There is quite a bit to like with Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea, but there is also a plethora of things that lie there, flopping like a fish on the deck of a boat. Sorry about that. No more fish puns. Maybe. First off, the film has a strange framing device that […]
Jared Rasic
Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
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A Christmas Nightmare
Krampus knows you’ve been naughty
There is something inherently wonderful about adding a widely celebrated holiday to a horror film. While the Friday the 13th franchise didn’t necessarily take advantage of the holiday, the Halloween films, April Fool's Day, Gremlins, and many more delightfully exploit our ingrained feelings about specific days of the year. Adding horror to Christmas, though, is […]
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The Prodigal Daughter Returns
Madam Officer plays Bend for the first time
I first met Corinne Sharlet more than a decade ago when we were both cast in CTC’s production of Brigadoon. She easily surpassed the material and was one of the breakout stars of the show, seeming destined to be front and center from then on. “I’ve been singing ever since I could talk,” Sharlet says. […]
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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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The Source Suggests 12/9-12/16
Nice & Brown, DJ Theckectik & Pelvis Costello It’s always nice to bring out the funk and Nice & Brown know how to get some booties shaking. Plus, there comes a time when you have to go see someone named Pelvis Costello. Don’t let this chance pass you by, because then you might have to […]
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A Singular Experience
Lone Pine Coffee keeps it sweet and simple
Tin Pan Alley plays host to all kinds of people. Every day this unassuming alley off of Minnesota Avenue downtown acts as a makeshift Ellis Island to tourists, locals, and everyone in between. Three businesses are tucked into the backside of the old Bend Hardware building (whose front side hosts Bond Street Market, Azura, Noi, […]
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No, Seriously, Put Your Cell Phones Away
Volcanic’s Santaland wants to touch your dark places
The Santaland Diaries was initially sparked from David Sedaris spending a holiday season playing a Christmas elf in the SantaLand of a massive Macy’s department store in New York City. The resulting essay is dryly funny and full of biting observations about how Americans treat strangers and their children around the holidays, but it also […]
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The Jetsetter
Gifts to travel into the future with
Oakley Sunglasses Oakleys used to just be for athletes, rock stars, or presidents of foreign governments, but now, anyone can slip into a sweet pair of sunglasses without having to mastermind a coup in Equatorial Guinea. With the sun-obliterating polarized lenses, the modern jetsetter can travel to the brightest of lands and still see off […]
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The Professor
Contemporary gifts for the discerning mind
Guatemalan & Sumatran blend Quickstep Coffee One could really choose any of the myriad of coffee stylings from Strictly Organic Coffee Company, but it is the Quickstep that really adds clarity to the modern professorial mind. Quickstep takes the mushroomy, earthy tones of the typical Sumatran cup and ties it into the complex, smokey acidity […]
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Dust Gets in Your Eyes
Creed honors Rocky’s legacy
Not to get too gender normative or anything, but there is this thing called Man Tears. Urban Dictionary defines it as, “When one reaches a certain zenith of unbridled manliness, one cannot cry saline-based tears anymore. Instead, one’s tear ducts will secrete other, lesser men, who then proceed to cry in one’s stead.” I have […]