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Picks of the Week: August 9-16

Bend Brewfest, Stars Over Newberry, Flashback Cruz, Haulin’ Aspen and more

Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 Bend Brewfest BEER! โ€” This family-friendly annual event celebrates all that is brewed and fermented. Head down to the Amphitheater for 200+ craft beers, wines and cidersโ€”and if you hang out late, get ready to dance off all of those calories you just took in with a DJ playing your […]

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Show Preview: Louie Anderson 4/1

For more then 30 years and counting, Louie Anderson’s unique sense of humor has earned him not only the title of a two-time Emmy award winner, but a best selling author, desired actor and “One of the 100 Greatest Stand-Up-Comedians of All Time,” by Comedy Central. Being one of 11 children, Louie used and channeled […]

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More than Jesters

Nathan Brannon is a comic on the rise

There are a lot of bad stand-up comedians. The ones who get the HBO Specials and Comedy Central shows are usually funny enough to make it through the local, regional and national gauntlet intact, so the chaff has mostly been separated. For every Louis C.K, Mitch Hedberg, Hannibal Buress, Bill Hicks or Richard Pryor, there […]

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Stand-Up Drama

No, seriously…you can launch an actual comedy career right here. This guy’s doing it right now.

You can’t see a thing. That’s your first thought. The second involves bolting for the door. Congratulations! You’re Bend’s newest stand-up comic, onstage for the first time ever, staring into a blinding spotlight aimed squarely at your optic nerve. The all-important microphone’s just inches away. If only you had some water or beer or anything […]

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Our Picks 12/17-12/25

thursday 18 Holiday Singalong MUSIC—Sisters Folk Festival presents a holiday singalong, preceded by a ukulele workshop. Musicians Victor Johnson and Kerry Williams will present “Easy as 1-2-3” to those of all ages interested in accompanying the non-denominational caroling on ukulele. The Belfry provides the venues and the libations while community members bring the tunes. 5 […]

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