Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: Over the River and Through the Woods at 2nd Street Theater

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Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: Over the River and Through the Woods at 2nd Street Theater

Mike Bookey

I’ve fallen and I can’t find my grandparents. Oh wait, there they are.In Italian, the expression "Tengo Famiglia" means more than just its
literal translation of "I hold family." The expression, as writer Joe
DiPietro (author of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) shows
throughout the production, is more about putting your family first.
Even though DiPietro's play focuses on an Italian-American family
living in Hoboken, New Jersey, the overall theme of the play transcends
cultural boundaries and appeals to the audience. The cast and crew at
2nd Street Theater give this heartwarming comedy about family, food and
faith legs and the story itself does the rest.

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Weekend Warrior!

The Source Staff

Friday Night 11/21:

Will Durst at the Tower Theatre
Yeah, yeah, don't give me any more BS about how you're so "worn out" by this year's election to talk about or hear anything about politics. Get yourself to the Tower Theatre tonight and take in the political hilarity of self-described "raging moderate" Will Durst.

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The Real Campaign Starts Now

Mike Bookey

For new Oregon State head basketball coach Craig Robinson, helping his
brother-in-law win the presidency of the United States is going to seem
like a piece of cake compared to trying to win a Pac 10 conference
basketball game this season - let alone a championship.

Robinson -
Michelle Obama's brother - inherited a team that went 0-18 in
conference play last season and won only six of the 31 games it played.
Unfortunately for the Beavers last year, they weren't able to give a
concession speech mid-way through the season when they realized the
race was over.

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Winter butterflies?: Warm days, more butterflies

Jim Anderson

"Mr. Anderson," my caller said last Wednesday afternoon. "I have a
mystery. What in the world is going on with the butterflies? I smashed
a beautiful orange and brown one on my windshield this afternoon - I
didn't think I'd ever see a butterfly fluttering about in November! Is
this the result of global warming, or what?"

That same day, driving
home from Sisters on Highway 20, I had the very same thing happen near
the 8-mile post. It was unavoidable, but it still saddened me. Killing
animals with my motor vehicle is something I try diligently to avoid,
but traveling along at 55 mph on a collision course with a butterfly is
not like avoiding a mule deer or elk. I saw and heard it hit the
windshield and then in a horror of horrors, it caught under my
windshield wiper right in front of my eyes and stuck there all the way
home.

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Adventure Racers Are My Weakness: Words and whitewater, grammar and granny gears

Pam Stevenson

Ahhhh, a two-hour trail run along the Metolius, a campfire, a mug of hot chocolate, a good book and a great dog.I first came across Pam Houston's colorful stories of adventure and
travel in magazines and more recently I read the book that won her
fame, Cowboys Are My Weakness. Last week, she visited Bend as one of
the guest authors for the Nature of Words and I wrangled my way into
her writing workshop. Pam, a single 46-year-old woman, has a house in
Colorado, teaches at a university, loves dogs and takes inspiration
from the outdoors for her writing. That sentence describes Pam Houston,
but applies equally to me, so you can understand why I sensed a kindred
spirit when I met her.

Hopefully, some of her words of wisdom
rubbed off on me to your benefit as a reader of this column.
Unfortunately, "Adventure Racers are My Weakness" just doesn't seem to
have quite the right literary ring to it to match her standards. I'll
keep working on it.

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Martini Man: 007 adapts nicely in Quantum

Shawn Wallbaum

A bitter, badder Bond. Ever since GoldenEye 64 was released on the Nintendo 64 there have been
many 007 games that try to emulate the classic. The latest is Quantum
of Solace, a first-person shooter based on the new James Bond movie.
The story follows super spy James Bond (Daniel Craig) and touches on
the events that take place from the previous Bond movie, Casino Royale,
and up through Quantum of Solace.
Quantum is a first-person shooter
that lets you switch to a third-person view. The game play doesn't pull
any punches. And from the first level forward, this game is in
overdrive with bullets flying all around you. The first part of the
game feels like it would fit on one of the final levels, so there is no
slowing down. At such a fast pace the levels seem to pass quickly.

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Our Picks for the Week of 11/19-11/27

The Source Staff

The Sofa Kings
friday 21
You've likely seen MC Mystic behind
the turntables as well as the microphone, but most don't know the dude
can also play the drums like nobody's business. He'll show off his
beatkeeping prowess with this new band, the Sofa Kings, the
female-fronted outfit that's debuting at the newly reopened Pyro Lounge
at the Old Mill Martini Bar. That's a pretty clever name for a venue
that was closed due to a fire not too long ago. 9pm. Pyro Lounge at The
Old Mill Martini Bar, 360 SW Powerhouse Dr.
Will Durst
friday 21
If
you didn't laugh enough during the past election, check out Durst's
bipartisan take on political hilarity. Check out the Culture section
for more info. 21 and over. 8pm. $25/advance, $28/door. Tower Theatre,
835 NW Wall St., 317-0700.
 

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