Local Art That You’ll Recognize
Wow. This is spot on.
Your Monday Laugh: Bike angst VIDEO
Sometimes profanity is the only way to get the message across (please excuse the language: adults, apply earmuffs to the ears of your chillins’). Also, this video would be perfect for this week’s Green Issue.
Big Head Todd to Play ACB Aug. 1
Not sure if or when C3 announced this one, but it looks like Big Head Todd will be coming to the Athletic Club on Aug.
5 Fushion and Josh the Barkeeeper
Its pretty cool what you can do with two flash units these days. While shooting the restaurant for the upcoming Dining Guide I saw Josh doing his thing with fire at the bar.
Nostrafilmus: Catching Fire is Starving for a Director.
It was bound to happen. Gary Ross, the director of The Hunger Games, has decided that his shaky-cam infused directorial skills are worth more than Lionsgate is willing to pay.
Urban Cowboy Party: All y’all are invited
Yessir, we’s throwing an Urban Cowboy Party on Friday, April 27 (that’s in three weeks, yew hear?). Maverick’s Country Bar and Grill is hosting this here thang.
KBND’s “Limbaugh” Bombshell is More of the Same
In case you missed it, KBND dropped its big bombshell this morning, a programming change that the local news and sports station and home to controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh, had been promoting heavily over the past week as a major change for KBND. The station has been under heavy pressure from some community members…
107.7 gets Wild
So, there’s a new radio station in town. It’s called Wild 107.
Snow-rich Hoodoo Adds a Week To Season
Hoodoo, AKA Central Oregon’s other ski resort, announced today that, thanks to abundant spring snow, it’s extending the season at least one more week through April 14 and 15th and possibly as far out as April 22. The resort was scheduled to close on Sunday, but the ample snow convinced managers to add at least…
Michelle Obama to Blow the Minds of OSU Grads This June
After speaking at Virginia Tech and North Carolina A&T this spring, First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at Oregon State University, according to OregonLive.com.
Hey punks- you just got lucky
To those of you who like to hang around the Mirror Pond Gallery and smoke in the nearby parking lot- you just got lucky. The Bend City Council was considering making it illegal to smoke in any city parking lot at its regular meeting last night.
Ohhhh- it’s the Globetrotters!
There’s just something about athletic guys being silly with basketballs to an extremely catchy tune that says good times. Really, I think even pre-teen girls with bad attitudes can’t be happy at a Globetrotters show.
Food cart owners relieved
There will be no food cart regulations—at least for now. The Bend City Council decided to hold off on passing new rules that would have forced some food carts to upgrade the locations of their carts with potentially costly additions such as parking, landscaping and possibly even paving.
Saving Grace opens new center
Women and children experiencing domestic or sexual assault related violence will soon have a new place to get help. It’s called the Bend Crisis Center and Saving Grace, Central Oregon’s primary resource for people experiencing such violence, will open the location in the coming weeks.
Nostrafilmus: Woody Allen’s back, this time in Rome.
Due to Midnight in Paris being the highest grossing film of his decades long career, it was only natural for Woody Allen to hop back into the director’s chair as quickly as possible (not that he wouldn’t have anyway). To Rome With Love is Allen’s 43rd film as director and he’s always been incredibly…
On the First Street Park Tree Cutting
Next to the plant description sign for the ponderosa pine trees is a newly cut stump on the First Street Rapids Park Trail. About 27 trees of varying sizes were cut down on March 30.
Musical Interpretation is a Drag
Did you see where they are performing “1776” musical about founding fathers in drag by an all female cast from our area at the Tower Theatre. Wonder if we (the men) could perform 17 versions of Rosie O'Donnell's multiple personality and make it a musical.
A Stain on Our Name
As a dog owner who picks up her dogs' poop, I cringe whenever I read a letter complaining (justifiably) about dog poop left where it was originally deposited. I am old enough to remember when nobody thought twice about littering.
Food Cart Crackdown: New rules could mean big changes for small businesses
What was once a vacant lot on Galveston Avenue, with little more than browned cheatgrass and the odd beer can littering its premises, is now the temporary home to a popular food cart – one that has added picnic tables, umbrellas and planters to the former eyesore. The owners of Spork, the Godfather of Bend's…
Two for the Price of Free: The Shook Twins will make you smile AND give you chills
The Shook Twins write three kinds of songs- songs that give you goose bumps, songs that make you laugh, and songs that do both. Straight out of Sandpoint, Idaho, Laurie and Katelyn Shook play modern folk music that ranges from dark and progressive to light and humorous. “We describe our genre as quirky folk,” says…
Blast Off From Bond Street: The Astro Lounge is still a star
With so many changes in the downtown dining scene, it can be hard to keep up with who's new, who's who and who has sadly sunk amidst the competition. So, when I noticed The Astro Lounge had closed the doors of its former digs on Minnesota Avenue, I was happy to hear it had just…
Little Bites: Cuisine Crawl: Highlights from the kick-off crawl, more pizza and tacos on the move
Sunday night, April 1, a landmark event took place that I believe will set the bar for culinary events in the future in Bend. With 12 chefs at 11 locations, offering 16 different dishes, The Foodie Crawl was a spectacular success. The event's participants wound their way through the westside, Old Mill and downtown and…
Tin Pan Theater Opens its Doors
The owners of Tin Pan Theater will slide back the old timey metal door to their new space off Tin Pan Alley this Friday and, in doing so, revive the good old American tradition of going to the movies. The art walkers that file in will belly up to the small handcrafted wooden bar marked…
Get Thee Back to the Workhouse
In these economic times sometimes things can feel a little dire. However, all over the country people are looking for, and sometimes finding, the pewter lining. Right here in Bend a pair of local artists working on a new formula that is designed to deconstruct artistic and economic limitations with a bold new experiment in…
Re-release the Kraken!: Wrath isn't terrible… or very good, either.
Most everyone I know fondly remembers the 1981 version of Clash of the Titans. It had it all: Greek mythology, the Stygian Witches, Calibos, Medusa, the Kraken, giant scorpions and, of course, Bubo the mechanical owl. I watched this original version again, for the first time in 20 years, before watching Wrath of the Titans.…
Who's the cutest of them all?: Mirror Mirror fails to shatter the fairy-o-types
Mirror Mirror wasn't horrible, and that's the problem. With a safe, even keel, this flick excels at being nothing special. It's not stupid enough for to me to be fully embarrassed for the human race, and not campy enough to be blasé. It's a prequel and also a bland retelling of the Snow White and…
My Sort of Shame
As you can probably guess, I don't feel ashamed about much. I'm not even ashamed of the following: 1) That thing I did one time involving a goat. 2) The time I sort of stuck my something into someone's something else. 3) When I impersonated someone, stole their something, and did something extremely dirty with…
Trail Blazing: Early spring conditions abound on area trails
They go from town. Pedaling down the shoulder, they ride side-by-side because traffic is minimal and the cars that do pass have bikes on top. The woman is local, but the two men are from out of town. She takes a left toward the trailhead and they follow, passing a parking lot half filled with…
Need Beer? We’re giving away a GoodLife gift certificate
Here at the Source Weekly, we do our damndest to sample all the latest beers from Bend’s master brewers. Shoot, we even made it down to 10 Barrel yesterday to try their “new and improved” Apocalypse IPA.
Farewell to a Friend: Remembering Dean Hale's contribution to Central Oregon birding
Every living thing on this beautiful old Earth will eventually die. Whether it be bunchgrass on the hillside, a towering Ponderosa or a flea – death is part of Life. In spite of that unalterable fact, we humans spend a lot of time trying to side step the issue, but when it happens instantly -…
