PPP Logo Unveiled
We’ve only just received our first real winter storm of the season, but some the folks at MBSEF are already looking forward to the end of the season and the annual Pole, Pedal, Paddle, Central Oregon’s signature multisport race. Event promoter MBSEF unveiled this year’s official logo that will emblazon marketing materials and competitors’ ubiquitous…
More Beers in Bend!
Bend, rejoice. Come June, we’ll have another brewery in our midst.
Oregon’s LaMichael James is Scared of Disneyland
Can a guy who routinely takes 250-pound linebackers head on somehow be terrified by a roller coaster? Answer: yes. Oregon superstar LaMichael James didn’t seem to enjoy Space Mountain, the classic Disneyland ride, all that much.
In reply to: Return of the Snowy Owls: How to spot our winter visitors (Natural World, 12-28):
Up here in NW Ontario, the snowies are looking for food too. Unfortunately, many are starving.
Win Tickets to Larry and His Flask’s NYE Show
As we mentioned in this week’s paper, there are some great live shows happening around town for New Year’s Eve. One of those shows is Larry and His Flask’s show at the Old Stone Church, featuring a seriously cool slate of opening acts.
Fruition: Tonight! at McMenamins
For Free! Check out this fine string band while they’re down here on a visit from Portland. What kind of string band? A good one—they’re sharing a New Year’s Eve playbill with Leftover Salmon and other jammy, bluegrassy, feel-good music.
Top Ten Local News Stories of 2011: Flare ups, flameouts, throw downs, touchdowns and so much more!
The Sandra Meyer Murder The Sandra Meyer tragedy is one that we add reluctantly to this list out of respect to Meyer's family members who endured much during the nearly month-long search for the missing Bend woman. Meyer's mysterious disappearance became a matter of public discussion after family members and police called on the public…
Ring Out the Old Straight Poop, Ring In the New
Monday, Dec. 19 Flameout: Newt Gingrich's lead among Republicans evaporates; Gallup now has him in virtual tie with Mitt Romney … With friends like these: Website that promotes adultery endorses Gingrich, puts up billboard of him with caption: “Faithful Republican, Unfaithful Husband … The Daily Gaffe: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, fading fast in GOP presidential…
The Last Day of the Year: A whole page of things to do on New Year's Eve
New Year’s Dinner with Raise the Vibe Expect saxophonist Duncan McNeill and his band Raise the Vibe to lay down a funky blues and jazz soundtrack to your New Year’s evening at the Common Table, where all are welcome. The gracious folks at the pay-as-you-can restaurant are hosting two separate countdowns: one for the kiddos…
Our Picks for 12/28-1/5
Free Nordic Ski Lesson wednesday 28 Want to learn how to Nordic ski, but got turned off by cost of lessons? Then take advantage of this free session. You can even rent the gear from Pine Mountain Sports for free while you get real, on-snow experience under the watchful eyes of a seasoned vet. All…
Top Ten Northwest Albums of the Year
1. Youth Lagoon, The Year Of Hibernation: Ambient lo-fi backdrops with flowing pop drum beats and honest storytelling fill out the debut album from this Boise band. 2. Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues: Still soul searching, this Portland/Seattle act offers up another folk opus with echoing vocals that beg for self-discovery. 3. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up:…
Top Ten Overlooked Albums of the Year
1. Sleeper Agent, Celebrasion: On riffy rockers like “Proper Taste” or “Force a Smile,” Sleeper Agent sounds like The Who on speed. But just when you think you have a fix on the band's sound, out comes a sweet pure pop tune like the ballad “That's My Baby” or a Strokes-ish rocker like “Get Burned.”…
Top Ten Eats of 2011: The year a pauper ate like a queen
It was a great year for food in Bend and I got to partake in a lot of it. Here are the top 10 things I ate in 2011. The D&D's Biscuits & Gravy I fell in love in 2011… with the D&D's biscuits and gravy. Perfect any time of day, and especially good when…
Ten For Her
Yes, it's pretty awesome getting to select my top movies of the year for the Source. And for the second year in a row the process has proven difficult because, as we all well know, most of the “best” movies of the year take their sweet time coming to Bend. Unlike last year, there weren't…
Ten For Him
1. Drive: A great cast in a wonderfully low-budget modern noir. Slick and surprisingly gruesome, Drive is my surprise hit of the year. 2.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2: Harry and his wizardly mates go out in style with the final chapter of this magical saga that defined a generation.
Best Performances of 2011
Editor's note: Seeing as how we let film columnist Morgan P. Salvo run wild with the 10 worst movies of the year in the special section of the paper, we figured we'd find out what performances he actually liked this year. 1. Rutger Hauer: Hobo with a Shotgun The title says it all. Brains splatter,…
2011: The Year in Stuff I Said
Here are some things I said in 2011. Providing “context” doesn't really help my case. On Batman: Attaching a cape to a cowl is the stupidest thing ever. One step on your cape, and NECK SNAP! Stephen Hawking's teaching you how to use your fancy new wheelchair. On I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant: It's…
Return of the Snowy Owls: How to spot our winter visitors
Reports of snowy owl (SNOL) sightings have been coming in by the hundreds from all over the Northwest, Midwest and East Coast. My pal from the old OMSI days, Bart Butterfield, who is now in charge of the GSI Division of Idaho Fish and Game, sent me an email the other day with an attached…
Running into a New Year: Central Oregon offers a wealth of options for area runners
The first mile and a half is the toughest. In those six, eight or 12 minutes, your hands seem to get progressively colder and wind whips at every bit of exposed skin turning it red like the coals glowing in the woodstove that you foolishly left behind at home. If you're lucky, the sun is…
2011 Was Crazy: The year's 10 most ridiculous moments in sports, in no particular order
The coach is named Shaka Smart? When the first NCAA tournament brackets to ever feature 68 teams rolled out of office-owned printers across the country, no one looked at Virginia Commonwealth University's slot in a play-in game and thought, “Oh, they'll totally make it to the Final Four.” But somehow, this little-known team made it…
The Realtors' Anti-Tax Power Play
We have nothing against realtors. Many of them are fine human beings and decent, upstanding citizens. As individuals, realtors are all right by us. When they band together, though, they sometimes have all the charm of a pack of ravenous piranhas. Current case in point: the Oregon Association of Realtors' campaign to write a ban…
Board Kills Magnet Reform Effort (12/23):
Are we to continue to use our mistakes to respond to our current problems? Or can we reflect a maturing and practical society by utilizing our precious natural resource of human minds and hearts by making a better choice and making the important small steps of becoming a more responsible and sustainable society. When we…
Behold the White Buffalo: An afternoon with some of the rarest animals on the planet (12/24):
We had a White Buffalo born 10 miles down the road from me. I understood it to be one of only three known in History, then I saw this.
Occupying the Invisible Congressman (12/25):
Walden needs to be reminded that he should be ‘speaking FOR us not TO us’.
