As a teenager, I was pretty sure I wanted to be a professional singer. Took years of voice lessons, sang with the local opera company and eventually went to college for vocal performance. I ended up hating all the diva that comes with being a female performer and dropped out of the music program the […]
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Our Picks for 1/16 – 1/24
Life Cycles thursday 17 The DVD of Life Cycles is one of three movies the Source’s bike racing expert has in his house. To quote our editorial compadre, “It’s beautiful.” A winner of numerous film festival awards, it’s a must-see for any mountain biker or anyone who just plain loves a well-shot film. 21+. $5. […]
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Doing Dr. Pinckney Justice
COCC makes moves to rejuvenate the Pinckney Theater and arts on campus
Named for Dr. Orde Pinckney, a local theater staple and professor at Central Oregon Community College from 1955 to 1996, the Pinckney Center for the Performing Arts was, at one point, a cornerstone of Bend culture. The versatile theater hosted regular performances from the Magic Circle Dance Theater and COCC Theater Program through the late […]
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Two Books at the Same Time
My conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan
Last week I called up Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit From the Goon Squad, a 2011 novel that won a Pulitzer Prize. The book was lauded for its creativity as well as its ability to capture what it’s like “growing up and growing old in the digital age,” as judges put it. In it, […]
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Our Picks: 1/9 – 1/17
The best in Bend this week!
The No Sky Project thursday 10 Combining unexpected instrumental samples and thought-provoking lyrics, The No Sky Project produces seamless hip-hop in the vein of Atmosphere and Sage Francis. The duo handles all of the vocals, production and drum machines and will be joined by a slew of other DJ’s and hip-hop groups. Hosted by The […]
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On the Road with Woody
How a barrel became a local celebrity
It’s the name of a cartoon woodpecker, a Pixar cowboy and a tune by Hootie and the Blowfish. But for at least two Deschutes Brewery employees the name Woody means only one thing—the 25-foot-long mobile beer barrel that serves as the friends’ second home. Last year Sean “Bubbles” McBride and Joey Pleich spent nearly 188 […]
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EEK! It’s Egan!
Celebrated author to speak in Bend
Jennifer Egan is super famous and you should go see her talk. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 work of fiction, A Visit from the Goon Squad, has been published in Harpers, The New Yorker and New York Times Magazine. Oh, and she also dated Steve Jobs. The Brooklyn novelist has also authored […]
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Our picks for 1/3 to 1/9
The best Bend has to offer this week.
The Clumsy Lovers thursday 3 Straight outta Vancouver, B.C., The Clumsy Lovers are bumbling their way through Oregon but not without a pit stop in Bend. The folky bluegrass rock band has undeniable Celtic sympathies, but the banjo and drums keep the band solidly rooted in “newgrass” territory. All ages. $12. 6:30 p.m. The Sound […]
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Our Picks 12-26 to 1-2
The best Bend has to offer this week!
Travis Ehrenstrom wednesday 26 The Sisters folk singer is mellow and smooth, like a fine bourbon. Pull up a chair, warm your toes by the fire and listen for awhile. It’s free! 21+, 9 p.m. The Hideaway, 939 SE 2nd St. Full Moon at Silver Moon friday 28 Silvero, a soulful surf-punk band, and Wilderness, […]
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New Year's Round-up
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 […]
