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Jun 2-8, 2011

Vol. 15, No. 22

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Local News

New Brews: Prineville gets a pub and other headlines from around Central Oregon

By The Source Staff
Jun 1, 2011
Local News

Bend City Council Votes to Continue Affordable Housing Fee

Bend city council members vote to continue affordable housing fee, albeit at a reduced rate.

By The Source Staff
Jun 2, 2011
Local News

Free Bike Rodeo For Kids on Saturday

The Deschutes County Sheriff's office is offering an event for children ages 4-12 on bike safety.

By The Source Staff
Jun 2, 2011
Local News

Central Oregon's Breweries Take Home Medals at North American Beer Awards

Cascade Lakes, Deschutes, Bend Brewing and Silver Moon win medals at the North American Beer Awards.

By The Source Staff
Jun 7, 2011
Local News

Snoop Dogg Proposes TV Show to Find "America's hottest hood artists"

For all you rap fans and want to be rap superstars, your time to shine has come! Snoop Dogg has proposed a rap competition TV show similar to "American Idol" or "X Factor"

By The Source Staff
Jun 7, 2011
Local News

Free Sasquatch Downloads

NPR & KEXP sponsored stream and free downloads of several Sasquatch 2011 performances are now at your finger tips.

By The Source Staff
Jun 1, 2011
Local News

Bend's Ellen Waterston on OPB's "Think Out Loud"

Ellen Waterston appears on OPB's Think Out Loud to read from her new book.

By The Source Staff
Jun 1, 2011
Local News

ODE Employees Cleared in Hayes' Contract Case

By The Source Staff
Jun 1, 2011
Local News

MusicFestNW Announces Lineup: Band of Horses, Iron and Wine, The Kills and more

MusicFestNW takes place between September 7-11 and includes an excellent lineup.

By The Source Staff
Jun 2, 2011
Local News

Parrilla Opens a Food Cart

Parrilla Grill gets in on the food cart craze.

By The Source Staff
Jun 2, 2011
Local News

Dear Bend: A Plea For Summer

By The Source Staff
Jun 3, 2011
Local News

Free Photo Presentation on Lakota and Crow Indians

Christian Heeb is hosting a free Native American photography slideshow on Saturday.

By The Source Staff
Jun 3, 2011
Local News

Build Bend's Budget

By The Source Staff
Jun 7, 2011
Local News

10th Anniversary of the Dirty Half

Ten years and running for the Dirt Half.

By The Source Staff
Jun 4, 2011

Editorial

The Freshest, Most Wholesome Straight Poop Served Weekly

By Eric Flowers
Jun 1, 2011
Editorial

Republicans' Stall-and-Strangle Tactics

By Source Weekly
Jun 1, 2011
Letters to the Editor

This Week's Number

By The Source Staff
Jun 1, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Think Before You Spend

By Eric Flowers
Jun 1, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Respect For Other Creatures Is Absent in Central Oregon

By Eric Flowers
Jun 1, 2011
Letters to the Editor

The Summer Concert Scrooges

By Eric Flowers
Jun 1, 2011

Book Talk

Japanese haiku is coming to downtown Bend so sharpen your pens

In early June The Haiku Society of America will host the society's national meeting in Bend.

By Suzanne Burns
Jun 1, 2011

Chow

The Cardio Challenge: Eating big at the newly revamped D&D

D&D, cardio, burger

Jun 1, 2011

Film

Unclear on the Concept: The Hangover once again squanders its potential

The sequel to the 2009 The Hangover premieres with similarities to the first film.

By Intern
Jun 1, 2011
Film

Oh, the Irony: The product is the message in Spurlock's latest indirect expose

Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me, releases a new film focusing on product placement.

By Anne Pick
Jun 1, 2011
Film Events

Plot Boiler: Rockstar's latest offering simmers, but never boils

Rockstar Games releases their new video game L.A. Noire.

By Intern
Jun 1, 2011
Film Events

Scone Wolf

This week's two-part debut of Teen Wolf offers viewers a modern twist on the original movie.

By Intern
Jun 1, 2011

Sound Stories & Interviews

Of Wood, Words and Hip-Hop: The many talents of Hurtbird's Ryan Hayes

By The Source Staff
Jun 1, 2011

Natural World

The Desecration of Hidden Forest Cave: Vandals hit one of the region's most treasured caverns

Hidden Forest Cave, a natural historical site in the Deschutes National Forest, was a victim of man-made graffiti.

By Jim Anderson
Jun 1, 2011
Outside Features

The Void: I went four days without sports and now I'm lost

Willingly giving up a holiday weekend filled with sports for a music festival where athletic ability is measured by extended head banging.

By Mike Bookey
Jun 1, 2011
Outside Features

Stroke Yourself: Paddling events in Central Oregon Summer 2011

Paddling events in Central Oregon for the Summer of 2011

By Laurel Brauns
Jun 1, 2011