Dakota Does it Again
Last week Bend’s Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess finished third in the classic sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Championships in Soldier Hollow, Utah.Today, with a win in the freestyle sprint, he earned a spot the on podium’s top step.The National Championship title is the 26-year-old Bend Endurance Academy racer’s first. “Finally on the top step. National…
Jim James Solo Project Kicks Off With Minimalist Video
Dropping Feb. 5, solo album from My Morning Jacket’s Jim James will likely be one of 2013’s best.
Central Oregon Beer Angels are Ready to Take Bend By Storm
The local women’s beer group, Central Oregon Beer Angels, is official now and is ready for all females 21 and over to become part of the fun. They will be having two membership open house meetings tomorrow and thursday that will include the details of membership, the perks of being an angel and the chance…
Emmy-winning Documentary Playing Tonight
The Emmy-award winning documentary titled, “Green Fire,” about the life of environmentalist Aldo Leopold will be on display at McMenamin’s at 7 p.m. His story will be dissected by an expansive look at how he shaped today’s environmental movement, his views on conservation and the legacy he has influenced with his work. If you want…
Portland Man Arrested for Choking Girlfriend with Dreadlocks
Portland resident Caleb Grotberg, 32, faces counts of second-degree kidnapping, second-degree attempted assault, fourth-degree assault, menacing and domestic violence after he reportedly choked his girlfriend with his dreadlocks early Monday morning. Caleb Grotberg is making national news for reportedly choking his girlfriend with his dreadlocks. Sounds pretty Portland to me, but the best part of…
I’m Live Tweeting The Bachelor All Season Long
Follow @ethos83 on Twitter all season long!
Denver Brewery Creates Ballsy Beer
As the multitude of delicious suds in our beer haven we call Central Oregon have won many awards, they thankfully do not have the award for making what could be the worst beer ever. This distinction would go to Wynkoop Brewing in Denver, CO who created the Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout last fall. Yes, you…
New Music: Early release of debut from Indians
Stream the debut release from Indians three weeks early!
Compton is the Best
After finishing second in Rome this weekend cyclocross racer Katie Compton achieved what no other American—man or woman—has ever done. She won the World Cup Overall. cyclingnews.com Katie Compton This is a big deal (If you don’t believe me, see this website for evidence). Cycling, and ‘cross in particular, has long been a Euro-dominated sport.…
The Ducks are Staying “Chip”per
After a dominant win by the Ducks in the Fiesta Bowl , Oregon coach Chip Kelly, who was being hounded by NFL teams the week prior, was destined to take his high-octane offense to the professional level. Reports claimed that Kelly was close to being hired by the Cleveland Browns but after a few more…
Other Uses for Your GoPro
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First Friday Picks
If you’re at Frist Friday Art Walk Downtown tonight, which you should be, here are some events we suggest you check out. Don’t forget to enjoy all of the wonderful art hanging in local galleries and business, many of which will be open late. Fatty bike, bro. Snowbike MayhemCrow’s Feet has a renegade obstacle course…
My Conversation With A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
Today I talked to Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit From the Goon Squad, a 2011 novel that won the Pulitzer Prize. The book was lauded for its creativity as well as its ability to capture what it’s like “growing up and growing old in the digital age,” as judges put it. In it, Egan…
Trapping. This Just Happened.
This photo was taken very near the Phil’s trail area. We’ll be following up. Stay tuned. This is lame.
BBC Now Serving Beer-Infused Cocktails
bendbrewingco.com Bend Brewing Company is new serving booze! And the good stuff, too. The brewery announced last month that it will now be offering a specialty cocktail menu alongside their lineup of award-winning beers. In fact, you can actually now have a cocktail made with award-winning beer. Among the new offerings is a Ching Ching…
How to Drink Beer and Feel Good About Yourself
If you live in Bend, it’s safe to assume that you love doggies and beer, in which case, you should be at Broken Top Bottle Shop for the tongue twisting First Firkin Friday for Furry Friends. BTBS will be tapping a Firkin-style keg of Ebenezer from BridgePort Brewing Co. (Portland,OR)All the proceeds from this keg…
The Story Behind This Week’s Extra Awesome Cover Art
Bozeman, Mont. resident Jarrod Eastman is the artist behind this week’s super-awesome Source cover. We met him at an art show in Bend this summer and fell in love with his paintings. You can find his work at Jrodart.com. To see the latest from JRod, check his active blog site. It seems he’s not just…
Bend Local Crushes at Cross-Country National Champs
Bend local Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess pulled off a ridiculous move to finish third in the classic sprint at yesterday’s U.S. Cross Country Championships in Soldier Hollow, Utah.After qualifying first in the opening sprint, the 26-year-old Bend Endurance Academy racer came back from a near-disastrous fall in the semifinal heat.“In the semis he fell early and…
TV stars get into Fiesta Bowl Feud
Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet of the hit TV show, Modern Family, took a break from filming and sat down to discuss their support for the Oregon Ducks and Kansas State Wildcats in this year’s Fiesta Bowl. Burrell, who grew up near medford, attended the University of Oregon for a brief stint but most of…
$25 Bachelor Vouchers- Get ‘Em While They’re Hot
Mt. Bachelor has teamed up with eight organizations for the mountain’s Annual Charity Week program. The big idea is you get to ski for cheap and these organizations get cash! jcookfisher via Flickr You could be here for $25. This year’s groups are Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation, The Environmental Center, Boys and Girls Club…
Junior ‘Cross Racers Heading to National Championship
The 2013 Cyclocross National Championships kick off in Madison, Wis. next week and at least four Oregon junior racers will be on the start line.The long trip to middle America might not have happened for the youngsters. But thanks to a local business, the little leg-breakers are making the trek, as each of the four…
Wildness Mirrors Community's Deepest Values, Not a Pond
Mirror Pond is a vanishing mirage. The body of water adored as an icon of Bend—its crystalline surface reflecting pine trees and snow-capped mountains—exists only on the city's stylized logo. The logo romanticizes a shallow, man-made puddle off Drake Park, a deepening heap of mud over which a clogged crook of the Deschutes River spreads…
One Day at a Time
LAST WEEK, DEARS, we listed the candidates for The Absolute Worst Person in the World for 2012 Ever—and they included everyone from faves like Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen to Kim Kardashian and Rush Limbaugh. But when it came time to pick the Absolute Worst Person in the World for 2012? Sadly, it wasn’t even…
The Dude Strikes Again
If you love The Dude, Marge Gunderson and Harry Pfarrer, pour yourself a white Russian and mark your iCal—three great films from the award-winning Coen brothers are coming the Tower. The Tower Theatre is showing the trio of favorites on three consecutive Fridays starting Jan. 11 as part of its first-ever, Coen Brothers Film Festival.…
What Did You Expect?
Reunion tours are a tricky thing. Indie rock favorites Pavement attempted one in 2010 after a decade apart, with most reviews of the shows striking a positive note. Still, their Sasquatch Festival set nearly turned disastrous when front man Steve Malkmus—who was, apparently, completely tossed—got pretty angry with his band mates on stage. This resulted…
Other 2012 Best Of
Live Album: Devotchka Live with the Colorado Symphony Cicero Recordings, LTD Released: Nov. 13, 2012 On the heels of last year’s impressive album 100 Lovers, Denver baroque folk group Devotchka returns with an equally outstanding live album. Here Devotchka’s typical gypsy styling is paired with swift and full instrumentation, courtesy of one of the country’s…
Listen Local
A friend sends you an email telling you to check out a band you’ve never heard of. Naturally, the next step is plugging that band’s name into a search engine. When this happens to me, I always hope the band is kick ass—no one wants to tell a friend that their taste in music sucks.…
The More You Buy, The More You Supply
The numbers 5-4-1 have served as the area code for most of Oregon since 1995. But for the last two years, those three digits have been transformed into a fight against hunger. 541 Threads, a local clothing company, is using its numerical brand name to help feed the hungry in Central Oregon and throughout the…
The Real World
Tim Fissori, educational coordinator and crew leader at Heart of Oregon Corps, teaches what he knows. After 14 years teaching at Marshall High School and 19 years working as a building contractor, integrating construction concepts into math, science, social studies and language arts lessons has become Fissori’s specialty. By mixing his skill sets, he has…
Will Work for Experience
If you’re going to a South American country to conduct business, don’t forget to pack a few bottles of whiskey. Luckily, being a clever fellow, Bend’s Casey Husk came to Ecuador prepared. In 2010 Husk, a 26-year-old former Marine, made his first medical trip to the coastal South American country and, after eight weeks of…
The Only Way to Rally is With a Cause
If you look to the western horizon you’ll see the profile of the Three Sisters peaks that were long ago dubbed Faith, Hope and Charity. There are several stories swirling around that seek to explain the origin of their nicknames but perhaps it is as simple as this: faith plus hope equals charity. For three…
Sour Power
Sour beer ain’t no Bud Light. With new breweries and bottle shops popping up what feels like daily in Bend, brewers are stretching our palates and our perceptions of what beer is by innovating recipes and reinventing old brewing techniques. Sour beer is one such revival. Originally popularized in Europe, sours differ from other brews…
EEK! It’s Egan!
Jennifer Egan is super famous and you should go see her talk. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 work of fiction, A Visit from the Goon Squad, has been published in Harpers, The New Yorker and New York Times Magazine. Oh, and she also dated Steve Jobs. The Brooklyn novelist has also authored…
Our picks for 1/3 to 1/9
The Clumsy Lovers thursday 3 Straight outta Vancouver, B.C., The Clumsy Lovers are bumbling their way through Oregon but not without a pit stop in Bend. The folky bluegrass rock band has undeniable Celtic sympathies, but the banjo and drums keep the band solidly rooted in “newgrass” territory. All ages. $12. 6:30 p.m. The Sound…
To the Streets of Palestine
In December 2010, as protestors were swelling the plazas and thoroughfares of Tunisia to demand the ouster of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, artists there also took to the streets. Demands of freedom were scrawled across walls from Matmata to Tunis with rattle cans and brushes. These messages were the backdrop to the movement…
Latest Victim of the Digital Age: Seattle’s Easy Street Records
End the trend. Support local record stores.
Listen Local UPDATE: New tracks from All You All
We love it when bands we talk about have good things happen to them. Check up on Bend’s All You All!
Noi and Deschutes Brewery Team Up
On February 6, Noi Thai Cuisine will be serving a specialty meal in cooperation with Deschutes Brewery. Each of the four courses will be paired with a Deschutes beer including the Red Chair, and a desert paired with the 2012 Abyss. A treat for beer lovers and foodies, the meal will cost $55 including food…
