The time has come. No more innuendo or jokes or innocent until proven guilty handoffs. Bill Cosby has been charged with aggravated indecent assault for his drugging and raping of a former Temple University employee that rejected his sexual advances. He was charged, booked and bail was set at a million dollars (which he had […]
Jared Rasic
Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
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Top Theatre Performances of 2015
The Bend theatrical scene has gone through quite a resurgence in 2015, with a vast majority of the shows either playing to full houses or close to it. Compared to years' past when CTC and 2nd Street both came close to shutting their doors, and Volcanic Theatre Pub was primarily a music venue, 2015 has […]
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Top 10 Films of 2015
A big challenge with being a film critic in Central Oregon is that we don’t get to go to press screenings and Central Oregon doesn’t always get some of the more prestigous releases until closer to Oscar night. So, going into writing this list, there are still quite a few movies I haven’t seen that […]
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Worst Films of 2015
I tend to avoid films that look like they’re going to be terrible, but that isn’t always possible. Sometimes high expectations can take a movie that is only serviceable and make it utter garbage because of how great the marketing is. While these are certainly not the five worst movies of 2015, they are most […]
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Raising Their Voices
Church choirs appeal to the masses
When I first moved to Bend, I had no real sense of identity, especially when it came to religion. A few years in Catholic school had taught me I wasn’t a Catholic and a few different Christian day camps and Bible studies made me realize that I wasn’t sure if I was religious, spiritual, or […]
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A Grumpy Old Man Experiences a Star War
Or: How I got mad and wanted my damn money back
This is not the review you are looking for. I’ll spend some time talking about The Force Awakens itself further down, but it’s almost pointless since Star Wars is now and will always be a critic-proof franchise. It doesn’t really matter what any critic says about the newest film in the decades-spanning series, either you’re […]
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Learning to Be Fearless
Karaoke is alive and well in Bend
In Japanese, karaoke means “Empty Orchestra” and while that is a beautiful image, it is not entirely accurate. Karaoke DJs (or KJs) are the ghost in the machine, the voices, minds and nimble fingers of the vocal-less music you try to impress friends and strangers to. KJs summon the one song you just have to […]
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Karma is very real for Martin Shkreli
Poor Martin Shkreli. The chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc is having one hell of a year. First he becomes the target of the American media and becomes the most hated man in the country for raising the price of life saving AIDS medication by 5000 percent. Then he purchases the […]
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Source Suggests 12/16-12/23
B Side Brass Band & Truck Stop Gravy Brass bands and snowy weather are a perfect mix, just in case you were wondering. B Side Brass Band knows how to brass it just the right way to make those cold nights warm. Combined with beer from Silver Moon, expect to be satisfied from your head […]
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Fertile Ground
Topsoil Theatrics stages a Christmas cocktail cabaret
John Kish is one of those actors who, the moment you see him on stage, fills you with all different kinds of emotions. He makes any production he is a part of better due to his complete immersion into the role, regardless of size. It is easy to tell his dedication to craft as he […]