Jul 20-26, 2017
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Free Music Options This Weekend — Charlie Parr, Unlikely Saints
In case you missed it in Our Picks this week, I totally fangirl-ed out about The Avett Brothers. The folk-rock band behind the ever-so popular “I and Love and You”, “Ain’t No Man” and “True Sadness,” bring their traveling show to the Amphitheater tonight. There are no shows at Edgefield this year, so you’ve better…
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Letters to the Editor: July 10-17
In Response to Eyes on the Money (6/28) Bend’s Approach to Un-checked Growth, Dumb and Dumber I read with interest, The Source’s “Eyes on the Money.” Certain things jumped out. Over the next two years, the City will allocate nearly $60 million for updated/expanded sewer service to accommodate and enable local development interests, while spending…
Little Bites: Tasting Notes
This Writer’s Picks for the Best Teas Metolius Tea’s Little Bear tea is great over ice this time of year. The lemongrass in the blend balances out a hint of spicy ginger, and the pear mildly sweetens the tea rather than tasting too strong or artificial. The Carrot Cake tea by Inspired Leaf Tea really…
Mexican Lager All Summer
Whole Foods’ annual Brewfest, held in early July each year and benefiting the High Desert Museum, can always be a bit of a challenge. It’s a small, intimate festival, with just over 25 breweries showing up, and all the booths are managed by actual brewery representatives who can tell you much more about their drinks…
The Pandora Moth Has Returned
Yep, those are Pandora moths flying around your front porch lights. If they could speak, they’d be shouting, “We’re baaaaaack!” However, this has been a minor outbreak. Last time they appeared in massive numbers was in 1990 and ’91. As you can see, they’re attracted to lights—so if you don’t want them to lay eggs…
Eclipse Encounters
At a conference room at Bend’s St. Charles Medical Center, the room goes silent as a mother relates a story about her young daughter. “They got her into webcam porn,” the mother says. “She was 18, so by law, it’s legal. She’s in the ‘industry’ now.” That local mother was one of several dozen people…
20/40/60: Pickleball: Why yes, this is your mama’s racquet sport!
Now that all the Wimbledon stuff has died down, the world can stop talking about tennis, and focus instead on the number-one growing racquet sport in the nation: pickleball. People love the sport; perhaps even disproportionally so in Central Oregon, where the Bend Pickleball Club boasts on its website as having over 2,500 members. The…
Oh, Dam. It’s Back.
Like us, you’ve probably grown tired of the endless history lessons surrounding the bend in the Deschutes River affectionately known as “Mirror Pond.” The Pacific Power “dam,” which has created an abnormal and unhealthy part of the river now full of silt, continues to attract the attention of folks who put the idea of a…
Race Bias and Words Matter
If you say it wasn’t racial When they shot him in his tracks Well I guess that means that you ain’t black It means that you ain’t black — Drive By Truckers “What It Means” We recently passed a terribly sad one-year anniversary July 6, and I’ve been struggling to frame the tragedy properly. It…
Picks of the Week: July 19-26
Wednesday 19 – Sunday 23 Cascade Cycling Classic CYCLING — Certain events scream summer in Bend and the Cascade Cycling Classic is one of them — mainly due to the screaming, cow bells and straight-up energy at the downtown crits. More than just the exciting downtown races, catch the top cyclists from all over North…
A Musical Journey, With a Pitstop in Bend
The Avett Brothers have been on quite a musical journey of evolving their sound over the past decade, going from a trio playing acoustic guitar, banjo and stand-up bass to what is now a seven-member lineup that can build considerably on the group’s scrappy, stripped-back acoustic beginnings. The big shift came with the 2009 album,…
Gorilla Warfare
I know you’re not going to believe me, but “War for the Planet of the Apes” is a masterpiece. Not a masterpiece in comparison to other summer blockbusters, but compared to other cinematic works of art. Somehow, a movie where 75 percent of the main characters are computer-generated primates speaking in sign language is the…
Constantly Creative
The song “We Are Not Ourselves” by Oakland’s Foxtails Brigade sounds like former American Idol contestant turned experimental, art pop singer, Melanie Martinez. Digging in deeper, Foxtails Brigade also brings on comparisons to The Ditty Bops and St. Vincent. While the band doesn’t fall into a specific genre, the similarity they share with these other…
Bad Habits
“The Little Hours” has a one-joke premise that could have easily been a “Saturday Night Live” sketch rather than a feature-length movie. For any other movie, that would be an insult—but this perfect cast and team of filmmakers squeezes every drop of hilarity and mirth out of that one joke. Based on “The Decameron” by…
Emotional Payoff
You may recognize Elijah Goodall from his previous work in the Bend-based band, Isles. Goodall, who started playing music after high school, now holds the reins on a new band called This Island Earth. He started creating the music for This Island Earth just over a year ago and does all of the composition himself.…
No charges for police in deadly shooting; family seeks damages
The Oregon Department of Justice has cleared the officers involved in a deadly shooting last December. Officers stopped Michael Tyler Jacques in downtown Bend after receiving reports that Jacques was driving erratically. Oregon State Police said officers first used a taser on Jacques before shooting him. Officials placed Scott Schaier and Marc Tisher on administrative…
Source Spotlight: Kolby Kirk
“I don’t like getting somewhere. I like being somewhere. I don’t consider hiking a sport like some people do. Hiking has a style.” For Kolby Kirk, it’s not about the destination or goal; it’s about the journey itself and everything that you can see and experience along the way. Kirk is all about taking the…
Bend Police arrest a California man in connection with sex crimes involving a 14 year old
Officers from the City of Bend Police Department say Patrick Green arrived in Bend on July 10 from Long Beach, Calif., to meet with the girl at the Bend Value Inn. Police say Green knowingly engaged in sexual intercourse with the female inside the motel room and admitted to knowing she was under the age…
June 2017 Real Estate Statistics for Central Oregon
The Beacon Report, based on real estate statistics from our local MLS, released its report of the June 2017 figures which allow some interesting comparisons to last month’s and last year’s Bend single family residence sales of one acre or less. According to the report, closed sales in Bend for the month of June 2017…
Forest Service Moves Forward on Changesto OHV Trails in the Ochocos
The U.S. Forest Service has made a decision on the proposed 137 miles of off-highway vehicle (OHV) trail system in the Ochoco National Forest, an hour’s drive east of Bend. According to the Record of Decision from Forest Supervisor Stacey Forson, “My decision includes adoption of some appropriately and sustainably located user-created trails, establishment of…
Art in the Round
In spite of the opinions you may have about driving through Bend’s ubiquitous roundabouts—one thing’s for certain: They generally contain some attractive art. Check out the intersection of SE 3rd Street and Murphy Road for the latest example. Inside the traffic circle sits a sparkling new sculpture entitled “Gilded River,” installed earlier this summer. It’s…
A Locavore’s Tea Tour
Sip. Ah. There’s nothing like an iced tea in the middle of summer. (Or hot tea, according to my insane friend who insists you feel cooler in the long run for it.) The point is, tea is amazing. Bendites are blessed with a host of cafes featuring their own blends of home-roasted coffee, but what…
The Wonders of Flight
The Balloons Over Bend Children’s Festival is a time-tested tradition that brings the community together to witness the wonder of hot air balloon flight, all while raising money for its most vulnerable members. This year’s event launches with the colorful orbs at sunrise July 28, and continues through the weekend with the Children’s Festival, the…
DOPE TIMES
It’s Friday and you’re speeding 5 miles over, anxious to get to your favorite brewery. A glimmer of light flashes across your rearview mirror: those familiar blue and red lights of your local police officer, doing his routine gig. The officer notices you’re tight lipped and testy — or maybe too smiley and sweaty —…
