WinterFest Week in Portland
The Source has teamed up with the Portland Mercury to bring you WinterFest week in Portland! WinterFest is best. From Jan. 26- Feb. 2nd, Deschutes Brewery & Public House in the Pearl District is serving a WinterFest inspired brew called the Jack Frosty Beligin IRA. Here is a description of WinterFest’s official beer: Jack’s Frosty…
We Want to Know Your Wedding Proposal Story
Our annual Love Issue is right around the corner and we want to hear about your ultimate love moment—when your sweetie asked for your hand in marriage! Get on our Facebook page and tell us all about it! We’ll take a selection of your answers and print your stories in our Feb. 7 Love Issue!
Kid President Knows What’s Up
So this Kid President video is everywhere right now. If you haven’t seen it, but enjoy awesome, adorable and inspirational things, you should watch it now. Kid President is obviously the man. His facial expressions, dances, tone—everything. Perfect. But he’s clearly had some great direction and script writing. SoulPancake, the media company behind the video,…
Photo Essay: The Ale Apothecary
I went up to The Ale Apothecary yesterday with my photographer buddy Erik Bergstrom. He took a lot of pictures and I talked with brewer/owner/sole employee Paul Arney. You can read the story tomorrow when this week’s papers hit the stands. But we couldn’t fit all of Bergstrom’s lovely photos onto two pages. So here…
TONIGHT! Local Hip-Hop Night at Liquid
Looking for something to do tonight? How about this? Sell music on Amazon at ReverbNation.com With Bend’s Northorn Lights, Graft and Civil Warriors at Liquid Lounge. No Cover. Show starts at 9pm. See y’all there.
Hey Ocean! & My Little Pony
Get your pop on! Hey Ocean! is coming to Bend. Win tickets, watch videos, and learn about the lead singer’s My Little Pony voice-over skills.
Tonight: Live Tweeting The Bachelor
Bringing it roller derby style. Tonight on The Bachelor!
Scouts May Be Close to Ending Ban on Gay Participants
Big story: Several media outlets are reporting today that the Boy Scouts of America’s board of directors is currently considering lifting the group’s ban on gay scouts and troop leaders. If the national ban is lifted, local organizations would likely still have the ability to limit access to troops, according to several news reports. Here’s…
Last day to vote for Central Oregon’s hottest hotties!!!!
Hottest brewer?Hottest teacher?Hottest guy that ever installed your carpet? Come on Central Oregon, give these hotties a shout out! Take the Lust List survey right now.
See More From This Week’s Cover Artist Megan McGuinness
Did you like our cover this week? We love it! If you want to see quirky, animal-centric art by local artist Megan McGuinness, you just have to take a trip over the mountians. McGuinness’s art will be hanging in the Ninkasi Brewery in Eugene starting today. This week’s cover of the Source. McGuinness’ collection, called…
Weekend Roundup 1/25-1/27
Another weekend in Bend! Joy to the Patagonia puffy coats! Here are some fun events going on around town. Friday 25 Slightly Stoopid at MIdtown TONIGHT! Slightly StoopidDo you like Sublime? You’ll like this. Check out the SOUND feature for more info on the reggae, hip-hop crew. All ages. $26. 8 p.m. Midtown Ballroom 51…
Ticket Giveaway! See Hey Ocean! Canada’s Pop Sensation!
A ticket giveaway you don’t want to miss! Canadian pop is coming to Bend!
2013 Coachella Lineup is Here!
This is one awesome lineup! Tickets on sale soon!
Friday Office Party!
The “Guilty Pleasures” edition of our Friday Office Party Spotify Playlist!
Solidarity! Cascadia Around Town
We are Cascadia! After talking to the makers of Occupied Cascadia this week, we’ve noticed Cascadian flags popping up everywhere. Adopted by the Portland Timber’s Army, on the label of Secession Cascadian Dark Ale by Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery, and even all over Bend! All over might be an overstatement, the flags are mostly in…
Our Picks for 1/24 – 1/30
Fabric Check thursday 24 Part fashion show, part concert, this is one of the rad little things that Rise Up Presents does in this town. Rise Up invests in international schools, and lately has been in Palestine teaching street art workshops. Here it brings together Rescue, 541 Threads and other local artists to the backdrop…
Wheel in the Sky
Monday was a day of triage at the Bicycle Re-Source of Bend. The all-volunteer staff was stripping parts from bikes rescued from the landfill and sorting them into two piles: reuse and recycle. The parts and frames that are salvaged will be turned into usable bikes and donated to those in need. The goal, according…
Real Lawmen Enforce Democratic Decisions
Several Oregon sheriffs last week decided to begin a standoff with our federal government by prematurely declaring their refusal to enforce any new gun-control laws. Before Vice President Joe Biden presented President Barack Obama with a list of what turned out to be sensible recommendations for reducing gun violence, Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller wrote…
Hug A Winter Trail Volunteer
Winter in Central Oregon is filled with adventures. For some, all that’s needed is a place to park the car, unload the gear and head into the forest. However, most of us depend on trails, for the core of the experience or as a way to access the backcountry. And that’s where volunteer groups come…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 14 Last night Hollyweird was out in full force for the GLITZ! The GLAMOUR! And the GASTROINTESTINAL DISTRESS of the Golden Globes! Here are the highlights: Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler killed it, turning award show chicken shit into something akin to chicken salad. It was also a great night for cut-aways, especially…
Letters 1/24 – 1/30
ADMINISTRATION TORCHED COCC THEATer PROGRAM Brianna Brey wrote "The versatile theater hosted regular performances . . . through the late 1990s, when the culture dried up." The culture didn't dry up. COCC's leadership made the conscious decision to terminate with prejudice the theatre program, forcing its director, Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman (who, for some unexplained reason,…
Two Men, a Canoe and a Lot of Gumption
You know that outdoor sport that you love—the one you can’t stop thinking about and you spend all your free time doing? Yeah, that one. Now, imagine that after years of training, sacrifice and dedication, you have the opportunity to compete in the Olympics. But then, without warning, your event is dropped from the Olympic…
We Belong to a Place
Listed as #8 on Time magazine’s list of aspiring nations, the Republic of Cascadia has a legitimate shot at seceding. Three local filmmakers are using their artistic abilities to support the cause and spread the message of the Cascadian revolution. The Cascadia movement officially campaigns for the autonomy of the bioregion commonly referred to as…
Three Nights of To-Dos
As if you needed a reason—other than the impending weekend—to imbibe some whiskey, Bay Area progressive bluegrass band Hot Buttered Rum will provide that extra push when they play Bend’s Domino Room Thursday, Jan. 24. Hidden flasks should figure pretty heavily in the planning for this show, as HBR is most known for the wild…
Out of Town: 1/24 – 1/30
Portland thursday 24 Varsity Cheerleader Werewolves From Outer Space If the title of this play doesn’t convince you to see it, there is nothing I can say that will change your mind. If you’re anything like me, the title is now all you can think about. You’re currently trying to discern whether the varsity cheerleaders…
Lust List Survey
Our annual Love Issue will feature the winners of the survey, as voted by YOU, the reader.
Gluten-free For All
Eco Bistro might be located a bit out of the way, anchoring a curve in south Highway 97 by the Porsche dealership, but inside the doors you’ll find a cozy restaurant that could be found along any winding road in the wine country. One side of Bend’s newest restaurant is a boutique that sells an…
Dude Looks Like a Lady
Ladies dressed as men, girls falling for girls, fools drinking themselves stupid and epic love triangles, Twelfth Night utilizes all of Shakespeare’s classic tropes for cheap laughs. The Mrs. Doubtfire of Shakespearean comedies, the play begins with a shipwreck, after which the fair Viola, played by Mary Hildebrandt, decides to disguise herself as a man…
Won Over
As a teenager, I was pretty sure I wanted to be a professional singer. Took years of voice lessons, sang with the local opera company and eventually went to college for vocal performance. I ended up hating all the diva that comes with being a female performer and dropped out of the music program the…
Proof It Works! Ranch Records Delivers.
Here’s my evidence the discount bins at Ranch Records are a great place to find awesome music.
Red Wanting Blue TONIGHT
If you love ’90s college radio and men in cardigans with beards, you are going to loose it for Red Wanting Blue. Formed in Athens, OH in 1996, front-man Scott Terry is the underground Hootie (of Blowfish fame). Unsigned until 2010, RWB are the true definition of independent artists. RWB has experienced moderate success in…
New Music Video Filmed at Peterson Rock Garden
We were approached today about posting a locally-produced music video. We saw it and thought we should share it with ya’ll. Don’t Know Nothing ‘Bout Love, by Pennan Brae. Directed by Tim Cash of FFE Films. Got a music video filmed here in Bend? Send it on over. We want to publish it.
