It’s warm out there. And it’s Monday.
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A Toast to Seasonals: Beer release and more Bend beer in the NYT
Summer beer release tonight at Deschutes pub. Cool off with a cold one.
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Social Distortion Preview
Preview the Social Distortion SOUND feature appearing in this weeks issue and watch a sweet music video for “Machine Gun Blues”.
On May 16th, California band Social Distortion will be in Bend to rock the Midtown Ballroom. I talked to Social D.
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Music on a Monday: Swansea Brings Slow Jams to Bend
Cinematic folk-pop trio from Portland invades Bend. Tonight!
Ultra-artsy Portland band Swansea will launch their May tour tonight at the Horned Hand, 8pm. Their first full length album “Old Blood” is due out June 5th and it sounds like it’s going to be pretty darn great.
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Cascades Classical Music Foundation Young Performers Competition This Weekend
Cascades Classical Music Foundation celebrates six years of youth competition. Kicks off tonight with benefit concert.
Tonight kicks off the Cascades Classical Music Foundation Young Performers Competition with a benefit concert featuring professional pianists Molly Wheeler and Rhonda Ringering. As a bonus, there will also be performances by last year’s CCMF champion Kiara and runner-up John Fawcett.
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Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Dies
Adam Yauch dead at 48.
F’ing sad.
Check out this Rolling Stone article for details on the cancer that killed Adam Yauch at 48.
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Police May Gut Services
Finances at the city of Bend are getting tight and, to be real frank, the sh*t is starting to hit the fan, particularly for the Bend Police Department.
NOTE: This blog looks long. Read it anyway—or skip to bullet points for the hair raising information.
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Win Tickets to the Cinco de Mayo Party at LSA: Festival de Banderas! All day party with live music!
We want to give you tickets to the biggest Cinco party in town. Read on…
What are you doing for the Cinco?
Hacienda
There’s lots of fun shit going on this Saturday in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. We’ve started a short list for you, which can be found in this week’s ‘Our Picks’ section.
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Listen-up, Nerds: The Avengers debuts tonight!
And, here’s a look at the old-school version.
It’s finally happening. The Avengers is coming out at midnight.
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Crescent Kidnapping Update; Suspect Shot in Head
Apparently the kidnapping suspect who held is ex-girlfriend at knife point during hostage negotiations with OSP at a Crescent Lake cabin is not only crazy, he’s also luckier than a rabbit’s foot.
According an OSP news release, Alberto Quiroz Martinez received a “non-lethal” wound to the head when he burst out of the cabin where he had been holed up for hours while police tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a surrender.
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Get your election on!: Our endorsements go down smooth
Prepare yourself for this year’s ballots and let us guide you along the way.
Here's what you need to do. Sit yourself down with your ballot, smack down your best shot glass and prepare to sample what we're offering up in the 2012 Cinco De Mayo Election Guide. From the top shelf to the it's-gonna-hurt-in-the-morning, here's our best bets for the 2012 primary election. Ole!
Chris Telfer for State Senate
This race is one of the most interesting around here in recent times, and your vote will be about more than which of these two candidates you prefer, but also what brand of politics we should be practicing in this country.
