sunday 14 Oregon Book Award Tour WORDS—Screw rock stars, we word nerds love a good lit tour. Oregon Book Award winners Kari Luna, author of “The Theory of Everything” and a self-identified whimsicologist (not to be confused with Cari Luna, Oregon author of “The Revolution of Every Day”), and essayist Elena Passarello, whose “Let Me […]
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PICK: Out of the Darkness Community Walk
saturday 13 Out of the Darkness Community Walk COMMUNITY—With the recent high-profile suicide death of actor Robin Williams and the still-fresh memory of the loss of a Bend High School student last February, the annual community walk and fundraiser for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention feels timely. The event includes a memorial garden displaying […]
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BendFilm Releases 2014 Festival Lineup
BendFilm has released the lineup for the 2014 film festival—its 11th annual and the first under new Executive Director Todd Looby—featuring two world premieres, one U.S. premiere, jury awards and prizes. In addition to increased efforts to connect with the Central Oregon community year-round, BendFilm is also partnering for the first time with the Confederated […]
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PICK: Art in the High Desert
saturday 23 Art in the High Desert ART—Have you ever stood in front of a piece of art in a gallery and wondered, What was the artist thinking? Or, How would this plein-air piece look in natural light? Art in the High Desert addresses both those questions by featuring works of art in outdoor booths […]
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PICK: The Wizard of Oz
friday 22 Wizard of Oz THEATRE—In the 75 years since L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel was immortalized on the silver screen by Judy Garland and her ruby slippers, the story has taken on a life of its own with numerous film, novel and stage interpretations. Thoroughly Modern Productions offers one of its own, with […]
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PICK: Folk Singer and Political Satirist Roy Zimmerman
friday 22 Roy Zimmerman at Environmental Center MUSIC—What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding? Plenty, if you’re folk singer and political satirist Roy Zimmerman. Back in Bend by popular demand as part of his Blue Dot Tour, Zimmerman will perform his satirical songs about hot button political topics to an audience of like-minded Bendites—an […]
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PICK: High Desert Poetry Cell
saturday 16 High Desert Poetry Cell WORDS—Poetry’s canon is full to brimming with men—Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, some guy named Shakespeare—and yet the lyric art form has a decidedly feminine reputation. The High Desert Poetry Cell is working to change that with its compilation “The Guys’ Home Relationship Maintenance & Improvement […]
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PICK: Source Weekly’s Best Of Reader Appreciation Party
friday 15 Source Weekly Best Of Reader Appreciation Party PARTY—Have you caught yourself humming R. Kelly’s “The World’s Greatest” lately (we prefer the cover by Bonnie “Prince” Billy)? We can’t blame you. In recognition of your epic greatness, the Source is throwing you a party, filled with the winners of our annual Best of Central […]
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PICK: Seattle Funk Band Down North
tuesday 19 Down North FUNK—If GoodLife’s roof had a patio, this Seattle-based funk band would tear it off. The group that managed to turn out a funk-phobic music writer for the Stranger brings an old school flavor to the genre that birthed some of music’s greats. From throbbing, syncopated base lines to funky flourishes and […]
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District 54 Candidates Knute Buehler and Craig Wilhelm Face Off Tuesday in Bend Chamber Debate
One way or another, voters will be getting a new representative for House District 54. Rep. Jason Conger (R), who currently fills that seat, will be returning to his law practice following his defeat to Monica Wehby in the Oregon Senate primary election. District 54 candidates Republican Knute Buehler and Democrat Craig Wilhelm will debate […]