Want some zines with your almond croissant? Hang on, let’s take a step back. Somewhere between the dawn of the printing press and Snapchat came an offbeat new art form made from hard work, determination, paper, staples, creativity and a photocopier. The zine. As in magazine, but not quite. Literary and decidedly lo-tech, zines are […]
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Book (Sm)art
Handmade Artist Books on Display at A6
You won’t find these titles on the shelves at your big box bookstore. And don’t bother trying to download them, either. No, these handmade, one-of-a-kind “artist books” truly belong in a gallery – which is why a visit to Bend’s A6 Studio & Gallery remains your only chance to see, touch and potentially purchase them. […]
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Peanut Butter and Deli
Wild Ride Brew’s beer is just the beginning
“Nut Crusher Peanut Butter Porter.” This I’m reading off the chalkboard beer menu at Downtown Redmond’s popular garage-themed Wild Ride Brew. It’s a phrase I’ve never actually considered before. Fascinating. “One Nut Crusher, please,” I say to the 6-foot-tall bartender who could pass for Uma Thurman’s little sister. She begins pouring while I try to […]
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Past Perfect
Retro Goes Contemporary in New Exhibit
For artist Wendy Chidester, the past gets more modern all the time. Much like this week’s cover entitled “Focal Point,” her other still life paintings depict things such as typewriters, sewing machines and watches that, depending on your age, might have belonged to either your parents or grandparents. In any case, they symbolize an era […]
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Bend Meets Bohemia
Opera favorite La Bohème touring Oregon
A tale of young artists, pursuing their creative dreams, consumed by love, loss, heartache, jealousy – and oh yes, typically lacking the rent money. How contemporary! The seeds of an upcoming TV “dramedy,” perhaps? Not quite. We open on roommates Rodolfo and Marcello, one a poet, the other a painter. It’s Christmas Eve in 19th […]
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Zendites
Weekly groups offer meditation, mindfulness practice
“May I be filled with loving kindness. May all beings be free from suffering.” — from the Bend Zen chant Nine of us sit together inside a small room toward the back of St. Helens Hall on the Trinity Episcopal Church campus. We’re here to calm the mind. It’s hard work. You’ve heard of Monday […]
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Art Takes a Village Too
Diverse indoor/outdoor space features shopping, creating
You’ve seen galleries. And you’ve seen street fairs. But you haven’t seen this. It’s a new, large open space in Bend where the two seamlessly blend together. Artist Stuart Breidenstein’s longtime passion project, 9th Street Village, has finally set a launch date. This rather ambitious project, pulled off with the close collaboration of the adjacent […]
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The Tomorrow Show: Activism can actually be funny!
You can’t stop Donald Trump from occupying the White House (yet). Betsy DeVos? Hired. Kellyanne Conway? Please. Too late for all that. But luckily, no one’s outlawed laughter. Yet. And parody’s still thriving. Who do we thank for this good fortune? You might want to start with cartoonist Dan Perkins, who writes under the name […]
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The Accidental Owls
Goldeen Ogawa can literally do it all
Visually too. If you need specifics, call her a fantasy writer/illustrator/painter/ cartoonist. Not bad for someone who left kindergarten after six months and didn’t fully learn to read until age 12. Instead, her parents opted to teach Ogawa and her little brother at home. “I’m off the deep end of non-traditional [education],” she says. “I […]
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ARTWATCH: No End to the Innocence
Cover artist Megan Myers’ artistic process
Bear. Child. Fire. Warmth. Nature. And all of it, snugly wrapped in a comfortable canopy of innocence. Local artist Megan Myers, who painted (yes, painted) this week’s Source cover, passionately described the central themes of her work on a cloudy winter day in Bend, where the color of the sky perfectly matches the one in […]
