Cover Story
A Local Production
From the blazing saddles of the old west cowboy, to the iPhone-obsession of the 21st century, entrepreneurs in Bend—and beyond—are exporting the Central Oregon lifestyle as much as they are living it. This year’s Made in Bend issue highlights products that reflect a distinctly Bend outlook on the world—and, values heavy with tradition, health, the…
Vote for Bend’s Hottest Après Ski Spot
Alright, outdoorsy folks (i.e. everyone in Bend, Ore.), the Oregonian’s Après Ski project is in full swing and the newspaper is asking for your votes for the best post-ski hang out in Bend. Today an article was posted entitled “Bend readers pile on praise for their favorite after-ski party spots (poll)” so do as The…
One Minute, Seven Wonders of Oregon
Travel Oregon’s new ad campaign depicting the Seven Wonders of Oregon is pretty darn cool. Check out gorgeous footage of Mount Hood, the Oregon Coast, The Columbia River George, The Painted Hills, Smith Rock, The Wallowas and Crater Lake in their new commercial below.
Friday Mixtape!
A Friday Mixtape full of fresh (as in not listened to much) tunes.
ALBUM REVIEW: Dialects by Snowmine
A review of Snowmine’s sophomore album
Wildlands Warrior
Spread an eastern Oregon map over the hood of a decades-old pickup truck and point to any spot at random. Tim Lillebo could not only tell you five intimate details about the chosen location, he could recall everything that happened during his last visit there—the bull elk he spotted over the ridge, the Indian paintbrush…
Out of Town 2/26-3/6
portland friday 28 Steve-O Self-deprecation is the hallmark of good stand-up and “professional idiot” Steve-O takes it to the next cringe-worthy level. The masochistic stuntman of Jackass fame may have given up booze and beef, but he’s still beating himself up in other ways. Past on-stage stunts have included setting his head on fire and…
Talking to Trees
When a tree falls in the forest, Mike Ross sees décor, not debris. The Bend-based craftsman uses salvaged timber—typically culled from parks and lawns across the Pacific Northwest—to fashion thoroughly modern furnishings inspired by the wood’s natural curves, knots, and quirks. He sells his one-of-a-kind pieces out of a showroom attached to the eastside workshop…
A Barrel Heading Over the Falls
Ned Dempsey is perhaps the best choice as the third member of the team appointed by the Mirror Pond Ad Hoc Committee to meet privately with Pacific Power in hopes of striking a deal to purchase the aging Newport Avenue Dam. Purchasing the dam, of course, is critical to the game plan to preserve Mirror…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 17 The only reason we watch the Winter Olympics is to drool over the athletes’ skin-tight Lycra outfits—which by accentuating every taut muscle, succeed in dampening our nethers. However, we are consistently distracted from our reverie by the inane chatter of NBC commentators, who sincerely don’t know when to shut up. The inanity came…
Letters 2/19-2/25
Mt. Bachelor Ski Patrol Gets Overzealous, Mistreats Loyal Customers Doug Elliot had a letter titled “Mt. Bachelor Bustin’ ” published in last week’s Source. I, too, found myself at the bottom of Outback at around 9:50 that morning (2/8/14), and I, too, got busted. Doug made some good points in his letter, and I would…
Sleeping away winter
The recent big snows that have hit us, also have brought quite a few phone calls from people asking about wildlife in winter. For those mule deer “pets” hanging around Sisters and Bend, it is tough going when the snow gets deep. They’ve lost all the benefits of kitchen and flower-garden left-overs buried deep under…
Hot Shot Chefs
Long before the city became a mecca for some of the best and most creative chefs in the country, James Beard was born and raised in Portland. Born in 1903, he was raised during Portland’s first big population boom, when the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition attracted tens of thousands of new residents. He claimed…
Locally Grown Film
At a recent conference in New York, I sat on a panel with Chris Eyre. We were talking to a group of high school filmmakers. Eyre grew up in the Klamath Falls area and broke into the business with the runaway success of the first film he directed, Smoke Signals, widely heralded as the best…
Juniper Takes Hold
On Thursday Central Oregon will toast Redmond’s Juniper Brewing Co. as it enters the ever expanding fold of brew pubs that have opened up shop in the high desert. As of press time, owner Curtis Endicott was putting the finishing touches on his 575-square-foot tasting room. Stressed to still be doing construction at this late…
And The Winner Is . . .
Best Actor: Editor Phil Busse believes that Matthew McConaughey deserves not one but TWO Oscars as Best Actor (and a third for Best Supporting Actor in his brief appearance in The Wolf of Wall Street.) The Texan heartthrob had his breakout year, finally reclaiming the greatness he showed in A Time To Kill and cleaning…
The History of Snake Oil
In a land of rampant obesity and poor health, instant access to Dr. Google, and the awkward adolescence of Obamacare, charlatans abound. Late night infomercials promise to melt pounds away with newly patented technology. Or, think about the juicing demonstration in a big box store; exotic fruits and vegetables immediately rendered into an appetizing and…
The Grand Anderson
To conclude The Grand Anderson—which really has just been foreplay for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest (out on March 7)—the Source presents probably his most popular film, The Royal Tenenbaums . . .and yes, it is a costume party! And by “party” we mean “contest.” Winning outfit receives a day pass to Mt Bachelor. Losing…
As the World Turns
One of the most important elements of theater is confidence—as in confidence that the show being put on is going to transport the audience into a fabricated otherworld. Without, actors are just lying to a group of total strangers for two hours, hoping that when it’s all over they can get to their car without…
Inverted Color Scheme
When Greensky Bluegrass played at the Old St. Francis School in 2006, a security guard got punched in the face outside of the packed Father Luke’s Room. “It was a benchmark in our career,” recalled singer and mandolin player Paul Hoffman. While Greensky’s gigs are regularly rowdy with hippie-dancing, stoner-grass fans, there’s typically very little…
Our Picks 2/26-3/6
thursday 27 Slaughter Daughters MUSIC—When the banjo first came into popular Americana music, it was primarily porch-sitting hillbillies and easy-going chords and strumming filling the Appalachian Hills. But, as much punk-picking as bluegrass-plunking, how the Slaughter Daughters have adopted banjos into their pile-driving ditties would simply blow that hillbilly’s mind to smithereens. (Ka-POW!) Catch local…
Still Rock and Roll to Me
Pat Kearns, songwriter, singer and guitarist for Portland-based Blue Skies for Black Hearts, is jokingly considering adding a sixth band member—specifically, a laptop, to put an end to the “retro” label that the band is often saddled with. “Because of what I’m mining, we get tagged with the retro tag,” said Kearns in an interview…
Bend’s New Water Wonk
Yes, Bend’s water table greatly benefits from the feet of snow that each season fall and melt in the Cascades, but that doesn’t mean Central Oregon has water to waste. In the city’s ongoing quest to protect and preserve one of the area’s most tremendous resources, it has created and hired for a new position—Water…
Poems-A-Plenty
Even in silence—typically not the preferred way to experience music for the first time—the tunes crafted by Portland poet/songstress Anna Tavil expose themselves as tidbits of magical observations set to angelic melodies. That’s right, in silence, her words are musical. Hopping on the Internet to investigate the interestingly-named band, Anna and the Underbelly, ahead of…
Free Range Backpacks
Nearly two years ago, Bend’s Tosch Roy was prepping for a ski mountaineering race in Bozeman, Mont. when inspiration hit. Using a bulky backpack littered with straps and buckles and other bits unnecessary for an uphill/downhill ski race seemed absurd, Roy said. He knew that at the top of the course he would have to…
A Hat of a Different Color
Cowboy hats are undeniably romantic. They are one of the few remaining symbols of the open range, the Wild West—the topper for the iconic silhouette of a cowboy riding toward the horizon in the last glimmers of the Central Oregon daylight. Today, for rural Oregonians, unreliable Wi-Fi connection is likely to be more of a…
There’s an App for That
Jim Miller tosses around terms like “behavioral economics” and “corporate wellness rewards program” when what he means is: Get off your butt, get out of your cubicle and exercise! A successful entrepreneur, Miller recently relocated to Bend from Seattle—and brought with him his latest business, a surprisingly simple idea that is trying to nibble away…
Beer for the People
Pat O’Shea is better known as “Patio.” And, to beer drinkers in Bend, he is well known, even if not by first name. In the decade Patio has been working in town, the nomadic brewer has held court at four different breweries; currently, he stirs the mash at 10 Barrel. After heading westward in 1994,…
