Source Weekly Update Podcast 4/18/2019
Introducing the Source Weekly Update podcast! In this edition, hear an audio version of our stories on Project Wildfire, Record Store Day and Building Green in Central Oregon, from our April 19, 2019 edition.
Weekend Warrior: April 12-14
It’s that time of the week again – where you start to ask yourself, “what am I going to do this weekend?” Sometimes our brains don’t have enough power left to even begin to think about making plans. Well, that’s where we come in. Here’s a bit of what’s going on the next few days…
Sunday Suppers Benefit Local Farms
In celebration of Earth Month, Wild Oregon Foods is hosting a Sunday supper to benefit two local farms, Casad Family Farm and Rainshadow Organics. Both farms had a rough winter with damage to their buildings and land. The money raised will help these farms as they approach the start of the Central Oregon growing season.…
Goat Questions? Answers at 18th Annual Goat Education Day
Love goats, beyond how easy they are to use in puns? The 18th Annual Goat Education Day is for you. The kid-friendly day includes educational classes, raffle, vendors, a beer garden and breakfast and lunch from Bad Boys BBQ. Classes tackle goat crafts (soap making and fiber), cooking (goat meat and cheese making) as well…
Restaurant Guide 2019
Warning: Craving-inducing photos, stories and listings ahead. It’s time for the Source Weekly’s annual Restaurant Guide—a labor of love that has us getting hungrier with every page. Inside, you’ll find listings for every restaurant on our radar offering table service in Bend, La Pine, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver, Terrebonne and Tumalo (in a change from previous…
Don’t forget That Being Anti-Cannabis Pays, Too
For some attorneys in Deschutes County and elsewhere, land-use applications and appeals are an opportunity to fill their calendar with billable hours. In the case of marijuana land-use applications, if a party opposing such a grow has deep enough pockets and vested appeal rights, the lawyer for an appellant may take a “kitchen sink” approach…
Rookie of the Year
An internationally focused menu and a central location spell success for Lemon Tree Co-owner and co-chef Betsy McDonald is outside The Lemon Tree when I arrive, arranging chairs and adjusting the delicate flowers that adorn each table. It’s been raining off and on in Bend this week, but McDonald is sure people will dine outside…
Dancing with “Wolves”
The boys of Precious Byrd have become a staple in the Pacific Northwest, and Central Oregon especially. It’s a wonder that they’ve only put one project before this, with 2016’s “Superphonic Magical” EP, but here they sit – a Bend symbol representing nights danced away to funky grooves. But the wait for more original material…
Local Paintings Censored
Paintings by local artist Paula Bullwinkel spent about one day hung in a local mixed-use building before a complaint prompted the building owner to request they come down. “25%! Americans! Approved!” is Bullwinkel’s series of oil paintings, featuring women inspired by beauty ads from the ’60s, ’70’s and ’80s, alongside images of rodents and quotes…
The Excellence of Murs
I first found Murs 10 years ago while watching MTV. His “Rock The Vote” spots kept coming on in between my shows, during the heat of the 2008 election—coming in conjunction with the release of his album, “Murs for President.” I was only 13 or 14 at the time, so obviously I couldn’t vote, but I…
Food Cart of the Year
Fresh, wild-caught sushi—with a made-to-order option—make this cart stand out Ronin won the Food Cart of the Year in our last Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll—and for good reason—so it was not a big surprise that our staff also wanted to give it a nod during our Restaurant Guide staff awards. For sushi lovers,…
A Smaller Footprint
Currently in Bend, there’s a broad spectrum of housing development underway, varying from upscale projects in the northwest to more economical options on the east side. Just to the west of Northwest Crossing is a new development called Discovery West, which will have a centralized park streaked through it and will be comparable to Northwest…
Foodie Feats: A Pictorial Peek
Week after week, year after year, the Source eating (and drinking) team has a tough job: Eat (and drink). And then tell readers what we thought about it. It’s a challenging gastronomical feat under any conditions, but once a year, the stakes get higher. Every spring, the Source eating (and drinking) team sets its sights…
Even if Bigfoot Isn’t Real, We Still Need Him
I brace myself as I open my email: Another note from someone who listened to my Bigfoot podcast, Wild Thing, and felt compelled to write me. Most of the time, it’s a nice fan letter. Every so often, it’s an outpouring of disappointment or an angry diatribe. And then there are letters like this one: “I…
A Community Brew
Riverbend Brewing Company’s latest beer is a classic interpretation of a Northwest IPA. It’s clean looking, tastes great, and at 7 percent alcohol by volume, will give drinkers that after-a-hard-day relaxation IPAs are known for. But it wasn’t created just to make another great-tasting IPA. Instead, it was created in part to help out another…
Getting Lost in Cabin 8
Finding the time—and the space— for creativity can be hard. The outside world beckons— distracting many creative types from building up focus, resulting in half-baked projects or shoddy execution. The Suttle Lodge and Boathouse, located just outside of Sisters, aims to remedy those challenges for at least some distracted artists with its Artist in Residency…
5 Food Trends for 2019
Coffee reinvented Can coffee still be a trend? We’ve seen nitro, cold brew and a desire to know where our beans come from—but there’s still room for the unexpected. Starbucks has opened Reserve Roasteries in top global cities; playgrounds for master roasters, mixologists and baristas to play with rare, single-origin coffees in an immersive space.…
Free Will Astrology—Week of April 11
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Qing Dynasty controlled China from the mid-seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. It was the fifth biggest empire in world history. But eventually it faded, as all mighty regimes do. Revolution came in 1911, forcing the last emperor to abdicate and giving birth to the Republic of China. I’m…
Letters to the Editor
—It’s No Longer Free to Pollute Carbon in Canada Simple economics can influence human behavior. Humans listen to the economic sermon of the mighty dollar more than we listen to the moral sermons of right and wrong. We know it is morally wrong to pollute the atmosphere, as Pope Francis reminds us, yet we persist.…
Bend Bowls Opens at 9th Street Village
Bend Bowls is serving up buddha bowls, aka hippie bowls or macro bowls—basically bowls of delicious, healthy food. Best friends and owners Lorena Mathers and Stormie Van Patten said they started the food truck to offer amazing healthy food options and show their girls that dreams can become reality. “We can’t believe the love and…
Regional Roundup
Oregon Is Moving Toward A Plastic Bag Ban The Bend City Council voted Dec. 5 to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags, a plan that will officially go into effect on July 1. Bend’s plan will enforce a not-less-than-10-cent fee per bag for customers who don’t bring in a reusable bag. “It’s time for…
A Talk with Bev Clarno
On March 29, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown named Bev Clarno, a former state legislator and rancher from Central Oregon, as the new Secretary of State, following the death of Dennis Richardson in February. In announcing the appointment, Brown alluded to Clarno’s “trailblazing spirit” and her “commitment to Oregonians.” Clarno was sworn in April 1 at…
Restaurant of the Year
Multiple food carts and a brick-and-mortar—plus delightful tacos—paint the picture of Sancho’s success It’s not fine dining like some of our past Restaurant of the Year choices, but we’re guessing just the mention of El Sancho is making you descend into daydreams about barbacoa, Oaxacan cheese and pineapple serrano margaritas. Our restaurant of the year…
Active Transportation can and should be a Bend community value
The City of Bend’s Citywide Transportation Advisory Committee has been working for over a year to establish a set of guidelines around Bend’s future transportation plan. The committee—made up of a diverse group of volunteers that include a member of the Central Oregon Builders Association and the president of the Bend Chamber, as well as…
King of the Marathon
Max King and I meet up to talk about his local running club and the Bend Marathon—but pretty soon, we veer off, discussing his wins in the 2014 100k World Championships and the 2011 World Mountain Running Championships. “This is going to be an article that bounces around from topic to topic, like me,” King…
Rookie Food Cart of the Year
Stellar sandwiches that our team craves over and over prompt a new category in our Restaurant Guide awards There are a lot of great food carts in Bend, making a lot of great food. But in the case of Hogan’s Hoagie Stop, we felt their sandwiches warranted creating an entire new category: Rookie Food Cart…
Sometimes Dead is Better
Everyone knows horror legend and icon Stephen King can craft a tale so chilling it lingers in the collective consciousness with the staying power of urban legend. But those who write him off as nothing but a master of schlock are missing out on his equally expert grasp of character and normalcy. It isn’t the…
Android Rage and Taking Care Of Buzzness
Android Rage I’m so tired of these supposed magician multitaskers on their cellphones. The guy I’m dating and some of my friends don’t seem to get how disrespectful it feels when they play around on their phone or text while I’m talking to them. Am I crazy to want eye contact and attention when I’m…
