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May 26 - Jun 1, 2011

Vol. 15, No. 21

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Local News

A Piece of Me: Everybody wants a bite of Bend’s little blue “donut”

From potholed and undermaintained streets to the persistently high number of home foreclosures, Bend’s growing pains have extended well beyond the boom.

By Eric Flowers
May 25, 2011
Local News

Thrills and Chills: Waiting on Summer Weather in Mayvember

By Michelle Mercer
May 31, 2011
Local News

The Traveling Camera: Niagra Falls

An excellent shot of Niagra Falls by Christian Heeb.

By Christian Heeb
May 27, 2011
Local News

The Weekend in Music: Death Cab, Bright Eyes, Decemberists and More

Death Cab For Cutie tonight, Decemberists on Sunday.

By The Source Staff
May 27, 2011
Local News

New Ken Kesey Documentary: Watch the trailer

A sneak peek at the new Ken Kesey documentary, "Magic Trip."

By The Source Staff
May 25, 2011
Local News

Match Deschutes Brewery's Labels With the Landmarks

A short film about the origins of the Deschutes Brewery labels.

By The Source Staff
May 25, 2011
Local News

MTV Unleashes "Teen Wolf" Series

MTV turns the classic film Teen Wolf into a (almost certainly) crappy TV show.

By The Source Staff
May 27, 2011
Local News

Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny and Johnny Video Plus Decemberists Preview

We're returned from the first show of the season at the Les Schwab Amphitheater with video of both Death Cab for Cutie and Jenny and Johnny.

By The Source Staff
May 28, 2011

Editorial

If You're Reading This Poop You Didn't Get Raptured

Scoop Lewis covers all the weeks past news including Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child, The Rapture and more.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Editorial

Tearing Down the Affordable Housing Fee

Scrapping or capping the affordable housing fee won’t do anything to revive Bend’s moribund building industry, but it will hamstring the city’s present and future efforts to ensure that people who work here will be able to live here.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Prineville to the Lions

Residents in Prineville are trying to save Christmas from the godless atheists over at the ACLU who would stop the city from erecting a Nativity outside Prineville's town hall.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Dog Gone It!

For whatever reason, I have encountered many stray dogs since moving to Bend.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Overcoming "Illegal"

Thiel Larson believes it's time to stop and acknowledge our common humanity.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011

Culture Features

Creativity United: Arts Central brings the region's art groups together with the Cultural Advocacy Partnership

Sure, this region might be better known for its mountains and recreational opportunities, but there has for some time also been a strong contingent of art and culture to be found in Central Oregon.

By Mike Bookey
May 25, 2011
Picks

Our Picks for 5/25 - 6/2: Dela Project, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, The Dead Ringers, Cat's Paw, Pond Skim Championships and more

Our Picks for an awesome Memorial Day Weekend in Central Oregon.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Book Talk

Charles Finn On: Getting Older

Charles Finn is the editor of High Desert Journal. His book, Wild Delicate Seconds: 29 Wildlife Encounters from the Pacific Northwest will be out next year by OSU Press.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011

Chow

Little Bites: Local Farms, Meats and Movies

Primal Cuts Meat Market comes to Galveston, Slow Food High Desert's Farm to Table, and CHOW's Farm to Plate documentary series.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Chow

Small Space, Big Flavor: The Marz Cart brings some familiar tastes in a smaller package

It's official - Marz is back by popular demand.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Beer & Drink

Epic Trail Ale

Dubbed an American wheat beer by Silver Moon, the Epic trail is low gravity, low alcohol with a balanced profile and a crisp finish that's perfect for washing down a little trail dust.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011

Film

They Don't Know Jack: On Stranger Tides finds an idiosyncratic franchise burying its lead

In the abstract, I'm kind of giddy that the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has reached its fourth installment, On Stranger Tides.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Film

Leave it to Beaver: The Beaver gives "talk to the hand" new meaning

About a third of the way into The Beaver, I realized that the only humor I was going to find in this flick was to count all of the missed opportunities for beaver jokes.

By Morgan P Salvo
May 25, 2011
Film Events

... With Mind Bullets! Brink is a break from the rest of the shooters

Brink is a team-based shooter that's fluid, fast and occasionally too frustrating.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Film Events

It's a Brand New Me!

I'm SUPER excited about the NEW Fall season of TV shows, and even more excited that you're going to see a brand new "me."

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011

Sound Stories & Interviews

Out of Town 5/25 - 6/2: Sasquatch! Music Festival, Fitz and The Tantrums, Iron & Wine, The Head and The Heart and Flogging Molly

Heading out of town for Memorial day weekend? Hit up these shows if you're not spending your weekend in Bend.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011
Sound Stories & Interviews

Red Fang - Murder the Mountains

It's a chicken/egg thing with Red Fang. They're a band that, on its Relapse debut, sounds exactly like they do on stage.

By Source Weekly
May 25, 2011

Natural World

Not to worry! They're only tent caterpillars

Like most long-term residents of Central Oregon, you sort of grow up with tent caterpillars every spring.

By Jim Anderson
May 25, 2011
Outside Features

The Power of Nowitzki: What do you expect from a guy named Dirk?

Anybody seen that new Thor movie? Yeah, neither have I. But from the previews, I've gleaned one thing and that's the fact that Thor looks and probably acts almost exactly like Dirk Nowitzki.

By Mike Bookey
May 25, 2011
Outside Features

Pedal Till You Drop: Three local cycling competitions offer plenty of pedal power this weekend

If you're a Bend bike racer of any ilk, by the time Memorial Day dawns, you'll have earned at least one grilled bratwurst and a beer.

By Michelle Mercer
May 25, 2011