Tonight’s Music: Hillstomp
The raging punky blues duo that is Hillstomp will be banging out their distorted, driving Rose-City rock TONIGHT at 7pm, downtown at the River Front Plaza in front of Crow’s Feet Commons. It’s a free, all-ages show. We see y’all there.
Friday Mixtape!
A no-new-music Friday Mixtape.
Tonight’s Live Music: The Deadly Gentlemen
A very good bluegrass band is in town tonight.
Les Schwab Amphitheater Closes East River Bank to Cut Free Concert Access
Les Schwab Amphitheater has announced that beginning with Sunday’s Michael Franti concert, that they will be restricting access to the East bank of the Deschutes (across from the venue) from the footbridge across the river on the south to Hot Pond Loop on the north. The area has been a popular place to poach concerts…
Drink These Beers
What’s particularly glorious about Brewfest is not only that new, special release and one-off brews are plentiful, but that they stand beside the tried and true—meaning, both adventurous sorts and the stick-in-the-mud don’t-try-anything-new types should be similarly pleased. With 63 vendors—including at least one winery and several cider companies—it is hard to know how to…
Consider Me Captured
Captured by Porches is an inventive, if not odd name for a brewery—less so, however, after considering the fact that a porch is actually a pretty great place to be “captured.” Porches are for lazy conversations, sunset watching and beer sipping, which is exactly how the CbP brewers spent their early years—captured on each other’s…
Celts 'n' Kilts
Tartan (n): A woolen cloth woven in one of several patterns of plaid, especially of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan. Clan (n): A group of close-knit and interrelated families (especially associated with families in the Scottish Highlands). Caber (n): A roughly trimmed tree trunk used in the Scottish Highland sport of tossing…
Our Picks 8/7 – 8/15
friday 9 Scotch & Cigar Dinner SIP & PUFF—The event’s title leaves out the smorgasbord of food—bacon-wrapped scallops, smoked salmon and lamb chops. But six top-shelf aged scotches, coupled with fine cigars, are the drivers of this event. Don’t be surprised if the ghost of Hemingway shows up. 7 pm. McMenamins Old St. Francis School,…
Bounce or Bust
Velvet Lounge, a popular downtown bar decorated with reclaimed lumber and local art, is a quiet place to grab a drink with friends; it is not a raging nightclub, an ambience underscored by the smiling, 150-pound young man who checks IDs at the door. He is there to streamline the bar and keep underage kids…
Time To Go Legit
Airbnb is popular in Bend. The service, which allows people to find unique accommodations around the world, recently named Bend one of the Top 10 most hospitable cities in the U.S. Airbnb has also caused the city to raise an eyebrow on who may be paying their portion of the 9 percent transient room tax…
Can Art Save Our Children?
It is 9 am sharp, and a pint-size teenager, barely larger than the Liberty Bell she approaches, grabs a rope and begins tugging. The bell rings out three times into the cloudy morning, and the remote woods just past Suttle Lake, which were still and quiet just five minutes ago are transformed by a chattering…
Too Early to Claim Gold
Do you know who Vladimir Morozov is? Neither did we. But he won fifth place at the recent World Swimming Championships (100 meter free), which is exactly where Bend, the self-dubbed Bike Town USA, ranks in the state (yes, the state of Oregon, not even the nation) as a bike-friendly community. Behind the platinum- level…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 29 In a startling turn of events, a Pope said something today that was actually reasonable. In an interview aboard the papal aircraft (which we’ve nicknamed, “Our Airline of Perpetual Sorrows”), Pope Francis was asked how he felt about gay priests and responded, “We shouldn’t marginalize people for this.” Wait. Wait, wait, wait, waitwaitwaitwaitWAIT.…
Letters 7/31 – 8/8
NO on the King Amendment! We must stop this sweeping attack on the rights of states to protect the health, safety and welfare of our citizens. Oregon does a fine job managing OUR states affairs and certainly doesn’t need a congressman from Iowa dictating Federal authority to Oregon and every state in the Union. Meet…
Tasty Waves
Aaron Karitis is a can-do sort of guy. After shoveling snow and fueling planes the skier and surfer logged eight productive years as a guide with H2O Guides in Valdez, Alaska. His job was a dream: to take clients heli-skiing in the Alaskan backcountry. The Mountain View alumnus and University of Utah graduate was responsible…
Explosions in the Sky
Picture Los Angeles as a slum. OK, more of a slum. In Elysium, it’s 2154, and the City of Angels is worn down, burned out, left to rot. A sprawling shantytown, LA’s once-proud skyscrapers are crumbling shadows in the far-off distance, while everything else—from a dull, lifeless sky to warm, hazy water—is a tired, dusty…
Central Casting
Woody Allen has been making “the best Woody Allen movie in 20 years” for nearly 20 years. In the past decade alone, critics have gone so far as to knight Match Point, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and even the totally shitty Midnight In Paris with the dubious title, a critical cliché as lazy as it is meaningless. I suspect…
Not So Fast
Curiosity Wampire Polyvinyl Records Portland lo-fi subdued garage rockers Wampire released their heavenly debut album in May. The album is laced with keys and synth, making for a translucent rock record with abstract tendencies. Tomorrow, Tomorrow Campfires Fire Talk Records The scratchy gypsy throwback rock of Portland’s Campfires is brilliantly filled with a layered sing-along…
Out of Town 8/7 – 8/15
portland thursday 8-saturday 10 Galaxy Festival Portland’s free outdoor dance festival with performers and classes in the open air. Polaris Dance Theatre's celebration of all forms of dance will host presenters from Anjali School of Dance, Bridge City Dance Project, Jai Ho Dance Party to Pendulum Aerial dancers. Turn off "So You Think You Can…
10 Barrel’s Tonya Cornett on NPR
Tonya Cornett One of America’s best brewers, 10 Barrel’s Tonya Cornett, was on NPR today! Listen here. While the topic, “The Renaissance Of American Craft Beer,” doesn’t exactly sound like news, it’s cool that NPR is highlighting the divergent paths microbreweries are taking—sours, Belgians, strong ales, spiced beers. Also cool that they tapped Cornett (the…
Michael Franti Ticket Giveaway!
Hey there Source readers!We LOOOVE you! Here’s how much…we’re giving away two tickets to shoeless, positivity jockey and hip-hop guru Michael Franti & Spearhead (Sunday, August 11 at the Les Schwab Amphitheater) to one lucky reader! Just leave us a comment about how great Michael Franti is! Tell us why you love this lovable loving…
Nature of Words Announces Festival Lineup
On the heels of appointing new executive director Amy Mentuck last week, The Nature of Words has released the guest author line up for the 2013 literary festival. Here’s what we can look forward to Nov. 7-10, more info at thenatureofwords.org. Lawson Inada is a former Oregon Poet Laureate and currently professor emeritus of writing…
