Saving Grace seeks applicants for volunteer advocate training
Submitted by Erin Rook, Development Outreach Coordinator, Saving Grace Saving Grace Seeks Participants for Advocacy Training Bend, OR– Saving Grace is currently accepting applications for its semi-annual advocacy training. This 40-hour training—held over three weeks in April—prepares volunteers to work directly with survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault seeking services from Saving Grace.…
Hamilton Might Be Coming To a City Near-ish You!!
If you want to check out Hamilton on Broadway, it is going to take a while. Tickets are sold out through June or July (depending on who you ask), and the touring company doesn’t start for another six months. In Chicago. Basically, there will be an open-ended run beginning in the fall in the Windy…
USDA seeks proposals from conservation partners for 2017
Submitted by Tracy Robillard, State Public Affairs Specialist, Natural Resources Conservation Service – Oregon, U.S. Department of Agriculture Restoring and protecting vital natural resources such as water, air, land and wildlife is truly a team effort. That’s the premise behind USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)—a voluntary Farm Bill program that puts conservation partners in the…
Happiness vs Life
Living and breathing isn’t all to life.
Introducing Sourcecast, the Source Weekly’s new podcast
Discover Central Oregon with Brian Jennings, host of Sourcecast, a new podcast from the Source Weekly. Listen in on interviews and get the backstory to epic outdoor news like the new Oregon Desert Trail, Central Oregon’s caves, Bend Whitewater Park and more.
Sourcecast Audio: Rexpeditions
Bend’s Rex Shepard’s free time is spent outdoors. He made a mark for himself by climbing every Cascade Mountain peak from Canada into northern California in just 43 days…biking between each peak. Hear his story and his love for the outdoors in this Source Weekly interview by Brian Jennings.
Bend: Affordable Housing Crisis
At the Bend Area Habitat for Humanity Build It! Breakfast, Executive Director Scott Rohrer told business leaders in the region, “There is a crisis in affordable housing in Bend.” Rohrer went on to tell the audience that the average median income in Bend has gone down for the last four years in a row while housing costs have…
Sourcecast Audio: Smith Rock Interview with Mike Volk, by Brian Jennings
Brian Jennings interviews local legend Mike Volk of SmithRock.com in this podcast about the history and local lore of Smith Rock, one of Central Oregon’s greatest wonders.
COCC’s High School Welding Contest Coming April 1
Submitted by Linda Williams, COCC Central Oregon Community College will host its first annual high school welding contest starting at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 1, at the Manufacturing and Technology Center on the COCC Redmond Campus. Each high school will be allowed to bring five students. The competition will consist of a physical weld inspection…
Bend Chamber Announces 2016 Women of the Year Awards
Submitted by Rachel Rees van den Berg, Bend Chamber Lifetime Achievement Award – Sue Hollern Lifetime Achievement Award winners have shown long-term active engagement in our community and have made significant positive economic impacts locally. This award allows us to recognize true pillars in our community. …
1,2,3 Pop-Up
Anna Witham is the culinary artist and mastermind behind one of Bend’s most-discussed and spontaneous new dinner options. There is a reason for this. Her creations are beautiful, delicious and well-thought out, and with a three-day only window of opportunity, word travels fast. A “pop up” restaurant is basically a temporary eatery that utilizes the…
A Little Tea With Your Liquor?
Townshend’s Teahouse has been a fixture of Bend for eight years now, rocking it on Bond Street with a mix of teas, kombucha, and comfortable sofas. What some may not know about them, however, is that it also has a distillery. Thomas & Sons Distillery is the name of Townshend’s spirits project, officially launched in…
Art Watch 3/9-3/16: The Strokes
Sheila Dunn’s work offers a compelling complexity with color and textures that capture her figures in a way that a photograph never could. She finds a sacred power in the feminine and haunting vulnerability in the masculine with a stunningly gritty geometry to her brushstrokes. Dunn’s paintings are primarily figures, but she captures something inherently…
COIN-operated Technology
Central Oregon Inventors Network (COIN) is a group of people with a serious interest in expanding not only their inventor’s knowledge, but also their networking skills in a relaxed and supportive environment. Beer and pizza were provided at the second meeting of COIN. If those two things are not enough to join, then maybe reevaluating…
Editorial 3/9-3/10
Heritage Square is a vibrant yet simple plan for a civic and cultural area in downtown Bend. In the middle, a large public green space would lie between Wall Street and Bond Street. Around the square would be City Hall, the Historical Museum, the library, a play area and small businesses. Heritage Square was first…
Take Me Home 3/9-3/16
When sellers put their homes on the market, they often focus a lot on major interior work in terms of updating, but often forget the importance of the exterior and simple details. First impressions are important to potential buyers, and this is why the notion of curb appeal is a big factor in how fast…
Bend Champion Student Athletes Head to University Teams
In February, student athletes from the Summit Storm, Mountain View Cougars and Bend Lava Bears signed letters of intent to attend and play sports at various colleges across the United States. From Mt. View, Zach Emerson [featured in the Source, Feb. 4] and Cam McCormick will head to the Oregon Ducks football team. At Summit, 11…
Boss Baptism
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play the Moda Center in Portland on March 22, but I won’t be there. It’s a troubling notion, kind of like breaking it off with a significant other after a 38-year relationship. It’s not you, Bruce, it’s me. It’s not a permanent breakup–the timing just wasn’t right…
Cover Me
Madeleine Peyroux has been around long enough for a Greatest Hits record, which she is touring on right now. “Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux” is the first anthology release of her 20-year career and probably the first of many as she’s still very much going strong. Peyroux…
Go Here 3/9-3/16
Spring Nordic for Kids Spring is right around the corner and this time of year offers some of the best Nordic ski opportunities in Central Oregon. The Bend Endurance Academy is offering its spring after-school program on Wednesdays beginning March 30 and continuing through April for kids ages 11 to18. BEA offers to pick kids…
Album Review: “Birth of Bravey”
There is a local folk epidemic in Bend, as lead member of Bravey Don, David Gillespie, points out. “We want to rid this town of their incessant banjo addiction. It’s time to embrace rock and roll.” Is Bend ready for something like this? Could it be that although our beloved harmonica-enhanced folk is what is…
Oregon Desert Trail
The Oregon Desert Trail is a journey following a rugged, remote and in many places incomplete 800-mile trail through the southeast Oregon desert. Renee Patrick, with 10,000 miles of trail experience behind her, is the Oregon Desert Trail Coordinator for the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA). Patrick’s first major hike was the Appalachian Trail in…
Killing Them Softly
Picture a crime thriller where every character is like Denzel Washington in “Training Day” and “Triple 9” will start to come into focus. Even our heroes have rough edges and their motivations stay rooted in the shadows. Even our villains have moments of goodness they try to grasp occasionally while holding a gun to the…
Side Notes 3/9-3/16
Oregon Legislature Adjourns 2016 Legislative Session SALEM – “The hallmark of the 2016 session is without a doubt our action to raise Oregon’s minimum wage,” said House Speaker Tina Kotek [D-Portland]upon the close of the Oregon Legislature’s 2016 session. “This landmark legislation will help hundreds of thousands of hard-working families pay the rent and put…
Picks 3/9-3/16
Thursday 10 & Friday 12 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) THEATER— This is truly one of the funniest plays in history. Three actors do all of Shakespeare’s shows in 90 minutes while they play just about all the characters between them. “Hamlet,” “Othello” and The Scottish Play (“Macbeth”) have never been this funny.…
Free File Taxes—State and Federal Online Filing Available in Oregon
Sue Stockman works for the Internal Revenue Service. When she tells people she works for the IRS, she says, “It’s the best conversation stopper ever.” However, when she talks about a public-private partnership between the IRS, Oregon, and tax preparation software companies that provides free tax filing online, she says the conversation becomes more interesting…
“Hummingbird Highways” at The Belfry
For those who haven’t heard the good news, the first 2016 OSU/Sisters Science Pub lecture will take place at The Belfry in Sisters on March 15. Oregon State University Ornithologist and Associate Professor Matt Betts will be sharing his research on one of the favorite birds of the Sisters Country: hummingbirds. Please pass the news along,…
Tax Time For Bend’s Small Businesses
Today, Bend is a small business hub, hailed as one of the most eclectic and fastest growing cities for entrepreneurship in America. Bend’s Economic Development Department counts 6,500 businesses in the city and director Carolyn Eagan is building a vision for the future with great occupational diversity. The wheels are turning and Sen. Ron Wyden…
Letters 3/9-3/16
Roundabout Rant No on any increases in taxes until our city government can manage not to waste what is already given them. The Murphy road project that connects Business 97 and Brookswood Blvd. was a sheer waste of $30 million. It does nothing to improve any transportation issue. It does nothing but connect two streets.…
Smoke Signals 3/9-3/16
Last week, Smoke Signals explained how the federal government’s classification of cannabis as a very dangerous drug with no medical value has stymied experimental scientific research into the actual benefits and/or dangers of cannabis. We also explained that President Barack Obama has the legal authority to change this classification – without legalizing cannabis – so…
