Summer Events Guide
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More Fairs Than You Can Shake a Hot Dog on a Stick At

Regional fairs and arts events keep summer busy
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June 20 Central Oregon Pride 2015 Bend isn’t topping any lists of “Gayest Cities” anytime soon, but the small community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender folks and their friends pools its time, energy, and resources to create a vibrant annual Pride celebration, complete with popular local and regional musical acts, vendors selling all things […]

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Summer Events Guide

A selection of the season’s hottest events
The Source Staff

On June 21, the sun will rise at 5:21 am and set at 8:51 pm, the so-called longest day of the year. But really? It is just 24 hours like every other day; the same length of time and the same rotation around its axis as a gray, rainy day in November. Summer, though, just […]

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Taking a Bite Out of Summer

A bushel full of food-related events
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June 19 – 21 Bite of Bend While Bend not uncommonly finds itself on Top 10-style lists for outdoor recreation and craft brewing, the local food scene has also been profiled in national publications. (Remember when the New York Times discovered The Lot?) And that attention is well-deserved. Bend’s food scene deftly bridges fine dining […]

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All the Summer is a Stage

Film and stage events to keep summer cool
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The idea of the drive-in movie theater is an icon intertwined with the nostalgia of the 1950s. By 1954, there were some 4,000 drive-ins in America, which accounted for roughly one-quarter of all movie theaters in the country. But throughout the ’80s and ’90s, many of those drive-in theaters closed, in no small part due […]

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Spinning Wheels

Staying active in Central Oregon’s summer isn’t tough
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Some people get their thrills by racing down hills and around corners at high speeds. The rest just get as close to the action as they can and enjoy vicarious adventure. But it’s not every event that balances breakneck athleticism with front-row seat spectator opportunities. The Annual Cascade Cycling Classic is one of those rare […]

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Awash in Beer Events

The Source Staff

Thursday, June 19 Fermentation Celebration Imagine the joy of the first discovery that a long forgotten beverage actually can actually get better with age. Channel that thrill of discovery with hundreds of your closest friends (because who isn’t a friend once you’ve had a couple?) at the Fermentation Celebration. Give thanks for the abundance that […]

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Walking on Water

Stand-up paddle boarding graduates from leisurely to legit
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One by one, novice stand-up paddle boarders ease their boards onto the chilly Deschutes River. “If you’re going to try to stand up, you want to do it here or wait until you’re further up the river,” Sue Fox shouts from the water’s edge. She’s leading a group of newbies through a two-hour introductory class. […]

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Out of the Hammock and onto the Trails

A sampling of outdoor events
The Source Staff

Wednesday, June 25 (last Wednesdays, monthly through September) Pickin’ & Paddlin’ The ultimate Wednesday summer evening. Seriously. Other towns dream of this sort of event: Free demos of kayaks and watercraft at an easy-flowing river just a stone’s throw away, and fun-spirited Americana bands (starting with fast-picking quartet of The Blackberry Bushes) starting in the […]

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Home is Where the Art Is

Gavin Douglas returns to Bend for Summer Shakespeare
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Bend native Gavin Douglas is an actor. A real one. The kind of actor that does not remember why he wanted to act in the first place because it’s what he has always done for as long as he can remember. “I did a play in kindergarten, and then did one every year because it […]

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Fields of Fabric

Art quilts capture tangible landscapes
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Quilts are generally considered more of a craft than an art. But local quilters like Sheila Finzer are working to change that perception. “Most people think it’s your grand- mother’s quilt,” she says, “but it’s not.” She continues, “I started out making traditional bed quilts like most people start out with, but over the years […]

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