Weekend Warrior: March 22-24
It’s that time of the week again – where you start to ask yourself, “what am I going to do this weekend?” Sometimes our brains don’t have enough power left to even begin to think about making plans. Well, that’s where we come in. Here’s a bit of what’s going on the next few days…
Governor Forms Oregon Wildfire Response Council
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has launched the Oregon Wildfire Response Council, a group set to oversee the state’s wildfire preparedness, prevention and response.
Gung Ho for Shows: The Roots Live in Bend
Deep breaths. The legendary Roots crew is coming to Bend this summer. If you’re not familiar with the band’s legacy, you might recognize them from being the house band on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Founded at the Philadelphia High School For Creative and Performing Arts in 1987 by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq…
Youth Climate Strike
On March 15, Bend Senior High School students will join what is expected to be hundreds of thousands of students nationwide in the Youth Climate Strike. The—now global—movement of youth protesting the inaction of world leaders in the face of climate change all started last year with one 16-year-old Swedish girl staging a sit-in on…
Oregon’s Favorite Chocolates
For 15 years, chocolatiers and chocolate lovers have converged on Ashland, Ore., in early March to celebrate all things cacao. The Oregon Chocolate Festival’s chocolate-inspired weekend includes brunch, dinners, chef demonstrations, educational sessions, a run, an expo, a chocolate dessert competition and a chocolate product competition. Visitors sample creations from dozens of West Coast chocolatiers,…
One Happy Bunch
If anyone caught Ripe’s show in Bend last year, you know the electric energy it brought to the table. The band’s last album, “Joy in the Wild Unknown,” is a ride through infectious grooves that get your feet tapping. That feeling is one of the key ingredients to their genre-blended sound smoothie. Over the phone,…
Where to Get Your St. Paddy’s Day On
McMenamains Old St. Francis school Fri., March 15 to Sun., March 17 All day As part of St. Patrick’s Day Across the Land, McMenamins is hosting its weekend-long party with food and drinks specials and live music. Tony Smiley kicks off the weekend at Father Luke’s Room from 7 to 10pm on Friday. Live music,…
Especially in March, Basketball Is Life
The greatest time of the year is coming up. No, it’s not Christmas. It’s March Madness, baby! It’s the best time for basketball lovers to sit down to watch the game played by some of the young stars in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. With it being such a prime time for basketball, the Source…
Calls to Action on Race
During the 2017-18 school year, Bend-La Pine Schools’ student population was 82 percent white, according to Oregon Department of Education statistics, making the non-white student population roughly 18 percent. Compare that to the 1997-98 school year, when the district had a “minority population” of 4.3 percent, and it’s clear demographics are changing. With 18,064 students,…
Between A Squawk And A Hard Place and Fairy Bail Romance
Between A Squawk And A Hard Place I’m a 32-year-old gay man, and my boyfriend of three years sometimes vents to his friends about our relationship. I feel a little betrayed by this—like my privacy’s being violated. Why can’t he figure things out on his own—without bringing in a jury? —Disturbed A few years back,…
The Future of Building
When imagining the future, the younger me dreamed of living like the Jetsons: flying cars, robots and gadgets performing every daily task. Instead we’ll likely see fewer hyper-futuristic homes and cars, and more solar panel-lined roofs and wind turbines. I’m sure you’ve seen one of the few solar farms in Central Oregon, like the one…
Letters to the Editor
In Response to, “Happenings at Bend Parks” on 2/6 I read this article in the Source and I’m wondering about the funds for financial assistance being underutilized. I have applied three times for aid and the amount of the “cost charge” for me is still unaffordable. If there is a kind or surplus of funds…
Lights Out on Lighting Efficiency?
On Feb. 28, the Department of Energy held a public meeting to announce its plan to revoke Obama-era rules that required higher energy efficiency standards for lighting. According to Environment Oregon, the rollbacks, if approved, would result in an additional 34 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 2025. The Appliance Standards…
Teriyaki Madness Opens
When you broil or grill foods with a glaze of mirin, soy sauce and sugar, you get a Japanese favorite, teriyaki. To satisfy your teriyaki cravings Teriyaki Madness is now open off of Highway 20 and 27th Ave. The fast-casual chain restaurant features a Seattle teriyaki menu prepared with all natural ingredients. Teriyaki Madness 2680…
The Mean Streets of Winter
The end of winter came in like a lion, covering Bend with record snowfall in February. Even though the snow’s largely stopped falling and the temperatures are rising, plenty of reminders from the storm remain on roadways and sidewalks. That’s left many wondering about the protocols—if any—city officials follow for snow removal. Some might wonder,…
Turkey Vultures are Back Again
In spite of all the snow and cold, turkey vultures are on their way north, to their summer haunts. While air temperature does play a role in the movement of turkey vultures and other birds, it’s really the sun’s relationship to the horizon and the amount of daylight that controls their migration calendar. If you…
City leaders are cultural bellwethers, in addition to being public servants
Last month, the Bend City Council convened away from City Hall for its biannual goal-setting process. The goals-in-process differ slightly from the goals set two years prior—at least in how they’re categorized. The 2017-2019 goals fell under five headings, including growth, transportation, affordable housing, public safety and modernization. The current goal-setting process—not yet formally adopted—has…
Bevel Craft Brewing Grand Opening
World champion professional disc golfers Nate Doss and Valarie Jenkins Doss are ready to open Bevel Craft Brewing located in the same complex as 9th Street Village and DIY Cave. The hop-centric microbrewery grand opening is set for Saturday, April 6. It’s the official taproom of the Disc Golf Pro Tour, so it will be…
Free Will Astrology—Week of March 14
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2014, NASA managed to place its MAVEN spacecraft into orbit around Mars. The cost of the mission was $671 million. Soon thereafter, the Indian government put its own vehicle, the Mangalyaan, into orbit around the Red Planet. It spent $74 million. As you plan your own big project, Pisces, I…
Learn to Grow Mushrooms
Want to start a mushroom garden? Dylan Stevens will teach students how to raise king stropharia, also known as wine cap stropharia, garden giant or burgundy mushroom, without expensive equipment or lots of space. Students will learn about the mushroom life cycle, mushroom identification and different growing techniques, and will go home with mushroom spawn to…
Marvel’s Top Gun
If you’re anything like me and grew up loving cinema, movie night was the best night of the week. You’d go to the dinky little pre-IMAX theater with sticky floors and weird smells, get your buttery snacks, and for the next two hours you’d be transported to another world. And if it was a good…
New Prints from Crow’s Shadow
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts is offering a unique artist in residency program located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. While Crow’s Shadow is a print studio that offers educational and professional development opportunities for Native artists, its residency program invites artists who don’t traditionally work in the printmaking medium to…
Fair and Impartial?
In a March 6 business meeting, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners once again heard an appeal of a marijuana farm land-use application. This is the first public hearing regarding an appeal of a marijuana land-use application since it was announced that the Deschutes County Farm Bureau and local industry representatives are appealing the county’s…
Don’t Get Too Comfortable
The first thing Sean Scolnick, better known as Langhorne Slim, tells me over the phone is that he and the band are busy working on a follow up to 2017’s “Lost at Last, Vol. 1.” He also seemed to be pleasantly surprised that it’s now 2019. “That’s right – it’s 2019. It’s great!” Langhorne laughs,…
