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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

Opinion

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
Tags: Editorial, Upfront

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
Tags: Editorial, The Boot

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
Tags: Letters to the Editor, WTF

Letters to the Editor
Dog Gone It!

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

Letters to the Editor
Overcoming "Illegal"

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

Culture

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

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

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

Food & Drink

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
Tags: Chow, Quick Bites, Little Bites

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

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

Screen

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

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

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
Tags: Film Events, Game On

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
Tags: Film Events, I Luv TV

Music

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
Tags: Sound Stories & Interviews, Out of Town

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

Outside

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

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
Tags: Outside Features, Left Field

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

Blogs

Bent
Thrills and Chills: Waiting on Summer Weather in Mayvember

Perhaps the Central Oregon climate is one ingredient that makes its athletes tougher, both mentally and physically, in the same way that adversity builds character. Training through our winters isn't too difficult, especially if you like winter sports that provide good cross training for your primary one.
by Michelle Mercer
Tags: Sports, Biking

Bent
The Traveling Camera: Niagra Falls

An excellent shot of Niagra Falls by Christian Heeb.
by Christian Heeb
Tags: Photos

Bent
New Ken Kesey Documentary: Watch the trailer

A sneak peek at the new Ken Kesey documentary, "Magic Trip."
by The Source Staff
Tags: Film, Video

Bent
Match Deschutes Brewery's Labels With the Landmarks

A short film about the origins of the Deschutes Brewery labels.
by The Source Staff
Tags: Video, Beer, Video

Bent
MTV Unleashes "Teen Wolf" Series

MTV turns the classic film Teen Wolf into a (almost certainly) crappy TV show.
by The Source Staff
Tags: Television, Film, Video

Bent
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
Tags: Video, Music, Video

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

Death Cab For Cutie tonight, Decemberists on Sunday.
by The Source Staff
Tags: Tonights Music, Video

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