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Apr 17-23, 2008

Vol. 12, No. 16

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Local News

Not So Neighborly: ADA flap renews simmering civic sibling rivalry

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Local News

Merkley Goes Into Kitchen Sink Mode

The conventional wisdom advises that when a political candidate is trailing, what he should do is go negative against his opponent - and it looks

By H. Bruce Miller
Apr 19, 2008
Local News

Thin Edge of the Broadband Wedge?

BendBroadband's plan to offer faster connections but charge heavy users extra inspired the technology site Gizmodo to post an article headlined: "The Future of Broadband:

By H. Bruce Miller
Apr 18, 2008

Editorial

Off Into the Sunset, With a Bang: A porn queen calls it quits and Gonzo can't get started

A big T.S. Eliot fan - honest. In news that will bring sorrow to the hearts of porn aficionados everywhere, Upfront has been informed that

By Joseph Oguiza
Apr 16, 2008
Editorial

The Parking Fee Plan

Bend pioneers - i.e., anybody who was here before 1990 or thereabouts - can remember when downtown had no parking problem at all. About half

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Pregnant Man Is Profile in Courage

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

What Are You Smoking?

I have yet to see or hear of any healthful benefit to the use of tobacco, so I am a little dismayed by you giving

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Singing the Praises of Joe

In response to your article about Trader Joe's: No - people in Bend or Portland or California are not crazy ... they just LOVE their

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

ODOT's Got a Lot of 'Splainin' to Do

Way to go Source! You really scooped the "other Bend publication" with your story about Ray Perry, the ODOT employee who was fired for coming

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

The Epitome of Hypocrisy

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible,

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008

Culture Features

Life as Art: Cristina Acosta is making her art at all costs

Brushing up on tile work. Bend artist Cristina Acosta is challenging the old truism that art imitates life. A painter, Acosta has learned to let

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Picks

Our Picks for the Week of 4/19-4/23

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008

Chow

Shaken and Up: Bendistillery Martini Bar and Tasting Room (AKA: The Martini Bar)

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: On To The Big City

It's a fact of life in Central Oregon that many of your friends will move away to the big city (i.e. Portland) at some point

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: On To The Big City

It's a fact of life in Central Oregon that many of your friends will move away to the big city (i.e. Portland) at some point

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Chow

Shaken and Up: Bendistillery Martini Bar and Tasting Room (AKA: The Martini Bar)

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008

Film

Slashed to Pieces: Prom Night probes new depths of lame

Quick, act like a cat. My first reaction leaving the theatre after this movie, besides ramming my head into the wall, was to consult my

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Film

Indie Picks: Fields of Fuel

Filmmaker Josh Tickell is aiming for "a shift in human consciousness," with his film, Fields of Fuel. Focused on biodiesel and biofuels as alternatives to

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Film

Corn Fed: A look at America's most planted, processed and subsidized crop

Stuffing their cornholes.You might think twice about devouring another McDonald's Quarter Pounder after watching Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis' eye-opening documentary, King Corn. The film

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Film Events

It was SIMply a matter of Time: The Sims franchise drops on the Wii

In a better world, we're all cartoonsThis was going to happen; it was just a matter of when. Electronic Arts has taken one of their

By Shawn Wallbaum
Apr 16, 2008

Sound Stories & Interviews

American Music Club - The Golden Age

The critically acclaimed Bay Area band has been making music since the mid-80s. The songs come quietly and deliberately from leader Mark Eitzel as he

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Northwest String Summit

Get YonderEven after Sunday's show at the Midtown Music Hall, we know you haven't had enough of Colorado's Yonder Mountain String Band. And how in

By Mike Bookey
Apr 16, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Storm Brewing: New Monsoon set to drop at Summit Saloon

the fleet fingers will be out in force at new monsoon. If you're a fan of open-ended electric jams and happened to miss New Monsoon

By Eric Flowers
Apr 16, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Department Store Party: Blue Turtle Seduction take you from lingerie to hardware

proper robot technique. Blue Turtle Seduction is about to release a new record called 13 Floors and after drummer Adam Navone describes the idea behind

By Mike Bookey
Apr 16, 2008

Natural World

Things That Bite in the Night: Brown recluse and hobo spiders are getting a bum rap

The real bad "guy" (but really a "gal"), the infamous Brown Recluse. Spiders in Central Oregon are in a heap of trouble, and so are

By Jim Anderson
Apr 16, 2008
Outside Features

Break Out The Shorts: Will legs at last see the light of day?

By Bob Woodward
Apr 16, 2008