It Takes a Village: Reed Thomas Lawrence and other regional musicians play for Haiti

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It Takes a Village: Reed Thomas Lawrence and other regional musicians play for Haiti

Mike Bookey

The last time we wrote about a benefit concert for Haiti (Rise Up International's event at the Domino Room), there were predictions that news about the impoverished country and the devastating earthquake that killed so many of its citizens would soon vanish from the headlines. At that time, just a few weeks after the January quake, this didn't seem possible. But just this has happened – Haiti isn't in the regular news cycle that anymore.
In Bend, there have been continuing efforts and special events to raise relief money for the country and its people, but it seems even talk of those efforts has quieted down. This is all changing this week, however, with perhaps the largest-scale Haiti relief event coming to Bend on Friday, the Bend for Haiti benefit at the Tower Theatre.

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Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose: Bridge Carols

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Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose
Bridge Carols
Halocene Music

The newest offering from beloved Portland folkie, Laura Gibson, is a kooky but refreshing little record. Gibson, a warbling, marbly mouthed singer, breaks with her usual style by pairing up with instrumentalist Ethan Rose on Bridge Carols, an album of seven strange and simple songs. For the most part, Gibson's vocals are front and center here, with Rose weaving a tapestry of quiet plinks, placid drones and gentle static behind her. As a lyricist, Gibson keeps things simple and stark.

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Our Picks for 3/17 – 3/25: Bend for Haiti Concert, Renegade Rollergirls, Irish Rovers, John Cruz and more

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More Bars In More Places Tour
thursday 18
This hip-hop and DJ tour features some big names in the indie game, including Knobody (or Hieroglyphics fame), Germane, The Tones, Dice, DJ Caput live, as well as local rap stalwarts Cloaked Characters. It's going down in The Annex, perhaps one of the most underutilized yet classy local venues that should nicely accommodate this quality hip-hop showcase. $5. 21+. 8pm. The Annex, 51 NW Greenwood Ave.
Something To Sleep On: Jo Lundberg Art Show
friday 19
Local artist Jo Lundberg displays all her zany new work, including large-scale oil paintings at this art show, which also features one of Bend's most intriguing new bands, Yenn. These psychedelic rockers blend a bubbly sixties-ish brand of pop and finish it with a headphones-friendly production sheen – but live they bring a party to its feet. Doors open at 6pm. Poethouse Art, 55 NW Minnesota Ave.

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The Golden Road: Skyliners Road is the Main Street of Bike Town USA – and the epicenter of conflict

Mike Bookey

There's a push to turn Bend into something called Bike Town USA. And that's not a clever contrivance on the part of the media. Visit Bend, the regional tourism bureau, came up with this name and they plan to make good on the designation, continuing to bring high-profile cycling events to the city this year and beyond to maintain and build upon the momentum provided by the December's Cyclocross National Championships.
There are more cycling events coming to Bend, in addition to the other popular races, like the Cascade Cycling Classic, that have already become mainstays in the area. They might be onto something with this Bike Town USA stuff, but lately the focus of the cycling community hasn't been on these new events, but rather on Skyliners Road.

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The U of O Jailbirds

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A year ago, Jeremiah Masoli was considered a likely candidate to win the Heisman Trophy. Today he looks more like a candidate for an orange jumpsuit.
The Oregon Ducks star quarterback, who led the team to the Rose Bowl in 2010, has been suspended for the upcoming season after pleading guilty to burglary charges in connection with the theft of items from a fraternity house.
The Masoli case was just the capper on a long and ugly series of criminal misdeeds by U of O football players over the past three months. Since the Rose Bowl, nine of them have been charged with offenses ranging from DUI to burglary and assault.

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Move Over Rover: Turd Blossom on Palin, Russia invades and the Vikings get sacked

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The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from Dick Vitale's brain, finishing a bracket with Hoyas, Orangemen, Mountaineers and Cardinals in the Final Four (“All Big East BABY!”) on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
Texas has Textbooks?
The Alamo didn't involve Mexicans, Ross Perot and Ralph Nader never existed, and the Civil Rights Movement created “unrealistic expectations of equal outcomes” among minorities, according to new textbooks from the Texas State Board of Education. In addition to exporting lousy presidents, Texas is also a major buyer of textbooks so most schools may be using these “edited” materials.
“I think the Left has a real problem seeing their own bias,” said Dr. (really a dentist) Don McLeroy, one of the conservative members dominating the board and demanding a full revision of history. Ronald Reagan not only overthrew the Soviet Union single-handedly, but also cured cancer while wrestling Bigfoot, and “free enterprise” (capitalism is suddenly a bad word among conservatives) makes everyone rich. Five members of the Board are minorities, all of whom will be deported once these books come out, with Mavis Knight of Dallas leading the lackluster opposition saying, “I cannot go back to my community and say I participated in perpetrating this fraud on the students.”

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Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven Wilderness Proposals Are A Win-Win

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When Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden introduced the Horse Heaven and Cathedral Rock Wilderness Act into Congress, they were responding to the widespread public support for protecting these two areas. This includes the support from a diverse group of stakeholders including the Northwest Rafters Association, the Redmond Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association, county governments, the neighboring landowners and numerous conservation organizations. With the increasingly partisan nature of politics these days, it must be refreshing for our members of Congress to see disparate parties come to the table with an idea that solves multiple problems for diverse stakeholders and creates a new wilderness area in the process.

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Kick The Tobacco Ad Habit

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Words cannot express our disappointment at seeing the full-page ad for Camel tobacco in the March 11 issue of The Source Weekly. Whatever money has been paid to you to display this ad cannot cover over the stain on an otherwise fine publication. Consider the damage done to individuals, families and whole societies by the tobacco industry. Ponder the misery and death resulting from their addictive products, whether smoked or smokeless.
We recognize that turning away R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company might not be an easy decision, considering the kind of money they are able to pay for a page in your paper. We have enjoyed reading The Source Weekly for free since you began publication, but starting today we can pay our share to convince you to send Camel and its ilk packing. We are sending $75, your annual subscription charge, and we encourage every other reader who cares about the health of our community to do the same. It will be a bargain.

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Equal Rights And Gay Rights

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How would you feel if your Constitutional rights had not been granted to you for 142 years? If you had been ridiculed, spat upon, beaten, even murdered. If you were discriminated against in housing, the work place, and places like restaurants. If you were told you were “evil” and “a sinner” in the eyes of religious sorts. If every time you risked a try for your rights you were put down and told implicitly that you were second-class citizens? One-hundred forty-two years ago is when Amendment 14 became part of the U.S. Constitution (1868). Sec. 1 states: “nor deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.”

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