thursday 7 Shook Twins MUSIC—Too sexy and smirky-snarky to be earnest folk singers, and too cute and full of sunshine for a full-court press of Goth music, the Shook Twins are crafting their own style—compositions with warbling guitars, plucky banjos and increasingly complex harmonization. Second to last Munch and Music for the season. 5:30 pm. […]
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Our Picks 7/31-8/7
thursday 31 Josh Turner COUNTRY—If we were crude, we’d call this country crooner a panty-dropper. Instead, let’s just say that his rich, bass vocals and handsome mug have a way of raising the hairs on the back of your neck. When the Nashville-born singer tells you “Everything is Fine,” you’re inclined to believe him. 6 […]
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Our Picks 7/24-7/31
friday 25 Quasar Wut-Wut with The General SILENT MOVIES—A vaudevillian and stuntman, Buster Keaton nearly singlehandedly carried American cinema through its first decade, as one of the 1920’s biggest—and most engaging—movie stars. With more physical comedy in his pinkie than an entire Jim Carrey skit, Keaton really kicked silent cinematic butt in his 1926 The […]
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Our Picks 7/17-7/24
thursday 17 Ringo Starr LEGEND—Fifty years after the Beatles re-invented what it meant to be a rock-and-roll band, Ringo Starr has emerged as the least likely of the Fab Four to be the most relevant and enduring musician of the group; yet there he is, still more a band member than a front man, but […]
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Our Picks 7/10-7/17
thursday 10 Munch and Music FREE CONCERT—The Portland-based string-infused quartet Fruition, comprised of whiskey drinking vagabonds, brings its bluegrass America to Bend for the first Munch and Music of its 24th season. Local food and drink vendors satisfy the crowd’s physical appetites while the band meets their aural needs.5:30 pm. Drake Park. Free. friday 11 […]
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Picks 7/2-7/10
thursday 3 Steely Dan STONER MUSIC—Throughout the early and mid ’70s, Steely Dan found the perfect easy-going vibe for a paradoxical era, a confusing yet oddly laidback time. Forty years later, the band still smoothly blends urban funkiness with crunchy guitar chords, smooth jazz piano and languid cymbals with no-nonsense, street talking, storytelling lyrics. (And, […]
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Our Picks 6/26-7/2
thursday 26 Leftover Salmon JAM—A pillar of the jam band scene and architects of the jam grass genre, Leftover Salmon’s 25 years of rootsy Americana, string-based music is the perfect sort of thing to sway to after a day outside. As part of the Subaru of Bend Outside Games, Leftover Salmon helps celebrate being out […]
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Our Picks 6/19-6/26
thursday 19 Peak Summer Nights JAZZY—Get up close and personal at the Bend Athletic Club courtyard with foursome Medski, Scofield, Martin & Wood while they perform their genre-bending jams influenced by jazz, funk and “avant-noise,” among other musical currents. The band produces danceable beats built on improvisation—a perfect soundtrack to a summer evening. 5:30 pm. […]
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Our Picks 6/12-6/19
friday 13 Sisters Rodeo RODEO—Sisters is celebrating its 74th annual rodeo, AKA “The Biggest Little Show in the World.” From Xtreme Bulls and rodeo clowns to wild mustangs and bareback riding champions, this event is the epitome of the Wild West Show. Celebrations continue all weekend and include a parade, a buckaroo breakfast and live […]
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Our Picks 6/5-6/12
thursday 5 Beer Pong BEER PONG—It is such a relatively simple game (toss a small white ball into a beer cup), but somehow so, so, so entrancing. A 2007 Gallup Poll discovered that beer pong actually contributes to a 27 percent reduction in annual productivity at American colleges! And now it is here to drain […]
