friday 5 Beard & Mustache Contest COMPETION—The second year of this annual event, as well as the first of Deschutes back alley parties. Expect some summer beers, a barbecue, and dancing to the Boxcar Stringband. With five categories—full beard, moustache, partial beard, freestyle, and the beer stache foam competition—there is something for everyone, as long […]
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Interview: Comedian Ian Harvie Talks About His Big TV Break
Ian Harvie has made a name for himself as the first openly transgender comedian, but he’s not just riding on the coattails of novelty. He has toured with comedy icon Margaret Cho, hosts a live comedy show with high-profile celebrity guests like Jane Lynch and Alan Cumming, and he even nabbed a small role on […]
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An Open Book
Comedian Ian Harvie and his raw comedy
Ian Harvie was just a regular 30-something guy, working as a web developer in Portland, Maine, when an unexpected piece of mail dramatically changed the course of his life. The postcard for a standup comedy-writing workshop set Harvie on a path that would take him to the stage and the screen with some of the […]
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Ralphie May talks about the man behind the comedy routine
I chatted with stand-up comic Ralphie May—former runner-up on “Last Comic Standing”—in advance of his show in Bend. Here is the complete transcript of that conversation. May performs tonight at the Tower Theatre. Source Weekly: You’re 17 and you win a contest to open for Sam Kinison- super exciting or pants-shitting nervousness? Ralphie May: Uh, […]
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Second-to-Last Comic Standing
Ralphie May talks Kinison, cocaine and the end of the world
Ralphie May walks between the raindrops. Some critics think he’s racist, sexist and likes using the word “retard” a little too much. But the man who came just short of winning the first season of “Last Comic Standing” lives a blessed life with a beautiful wife, two gorgeous kids and his own damned bus to […]
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TGIF 11/21: What to do This Weekend #inBend
Here are our picks for the weekend in Bend, have a good one all you nine-to-fivers! friday 21 Champagne Charlie MUSIC—Colorado-based Champagne Charlie is a musical trifecta—Dixie band trumpets, Big Band boisterous and the fighting spirit (not to mention standup bass) of the Stray Cats. And Ryan “Peepers” King’s voice? That voice! A froggy and […]
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Neigh-Bros
Mediocrity at its most affable in Neighbors
“Just because we have a house and a baby doesn’t mean we’re old people,” Seth Rogen muses at the beginning of Neighbors. He’s delusional, of course—it totally does—and the gods aren’t about to let hubris of that magnitude slide. Zeus snaps his fingers and a frat house appears next door to Rogen’s adorable new home. […]
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FREE Tickets to Start Laughing Comedy Show
We’ve got two tickets to tonight’s Start Laughing comedy benefit at the Tower Theatre and we want to give them to you! The show is a benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon and includes admission to a VIP reception pre-show at Umpqua Bank and a post-show party at 5 Fusion which will […]
