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Our PIcks for 3/30 – 4/7: Juniper Grass Music Festival, Art Walk, Budo Fights, Ice Cube, The Baseball Project and more

The Source Weekly provides our picks for Bend’s best bets in local entertainment.
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Juniper Grass Music Festival
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It's already been two years since the president signed the Wilderness Bill that created the Oregon Badlands and now it's time to celebrate that victory with a night of rootsy music. Appearing at this show, which benefits the Friends of Oregon Badlands Wilderness, are the bluegrass tag team of Moon Mountain Ramblers and Blackstrap, as well as Mark and Linda Quon. Jam out for a good cause, y'all! $10. 8pm. Old Stone Church, 157 NW Franklin Ave.
First Friday Art Walk
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Yeah, it's April Fool's Day on Friday, but we're not joking around when we say that there is some incredible art to be seen around town for the monthly art walk. And as a bonus, it's supposed to be relatively warm for this month's celebration of visual arts! Downtown Bend and Old Mill District, beginning at 5pm.

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A Low Blow to the Death With Dignity Act

House Bill 2016 is an atrocious law, that's why the legislature must smack it down fast and hard, and that's why it and its sponsors are getting THE BOOT.
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For 17 years the opponents of Oregon's landmark Death With Dignity Act have taken a beating every time they tried to fight it. But like a punch-drunk boxer who doesn't know when he's licked, they just keep wading in and swinging.
Oregon voters passed the pioneering legislation handily in 1994 in spite of a scare campaign aimed at making them believe they'd be starting the state down the slippery slope to mass euthanasia. Opponents tried to get the act repealed in 1997; that time they got hammered even worse, with 60% of the votes going against them.
In the courts they didn't do any better. The George W. Bush administration challenged the DWDA but lost before the US Supreme Court in 2006.

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Your Fresh Straight Poop Hot Off the Presses

Scoop Lewis, Ace Reporter, reviews the past week’s biggest news stories, both locally and nationally.
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Monday, March 21
Out of the woods? Head of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Japanese are “on the verge of stabilizing” wayward reactor as power is restored to two of six units … Fire from the left: Liberal US Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) says President Obama's decision to intervene in Libya without congressional okay “would appear on its face to be an impeachable offense” … Meanwhile Libyan rebels, helped by US and allied air strikes, advance against Muammar Qaddafi's forces, and Libya releases four New York Times journalists captured six days ago … A break for the jobless: Gov. John Kitzhaber signs bill extending unemployment benefits up to 26 weeks … Speaking of the jobless, sources report CBS thinking about giving Charlie Sheen his old $2 million-per-episode job on “Two and a Half Men” back.

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You Don't Make Friends With Salad

This Letter to the Editor reviews the origin of the Caesar salad in response to last week’s Chow article.
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Last winter at a dinner with a group ofCanadian friends in the Mexican town where we winter, a couple of us opted to order the “Chicken Caesar Salad” on the menu. One diner, who had quaffed several shots of some excellent Tequila exuberantly declared, “Do you know where the Caesar salad was invented?” As it happened, I did know, but he didn’t wait for me to answer and with a triumphant smileannounced,”In Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.” I had heard this myth many times before, including from members of my own family who have lived in Las Vegas for decades. Isimply couldn’t let it pass.

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The Best Use of Our Dollars?

Letter to the Editor in response to the March 24 article “In Search of Stability” on regional teen homelessness.
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Shades of Gray: Pokemon Black/White delivers, but doesn't dazzle

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During a lifetime of playing videogames, I’ve learned quite a few things about myself. I’ve learned that I’m remarkably good at planning military defenses. I’m a disastrous drug dealer. Never, ever ask me to drive the getaway car. The killer inside me prefers a knife to a gun. And most recently, by playing Pokémon Black/White, I discovered that I’m still a ten-year-old at heart.
Adulthood, you haven’t taken me yet! I was thrilled when my otter-like Oshawott evolved – all whirling double helixes and sparkles – into a sleek, feline Dewott. I felt clever when I went ahead of the game and caught a Pokémon that gave me an advantage in an upcoming battle. I was suitably impressed by the movement of the creatures when they fought. (They’ve never been animated before.) And yeah, I pored over my Pokémon collection, trying to complete the whole thing.

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A Movie Proposal: How does Hollywood get grown-ups back in theaters? It's simple math.

A modest proposal for a different ticket pricing system for movies.
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If you're reading this section of the paper, odds are you're a) someone over the age of 18, and b) someone who is interested in what's going on in movie theaters. Congratulations on being a survivor in a species on the verge of extinction.
It's no breaking news story to anyone who follows the movie industry – or anyone who looks occasionally at the movie listings – that mainstream movies are directed overwhelmingly at teenage boys. Exactly how long that's been the case, and to what extent it has gotten worse in recent years, is up for constant debate. In a recent GQ article, film journalist Mark Harris traces the trend back to Top Gun in 1986; plenty of others have pointed to the Star Wars summer of 1977. But however and whenever it began, there's little questioning that Hollywood now depends on serving the young male audience – as a seemingly non-stop buffet of comic-book and video-game adaptations bears constant witness.

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WRite – Moving On

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I began wRite almost two years ago. I envisioned it as a Rite – a community Rite. I invited Bend writers, poets, writing teachers, writing organizations, local bookstores and those of us who have to transcribe what's in our minds on cocktail napkins, bus tickets, and any other paper that is in range, to be part of the ritual. I asked you to send me press releases, announcements of poetry slams, readings and your own words. Almost no one responded.
A one-person ritual can become nothing but obsession. I've run out of things to write about writing, except for this: If you want to write, pick up a pen and paper and begin. Write enough that your mind and muscles remember how to move. When you can't imagine a day without writing, switch to the computer. Forget about whether or not you'll find an agent. A publisher. Just fuckin' write.

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Hail Caesar! In search of Central Oregon's best Caesar salad

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My quest for the best Caesar salad in Bend began on a whim. I have always loved Caesars, but ordering one in an unfamiliar restaurant is like stopping at a random truck stop for a burger: Probably not a good idea, but you could discover a gem. Now there are great Caesars (think crisp romaine lettuce, lemony dressing with the slightest hint of anchovy and crunchy sourdough croutons), but also really bad ones (think huge pieces of rusty-edge iceberg lettuce, thick, goopy dressing and croutons that may leave you with one less molar). Unfortunately, because of this salad's surge in popularity, even the word Caesar is slightly nebulous. After ordering several mediocre Caesar salads (twice at the same restaurant because I had forgotten that I had already tried it), I decided to keep a log of my Caesar experiences. I developed a rating system that took into account several variables, such as whether or not the restaurant uses raw egg, whether the salad incorporates the controversial anchovy, the quality of the croutons and, most importantly, the authenticity of the dressing.

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