Flirt Science: Amy Alkon & Dr. Jennifer Verdolin on How to Flirt like a Master
Science-based advice columnist and author Amy Alkon and animal behaviorist and author Dr. Jennifer Verdolin lay out science news you can use to solve your relationship problems or just improve your relationships and have a better life. Join us tonight for an enlightening show on flirting. It turns out that flirting is anything but frivolous.…
Dine Out to End Domestic Violence this Week at Strictly Organic & Cuppa Yo
Bend, OR—Sometimes, making a difference is as easy as grabbing a cup of coffee or a tasty treat. As we close out Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Strictly Organic Coffee and Cuppa Yo Frozen Yogurt are giving community members a simple and sweet way to support survivors of domestic violence. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, Strictly Organic…
Local Band Parlour Releases Second CD
Carol Sternkopf Photography Bend, OR – Bend-based folk band Parlour is set to release an 8-song CD of original music called “Seeing the Elephant.” The CD release party is scheduled for October 26 from 7-10 pm in Father Luke’s Room at McMenamins’ Old St. Francis School in Bend. The event is free, open to the…
When Man Becomes Monster
Most guys don’t relish the thought of going bald on top—and neither does the Source’s Arts & Culture editor Jared Rasic. But when it’s required of you in order to play a part in a local play, you do what you can. Jared started off his week getting his head and face shaved, in preparation…
Jive Coulis Halloween CD Release Party
Jive Coulis sound like the band playing in a room before the Terminator walks in and starts chasing Sarah Connor: Fuzzy guitar, a dancing bass and animal-like drums. There is a straightforward attitude in their music; an unpretentiousness that is refreshing in an age where so much music sounds like manufactured product. Jive Coulis play…
NorthWest Crossing To Welcome Roundabout Books
BEND, OR—NorthWest Crossing, a mixed-use community on Bend, Oregon’s west side, will welcome a new bookstore and café next week. Roundabout Books is a neighborhood bookstore founded by Bend resident Cassie Clemans, and will feature a carefully curated selection of books for all ages and a café. In addition, the new shop will host a…
Should Oregon Ranchers be allowed to kill wolves?
With Oregon’s growing population of wolves, wolf-cattle encounters are increasing. Two hours south of Bend at Fort Klamath, four cattle have been killed by wolves, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The killings occurred on private ranch land. Should ranchers be allowed to protect their herds – even by killing wolves? Listen…
Mural Mural on the Wall
Bend’s Cosmic Depot is the place locals go for everything from cleansing sage to singing bowls. Now, they’re delving into the slightly-less mystical with a free mural art series. “Free public art is the bomb,” proclaimed Christy Nickey, owner of Cosmic Depot. Nickey says it was her love for art that inspired her to include…
An Immigrant’s Take on America
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an immigrant—a word filled with notes of hope, pain, desire and freedom. During this election season, the Trump campaign has also tried to equate the word with “terrorist.” Divakaruni’s novels, poetry, essays and non-fiction are mostly from the point of view of immigrants exploring new places with fresh eyes and open…
Stand-Up Drama
You can’t see a thing. That’s your first thought. The second involves bolting for the door. Congratulations! You’re Bend’s newest stand-up comic, onstage for the first time ever, staring into a blinding spotlight aimed squarely at your optic nerve. The all-important microphone’s just inches away. If only you had some water or beer or anything…
Go Here: Smoke and Brews
Smokejumper Stories Smokejumpers conduct the initial attack on forest fires by parachuting into the site of the fire, often in remote terrain. The first fire jump was made in 1940 and today there are over 240 smokejumpers working for the Forest Service. The High Desert Museum is offering people a chance to listen to retired…
From Boneyard to Bellevue
As the last of the fresh hop releases come dripping out and the beer fans of Central Oregon prepare for a genteel end-of-year segue into stout season, a couple exciting things are hitting the scene at the same time: the commemorative IPA from Boneyard, and a new name visiting from the suburbs of Seattle. By…
A Man and His Horse
So many modern documentaries don’t even feel like the truth anymore. With expertly composed frames and painterly cinematography, documentaries can sometimes feel like dramatic reenactments more than slices of history or current events. Those kinds of docs can be powerful and gorgeous to look at, but something feels inherently manufactured about them. That’s why “Harry…
Letters 10/19-10/26
Walden is Wrong The Source Weekly has endorsed Democrat Jim Crary to replace Republican Congressman Greg Walden. Thank you for recognizing that Mr. Walden is not delivering the kind of representation many people in this district want. Over the last 12 years Congressman Walden has acted like he’s doing a wonderful job. I believe that…
Side Notes 10/19-10/26
Oregon Graduation Rate Improves, But It’s Still Third-Worst Bend-La Pine Scores Higher than State Average Oregon’s rate for on-time high school graduations improved from 2014 to 2015–but it wasn’t enough to help raise the state’s rankings nationwide. The four-year graduation rate in Oregon rose to 73.8 percent in 2015, up from 72 percent for the…
Fight for the Ochocos
Northeast of the city of Prineville lies the Ochoco National Forest—a much-loved area more than 845,000 acres in size. Inside its borders are three Congressionally-designated wilderness areas, more than 375 species of wildlife and countless firs and pines. Then there's the current controversy about who can use the lands and when. Last month, the U.S.…
The People Have Spoken
Americans’ opinions about cannabis have changed dramatically over the last decade and are now “nearly the reverse” of what they were as recently as 2006, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. The poll, conducted in late August and early September, found that 57 percent of adults favor legalizing cannabis and just…
Picks 10/19-10/26
Thursday 20 Space Jesus & Yheti DANCE—Space Jesus spins trap, dubstep and bass music like some weird prophet descending on our lands. His mix of Aladdin’s “Arabian Nights” is pretty much a bonafide classic and his live sets can only be described as eclectically bizarre. Become baptized in his funky fresh beats and sing his…
Dance Dance Evolution
The story of Niykee Heaton is an interesting one both for what it is and what it isn’t. She was discovered through her YouTube channel, where she played acoustic covers of hip-hop and contemporary hits, as well as original songs. In 2011, while she was still in high school, she started uploading videos recorded in…
G.I. Joe Goes to Washington
With a flurry of flags crossing the thoroughfare, it wasn’t a typical Sunday morning at Portland International Airport. Milling through the crowds were hundreds of flag-bearing veterans, waiting to greet their brothers and sisters returning from Washington, D.C. on an Honors Flight for WWII vets. The group—average age 92—had departed Portland the previous Thursday for…
A Jazz Room with a View
Mt. Bachelor Riverhouse Jazz is on the brink of launching its new seven-month long series, which will feature the likes of Mel Brown, Ravi Coltrane, Benny Green, and the Yellowjackets. Two shows will run one weekend each month from October 2016 to April 2017, giving both visiting and local music lovers the opportunity to experience…
Little Boxes
Film studios and critics always try to place movies in little boxes. This one’s a comedy. This one’s a mystery. This one’s a drama…as if “drama” isn’t the most generic and shortsighted description for film imaginable. When a film plays fast and loose with genre, the marketing department is usually at a loss, selling the…
Ballot Measures – Elections 2016
Measure 9-110: Yes City of Bend – Recreational Marijuana Sales Tax Should Bend impose a 3 percent tax on the sale of recreational marijuana? As of Jan. 1, 2017, the current tax on marijuana will go from 25 to 17 percent statewide, as the Oregon Liquor Control Commission takes over the regulation of the industry.…
Candidates – Elections 2016
Governor Kate Brown The looming budgetary shortfalls in Salem are of epic proportion. The shortfalls in education, public infrastructure spending, the public employee retirement system (PERS) and health care obligations are a wake up call for good governance. It’s enough to make a voter want to hit the reset button—but that would be foolish. Gov.…
Elections 2016
Endorsements Elections 2016 Candidates · Governor: Kate Brown · U.S. President: Hillary Clinton · Bend City Council Position 1: Justin Livingston · Bend City Council Position 2: Doug Knight · Bend City Council Position 3: Sally Russell · Deschutes County Sheriff: Shane Nelson · Oregon Senate District 27: Greg Delgado · Oregon House District 54: Knute Buehler · U.S.…
Presidential Candidates Need to Address Housing Policy
It is disappointing to see that housing has not received greater attention during our current presidential race. Housing is such an important part of the economy, yet it rarely comes up as a point of discussion. Our declining homeownership rates have hit a 50-year low. Escalating rents and short supplies of affordable housing, many years…
Steak Me Home Tonight
Okawa Steak House and Sushi doesn’t just sling good food; they give you a show on top of it. The restaurant on Third Street is modeled after the Benihana-style restaurants, which are in turn based on the Teppenyaki style of Japanese cuisine involving fireballs exploding, onion volcanoes, food flying toward your mouth and the chef…
