PPP winner Stephanie Howe rides the bull!
Best moment of our urban cowboy party at Maverick’s Friday night? [video:http://www.youtube.
Mickey Hart is Coming to Bend and We Want to Give You His New CD
Calling all deadheads! Mickey Hart, former drummer for the Grateful Dead, is playing at the Tower on May 7 and we have an extra copy of his new CD, Mysterium Tremendum to give away. Hart’s spacey/world-beat jams are easy on the ears and at least one of us here on the Source’s editorial staff is…
Finding Portland: Another neat video from Uncage the Soul Productions
The footage from the Timbers game is particularly cool, as are all of the Portland-at-night shots. [video:http://vimeo.
Afghani Civil Rights Leader Tonight at the Tower
Here’s the short list of reasons Sima Samar probably has interesting things to say tonight at the Tower about her native country, Afghanistan:
She was one of the first female doctors in the somewhat anti-female country of Afghanistan.
She’s been forced to flee countries for her safety.
A History of Cruelty: Problems surrounding Oregon's fur trapping are nothing new
By now everyone is familiar with the push to change the rules on recreational trapping in Oregon – a movement that got started thanks mostly to the trapper who left a deadly trap so close to a hiking trail on the banks of the Metolius River that a hiker’s dog stumbled into it and was…
Want to Look Good at Our Party? Here’s How to Ride a Mechanical Bull
By now you should know about our Source staff Urban Cowboy party at Maverick’s this Friday. It’s going to be radical.
The Head and the Heart: Undercover from the A.V. Club
The concept behind the A.V.
HIV on the Rise: Lack of resources and fear contribute to spike in rates
In 2011, a small cluster of men in rural Deschutes County popped onto the radar of county health workers. The men were young, often using methamphetamines and having sex with other men. They came to the attention of the health department because some began to experience symptoms they couldn't explain – until they took an…
Here's Walden
Small wonder that the March 27 Greg Walden town hall meeting in Bend garnered zero coverage in the region’s daily newspaper. Though the Bulletin stops short of calling the Congressman the “kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being” (quick, name the movie reference!), it continues to propound the official myth that he is just a…
Nothing Left to Do But Smile, Smile, Smile
As Bob Weir sang on “Saint Of Circumstance,” I’m still walking, so I’m sure I can dance. And because of that, I don’t need no stinking anti-depressants.
Local Columnist Lily Raff Gets Op-Ed in NY Times
One thing you should do today is read Lily Raff’s op-ed about hunting and the NRA, published in the New York Times on April 24. The longtime Bulletin reporter and columnist lays out one hell of a well-researched and well-written argument for why hunters and NRA members are not one and the same.
Our Picks for 04/25-05/03
Rabbit Hole wednesday 25 This 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire follows a family as its members reel from a tragic accident. Cascades Theatrical Company presents the show, which you should read about in this week's Culture section. $12-$20. Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm, through May 6. Cascades Theatrical Company, 148…
More Than Getting By: With a little help from his friends, Eric Tollefson has created a strong pop album
Eric Tollefson once wrapped his hand in duct tape to improve his playing. That's how much his music means to him. Such dedication is part of what's propelled Tollefson to the top. The longtime Bend resident is the new king of Central Oregon pop, and his new album, The Polar Ends, proves it. For his…
California Dreamin': Dueling guitar trios descend on Tower
When Paul Richards, Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya take the Tower Theatre stage on Friday it will be a homecoming of sorts, not for the three musicians per se, but for their instruments, at least. Two of three members, you see, play guitars that were built wholly or in part in Central Oregon. So when…
Local Books
If your summer reading list is shaping up around big blockbusters cranked out by giant publishing firms, you're missing out. Central Oregon authors are doing a great deal of quality writing themselves. Here's our guide to the latest books published by writers from our own neck of the woods. Be sure to check out the…
Picking up the Pieces: CTC takes an unvarnished look at love and loss with Rabbit Hole
If you didn't run out to see Nicole Kidman's Academy Award-nominated performance as a grief-stricken mother in 2010's Rabbit Hole, you can be forgiven. Not everyone, including the Academy, is interested in such weighty cinematic material as the death of a young child (Kidman did not receive the Oscar nod). But it would be a…
Think of the Children: For all the fuss, Bully is primarily about emotional appeal to parents.
For weeks, the story surrounding Lee Hirsch's documentary Bully has been about not the movie itself, but about one little letter – the letter “R.” The MPAA initially gave the film an R rating for language, which inspired cries of outrage from the filmmakers, Harvey Weinstein (the film's distributor and master hubbub-creator) and various allies.…
Raging Bull: DeNiro's angry drunk is too much for Being Flynn's cerebral script
I was under the impression that Being Flynn might be some sort of comeback for DeNiro after about two straight decades of duds. That is simply not the case. Based on the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by playwright and poet Nick Flynn, the movie depicts Flynn’s reunion with his estranged father, Jonathan,…
Let's Have Sex Week!
Ladies… you're lucky. Sure, you may be bashing your head on the glass ceiling at work, and getting paid pennies to a man's dollar – BUT! At least you have the Lifetime network. Billed as “Television for Women,” Lifetime features programming depicting women at their most heroic. For example, movies such as My Stepson, My…
Time Capsule: Aging film canister reveals a glimpse of Smith Rock climbing history
For the Belden family – Chip, Julie and their three children – outdoor adventure outings are an integral part of family life. Over the past several years some of their outings have started with a canoe ride across the Crooked River to the Deschutes Land Trust property adjacent to The Ranch at The Canyons and…
Getting Started Loving Nature: Chickadees lead the way
That’s the way the love of birds – and ultimately all of nature – usually begins; the surprise of discovering that a gray jay will come to you for a hand-out. At that moment, two things happen: there’s a link in the heart between child and bird, and at the same time, the person must…
Lyrids meteor shower
Photographer Brad Goldpaint is a night owl for good reasons. He creates stunning images of the night sky.
