Shanan Kelley pointed out that naming her best variety show host is like saying she’s our favorite only child. She’s the one-and-only variety show host in town, and with her team of expert humorists, musicians and film crew, she’s been putting together live episodes of The Night Light Show at Tin Pan Theater for the […]
Shanan Kelley
She’s . . . Baa-aa-ck
In November, the brick and curtain-lined interior of Tin Pan Theater was alive with Bend locals laughing at inside jokes about our town’s newest conceptual food cart, and about cage dancing at Seven. It’s a specific demographic that the hour-long Night Light Show with Shanan Kelley & Magnificent Guests appeals to, one that doesn’t mind […]
By the Light of the Moon
On Sunday, Shanan Kelley spent the afternoon standing knee deep in the Deschutes River's spongy mud banks with a glass of water in one hand and a bottle of Deschutes Brewery beer in the other. She was trying to refill Mirror Pond with a mixture of water and Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Kelley is not […]

