Here we Go Again, Bend=Beer City, USA
CNN has just released its top 8 best beer towns in America and, guess what, Bend is #7! CNN calls Deschutes the god father of local craft brewing. Here is the list:1. Portland, OR2. San Francisco3. San Diego4. Boston5. Denver6. Philadelphia7. Bend8. Asheville, NC CNN cites our “fat” beer ranks with newcomers Crux, Worthy and…
Coachella Exposed
Don’t make this music loving faux-pas.
First Friday Art Walk, May 2013
It’s Friday at last! Say “hello” to a weekend of great weather. Need something to jump-start you weekend? Don’t miss Bend’s monthly First Friday Art Walk. Created by the Bend Gallery Association 20 years ago, the Art Walk showcases local artists, musicians and performers throughout downtown Bend and the Old Mill. Over 50 businesses stay…
Friday Mixtape!
A Friday Mixtape for lovebirds planning a wedding.
Great Gatsby Soundtrack
In anticipation of the release of Baz Luhrmann’s wide-eyed, psychedelic version of The Great Gatsby on May 10th, we’re rocking flapper garb, driving fast cars and drinking gin martinis, cheers old sport! Leo Dicaprio takes on the roll of Jay Gatsby, last tackled on the big screen by Robert Redford in 1974. We’re doing all…
Out of Town 5/1 – 5/9
portland thursday 2 Bonobo Bonobos (plural) are a Central African chimpanzees known for their brazen sexual behavior and for being the closest extant relative to humans. Bonobo (no s), on the other hand, is the alias of Simon Green, a British producer and DJ who emerged in the late 1990s with a thick-layered approach to…
Little Bites: Cinco de Drinko
Cinco de Mayo is an odd holiday for gringos to celebrate. It would be a bit like Mexicans celebrating Gettysburg. In 1862, a very young General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín scored an unlikely defeat of the French troops at the Battle of Puebla, and helped turned back Napoleon III’s forces (which, really, what were they doing…
Lawmakers Back Medical Marijuana Again
The first time Crohn's Disease landed Jeff (not his real name) in the hospital, he was a freshman in high school. The next two days were a churn of vomiting and intense stomach cramping; eventually doctors and nurses inserted a flexible straw through his nose to purge stomach acids. “I remember thinking,” Jeff said, “whatever…
Our Picks 5/1 – 5/9
wednesday 1 – sunday 5 Sour Beer Extravaganza! BEER—Sours are the new IPAs. Unfamiliar? Start with the Duchesse de Bourgogne, the world’s best Flemish red ale, available at local bottle shops. Effervescent, light, not overly sweet—pairs well with good conversation. This week at BTBS, sours are taking over the taps and bottles are 15 percent…
Blockbuster This Summer
In late March, I stepped into the Editor position at the Source and, in preparation, began looking for a house in Bend. I have owned homes in Portland, know what I like and also know the business end of a hammer. I wasn’t afraid of a fixer-upper, but also was hoping to find something near…
Better than Before
It is often said that everyone deserves a second chance. The same seems to hold true for buildings. Located on Century Drive a few blocks east of Galveston, what is now Blue Pine Kitchen and Bar for years has been known as Players Bar and Grille, a neighborhood dive bar. A few pool tables and…
Trending Now: Kindness
Maybe it is President Obama’s soothing voice as the Commander-in-Caring, or maybe we really are becoming nicer as a nation. But three years into the current decade, it certainly does seem as if the arc of history is bending noticeably toward kindness. Certainly, there are notable and horrible exceptions—the insanely cruel bombings at the Boston…
Where Men Can Be Men
One hundred years ago the most popular men’s haircut was a tapered look—tight and clean on the sides and longer on top. For 20 cents men could look like Al Capone or Calvin Coolidge. Or Forrest Gump. And for the last 90 years, the Metropolitan Barber Shop on Wall Street has not only provided such…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY, APRIL 22 Here’s an update on the arrest of actress Reese Witherspoon, hubby Jim Toth and her butcher-knife chin, which has been classified by law enforcement agencies as a “deadly weapon.” As reported last week, Jim was arrested in Atlanta for driving under the influence, while Reese was booked for being a complete drunken…
NOW More than Ever
Times are tough for The Nature of Words, the Bend-based literary nonprofit. In January, NOW released its executive director, Robert McDowell, less than one year after the Ashland poet, author and founder of Story Line Press failed to raise sufficient funds for the organization. And last week, NOW announced the cancellation of Bookplate, an annual…
Letters 4/24 – 5/2
In reply to Use All You Want: When it comes to water rates, Bend has it wrong (Feature, 4/28) Having recently moved to Bend from drought-stricken areas, I'm a pro at water conservation. I have lived 58 years consciously protecting a precious resource. I live alone, don't flush every use, don’t shower every day, nor…
Terror on the Tooth
After covering nearly 3,500 vertical feet in a single 24-hour push, Chris Wright and Scott Adamson arrived at their first resting spot exhausted, cold, shaken and ready for sleep. It would prove elusive. The pair was attempting to camp on a ledge the size of a coffee table, their feet dangling into the void; dehydration…
99 Percent Great
Mid-last decade, An Inconvenient Truth brought a surprising amount of mainstream attention to global warming. Even Al Gore has expressed shock that millions of people would tune into what is essentially a power point presentation about a scientific phenomena. But what is additional groundbreaking about An Inconvenient Truth—the 2006 Oscar winner for Best Documentary—is that…
Cinco de Cinema
By the ’70s, as Hollywood kicked into high gear with commercial blockbusters like Jaws and Star Wars, to the south, Mexican cinema was going in another direction. What had been a promising, shining industry, both artistically adventurous and financially solvent, began to sputter. Many of the films produced in Mexico during the ’60s and ’70s…
High Culture, Low Cost
Wendy Bloom leads a threefold life. She is a mother of two young kids, 6-year-old Bobby and 2-year-old toddler Madeleine; in itself, that keeps her plenty busy. But she piles on more: By day, she is a network and systems engineer, working on computers for local school districts. And, finally, by night, the lanky, blond…
All That Glitters
A demure, grown-up Alice in Wonderland in a black dress and black boots, there’s something ethereal but a little bit racy about Eilen Jewell. Pronounced eye-lynn, even her name is just a bit off center. The 34-year-old bandleader is one part devilish Mississippi River bottom blues and one part sweet folk-singer on the stage in…
Corn, Crud and Tunes
This weekend kicks off the annual Deschutes Brewery Concert Series at Mt. Bachelor. As part of Mt. Bachelor’s Springtacular celebration, on Saturdays during spring ski season Deschutes offers up live music and beverages in the Snow Lounge at West Village Lodge. Weather dependent, catch the following acts: May 4—Out of the Blue, noon. Old Motown,…
Noise Ordinance Gets Big Tweaks
Critics of the city’s new noise ordinance went away happy Wednesday night after a host of changes were approved to the law passed last July. The Bend City Council members unanimously approved the following changes to the ordinance: • Police officers must now use decibel meters before writing a ticket to commercial enterprises for noise…
