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Chopping His Way Up: Sisters' lumberjack David Green swings his big axe at the Timbersports Collegiate Series

With a Brazil-nut crunching grip, collegiate timbersports king, David Green, shook my hand, then recoiled suddenly. Sorry, I’m just used to being around lumberjacks, he said.
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With a Brazil-nut crunching grip, collegiate timbersports king, David Green, shook my hand, then recoiled suddenly.
“Sorry, I’m just used to being around lumberjacks,” he said.

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Our picks for 8/4 – 8/12: Michael Franti & Spearhead, Flobots, William Fitsimmons, Art and more

Michael Franti & Spearhead, Flobotsthursday 5The show, a big faction of Bend’s live music, that fans have been waiting for is finally here as the benevolent Michael Franti and his band return to the LSA, this time joined by indie hip-hoppers Flobots.
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Michael Franti & Spearhead, Flobots
thursday 5
The show, a big faction of Bend's live music, that fans have been waiting for is finally here as the benevolent Michael Franti and his band return to the LSA, this time joined by indie hip-hoppers Flobots. See the On Stage column for more. 6:30pm. Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr. All ages. $37 plus fees.
Dar Williams
thursday 5
This poppy folk artist has been touring the country for almost 20 years now, all the while creating excellently crafted songs with a distinct sound that has since been the calling card of the New York-based artist. She's also known for her social and environmental activism, some of which can be heard in her passionate songs. Reserved seating: $29 & $37/adv, $32 & $40/day of show. 8pm-10pm, Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St.

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It's About the Beer: Boneyard Beer has broken the mold of Bend's beer culture

If Tony Lawrence needed a sign that his new brewery, Boneyard Beer, was going to make it, he got that the moment he checked out the backside of the warehouse in which he and his partners set up shop.
Mike Bookey

If Tony Lawrence needed a sign that his new brewery, Boneyard Beer, was going to make it, he got that the moment he checked out the backside of the warehouse in which he and his partners set up shop. When he looked in the alley behind the out-of-the-way building nestled between the Bend Parkway and Hill Street, he found hop vines snaking all over the back wall, extending over to a nearby telephone poll and reaching almost 20 feet above ground. The building where he'd be brewing beer, competing in one of the most crowded and respected markets in the country, was literally covered in hops.
“If there was a sign, that was it,” says the bearded Lawrence, standing next to the building, wearing a seasoned Trail Blazers jersey, bearing Brian Grant's number 44, and looking up at the telephone poll. This fall, he says they'll harvest the cones from the vines and brew a fresh-hop beer.

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Our Picks for 7/28 – 8/5: Larry and His Flask, Moon Mountain Ramblers, Micheal Franti, the Deschutes County Fair and more

Deschutes County Fairwednesday 28-sunday 1It’s that time of year again—it’s time to expand your gut, get your wallet ready to buy some new farm animals and bask in the carny goodness that is the Deschutes County Fair.
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Deschutes County Fair
wednesday 28-sunday 1
It's that time of year again – it's time to expand your gut, get your wallet ready to buy some new farm animals and bask in the carny goodness that is the Deschutes County Fair. Whether you go for the rides, the food or just the insane people watching, you'll want to block a good chunk of time out of your week for this. Each night features a musician of varying degrees of popularity (read our open letter to fair headliner Weird Al Yankovic in the Sound section) including freakin' Styx – as in “Mr. Roboto”! Also, there's a rodeo. So, pretty much the best five days of the year. $9/daily, $17/season pass. $6/children and seniors daily, $11/season pass. Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond.

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Our Picks for 7/21 – 7/29: West Wind Ranch Americana Music Festival, Los Lonely Boys, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band and more

Derrick Brownwednesday 21If you’re one of Bend’s many slam poetry fans, you should hustle to the Poethouse where Derrick Brown, the acclaimed slammer and performer who was once a paratrooper, but is now an accomplished author. All ages.
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Derrick Brown
wednesday 21
If you're one of Bend's many slam poetry fans, you should hustle to the Poethouse where Derrick Brown, the acclaimed slammer and performer who was once a paratrooper, but is now an accomplished author. All ages. $7/general, $5/student with ID. 7pm. Poethouse Art, 55 NW Minnesota Ave.
Adventure Galley
thursday 22
The youthful Bend-based band comes back from Eugene to play songs from their new EP, The Right Place to Be. See this week's Sound feature for more. 9pm Boondocks Bar and Grill, 70 NW Newport Ave.

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The Zoo Story: Volcanic Theatre performs the Albee classic with a flourish

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about playwright Edward Albee's “The Zoo Story” is that he wrote it over a span of three weeks. Even more remarkable is how well the script holds up.
Bob Woodward

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about playwright Edward Albee's “The Zoo Story” is that he wrote it over a span of three weeks. Even more remarkable is how well the script holds up. The material is still timely and the characters even more likely to meet than they might have when the play was written in 1958.
Volcanic Theatre, which brought us Bobby Gould in Hell, made only two minor changes to the original script for the performance at the Silver Moon. One is adding Stephen King as one of the bookish character Peter's favorite writers and the other is having his annual salary pegged at $200,000 rather than the $50,000 in the original.

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Our Picks for 7/14 – 7/22: Steve Miller Band, Tour Des Chutes, Halestorm and more!

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The Poison Control Center
thursday 15
There's a hell of a lot going on Thursday night (White Buffalo at the Silver Moon and The Aggrolites at the Domino Room, just to name a few), but there's another show worth checking out down on the south end of town and it involves Poison Control Center, an Iowa-based power-pop act. They're instantly quirky with great Built to Spill-like hooks and a crazy live show. 8pm. Mountain's Edge Bar, 61131 S. Hwy 97.

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All About Bend! 50 things this Phoenix resident learned about Bend by being here for 67 hours

50 things this Phoenix resident learned about Bend by being here for 67 hours.
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1.Before arriving in Bend, my knowledge of Oregon consisted of Pac-10 athletics and the Oregon Trail computer game I was mandated to play in fifth grade.
2. At no point is one presented the option of fording a river when traveling to Bend.
3. The Redmond Airport requires passengers to walk on the tarmac.
4. When ordering a beer, customers must provide an ID, and then list the basic ingredients of an IPA.
5. Bend is half the temperature of Phoenix, which is my hometown.
6. Oregon has trees.
7. Bend looks much like Flagstaff. I confirmed this conclusion with a Flagstaff native living in Bend.
8. Operating a phone and a motor vehicle is not a good idea in Oregon. In fact, it can land you in a world of hurt.
9. I am an amateur gas pumper and therefore unqualified to fill a tank of gas in the state of Oregon.

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Our Picks for 7/6 – 7/15: Pacific Northwest Polo Invitational, The Rob Show, The Aggrolites, Bend Summer Fest and more

Pinback Presents: The Rob Showthursday 8You probably are wondering why the name of this show has changed over the past week.
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Pinback Presents: The Rob Show
thursday 8
You probably are wondering why the name of this show has changed over the past week. Well, here's what happened: This was supposed to be a show featuring the two Pinback collaborators, Rob Crow and Zach Smith, who were going to play the band's songs with programmed tracks behind them.

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