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Winter PrideFest

LGBTQ-friendly events prove Pride can happen outside the month of June
Avatar photo Keely Damara

June may be Pride Month — but it’s 2019, so why can’t every month be Pride Month? OUT Central Oregon, a local nonprofit that organizes LGBTQ+-friendly events throughout the year, aims for just that. The organization promotes “inclusivity, visibility, and equality for the local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Q+ community” in Central Oregon, putting on […]

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Weekend Warrior: The End is Near

Make the last weekend of 2018 count
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

We know that New Year’s Eve is generally reserved for the big end-of-the-year blowouts, but why not double up and have some extra fun this weekend? Just think of it as practicing for the parties on Monday night. Brother Gabe Album Release Party Gabe Johnson’s solo debut album is here, and we’re going to celebrate […]

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It’s Awesome Beer Season

And an introduction to this beer enthusiast’s Drinkability Scale
Heidi Howard

This “Craft” column is still in its infancy, and as the resident beer enthusiast-turned-beer writer, I’ve created a rating system to make things interesting. I’m calling it the Drinkability Scale. It ranges from 1 to 5, 1 being the least drinkable and 5 being the most drinkable. I’m defining drinkability as something many people would […]

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Sideshow features dance, hoops, drag and more

Teafly Peterson

Leia Napoli was literally born into dancing. Her mother was a belly dancer and often performed while still pregnant with Napoli, continuing to perform throughout Napoli’s childhood. It’s no surprise, then, that Napoli continues to bring dance and movement into the community through her movement-based variety show, Loophole Sideshow. Napoli trained in tribal belly dancing, […]

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Local Venues 101

New to Central Oregon’s music scene? Here’s your guide to the places you can see live shows
The Source Staff

The Domino Room/Midtown Ballroom/The Annex From the outside, you wouldn’t suspect the Midtown Ballroom to house three different venues, including the largest indoor music venue in town. The Domino Room, a mid-sized space that falls somewhere between the size of Midtown Ballroom and the upstairs Annex, is a minimal space with the feel of a […]

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Of Kings and Queens

Homegrown drag shows pop up in Bend
Teafly Peterson

I moved to Bend in the summer of 2003, the very same month an attack on a gay man outside The Grove on Bond Street shook this community, and myself, in the process. I had grown up in a very liberal part of the world—in high school, the next town over from mine was even named […]

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Inside Deschutes’ Virginia Pub

A Source Weekly writer hits up the east coast home of Bend’s OG brewery
Christian Trejbal

As Deschutes Brewery recently celebrated its 30th anniversary in Bend, there was one beer that no one in town could sample. It was available only in Roanoke, Va., site of Deschutes’ eastern foothold. The Roanoke tasting room isn’t quite a year old, but it’s already a fixture in Roanoke’s burgeoning craft brew scene. On a […]

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Silver Moon Returns

Like the all-mighty luna, the brewery has re-emerged after renovations
Anyssa Bonahan

E arlier this year, Silver Moon decided to step up their already well-known local favorite service, beginning a major revamp in May of this year. What began as a planned month-long closure became an extensive overhaul after Silver Moon discovered larger updates than expected were necessary—updates that included, among other things, improving gas and electrical […]

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All About Beer Around Bend

The one-stop guide to breweries in Central Oregon
Kevin Gifford

Almost no place can claim such a density of brewing activity as Bend and its surrounding county. It’s a hive of hops and barley—and with places like Boneyard and Kobold opening new taprooms in 2017, it’s still expanding. Grab a ride (could the timing have been better for Uber and Lyft to begin serving Bend?), […]

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Picks 5/11-5/18

The Source Staff

Thursday 12 Mexican Gunfight MUSIC—Described as a combination of blues grit, country lyricism and gospel, this band has been making beautiful music together for a few years now. The members have played with multiple Northwest groups over the years and have only become more impressive for it. 7 p.m., McMenamins Old St. Francis. 700 NW […]

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