HCD Hires New Executive Director
The Human Dignity Coalition has hired a new executive director. Melissa Adams Gianoplus, assumed that role in early May, in time to assist in the final planning stages of the organization’s largest annual event, the Bend Pride Celebration.
OSU-Cascades Collects Cash for University Effort
A major local effort is underway to collect $1 million in just over a month to show support for a four-year university in Bend. The dream of developing a four-year school in Bend is not new, but recently the state set a goal that 40 percent of Oregonians will hold at least a bachelor’s degree.
Sasquatch Festival: Day two in photos
What makes a music festival great? Getting better with age. That has certainly been true of the Sasquatch Festival year to year, but also true each year, day to day.
Sasquatch Festival: Day one in photos
Despite a little SNAFU with my camping situation, the first day of Sasquatch is turning out to be a success (Pretty Lights have yet to take the main stage). Sunshine dominated most of the day and many of the bands were bringing their “A” game today.
Tenacious D is a Maxxinista
Jack Black spotted at TJ Maxx in Bend, reports a reputable caller to the Source. Soon after, a bothersome fan insisting on a photo drove him away, reports caller.
Jackalope Grill: Opening downtown soon! Seriously!
It’s been awhile—longer than owner/chef Tim Garling would have liked. But after the usual number of setbacks and delays associated with new construction, the Jackalope Grill is close to opening its doors downtown.
Adventure Galley: “Weekend Lovers” Video
Adventure Galley, former Bend locals and crew of party- hungry hipsters, released their first music video on Friday for their song “Weekend Lovers.” Synth heavy and catchy as hell, “Weekend Lovers” is a great example of what the band does best— make fun, indie-pop music that makes everyone want to get up and dance.
Got sugar?: Bend schools should give chocolate milk the boot
Two local children’s advocacy groups, Good Hydration and Smart Food Initiative, recently asked the Bend-La Pine school district to remove sugar-sweetened milk and juice from the school cafeterias. They have teamed up with Dr. Stephen Archer, M.D., local obesity specialist and bariatric surgeon, and they have the support of over 100 local health professionals who…
Trapped in the 19th Century
It was a pet owner’s nightmare. Jack Williamson of West Linn was walking on a trail along the Metolius River near the Wizard Falls fish hatchery with Kieri, his 8-year-old Wheaton terrier, when the dog was caught in a body-crushing otter trap less than two feet off the trail. Kieri survived, but suffered injuries that…
Reefer Madness
I love pot. I hate pot. I don’t care about pot. The best we can tell, that’s the message that’s been coming out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland over the last six months as it wrestles with how to reconcile federal law with Oregon’s liberal medical marijuana laws. Last week, U.S. Attorney Amanda…
Not Just a Number: Honoring soldiers’ sacrifice one name at a time
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been marked by some sobering milestones, the death of soldier number 4,000 in Iraq, 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan and the list goes on. This year, Memorial Day marks another anniversary closer to home. It will be the fifth year that community volunteers gather in Bend to…
A Show of Hands: The Bend City Council on sewers, SDCs and late-night sounds
We’re on a personal mission here at the Source, dear reader, to de-borify city government. Maybe you’ve noticed our PROLIFIC TWEETING from the last few city council meetings? Maybe you’ve noticed our ACTION-PACKED blogs on tsweekly.com? And we will now bring you an EXCITING new segment every other week on just what the hell these…
Our Picks for 05/23-05/30
The Two Escobars wednesday 23 We’d never heard of narco-soccer before researching this little film, but now we’re fascinated. The term refers to the shadowy connections between drugs and sports in Columbia in the early 1990s, when Pablo Escobar ruled the Columbian drug underworld and Andres Escobar (unrelated) ruled the soccer pitch, that is, until…
Roots Rock Revival: After a brief hiatus, The Beautiful Train Wrecks are back
Lucas Alberg, front man for the The Beautiful Train Wrecks, is a renaissance man. The lanky 33-year-old Bend resident brews beer, builds hip websites and collects cool art. He also runs sub-three hour marathons, plays guitar and writes songs—good ones. In 2007, Alberg, then in Portland, formed a roots rock band and named it The…
OFF! OFF! Vice Records
This review is a little late, which is ridiculous, considering that the self-titled “full length” from the Keith Morris-fronted OFF! clocks in at only 15 minutes. And even though they pack sixteen songs in fifteen minutes, it really shouldn’t take more than a day or two to pull a review together for this album. But…
Trespass Here: You should catch the next Armchair event
Thursday night I was one of forty or so folks who crammed into Tin Pan Theater to witness the first Armchair Live Storytelling Night. Like the Moth in New York City or Back Fence PDX in Portland, Armchair featured an evening of storytelling from performers who told never-before-shared, true stories without the use of props…
Patio Time At Tetherow: A golf course view with a side of sunshine
Every year about this time something stops me from my busy life and makes me pause to welcome summer and appreciate just how good we have it here in Bend. Fresh air and clean water, hot days and cool nights. Sometimes it’s that first margarita of the season that does it, or the first leap…
Sacha Un-Punk’d: The Dictator proves Borat’s Cohen can deliver comedy without unwitting suckers
With The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen finds himself addressing a situation no entertainer wants to confront: What do you do when the shtick that was your bread-and-butter just can’t work any more? Borat was, after all, a minor masterpiece of comedic filmmaking, combining Cohen’s sensibility as anarchic, gleefully offensive social satirist with faux-documentary style in…
Miss!: Battleship never gets far beyond its source material
To enjoy Battleship you first really have to think about what you’re sitting down to watch. It’s a two-and-a-half-hour summer blockbuster based on a board game that you can play while waiting for your Oolong tea at Townshend’s. There’s no back story there, no mythology that the game teases out—it’s just blindly firing missiles at…
In Memoriam
Memorial Day! The official holiday for “remembering things,” as originally created by the Hallmark Greeting Card Company back in 1965. Now, I love Memorial Day because a) it reminds me to remember to take a day off from work, and b) it’s the only holiday designed to celebrate a function of the brain. Does the…
Drugs and Futbol! “The Two Escobars” is screening at COCC tonight, for free!
I’m going to see The Two Escobars tonight. It looks sweet.
Visit OR State Parks for Free on June 2
You can camp and visit day-use areas in Oregon State Parks for free on June 2! There will be a bunch of cool events all over the state to celebrate this special little day. If you like disc golfing go to Milo McIver State Park near Estacada, or consider staying at Silver State Falls…
That’s a Wrap: Reflections on the winter season and a PPP upset
Here Comes the Sun, do do loo do The end of May brings with it the unofficial close of winter season on the Cascade Lakes Highway. Even though snow still covers much of the trails and Mount Bachelor, as the days get longer and warmer, Bendites can’t help but think ahead towards warm-weather fun. I’ve…
Adios Aamco, Hello Crux
We had a chance to drop by Crux Fermentation , the new Old Mill area brewery from Paul Evers of tbd and longtime Deschutes brewmaster Larry Sidor. The brewery is shooting for an end of June opening and things are moving apace at the job site where crews are working to get the brew system,…
