Controversial McKenzie Logging Plan Faces Lawsuit
A controversial logging project along the McKenzie River faces a potential lawsuit from a trio of Oregon-based environmental groups. The so-called Goose project on the Willamette National Forest will adversely impact endangered species habitat and unnecessarily targets old growth trees along the McKenize River in addition to expanding logging operations into the Lookout Mountain area,…
NYT: Is there a Bend Beer Bubble?
That wasn’t necessarily the gist of the Times Seattle bureau chief William Yardley’s feature story on Bend’s booming beer business, but he did use the “B” word to describe bend’s craft brewing and he wasn’t talking about the creamy foam head. The article was the second in just a few weeks in the Times that…
A Toast to Seasonals: Beer release and more Bend beer in the NYT
It’s warm out there. And it’s Monday.
Social Distortion Preview
On May 16th, California band Social Distortion will be in Bend to rock the Midtown Ballroom. I talked to Social D.
Music on a Monday: Swansea Brings Slow Jams to Bend
Ultra-artsy Portland band Swansea will launch their May tour tonight at the Horned Hand, 8pm. Their first full length album “Old Blood” is due out June 5th and it sounds like it’s going to be pretty darn great.
Cascades Classical Music Foundation Young Performers Competition This Weekend
Tonight kicks off the Cascades Classical Music Foundation Young Performers Competition with a benefit concert featuring professional pianists Molly Wheeler and Rhonda Ringering. As a bonus, there will also be performances by last year’s CCMF champion Kiara and runner-up John Fawcett.
Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Dies
F’ing sad. Check out this Rolling Stone article for details on the cancer that killed Adam Yauch at 48.
Police May Gut Services
NOTE: This blog looks long. Read it anyway—or skip to bullet points for the hair raising information.
Win Tickets to the Cinco de Mayo Party at LSA: Festival de Banderas! All day party with live music!
What are you doing for the Cinco?
Hacienda There’s lots of fun shit going on this Saturday in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. We’ve started a short list for you, which can be found in this week’s ‘Our Picks’ section.
Listen-up, Nerds: The Avengers debuts tonight!
It’s finally happening. The Avengers is coming out at midnight.
Crescent Kidnapping Update; Suspect Shot in Head
Apparently the kidnapping suspect who held is ex-girlfriend at knife point during hostage negotiations with OSP at a Crescent Lake cabin is not only crazy, he’s also luckier than a rabbit’s foot. According an OSP news release, Alberto Quiroz Martinez received a “non-lethal” wound to the head when he burst out of the cabin where…
He Hates to Burst Your Bubble
I want to address a topic of vital interest to all civilized residents of this area: microbreweries. More precisely, their products. During my peak beer drinking years, (roughly 1958-2000) I lived through the Dark Ages of American brew. Ronnie Ray Gun once called this nation “A shining city on the hill.” In beer drinking terms…
Boot Thyself Source Staff
The Source Weekly should be giving itself The Boot for its lack of research and for misleading its readers in the April 26, 2012 The Boot. The Source bestowed this honor on the Bend City Council for its consideration of renewing the deferral of payment of SDCs by developers. The paper wrote, “What it will…
Bellying Up to the Koch Trough
Take a close look at almost any far-right-wing organization in this country and you'll probably find that the Koch brothers have their fingers in it. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, trace their family fortune and ideological pedigree back to their father, Fred C. Koch, a John Bircher from Texas who went around in the…
Pumping Money Into the Leaky Tire
You have to give the City of Bend credit for trying to come up with a way to jump-start this town's economy. The only problem is it keeps coming up with the same idea over and over again. Almost four years ago, after the real estate bubble had popped and folks here had finally figured…
Get your election on!: Our endorsements go down smooth
Here's what you need to do. Sit yourself down with your ballot, smack down your best shot glass and prepare to sample what we're offering up in the 2012 Cinco De Mayo Election Guide. From the top shelf to the it's-gonna-hurt-in-the-morning, here's our best bets for the 2012 primary election. Ole! Chris Telfer for State…
Bend Science Station Teen Wins Big NW Science Fair: Time perception, brains and other things that make the station super cool
My first impression of Max DeKock is that the 17-year-old Bend Science Station student is probably pretty at home in a science lab. Gangly, flop of curly hair, oversized clothing. Check, check and check. Then he starts telling me about his rad science project involving time perception that recently won him first place in the…
Our Picks for 05/03-05/09
KPOV Simulcast of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival thursday 3 What's that? You forgot to go to New Orleans this weekend and see the Jazz and Heritage Festival this week? Don't sweat it – KPOV has you covered. Tune in to 88.
Interstellar Groove: Mickey Hart goes extraterrestrial with his new band
In 1977, NASA sent music into outer space aboard the Voyager Spacecraft. Now it's coming back, in a way, thanks to Mickey Hart. Next Monday, Hart will bring his cosmic sounds and the Mickey Hart Band, to the Tower Theatre in support of Mysterium Tremendum, his first studio album in five years and follow up…
Looking Good In The 'Hood: Barrio serves up good times in downtown Bend
They've tempted us with tapas before. But even the most memorable attempts by Bend restaurants like Fireside Red and Barcelona were sadly short-lived. Luckily, the Spanish-inspired tradition of tapas is back in town – redefined and gaining momentum thanks to Barrio, the new Spanish kitchen on Minnesota Avenue in downtown Bend. Tapas are plates of…
Little Bites: We Heart Local Food: Two new campaigns will connect buyers with producers
Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council launches “Buy Fresh, Buy Local” this Friday with an early evening kick off at local food haven, Jackson's Corner. The campaign aims to make it easier for people to tell what food at a business is locally produced. A vintagy looking label should start popping up around the area to help…
Mitt Bashing!
Our cover design team here at the Source Weekly is top notch. Check out the Romney pinata they crafted to make this week’s cover: It’s filled with lots of Swiss bank accounts, flip flops (get it?), and Cadillacs.
Get Your Sexy On: Bachata Latin dancing is sweeping the nation – do you know the moves?
It's all in the hips. That's the take-home message from dance instructor, Andres Garcia, who, every Wednesday night offers free bachata dance lessons at Seven. Since we live in Bend and not, say, Miami, chances are you are just as unfamiliar with the sexy Latin dance as I was. If, however, you're already hip to…
Because It's There: There's reason to love The Avengers for how it was done – and just because it was done.
From Harry Potter to Twilight, from The Hunger Games to the new Marvel's The Avengers and every comic-book movie that has preceded it, adaptations of beloved pop-culture properties face a question that is rarely asked, but pretty much always should be: Do the fans love them because they're great, or simply because they exist? Fan-thusiasms…
Nevermore!: A premature burial is only fitting for The Raven
The makers of The Raven would like you to believe that Edgar Allen Poe spent his final days helping police capture a killer who was using Poe's works as inspiration and, in doing so, saved the love of his life Emily, for whom he wrote the poem Annabel Lee. The plot uses some of the…
No “S,” Herlock!
As a child, I fancied myself an amateur detective. In fact, the neighborhood kids referred to me as “Encyclopedia Humpy” for my deductive abilities, and encyclopedic knowledge of places where one could find cigarettes and porn. To this day I remain famous for solving the following mysteries: “The Case of the Crudely Drawn Penis.” “The…
Sasquatch On Spotify
Do you find it a little hard to plan out your Sasquatch Festival schedule and decide which stages you need to be at? We’re making that process a little easier on you with the Spotify playlists below. As always, this year’s event features several well-known bands as well as indie favorites that you may…
Rides of Spring: The High Desert's new, revamped and little explored mtb trails
Because it was so mild during of the heart of winter, tireless local mountain bike trail builder Phil Meglasson was able to make substantial progress (along with help from his son Eric Meglasson and local pro riders Adam Craig and Carl Decker among others) on an additional quarter mile of whoops on the Mrazek Trail.…
BeerCity USA 2012 – Vote for Bend!
Think we all know this title is so ours. We’re got like 16 breweries, an Ale Trail, silipints and a cycle pub for god’s sake! We can’t let reining champion Asheville, North Carolina, win again! Or, worse yet, Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is currently leaving us in the dust.
Cops shoot Suspect In Crescent Lake Stand-off
State police snipers shot and captured the suspect in a kidnapping case after a multi-hour standoff at Crescent Lake, freeing his hostage in the process. According to Oregon State Police, Alberto Quiroz Martinez was shot and wounded after he came out of a Crescent Lake Cabin with his hostage Melody Kaye Mickel as a “human…
Knopp Supporters Play Abortion Card
The Republican primary campaign for Senate District 54 is entering its final stretch as incumbent and former Bend city councilor Chris Telfer tries to off a well-funded challenge from local Republican heavyweight and former House Majority Leader Tim Knopp. While Knopp has pledged to keep the discussion on policy issues including taxes and economic growth,…
