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Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
The most refreshing thing about WildWood, the new taproom, food cart, cocktail lounge combination located in the spot formerly held by The Brown Owl, is that it’s one of the first new places to open in Bend in a long time that doesn’t feel prohibitive to the pocketbook. The fact that the menu has multiple […]
Kevin Costner is now and will always be an icon. Even with what could somewhat of a limited range as an actor, he’s always managed to instill the characters he has played with varying levels of flawed humanity and a certain unquantifiable vibe of old-fashioned movie star charisma, mixed with a ’50s-style drip of cowboy […]
I don’t think I’m as much of a film snob as I’m supposed to be. Don’t get me wrong, I love a complicated and mind-bending independent film that melts my brain and inspires me to write 1,000 words on the cinematic language of the New Hollywood movement, but I equally love a good disaster movie or […]
I‘m coming up on my 25th year as a resident of Bend, and as great as the food scene is here in 2024, there are still some spots that have closed over the years that I still miss on the regular. Colors was, to this day, the best breakfast spot ever in Central Oregon and […]
I understand and, to a lesser extent, accept, that Nicolas Cage isn’t for everyone. He goes so big that it’s sometimes hard to know whether he’s acting or just becoming the character, transcending this planet we call Earth and becoming a being of pure mega-acting. As a performer, his talent is questioned by everyone from my […]
We’re at that time of year where the number of movies being released outweighs the number of hours in the day in which to watch them. This past weekend I hit up a few different local theaters to try to catch up with some of the titles I’ve been missing, with decidedly mixed results. Was […]
“I forget what I’ve criedover where I’ve leftmy blood in this world.” -Broderick Eaton “the salt we leave behind,” finalist for the 2023 Crosswinds Poetry Prize Truly great poetry grows in the mind and can change how you view yourself and the world. As an art form, it hasn’t received the respect it deserves in […]
I have been remiss in my duties as your Friendly Neighborhood Cultural Writer. With the weather so lovely over the last week and my deep and abiding love of walking around Bend and listening to early aughts hip-hop music, I haven’t been dedicating enough time to podcasts and streaming services lately. Luckily, I binged just enough […]
Hollywood has this habit now that rarely pays off. Some young/new/hungry filmmaker makes a gorgeous independent feature or two on a small to medium budget, Hollywood notices and hires them to make a $100-million blockbuster that, more likely than not, tamps down their directorial style and attaches their sensibilities to filmmaking-by-committee, thus losing whatever spark […]
The first time I walked into Mill Works Pub, I knew it was gonna be something different. Normally when you walk into a place with “Pub” in the title, the TVs scattered throughout the place will have some type of sports ball playing on them (or multiple). But here the TV near the bar was […]
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