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Finding the Will to Live

For one Eugene-based comedian, speaking out about suicide led to a book dedicated to men’s mental health
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

In the U.S., one person dies by suicide every 11 minutes, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Frank King, “The Mental Health Comedian,” has been familiar with suicide from an early age, having found his great-aunt after she killed herself when he was just four years old. Later, when he filed for bankruptcy […]

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May the Source Be With You

July Edition
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Holy heck, everyone! We’re right in the middle of it now. Summer is here, with her arms blissfully stretched out, cracking her back and, I dunno, maybe playing some cornhole while eating a brat and sipping a honey-colored microbrew. That sounds like what she’d do. And you too, maybe! But when you’re not doing that, […]

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Weekend Warrior: April 12-14

Supporting good causes while having fun
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

It’s that time of the week again – where you start to ask yourself, “what am I going to do this weekend?” Sometimes our brains don’t have enough power left to even begin to think about making plans. Well, that’s where we come in. Here’s a bit of what’s going on the next few days […]

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Weekend Warrior: New Year, New Activities

Put on your pajamas and dancing shoes
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

The first full week of the year is almost over! But that also means the first weekend is about to start! With so many options out there, why not start out doing something different in 2019? Here’s a little bit of what’s happening this weekend: Friday: Jones Road String Quartet More strings please!! The Jones […]

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Local Laughs

Central Oregon comedy scene on the rise
Avatar photo Keely Damara

There’s no shortage of open mics in Bend. If you want to get up on stage in front of a mic, it’s not hard to find a place to do so. “If I was in Portland to start comedy, I would want to move here to get good,” says local up-and-comer Cole Robeson. “Here you […]

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Show Preview: Louie Anderson 4/1

Zoe Sandvigen

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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Stand-Up Drama

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

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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Picks 10/21-10/28

Alison Wright

thursday 22 Alison Wright PRESENTATION—National Geographic Traveler of the Year is visiting to share her photos and insight on the work women are doing in developing countries. After surviving a deadly bus accident and undergoing 30 surgeries, the photojournalist traveled back to the village three years later to deliver medical equipment to the doctors who […]

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Really Good Luck

Comedienne April Richardson comes to Bend
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

April Richardson is damned funny. She has been bitingly funny on Chelsea Lately, matched wits with the best on @Midnight, and has the delightful podcast, Go Bayside, which focuses on her watching an episode of “Saved By The Bell” every week with comedians like Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, the dearly departed Harris Wittels, Moshe […]

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