PICK: Author Jane Kirkpatrick
wednesday 9 Author Jane Kirkpatrick READING—In the early 20th century at a sanitarium near Seattle, Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard starved women to death, claiming it was a miraculous fasting cure. Author Jane Kirkpatrick explores that dark time in her novella “A Saving Grace,” about a woman’s attempt to rescue her friend from danger. 4 pm. Paulina Springs, 252 W.…
PICK: Kalai with Tim Snyder
wednesday 9 Kalai featuring Tim Snider MUSIC—Kalai, a Hawaiian folk/blues/rock musician who has both toured with Bob Marley’s “The Wailers” and performed as part of Glenn Beck’s 2012 “Restoring Love” rally stops in Bend for a show with the likewise eclectic violin virtuoso Tim Snider (Kalai has been compared to both James Taylor and Prince, while…
PICK: Be Calm Honcho
tuesday 8 Be Calm Honcho MUSIC—This group of goofy California rockers make wearing a sequined cape and singing about their home state look easy. Lead by the smoky-voiced and prolific Shannon Harney, the band’s slow-swinging, bluesy, reveby and catchy songs are unmatched in psychedelic twists and west coast vibrations. 9 pm. Volcanic Threatre Pub, 70 SW Century…
PICK: Blitzen Trapper
sunday 6 Blitzen Trapper MUSIC—If writing perfectly crafted folk songs was an Olympic sport, Blitzen Trapper’s Eric Earley would have more metals than Michael Phelps. Rocking harder than just about any country act around, Portland’s pride and joy have eight albums of solid gold and put on a live show not to be missed. 5:30 pm. 13899…
PICK: La Pine Rodeo
saturday 5 La Pine Rodeo RODEO—Rodeos have become major productions, but the La Pine Rodeo wants you to know that behind the rhinestones and fancy fringe, the tradition has its roots in ranch life. Mutton busting (aka children attempting to ride bucking sheep) and steer roping may be fun hoot and holler to, but they’re part and parcel of…
PICK: Elks Baseball
BASEBALL—This year, the Elks are like a springboard to the major leagues. And what is more American that big-league success, baseball and hot dogs? That’s right: Nothing! (Except maybe apple pie, Cameros and George Clooney.) This evening’s game against Tacoma Buckeyes will leave you in perfect view of fireworks from Pilot Butte.6:35 pm. 401 SE…
PICK: Pet Parade
Fri July 4PET PARADE—When Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, it is doubtful he imagined a country as wonderful as one that allows all creatures great and small (and tied to balloons) to march together with such glee—or, even could have forecast the joy of three-legged races and watermelon eating contests. 10 am. Pet…
PICK: Taarka
thursday 3 Taarka MUSIC—The Colorado grass-fiends known as Taarka sound like a collective of train-riding pranksters trained in classical music by gypsy wolves in the foothills of the Appalachians. Gearing up for Independence Day weekend couldn’t be a more nation criss-crossing hoedown. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. 9 pm. $5.
Friday Mixtape! : Fourth of July Music
Get ready for the holiday with music!
PICK: Bikes!
friday 4 Bikes! TWO-WHEEL EVENTS—Despite the contentious reputation of the annual drink-and-roll Freedom Ride there’s not too many activities more American and freeing than riding your bike. We encourage it on Friday, weather it’s with the thousands of two-wheel aficionados on the downtown ride or in either of the two Anti-Freedom Ride rides organized for longer…
Recommended Movies This Week/end
Playing at Tin Pan is not really a summer comedy, but an excellent scifi film, Snowpiercer, which our film reviewer Erik Hendrickson calls director Bon Joo-ho’s best film yet. A pretty big statement. More sporty is Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist screening, an intense documentary chronicles the rise and fall of one of…
PICK: Steely Dan
Steely Dan STONER MUSIC—Throughout the early 70s, Steely Dan found the perfect easy-going vibe for a paradoxical era, a confusing yet oddly laidback time. Forty years later, the band still smoothly blends urban funkiness with crunchy guitar chords, smooth jazz piano and languid cymbals with no-nonsense, street talking storytelling lyrics. (And, little bit of trivia:…
The Boot: When Corporations Took Over
Three years ago, in mid-September, dozens of protestors, upset about economic inequalities, stalked out a park near Wall Street in Manhattan. Over the next three weeks, similar “occupy” protests sprung up from coast to coast, entrenching the concept of “the 1%” in the mentality of Americans—or, less colloquially, that a minute portion of Americans holds…
Editor’s Note: What’s What This Issue
Here at the Source, we are going out of minds with summertime. We are flooded with press releases and information about all the good/great concerts and festivals and activities (we have a great profile of an emerging sport of “high lining” in our Outside section this issue). Really, it is like trying to drink water…
Sharknado 2: The Second One…YES
IT’S TRUE IT’S TRUE! The Syfy channel has announced that Sharknado 2: The Second One (yes, that’s the real title) will premiere on July 30. Check out a three-minute clip above, it is so totally worth three-minutes of your morning. (SPOILER!!! SHARKS ON A SUBWAY! As good if not better than Snakes on a Plane) Ian Ziering (of…
TONIGHT! Possessed by Paul James
Ok Bend, I know it’s a Tuesday and that the weather is beautiful outside BUT YOU CANNOT MISS THIS SHOW. Konrad Wert, also known as Possessed by Paul James is a seasoned Austin songwriter, guitarist, banjo and fiddle player, one-man-band and, by day, a schoolteacher. He isn’t resistant to the musical spirit taking him when…
What in the World: Trouble at Tinder, Dutchies at the Daycare, Getting Lucky in Kentucky
MISOGYNY: Tinder cofounder and former VP of Marketing Whitney Wolfe is suing the company, alleging “atrocious sexual harassment and sex discrimination.” Among her claims: that Chief Marketing Officer Justin Mateen (with whom she was once romantically involved) called her a “slut” and a “whore” in front of the CEO Sean Rad, that the two men tried to strip her…
Cascade Theatrical Company Announces 36th Season Lineup
Cascade Theatrical Company, who make their home at the Greenwood Playhouse next to Silver Moon Brewing downtown has offered the Source a sneak peak a the lineup for its 36th season starting in August. CTC will be hosting Sneak Peek performances on Aug. 1 and 3 to showcase the upcoming productions with introductions from the…
What in the World: Chefs, Contraception, Immigration, ‘Nice’ Guys and Beyoncé
CHEFS: Sunriver Resort’s Chef Travis Taylor walked away from last weekend’s Bite of Bend Top Chef competition with the highest award—and a 10″ knife forged from layered copper and brass by local blacksmith Kellen Bateham. Travis is now qualified to compete at Bite of Oregon for the title of Iron Chef Oregon. COURT: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor…
What in the World: Booze, Bees, Bikes and Fashionable Fugitives
BOOZE: Do you consider yourself a “heavy drinker”? What does that even mean? Well, the Centers for Disease Control has an idea, but you probably won’t like it. If you have more than a drink or two a day (depending if you’re a gal or a guy), you may meet the qualifications. (CNN) BEES: The Oregon Department…
Larry and His Flask Benefit Concert
Local band and hometown heroes Larry and His Flask recently had their van and trailer stolen while they were on a national tour in Cayce, SC. Suck. Major suck. The guys are still on the road trying to finish out their tour with Foxy Shazam with borrowed, donated and replaced equipment, but the situation is far from ideal. However, YOU…
Cocktail Compass Summer 2014
The Source Weekly’s Summer 2014 Summer Cocktail Compass is a comprehensive guide to happy hours and bars in Bend. Check this week’s newspaper for the inserted guide and keep in the desk drawer year-round for reference, and don’t forget to download the Cocktail Compass app for a handy in-phone guide to drinking #inBend. Read up and drink…
What in the World: World Cup, Beer Runs, “Columbusing,” Justice and Michael Jackson
SPORTS BALL: Holy melodrama, Batman. Maybe we just don’t get soccer/futball, but CNN’s lead headline (or maybe just soccer in general) seems a tad sensational, no? “Can U.S. survive ‘Group of Death’?” DUN DUN DUN… Under a subhead “Why should you care?” (thanks, CNN, some of us were definitely wondering) the article explains: “America can’t very well be…
Newspaper on the Radio 6/26
Editor Phil Busse talks about the 6/26/14 issue of The Source Weekly featuring the Cocktail Compass on 92.9 FM. Listen to 92.9 FM online here.
The Brew Bus Chronicles
Last week, Source writers Bri Brey and Jared Rassic embarked on an epic Brew Bus tour. Read why here. Below are the absolutely (mostly) true buzzed ramblings from the journey. They are code named, the Brew Bus Chronicles.
Mark Capell Says He’ll Run for a Third City Council Term
Mark Capell announced today that he will run for a third term on the Bend City Council. He was first elected to council in 2006 and made headlines in 2012 when he bucked tradition and publicly declared his interested in serving as mayor. Capell currently serves as chair of the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Bend Urban Renewal Agency and is…
The Source Suggests 6/26-7/3
Possessed by Paul James Konrad Wert, a seasoned Austin songwriter, guitarist, banjo and fiddle player and, by day, a schoolteacher, isn’t resistant to the musical spirit taking him when he performs. “Whatever’s gonna come is gonna come,” he told NPR in an interview earlier this year. “For me, that’s the purest pleasure of playing music:…
Cabin Fever
Bend is a beer town through and through (see this week’s feature). The downtown drinking and dining scene is awash in tap handles and IBU scales. So when Dogwood Cocktail Cabin hit the scene last month with a distinct lack of beer selection and an emphasis on craft cocktail creation, we had a moment of…
Closer to Finally Grown Up
It’s been a long road, but Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have traveled it together since they were kids. The now-iconic Georgia-raised folk-rock musicians first met in elementary school, began performing music together in middle school and finally became the Indigo Girls while attending Emory University. Their 30-year friendship has nurtured a fertile creative collaboration,…
Sharing is Caring
Last Saturday Ale Apothecary Club Members from all over the state met in a beautiful home at the base of Aubrey Butte for the 2nd annual members-only party. Chef Katrina Spatrisano of Deschutes Brewery provided a spread of appetizers with salami, cheeses, and desserts. Ale Apothecary’s founder and brewer, Paul Arney, and his wife mingled…
Out of Town 6/26-7/3
portland friday 27 David Sedaris Known for his self-deprecating autobiographical essays and uncanny ability to make life’s awkward moments laugh-out-loud funny, David Sedaris is a national treasure. Nominated for the 2014 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album (read: best audio book) for his most recent collection of essays, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls—among such heavyweights…
Out of the Closet, Into the Park
In 2005, about a dozen people gathered at McKay Park for the first ever LGBT Pride celebration in Bend. It was a modest affair—more family picnic than public spectacle. But a first step, none the less. Members of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community were just starting to step out of their roomy,…
More (Sober) Notes About Bend’s Beer Economy
Crafting economy Jimmy Fallon once thanked microbreweries for making his alcoholism look like a neat hobby. Funny, because it’s true. And, over the past decade, that “neat hobby” has massively overhauled Bend’s tourism—or, probably more accurately, added another important dimension to the area’s tourism, which traditionally has relied on the appeal of the region’s natural…
Ear Snacks
There are two things that we love here at the Source Weekly more than just about anything (except for our moms, our dogs and beer): Music and food. So when the Bite of Bend starts sizzling in downtown this weekend, you can bet your hungry buns that we will be alternating munching from the long…
A Tale of Two Ale Trails
Watching the beer industry grow in Bend through the last decade has been like feeding a Mogwai after midnight; that is, a small, cuddly idea has replicated itself with such ferocity and alarm that it has threatened to overwhelm its original premise. The five brewpubs in 2005 seem quaint compared to the 27 now occupying…
Our Picks 6/26-7/2
thursday 26 Leftover Salmon JAM—A pillar of the jam band scene and architects of the jam grass genre, Leftover Salmon’s 25 years of rootsy Americana, string-based music is the perfect sort of thing to sway to after a day outside. As part of the Subaru of Bend Outside Games, Leftover Salmon helps celebrate being out…
Cocktail Compass Summer 2014
Because we know that many of you are highly evolved individuals—at least, speaking in terms of your use of technology—the Cocktail Compass is not just a paper product, something to stash in the desk drawer at home, and consult before heading out on Friday evening; no, it is also an app as highly evolved as…
Whatcha Doing, Candidate?
Jodie Barram has no illusions about what government can do. She says she knows the power of public office is in the strength of connections between agencies, the crafting of infrastructures, and the support of effective policies. Though she claims to love city politics—she’s served as a city councilor and mayor pro-tem for the past…
Hot Hot Hot
This week, the Source office is split over whether to Boot or Slipper fireworks. Most of the office is against fireworks and, yes, I hear and understand and know their arguments that fireworks can be dangerous, especially in a tinderbox dry environment where even the tiniest spark can jumpstart a massive and quick fire. And,…
Letters 6/19-6/24
IN REPLY TO “PREGAMING FOR THE TOWN-GOWN SHOWDOWN” (6/19) Many people in this TOWN are for GOWN (new Westside OSU campus) so it’s not really a Town VS Gown situation like your headline says. It’s a NIMBY [Not In My Back Yard] vs. Higher Ed Supporters/Normal People/OSU showdown. This makes it sound like the entire…
Rollin’ Down the River (Sponsored by Pepsi)
Floating down the Deschutes isn’t just the average Bendite’s favorite summer pastime, it’s also a part of the city’s history. Starting in the 1930s, Bend held a nearly annual Water Pageant, complete with floats (the kind that actually, you know, float), queens and kings, and soapbox derbies. And while that once-popular summer event petered out…
Go Here! 6/26-7/3
Go Here! For a desert, there sure are a surprising number of lakes in this area. And what a great way to cool off in the summer heat. Two favorite choices: Scout Lake Although most tourists seek Suttle Lake as a summer destination, nestled into the mountains past Sisters, Scout Lake demands only two things:…
Coming Soon to a River Near You
“I think it will be transformative,” explains Jayson Bowerman, with Bend Paddle Trial Alliance. He is talking excitedly about the proposed “whitewater park” adjacent to the Colorado Avenue Dam. “We have a lot of whitewater, but (Bend) hasn’t been a destination spot.” Part of a voter-approved bond measure, the so-called water park is scheduled to…
Quit Killing Badgers!
If there’s one member of Oregon’s wildlife community that has the digging ability to sink out of site on bare ground, it’s the badger, or to be respectful of His Honor: The American Badger, (Taxidea taxis). I call him, His Honor, because I watched a badger pass judgment on an annoying guy, and chase him…
Spiritual Warriors
Dune is a boring book, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s movies are torturously indulgent. That’s my take, anyway, offered after multiple failed attempts to appreciate both Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel and Jodorowsky’s surrealist classics The Holy Mountain and El Topo. Your mileage out of these things certainly varies, just as your mileage with Jodorowsky’s Dune will…
Film Events 6/26-7/3
Film Events Met Opera: La Rondine Part of an increasingly popular live opera on the big screen series, La Rondine is as plucky today as when released nearly a century ago. Wed, June 25, 7 pm. Old Mill Stadium. The Art of Wilderness The Friends of the Central Cascades Wilderness is celebrating the protection and…
Turning Lemons into Sunshine
“Political climate changes by critical mass,” said Michael Franti, the absolutely most overwhelmingly positive person on the face of the planet, in a recent interview with the Source. “And it only takes one person to share an idea with a few others.” Using examples like Oregon’s recent overturn of a ban on same-sex marriage and…
