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‘La Cage’ Promises Glitz, Glamour… and Humanity

Theater in the Park returns with full-scale “La Cage aux Folles,” centered around a drag queen club
Elizabeth Warnimont

Bend’s Summit Express Jazz Band had to call in reinforcements to provide a complete complement for “La Cage aux Folles,” an extravagant musical appearing in Bend’s Drake Park Friday and Saturday. The Theater in the Park production pulls out all the stops: extravagant costumes, makeup, lights, sound and innovation to present the glamour-and-glitz-coated treatise on […]

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Out of the Closet, Into the Park

Bend celebrates 10th annual LGBT Pride
Avatar photo Erin Rook

In 2005, about a dozen people gathered at McKay Park for the first ever LGBT Pride celebration in Bend. It was a modest affair—more family picnic than public spectacle. But a first step, none the less. Members of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community were just starting to step out of their roomy, […]

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Central Oregon Gets Gay for Pride Week

Avatar photo Erin Rook

Central Oregon’s LGBT Pride Week kicked off Sunday with a BBQ and picnic in Farewell Bend Park and continues tonight with events for all ages and inclinations. Here’s the rundown of all the ways to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Central Oregon Pride (as well as the Bend’s non-discrimination ordinance) and the 45th anniversary of […]

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