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Aug 20-26, 2009

Vol. 13, No. 34

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Local News

Who wants to bet on the Bulletin?

I'm going to make a small wager right now with anyone who wants to take me up on it. I'll wager a Taco Stand smothered

By The Source Staff
Aug 20, 2009
Local News

Maragas Winery Gets a Makeover

I had a chance to sit down with local winter entrepreneur extraordinaire Doug Maragas this past week to talk about his new(ish) winery and vineyard

By The Source Staff
Aug 23, 2009
Local News

Rolling out the Greenprint: Inside Deschutes County's largest conservation planning effort to date

By Mike Bookey
Aug 19, 2009
Local News

Tonight and Tomorrow in Music...Teddy Presberg and Alpaca!

If you're looking for something to do out on the town tonight, the Silver Moon is probably your best bet with the crazily weird jazz

By The Source Staff
Aug 19, 2009
Local News

Evil Dead the Musical is Coming to the 2nd St. Theater

The first time I saw Evil Dead, it was on a gritty VHS tape rented from a wire rack somewhere near the back of my

By The Source Staff
Aug 19, 2009
Local News

Tonight is Ladies Night in Downtown Bend

Hey laaadies! That was of course meant to be sung in the voice and obnoxious tone of the Beastie Boys, in case that didn't make

By The Source Staff
Aug 20, 2009
Local News

Moon Mountain Music Festival...is FREE

I've been keeping an ear out as information about the secondinstallment of the Moon Mountain Rambler's very own music festival, the Moon Mountain Festival rolls

By The Source Staff
Aug 21, 2009
Local News

Tuesday Night, Nothing-to-Do Blues?

Tuesday night is about to roll around and with the Elks having finished for the season, that leaves few options to fill your evening. Yeah,

By The Source Staff
Aug 24, 2009
Local News

Labor to Wyden: Which Side Are You On?

Labor unions say they're drawing a line in the sand over support for a public health care option, and Ron Wyden might find himself on

By The Source Staff
Aug 19, 2009
Local News

The Horrors of Un-Socialized Medicine

There's a lot of fearful talk these days about the prospect of "government bureaucrats making health care decisions for you" if health care reform goes

By The Source Staff
Aug 21, 2009
Local News

Clearing Up Some of the Stench in Salem

Faithful readers of this blog know that The Eye doesn't hand out praise to Republicans very often, but it looks like the ones in Salem

By The Source Staff
Aug 22, 2009

Editorial

Beating A Hasty Retreat Health care backpedaling, dispatches from the drug war, Rove returns and more!

Editor's note: Guest columnist sits in this week for Mick McMenaminuses who has departed for parts unknown with flask full of cheap whisky and a

By Eric Flowers
Aug 19, 2009
Editorial

The BLM's Steens Mountain Freeway

The acronym "BLM" stands for "Bureau of Land Management." After looking at what the BLM did in the Steens Mountain area last month, maybe the

By H. Bruce Miller
Aug 19, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Letter of the Week: Stop Health Care Reform

This week's letter comes from Lolly Champion who takes us through health reform by the numbers. Thanks, Lolly. We agree that the absolute dysfunctionality of

By Source Weekly
Aug 19, 2009
Letters to the Editor

The Loud Mouths

I remember learning as a late teenager of then-President Ronald Reagan's plan to destroy Nicaragua by funding a group of mercenaries known as the "Contras."

By Eric Flowers
Aug 19, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Baez Stands On Her Own

By Eric Flowers
Aug 19, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Obama Out Of Control

By Source Weekly
Aug 19, 2009

Picks

Our Picks for the Week of 8/19-8/27

Moonalicefriday 21See this week's preview for more on this all-star rocking tribe of jammers and their fearless Chubby Wombat leader. $10. 9pm. Silver Moon Brewing

By The Source Staff
Aug 19, 2009
Theater

Talent In Bloom: 2nd Street's bubbling cast brings life to Steel Magnolias

Full disclosure, this review is based on my experience sitting through a rehearsal performance of 2nd Street Theatre's Steel Magnolias, when there was still a

By Mike Bookey
Aug 19, 2009

Chow

Tried and True: Chan's slow and steady approach wins the race

When I'm in the mood for Chinese, I usually tend towards Hong Kong Restaurant. Not only is it the first place I happened upon when

By Alice Finer
Aug 19, 2009
Chow

Tried and True: Chan's slow and steady approach wins the race

When I'm in the mood for Chinese, I usually tend towards Hong Kong Restaurant. Not only is it the first place I happened upon when

By Alice Finer
Aug 19, 2009

Film

Cat Food for Thought: Sci-fi thriller is commentary on prejudice and the human condition

District 9 is much more than a sci-fi thriller. It's an engaging mockumentary infused with black humor, a scathing satire on 24-hour news, commentary on

By Mike Bookey
Aug 19, 2009
Film

Too Many Cooks: Adams' flat performance hinders otherwise solid Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia is split in half to tell the true stories of the chef and author of Mastering The Art Of French Cooking, Julia

By Mike Bookey
Aug 19, 2009

Sound Stories & Interviews

CD Review - The Minus 5: Killingsworth

By Source Weekly
Aug 19, 2009
Sound Stories & Interviews

Business is Good: The not-so accidental rise of Moonalice

By Mike Bookey
Aug 19, 2009

Outside Features

Best of Bend Elks 2009

By Mike Ficher
Aug 19, 2009
Outside Features

Turning Paradigms Upside Down: Sixty is the new forty and MEAT is the New RICE

"Sixty is the new forty." Hillary Clinton made the line famous last year when she celebrated her 60th birthday during the presidential campaign. Woodstock celebrated

By Pam Stevenson
Aug 19, 2009