Traffic Jam is bringing some of Traffic’s greatest hits back to the stage. The four-piece band consists of frontman Dave Mason, Johnne Sambataro on guitar and vocals, Alvino Bennett on the drums, and keyboardist Tony Patle. Although Mason was inducted into the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame as one of the founding members of […]
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Surrealistic Fellows
Hot Tuna sings the blues
Hot Tuna could easily be described as legendary, but the often-overused word hardly contains what Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have meant to music over the last half-century. As members of Jefferson Airplane, with Kaukonen on lead guitar and Casady on bass, they helped define psychedelic rock—a definition that hasn’t changed much since its inception. […]
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Best Fundraiser
Tuxes and Tails—Humane Society of Central Oregon
“We wanted the people who attended to have a good time and meet new friends,” says Humane Society of Central Oregon Community Outreach Manager Lynne Ouchida. “All of the attendees were like-minded in their shared passion for animals because they have all been touched by them. You can’t put into words the human-animal bond.” In […]
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Art Watch 8/5-8/12
For the past five years, local photographer Gary Calicott has been capturing the candid and expressive emotions at local music shows. He has collected hundreds of images of favorite bands like Larry & His Flask and, on Friday, many of those photos will be displayed at The Tower Theatre—and (silently) auctioned off; all, appropriately, to […]
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Film Events 6/24-7/1
Unreal With cinematography as expansive as the boldness of these mountain bike riders, Unreal matches the Warren Miller gold standard for adventure films, and hits a high water (altitude?) mark for mountain biking movies. 6:30 pm and 9 pm, Thursday, June 25. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St. $12 adv, $15 door, $7 for 16 […]
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Film Events 6/18-6/24
Double feature: Comes with Baggage & The Black Canyon Trail Comes With Baggage is a lighthearted, 20-minute roll-through bike-touring history, with styles that range from PBS Ken Burns to MTV Dog Town & Z-Boys’ lost footage of badasses. Followed by a second more specific short film about a high octane group of men bike touring […]
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Film Events 6/3-6/10
The Rise of Enduro When Warren Miller first began screening his extreme ski films, he was introducing an entirely new concept to a wider population, magnifying the antics of a few men and projecting them as inspiration to thousands of others. The Rise of Enduro isn’t quite that groundbreaking, but the film is positioned somewhat […]
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Source Suggests 5/14-5/21
HDCM Series: Ensemble Paradiso Chamber music is traditionally written for small groups of musicians with no conductor, and only one performer to a part. The final performance in the High Desert Chamber Music Series this season concludes with Ensemble Paradiso. The L.A.-based group makes its HDCM debut featuring celebrated violinist Jessica Guideri, formerly of the […]
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Film Events 5/13-5/20
Queens of the Roleo A documentary about 11-time world log rolling champions out of Lewiston, Idaho. All female, all badass, all really good at balancing on floating logs that are spinning in water. Funded by a Kickstarter and produced by local journalist and former TV executive Dave Jones, this film picks up an otherwise footnote […]
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Source Suggests 5/3-5/13
All You All Just cue up the single “Supernatural.” Yeah, insanely talented! And local! “Innocence of Coincidence” has a garage rock sound distinctly its own, yet slightly reminiscent of The Black Keys. Blending psychedelia and garage rock, in a vein similar to The Dead Weather, All You All plays songs that inspire modest head banging […]