Last week, the author of the recently-released book, “Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon,” Eli Boschetto, rolled into Bend for a talk at Roundabout Books. The book is one of several installments broken down by location (Oregon, Washington, etc.), with book sections further broken into “manageable sections” that people can do in a few days […]
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Source Suggests: Adventure Journal Quarterly
Before you stroll the streets on First Fridays in downtown Bend, check out this monthly review featuring reading recommendations courtesy of the Source and Dudley’s Bookshop Café. Then head down to the shop for a discount! For those of you who don’t remember “National Geographic Adventure Magazine,” (RIP 1999-2009), it was the pinnacle of outdoor […]
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Book Talk: A Tale of Two Shepards
Before you stroll the streets on First Fridays in downtown Bend, check out this monthly review (or in this case, reviews plural) featuring reading recommendations courtesy of the Source and Dudley’s Bookshop Café. Then head down to the shop for a discount on the books! “The One Inside” by Sam Shepard “Vicious cold again. Blue […]
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BOOK TALK: Activism Talks
Ready for some civil disobedience, but need guidance on how to get started? Here are five books to get you going—no matter what your politics. “The Activist’s Handbook: Winning Social Change In The 21st Century (2nd ed.)” by Randy Shaw “A Field Guide To Lies: Critical Thinking In The Information Age” by Daniel Levitin “Hope […]
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“The Bear and the Nightingale”
Editor’s Note: Before you stroll the streets on First Fridays in downtown Bend, check out this monthly review, featuring a reading recommendation courtesy of the Source and Dudley’s Bookshop Café. Then head down to the shop for a discount on the book! If I can convince you to pick up a copy of Katherine Arden’s […]
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Book Talk: Sexy Times With Four Romance Novelists
So much romance, so little time…
Contemporary romance author Kate Curran, USA Today bestselling romantic comedy author Tawna Fenske, New York Times bestselling romance author Marie Harte and mystery and western romance author Paty Jager have all been novelists for quite some time. One of the authors, Tawna Fenske, is a Bend local and a USA Today bestselling author who writes […]
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Cozy Up with a Good Book: “A Novel Idea” gets everyone on the same page
Need a good read to cuddle up with as the winter weather hits? For the 13th year in a row, the Deschutes Public Library Foundation is offering “A Novel Idea…Read Together,” the program based on a single book, designed to bring residents together for an ongoing cultural learning experience. On Dec. 2, the foundation will […]
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Book Talk: A Children’s Guide to the Death of a Pet
“A Cat Named Clyde”
“A Cat Named Clyde” is a locally written and illustrated children’s book that does for grieving kids what “Inside Out” did for those with trouble expressing emotions. Honestly, a few pages into it, I got a bit misty myself, as Ellen Shelton’s rhyming couplets tell the whole story of Clyde as he decomposes and becomes […]
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“Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask”
Book by By Dr. Anton Treuer
At a time when Native American rights are being trampled on even as I write this, Dr. Anton Treuer’s presentation is more important than ever. His book, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask,” focuses on helping redefine how Americans view Native American culture in 2015. We had a chance […]
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“American Dreamscapes”
Source Weekly Sits down with local photographer Christian Heeb
Photographer Christian Heeb’s new collection, “American Dreamscapes,” explores the beautiful, darker side of America during the 1950s.
