New Spidey Trailer Shakes Up Blockbuster Race
The summer of super heroes is fast approaching. In major cities across the globe, lucky fans of the web-slinging teenager were recently treated to a six-minute preview of Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man.
Mt. Hood Climber Found Dead, Two Days After Local Guide Leads Group to Summit
This morning, authorities found the body of a climber who went missing on Mt. Hood early Monday morning.
Typhoon! closes after BOLI charges filed
Typhoon!, the Portland-based Thai food chain closed its Bend restaurant this weekend, along with four other Oregon locations and one restaurant in Redmond, Wash. Bo, the bar also located in the Franklin Crossing building, closed, as well.
Like Smearing Honey On a Baby
Today the morning sun crawled through my window and sat quietly on the floor of my apartment while I got dressed. As I left for work, I imagined it sauntering over the coffee table and up the wall only to loiter between shadows on the bookshelf for hours.
Eat Meatballs, Help a WWII Vet
Finally the two things American’s love more than anything else: Spaghetti and World War II vets. Okay, maybe the first one is up for debate, but Bendites have a great opportunity to send some of the surviving members of the greatest generation to Washington, D.
The Goddess Speaks: Alkon on Love, Life and Sex
You’re been reading her sage-like advice for years in the dead-tree edition. Now hear Advice Goddess Amy Alkon dish on life and love via the interwebs with her weekly on-line radio show.
Creator of Soul Train Dead at 75: We’ll miss you, Don
“The hippest trip in America!” Such was Don Cornelius’ tag line on the hit musical showcase, Soul Train, a program he created, hosted and produced. In 1970, Cornelius figured that there needed to be a black answer to “American Bandstand.
2012 Sasquatch Lineup!
It’s finally here! The 11th edition of the famous Sasquatch Music Festival has arrived! In my opinion the lineup is a damn good one.
The Bard in Bend: Shakespeare at Winterfest
Winterfest is fast approaching and this year the five day event includes a one-man show on Wednesday entitled, “Shakespeare on the Rocks: Good Will.” Grant Turner, the star of the show, is the artistic director of the Northwest Classical Theatre Company and will present an intimate look at the bard’s life from his birth in…
Arts Central To Vacate Mirror Pond Plaza
The nonprofit arts education and advocacy group Arts Central will soon vacate its longtime home at Mirror Pond plaza, according to the group which sent out a press release on Thursday announcing its pending departure. The organization, which operates the Art Station in the Old Mill, the artists in residency program in the Bend schools…
Local theatre director dies suddenly
Local theater director Pat Kmiec died overnight of an apparent heart attack, said friends Thursday morning. Kmiec was directing Second Street Theater’s production of Gina Galdi and Guest, which was to run for one month beginning Feb.
Evelyn Dong – Strong is Beautiful
You don’t have the chance every day to photograph a ski champion like Evelyn Dong at your studio. To show her muscles and that cool turtle tattoo I decide to shoot her backside with some back light to frame her physique.
Open For Business: Bro Jo’s Alehouse, downtown
We stopped in for lunch. The food was decent, John was smiling, 14 beers were on tap, all seemed good.
Whisnant sponsors bill to kill wolves
Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, is one of nine representatives and five senators sponsoring a new bill in the Oregon House that aims to kill the remaining four wolves in the Imnaha pack in northeast Oregon.
Vegan Hate Crimes?
As I drove down Galveston this morning I saw that for a third time the sign of new small business, Primal Cuts, had been vandalized. While talking to the owner after the first time, he mentioned that it seemed pretty obvious that a large rock had been thrown through the sign. All this really disgusts…
Stealth Attacks on Oregon's Land Use Laws
Almost 40 years ago, Gov. Tom McCall called for legislation to protect Oregon from the “sagebrush subdivisions, coastal condomania, and … ravenous rampages of suburbia” that were threatening to blight the state. The legislature responded with Senate Bill 100, which created a land use regulation system that became the envy of the nation. McCall's signature…
$15 Million
That's how much Mitt Romney's inanely titled Super PAC, “Restore Our Future,” spent to woo Floridians in the run-up to Tuesday's Republican primary. The massive outpouring of cash is just the latest over-the-top display of campaign spending in an election year that is expected to break all records, thanks in large part to the Supreme…
Brewing up Cash
The 10 Barrel Brewing Company has just put the finishing touches on its new 50-barrel brewhouse in northeast Bend. It’s a big facility with gleaming, polished steel tanks and just the latest in a series of recent expansions of the booming industry. Next on deck is a new Boneyard Beer brewhouse up the street from…
The Beat of a Different Drum: Tao brings a unique musical performance to Bend
Over 7,000 miles away among the stunning scenery of Aso-Kuju National Park in Kyushu, Japan, members of the taiko drumming act, Tao: The Art of the Drum (say “dow”) have been training for their upcoming United States tour at a facility they call Grandioso. Located on beautiful, mountainous terrain, this complex is the home base…
The Bay Area's Beats Antique combine belly dance with tribal trance. Midtown Ballroom, 2/4.
The dilemmas of Footloose could have been solved instantaneously if Kevin Bacon had access to a Beats Antique album. Bomont City Council be damned, there is no way to stand still when you hear their unique hybrid of face-melting dubstep combined with world electronica. Add live percussion, a violin player and a resident belly dancer…
Little Bites: Outside Eats: Fat and happy thanks to winter carts Skinny Skis Café and Dad's Concessions
Kirsten Fletcher and Monte Wornath are geniuses. Maybe they'd score off the charts on an IQ test, then again maybe not, but the two friends conceived one of the best ideas for a local business that we've heard of. The pair, recognizing that intense hunger always follows winter recreating, got permits for and parked a…
For the Love of Docs: BendFilm introduces a new documentary series to tide us over until the October Festival
Sitting in Central Oregon Community College's Hitchcock Auditorium last Thursday night with a bevy of independent film fans watching Chaz (formerly Chastity) Bono get his breasts removed on the big screen, I was struck by the idea that BendFilm is alive, well and active even though this year's festival is nearly nine months away. Thanks…
Talk it Out: Cronenberg expertly explores the madness behind modern psychiatry
Christopher Hampton’s stage play The Talking Cure provides the cerebral basis for David Cronenberg to dive into the largely overlooked story of Sabina Spielrein and her influence on the fathers of modern psychoanalysis – Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Sabina (played with astonishing authority by Keira Knightley) is a Russian Jewish mental patient brought to…
Liam Neeson: Wolf-puncher: The Grey is 2012's first truly great film
Liam Neeson, the actor best known for playing thoughtful, sometimes heroic men, has somehow managed (in his late 50s, no less) to reinvent himself as a steely-eyed action star in the vein of Clint Eastwood or the late Charles Bronson. Watching him beat the living hell out of absolutely everyone in his path in movies…
This Business Called “Show”
Though one might think my sole talent is “monkey and poop jokes,” I'll have you know I'm actually extremely talented in one other area: ACTING!! Before I became America's most un-beloved TV columnist, I was a practitioner of the THE-UH-TAH. (That's “theater” for those who don't speak “annoying.”) What roles did I play? WELL! Ever…
Thank God for Groomers: Corduroy, Twin Bridges Looping and Belgian cyclocross madness
Thanks, Groomers. An early morning ski two weeks ago reminded me to give a big thanks to all of the groomers who keep the trails manageable for us. I started my dawn patrol of Virginia Meissner early to beat the assured weekend crowd. My ski exploration led me up the freshly groomed Tangent Loop to…
Bend Velodrome Project Party A Success
The goal of the Bend Velodrome Project Party, according to Board Member and Source contributor Michelle Bazemore, was to attract 100 people and raise $1000. Mission accomplished.
Deschutes Brewery is back with a vengeance.
Deschutes Brewery has been dominating the world of craft beer since their opening in 1988. When the brew pub closed in order to expand into the adjoining building, people had many other excellent breweries to choose from while awaiting Deschutes’ return.
DEQ fines facility for chemical weapon destruction violations
The operators of the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Hermiston have been slapped with a $46,800 fine from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The fine stems from Washington Demilitarization Company’s failure to monitor air quality accurately and for releasing too much carbon monoxide while incinerating mustard gas during the months of June and…
Ax-Throwing Booth Highlights Hoodoo Winter Carnival
Yes, you read that right. Hoodoo guests can walk up and chuck and ax at a target during next Saturday’s (Feb.
