Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
Dogwood Cocktail Cabin is better than it has any right to be. It’s in such a prime downtown location that they could probably coast by on strong drinks and decent bar food, but instead there’s a sense of curated deliciousness to the Dogwood that continually exceeds all expectations. Owners Doug and Phoebe Pedersen don’t take […]
As COVID-19 has kept many downtown businesses unable to take full advantage of their dining rooms, 900 Wall expanded into the street and kept people coming back to what is essentially one of the most popular restaurants/happy hours in Bend. “Having the additional outdoor seating has been instrumental to our success this summer,” says co-owner […]
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Bend has a surplus of dispensaries. When marijuana became legal in Oregon, the novelty of just being able to walk into a store and come out with cannabis was cool enough to keep many dispensaries going—even the hollow Tin Man ones, basically empty on the inside with crappy customer service […]
“I always say, my goal in making beer is to create great conversation,” says Nate Doss, winner of the 2020 Best Brewer award. Good thing, because there’s quite a bit of conversation right now about Nate and Valarie (Jenkins) Doss and their Bevel Craft Brewing. Between the two of them, they have seven world championship and […]
Whenever I’m in PDX, I try to hit up Baba’s Mediterranean Grill because the act of creating a build-your-own falafel bowl is my own personal yellow brick road. I was always disappointed to come back to Bend, knowing my sweet, customizable gyro love was being left behind in Portland. Enter Kefi Fast Fresh Mediterranean. Everything […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about movies that changed the world—and now here we are, coming up on two of them that have the power to do just that. Local nonprofit, The Father’s Group, is taking over the pop-up drive-in for a night, showing one of the most powerful documentaries to have come out over […]
I missed seeing movies at the cinema more than I can say. The massive sound, the huge screens and the brand-new releases were all things I was deeply missing in the age of COVID. At the same time, it makes perfect sense why Regal Cinemas nationwide were closed. Being inside a box full of strangers during […]
I‘m not sure if this is a hot take, but most stoner movies are terrible. Maybe at the time they came out they’re pretty funny or trippy, but they don’t tend to age very well. I recently tried to re-watch some of the Cheech and Chong movies. In “Nice Dreams,” Cheech legit sexually assaults someone […]
It was 1902 when “Le Voyage dans la Lune” (“A Trip to the Moon”) by Georges Méliès was released, changing cinema and the way humans relate to the world forever. Sure, it’s widely considered to be one of the earliest examples of the science fiction genre in film and changed the way narratives were told […]
Well, I initially thought this month’s column should just be me repeating, “Everything is fine!” 500 times while everything burns down around me, but I’ve decided to bottle it all up until I have a nervous breakdown three or four months from now. Sound like a plan? Good! With that said, since theaters (live and […]
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