Reproductive Health Equity Bill Protecting Abortion Passes Oregon Senate
The Oregon Senate passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act (House Bill 3391) on Wednesday, July 5, ensuring Oregonians access to a full range of reproductive health services regardless of citizenship status or gender identity. The bill includes adding abortion services to the list of reproductive health procedures that must be covered by insurance — at…
Riot On a Sunday EP Release Show on a Friday (Today!)
When people find out you’re a music writer, they like to tell you about different bands to check out. When I first heard about Riot on a Sunday I was getting my eyebrows waxed when my esthetician told me to check them out. Not only did I dig their name, but upon first listen couldn’t…
Budtender Bootcamp
You’re expected to know a dizzying amount of details about the products your dispensary carries: the lineage of the strains, the terpene levels and effects, the best options for individual conditions and more—and that’s just for the flower. There’s some real science to all this, and for a myriad of reasons, many dispensaries do not…
Rural Counties are Where Jobs are Needed Most—and That Includes Jobs Pumping Gas
Pull up to a gas station in Oregon and it’s easy to determine whether someone lives in the state or not. If the driver moves to start pumping their own gas, it’s a sure tell that they’re from out of state. Oregonians don’t have to pump their own gas and haven’t done so since 1951.…
Covering the Hits
Ali Campbell, Mickey Virtue and Astro are hardly the only musicians to have had to try to continue a music career while trying to lay claim to a famous band name. They currently tour and record under the name UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Mickey & Astro – a move necessitated by the presence of another…
Picks of the Week: July 5-12
Thursday 6 Munch and Music – Arrival From Sweden POP — It’s that time of year again! Munch and Music returns to Drake Park with the music of Abba. Arrival From Sweden, a 12-piece tribute band, plays some of the world’s favorite pop songs. Show up early to catch former Bend local songstress JoAnna Lee…
Into the Ether
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., professionally known as B.o.B., has had an interesting career thus far. The 28-year-old rapper dropped out of high school in the ninth grade, selling his first beat that same year. Though his first studio album, “The Adventures of Bobby Ray,” didn’t debut until 2010, the rapper has been garnering attention since…
Riding for Survivors
Road biking can seem intimidating, with the spandex shorts and the skinny tires and the really long races. But in Bend, there are a lot of cyclists who want to watch other people get out there on those skinny tires. If you’ve been contemplating wiggling into some spandex and hitting the road to challenge yourself—but…
Deep Roots
Bend Roots Revival has always been one of my favorite annual Bend music events, featuring a wide breadth of local musicians. Back in 2010, I saw JoAnna Lee under a blue tent to the right of the main stage, an oriental-style rug beneath her feet and a black and tan tapestry behind her. This all…
Crossing Streams
This year was the first time a film from streaming giant Netflix played in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. As soon as the Netflix logo appeared, the notoriously tough crowd began to boo and hiss without having seen a frame of the actual film. Audiences at Cannes like to consider themselves film purists, but…
An Instant Conservation Classic: A Temporary Refuge
Before you stroll the streets on First Fridays in downtown Bend, check out this monthly book review featuring reading recommendations courtesy of the Source and Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe. Then head down to the shop for a discount on the books! Every once in awhile a book comes along to join the canon of its genre.…
A Fundraiser for BendFilm Festival Founder
Katie Merritt, who created the wildly successful BendFilm Festival in 2004, has begun treatment for breast cancer. It’s an unusually aggressive form of the disease which demands an equally strong therapeutic response. Doctors began chemo in late May; it’s scheduled to last all summer and into the fall. Merritt, 51, then faces a double mastectomy…
Source Spotlight: Dr. John Letovsky
When Dr. John Letovsky goes to work, he says it’s like “Christmas every day.” Letovsky, who previously had a private practice in Eugene, is about a month into his new position as the medical director for Bend’s Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades—but it was during his time in private practice that he became…
Steakhouse Chef Cooks Seafood to Win Top Chef Bend
Over two sweltering-hot days at the Bite of Bend, eight local chefs tackled six secret ingredients in six rounds of competition to determine whose cuisine reigns supreme. This year the title of “Top Chef” went to a Bend newcomer: Chef George Morris from the new fine dining steakhouse, Bos Taurus. To claim his win, Morris…
Why The First Offer May Be The Best Price
These days when a home is priced correctly it’s likely that it will sell quickly and that offers will be for full or above the asking price. This often worries sellers who are afraid they have priced their home too low or that they should wait for a higher offer. The reality of the rapid…
Where the Wild Things Are
Forty-seven miles east of Bend, alongside a stream with the storybook name of Little Bear Creek, America’s mythical wild horses have come to heal. Mustangs. They’re the lucky ones—safe here, and no longer running scared. Once, there were two million spread across America. Only a small percentage remain. That’s because today these horses spark controversy,…
Unsolicited Accolades
The groans could be heard for miles. Native Bendites, filled with nostalgia for a not-so-forgotten time when a commute down Greenwood Avenue was swift and parking was a breeze, grumble each time such lists emerge and attract out-of-towners to our recreational city. “Voted number one? Again?” said Brad Culeston, who works at a westside bike…
Letters to the Editor: June 26- July 3
In Response to, Parking Study: More of Bend’s Residents Should Think Twice About a Car Commute (6/28) I would love it if the city was more bike friendly, but it’s not. People’s attitudes around here toward bicyclists is one of entitlement. As in, “Roads were made for cars! Get outta the way, pariah!” Add to…
Little Bites: Pure Joy Kitchen Opens Plant-Based Cafe
Gluten-free, dairy-free, raw food enthusiasts: start your happy dance. Pure Joy Kitchen, a plant-based organic cafe, is now open on Colorado Avenue, in the previous location of Sarah’s Raw & Vegan cafe. The new spot serves up smoothies, desserts, medicinal elixirs, coffee, bowls and wraps for breakfast and lunch. Elaina Love, a culinary school owner…
You, Your Dog & A Beer
It’s July, summer’s in full force, and for many locals stuck in workplaces while every vacationer in the world’s hitting the river with their kids, there’s only one thing in mind: When can I get out of this joint and IPA it up on someone’s lawn with my dog? Much like the history of human…
Killing deer with kindness
A while back, I wrote a piece about the dangerous consequences to you and me by feeding deer and therefore inviting cougar into our backyards. I pleaded with people who insist on feeding deer to please stop before they attract cougar, which in turn will assuredly result in mayhem on humans—and the unfortunate cougar. However,…
Real I.D. Moving Forward
With the adjournment of the state legislature scheduled for July 10, lawmakers are in a flurry to finish up the work of the session. Oregon is closing in on approving legislation which would effectively authorize the Department of Transportation to fully comply with the requirements of the federal Real ID Act of 2005 when issuing…
Little Yellow People
I don’t wanna be that guy complaining that movies should teach my hypothetical children something other than gibberish, but here I am, asking you politely to get off my lawn and take your Despicables with you. Amazingly enough, “Despicable Me 2” and “Minions” were both the highest grossing animated films of 2013 and 2015, respectively.…
Bend Downtown Streets to be Repaved, Starting July 5
Bend Downtown Streets to be Repaved, Starting July 5 Expect parking restrictions Wall and Bond streets will see a facelift this week when crews begin repaving. Work will take place nightly from 7:30pm to 9am. Parking will be restricted in the downtown core after 6:30pm. The project includes grinding out old pavement, repaving and then…
