Editor Phil Busse chats with Mike from 92.9FM about the Source Weekly’s Summer Events Guide and the mermaid featured on our cover. The Who – “Summertime Blues” Phil talks up intern Lucy Ausman’s profile of rodeo star Bobby Mote as well as the profiles of local productions of Sweeney Todd and Communicating Doors and lets […]
Summer events guide
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Summer Events Guide
Pack up your picnic, and pack up your calendar
Planning a great summer is not easy work. In fact, it has taken us two complete issues to just provide listings of recommended events: Two weeks ago, we published our annual Summer Music Guide with suggestions for shows and festivals in Bend throughout the summer, and in every direction from here—in Portland, Eugene and Ashland. […]
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Happy Hours Are Here Again
Bend’s Fermentation Celebration is a locals’ night for the masses
For a town that needs little more than a clock striking five o’clock (or, really, the noon hour whistle) as a reason to raise pint glasses of craft brews with friends, Bend residents still scheme an awful lot to justify even more sipping—or chugging—of the town’s central export. The crowning jewel of these schemes is […]
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A Nibling of the Area’s Food Events
Monday, June 23 – Friday, June 27 Bite Week Back for its second year, this five-day smorgasbord of tastings, nutrition classes, chef’s dinners and cocktails competitions is more food-centric events than you can shake a fork at. It really is a summit—like the G8 of the region’s best chefs (if “g” stood for gastronomical)—but unlike […]
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Awash in Beer Events
Thursday, June 19 Fermentation Celebration Imagine the joy of the first discovery that a long forgotten beverage actually can actually get better with age. Channel that thrill of discovery with hundreds of your closest friends (because who isn’t a friend once you’ve had a couple?) at the Fermentation Celebration. Give thanks for the abundance that […]
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Walking on Water
Stand-up paddle boarding graduates from leisurely to legit
One by one, novice stand-up paddle boarders ease their boards onto the chilly Deschutes River. “If you’re going to try to stand up, you want to do it here or wait until you’re further up the river,” Sue Fox shouts from the water’s edge. She’s leading a group of newbies through a two-hour introductory class. […]
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Out of the Hammock and onto the Trails
A sampling of outdoor events
Wednesday, June 25 (last Wednesdays, monthly through September) Pickin’ & Paddlin’ The ultimate Wednesday summer evening. Seriously. Other towns dream of this sort of event: Free demos of kayaks and watercraft at an easy-flowing river just a stone’s throw away, and fun-spirited Americana bands (starting with fast-picking quartet of The Blackberry Bushes) starting in the […]
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Home is Where the Art Is
Gavin Douglas returns to Bend for Summer Shakespeare
Bend native Gavin Douglas is an actor. A real one. The kind of actor that does not remember why he wanted to act in the first place because it’s what he has always done for as long as he can remember. “I did a play in kindergarten, and then did one every year because it […]
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Fields of Fabric
Art quilts capture tangible landscapes
Quilts are generally considered more of a craft than an art. But local quilters like Sheila Finzer are working to change that perception. “Most people think it’s your grand- mother’s quilt,” she says, “but it’s not.” She continues, “I started out making traditional bed quilts like most people start out with, but over the years […]
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Street Fair Stylings
Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 22 What the Festival (WTF) Can’t make it to Burning Man? A close second, WTF is an eclectic blend of music, movement, performance, and visual art—all with an emphasis on high quality and free-flowing creativity. WTF earns its moniker in the best possible way. And if you work up […]