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Sep 23-29, 2010

Vol. 14, No. 38

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Local News

Building a Better Ballot: Can a group of diverse strangers save Oregon from special interests?

Carl Killius is a political un-extremist. An unemployed contractor who specializes in carpentry work, Killius was a conservative Democrat who switched parties during the Reagan era.

By Eric Flowers
Sep 22, 2010
Local News

Election 2010: the season of spite

By The Source Staff
Sep 26, 2010
Local News

Skoal, Cheers, Prost: Drinking lite ain't what it used to be

By The Source Staff
Sep 27, 2010
Local News

Bend Roots Revival Coverage

By The Source Staff
Sep 22, 2010
Local News

Bend Roots Revival Kicks Off Tonight

By The Source Staff
Sep 23, 2010
Local News

Bend Roots Kick Off Video: A Whole Lotta Grateful Dead

The Bend Roots Revival kicks off with Rising Tide, a Grateful Dead tribute band.

By The Source Staff
Sep 24, 2010
Local News

Bend Roots Revival: Friday in Review, Saturday Preview

Review and videos from day one of the Bend Roots Revival.

By The Source Staff
Sep 25, 2010
Local News

Bend Roots Revival: Songwriters in the Round Video

By The Source Staff
Sep 25, 2010
Local News

More Video from the Bend Roots Revival

By The Source Staff
Sep 27, 2010
Local News

Dudley Plays Tough on Defense

By The Source Staff
Sep 22, 2010
Local News

A Dishonest and Desperate Move by Democrats

By The Source Staff
Sep 23, 2010
Local News

Right-Wingers Stage a Video Ambush in Portland

By The Source Staff
Sep 25, 2010
Local News

Tricky Campaign Signs Zing Dudley

By The Source Staff
Sep 27, 2010

Editorial

More News is Good News: KOHD Returns, Winter Snow Report, Happy Birthday Land Trust and More

Six months after pairing down its staff and trimming nightly newscasts from a full half- hour down to less than 10 minutes, KOHD has brought back its full weekday newscasts at both 6pm and 11pm.

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010
Editorial

The Minimum Wage Whiners

Oregon's minimum wage will increase by a dime on Jan. 1, 2011. The weeping and wailing from Oregon businesses, conservative politicians and right-wing think tanks will commence well before then.

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Civil War! Dispatches from post-Tea Party America

The author is reporting from Fort Pocahontas, not where John(s) Smith's and Rolfe's sexy squaw made camp, but where the United States Colored Troops defeated the Rebels in 1864.

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Kroger's Big Bust

We had to do a double take this week when we saw a press release from our esteemed Attorney General John Kroger touting his latest legal takedown - the bust of 81-year-old Lafa

By The Source Staff
Sep 22, 2010
Letters to the Editor

It's Called Street Smarts

Is it time for the City of Bend to file bankruptcy and outsource all services to private contractors?

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010

Picks

Our Picks for 9/22-9/30: Against Me! Oktoberfest, Bend Roots Festival, Blind Pilot, and more

Our Picks for 9/22-9/30 Against Me! Oktoberfest, Bend Roots Festival, Blind Pilot

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010

Chow

NW Urban Grill Closes

NW Urban Grill closes in the Old Mill District in Bend, Oregon. The upscale casual restaurant closed after just five months of service.

By Sara Roth
Sep 23, 2010
Chow

Big Easy Eating: Bourbon Street comes to Bend

By Sara Roth
Sep 24, 2010
Chow

NW Urban Grill Closes

NW Urban Grill closes in the Old Mill District in Bend, Oregon. The upscale casual restaurant closed after just five months of service.

By Sara Roth
Sep 23, 2010
Chow

Howdy, Neighbors! New owners give Riverside Market a much-needed facelift

By Sara Roth
Sep 24, 2010
Chow

Top Chef cast member cooks for you!

Chef Brian Malarkey comes to Bend for the Community Leaders' Summit on Diabetes in the Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend, Oregon Wednesday, September 29.

By Sara Roth
Sep 27, 2010
Chow

Big Easy Eating: Bourbon Street comes to Bend

First, a disclaimer: I have never been to New Orleans. But this hasn’t stopped me from developing a far-away love for the food, culture and history of this unique American city.

By Sara Roth
Sep 22, 2010
Beer & Drink

Know Your Bar Menu (type)

There are three distinct subsets of menu readers that diverge from the mainstream.

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010

Film

A is for Awesome: 10 Reasons why Easy A is amazing and you should see it immediately

There are several films I have been looking forward to this fall, chronologically the first being Easy A, starring Emma Stone as Olive Pendgerghast, a Hester Prynne for the digital age. Going

By Anne Pick
Sep 23, 2010
Film

Crime Pays... Sort Of: Ben Affleck tackles the tough streets of Boston in The Town

The Town is one of those movies you watch, all the while wishing it were better. It’s not awful and some parts are engaging, but there is either something amiss or else too much stuff crammed into each prolonged scene.

By Morgan P Salvo
Sep 22, 2010
Film

Dumpster Diving, True Love, Unemployment and Roller Derby: Our early picks for BendFilm 2010

It's officially autumn and as the leaves start to fall it means several things, but the most exciting in the hearts of cinephiles across the region is the return of our very own independent film festival, BendFilm.

By Anne Pick
Sep 22, 2010
Film Events

You Will, You Won't

Generally speaking, when I tell you to do something—you should do it.

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010

Sound Stories & Interviews

The Bend Roots Revival Survival Guide

Now in its fifth year, the Bend Roots Revival, the most significant celebration of local and regional music in our area, has gotten even bigger.

By Mike Bookey
Sep 23, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

Grinderman: Grinderman 2

The thing that gets me every time - be it on a Bad Seeds' album, in his fiction or with Grinderman - is how human Nick Cave is.

By Source Weekly
Sep 23, 2010

Outside Features

More Than Just the McKenzie: Exploring fall colors on the wet side

Ahh, rain and fall colors. Does it get any better than this? I just rode the McKenzie River Trail (MRT) and even when it’s raining you stay mostly dry underneath the high canopy of old growth forest that covers this trail.

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010
Outside Features

It's Blowout Season: College football's September tradition

“This doesn’t seem safe, does it?” I asked, maybe to the bartender or maybe to the only other guy sitting at the bar.

By Mike Bookey
Sep 22, 2010
Outside Features

Run Without the Sun: A recap of the weekend's epic trail running events

A rare wet mid-September weekend brought two great running events to Central Oregon. The Bigfoot 10K, the elder statesman of foot races in Central Oregon, was held on Sunday.

By Source Weekly
Sep 22, 2010