Halloween festivities are ramping up, despite COVID-19 restrictions, and amid this wild year, Venardos Circus is offering some live entertainment. Its โSpooky Spectacularโ show in Redmond happens throughout the last week-end of October.
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Eat, Drink and Be Scary
It’s that magical time of year again; time for pumpkin-flavored everything, snuggling up by the fire and drunkenly stumbling through the streets of Bend, dressed like a taco. One of the most important decisions Central Oregonians must make during the month of October is which Halloween party to attend. There’s certainly no shortage of options. […]
From Costume-Less, to Costume-Best
It happens every year: October rolls around and you end up making last-minute Halloween plans. But not only did you forget about plans, you totally spaced the most important thingโa good costume. Again. If you’re reading this now and realize you still need to throw something together, don’t panic! There are plenty of easy, last […]
Scary Good
Sometimes it’s the soundtracks to horror movies that truly make them so scary.
The Source Weekly – Pet Costume Contest!
This year, the winner of our Pet Costume Contest will be featured in the Central Oregon Pets magazine, and will have a one-on-one portrait session with a local Bend artist.
The Shape of You
When I was in fifth grade, my mom got married to a man with two boysโone my own age and one several years older. We all moved to a big ranch house with a barn and an old Quonset hut filled with bits of scrap metal, broken records and cobwebs. My older step-brother moved out […]
Street Beat
There will be plenty of candy around this Halloween, but where are the best spots to Trick or Treat? We hit the streets of downtown Bend and asked local kids, who were eager to share their secrets. Sloan and Kellen Olson said, “The Old Mill! Riverfront and Federal!” You might see the pair on the streets […]
May the Source Be with You: Halloween edition
I have a bit of an obsession with the macabre year-round, so using Halloween as an excuse to talk about scary stuff is a bit disingenuous. Still, I’ll take what I can get. There are so many different sub-genres of horror that people with a deep aversion to, say, clowns, can avoid Pennywise and all of […]
Fascination with the Unknown
When Halloween falls in the middle of the week, like it does this year, it means Bend goes bigโexpanding the tricks and musical treats to the weekends both before and after the spookiest day of the year. This year, for those willing to brave the mid-week hangover, TAUK brings a rock-meets-funk fusion to Volcanic Theatre […]

