As Bend quickly and quietly continues its transformation into a Portlandia sketch, we are now sinking in to the brunch portion of our metamorphosis. Bend has always been a breakfast town, but herald the crepes and blintzes coming out and the closing times inching closer to 3 pm. Being that I am equally good at […]
Jared Rasic
Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
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Puppets Are People, Too
Walk Onto Electric Avenue Q
Avenue Q is a better show than you think it is. Unless you have already seen it or heard snippits from it or watched Youtube videos, the only thing you might know about the show is that it is summed up in a sentence as “An R-rated episode of Sesame Street.” While that’s accurate to […]
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Film Events
Artist’s Den Presents: Alt-J Live from the Hollywood American Legion comes Alt-J in concert. Fathom Events and Regal have been doing some of these Artist’s Den concerts lately and the sound mix is always spot on and makes for a fantastic window into a show you might be missing otherwise. Keep an eye on artistsden.com […]
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Orange County’s Little Monster
Social Distortion 101
Mike Ness is an icon. Regardless of the era of Social Distortion you’re into, whether it is the raw early three-cord punk of their late ’70s-early ’80s output, or their more modern country-tinged, bluesy bar rock, the legend of Mike Ness cannot be denied. Ness was raised in Orange County and kicked out at 15, […]
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Mandatory Puns
Weird Al drops his word crimes all over Bend
Weird Al Yankovic introduced me to music. I heard “Yoda” before I ever heard The Kinks’ “Lola” and “I Love Rocky Road” was a part of my consciousness long before Joan Jett and The Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock and Roll.” I doubt I’m alone—and perhaps his current surge of success is due to an emerging […]
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Wes Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015)
The first time I ever remember getting scared from a movie was when I walked in on my older cousin watching Nightmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors. A skinny, awkward young mental patient was fooling around with a beautiful, partly naked nurse on a hospital bed. Just when things were getting pleasant for […]
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Peek into the Future
Cascades Theatrical Company unveils its packed 37th season
When Cascades Theatrical Company launched its first season, Jimmy Carter was still in office. Now, on the brink of its 37th season, CTC recently hosted its 12th Annual Sneak Peek Gala, presenting scenes from each of the theater’s upcoming productions. And, full disclosure: I acted in one of the scenes and directed another, so it […]
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Vampires of the Pacific Northwest
Redmond writer releases comic book
When comics were just “funny books” and specifically aimed at kids (young boys to be precise), heroic men punching dastardly villains with a large “WHAM” or “BANG” drawn in was enough. But as the demographic has expanded far beyond young boys—and even grownup boys—and into girls and women, with expectations of more varied and sophisticated […]
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The Bard is Back
Shakespeare returns to Drake Park
Each year Central Oregon is seeing more and more adaptations of the works of William Shakespeare, with this summer’s traveling production of Macbeth and August’s fourth annual Shakespeare in the Park from Northwest Classical Theater Company. Under the guidance of Executive Director Grant Turner, this year NWCTC is taking on A Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s […]
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Best Men’s Clothing
Revolvr
Revolvr has only been open for a few months in downtown Bend, but winning Best Men’s Clothing so quickly speaks volumes for their reception. With a wide variety of clothing—including local designers—and all sorts of amenities for the modern gentleperson, the store is far from stuffy or snooty. Dayna Corbeille, the manager of our local […]