Noteworthy banjo and guitar virtuoso Danny Barnes is picking and grinning tonight at McMenamins. A number of big names in the music world count Barnes as a significant influence, including Phish’s Mike Gordon and one-man-band Keller Williams.
News
Chainbreaker added to permanent Deschutes lineup
The six core beers in the Deschutes Brewery lineup are members of a prestigious club. In the microbrew world they’re icons.
The Best Of What’s Next: Electric Guest
Do you like Fitz & The Tantrums? Are you into Broken Bells? How about Prince fans? Any of you out there? If you like where this is going so far.
Lust List: Hottest Yoga Instructor
As loyal Source readers know, we’re looking for nominations to help us put together this year’s Lust List, the Source’s annual list of Central Oregon’s hottest hotties and best bodies and straight-up beefcake. We’ll be asking Source readers for nominations across a number of categories.
Watch the 2012 State of the Union Online
President Obama lays out his goals for the remainder of his term. Watch it live at WhiteHouse.
Living History: A Conversation with 1961 freedom riders, tonight
If you missed COCC’s screening of Freedom Riders, don’t miss tonight’s talk by two people who were on the scene in 1961, risking their safety in the name of nonviolence and equal rights (by the way, you can still catch Freedom Riders on Thursday, Jan. 26 at COCC Madras Campus, room 116, from 4:30-6:30pm p.
(Deschutes) Beer Is Back!
Acting on anonymous tip that the Bond Street location had re-openend, MicroCosmos made our way down to the Deschutes Brewery for a late lunch today and discovered a bigger bolder pub in place of our longtime watering hole. The brewery has yet to formally announce its grand re-opening, look for that later this week, so the crowd was light, allowing MicroCosmos to survey the new digs and snap a few photos before diving into a Reuben.
Winter Rules
This is your weekend perspective writer, Mr. Pumped McPositive.
Avalanches reported in CO backcountry
Oh, how the backcountry beckons after such a storm at this. But beware: these are perfect avalanche conditions and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office strongly recommends avoiding all backcountry trails.
Radical Band Tonight: Animal Eyes play the The Horned Hand. Cheap!
So it’s shitty outside, so what? Actually, it’s not that bad today .

