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Sep 3-9, 2009

Vol. 13, No. 36

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Local News

How To Lose A Million Bucks. Bend Style.

Down at the bottom of tomorrow's (Wednesday's) council agenda is a real estate item of interest to those of us who have been following the

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009
Local News

Making The Call On Clem

Well I'm sitting here eating an early lunch of crow after hearing that Brian Clem will NOT be running for governor after all.

By The Source Staff
Sep 3, 2009
Local News

Young Gun: Could an obscure 30-something progressive be the next top dog in Salem?

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009
Local News

Empty Space Orchestra Has a Sexy New Website

After several months of preparation, Empty Space Orchestra finally has a new website up and running. It's got some nice bells and whistles, but far

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009
Local News

Rage Films new flick "Pretty Good" premiers at the Tower Sept. 12

I'm not all that hot on the fact that we've now in September. In fact, I feel like I've had my summer stolen by some

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009
Local News

Video and recap from G. Love and Special Sauce Thursday night

The Domino Room was as packed as I've ever seen it last night for the much-anticipated G. Love and Special Sauce show.

By The Source Staff
Sep 4, 2009
Local News

Brett Dennen Video From Monday Night's Show

Summer is pretty much over, but the sizable crowd at the Athletic Club of Bend last night where Brett Dennen played a set of fan

By The Source Staff
Sep 8, 2009
Local News

How Ashland Didn't Get Bent Out of Shape

It doesn't have a major ski area. It doesn't have dramatic mountain views. It doesn't have a river running through it. (The best it can

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009
Local News

Who's Gonna Run With the Big Dog? Kitzhaber Enters Governor's Race

By The Source Staff
Sep 3, 2009
Local News

BBC's Bend Bubble Story Fizzles

The long-awaited (well, since last week) BBC piece on Bend's big boom and bust appeared Friday, and The Eye reluctantly must conclude it was a

By The Source Staff
Sep 6, 2009

Editorial

Road Trippin': Notes on America from the interstate highway system

The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from a town called "Little

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009
Editorial

The State School Board Flunks Out

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Let Detroit Lead The Way

For the last 10 years I've been suffering silently as people awkwardly tried to pronounce the year, since we crossed from the 1900s to the

By Eric Flowers
Sep 3, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Kaycee Anseth-Townsend Gets Mad Props

By letters
Sep 2, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Birth of a Debate

This is in response to Kenneth Judkins letter in the Aug 20th issue. Kenneth, you question the citizenship of President Obama and cite the fact

By letters
Sep 2, 2009
Letters to the Editor

War, What is it Good For?

Please pause a moment before you chime in with Edwin Starr's well-known retort, "absolutely nothing." The fact is that war is quite good, if you

By letters
Sep 2, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Born in the U.S.A.

By letters
Sep 2, 2009

Culture Features

Be a Doll: Christine Alvarado's creations are hardly toys...and they aren't always smiling

Artist and doll-maker Christine Alvarado lifts the lid of a sturdy box, then a layer of bubble wrap like she's gently peeling a blanket from

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009
Picks

Our Picks of the Week 9/3-9/10

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009

Chow

Little Bites: Veg Out: Do You Kanpai?

Editor's note: This is the first in a regular series about vegetarian dining options in Central Oregon from new Source correspondent Nikki Jefford. Look for

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009
Chow

Hola! Part 2: With the new location up and running, they've earned their exclamation mark

With a happy staff, happy environs and happy food, Hola had me at, well, hola. Big, bright and generous in every way, Hola's new location

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009
Chow

Hola! Part 2: With the new location up and running, they've earned their exclamation mark

With a happy staff, happy environs and happy food, Hola had me at, well, hola. Big, bright and generous in every way, Hola's new location

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009

Film

Chalkin' up the Body Count: Rob Zombie sinks horror to new depths

Halloween 2 is so seriously and extremely brutal that it takes violence for violence's sake to a whole new disturbing level. Director Rob Zombie's track

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009
Film

What a Drag: Ang Lee tackles Woodstock through the eyes of the accidental orchestrator

We need to stop living in the past. People complain how the youth of today knows nothing of history, when in fact they know far

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009
Film Events

Time Bomb: Wolfenstein update feels incomplete

I've been shooting Nazis for 17 years, and never once have I needed to make time slow down. Or conjure up a mystic barrier. Guns

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009

Sound Stories & Interviews

Recordings You Need to Hear That You May Have Missed

By Source Weekly
Sep 2, 2009
Sound Stories & Interviews

The Friendly Giant: Brett Dennen is tall, red and wants you to like him

When I tell Brett Dennen that I think I just may have broken my computer, he's quiet for a moment, then laughs and says, "Remember

By The Source Staff
Sep 2, 2009

Natural World

Brent's "Little Buddy": The story of one of Central Oregon's bats

I don't hear from my pal, woodcarver, caver and photographer Brent McGregor as much as I'd like to, but when I do, he knocks my

By Jim Anderson
Sep 8, 2009
Outside Features

Rise to the Occasion: Sunrise to Summit, Pilot Butte Challenge, Reverse PPP

By Pam Stevenson
Sep 2, 2009