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Our Picks for 11/22-11/29

Events happening in the area that we are sure you will enjoy.
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Sleepwalk with Me wednesday 21 A regular contributor to NPR’s This American Life, comedian Mike Birbiglia writes, directs and stars in Sleepwalk with Me, the story of a stand-up comic whose relationship anxiety leads to a series of increasingly dangerous sleepwalking incidents. $9. 7 p.m. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St. Planes, Trains and Automobiles […]

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Can It!

C.O. brewers finally catch up with the Bend lifestyle and the canned beer revolution
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Cracking a post-recreation celebration beer makes a lot of sense. It makes even more sense when that beer is in a convenient, tasty package—such as a can. Until recent years, though, macro-breweries were the only businesses offering canned beer—if you wanted a micro brew it was glass bottle or nothing. But, 10 years ago, Colorado’s […]

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Our Picks For 11/15-11/22

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Doc and Connie Hatfield Sustainable Resource Series by Ed Marston thursday 15 Basically, Dr. Ed Marston is the guy to look to for recent history of environmental issues in the West. He’s run his own environmental newspaper, High Country News, for two decades. For years, we ran his columns in the Source. We told you […]

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Our Picks For 11/07-11/15

Events happening in the area that we are sure you will enjoy.
Source Weekly

The Nature of Words 2012 Literary Festival
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Yes, we picked this event last week, but because it’s five days long and cool we reckoned it deserved another nod. Take in author readings, book signings, workshops, lectures and presentations—you’ll find a complete schedule of events on thenatureofwords.org/Festival. If you can get your mitts on last week’s Source, check out our Culture section where we picked the best of the best NOW events to help guide you through five days of literary adventure. The events kick off with the Rising Star creative writing awards ceremony (free!) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the COCC Library. COCC and various locations across town. Ticket info at thenatureofwords.org.

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Underground Zine Machine: Bend’s self-publishing community invites you to join

Demons, a shitty living arrangement, the escapades in a stranger’s diary found in a gas station bathroom, politics, recipes, eating disorders and sex.
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Demons, a shitty living arrangement, the escapades in a stranger’s diary found in a gas station bathroom, politics, recipes, eating disorders and sex.
These are just a few of the topics you can find covered in the Bend Zine Library (pronounced zeen), located at the Workhouse at the old Iron Works. This library has grown, through the contributions of half a dozen zinesters, to about 1,000 little books. They’re housed in small plastic tubs on a small bookshelf in the front corner of the crowded Workhouse.

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Have A Seat: Armchair Returns To Tin Pan Theater

Conceptually it might sound like a bore: eight people stand on a stage and each tell an unrehearsed story without the use of props.
Source Weekly

Conceptually it might sound like a bore: eight people stand on a stage and each tell an unrehearsed story without the use of props.
But add to this that the theme of all the stories will be “Up All Night,” and that this event will be held in the intimate Tin Pan Theater and it all starts to sound a little voyeuristic and, therefore, interesting.
Yes, this sort of live storytelling template where brave souls tell stories of their lives has proven popular around the nation, including in Portland where it’s called Back Fence PDX, and New York City where it’s called The Moth.

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Our Picks For 10/31-11/08

Events happening in the area that we are sure you will enjoy.
Source Weekly

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band with Harley Bourbon and Boxcar
String Band
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Everything about Rev. Peyton’s band is big. The reverend is big, as is his beard. His players are big. His sound is big. And the soulfulness of his hillbilly Americana and blues music is big. Damn big. The Big Damn Band, with their slide guitar, upright bass and washboard, are rolling in from the back roads of southern Indiana, but don’t let their size or the Reverend’s growling voice scare you—they often have big damn smiles plastered across their faces. Local rockabilly ass-kickers, Harley Bourbon and Boxcar String Band, open the show. All Ages. $10 at Bendticket.com. 10 p.m. Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave.

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The Nature of Words Festival

Where writers are rock stars and prose reigns supreme
Source Weekly

Anyone under the impression that every event in Bend involves lightning-fast athletes or souvenir beer-sampling mugs, hasn’t spent enough time investigating the Nature of Words, a five-day celebration of all things literary.
The annual festival runs from Nov. 7 through 11, with a packed schedule of events featuring authors, poets, essayists and storytellers from all walks of life. If attendance from previous years is any indication, many events are likely to sell out.

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