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Local Music Through the Lens of Gary Calicott

Central Oregon based photographer auctions off his local music gallery to benefit The Tower Theatre Foundation
Hayley Jo Murphy

Bend, Ore.—Local Music Through the Lens of Gary Calicott is a fusion of Gary C alicott’s passion for photography and local promoter Jasmine Barnett’s passion to give back to our music/arts community. Gary Calicott takes photos of local music events all over Central Oregon. He has thousands of photos. Gary needed to do something with those photos so […]

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Fireside Audiobox Launches on Kickstarter to Light your Music on Fire

Grey Street Design, the company behind the innovative home audio system,aims to raise $35,000 to begin production and distribution
Hayley Jo Murphy

BEND, Ore.—Grey Street Design announced the start of its Kickstarter campaign to introduce the Fireside Audiobox, an innovative home audio system that puts a mesmerizing new spin on the music-listening experience. The Fireside Audiobox combines classic mid-century modern design with standing wave principles, featuring real flames that playfully react and respond to your music’s sound […]

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Bend Park and Recreation District board approves reopening of passageway at Bend Whitewater Park

Operational and education improvements have been made; design evaluation underway
Hayley Jo Murphy

Bend, Ore. – The Bend Park and Recreation District Board of Directors voted to approve a plan to reopen the passageway channel at the Bend Whitewater Park. The vote occurred at the public meeting on July 19. District staff presented information about the evaluations done after the recent closure, and recommended that the passageway channel […]

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Picks 7/20-7/27

The Source Staff

Thursday 21 The English Beat LIVE MUSIC—Munch & Music is always a fun time, but getting to see the seminal British ska/punk band play in Drake Park will be legendary. No other two-tone, three-chord ska band ever came close to sounding like these guys, and their catalogue is filled with so many classic songs, it […]

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Go Here 7/20-7/27

Russ Axon

Prineville Bike Park Kick up the dirt in Prineville! After a combined three years of planning and construction, Prineville Bike Park officially opened this past Saturday, July 16. The bike park is the first of its kind in Central Oregon and was designed to be versatile for all types of bikes and all skill levels. […]

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When is a Park not a Park?

The Source Staff

For the citizens of Bend, Troy Field has become a de-facto park. Soccer teams practice there, local residents exercise their dogs there, and community members gather there for picnics and potlucks. It is a major urban open space in downtown Bend and for children who live nearby, the only place to run and play that […]

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Sides Notes 7/20-7/27

Renée Alexander

We’re Number 16! Bend is accustomed to making all kinds of “Best Place To” lists: best place to retire, drink craft beer, play golf, play outside, or just plain live. But our little drinking town with a mountain problem didn’t even make the top 10 list of the Most Successful Cities in Oregon. Online career-finding […]

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Giving Back by Paying it Forward

Local teen traveling to Trinidad and Tobago with Bend Area Habitat for Humanity
M.W. Hill

Ten years ago, Kaci Jo Alderin’s family was able to purchase a home with assistance from Bend Area Habitat for Humanity. Now she is raising money so she can travel to Trinidad & Tobago this fall to help another family achieve the same goal. When Sophie Paez, ReStore executive director and a friend, first suggested […]

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The Plight of the Western Pond Turtle

Jim Anderson

In this helter-skelter age it comes as a shock (to me) when suddenly someone says, “Hey, when was the last time you saw, this—or that—animal?” And that was the case when my herpetologist pal, Jesse Short from Central Oregon Community College, sent me photos of a western pond turtle, all excited about spotting it on […]

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Letters 7/20-7/27

The Source Staff

Vote This Way As a native Oregonian, I’ve always known that the Bend community was a dynamic, sun-filled recreational community as well as a growing economic environment. On a recent vacation, we explored the Lava Cave, walked the Lava Cast Forest loop, floated the river and played golf at nine different courses. We were blown […]

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