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Jun 10-16, 2010

Vol. 14, No. 23

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Local News

The Long Shot: Richard Esterman says he has the right to run for governor in November; he just needs 18,000 signatures to convince the state of Oregon

It’s about noon on a Thursday and Richard Esterman is walking the streets of a nondescript housing development on the far eastside of Bend. It’s cold.

By Mike Bookey
Jun 9, 2010
Local News

Getting The Boot: Then end of a bad spring season for college football?

By The Source Staff
Jun 11, 2010
Local News

Coasting: hiking through mud, mist and sun

By The Source Staff
Jun 13, 2010
Local News

Number 24: the life and legend of Willie Mays

By The Source Staff
Jun 15, 2010
Local News

Band Name of the Day: Dangermuffin (and they're playing tonight)

With a name like this, how could they not rock?

By The Source Staff
Jun 9, 2010
Local News

Rubblebucket: They're probably the best free show you'll see this summer

You're probably going to be a fan of this Brooklyn dance rock act.

By The Source Staff
Jun 10, 2010
Local News

Getting Weird on a Saturday Night: Hellzapopin at the Domino Room

The Hellzapopin Rock and Roll sideshow comes to Bend on Saturday

By The Source Staff
Jun 11, 2010
Local News

Bend Loves Soccer: And, OK, I'll admit it... so do I, kinda

Who thought a 1-1 tie could be so exciting.

By The Source Staff
Jun 14, 2010
Local News

Breaking the Senate's Secret Chokehold

By The Source Staff
Jun 10, 2010
Local News

GOP Sniffs a "Kitzhaber Scandal" in $5,000 Contribution

By The Source Staff
Jun 12, 2010
Local News

Dr. Reinhart's Prescription for Bend's Ills

By The Source Staff
Jun 13, 2010
Local News

The Wandering Eye Takes to the Air

By The Source Staff
Jun 14, 2010

Editorial

Who Wears Short Shorts?: Spillage, seepage, White House dementia and bullet building protocol

The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010
Editorial

The Pink Nightmare on Highway 97

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Who Does Walden Represent?

Some of your readers may be interested in taking a look at the recently passed "American Jobs and Closing Tax Loophole Act" currently pending in Congress. The part I found most interesting is the closing of offshore tax loopholes to large corporations.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Keep Digging Around

I begin with a question regarding the Constitution and the Declaration. My friend Carlos Wysling, with his great political articles, notes: African [Americans] were protected under these two documents.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010

Culture Features

Queen of the Cowboys: A family rodeo dynasty begins

This weekend, 19-year-old Shelby Ross will ride into the Sister's Rodeo Arena on the back of her 18-year-old gelding, Boss, fulfilling her lifelong dream of being the Sisters Rodeo Queen.

By Sara Roth
Jun 9, 2010
Picks

Our Picks for 6/9 - 6/17: Sisters Rodeo and Parade, The Zoo Story, The Lights Out & Rosa's Buds and more.

Last Band Standingthursday 10Last Band Standing is still going, and it’s finally the last round of the preliminaries, which will include some familiar names like Anastacia, Audiolized, Guy J.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010
Book Talk

The Gathering - Dudley's

Sounds like the title of a horror movie, maybe Dudley and a gang of teen-age buddies are drawn to a giant vampire plasma TV sitting in the desert.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010

Chow

What's Cooking, Bend?

By The Source Staff
Jun 9, 2010
Chow

Little Bites: What's Cooking, Bend?

Don't blink, the downtown area dining scene is morphing again. A pair of downtown stalwarts that includes the venerable Cork are passing the torch to a new generation of restaurateurs.

By Eric Flowers
Jun 9, 2010
Chow

Kayo's Dinner House: Old Bend is alive and well on 3rd Street

By Sara Roth
Jun 9, 2010
Chow

Kayo's Dinner House: Old Bend is alive and well on 3rd Street

By Sara Roth
Jun 9, 2010
Chow

Restaurant of the Year: Ariana

By The Source Staff
Jun 9, 2010

Film

Brand New: Russell is as wild as ever in Get Him to the Greek

Being an English woman abroad, I feel more fondness for Russell Brand now when I see him pictured with Katy Perry in US Magazine than I did when he lived just down the road from me, drinking in the pub round the corner from my office.

By Holly Grigg-Spall
Jun 9, 2010
Film

Splice of Life: Science and dysfunctional parenting don't mix in Splice

Don’t expect horror from this dysfunctional freak show. Splice is not scary and only pretends to be a psychological thriller.

By Morgan P Salvo
Jun 9, 2010
Film Events

That's MY Opinion!

Look. You have your opinions? And I have mine. HOWEVER! It must be stated—and you’re probably already well aware of the fact—that my opinion carries a weeeeeee bit more weight than yours.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010

Sound Stories & Interviews

Swallow This: Hellzapopin' brings its salacious sideshow to Bend

If Neil Young were the godfather of grunge, then Tim Cridland, aka Zamora the Torture King, might just be the godfather of the modern circus sideshow.

By Eric Flowers
Jun 9, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

LCD Soundsystem

Coming on the heels of the universally acclaimed Sound of Silver, This is Happening had mighty big shoes to fill.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010

Natural World

Cats, Cats... and More Cats: The indoor/outdoor cat dilemma continues

Here we go again, trying to find an equitable solution to the ecological deadlock of the growing population of both pet and feral outdoor cats that destroy birds and other wildlife.

By Jim Anderson
Jun 9, 2010
Outside Features

Know Your Right of Way

As the weather warms and the snow melts at higher elevations, trail users get more terrain to share. With almost 100 cars at Phil's trailhead at any given moment over Memorial Day weekend, spreading out the trail use is sorely needed.

By Source Weekly
Jun 9, 2010
Outside Features

April Showers Bring May Flowers ... and fossil hunting and wild cow milking

If April showers bring May flowers, then what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims, of course.

By Pam Stevenson
Jun 9, 2010