“Weird Al” Yankovic Announced at LSA
It’s official. Les Schwab Amphitheater has announced that musical parody-master, “Weird Al” Yankovic, will make a stop in Bend on September 4, 2015. Yankovic has announced dates for the massive “Mandatory Fun” tour starting in May. We can’t wait to singalong with his greatest hits, “Fat,” (parody of “Bad” by Michael Jackson), “Amish Paradise,” (parody…
Tell Us How You Really Feel: Electing Bend’s Mayor
As you may or may not know, Bend’s mayor is not elected by voters, but rather appointed by his or her fellow city councilors. We’ll be exploring the question of how we elect the Mayor in the upcoming issue, but in the meantime, we want to know: What do you think? Are you content with…
TGIF: What to do in Bend this Weekend 1/16-1/18
Let’s party! Here’s what’s going on #inBend this weekend. friday 16 Yogoman Burning Band SKANKIN—Crow’s Feet Commons kicks off its annual Aprés Ski Series with the quirky ska-inspired band from the planet Yog (by way of Washington). The band’s happy-go-lucky beats, family-friendly lyrics, and predilection for costumery will turn the Mirror Pond Plaza into the…
Friday Mixtape with Concert Video Footage
Friday Mixtape of guitar music inspired by and featuring footage from a Nels Cline & Julian Lage performance at Seattle’s Royal Room.
Class is in Session
In preparation for his first term in Salem as the representative for Oregon’s House District 54, Knute Buehler found an apartment to stay in for the six-month legislative session, attended orientation meetings, and has made new friends. “I feel like I’m going to college again,” the freshman representative says over coffee and an ocean roll.…
Dying to DIY
Last year wasn’t a good one for Kent Ueland. But as 2015 emerges, so does his first ever solo record—and perhaps that will make some artistic sense of the wasteland of the previous year. The former songwriter and bandleader of Spokane-staple The Terrible Buttons presents, Do it Yourself, which consists of songs based on what…
Letters 1/6-1/13
PROTECTING OREGON’S PUBLIC LANDS One of the most valuable pieces of bi-partisan legislation of the laws pertaining to public lands, waterways, great outdoors, community parks and national parks, large and small, is the Land and Water Conservation Fund of 1965. In Oregon alone, active outdoor recreation alone annually contributes nearly $6 billion to Oregon’s economy,…
Source Suggests 1/15-1/21
Show Ponies Los Angeles may not be the epicenter for string bands, but the Show Ponies have crept their way up into the surrounding mountains and tapped into the clear water, rolling hills aesthetic. With fiddle, banjo and guitar, joined by the occasional harmonica riff and a mix between male and female lead vocals, the…
Whatever, Mom
If you’re a mother, you’ve likely referred to the infancy stage as “the era of eat-shit-sleep.” But if you’re a breastfeeding mother, it’s very possible that the primary word was just eat. I understand. It’s quite shocking how much those tiny creatures can consume—not to mention how proficient they are when it comes to demanding…
Side Notes 1/15-1/21
Mayor Jim Clinton will hold on to his gavel after receiving the unanimous backing of his fellow city councilors at their Jan. 1 meeting. This was not an entirely forgone conclusion, as Councilor Doug Knight mounted a campaign asking community members to write in their support. By the time the meeting came around, however, Knight…
Standing Up For Free Speech
Last Wednesday, armed gunmen killed 12 people at a French satirical weekly publication Charlie Hebdo. The publication was specifically targeted after it ran cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad. This following week, Charlie Hebdo has responded bravely and admirably—and in the only way to deal with bullies, not by cowering but by redoubling its publication and…
Get Up, Get Out!
According to various studies and trend observers, by the second week in January, nearly one-quarter of all New Year resolutions already have been laid aside, especially those that pertain to losing weight or getting in better shape. But we’re not going to let you off so easily! Nope! We are here to pump…you…up. Okay, actually,…
Not Quite a Wash-Out
Cyclocross is a messy sport, one in which riders seem to thrive on dust and dirt, and when it rains, mud and slop. But there is apparently a limit to just how messy a race can be. Last week, the annual Cyclocross National Championships were scheduled to be held in Zilker City Park in Austin,…
Out of Town 1/14-1/22
portland thursday 15 – sunday 18 The Oregon Truffle Festival Perhaps lesser known then the grapes of the Willamette Valley are the French Truffles that grow abundantly in Oregon. In fact, the same advantageous climate that allows for a flourishing wine industry also produces what are known among the experts as the highest quality truffles…
Go Here 1/15-1/21
One of the perks of living on this side of the Cascade Range is that hiking season doesn’t come to a screeching halt at the stroke of November and the annual onslaught of the great gray yuck. On the contrary, winter here means crisp, clear days with wide open views; one need just trade hiking…
Rare, But Not Unheard Of
There I was, checking my email, as I do every morning, when up pops one from my good friend and fellow airman down the road, Sage Dorsey. (Every once in a while, Sage will strap me into the back seat of his beautiful Bellanca Scout and we’ll fly out over forest and rimrock looking for…
A Missing Food Cart
Three bites into the Bibimbap from Num-Nums Food Cart, and I had already declared it one of the best food carts in town. Relatively new, Num-Nums opened two months ago, on Armistice Day, November 11—and adds an important, previously missing piece to the food scene in Bend: Korean food. As we pulled into the small…
From a Strip Mall, a Craft Revolution
One of the neatest things about craft beer is the way it forms spontaneous new communities wherever it goes, often in completely unexpected places. Case in point: In Richmond, the capital of Virginia, Ground Zero for the entire region’s beer scene is…a strip-mall Vietnamese restaurant. Mekong Restaurant was founded in the ’90s by a family…
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Outfit
The rules are simple for Bend’s Rubbish Renewed Fashion Show, a trash-to-treasure design contest and benefit for Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School (REALMS): use garbage. Using repurposed materials, students, alongside amateur and professional designers, are asked to create runway quality outfits in the style of “Project Runway’s” unconventional materials challenges. Entries are labeled Trash-fashion…
The Dolce & Gabbana-logues
Love, Loss and What I Wore is a gutsy proposition of a play. It focuses exclusively on stories of women, some hilarious, some bittersweet and heartbreaking, all told through the outfits and accessories they wore at the time. It is simply staged, with images of some of the dresses projected around the cast of five…
Our Picks 7/15-7/21
thursday 15 Rubbish Renewed FASHION SHOW—In the “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle” trinity, recycling often gets top billing. Reducing feels like sacrifice and reuse requires creativity. The 5th annual Rubbished Renewed Eco Fashion Show hopes to inspire some of the latter with its showcase of wearable trash art. Proceeds go to Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School in Bend.…
Glory
It’s hard to think of a historical figure more intimidating to portray than the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. His life meant so much to so many, and his image and words have been so well-preserved, that to get him wrong on film would be a crime. That, in addition to Hollywood’s institutional racism, might…
Put a Warrior on It
Gregg Swanson didn’t start as a fitness coach. As a kid, he says he was “uncoordinated,” and asthma kept him away from many sports. But in the past 15 years, Swanson, who recently relocated to Bend, has fashioned a personal coaching style that bundles physical training, career advice and shifts in mentality, and trundles them…
The Terrorists Have Won
Perhaps you or someone you love saw The Hurt Locker—director Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning story of a bomb-defusing sergeant in the Iraq war who can’t disengage from his duties and ends up returning to the country for multiple tours. And perhaps someone or someone you love thought it wasn’t “American” enough. Well, do I have the…
The Modern Primal Foodie
After realizing that a strictly gluten-free diet wasn’t the full solution to his celiac disease, Cain Credicott sought out other eating options that might sooth his dietary woes. Stumbling upon the paleo diet back in 2011, just before its rise to popularity, Credicott almost instantaneously started Paleo Magazine, a bimonthly lifestyle publication based out of…
Film Events 1/15-1/21
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow Lehár’s operetta has been incredibly successful since its 1905 premiere in Vienna, Austria. The story follows a rich widow and the men in her life that attempt to control her so they can keep her money local. That sounds right up Bend’s alley! The operetta has proved so popular…
Older, Wiser, Fitter
Though Bend is home to some seriously fit seniors (which is either inspiring or depressing, depending on your own relative age and athleticism), until recently there was a gap in fitness services for the 50-plus set. Enter Cascade Boomer Fitness. Last year, David Adamson and his wife Cynda saw a need for exercise classes and…
No ‘Wagon Wheel’ Covers
The front men of The Harmed Brothers, Alex Salcido and Ray Vietti, frequently recount how lucky they are to have found their musical soulmate in each other. “It’s a person who speaks your language of ideas and hopefully challenges you to learn and embrace new ones,” said Salcido in an interview with the Source. Paired…
