Board Of Directors Opening at COCC
Central Oregon Community College announced today it’s looking for someone to fill a position on its board of directors. The position will be assigned to Zone 5 which covers almost all of Bend, with exceptions in precincts 1, 7, 11, 20 and 35 in the northern part of the city. The opening on the board…
New County Commission Chooses Leadership
Recently elected Commissioner Patti Adair and re-elected Commissioner Tony DeBone started the new year off by taking their seats on the Deschutes County Commission. Commissioners chose their new chair and vice-chair during the work session Monday. Adair wasted no time getting her feet wet, nominating past vice-chair Phil Henderson to become the new chair. Past…
Parking Updates Go Into Effect
The City of Bend, Downtown Bend Business Association and the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee have announced some changes to various parking rates and regulations that officially started January 1. Not everyone is excited about the changes. In June 2017, the Bend City Council voted to accept the recommended strategies from the Downtown Strategic Parking Management…
Stolen Art:
Local artist Megan Stumpfig—whose large mural spans the walls at Riff Cold Brew Coffee’s newly-opened shop in the Box Factory—had some of her art taken from the front of the Domino Room on Greenwood Avenue on the morning of Dec. 29. Beat Lab Radio is offering a cash reward for the safe return of the…
Weekend Warrior: New Year, New Activities
The first full week of the year is almost over! But that also means the first weekend is about to start! With so many options out there, why not start out doing something different in 2019? Here’s a little bit of what’s happening this weekend: Friday: Jones Road String Quartet More strings please!! The Jones…
New year, new calendar
The Source Weekly’s Calendar is now better than ever! Central Oregon’s most comprehensive events calendar just got an upgrade to serve you better. We know you love using the Source calendar to find out what’s happening. And now, submitting events is easier than it’s ever been. Along with a new look, logging in is more…
Sally Russell Sworn in as Mayor
During a brief Bend City Council meeting on Wednesday night, Municipal Court judge Gwen Moore swore in Sally Russell as Bend’s first directly elected mayor since 1928. “This is a night of celebration,” Russell said before the swearing in and after changing her pro tem placard to read “mayor.” The Bend Children’s Choir performed “America…
More Than Meets the Eye
Have we reached a place in society where we can admit the “Transformers” movies are garbage? Look, each one of the five (FIVE?!?) movies has something to offer, whether it’s watching Shia LaBEEEF slowly losing his mind on camera, T.J. Miller getting burned to ashes in the fourth one, Chicago getting systematically destroyed in the…
Boxwood Kitchen Opens in The Old Mill District
Boxwood Kitchen’s Supper Club officially opens on Thur., Jan. 3. In the spirit of traditional supper clubs, the restaurant will focus on food and encourage community and connection. The sample menu ranges from $10 to $28 and includes upscale comfort food with an international flair, including red curry mussels with chorizo, lamb meatballs with harissa…
New Year, Same Marijuana Business Frustrations
Oregon’s over-supply of marijuana has been well publicized (around a million pounds of usable but unsold marijuana is being tracked by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission), and the backlog of applications with the OLCC for new producers, processors, dispensaries and wholesalers was more than 2,200 when the OLCC paused applications effective June 15, 2018. The…
Where Have All the Insects Gone?
I’m not a pessimist, at least I try not to be one. But… Early last summer, I noticed something that really bothered me. While driving between Riley and Sisters on a warm, early summer day, I noticed I didn’t have as many smashed insects on the windshield of my 4Runner as I did earlier that…
Five Favorite Novels of 2018
Before you stroll the streets of First Friday, check out these suggestions from Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe. Then head down to the shop for a discount on the books! “Labyrinth of the Spirits” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Back in October I proclaimed this was my favorite book. Ever. My No. 1 choice for 2018 couldn’t really…
Wasted in Bend
Imagine standing in front of a fridge stocked with produce, dairy, meat, plus dozens of condiment jars. Now take a quarter of that food out and bury it. That might sound ridiculous, yet that’s what happens all across the country: more than one-fourth of the food produced in the U.S. ends up in a landfill.…
What If We Could?
Volunteering or giving back to the community can feel good—but involves enough barriers that for a lot of people, it doesn’t happen very often. Rys Fairbrother is trying to make the process easier for people Central Oregon through his organization, What If We Could. His one-man operation partners with nonprofits in Central Oregon to help…
Libraries are Equity Makers. Deschutes County Voters Should Support Their Expansion
If you need some inspiration about the benefits of libraries in modern society, you might start with 2018’s “The Library Book,” by Susan Orlean—named a Top 10 Book of the Year by The Washington Post. The book chronicles the hunt for a suspected arsonist in the wake of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles…
No Crystal Ball For 2019 Real Estate
The unseasonal market slowdown this summer gave me an eerie feeling similar to what I felt before the last recession, but it’s a much different scenario than it was back then. Many buyers are speculating that prices will drop and that a correction is on the way. Some media sources predict a mild recession, saying…
From Rainshadow to River
Whether on her farm, at market, or on the river, Sarahlee Lawrence, owner/operator/founder of Rainshadow Organics, is perpetually surrounded by an entourage of farm folk, or “farmily” as she coins it. In talking to the interns, apprentices and other Rainshadow contributors, it’s clear they’re committed to the new wave of modern farming—and Lawrence is leading…
A Growing Park System
For those of you who haven’t noticed, Redmond’s growing. With growth, sometimes comes the bad, like increased traffic. However, sometimes there’s an upside—like a growth in a city’s parks. In October, the City of Redmond opened Homestead Park’s bike pump track after raising $55,000 in community donations, according to Annie McVay, City of Redmond’s Parks…
He Sleeps with the Fishes
Jason Momoa was always seen as an interesting choice to play Aquaman. He’s obviously not the blonde haired, blue-eyed Arthur Curry we’ve been seeing in comic books for over 50 years— which is a nice change from Hollywood’s typical whitewashing habits. He’s also pretty damn masculine compared to the lil’ green codpiece-sporting super friend that…
Signs of Progress
Redmond’s population has very nearly doubled since 2000. Population estimates from 2017 put Redmond at 30,011 people in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau—up from 26,212 in 2010, and 15,515 in 2000. Tackling affordable housing Like Bend, housing affordability is a huge issue in Redmond. Redmond, however, faces a higher rate of poverty than…
Resilience IPA Festival
By now you may have heard about Resilience IPA—but in case you were out of the country or under a rock, let’s review. The beer was created by Sierra Nevada Brewing out of Chico, Calif. Its proper name is Resilience Butte County Proud IPA—born to help those suffering from losses at the hands of California’s…
Local Laughs
There’s no shortage of open mics in Bend. If you want to get up on stage in front of a mic, it’s not hard to find a place to do so. “If I was in Portland to start comedy, I would want to move here to get good,” says local up-and-comer Cole Robeson. “Here you…
Foul Pay and Keeping It Rio
Foul Pay I went out with a feminist who was all into women’s empowerment, but when the bill came, she made no effort to chip in. Please explain this type of feminism. Is it somehow possible that she didn’t notice the check? —Incredulous It is possible that she didn’t notice the check. It’s also possible…
Cultivating the Arts
The community of Redmond is burgeoning — and in more ways than population growth. The Redmond Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2017, recognizing the copious art deco and streamline moderne architecture preserved and restored in the historic core—including the Odem Theater pub and movie house, reopened in…
ArtWalk Picks
Headed to First Friday in downtown Bend? Here’s what to put on your radar. BITSY TANDEM MANGA ARTIST Local comic book creator Bitsty Tandem will be at Wabi Sabi promoting her manga, “Maiden in Disguise.” The comic follows teenager Elianna and her friends as they navigate the online realm, full of video games, nerd culture…
Expanding Beer Scene
The craft beer craze isn’t lost on Redmond, with new breweries popping up about as fast as they do in Bend. The longtime players are still around—Cascade Lakes Brewing Company’s 7th Street Brew House still gets a robust lunch crowd—and new players are coming in, fast. Initiative Brewing is taking over the old Juniper Bank…
Artist Wishes for a New Year
The art world of Bend seems to keep growing with new projects and grant money rolling into the community. Here are some things local artists would like to see happen in out art community in Bend in 2019, in their own words. Sheila Dunn, Painter “The one thing that has been exciting in the last…
Pisano’s Named Best Pizzeria in Oregon
A recent USA TODAY article ranked Pisano’s Woodfired Pizza best in Oregon, based on the opinions of TripAdvisor diners. The list was curated by taking “into account the ratio and quality of pizzeria reviews compared to overall ratings, along with quality and quantity of reviews received in the past year (ending September 2018). Featured restaurants have…
Free Will Astrology—Week of January 3
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What themes and instruments do people least want to hear in a piece of music? Composer Dave Solder determined that the worst song ever made would contain bagpipes, cowboy music, tubas, advertising jingles, operatic rapping, and children crooning about holidays. Then he collaborated with other musicians to record such a song.…
Letters to the Editor
Mirror Pond I am a simple man who likes to find the simplest solution to a problem by identifying the root issue of the problem and addressing it in the simplest manner, Mirror Pond. Every flowing stream has silt in it that is suspended in the water and flows with it until the water is…
Redmond’s On The Rise
Housing affordability. Increased traffic. Brew culture. Bike park love. If you thought those were items unique to Bend, you’d be wrong. Redmond, Ore., has much of the same culture and some of the same issues of growth and expansion that Bend does—and its population has grown, percentage-wise, faster than Bend over the past 18 years.…
Watch This: Salt Fat Acid Heat
Looking for some binge-worthy kitchen inspiration? Regardless of your skill level you will fall in love with the four-part food documentary on Netflix, “Salt Fat Acid Heat,” from cook, teacher and author Samin Nosrat. Based on Nosrat’s James Beard Award-winning, and The New York Times bestseller, the series takes you to Japan to learn how salt enhances…
Watching the Night Channels
A bunch of dudes jamming out in the wilderness just feels like Bend, doesn’t it? And that’s exactly what local band Night Channels did with its debut single’s music video. In the video for “03,” you’ll find Night Channels deep in the brush, on the roof and just generally looking cool while shredding on guitar in…
