Fundraiser Set for Local Robotics Teams
If you feel like hitting McMenamins for a giant basket of tots or a fresh-squeezed Greyhound, Tuesday, March 20 should be your night. That night, the Old St. Francis School is hosting a Friends and Family Night fundraiser for local high school robotics teams. From 5 pm to close, McMenamins is donating 50 percent of…
Sheryl Crow announces additional tour dates, including stop in Bend
Sheryl Crow announced a handful of new tour dates on Monday, including a stop in Bend in July. This will be Crow’s first show back in Bend since playing the Les Schwab Amphitheater in 2015. The pop star has earned nine Grammys over the span of her career, along with five Platinum albums and more…
Governor Signs Boyfriend Loophole Law
While not directly addressing the issue of gun violence in schools, students and gun safety advocates were among those on hand at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem today to witness Gov. Kate Brown signing HB 4145, Oregon’s “boyfriend loophole” bill, into law. Around 300 students attended the event today, according to a release from…
After Two Riders Found Dead on Mt. Bachelor, Some Safety Tips
While most of us were celebrating the return of winter in the last few weeks, two Oregon families are mourning the loss of family members taken too soon. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says on Friday, both a skier and a snowboarder died on Mt Bachelor—after both had fallen into tree wells. The skier, 19-year-old…
Five dogs seized in Redmond
An animal welfare check in Redmond resulted in the seizure of five dogs, and the discovery of one dead pit-bull mix. On Feb. 25, deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office followed up on a tip that several dogs had been left alone on the property for several days. The following day, the deputies carried…
Women’s Muse Conference provides platform for youth voices
Muse Conference, a four day event celebrating women and girls as catalysts for change, is this weekend and in addition the multitude of activities and workshops planned in Bend, a Youth Panel made up of local teens is scheduled for Friday afternoon. Ashlee Davis, a counselor at Pacific Crest Middle School, is an advisor for…
Kudos to the Superintendent for a Call to Action on School Shootings
In February, yet another massive deadly shooting on a high school campus in Florida. This past week, the threat of a shooting at Bend Senior High School, on the heels of several other alleged threats at other local schools. With local students and parents asking themselves what very well might have been this past week,…
Ray LaMontagne with Neko Case
Just announced! Grammy Award Winner Ray LaMontagne teams up with Neko Case to tour the U.S.—making a stop in Bend at Les Schwab this May. F ans may already know of the release of LaMontagne’s seventh album, “Part of The Life,” May 18. However, some of you may not know, starting today through March 4…
Bos Taurus is making me have steak dreams
Yes, I know it’s expensive. Like, expensive A.F. But, if you love steak, and I mean REALLY love steak, Bos Taurus is worth unloading a few Benjamins from your wallet. And it’s not just the steak—although just typing this blog is making my mouth water—it’s all the food. Take, for instance, the oysters—topped with the…
2018 Real Estate Forecast
Central Oregon’s real estate forecast for the coming year is like Bend in the summer: predictable and without much change. The same factors that have affected area real estate for the last few years—limited inventory and an influx of new people to the area—are still in play. According to Business Oregon’s website, which gets its…
Updated: Bend Police Asking Eastside Neighbors for Help in Missing Woman Case
UPDATE: Bend Police are asking people who live east of Hamby and Ward Roads to check their property—specifically open fields, abandoned buildings, ponds and other water sources—for anything out of the ordinary, such as tire tracks or foot prints. Sara Diana Gomez, a 24-year-old Bend woman, has been missing since Feb. 19, according to the…
Feed Frenzy
As with any toxic relationship, the possibility of a breakup sparks feelings of terror — and maybe a little bit of a relief. That’s the spot that Facebook has put the news business in. Early this year, the social media behemoth announced it would once again alter its News Feed algorithm to show users even…
Free Will Astrology week of March 1
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As you make appointments in the coming months, you could re-use calendars from 2007 and 2001. During those years, all the dates fell on the same days of the week as they do in 2018. On the other hand, Pisces, please don’t try to learn the same lessons you learned in…
Waity Issues and Crime Of Compassion
I’m a married gay woman. Whenever I ask my wife to discuss some problem in our relationship, she’ll say, “Can we talk about this tomorrow” (or “later”)? Of course, there’s never a “tomorrow.” I end up feeling resentful, and this makes even a minor issue turn into a big deal. Help. —Postponed Putting things off…
“Bloodsport” and more in Trump’s movie syllabus
That “Bloodsport” is Donald Trump’s favorite movie is, like so many things about Trump, thinly sourced, apocryphal yet pathetic, and regularly reported as fact. He once praised the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle, a crude tapestry of gnarled battles and quiet-moment scenery-chewing about an American’s victory in a Hong Kong underground fighting tournament, in Mark…
Kelly Kearsley
“The world has adopted the culture of remote workers. The talent pool is now the whole world, and where you are located is less of a concern. This has been a game-changer for communities like Bend.” For anyone who has even vaguely entertained the notion of starting up a new company in Bend, there’s already…
Sisters House Fire Destroys Home
On Sunday, Feb. 24 a fire engulfed a house in the Panoramic View Estates neighborhood in Sisters. Although the house is a total loss, the homeowners were able to pull their children to safety. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, the homeowners heard noises in the bedroom area of the home before finding smoke…
On the Ascent
“See a need, fill a need” seems like a common sense approach to starting a new business. Yet Lizzie VanPatten, co-founder of She Moves Mountains, knew it would take more than her belief in the need for better female representation in the climbing world to get her passion project off the ground. Given the chance,…
Letters to the Editor
Correction The 2/15 story, “Could TCOs Get KOed?” incorrectly attributed a quote in the sixth paragraph, regarding the origins of limiting the number of TCOs. It should have been attributed to Ben Hemson, not Joshua Romero. We regret the error. In response to Stuff We Learned From Jim in 2017 Here is my answer to…
Sour Beer Still Reigns
Craft beer, like any type of food or drink, can often be subject to trends. Sometimes it’s really intense IPAs; sometimes thick, dark beers aged in this or that exotic barrel; sometimes a pale ale so laden with haze that it starts looking like a smoothie. (Even Samuel Adams is riding the hazy-IPA bandwagon these…
Hail to the King
I can understand the argument that there are too many superhero movies. At around a dozen a year, comic book movies are as ubiquitous to modern cinema as westerns were to the 1940s. Some are garbage (“Batman v. Superman” and “Suicide Squad” come to mind), but every year we get at least one new classic such…
Community Land Trusts to Help Housing Affordability
As a realtor, I regularly come across literature about home unaffordability due to rising prices and inventory shortages. A big component of the problem is the rising price of land and the type of home a builder needs to build in order to make a living off of a project. As is the case with tiny homes,…
Black History. In March!
We didn’t forget about Black History Month this February. It’s just that we don’t necessarily think black history should be relegated to a single month. With that, who better to examine the centuries-long relationship between black people and cannabis than a white dude? Huh? Right? Wait, come back. … According to the 2014 paper published…
Road Trip: Opening Weekend of 2018 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
I love the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I’ve been numerous times, and each time I find something new that keeps me coming back for more. This year, I was fortunate to see “Othello” at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, and “Henry V” at the small and intimate Thomas Theatre. “Othello” in the Bowmer Othello’s plot is ripe…
Lark Wine Dinner at Suttle Lake Lodge
The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse continues to host celebrated chefs, giving Central Oregonians the opportunity to enjoy one-night only, impressive dinners. March 17, John Sundstrom, James Beard Award-winning Best Chef Northwest from Seattle, will serve a family style winter menu with ingredients from in and around the Puget Sound. The four-course meal includes Willamette Valley…
Bend Burlesque: Loving Every Body
Some creative partnerships come naturally. That was the case for Mehama Kaupp and Leah Rutz, the founders of Bend Burlesque Co. They met on a boat and were immediately drawn together by a shared artistic passion in the form of burlesque. Five years later, they are still at it, with a whole troupe of talented…
More Food Carts for Central Oregon
According to IBISWorld, each year since 2012 the food truck industry has grown by 7.3 percent, and the trend is definitely growing in Central Oregon. This year, two food cart pods are planned for Bend, with another planned in Sunriver. Bend’s Eastside On Tap is set to open this spring with six food trucks, outdoor…
Bye Bye, Riverhouse Jazz
If you’ve been a fan of the Mt. Bachelor Riverhouse Jazz series, this might come as bad news: The series will end after the current season. Executive Producer Marshall Glickman penned a letter sent Feb. 20, announcing the decision to discontinue the series after this season. Glickman told the Source Weekly the decision was a…
Source Suggests These Books
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert This book reminded me again how fun it can be to get lost in another world. In this world, 17-year-old Alice Crewe’s Grandmother has written a series of dark fairy tales with a cult following. When she dies and a creature from that world appears to kidnap her mother,…
TGIF— Arming Teachers!
Cartoonist Wm. Friday delivers his own personal brand of timely humor on arming teachers… right on time. TGIF, Central Oregon!
Japanese Pizza is Here
Shibumi Tatsuta was born in Japan, his mother an American model and his father a Japanese DJ known for bringing popping—a funk style of street dance—to Osaka. Shibumi, which roughly translates to “old school cool and beautiful,” was named after the book, “Shibumi,” a thriller written by Rodney William Whitaker. When he was four he…
Not in Our Town
On March 5 and 6, Central Oregon Community College’s 10th Annual Season of Nonviolence, sponsored by the COCC Multicultural Activities Center, is hosting two free events, bolstered by the national, community-based organization, Not In Our Town. The group’s executive director, Patrice O’Neill, will screen a film that looks at how Northern California communities responded to…
