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Fireside Audiobox Launches on Kickstarter to Light your Music on Fire

Grey Street Design, the company behind the innovative home audio system,aims to raise $35,000 to begin production and distribution
Hayley Jo Murphy

BEND, Ore.—Grey Street Design announced the start of its Kickstarter campaign to introduce the Fireside Audiobox, an innovative home audio system that puts a mesmerizing new spin on the music-listening experience. The Fireside Audiobox combines classic mid-century modern design with standing wave principles, featuring real flames that playfully react and respond to your music’s sound […]

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Letters 8/3-8/10

The Source Staff

Bulletin Editorial In an editorial written several weeks ago, the Bulletin wrote that if individuals wanted to save Troy Field, they should raise the money and pay the school district for it, the rational being that school district had an obligation to raise funds for more schools. More recently, the Bulletin wrote that the Bend […]

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Experience Mid-Century Camping Firsthand

Classic Vintage Trailer Rally draws thousands
Annette Benedetti

No one can argue that camping isn’t what it used to be. Today’s RVs and travel trailers come equipped with the same conveniences found in a small home, and outings often consist of listening to the wild animals howl just outside the window while watching Netflix from the comfort of a cozy couch. This August, […]

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Keeping it Real

Sister Carol converts the masses
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Sister Carol has been making reggae music longer than I have been alive, and her message is only getting stronger. Born in Denham Town in West Kingston, Jamaica, she immigrated to Brooklyn when she was 14. Her father was an engineer with Radio Jamaica, so music was in her blood for as long as she […]

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Mozart in the Desert

Sunriver Music Festival presents its 39th season
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

The Sunriver Music Festival is so much more than a gathering of local musicians for a few days of fun, sun, and strumming. Professional musicians are handpicked from around the country and brought to Central Oregon for 12 days of some of the finest classical music in the nation. From classical guitar concerts to full […]

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In It Together

Spearhead’s new album combines the talents of new producers
Alan Sculley

Michael Franti has a discography that numbers nine studio albums with his current band, Spearhead, as well as one album with his first group, the Beatnigs, and a pair of titles with the influential group that preceded his solo career, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. But he’s never had a recording experience quite like the […]

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Chris Cole’s Kinetic Sculptures

The evolution of an artist
Annette Benedetti

Chris Cole’s kinetic sculptures are fantastic mechanical creatures that capture the imagination with their beauty and movement. If you have had the pleasure of seeing one, chances are you were left wondering how they were made. There is a relatively simple answer to that question that involves bike and motorcycle parts, and welding and painting, […]

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