MOLLY RINGWALD FLASHBACK: The lunch scene from The Breakfast Club
Next week we’re devoting the ENTIRE ISSUE! to Molly Ringwald! To get us all in the spirit of Molly, we’ll be posting our favorite clips all week from the Brat Pack movies of the 80s. Here in all its glory: The lunch scene from The Breakfast Club Do you have a favorite moment from one…
Those Little Shrimps in the Bend La Pine School District
Bend-LaPine Schools has jumped on the local bandwagon, claiming to provide 40 percent of its food from Oregon-sourced ingredients. Latest item on the menu? Seafood from Oregon waters. The pilot program is called Boat to School and provides Central Oregon kids with a taste of the sea in the High Desert, according to the <a…
Google Goes Big for April Fools
The internet is abuzz with April Fools jokes! Every year Google attempts to out-do itself with a bigger, better, more ridiculous prank. Last year, they debut and 8-bit format for google maps. This year, they’ve released promotional videos for fake services including Google Nose, a smell-based search engine, and Google treasure maps, based on the…
All the Other Amazing Skate Photos
Tyler Orton, the man behind this week’s feature photography, has taken some top-notch images of Central Oregon’s skate scene. Sadly, we had room for only two in our print issue. Here are the rest. Tyler Orton Tyler Orton Tyler Orton Tyler Orton Tyler Orton Tyler Orton “Skate photography was something I did just every once…
Phoenix in Portland, Tonight!
Out of town tonight for Phoenix! Check them out!
Give Us Your Molly Ringwald Moments—We’ll Give You Tickets!
Our lady of perpetual teen angst. Remember that moment in Pretty In Pink when Molly Ringwald’s sitting there in her social studies class and those Barbie-like popular girls ask where she got her clothes? And then Molly tries to get the Barbie girls out of their punishment, but they say they would actually be happy…
Weekend Roundup 3/29-3/31
Here are some suggestions for the final music-filled weekend in March. Friday 29 Music Roundup The Rum and the Sea. Upload your music for free at ReverbNation.com The Rum & the Sea7 p.m. Broken Top Bottle Shop & Ale Café 1740 NW Pence Ln., Ste. 1. No Cover. Email newsletters for bands at ReverbNation.com Northorn…
Friday Mixtape!
Another great Friday Mixtape is here!
Pure Kitchen Opening Tonight
Pure Kitchen, a small plate and tapas restaurant ( in the old Bo Bar at 550 Franklin Ave next to Connecting Point) is now open! Via Facebook. Happy hour prices will apply all night long for the grand opening. Drinks include six different Mojitos for $6 a pop. Yum. Be the first to test out…
Our Picks for 3/27 – 4/4
A Deeper Shade of Blue thursday 28 SURFING FILM—Surf filmmaking maverick Jack McCoy is back. This time he leaves behind his typical focus on riding waves and explores the history of surf from the first folks who dreamed of mastering the breakers to current technologies and culture. Followed by onscreen panel discussion. $12.50, 7:30 p.m.,…
Skate…or diy
Zach Koepke was seven years old the first time the cops were called on him for skateboarding in Bend. At the time, Koepke (now 22) with his shaggy blond hair and outfitted in full pads, was pushing around in front of his Elk Meadow Elementary School; it seemed like a fun place to skate. It…
We Decide.
Last week, conservative Ohio Senator Rob Portman reversed his stance to favor gay marriage. The reason: His son is gay. On Monday, the New York Times profiled a cousin of Chief Justice John Roberts who is gay and planned to attend this week’s historic oral arguments at the Supreme Court about same-sex marriage. Of course,…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY, MARCH 18 In news that may shock you senseless, Lindsay Lohan was in court again today (for reasons that should be obvious) where she was sentenced to 30 days of community service and 18 months of therapy (won’t help). One humorous incident of note: During the hearing, Lindsay’s new terrible attorney Mark Heller kept…
Letters 3/27 – 4/4
LATINOS IMPORTANT PART OF COMMUNITY Thank you, Source Weekly, for publishing the piece on the Ramos Family. The stories of Latinos in our community are not often told. A project produced by local volunteers, called “Borderless Stories,” first circulated in Bend at Art Walk, and then made the rounds of our county library system. It…
River Right
Boaters in Bend are used to having both flat and great Class 4+ water within a 20-minute traveling radius year-round. But it is only a few select months of the year when anything in between is ready for action. And the best stretch of Class 2+ in town: The Riverhouse Run. This weekend (organizers hope)…
Big Mechanical Lizards
In June 1993, I stood in line at a Northern California multiplex with my then-roommates, awaiting our showtime for Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. One of them in particular had been giddy for weeks leading up to the opening, and to him the reason for such anticipation was self-evident. “Big mechanical lizards!” he would intone with…
Kickstopper
So last week a news story broke that almost eclipsed the announcement of a crappy new pope: TV creator Rob Thomas raised over $2 million in two days on the website Kickstarter to fund his modern-day Veronica Mars movie. (Okay, fine… that’s more exciting news than getting a new pope.) HOWEVER! Even though I ADORE…
Everything’s Bigger in Texas, Including the Music Festivals at SXSW
Day Four. Austin, Texas. SXSW 2013. It’s midnight. I haven’t eaten a meal since the four breakfast tacos and 32 oz. PBR I slammed at a janky bodega 12 hours ago. My backpack contains a bus schedule, a bottle of sunscreen and a phone with a dead battery. I’m wearing a straw fedora and cowboy…
Out of Town 3/27 – 4/4
portland saturday 30 Phoenix with Mac DeMarco If I didn’t know any better, I would assume Phoenix wrote songs strictly for use as jingles in television commercials. These Parisian hipsters write some of the catchiest hooks on the planet. Opener Mac DeMarco plays what some describe as “slacker rock,” which is a fairly insulting term…
Bring out the Best
In this economy, when all of us are holding on to our purse strings a little tighter, a fancy vacation just might not be in the budget. But why take a plane, train or automobile when there is so much to do right outside your front door? Of course you will still have to cook,…
Little Bites: Ch-ch-ch-changes
Palate, A Coffee Bar is the new timber-and-corrugated-steel, hipster-friendly cafe that moved into Maragas’ old spot on Colorado Avenue. Owners Jodi Groteboer and Jason Rhodes were longtime employees of Portland’s storied Albina Press, a coffeehouse that has spawned several notably venues in Portland. Offering Stumptown beans, they should also have beer and wine, too (6…
Eat Up
Since the closure of the nonprofit volunteer-run Obsidian Opera Company five years ago, Bend has been in an opera lull. Fear not Opera-fanatics, Operalicious, in partnership with The Rotary Club of Bend and End Polio Now, are bringing back a fun-infused sampler platter of favorite mini-opera bites on Saturday. For free! “The big concept behind…
