Burgers Minus the Butte: New Location For Old traditions at westside Pilot Butte
The year was 1983. Michael Jackson Thrilled us, Madonna made her debut, and the only thing bigger than Jennifer Beal's Flashdance hair was the birth of Bend's Biggest Burger. Now a legend unto itself, the Pilot Butte Burger is still an 18-oz. 100 percent certified Angus Beef burger, erupting with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and onions,…
Mt. B: Patagonia Pursuit Rescheduled and Summit Lift Open
If you were stressing your fitness and which wax to use for Sunday’s Patagonia Pursuit nordic race, you can relax. It’s been rescheduled for Sunday, February 12.
Pioneering Bikeway Adds a Bend-based Loop
Bike tourists have one more reason to target Bend. The area has hundreds of miles of single track, a premier multi-stage road race, a booming cyclo-cross culture, among other things.
Animal Eyes and Plum Sutra: Tonight!
The boys are back in town, and they brought friends. Portland band Plum Sutra will blow your mind with their Zen rock followed by a night of debauchery with Alaskan ruffians and indie folk rockers Animal Eyes.
Two Republicans file to challenge Unger in Nov. election
Two Republicans challengers of Democrat Alan Unger, 60, officially joined the race for county commissioner today by submitting filings with the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office. Phil Henderson, 56, will vie against fellow Republican Tom Greene, 58, who is a current Bend City Councilor, in the May primary for a spot on the November ballot.
Vote on the Lust List; Win Free Stuff
Help Us “Out” Central Oregon's hottest professionals, politicians and public safety officers. It's the 2012 Lust List and we need your help identifying Central Oregon's hottest hotties from bartenders to baristas to banker to brewers.
Peligroso!
Dangerous Kate, the latest from Below Grade Brewing, is a bold Imperial Cascadian Black Ale, or black IPA that tastes much more malty than hoppy. Somewhat surprising given the insane amount hops Mr.
Cobb’s Coastline – Or how to shoot a perfect Hawaiian sunset
My good friend and fellow photographer David Cobb will do a free presentation of his stunning images at the Cascade Center of Photography, 390 Sw Columbia St, this Friday at 6pm. David always impresses me with his keen eye for the best possible composition and his always immaculate exposures.
Danny Barnes: Tonight! Free!
Noteworthy banjo and guitar virtuoso Danny Barnes is picking and grinning tonight at McMenamins. A number of big names in the music world count Barnes as a significant influence, including Phish’s Mike Gordon and one-man-band Keller Williams.
Chainbreaker added to permanent Deschutes lineup
The six core beers in the Deschutes Brewery lineup are members of a prestigious club. In the microbrew world they’re icons.
Our Picks for 1/27-2/1
Bend Velodrome Project Party thursday 26 The Bend Velodrome Project is a collection of five folks who are passionate about bringing a velodrome (large oval track with banked corners for bike racing and training) to Bend. So passionate that they're throwing a party to raise money and awareness about their efforts. Help them maintain momentum:…
Blindsided by Rock: Animal Eyes offer up multifaceted dance music for the young at heart
“Hey, are you guys here to see the band?” “We are the band.” That's how my night starts at The Horned Hand when five young guys drift up to the bar looking confused. Apparently, they are Animal Eyes. And, apparently, they are playing a show later. These guys are inconspicuous, to say the least. Probably…
Trailer Trash Tracys: Ester
London-based band Trailer Trash Tracys aren't likely to find themselves anywhere near prefabricated housing after releasing their gracious and nuance-driven debut album, Ester. With songs washed in lo-fi greatness around every corner, lead singer Susanne Aztoria and her trio of supporting musicians have succeeded in doing something with Ester that several other bands embracing the…
Deschutes Menagerie Sour Ale
I typically avoid beers with names that include fruit products or words like “cornucopia” or “bouquet” that evoke images of bridal showers and wild flowers. I prefer names like Terminator and Abyss, but I made an exception for Deschutes' Menagerie Sour Ale, an off-the-beaten path offering from the newly reopened Bond Street Public House.
Little Bites: Beer Is Back!: Deschutes reopens, Bro Jos expands and more
Acting on an anonymous tip that the Bond Street location had reopened, MicroCosmos made our way down to the Deschutes for a late lunch this week and discovered a bigger bolder pub in place of our longtime watering hole. The brewery has yet to formally announce its grand reopening, look for that later this week,…
Nosh in the Neighborhood: It's worth searching out Letzer's new downtown deli
What better place for two native New Yorkers to hold a business meeting than a downtown deli, in this case the relatively newly opened Letzer's. Finding Letzer's deli is a little difficult the first time, but if you ask me, that's part of the charm. Walk down the correct corridor off Franklin Avenue and a…
Three for One: Tekken dials up old school anime combat
Tekken Hybrid is a triple-threat, with two games and a movie on one discount-priced disc. One of the games is a remastered, fully unlocked version of the original Tekken Tag Tournament – more on that in a moment. The other is a preview (called a prologue) of the upcoming sequel that will arrive in America…
Bummin' Around: Fly Fishing Film Tour returns to Bend
When the seminal fly fishing adventure film Trout Bums Volume 1: Patagonia was released in 2007, Thad Robison was working at a software development company creating travel applications for the airline industry. Like other fishing addicts who marveled at the fly fishing exploits of the merry band of vagabond anglers, Robison felt a pull. Unlike…
Identity Crisis: Haywire is a run of the mill martial arts fest
I have a few problems with this movie. First off, when you call something haywire, the audience really shouldn't wait the entire movie to find out that nobody goes haywire. I mean if a director called a movie “Boycott” or “Slaughter,” we would expect to see one of those things happen onscreen. That's not the…
Sincerely Flattering: The Artist's charms are dampened by imitation
Michel Hazanavicius' effervescent The Artist seems to be staking out a curious territory during the 2011-12 film awards season. On the one hand, it feels like it was genetically engineered to grab movie critics' attention more than that of general audiences: It's in black and white, it's silent, it swoons over cinema history and its…
Storming the Hill: A new trend, the passing of an old friend and more bikes in Bend
Snowskate? What the hell is “snowskate?” It’s just like it sounds – one uses a skateboard-esque deck to surf the snow, man. Garfield Wright, winner of the 2010 Giant Slalom Snowskate Olympics held in Port Angeles, Wash., took some time out from Saturday's rail jam at Hoodoo Snow Area to explain to me the sport…
The Year Football Broke: The past season was at once tragic, intriguing and exciting. Thank God it's over.
I woke on Sunday morning realizing that this day would be the last full day of football until sometime next September. Sure, there was the Super Bowl, but it's just not the same. Another season had slipped by. Soon, Sundays would be occupied by the chores that had been swept aside over the course of…
The Super Bowl of Straight Poop Happens Here Weekly
Monday, Jan. 16 Dropping like flies: Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman drops out of GOP presidential race, endorses Mitt Romney … Meanwhile supporters of Texas Gov. Rick Perry urge him to drop out too … Wikipedia Shrugs: Popular online encyclopedia and other websites to go dark Wednesday to protest legislation they say will kill internet…
Dear Greg: Hit the Road
The Hon. Greg Walden 2182 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Greg, We, the citizens and voters of Bend, have decided to try to reach you by letter because you're an awfully hard guy to see in person. The problem isn't that you don't visit your home district often enough. We notice there's…
The Other Half of the Yoga Equation
The Source Issue 45 (Nov. 10) contained wonderful information about the forms of yoga offered in our vicinity. Most of the information covered pertained to the socially enjoyable forms of yoga enjoyed by the folks who use yoga mats and bendy posturing as they concentrate on improving their blissful breathing techniques. These physical forms of…
Walden's Corporate Servitude
In the time-honored American tradition of peaceful civil disobedience, I am proud to be one of eight Central Oregon citizens arrested on December 5 in Congressman Greg Walden's Bend office. At our January 26 trial we plan to present a compelling defense. This act of dissent follows years of futile attempts to encourage the Congressman…
The Best Of What’s Next: Electric Guest
Do you like Fitz & The Tantrums? Are you into Broken Bells? How about Prince fans? Any of you out there? If you like where this is going so far.
Lust List: Hottest Yoga Instructor
As loyal Source readers know, we’re looking for nominations to help us put together this year’s Lust List, the Source’s annual list of Central Oregon’s hottest hotties and best bodies and straight-up beefcake. We’ll be asking Source readers for nominations across a number of categories.
Watch the 2012 State of the Union Online
President Obama lays out his goals for the remainder of his term. Watch it live at WhiteHouse.
