Dawes to Play Silver Moon on Tuesday, January 25
Last summer if you showed up early enough to the Band of Horses show at the Les Schwab Amphitheater you probably caught opening act Dawes. If not, you definitely missed out, but you’ll get your chance next Tuesday. The LA-based band ditched their post-punk beginnings for a soulful indie-Americana sound that has a vintage, folky…
The Decemberists Release New Album, “The King is Dead,” Today
You may have already heard the first single from the album, “Down by the Water,” but The Decemberists new record is finally out today. And it very well might be one of their best.
Pho at Home: Recipe from a reader
Judging by the amount of comments we received on our blog on Bend’s newest pho restaurant, Pho Viet, it seems that I am not the only pho-obsessed person in Central Oregon. As it turns out, one of our readers, Larry Sullivan, happens to be something of a pho expert and has blogged a bit on…
Oregon Drug Bust of the Week: Acid, Mushrooms and pounds of pot
We get plenty of press releases each week from the Oregon State Police letting us know about recent drug busts in our area. With that in mind, Bent will now feature the “Oregon Drug Bust of the Week,” a weekly installment complete with pictures.
More Than a Stretch: The Archer, a homegrown exercise revolution
It was necessity, the mother of all inventions, that led Londi Palmisano to come up with a better way to stretch. A former massage therapist for 10 years, Palmisano was working in Austin in the 1990s when she started noticing how many of her clients were complaining of back pain and tightness. Palmisano knew the…
Photos from Larry and His Flask’s Saturday Fundraiser
On Saturday night, Larry and His Flask were joined by plenty of their friends on the Silver Moon stage for a show to raise money for LAHF’s Jamin and Jesse Marshall’s father, Rich, who is battling cancer. Local photographer Kyle Rood was on hand and captured these images for us. (More photos after the jump).
Bend Beats Portland Breweries in the Beer Olympics!
This past Saturday, I attended the Beer Olympics at the Old Mill Brew Werks. From what I can gather, it was the first of its kind to take place in Bend.
Larry and His Flask Play to Benefit Their Dad Tonight
…Well, he’s not dad to all of the guys in Redmond’s Larry and His Flask, but Richard Marshall is indeed father of the band’s Jamin and Jesse Marshall. Richard, a hardworking airplane mechanic and ardent supporter of his sons’ band, is battling liver and pancreatic cancer and to help him with the medical costs, the…
Empty Space Orchestra Continues Residency Tonight with Hurtbird
The venerable gentlemen and lady of Empty Space Orchestra will be at the Silver Moon Brewing Co. tonight for the second of four installments of their “Winter Residency From Outer Space.
Winter Fest Gets Road Trip Props
A national online magazine/blog has given Bend’s WinterFest a nod as one of the Top 10 winter festival destinations for road tripping families. Road Trip For Families published a piece this week identifying WinterFest among the nation’s must-see winter celebrations alongside such well known festivals as St.
Chris Horner To Host Mass Road Bike Tour in Bend
Bend native and Tour de France star Chris Horner has teamed up with Visit Bend on a new charity bike event to be held in August this year. The event, which will be hosted by Horner and organized in part by Visit Bend, the city’s tourism bureau, is dubbed the Cascade Gran Fondo, and modeled…
Voting for The Lust List Begins Now!
You may think that we’re a bunch of creeps sitting at our desks Facebook-stalking away, but that is not the case at all, at least during business hours. In reality, we just want to know who Central Oregonians think are the sexiest, acknowledging the hottest of the hot in our community.
Traffic Jam in Bend
We might not have the conventional rush hour traffic here in Bend, but we do have to stop from time to time for stuff like this. [video:http://www.
Fear Factor: Feeling safe as an elected official
In light of the recent incident in Tucson, a friend asked me if I’d ever felt any fear while serving in elected office as a city councilor and mayor in Bend. My immediate response was no, that during a majority of the years I served were mostly before the current age of divisiveness. On reflection,…
Hood to Coast Documentary Screened Last Night at Old Mill
Four teams – some fast baby boomers, a bunch of animators, a group of elderly women and a family who recently lost a brother decide to run 197 miles. That’s basically the premise of the film I saw last night, Hood to Coast. The film, about the race that takes starts every year at Mt.…
New Bend Brewery, Noble Brewing Co., Plans to Open by March
Those waiting anxiously for the next brewery in Bend to open are going to have to wait a few more months for Noble Brewing Co. to begin pouring beers.
“Gold Rush: Alaska” Star Jimmy Dorsey on Why He Left the Mine/Show
I blogged a few weeks ago about my obsession with Gold Rush: Alaska, the Discovery Channel reality show about down-on-their-luck Oregonians who head up north in search of riches. Within minutes of posting that piece, I had slated an interview with one of the show’s stars, Jimmy Dorsey.
Money Be Damned: Brickhouse may be pricey, but the food is worth an extra charge card
While I don't anticipate being on death row anytime soon, should I find myself in jeopardy of being called to an untimely demise, I'm almost certain I would request the Chilean sea bass from Brickhouse as my last meal. This past Saturday I found myself consuming said sea bass ($28), a special at Brickhouse that…
The Longest Silence: Celilo Falls exhibit comes to Bend's Arts Central
Cate O'Hagan has a personal connection to the long ago silenced Celilo Falls, the once-roaring river passage on the Columbia river that sustained countless generations of Native Americans who plucked migrating salmon by the dozens from its churning waters.
Find a Race That Fits: There are plenty of chances for the casual skier to compete in Central Oregon
Just because they may be your neighbors, Olympians in bright-colored lycra racing around on the snow are an intimidating bunch. The skate ski crowd is almost neck and neck with the road bikers for having the most homogenous matching outfits and questionable-sponsorship wear. So, it's no wonder that here in Central Oregon especially, Nordic racing…
Sorry, Ducks: But if it's any comfort, I'm pretty sure Cam Newton is a cyborg
You feel that? It's not a winter chill. That's the sensation of disappointment – deep, burning, painful disappointment – flooding through the fields, mountains, rivers and city streets of Oregon. The Ducks didn't win the BCS Championship and thus the vast conspiracy to keep the Coaches Trophy in the hands of SEC teams and their…
The Italian Way: Love, Laughter and Lucci
It must have been a strange year for Italian-Americans. First, a show called Jersey Shore transformed a bundle of self-proclaimed guidos and guidettes from a punch line into a serious pop culture phenomenon, all the while managing to offend people around the world. Then a string of other shows (Jerseylicious, Jersey Couture, Cake Boss) arrived…
Not Quite Addicting: Melodramatic clichés and lack of back-story hinder Country Strong
Several months ago when I first saw the trailer for Country Strong, I could take it or leave it. I don't like country music and haven't been impressed with Gwyneth Paltrow since The Royal Tenenbaums. My interest piqued, however, when I saw Paltrow perform on an episode of Glee this fall. Her voice was surprisingly…
Catch and Release: I Love You Phillip Morris' zany escapades go in and out of prison and gay lifestyles
It’s taken almost two years for I Love You Phillip Morris to finally reach mainstream theaters. Premiering at Sundance in January 2009, the movie was a near casualty for nervous American distributors, but had a showing here at last year's BendFilm festival to glowing audience reviews. After lying dormant in cinematic limbo, you can rest…
Gold Fever: Jimmy Dorsey on his wild ride with the unlikely reality hit Gold Rush: Alaska
He was supposed to be mining for gold, but by the end of the summer, Jimmy Dorsey wasn't up to his knees in riches, but rather sleeping in his truck and listening to the new Arcade Fire record. He was spending his days working for a commercial fishing outfit while also reflecting on the odd…
Not My Idol
Let me begin this column with a little-bitty reminder: American Idol DID NOT discover Justin Bieber. However, it did discover Lee DeWyze. “Who's Lee DeWyze?” you ask. EXACTLY. (For those playing at home, Lee DeWyze was the season nine winner of American Idol. If you're also asking “Who's Justin Bieber?” then you need to go…
Money Be Damned: Brickhouse may be pricey, but the food is worth an extra charge card
While I don't anticipate being on death row anytime soon, should I find myself in jeopardy of being called to an untimely demise, I'm almost certain I would request the Chilean sea bass from Brickhouse as my last meal.
Cake: Showroom of Compassion
Yes, this is the same Cake you're thinking of – the one that scored a handful of hits in the mid-to-late 1990s and has survived on our conscience by way of inclusion in movies and television shows. Somewhat unexpectedly, Cake has returned with what might be one of the Sacramento-based acts strongest offerings in Showroom…
Our Picks for 01/12-01/20: Anthony B, MLK Open Mic, and more!
The Beat Generation wednesday 12 Do you want to learn more about Ginsberg, Kerouac and all the other prominent figures of the artistic movement known as the “Beat Generation?” Well, if you don't, you should check out this presentation by COCC Professor Steven Bidlake. Black turtlenecks not provided. 6:30pm Wednesday, Jan 12. Bend Public Library,…
Eyeing Expansion, 10 Barrel Woos BBC and Deschutes Brewers
The upstart 10 Barrel Brewery is poised for a major expansion and has lured two of the area's top brewers to help it with the effort that would more than quadruple the Bend brewery's production capacity.
Fueling the Fires of Violence
Whenever a horrifying event like Saturday's massacre in Tucson happens, the phrase “senseless tragedy” inevitably turns up in every news report and commentary. The Tucson attack – in which a lone shooter opened fire at a political event outside a supermarket, critically wounding Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others and killing six people, including…
ROCK THE VOTE
It's almost Valentine's which means the return of the Source's Lust List, our annual run down of Central Oregon's cutest athletes, teachers, baristas and more.
All the straight poop that fits this page
Monday, Jan. 14 Sacked: Patrick Flaherty is sworn in as Deschutes County's new district attorney, says it's time for healing. He immediately fires five deputy DA's … Sacked again: Two former massage therapists for the New York Jets sue Brett Favre and the Jets, claiming Favre sent them naughty text messages. “Brett here,” one allegedly…
Don't Trust The Sky
An open letter to whomever, So whatever happened to our clear blue central Oregon skies? Did everyone just give up on the idea of solar energy as an alternative energy? Someone please show me how local solar energy output, per square foot, has increased in the past five years.
