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Doing Dr. Pinckney Justice

COCC makes moves to rejuvenate the Pinckney Theater and arts on campus
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

Named for Dr. Orde Pinckney, a local theater staple and professor at Central Oregon Community College from 1955 to 1996, the Pinckney Center for the Performing Arts was, at one point, a cornerstone of Bend culture. The versatile theater hosted regular performances from the Magic Circle Dance Theater and COCC Theater Program through the late […]

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Propping up LOFT

Area teen shelter isn’t going anywhere
Avatar photo James Williams

Pat Gundy, operations manager at Living Options for Teens, wants people to know that at LOFT, the show is going on. This is big news considering the governmental screw-up that cost LOFT $200,000, or 75 percent of their annual budget. Gundy has been working double overtime, he says, to raise funds for the westside teen […]

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And Justice for All

How a shared space gave a needed boost to area advocacy groups
Avatar photo James Williams

Marrying a gay rights group with a local workers union makes total sense to Yaju Dharmarajah. Dharmarajah is one of the masterminds behind Central Oregon Social Justice Center, a new meeting area in downtown Bend that houses everyone from Human Dignity Coalition to United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 555 to immigration attorneys Hecht […]

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Religious Rider

Dennis Heater helped track a path to today’s singletrack
Taylor Roozen

In the late '70s Dennis Heater threw fat tires on an old single-speed road frame and, in doing so, created one of the world’s earliest mountain bikes. Off-road cycling became an immediate passion. Nearly a decade later, after years of racing and bicycle upgrades, he found himself in the middle of a 100-mile race with […]

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Music Discovery Guide Part II

Put some work into finding new tunes and you’ll be the coolest
Avatar photo Ethan Maffey

People love getting recommendations for cool new things. Increasing your clout among friends is as easy as turning them on to an awesome new restaurant, hot spot or electronic device. The same goes for passing along kickass music. That’s where our music discovery guide comes in. Anybody can turn on a radio station or Pandora […]

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On the Road with Woody

How a barrel became a local celebrity
Jake Williky

It’s the name of a cartoon woodpecker, a Pixar cowboy and a tune by Hootie and the Blowfish. But for at least two Deschutes Brewery employees the name Woody means only one thing—the 25-foot-long mobile beer barrel that serves as the friends’ second home. Last year Sean “Bubbles” McBride and Joey Pleich spent nearly 188 […]

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Backing out on Juvenile Justice

Adult jail crisis translates to watered-down youth detention program
Erin Foote Marlowe

Meetings are usually boring. Not this one. It was mid-December, just three days after the mass shooting of children in Newtown, Connecticut. The Deschutes County Commission was sitting at the head of a table in a room packed with attorneys, advocates and others who work with kids in Central Oregon with a history or violence […]

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First Turns

We’re still following Terry Foley’s tracks
Taylor Roozen

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks the Source is running a five-part series on a few of the icons of Bend’s outdoor scene. In the early '50s when Terry Foley was an 11-year-old kid, he and a couple of friends from town would often catch a ride with someone’s mom or dad up Skyliners […]

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Concert Wish List

With any luck, we'll get to see these bands in Bend at some point this year
Avatar photo Ethan Maffey

I spend a ton of time listening to music at home—much of it on my turntable. It’s a great way to experience a lot of what’s out there. Spending quality time with an album allows me to unlock the lyrics of the songs, discover nuances in the instrumentation and generally figure out my response to […]

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