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Oct 4-10, 2012

Vol. 16, No. 40

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Local News

Risky Business?: Just how big a gamble is the city taking in starting construction on its surface water project?

By Wednesday, the city of Bend hopes a construction crew will begin the heavy work needed to lay a 30-inch pipe across two channels of Tumalo Creek and down Skyliners Road.

By Erin Foote Marlowe
Oct 3, 2012
Local News

America The Aggressive: Why don’t Dems just own up to their war mongering

Of the two countries the U.S. is currently most likely to attack militarily, nearly seven out of ten people are against invading Syria

By Ted Rall
Oct 3, 2012
Local News

Turning Sunshine Into Beer: Worthy Brewing installs solar panels

Solar thermal beer brewed in Bend.

By The Source Staff
Oct 3, 2012
Local News

First Presidential Debate Tonight!

Watch the debate tonight!

By The Source Staff
Oct 3, 2012
Local News

Art for Mt. Washington/Simpson Roundabout Selected

new art for a roundabout

By The Source Staff
Oct 3, 2012
Local News

The Mysore Brothers are Violin Maestros

By The Source Staff
Oct 3, 2012
Local News

A BendFilm Movie You Shouldn't Miss: Deadfall

Want to be entertained? Go see this movie.

By The Source Staff
Oct 3, 2012
Local News

Lawrence Arabia 50th Anniversary at Regal Tonight

Got nothing to do tonight and have a real thing for iconic flicks?

By The Source Staff
Oct 4, 2012
Local News

New Record Store in Bend!

A Brand New Used Record store on Bond St.

By The Source Staff
Oct 4, 2012
Local News

Noise Ordinance Opponents Start Petition

Go to keepbendalive.org to view the petition.

By The Source Staff
Oct 5, 2012
Local News

Friday Night Staff Picks

By The Source Staff
Oct 5, 2012
Local News

Fan of Natural Birth? Go see Birth Story at BendFilm.

Birth Story inspiring look at natural births and the woman who is fighting to preserve the right to have them.

By The Source Staff
Oct 5, 2012
Local News

Saturday Night Lights

By The Source Staff
Oct 6, 2012
Local News

BendFilm Must-See: Girl Walk // All Day

Urban dancing with a great soundtrack. Fun!

By The Source Staff
Oct 8, 2012
Local News

Dude Jumping From Space to Earth Right Now!

Watch a man jump 120,000 from space balloon to Earth.

By The Source Staff
Oct 9, 2012

Editorial

Bankster Ethics

The banks get this this week's Boot.

By Source Weekly
Oct 3, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Ashamed of The “R”?

By Source Weekly
Oct 3, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Newberry Proposal Needs More Scrutiny

By Source Weekly
Oct 3, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Time For A Real Health Care Alternative

By Source Weekly
Oct 3, 2012

Culture Features

Tinseltown or Bike Town?

A few celebrities that have made their way through the area.

By Eric Flowers
Oct 3, 2012
Picks

Our Picks For 10/03-10-09

Events happening in the area that we are sure you will enjoy.

By Source Weekly
Oct 3, 2012

Chow

Little Bites: Hideaway Gives a Shot to Southeast Bend

After several months of interior makeover work, the neighborhood bar and restaurant reopened this past week as the Hideaway Tavern.

By Eric Flowers
Oct 3, 2012
Chow

Gluttony: A Sin Of Satisfaction: 10 Central Oregon luxuries to please any epicurean

Here are our favorite, and priciest, ways to live the good life through food in Central Oregon.

By Laura Kessinger
Oct 3, 2012
Beer & Drink

Calling All Homebrewers

The Deschutes Brewery will host a first-come, first-served home brew competition at the Bend Fall Fest.

By Source Weekly
Oct 3, 2012

Film

Back to the Future (with Guns): Looper blows holes in the Sci-fi action genre

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis star in the newest film Looper.

By Morgan P Salvo
Oct 3, 2012
Film

So Much Money So Many Duds: Over indulgent movies and their impending suck factor

If you Google “the most expensive movies ever made” and “worst movies ever,” there’s a lot of overlap between these two categories. Here’s our short list of Hollywood at its most excessive.

By Morgan P Salvo
Oct 3, 2012
Film Events

Out With a Bang: What a year it has been and what a finish it will have

A run down of some of the more anticipated games left to release in 2012.

By Michael Lafferty
Oct 3, 2012
Film Events

Top Five Super Dicks

A humorous look into CW's new show Arrow debuting this week.

By Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
Oct 3, 2012

Sound Stories & Interviews

History’s Top 10 Rock Star Flameouts: Nothing says rock and roll like indulgence to excess

A list of rock stars that just couldn't handle the rock star life.

By Source Weekly
Oct 3, 2012
Sound Stories & Interviews

Let Autumn Ring: Bend Fall Festival’s music scene ushers in the season

This year’s Fall Festival, held Oct. 5, 6 and 7 in downtown Bend, is poised to stand out.

By Ethan Maffey
Oct 3, 2012
Sound Stories & Interviews

Holy Rollers: Portland’s Tango Alpha Tango is on the cusp of creating a rock revival

By Ethan Maffey
Oct 3, 2012

Natural World

Smoke, Perfume and Grinding at Pole Creek: Fire zone will be a hub of insect and bird life for years to come

It's time to quit complaining about the smoke, the cost, loss of timber, damages to the watershed and Cascades ecosystem, the lost scenic values and all the other negative things about wildfire.

By Jim Anderson
Oct 3, 2012
Outside Features

Paddle the Inside Passage to Alaska: Or take a few shortcuts and do it in two weeks

For seasoned sea kayakers, paddling the Inside Passage, from Bellingham, Wash. to Muir Glacier in the East Arm of Glacier Bay, Alaska, holds the same mystique as backpacking the Appalachian or Pacific Crest Trail for backpackers.

By Laurel Brauns
Oct 3, 2012
Outside Features

Three More Ways to Indulge in the Frontier State

Three things to take part of when spending some time in Alaska.

Oct 3, 2012