A new breakfast spot prominently featuring bacon has opened near downtown Redmond. bacon Bar N Brunch celebrated its grand opening on Feb. 5. The restaurant, with indoor and outdoor seating, features standard breakfast items like eggs, pancakes, French toast, oatmeal and avocado toast but also has thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, candied bacon, bacon omelettes, BLT […]
Nic Moye
Nic Moye spent 33 years in television news all over the country. She has two adorable small dogs who kayak and one luxurious kitty. Passions include lake swimming, mountain biking and reading.
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Tea & Art Lounge Opens Soon in Downtown Bend
Teal will offer beverages, pastries and the use of art supplies
A new tea and art lounge is opening in downtown Bend in March. “The concept is to create a comfy, cozy, calm, safe place for people to come and create,” explains Sarah Swoffer who owns Teal with her husband on NW Bond Street next to Deschutes Brewery. Swoffer expects to open the second week of […]
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The Pride in Numbers Survey is Underway
Organizers are urging local LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit individuals to participate
The Pride Foundation is sponsoring a new survey called “Pride in Numbers.” It’s for all adults 18+ who are LGBTQIA and Two Spirit. Nimisha Jain, one of the team members hoping to get the word out in Central Oregon, describes the information being gathered by the survey. “All kinds of questions are being asked in […]
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‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Meadow Sky Productions’ latest play is being performed in Redmond
William Shakespeare wrote his romantic comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing,” in 1598. Since then, it’s undergone many adaptations, including a Meadow Sky Productions which is opening this month at the High Desert Music Hall in Redmond. “We’ve set the story in a different world than originally written, creating a fantasy world and setting inspired by […]
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Channeling Willie to Shut Out the Chaos
A free Willie Nelson tribute is aimed at uniting locals in harmony
“It’s extremely hard to look out at the world today, at our communities, and come to grips with the kind of darkness that is increasingly seeping into every single last corner of day-to-day life,” says local musician Joe Estrada. “And while there’s plenty we can all be doing within our individual capacities, it’s still hard […]
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The Hudson Opens to the Public Wed., Feb. 18
The live-fire chophouse is located at 900 NW Wall
The Hudson at 900 NW Wall Street in downtown Bend will begin taking reservations on Tuesday, Feb. 17 for its official opening on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The Hudson is a live-fire chophouse and social club. Steaks, chops, seafood and vegetables are prepared over flames fueled by wood and charcoal. The Hudson is led by Dale […]
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From Trauma to Triumph: Two Young Men Overcome Childhood Homelessness with Poise and Perseverance
After chaotic young lives, their last stop as teenagers was at J Bar J youth shelter
The annual Point in Time homeless count just wrapped up, with results expected in March. During last year’s count, on Jan. 27, 2025, 268 people under the age of 25 were reported unsheltered in Bend. Each of those young people have a history that many of us will never hear. Two young Bend men, one who just turned 18 and one in his early 20s, agreed to talk with the Source about their experience growing up without a […]
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“Under Pressure”
New exhibit at the High Desert Museum explores the local history of volcanoes
While volcanoes date back millions and millions of years, knowledge about them continues evolving. A study by the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences published in January 2025 found that all volcanoes, including dormant ones, have persistent and large magma bodies. Scientists used seismic waves to identify magma chambers beneath six volcanoes within the Cascade […]
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Blues, Soul and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Bigfoot County, together about a year, is making a splash in the local music scene
While Covid created shockwaves still reverberating today, some good also came to fruition, made possible by happenstance. That’s the genesis of the band Bigfoot County, when two neighbors, Mike Szabo and Mitch Gadsby, hanging out at a neighborhood gathering during the pandemic discovered a shared passion for music. “We clicked right away. It just sounded […]
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Outsourcing the Hard Part of Dating
Matchmakers are modern day love valets
According to the latest demographics, more than half the people living in Central Oregon are married. That still leaves a chunk potentially searching for a partner. Data shows 27% of the local population have never married; 13% are divorced and 5% are widowed. It’s a pretty equal split among the number of men and women […]