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Now You’re Talking, Holiday Edition

Silent Echo goes live again with short play series
by Elizabeth Warnimont

Opening on the heels of the 2022 BendFilm Festival, a popular short play bundle brings Silent Echo Theater Company back in action, performing live theater again after a two-year pandemic-driven hiatus. The show features seven holiday-themed one-act plays written by six playwrights, two of whom are also from Central Oregon. Because this story appears in […]

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Spooky Books for the Season

Curl up by the fire and let these books take you on a journey
by Dudley's Bookshop Café

If you’re a fan of things that go bump in the night, then this list of books geared toward all things spooky and Halloween-y should be right up your alley. . . your dark, doomy alley. “Slewfoot” by Brom If you’re a fan of A24’s “The Witch,” we have the perfect book for you from […]

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Calling Oregon poets: It’s contest time!

Submit your entries in the adult or youth category by Oct. 27!
by The Source Staff

Hey there, Oregon poet! It’s time again for our annual Poetry Contest 2022, brought to you by the Source Weekly, the Deschutes Public Library and the Oregon State University-Cascades Master of Fine Arts program. Get all the details you need in the poster below, and submit your work by Oct. 27, 2022! Winners will read […]

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A Theater State of Mind

‘A Tapestry of Arts’ unfurls at Cascades Theatrical Company
Avatar photo by Jared Rasic

The pandemic shut down theaters across the globe (including Shakespeare’s Globe in London) and ever since they slowly started reopening…I’m guilty of not attending. It’s terrible how hypocritical that makes me because at the height of the pandemic, The Globe and several other theaters across the world put their plays on YouTube to try to […]

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Filling the Creative Cup

A Q&A on the upcoming Bend Design conference
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Rene Mitchell is the executive director of Scalehouse, a collaborative for the arts in Bend that annually puts on the Bend Design conference. Mitchell co-produces Bend Design with Martha Murray each October, bringing fresh ideas for creatives who live in the local area, as well as those who come just for the event. The Source […]

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The Cult of Deb

Vigil planned for Deb Auchery, founder of Cult of Tuck
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

“That’s kind of what all of my stand-up is revolved around—taking the darkness and all those not-so-great things in my life and turning it into something that’s fun and hilarious, and that people can relate to, and heal from. It’s also partially about educating people about the transitioning process and letting them hear, you know, […]

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Growing Places

John Kish launches The Greenhouse Cabaret with ‘Hedwig’
Avatar photo by Jared Rasic

I‘ve been a part of the Bend theater scene on and off for a long time, and there aren’t very many predictable aspects of that world. I’ve acted in a few dozen plays, stage managed a handful and directed two of them, so I tend to feel like I have skin in the game when […]

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Writing Roundup

Fall is nearly here. Cozy up with these events centered around writers and writing.
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

If the prospect of fall has you conjuring up images of warm fireplaces, hot drinks and a book to cozy up with, then the local reading and writing scene has you covered this season. The Source Weekly’s calendar is full of events at local book stores, area libraries and more, all centered around the love […]

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If You Like It, Listen

Teenage musical artists take on the Central Oregon stage
by Miranda Vogel

In spite of their young age, these teenagers are filled with emotion, talent and the drive to be better at music. They each produce and release music, along with playing gigs around Central Oregon. Their music styles range from pop to folk, singer-songwriter, rap and old-school rock. Each of them thinks music is for everyone; […]

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An Artists’ Shop Reopens in Warm Springs

Tananawit art shop features painting, photography, beadwork and more
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

An estimated 250 to 300 people on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation are artists—and with the grand reopening of an art shop on the reservation, those artists will have another place to share and sell their works. Tananawit, the nonprofit organization aimed at supporting Warm Springs artists, will hold a grand reopening of its art […]

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