
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Office Holiday Parties DOs and DON’TS
Tonight is the Source’s Holiday party. It might get a little crazy, so we asked the Huffington Post for some tips on how not to ruin our relationships with our colleagues. Answer: Don’t get blacked-out wasted.
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Little Bites: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Carts Club
Dedicated food carts stay
open despite the cold
Central Oregon winter has officially arrived. Bachelor is open, Jubelale is on the shelves, and I had to scrape a thick layer of ice off of my car windshield this morning. As we settle into hibernation mode, ready to gorge ourselves on fatty holiday meals, don’t forget about local food carts, some of which are […]
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Bachelor Makes New York Times Ski List
Mt. Bachelor has been recognized on the national ski circuit once again, this time for its Fourth of July ski day. The New York Times released the article “12 Months of Skiing, From Chile to China” last week, and smack-dab in the middle of the list, is our local mountain. Here’s what travel writer Tim […]
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New Music Tuesday
2012 is almost over which means that for the next month, you can expect every media outlet to be overwhelmed with recaps and top 10 lists (speaking of, look out for the Source’s top 10 issue on 24th of this month). NPR just released it’s top 10 Artists you Should Have Known in 2012 which […]
