It really depends on how we define indulgence to decide whether we should feel bad about indulging or not. If we’re playing by Catholic rules then we are in “partial remission of temporal punishment,” which means hell, because we still owe some form of penance. That sounds too stressful. Following the more…everyday definition, it is […]
Jared Rasic
Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
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Back Into Thin Air
Everest aims high
Everest has a disaster picture vibe along the lines of the old Irwin Allen flicks like The Poseidon Adventure. The main difference is that the story being told in Everest is true and that the lives lost were gone forever, not just off of the call sheet for the rest of filming. The film plays […]
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An Old-Fashioned Revival
The ever-expanding Bend Roots Revival returns
By When asked how to describe the Bend Roots Revival to someone who has never been, co-founder and manager Mark Ransom had this to say: “When someone asks you what a poem is about it’s kind of like, well, you have to read the poem, right?” Since that description is pretty enigmatic and wonderful, it […]
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Infinite Wallace
The End of the Tour quietly explodes
I picked up David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest because I was supposed to. Seventeen years old, a senior in high school and desperate to not look as uncool as I felt, I knew that this was the book I was supposed to carry around in order to look hip (or at least intelligent). I carried […]
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Transport To The $1 Bin
This Statham-less reboot flops
The Transporter Refueled is the Anti-Mad Max: Fury Road. Do you like car chases that thrill you to the point of exhaustion? Do you like strong female characters that don’t just behave like tough men? How about a story that draws you in and makes you care about everyone? Or maybe villains that you love […]
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Have Some Football With Your Beer
Riverbend Brewing impresses
Riverbend Brewing Company is a huge surprise. They’ve mostly been flying under the radar since they took over the space from Rivals Sports Bar two years ago, but the word of mouth has been consistently positive. The idea behind the place is a fairly brilliant one: Take the customer base left over from the previous […]
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Oompah!
September’s Oktoberfest returns
Bend and Germany have a lot in common; we both like beer, skiing, and are composed mostly of white people. We also both love celebrating Oktoberfest, even when it’s in September. In Germany, Oktoberfest is an annual celebration of traditional Bavarian food, music, and culture that lasts 16 full days, beginning in September and stretching […]
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Taking Chances
2nd Street Theater goes for the gut
2nd Street Theater not only has a jam-packed 2016 season, but it still has plenty left for us in 2015 as its Season Showcase demonstrated. The house was full, the audience excited, and the almost three hours of material was very well prepared. For a sneak preview, it was impressive to see all the actors […]
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Choose To Accept Him
Tom Cruise takes on another impossible mission
Some of y’all hate Tom Cruise. And that’s fine. People have actors they can’t stand, sometimes for perfectly sound reasons and sometimes there’s just something primal and instinctual about that hatred that defies all logic and reason. I hate Jon Voight. I think he is a horrible human and the reason he always plays bad […]
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Hawaiian Born Rasta
Mike Love flows through Bend
Mike Love makes roots rock reggae music with a gentle Hawaiian vibe. His new album, Love Will Find A Way, was released on September 1 and he started touring the country just a week later in support of it. There are many things to say about Mike Love, but let’s hear them in his own […]