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While growing up in Bend Oregon, Source intern Kyle Switzer has been shooting the city of Bend for years. Additionally, in recent years, the shutter has been firing all around the world, capturing places like Vietnam, Cambodia, and even the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Now residing back to his roots, Kyle is finding himself once again in best place in the world: the state of Oregon.
If there is a “Bend sound,” what is it? How do local music fans play into the scene? And where do local music makers like to play most? As part of this week’s feature on the Central Oregon music scene, I checked in with some local musicians to answer these questions and more. [page] Name: […]
As local shows continue to be postponed, venue seating is limited, and COVID-19 cases go up, being a local musician is proving to be one of the hardest jobs to bounce back from in this pandemic era. To the local music lover, the horizon is looking gray. However, to the jobless but ever so optimistic […]
When walking even a half mile from the protests your eyes begin to water, the smell of RoundUp creeps up your nose, your throat inches, then burns. Chants billow towards you: “Whose streets…. our streets.“ Goggles soon become a necessity. Two masks help shield your throat from the invisible, sharp air, and as the first […]
As mask regulations ramp up, quarantine continues and the monotonous day-to-day routine proves to be as strangling as the walls around your home office, exercising is a necessity. That early-morning run or after-work trip to the bike trail is increasingly becoming something of a therapy appointment. But as the year creeps along into its hottest months, some of Bend’s popular trails prove unforgiving, dusty and sometimes dangerous, depending on the time of day. The major threat to be aware of when exercising in the summer is heat stress, which can lead […]
Humans have long had a fascination with the possible integration of human and machine. From James Cameron’s epic 1984 film, “Terminator,” to our more recent obsession with half machine, half hero “Tony Stark,” the world seems to be ominously awaiting the ever-increasing reality that robots are coming. Although we haven’t seen robots traveling in time […]
Representative Greg Walden (R-OR2) introduced legislation Thursday to name the Bend Veterans Affairs Clinic after WWII veteran and Bend resident Bob Maxwell. Prior to passing away in May 2019, Maxwell was the oldest medal of honor recipient in the nation—Maxwell’s medal being signed off by Franklin Delano Roosevelt two day before FDR’s death. Maxwell was […]
Hundreds gathered to march up Pilot Butte, the site of KKK cross burnings in the early 20th century. Organized by Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly the “Take Back the Butte” peaceful protest, which happened on Juneteenth, culminated to a final moment at the top where the “bad juju” was lifted off the iconic Pilot Butte. […]
The Source Weekly with Angela Moore and Jared Rasic present a weekly podcast in which we talk about the Picks of the Week. This week we discuss Death by Design: The Dirty Secret of our Digital Addiction, Polar Plunge, The Vagina Monologues, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Moon Room, Sacred Leadership Workshop, 6th Annual Tour […]
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