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Let’s Call it a Draw
At last Wednesday’s city council meeting, Mayor Jim Clinton held up a colorful painting of what could be. The rendering (pictured above) showed both a river and a pond—but no Newport Avenue dam, the 103-year-old, leaking structure that creates Mirror Pond. Presented to murmuring approvals and head nods at the city council meeting, this new…
Best of the Year Kick-off Giveaway: YES!
Celebrate the best music of 2013 by winning some of the best music of years past!
Dogwood Cocktail Cabin to Open in Bend
Check out this Facebook! The Dogwood Cocktail Cabin, a bar and small plates restaurant with a flagship location in Crested Butte, Colorado, is slated to open in downtown Bend. The restaurant’s Facebook says it will be located at 147 NW Minnesota Ave., the former Gatsby’s (and before that Astro Lounge) location next to Barrio. Stay…
12 Days of Giveaways: A Boy Band Christmas
Boy Bands have made some of the most harmonious and ridiculous Christmas music the holidays have ever seen. Check out a few of our favorite Christmas tunes by boy bands below… On the seventh day of Christmas the Source gave to me…two tickets to Floater (Dec. 20 at the Domino Room)! For the next five…
Changes in the Works for BendFilm
Big news (as reported yesterday) for the BendFilm Festival. The board of directors has announced that they will be changing leadership with the resignation of Orit Schwartz who has been the festival director since 2010. They also announced that they will be restructuring the festival, a familiar sentiment to their decision to restructure in 2008.…
BendFilm Festival Director Steps Down
After four years as the festival director for Bend’s annual film festival, Orit Schwartz announced publicly today that she will not be returning for he 2014 festival. Here is the statement the Source received via email this afternoon: hello everyone, for those who aren’t hooked on facebook as i am,, sorry for the mass email.…
What in the World?
On Monday morning roundup: Fake interpreter at Mandela funeral: In the strangest news leftover from Mandela’s funeral, the story about the faux interpreter continues to get stranger. Turns out that the sign language interpreter—the guy standing feet from some of the most powerful and protected people in the world—was a fake. Well, now, turns out…
What in the World? Today’s News
Happy Friday world!Here’s the afternoon news. After firing his uncle in early December from his position in the North Korean government, it was reported yesterday that Kim Jong Un had Jan Song-thaek executed by firing squad, raising questions about his grip of power in North Korea. Terrible news for our state! USA Today is reporting…
12 Days of Giveaways: Worst Gift Ever
Can you top this worst Christmas gift ever, as posted on the New York Times a few Christmas ago: “We received a can of haggis (yes, I guess haggis comes in a can) and a copy of the book “The Road.” It was quite the depressing Christmas.” There is an entire collection of troubling, funny,…
12 Days of Giveaways: Advice for your Work Christmas Party
The Source is just under a week out from our annual holiday party…so mostly for our own sake here are 10 pretty solid tips for not ruining your office Christmas party and keeping your job. Mostly, take it easy on the hooch and don’t hit on your coworkers…CHECK, well at least on the second part!…
VIDEO: Bend Oregon Raider Nation’s Hit Single, “Soul Raidah”
BORN’s new single, set to Bob Marley’s “Soul Rebel,” is a hit! Our BORN insiders tell us that we can look forward to professional footage in January. Until then, dig this (special appearance by Bend’s MC Mystic!): Bend Oregon Raider Nation is a Central Oregon-based Oakland Raiders fan club. Join them for game viewings at…
Hot Elf Action!
Guys! Guys! Why didn’t you tell me about this? They made a movie out of my book? Have you heard about this? Talk about crazy, right? I mean, one minute I’m dicking around in my office at Oxford—making up Elvish, for flip’s sake—and the next minute I’m in a movie theater, wearing 3D glasses, about…
A Replacement for Breaking Bad
Watch the trailer for Homefront, and you won’t quite be able to tell if it’s parody or not. You’ve got Jason Statham starring, of course, as a tough guy with a history. In this case, he’s a cop who used to wear a really bad wig and go undercover with biker gangs. Statham is seen…
Liar, Liar, Spandex on Fire!
“I didn’t live a lot of lies, but I did live one big one.” That’s how the new documentary from director Alex Gibney opens, with a half-confession from disgraced cycling superstar Lance Armstrong. It is a perfect first line and sets the tone for the rest of the stunning film, which chronicles Armstrong’s miraculous cancer-be-damned…
Turbo-Charged Shredding
The latest Patagonia-sponsored movie GO! A Snowboard Road Trip is gorgeous and jam-packed with big air and backcountry shred sequences shot in the American West; all set to a thoughtful, down-home, not-what-you’d-expect soundtrack (honky-tonk and hard-driving blues are a welcome relief from the endless glitch-hop and electronica so prevalent in modern snow films; seriously, if…
Re-imagining Christmas
One is a smoky-voiced, piano-playing, 70’s-inspired vixen; the other a dusty blues guitarist and singer. Both longtime members of the Portland music scene, Naomi Hooley (of Moody Little Sister) and Rob Stroup (Baseboard Heaters, The Imprints) have teamed up to release the definitive Pacific Northwest Christmas album, Naomi Hooley and Rob Stroup’s Winter Wonderland. The…
Gifting Music 101
No one wants to look like every other first-world teenager on the planet by sporting the exact same ear cans (apologies, Dr. Dre), nor does anyone want some toy that is more gimmick than practical (see: patio rock speaker). Read on for a few suggestions for giving tech gifts that will actually enhance your man’s…
Out of Town 12/11 – 12/19
seattle saturday 14 The Moondoggies and The Maldives Annual Family Christmas Show Washingtonbased alt-country bands The Moondoggies and the Maldives have been friends, collaborators, and are bearded, flannel-wearing staples in the Seattle music scene for half a decade. Both bands are intoxicating, musically and physically—they encourage large helpings of whiskey to wash down their Laurel…
Gift Guide (part two!)
First tier gifts: Father, son, husband First step for buying a man a gift is to recognize that every male has his inner superhero—that fantasy brewing that he can save the day, that he is a burly lumberjack, a swashbuckling pirate, a rocket scientist. Find a gift to help him unleash that dream. To further…
Letters 12/4- 12/12
Big pipe No wonder the controversy on the city water project never ends. At a city council meeting last month city councilor Russell, before a major vote, asked staff if a value engineering study had been conducted on the $35 million membrane filtration aspect of the project. City engineer Hickman gave a definitive answer saying…
What to Give MacGyver
For some, tech gadgets may seem antithetical to an authentic back-to-nature experience. After all, isn’t the point of hitting the trails, slopes, and peaks to unplug and enjoy the natural world? Perhaps. But even the backpacker who revels in starting a fire with friction or creating a shelter out of twigs and buckskin understands the…
The Eyes Have It!
Owl came into my life when I was living at what is now Hollinshead Park on Jones Road. Late one afternoon, the phone rang. “Is this Jim Anderson who knows about birds?,” the caller asked. I said I knew a little about birds, why? “I’m a logger, and got this bird that fell out of…
Menomena Will Play Bend’s WinterFest!
Lay it Out Events has confirmed Portland indie rock band Menomena will play at the OnPoint Oregon WinterFest (February 14-16, 2014)!!! We just gave them a big high-five from you because this show is going to be AWESOME. Stay tuned to the Source for continued coverage of the upcoming festival.
12 Days of Giveaways: Ridiculous Christmas Sweater Video
On the third day of Christmas the Source gave to me….a 10 Barrel Trucker Hat! Just “like” us on Facebook, leave a comment and share this absurd ugly Christmas sweater infomercial. Or give them a call and order one. I’m sure they’re still in business. Best line: “This is absolutely perfect for the pharmacy.”
Have Your Cake and Drink Beer, Too
Most every holiday gathering takes place around an altar of sugary fat and carbs. Beer belongs on that table too, but this is no place for light lagers. The dessert course is where beer gets to flex its muscle. I approach each dessert pairing with one of three goals in mind: traditional flavor pairings, matching…
Dude on Dude Reading
Reading clubs are not the exclusive domain of Oprah. No, in fact, these books—written by Central Oregon men—are great gifts that speak to the inherent manliness of our region. Rodeo riders, straight-back farmhands, clever alt-energy scientists, and clear-minded retirees populate these stories—some true, others based on true historical events, and all set in places you…
Our Picks 12/11 – 12/19
wednesday 11 Comedy Pet Theater PET SHOW—Dogs on scooters? Cats on ladders? This is better than YouTube! Gregory Popovich , the son of Moscow circus performers, hosts a colorful, energetic and truly silly and jaw-dropping vaudeville show. 7 pm, Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall, $25-$35. friday 13 Christmas Kayak BOATS—The most dedicated boaters in Bend…
