Boutique movie theater to open in Tin Pan Alley
As if Tin Pan Alley wasn’t cool enough already, it will soon be home an art house theater. Tin Pan Theater is tentatively aiming to open by first Friday in March and will feature a 30-seat theater, beer and wine, and food from local restaurants, said one of the owners of the new theater.
Valentines Around Town
Happy V-Day! Here’s a short list of how you and yours can spread your love around this evening. You’re welcome, love.
Mini TED conference coming to Bend
The first time I saw a TED talk I was blown away. The clarity of the ideas! The passion of the speaker! The succinct delivery! I never saw newspaper design the same way again.
City Club to Take on East-West Divide
It doesn’t take long for new arrivals to figure out that Bend is divided into two towns. It’s a story of have and have-nots, but also one of values— cross and road bikes versus motorcross bikes, if you will.
Pronghorn Sold To Hawaiian Group
Pronghorn, the Jack Nicklaus and Tom Fazio anchored golf and housing development that kickstarted the destination resort boom in Central Oregon, announced that it has been sold to a Hawaii-based resort development and management company. Like other resorts Pronghorn has been hard hit by the housing collapse and had been struggling to keep the five-star…
The Bent Lounge: It’s what’s on tap at Winterfest
The warmest spot at this year’s Bend Winterfest is the Bent Lounge hosted by The Source Weekly’s blog, Bent! It’s home to the only liquor bar on Winterfest grounds along with alternative sources of entertainment to further warm your loins. Stay tuned to the Bent Blog information related to the Bent Lounge and WinterFest as…
Bend Man Arrested with 64 lbs of Pot
A 34-year-old Bend man has been arrested and charged with felony marijuana possession after a traffic stop led to massive pot seizure at a Bend storage facility. According to police, Mark Wirges Jr.
The Love Issue
For the second year, we hit the streets (well, actually posted an online ballot) to find out who our readers thought were the hottest people in Central Oregon. Some folks might be fence sitters when it comes to politics, but given the number of votes we saw, it appears that most of us have an…
Jury rules Les Schwab violated wage laws
Les Schwab could be on the hook for millions of dollars in fines after a jury in Portland decided today that the company failed to appropriately compensate assistant managers for overtime work. The Bend-based tire company pushed its assistant managers to work an average of 66 hours per week without receiving overtime pay, the jury…
BOTC Pledges a Billion in Local Lending
Bank of the Cascades announced Thursday that it is pledging to make a billion dollar’s worth of loans to small businesses and other customers in its Oregon and Idaho markets over the next three years. New CEO Terry Zink, who recently took over the leadership of the Bend-based Bank from longtime CEO Patti Moss, said…
Local Heros
You probably see them around town, in line at the grocery store or maybe you run past them on the trails. They don’t look different from most of us, but they are—because they’re heroes. Inside you’ll learn about our Local Heroes, most of whom were nominated by our readers, and how they contribute to our…
Child Evangelism Fellowship: Teaching students the “good word” during the lunch hour
I just got back from sitting in on a bible study group (20 rosy-cheeked youngsters), conducted during school hours in a trailer just a couple hundred short yards from the front door of Tumalo Community School (a Redmond public school, K-8). The Good News Club, which hosts the bible studies, is an “outreach ministry” for…
Nostrafilmus 2-10-2012
Welcome to the inaugural column of Nostrafilmus, where I predict what new movies are going to be worth your time and money in the theater this weekend. I don’t have any psychic abilities per se, but I am a film critic for The Source Weekly and Chud.
The Agent of Change: Josh Cook
In many ways Josh Cook is an unlikely candidate to transform America's moribund health care system An emergency room physician, Cook set out to be a teacher only to find himself practicing medicine despite the fact that he never completed his undergraduate degree – it wasn't required for him to be accepted into medical school.…
‘I’m Not A Nurse’: Lack of formal training didn't deter this Bend native
Angel Notion, the solitary medical resource for underprivileged families in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, exists because one Bendite decided to make a difference. “Twenty years ago I was living in Bend, and I had an opportunity to vacation to Playa, and the first time I put my feet in the sand, I felt like it…
There When You Need Them: Commitment binds local search and rescue volunteers
Last November, a climber attempting The Wambat Route in Smith Rock State Park lost his hold and fell hard to a ledge below. Luckily for the climber, the Deschutes County Search and Rescue Mountain Rescue Unit was training at Smith Rock that day. They moved into action and immediately initiated the rescue. “He fell onto…
Friends In Foreign Lands: Local nurses travel abroad to volunteer time and energy for those with little resources
Once or twice a year Julie Bostrom, a busy mother of two, leaves behind her children and husband, co-owner of Timberline Mountain Guides, to follow her passion. The St. Charles Hospital emergency room nurse books unlikely destinations for her vacations. Rather than kicking it on a beach, Bostrom prefers to use her time to help…
Silver Moon Brewmaster Headed to Eugene
It seems as though Bend’s rapidly expanding craft beer industry has done nothing but import brewers over the last few years. So it was probably time that we started exporting again.
Storms still on economic horizon
In case there was any doubt, officials released an economic forecast today predicting more storms on the horizon. Even as economic indicators show Oregon’s economy is slowly growing, the state said today that job creation still remains “glacial,” according to the forecast from the state’s Office of Economic Analysis.
Losing Our Religion
The fact is: this nation was never a Christian nation to begin with (thankfully). Our Constitution and our Declaration are godless documents that protect us from religion, but also give people the freedom to worship as they choose. However, that doesn't give people the freedom to push it in our schools, our politics, or force…
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That's how many meals that the local nonprofit Family Kitchen provided last Friday, a record for the local charity meal provider. Read about how the organization has stepped to meet the community's growing demand for its service in this week's news feature, “A Singular Purpose” Pg.
Wyden Grounds the Choppers
Helicopters have their place, but the sky over Crater Lake isn't one of them. Thanks to Ron Wyden, their racket won't be disturbing the serenity of Oregon's only national park – at least not for a while. Back in 2009, a Bend-based company called Leading Edge Aviation proposed to run as many as 300 helicopter…
A Singular Purpose: Bend's charity meal provider has quietly met the demands of a growing population
At 56, John Regan is starting over – again. Next week he'll begin another job as a truck driver for a commercial outfit in Bend. For now he's living in the back of his van. An electrician by trade, Regan hasn't done any electrical work since the housing market flamed out four years ago. Like…
PCP Returns to Bend: Get high with the Portland Cello Project, not the recreational dissociative drug
If you plan on showing up at Summit High School with your mother, you might warn her that Portland Cello Project is better known for its tour with Buckethead than its arrangements of Beethoven. They don't perform in black. They don't print programs. They won't offer you an intermission. And they have been known to…
The Bistro Evolves: Tart twists traditional French cuisine into new shapes
Until recently, 920 Bond Street was better known for changing hands than for menus. Barcelona and 28 opened and closed, but it seems that Tart Bistro may be in for the long run. Globally inspired, but focused on classic French cuisine, Tart gives Bend something more than the boring beurre blancs and faux-fancy frites found…
More Change Afoot at Old Mill Brew Werks
Dave Love, co-founder of Old Mill Brew Werks is finally making the big move from brew purveyor to brew creator. Love recently inked an agreement to take over the old 10 Barrel space in the Brinson business park in northeast Bend where he will begin brewing as Bend Brew Werks.
Awakenings: Actor Derek Sitter draws on his own struggles for new film project
Panic attacks, psych wards, medications and mental illness are usually the stuff of deep, dark family secrets. But in his film-writing debut, Bend local, Derek Sitter, shines a light on these themes as he tells the story of a man's struggle with bipolar disorder and the would-be cures offered by the pharmaceutical industry. Sitter, whose…
Bang the Drum Slowly: Woman in Black is straightforward with old school scares
The previews for Woman in Black are of the green-tinted night camera variety, showing “candid” audiences' reactions of fright. This is the same technique employed by the Paranormal Activity franchise to sell tickets. To me it's the film equivalent of restaurants showing faded pictures of their food in the window – never a good sign.…
Into the Donkey Abyss
Look. You have your opinions? And I have mine. HOWEVER! It must be stated – and you're probably already well aware of the fact – that my opinion carries a weeeeeee bit more weight than yours. DON'T GET MAD! It's not your fault that your views of the world are somewhat less important than the…
Risk Vs. Reward: On accidents, avalanches and other perils
Last month, Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke crashed while training in a Park City, Utah, superpipe. The fall resulted in an arterial tear, a brain bleed, cardiac arrest, and, ultimately ,Burke's death at age 29. Burke was a leader in women's freeskiing and identified by many as one of the best in the sport. She was…
Counterpoint: Bend owns that top 25 list
National Geographic (Adventure version!), a publication which has a pretty good handle on these things, recently named Bend as one of the “World’s 25 Best Ski Towns.” Yep, right up there with Chamonix, France and Zermatt, Switzerland.
Move Over Chamonix, Here Comes Bend!
Not sure when National Geographic got into the overplayed town rankings business that seems to constitute Outside Magazine’s business model, but they apparently have and “surprise” Bend is on the mag’s list of top 25 ski towns—in the world… Yes, according to National Geographic we’re right up there with Banff, Aspen, Telluride, Crested Butte not…
The Shins and Beck, Both Coming Back to LSA
Lovers of great music rejoice: The Shins and Beck are playing at Les Schwab Amphitheater over Memorial Day weekend. Awesome news.
