Hiker Dies on Sisters-Area Trail
A 69-year-old hiker collapsed and died on a hiking trail west of Sisters early Monday morning. Despite efforts to revive him, 69-year-old Robert Wayne Powell of Sisters died before he could be evacuated from the Pole Cat Trail about 15 miles west of Sisters.
Bend Runners Crush in CO: Eight locals compete in TransRockies Run, all eight finish on podium
Bend already lays claim to the title “Bike Town U.S.
Can’t Wait for the Face-Kini Trend to Hit Bend
More reasons to slap one of these on, according to The Indian Express is they are,”also extremely effective at repelling insects and jellyfish.” Read about even racier Face-Kinis here: http://inventorspot.
A New Way to Protect That Gorgeous Mug of Yours
Sick of the claustrophobic greasy cloud of sunscreen, fellow sun bunnies? It drips into your eyes if you’re active and sweating and sometimes has a pasty white sheen, but in Bend sun protection is mandatory. The other problem is the way it makes you feel like you’re being buried alive.
Are Superhero Films Art?
In a recent interview with Nextmovie.com, David Cronenberg was quoted as saying “.
Burn What You Can, Bury the Rest…
Whats the sexiest animals on the farm? Brown chicken brown cow. Get it? You will if you cruise down to Silver Moon Brewing tonight to see the West Virginia string band Brown Chicken Brown Cow.
Care About Trout Creek? Speak Up!
Attention climbers and friends of nature: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office announced the public comment period on the Trout Creek Rock Climbing Area Access and Environmental Assessment (EA) will be open from Aug. 17 – Sept.
Fall Fashion Part I: Please, stop wearing this stuff!
NOTE: We have been in close contact with our fashion guru, Vera Fang, in order keep you looking good. This is the first of our multi-part series, some of which will reappear in our annual Fall Style issue, on stands Aug.
Google Maps Street View Cam Captures Source Staffer Stuffing his Face
This is awesome. While eating my lunch this winter and desperately attempting to absorb a day’s worth of vitamin D during a 15-minute food break, I spotted the Google street-view car as it rolled by the Source Weekly.
What’s Your Pleasure?
Blues, jam band Hooves play the Liquid Lounge at 8pm tonight and their bio says it all. We’re hooves.
Lahaina to Close
One of Bend’s most reliable and inspiring fine arts galleries, Lahaina Gallery, is closing up shot after more than a dozen years in Bend, due to the down economy. Owner Beau Killet said that the gallery will close it’s doors Nov.
SUV Crashes into SW Bend Duplex
A man crashed his black Suburban into a duplex in Southwest Bend last evening near the corner of Blakely Road and Doanna Way. Though no one was injured, two people were trapped on the second floor because the SUV smashed the stairs in the building.
Jazz at the Oxford Announces Series Line-Up.
The popular Jazz at the Oxford series is back for its third year at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend and the 2012-2013 season provides Central Oregon jazz aficionados with a reason to celebrate. Kicking off the series on October 19th and 20th is the Northwest’s own soul sista Linda Hornbuckle.
Shakespeare in the Park VIP Ticket Giveaway
This weekend marks the second annual Shakespeare in the Park performance with Source Weekly sister company Lay It Out Events bringing Romeo and Juliet to the banks of the Deschutes for a three-day run. We’ve got two VIP tickets for the performance.
Bend Can Do Better By Its Animals
Dog Fancy Magazine just voted Bend The Nation’s Dog Friendliest City 2012. It’s a title that we should be proud of, but is it accurate? We certainly love our dogs (and cats) we have great off-leash areas, trails and canine friendly businesses. We use their images to advertise our products and sell our newspapers. Yet,…
A Solution in Search of a Problem
1. Just because someone operates a vacation rental at their rural (2.5 acre) home, doesn’t mean that it is marring the neighborhood, or creating a safety hazard. In fact, it appears that a small pond, gazebo, fire pit, and pasture filled with wildflowers and honeybee boxes would be an improvement to many rural areas. The…
Buehler Dials Up a Gimmick Play
In the parlance of politics, a “gimmick” is a sneaky ploy your opponent resorts to. When you do it, it’s called “taking a statesmanlike position.” Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, a Democrat, and Knute Buehler, the Bend Republican who’s trying to get her job, have been trading jabs over each other’s alleged gimmickry recently.…
Home Distillers Duck the Law: Barriers to legal operations force booze makers to stay underground
There is nothing amateur about James Wilson’s* distilling operation, which he runs out of his modest, comfortable home surrounded by a view-blocking 10-foot fence. A hose runs through the doggie door in his living room, draining condensed water onto the grass.
Our Picks For 08/15-08/23
Awesome Land: Women Of Dirt wednesday 15 Two X chromosomes—that’s what separates this film from the scores of other bike porn flicks out there, which are dominated by those made up of XY chromosomes, otherwise know as men. Women Of Dirt is all about females who shred. And, while endurance nerds do make a showing…
Y’all Gotta Try This New Food Cart: Yo Momma’s Country Cookin’
Yo Mammas Country Cookin’ gets an enthusiastic two thumbs up from us. We just had lunch here and it was amazing—it met all my suther’n expectations. Co-owner Lisa Maraschiello, who hails from the hills of western North Carolina, clearly knows the ways of traditional Dixie dishes. Unlike most traditional southern staples, however, Yo Mamma’s fixin’s…
Moving on Up: Sara Jackson-Holman relocates to P-Town
Sara Jackson-Holman, felt a bit like a nomad. She was trying to write a second album among the Central Oregon ponderosa while flitting off to Portland any chance she got. Eventually the Rose City proved too beguiling for the classically trained piano player who’s enjoyed great success recently, including having her single “Into the Blue”…
Rock-u-mentaries: Get the most out of your Netflix account & increase your music IQ with these music movie recommendations
Echotone (2010) Everyone knows about the popular SXSW music festival that happens every year in Austin, Texas. The city that spawned such iconic acts as Janis Joplin and Stevie Ray Vaughn is still at the center of modern music—but it’s changing. Echotone follows a handful of new bands trying to make a career happen amongst…
Muth Sings the Staples: Country music with a NW blue collar twist
Zoe Muth is a rare and rustic musical goddess. A beautiful blonde woman with a guitar who writes cowboy ballads about broken dreams, stiff whiskey drinks and lonely hearts. Muth twists those themes into a vintage, Nashville-drenched twang for a sound that feels like the smooth country folk of yesteryear. If her songs tell her…
Go For the Foodie Gold: Get your own team of friends in the kitchen
“It sounds like fun, but I really can’t cook unless it involves a crockpot,” was my friend Roger’s response when I asked if he would be interested in starting a monthly foodie group with me and my fiancée. But after a little explanation I had lured Roger and his wife, along with three other couples,…
Kombucha Love: Make your own new flavor
I have to admit it; some people think it tastes like fermented garbage, but I’m a huge kombucha fan. It’s the earthy taste mixed with effervescence and the lift I get afterwards. Since I’ve given up alcohol, it is the closest I’ve come to drinking a beer. Kombucha is reported by many to be a…
Mini Bend Brewfest Guide
IPAs not to missHop Hash, 6%, 90 IBUsCaldera Brewing Company, Ashland Made with a non-traditional hopping technique that uses compacted hashlike chunks of hops in the brew. Wookey Jack, 8.5%, 60 IBUsFirestone Walker, Paso Robles, CaliforniaBlack IPA made with dark and spicy malts and citrus-laden hops is unfiltered with a complex flavor profile. Country Boy IPA, 6.2%,…
A Play is the Thing: The future of theater in Bend looking bright with Shakespeare in the Park
Everyone knows the classic tale of teenage lovers whose forbidden romance leads to lying, trespassing, murder, deceit, roofies and ultimately their own untimely deaths. But have you heard it told by 19th century Italian anarchists? Choosing Romeo and Juliet for this year’s installment of Shakespeare in the park is all a part of a plan…
Off Message: The Campaign tries to blend outrageousness with political outrage
People who think a lot about movies tend to put directors in tidy boxes. Call it a remnant of the auteur theory, but we don’t quite know what to do with directors who dabble about in ways that don’t fit an easily-defined artistic compartment. Take The Campaign’s director, Jay Roach, for example. He’s a comedy…
Tripping Down Jeremy Lane: Movies that put Renner on the radar
The Bourne Legacy opened this week with Jeremy Renner taking over the reins from Matt Damon as rogue super spy, David Bourne. Renner caught our eye with his mesmerizing performances in The Hurt Locker and The Town, both of which got him nominated for Oscars. But he has plenty of lesser-known titles to his credit.…
Bullets of Joy
I’m feeling a bit insecure right now. As regular readers of I Love Television™ know, I’ve made a career out of sexual and occasionally violent shenanigans. I’m not bragging, but if you can’t remember the last time you instigated a drug and alcohol-fueled orgy involving a stolen police van, 27 drag queens, a case of…
Enduring the Next Trend: European-style enduro races might be the MTB wave of the future
For the last few years Super D races have been the darlings of the mountain bike world. Super Ds, which feature both cross-country and downhill segments, are relatively short and staged on mellow enough terrain that they attract a broad spectrum of riders—cross-country and downhill racers dig them, as do the casual all-mountain riders. The…
Hellbound Glory and Johnny Outlaw and the Johnson Creek Stranglers
If you’re from Reno Nevada and your parents name you Leroy Virgil there’s a good chance you’ll grow up to front a kick ass country western band. And that’s just what Leroy did.
Trigger Happy: Sign shooters are anything but sporting
OK, all you crazies with guns. Enough is enough! I cannot even imagine what goes through your heads when you raise your rifle, handgun, or shotgun and blaze away at the assorted signs in the forest and desert. Sure, Bi-Mart and sporting goods stores love you for purchasing boxes and boxes of ammunition so you…
New Community Garden for 9th and Franklin Lot
A bare dirt lot at the corner of Franklin Avenue and 9th Street will soon become the first community garden on city property and the first community garden to fully comply with the American with Disabilities Act, said organizers. Crews from Cascade Natural Gas spent the day at the site Tuesday lowering a gas line—one…
Whitewater Park? Why Yes, That Would be Grand!
This is what a whitewater park would look like if voters passed a bond measure that would improve the Colorado Dam Spillway as it passes under the Colorado bridge. Seems like a good idea.
Candidate Files Against Jim Clinton for Bend City Council
Jim Clinton will have an opponent in the November election. Mike Roberts, 49, who is a former city of Bend employee, filed his candidacy with the city today.
