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Magic Realism Grows by Leaps and Bounds

Author! Author! welcomes with Alice Hoffman
Sherron Lumley

The final award-winning literary artist featured in the 2015/16 Author! Author! series is New York Times best-selling author Alice Hoffman, who will speak Thursday, May 26 at Bend High at 7 p.m. The series began in October and included non-fiction, creative fiction, historical fiction and memoir authors, starting with Timothy Egan, 61, a Pulitzer Prize-winning […]

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By the Books

Social worker connects library patrons with resources
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Libraries have always been home to me. The fact that a giant building filled with stories, fictional and otherwise, is there, ready to be taken home at zero cost, has always struck me as something downright beautiful. Because libraries are also comfortable and warm places, they can also bring folks who have nowhere else to […]

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Listen Local

Giving music lovers access to the local music scene
Hayley Jo Murphy

Expanding its expansive list of services, the Deschutes Public Library now offers Listen Local, a library-hosted website that is dedicated to connecting the community to local musicians. This music site allows library cardholders to download music from local bands and musicians completely free of charge. Deschutes Public Library created this free service to add to […]

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Happily Never After?

Bend poets explore “fractured” fairy tales and Myths
Christie Hinrichs

What’s the big deal about fairy tales? In recent years the onslaught of princesses, wicked witches and big bad wolves in pop culture has overwhelmed TV and book markets, stacking up other-worldly entertainment to audiences of all ages. With serial television offerings like “Once Upon A Time,” “Grimm,” and “Sleepy Hollow,” joining countless film releases […]

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PICK: Beetlejuice!

Avatar photo Brianna Brey

wednesday 15 Beetlejuice FILM—Flashback to 1988, baby Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton—the ghost with the most—are sure to put hilariously pinstriped fright in your October night. One installation of the Deschutes Public Library’s Frightful Films series at Tin Pan Theater. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice…we dare you. 6 pm. Tin Pan Theater, 869 NW Tin Pan Alley. Free. 

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TONIGHT! Fall Fiction Media Salon

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Tonight the Source celebrates two things we love, writing and beer, with the revival of our Media Salons—monthly think & drink events highlighting an interesting topic from a recent issue—at Broken Top Bottle Shop. Join us at 7 pm on Monday, October 6. The Source Weekly’s editor, Phil Busse, will conduct an informal, Oprah-style Q&A […]

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PICK: Know Local Authors

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sunday 10 Know Local Authors WORDS—As part of its Second Sunday series, the Deschutes Public Library presents Central Oregon writers for a meet-and-great. Among the local literary luminaries are Dave Edlund (author of alternative energy thriller “Crossing Savage”), Sisters poet Marean Jordan, and award-winning children’s author Kai Strand. Authors will read from and discuss their […]

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Books of Bend

Read and meet local authors at the Deschutes Public Library
Christie Hinrichs

Jane Austen said that every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of spies. This week, a few literary “spies” will gather at the Deschutes Public Library to celebrate the fiction and nonfiction written in and around Central Oregon. With material ranging from post-apocalyptic fiction to naughty romance to small town memoir, there’s something for everyone […]

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NOW Closed

Nature of Words to hand programing over to the Deschutes Public Library
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

It’s a sad day for literary arts in Central Oregon. After nearly 10 years of offering creative writing programs, bringing renowned authors to its annual literary festival and working tirelessly to strengthen local literary arts and humanities, Nature of Words has announced it will shut down at the end of this programing cycle with no […]

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Pixels vs. Pages

How to grow a reader
Christie Hinrichs

It’s bedtime and my 5-year-old son Gus is searching for his favorite book. Our nighttime ritual, prompted by the scores of parenting manuals I read when he was just a baby, is our favorite time of the day. I’ve learned from both experts and experience that developing a love of reading is an important aspect […]

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