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Bite of Bend Schedule and Guide
Hungry? Perfect, you’ve found the right festival! For Bite of Bend Music Listings click here For Bite of Bend event Listings click here For Bite Week Schedule click here Nothing can match the 2017 Bite of Bend when it comes to fulfilling your food and drink fantasies. Time to indulge! After our rather wild winter, which seemed…
Next up in Bend ridesharing: Lyft launches today
Following changes to city ordinances this spring, Bend has opened the doors for ridesharing services to operate in the area. Starting today, that includes Lyft, touted as the fastest-growing rideshare service in the United States. While we don’t yet know the number of drivers available in Bend, Lyft Communications Manager Darcy Nenni told the Source…
“On This Train” by Victor Johnson Honors Victims of Portland Train Attacks
Local musician Victor Johnson heard about the May 26, 2017, Portland MAX train attack and felt moved by the last words of one of the men. Two men, Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Rick Best lost their lives and a third, Michah Fletcher, was injured but survived. Namkai-Meche’s last words, which he spoke to Rachel Macy were,…
So Much Music, So Little Time – Your Weekend Roundup of Jams for June 23-25
Now that it’s officially summer, it’s time for weekends jam-packed with events throughout Central Oregon. There’s no shortage of live music this weekend, so if you’re ready to dance, you’ve come to the right place. Here are a few music-related events to get down at this weekend. Bite of Bend Music We wrote about headliner…
Parking Study: More of Bend’s residents should think twice about a car commute
Want to invoke a string of anguished cries of outrage in Bend? Feel like stripping citizens of their hard-earned birthright to drive and park their cars wherever they want, whenever they want? Then endeavor to switch some of Bend’s downtown parking spaces to a paid system. As reported in the Source Weekly last week, a…
Hikers Haven
Summer’s Here! With the official arrival of summer, here are five hikes you should do right now—before the extreme heat, the big crowds, and so on… The Cascade Lakes Highway is finally open past Mt. Bachelor, cyclists are gleefully riding along the Mckenzie Highway while the cars wait, and with warmer weather upon us, you…
Update: Cultus Lake Campground Closure
Leaders from the Deschutes National Forest have reversed their initial decision to close the campground at Cultus Lake for the summer. Earlier this month, the Forest Service announced the closure of the day-use area and surrounding campground for the rest of the 2017 season, after an in-depth review found at least 160 dead and 300…
Picks of the Week
Wednesday June 21 Cribbage For A Cause FUNDRAISER — Think you can’t get down with cribbage? Think again. The 17th century game created by Sir John Suckling was a derivative of the original game, “noody.” Play the game to raise funds for Oregon Adaptive Sports — the kickass nonprofit assisting those with disabilities to be…
Fighting for Peace
To get into a discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to open oneself to a myriad of opinions and emotions. Everyone has a strong view of what should happen and is expected to pick a side without much room for nuance or the multiple shades of gray that make up such a complicated and heart-…
Driving Me Crazy
I think my favorite thing about the third movie in the “Cars” franchise isn’t the story, characters or animation, but the fact that it doesn’t acknowledge the direly terrible second movie at all. I’m a diehard Pixar fanatic (does that make me a “Pixiehead?”), so I’ll go see their latest offering no matter what, but…
Side Notes: Local News Roundup
Shuttle Launching in Bend; Bikeshare Program Expands A summer shuttle program for central Bend starts June 23. The “Ride Bend” shuttle is a pilot program aimed at providing visitors and residents another way to connect between downtown Bend, the Old Mill District, OSU-Cascades, Galveston Avenue., Century Drive. and other popular spots in the city. The…
Opposing Views
Two weeks ago I wrote a column about two Oregon legislative bills, one that had just been signed into law, the other was imminent in passage. I looked at what these bills might mean for the medical and recreational-use communities, and my take on the good and bad in both. A very small portion of…
More Love
There’s just something about G. Love & Special Sauce that appeals to concertgoers in the Bend music scene. The last couple times Garrett “G. Love” Dutton and his crew visited Bend, they packed the Domino Room and inspired a sweaty, hip-hop and blues-influenced dance party. I usually like to get as close as possible, but…
The Gastronomer’s Guide to Bite Week
Food lovers rejoice: Bite Week is almost here! This is your opportunity to enjoy exclusive culinary experiences including chef dinners, vineyard tours and educational classes from the region’s best chefs and purveyors. Here is your guide to some of our picks for Bite Week: Culinary Adventures & Chef Dinners Party Bus Dinner with Bowtie Catering…
Latin Fusion
Fans of live music in Bend have no doubt shaken their booties to the Latin-influenced sounds of ¡Chiringa!. Lead singer Shireen Amini has been a staple in the Bend music scene, bringing her Latin-flavored jams to the masses. ¡Chiringa! brings together local musicians Johnny Riordan on congas and timbales, Tom Freedman on bass and trumpet…
Summer Reads
No big Russian classics here. No political books or self-improvement titles, either. It’s summer reading time and that means all of these books are just plain fun.You’ve earned it. “American Eclipse: A Nation’s Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World” by David Baron With eclipse madness ready…
Country Meets Synthesizers
When your father is a country music legend, the odds are good that some of that talent flows through your veins. But don’t write Shooter Jennings off as a carbon copy of his father (though he did play him in the Johnny Cash biopic, “Walk the Line”). Son of Waylon Jennings, Shooter has established his…
Letters June 12-19
In Response to, Tower Tussle (6/14) I cannot agree with the parents of Amity Creek children that there should be no cell tower anywhere near that school. The science regarding exposure is thin but reassuring. Cell tower, cell phone and wireless radiation is not the sort associated with damage to our cells, cancer or brain…
Source Spotlight: Emily Carr
Poet Emily Carr doesn’t usually write about the places where she’s currently living. By the time she’s absorbed the feeling of a place enough to write about it, she says she’s often onto the next adventure. But having now spent four-plus years in Bend as the Program Director for OSU-Cascades’ MFA in Creative Writing program,…
Little Bites: Star Bar Opens
Worthy Brewing has created a hoppy oasis for adults with some sweet mountain views. The new bar on the upper level of the brewery features beer, wine, craft cocktails, and a special food menu. The grown-up food menu has pub favorites including tacos and burgers but also includes a few fancier entrees like filet mignon…
Out of Reach 2017 Report for Oregon
The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s “Out of Reach” Report for 2017 shows that the median rental household in most Oregon counties cannot comfortably afford a two-bedroom apartment. As expected, Deschutes County is one of those counties. The Source has reported on this multiple times in our ongoing Housing Crisis series. According to the report,…
A Very Juicy Summer
Whenever a new fad comes up out of nowhere—whether it’s fidget spinners, Hypercolor T-shirts, or any smartphone game ever—the backlash usually follows pretty quickly after. So it is with the “haze thing,” as one frustrated employee at a large Oregon brewery put it not long ago. The craze for so-called “New England IPAs” is undoubtedly…
Hikes in System Development Charges
System Development Charges collected from new development projects to build new streets, sewers, parks and water utilities will soon increase, effectively making housing projects more expensive even amid an affordable housing crunch. Bend Parks and Recreation District voted unanimously on June 6 for the sharpest increase, effective July 1, at a rate of 6.8 percent.…
Velociraptors in my backyard
I have an old National Geographic article from November ’99 with a story in it about an Archaeoraptor, a so-called fossil eventually found to be a fake. According to another article written in USA Today, the so-called “missing link” dinosaur/bird is actually two animals pieced together—either as an honest mistake made by its discoverers in…
Summer Events Guide 2017
We gave you the complete summer music guide now it’s time for Central Oregon’s best summertime events. June 23-25 Bite of Bend FOOD—A three-day food party on the streets of downtown Bend. Taste bites from local restaurants and food trucks, listen to live music including headliner Shooter Jennings, watch Central Oregon’s Top Chefs compete, run…
Bulking up the Ballot Box
Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson has set in motion yet another effort to “maximize” voter access in a state that already excels in expanding and ensuring voter access for residents. The new rule will extend the period of time before a voter is moved to inactive status, from five years to 10 years. Under…
Welcome…Everyone
Let’s start with the entertainment: Dykes on Bikes. Purple Queen. Lady Dice. Maurice’s Fashion Show. Plus, Detroit’s award-winning R&B singer Alise King. And your mistress of ceremonies for rather eclectic lineup? Why, it’s the lovely Poison Waters. Add it all up and you get just one word: Pride. The 13th Annual Central Oregon Pride Celebration,…
Bite Week Guide & Schedule
Bite of Bend reveals hidden gems emerging in our culinary scene Back for the 4th year, Bite Week is where taste meets hands-on experiences. Four days of tasting and education including chefs’ dinners, demonstrations, classes and cocktail experiences hosted at locations throughout Bend. Bite Week is your opportunity to learn new flavors and techniques from…
Bite of Bend Music Guide
Hungry for some incredible tunes, too? Whether you’re dancing or shoegazing, you’ll find some sounds to positively love. We have more than a dozen acts lined up to perform on Minnesota Avenue’s Music Stage. Country. Pop. Rock. Folk. Swing. Alternative. And lots more. Nationally known performers mixed in with some dazzling new local bands. The…
Bite of Bend events
All this food can make a person thirsty. May we invite you to step into some of Downtown’s delightful bars while you’re in the neighborhood? (You’ll start to notice one or two if you look hard enough.) If you know Bend, you’re more than familiar with our beer. Pilsners, porters, lagers, stouts, ales and so…
