Portland’s Bishops Barbershop Comes to Downtown Bend
Opening soon. Want a hip haircut? One that won’t make you look like your dad (or your dad’s dad)? Bishops Barbershop, a Portland chain for “Generations X, Y and Z that delivers high-end salon quality at affordable prices in a casual, fun environment that includes edgy artwork and music, and trend-setting stylists” is moving into…
Central Oregon Beer Week: And…Go!
Central Oregon Beer Week—now on tap. Today marks the start of Central Oregon Beer Week (May 20-27)—eight days of celebrating C.O.’s craft beer scene. There’s a lot going on. Keep up to date by picking up this week’s Source, on newsstands RIGHT NOW, and grabbing the handy pull out inside the front cover. It’s a…
Bend Gets Bike Share Program
Handy! On Friday, May 24 Commute Options is rolling out what will be Bend’s only bike share program, a need-a-bike, take-a-bike situation that’ll be based at the Commute Options offices on 50 SW Bond St. The bikes, there’s to be three of them—teal green and made by Eric Power over at Bend Velo, will be…
Friday Mixtape!
A Friday Mixtape featuring bands coming to Bend this summer!
Back Stage Shows @ Les Schwab Amphitheater
Rise Up International has announced two confirmed dates, including Larry and His Flask’s only local show through the end of 2013, for a new series of summer concerts in the Old Mill District. The LSA Back Stage Shows will be held north of the amphitheater on the strip of grass by the old railroad cars…
Little Bites: Atlas Cider Shrugs
Oh sure, everybody knows Bend is a beer town. But long before beer was the drink of choice, hard cider was as American as apple pie, drunk by our founding fathers and original patriots dating back to the 17th century. Now, starting at the end of May, hard cider will nuzzle into the beverage landscape…
Out of Town 5/15 – 5/23
portland saturday 18 Amazine Day Handwritten letters and independent publishing are labeled as antiquated forms of communication in the technological age of text messages and blogs, but the Independent Publishing Resource Center and the Portland Zine Symposium aspire to make the old-school into the new school. They offer certification programs in self-publishing along with classes…
Little Bites: Can You Find Us Now?
The knock against Old Mill Brew Wërks has always been its abysmal location; it was like finding the witch in the wardrobe. Tucked on the bottom floor of a multistory office complex on the fringes of the Old Mill shopping area, the little pub was hard to find even if one went looking for it.…
Summer Concert Guide
In his wonderful book "Blink," Malcolm Gladwell discussed the concept of “thin slicing”—that is, the ability to partition just the smallest bit from a larger whole to tell the complete story. Said differently, any one part of your summer can indicate the entire attitude for the next three months—whether it will be a wild Class…
Booked Up
Attention, book lovers! Support local literary culture by attending workshops, author presentations and classes offered this week (and every week) at various shops and libraries in Central Oregon. thursday 16 Bob Welch—author presentation Cascade Summer: My Adventure on Oregon's Pacific Crest Trail. A second reading will be held at Paulina Springs in Sisters, 252 W.…
Summertime and the Living Smells Like Patchouli
More than 20 years ago, I swore off hippie concerts. At the time, I was a budding intern at San Francisco Weekly and went off on my first investigative reporting story. My editor wanted copy about nitrous oxide—or, “hippie crack,” as he called it. Allegedly, hippie concerts were awash in a new fad—brain-freezed buzzes from…
Closed Book
I stopped buying compact disks the day I bought my iPod in the mid-2000s. I was never interested in the bulky plastic jewel cases that clutter up apartments, and my favorite CDs always sport deep scratches, making them nearly unlistenable. Sure, sometimes the cover art is interesting, but it's not crucial to the music. Books?…
Five Summer Concerts Not To Miss
DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT—In the adorable St. Vincent (formerly from Polyphonic Spree), David Byrne has found his greatest musical partner. With his original band, The Talking Heads, Byrne was the undeniable frontman, hogging the musical setups with his youthful oddities. But in this duo, the two truly balance each other with quirky and fun…
Hula Hooptie
How do monkeys exercise? Where is my unicycle? How high does steel rigging need to be to support aerial yoga? These aren’t questions a business owner typically asks, unless he is Brandon Huston, owner and ringmaster of the Bend Circus Center. The center, which reopened last week behind Pakit Liquidators on Armor Boulevard in Southeast…
Up and Coming Summer Concerts
WTF FESTIVAL—Electronic music is exploding in the U.S. Need proof? It can be found at the newly minted What The Festival. Now in its second year, WTF is sporting new, expanded digs at Wolf Run Ranch, located in the wilderness a couple of hours outside Portland. It’s basically a three-day camping electronic-palooza. The festival features…
Our Picks 5/15 – 5/23
thursday 16 Sara Watkins FIDDLE MUSIC—Former Nickel Creek fiddler and adorable-as-a-button Sara Watkins has been touring since she was 8. Wholesome, down-to-earth, and more than a touch sexy, Watkins, now 32, is a veteran musician, producing addictive songs that are a pinch Irish jig and a heaping teaspoon summer lullaby. 7:30 pm. Tower Theatre, 835…
Family-Friendly Fun
The first rule of bringing Junior and Baby to the summer concert is to recognize the concert is no longer about you. Forget what flight attendants tell you about taking care of yourself before taking care of those around you. Oh, sweet pea, no, no, NO! The first rule of order is to take care…
All Wet!
Last Friday, a collection of men and women sat in Marion Palmateer’s plush Southeast Bend living room and told a story of frustration, talking over one another and becoming increasingly angry about their understanding of the legacy of Juniper Utility and what it means to them. These folks who gathered on Palmateer’s soft white couch…
In the Bag
Take it from a seasoned concertgoer, there are some staples that you must not forget when preparing to hit the road. Ticket. Yeah, duh! But it is the easiest thing to do, and the most obvious to avoid. When you’re busy grabbing last-minute items for the car (Cellphone? Check! Potato chips? Check!) your ticket might…
OCF Gives To OSU, OMG
It is the best type of arm’s race: For those just tuning in, the University of Oregon and Oregon State University are doing more than battling on the football field in their annual Civil War game. They are involved in a giant game of Risk, staking out outposts for their colleges across the state. But…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY, MAY 6 Tonight marked one of the biggest social events of the year: the Met Costume Institute Gala, which is hosted by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and provides Hollyweird stars with the opportunity to make high-profile asses out of themselves. FOR EXAMPLE: This year’s theme was “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” in which celebs such…
Letters 5/8 – 5/16
BPRD candidates respond to endorsements To the Editor, I respect the endorsement process. Considerable questions arise when considering the BPRD endorsements. Both Bend newspapers endorsed "establishment" candidates; the "safe" choice. I have significant concerns regarding my opponent’s position as a bureaucrat and paid city of Bend employee. Decision makers have chosen the "Rubber Stamp" of…
PPP=MMM (Money, Money, Mooonneeey!)
On Saturday, the annual Pole Pedal Paddle will clock through town—and competitors will measure themselves by speed and time. But what about the economic impact? Neither Visit Bend nor the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation, the event’s promoter, has ever done a PPP economic impact study, but the Source did! Get out your calculators, friends:…
Concerts on the Big Screen
In an interview with Roger Ebert replayed after his death, the movie reviewer discussed his other passion: music. In his earlier career, Ebert had been as much a music reviewer as a movie critic, and a screenwriter for the cult classic Valley of the Dolls. He even wrote a never-produced film for the Sex Pistols.…
Someone Else’s Problems
Let’s start with math, because if there’s one thing everybody flipping loves, it is math! The amount of time that passed between the release of Terrence Malick’s Badlands and the release of Days of Heaven: five years. Between Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line: 20 years. Then seven years until The New World,…
Get Sassy!
When this article hits newsstands, the Pacific Northwest’s premier camping music festival will be a mere nine days away. That’s a realization that can cause equal parts panic and excitement. However, some of the preparation angst can be settled by putting the below guide to use. Must see Unless you see these bands, you truly…
Budgetary Blues
Forget about passing a levy to overcome budget shortfalls. Sisters, Oregon, has a better-than-a-bake-sale approach to closing the education funding gap: live music. Since 1997, the Sisters Starry Nights concert series has used donated performances by top-notch musicians like Lyle Lovett, Kenny Loggins and Vince Gill to raise money for the Sisters Schools Foundation. On…
Drake-tastic
Downtown has been waiting for a restaurant like Drake for years. A swanky lunch place that has the bustle of Times Square and the sensibility of L.A., Drake is instantly an “it” place, with a menu where martinis and milkshakes are equally at home next to minty peas and a killer oyster po boy. Drake…
Listen Local
When it comes to launching itself into the Bend music scene, wide-eyed indie rock quartet Isles has thrown conventional wisdom out the window. Other than performing a brief opening set at Parrilla Grill a few weeks ago and making a handful of First Friday Art Walk appearances, Isles has yet to play a legitimate gig.…
Noise Ordinance Officially Changes, But Look For Council To Reconsider Again Later
Changes to the noise ordinance approved at the last Bend City Council meeting were reaffirmed in a second vote on Wednesday night. The changes were welcomed by live music lovers and music venue owners. First offenses for violating the city’s noise decibel levels will now be $250 instead of $750. Sporting events are now exempt…
Get Ready for Sasquatch: The Wild Feathers
Watch a video from The Wild Feathers ahead of their SASQUATCH set.
