Sen. Ron Wyden Holds Friendly Bend Town Hall
Speaking to a welcoming crowd at Summit High School, Sen. Ron Wyden addressed several hundred constituents Monday evening– a town hall noticeably smaller and more subdued than Rep. Greg Walden’s last week. Wyden’s answers were received warmly and with a round of applause with one attendee evening apologizing for the noticeably smaller turnout. Still, Wyden…
Weekend Show Preview: “An Evening With” Diego’s Umbrella
While Easter Sunday may not be the most ideal night for booty shaking, there are few good excuses for missing Diego’s Umbrella when they come through town.
Scenes from Greg Walden’s Town Hall
Scenes from Thursday’s Town hall where Sen. Greg Walden took questions from an often irate and rowdy crowd. Questions ranged from the 1st Amendment to the failed repeal efforts of the Affordable Care Act, gun safety, transportation and the gas tax single payer insurance plans and more. Check out our photos and snippets of our…
Abortions and Vasectomies May Soon Be Covered by Oregon Insurance Plans
The Reproductive Heath Equity Act (House Bill 3391) gained steam Friday, Apr.14 when it was passed from the Oregon House Healthcare Committee to the Joint Ways and Means Committee. The bill aims to remove financial barriers for reproductive health and would require all insurance plans to cover the entire spectrum of family planning services, including,…
Picks on the Radio: What’s in the Source this week 4/13
Want another way to find out what’s happening in Central Oregon each week? We’re starting a new segment with our friends at 92.9 FM, in which we tell you a little bit about what’s in the Source this week, and give you a listen to some of our musical picks. Enjoy!
Plan your weekend: Weather Update for 4/14-4/16
What are your weekend plans? Whether you are headed up to the mountain to enjoy spring skiing, or hitting the trails with your four-legged friend, check out the National Weather Service’s weekend forecast for Central Oregon. Friday will be cloudy with highs around 47 degrees, with chances of snow before 11am and possible rain and…
Easter Events 2017
Beat the Bunny 5K & Easter Egg Hunt Enjoy an easter egg hunt, live music, face painting, pony rides, hay rides, petting zoo and food vendors. Enjoy a 5K trail course by beating the bunny for a chance to win a 100% grass fed beef package. April 15, 9am-3pm. DD Ranch, 3836 NE Smith Rock…
2017 Best Food Cart
Let’s just be up front: If you haven’t been to The Brown Owl, you’re missing out. The food is tasty, the drinks are satisfying, the staff is awesome, and the atmosphere will keep you there for hours—which is exactly what owner Lisandro Ramon wants. You might be wondering why we’ve named this spot best food…
Best Go-To’s for Going Out
Got friends or family in town? (In the summer, who doesn’t?!) Need a new place to drown your sorrows or impress a date? Never fear—this handy go-to guide is here. The Spot for Girls Night Out Sip WINE BAR Girls just want to have fun—but finding the perfect spot for beverages and bites when your…
Restaurant of the Year
The restaurant of the year is a Central Oregon love story. A boy and a girl from different parts of the world fall in love while developing their passion for food. Ariana and Andres Fernandez were at the Cascade Culinary Institute together, but didn’t connect until working together at Merenda (now 900 Wall). After they…
Rookie of the Year — Washington
Washington, on Mt. Washington, mixes an upscale vibe with neighborhood comforts and quirky surprises Washington Dining & Cocktails is the Source Weekly’s pick for Rookie of the Year, largely in part because owner Ted Swigert and his top-notch team are experts when it comes to creating an enjoyable dining and drinking atmosphere. In the case…
Opioid Epidemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially declared an opioid epidemic in the United States—and Oregon is definitely not immune. In an attempt to fight the epidemic, the Oregon state senate will be voting on Senate Bill 270 on April 18—a bill introduced by the Committee on Health Care for Oregon Department…
Payroll Woes
At Central Oregon Community College, full time classified employees including librarians, technicians, maintenance workers and janitors, recently found themselves facing a payroll change that, although legal, is causing some dismay. In March and April, approximately 115 COCC full-time, non-exempt hourly workers were forced to accommodate a payroll update which resulted in employees receiving just half…
7 Food Trends Happening Now
While kale is on its way to a “Where are They Now?” episode, the culinary world is still moving forward finding new stars for our plates. What can we expect to see trending this year in Central Oregon and beyond? Sauerkraut is the new Kimchi If the spiciness of kimchi was a slap in the…
Picks of the Week
Greg Walden Town Hall Thursday 13 MEETING—If you’re one of the many who’s been impatiently waiting for our Republican Congressman to grace Bend with a public town hall, this is your moment. Come with your questions about health care, the environment, or whatever else you got. Arrive early, because it’s going to be packed. //…
Shell Games
The title “Ghost in the Shell” is an ironic one. It’s explained to Major (Scarlett Johansson) early on that the “Ghost” is her soul and that even though she is primarily made up of cybernetic pieces, she is still mostly a real girl because of the humanity she possesses underneath all the metal and futuristic…
You Want a Cannabis News Roundup?
Take a number, we’ll call you when your canna news is ready. Green and White all over Maryland has had a rocky start getting its medical cannabis program up and running. Although approved in 2013, the program stalled after requiring that the only growers allowed to grow and distribute cannabis be academic centers. After no…
Bend’s Best Kept Secret Turns 70
The M&J Tavern has stood on the corner of Greenwood and Hill collecting colorful stories for the past 70 years. The tavern, which has changed hands six times, opened in 1947, just after World War II, when Bend’s population was barely 11,000. They only served beer and wine back then and their patrons were primarily…
Last Up: Ravi
In case you’re out of the loop, here’s the deal: over the course of the last seven months, the Mt. Bachelor Riverhouse Jazz Series has been bringing some big names in modern jazz here to Central Oregon. The series wraps up this weekend, with two nights featuring a big name in jazz, Ravi Coltrane—who also…
Fast Times at Redmond High
How long would it take you to write a seven-minute play? Remember, you can’t just throw down whatever ramblings wander into your head. This play needs a coherent beginning, middle and end, just like they taught you in English class. Seven minutes that make dramatic sense. You know the elements: Plot. Theme. Character. Imagine staring…
Spring into Cinema
We’re a quarter of the way through the year so far, and in the realm of cinema (and politics), it hasn’t been the best. There have been a few stone cold classics including “Get Out” and “Personal Shopper,” and some disappointments such as “The Space Between Us” and “War on Everyone,” but we also have…
ENDORSEMENT:
ENDORSEMENT for Administrative School District Zone 7 At Large (Bend-La Pine School Board): Carrie McPherson Douglass See video of our endorsement interviews below. In this race, each of the three candidates brings something valuable to the table, but we believe strongly that the Bend-LaPine School Board needs more members with education backgrounds. School board members…
Synthesized Stamina
Bucking the indie rocker norm, Canadian band The New Pornographers has weathered the changing musical landscape, releasing their seventh studio album, “Whiteout Conditions.” Expect increased tempos, heavy synths and expanded harmonies and fewer solo vocals, adding to a more unified sound. Cohesion is a tough feat to achieve for a band whose arguably best attribute…
Oregon’s Environmental Efforts
Looking east from Bend’s Pilot Butte, the large arrays of solar panels near Neff Road stand out. So do Oregon’s major environment, energy and climate-related efforts, as they keep chugging along regardless of recent actions from the federal level. To renewable energy proponents, the solar projects popping up around the Bend region offer a bright…
Source Spotlight: Forging a lifestyle
“When I start carving wood, I can lose track of three hours and not know what even happened. I just get zoned into it.” — George Blackman On a recent breezy morning, volunteers gathered at the Central Oregon Veterans Ranch in the high desert backcountry between Bend and Redmond to hang a new sign to…
GUNG HO FOR SHOWS
T.I — On the Hustle Gang Tour May 23 RAP— It’s a feat to release an album when you’re incarcerated but, hey, that ain’t no thang for T.I, a man known for not only his rap skills and crazy-fun dancehall like collaborations, but also his acting chops. Having won two Grammys and been in American…
Real Estate Statistics for March 2017
The Beacon Report, which is based on real estate statistics from our local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) released its reports of the March 2017 figures, which allows some interesting comparisons to last year’s Bend single family residence sales of 1 acre or less. According to the report, closed sales in Bend for the month of…
Letters 4/5-4/11
Feeling the Heat: Knopp & Whisnant Get Grilled at Town Hall in Bend (3/31) Oh, Whisnant got pretty aggressive at the Sunriver town hall too. Knopp actually had to stop him because it was getting embarrassing. It was pathetic to see our “representative” get visually heated when anyone made a comment that opposed his point…
A Bazaar Era for Redmond Bookstore
Things appeared momentarily bleak for Redmond’s Friends Bookshop. The city’s planned library remodel could have spelled the end for the cherished 1,000-square-foot used bookstore, located inside. First, construction meant the store would have had to temporarily shut down. Next, a drastically smaller space awaited upon the library’s eventual reopening. That meant the Friends of Redmond…
A Novel Idea: Yaa Gyasi and “Homegoing”
After its inception in 2004, the Deschutes Public Library Foundation’s “A Novel Idea” concept is no longer, well, novel—but it continues to be a forum that brings people together under the noble banner of reading good literature. When I picked up a copy of the 2017 Novel Idea selection, “Homegoing,” by Ghanian-American author Yaa Gyasi,…
Little Bites: Saying Goodbye to Family Businesses
Just as they turned five years old, Mazza Bistro announced on Facebook, “Dear customers, this is to inform you that this coming Thursday, March 30th, will be Mazza’s last day in business due to loss of lease.” Mazza Bistro was a family-owned authentic Middle Eastern restaurant that served fresh, affordable food downtown. Michel Shehadeh, executive…
Grounding the Flight
It’s a typical Saturday afternoon at Crux Fermentation Project: families and dogs outside, diners and beer nerds inside, and what seem to be half a dozen taster trays underneath the taps, waiting to be filled. “They tend to come and go in waves,” the bartender comments. “It’s sort of the same deal as Bloody Marys.…
Natural World: An unexpected encounter
The last thing the people at Lowe’s in Bend expected to see last week was a lone common poorwill (a bird very closely related to a nighthawk) standing in the middle of the garden center. You have to admit, that bundle of feathers with red eyes just doesn’t fit into a bird category—unless someone knows…
