Pie-Off Winner: Donn’a Britt’s Country Blueberry Pie
This month’s Source Weekly Media Salon challenged our readers to submit their favorite pie recipes and participate in a bake-off to determine the best pie in Central Oregon. We learned something about you, readers…while you may be great bakers, you’re still too busy enjoying the rest of Central Oregon to sit in a beer shop…
Bend City Council Will Decide on Candidate’s Residency Dec. 1
Bend City Council will hold a special session Dec. 1 at 3 pm to decide if councilor-elect Casey Roats is qualified to serve on council. Roats won the race for position 6 despite questions around his residency. The City Charter requires councilors to have resided within the city limits for 12 months prior to their…
City Council Appoints 24 to Vacation Home Rental Task Force
Bend City Council approved a Vacation Home Rental Task Force substantially as recommended by the Planning Commission, adding the proposed alternate (Hillside Inn B&B owner Anne Goldner) as a full voting member. The members of the 24-person task force—which meets for the first time Thursday at 4 pm at the North Fire Training Station on Jamison…
Tell the City How You Really Feel About Vacation Rentals
Want to weigh in on the vacation rental debate without joining a committee or showing up to a City Council meeting? You’re in luck. The City of Bend has set up a forum on Bend Voice soliciting input to take back to the Vacation Home Rental Task Force, a committee comprised of stakeholders on all…
Weather Service Warns of Winter Storm Bringing 7 to 10 Inches of Snow
The Nation Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Central Oregon, predicting snowfall starting tonight and continuing through Friday night at 10 pm. Snow accumulation of 7-10 inches in anticipated, as well as about one-tenth to one-quarter inch of ice. From the alert: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH…
High Desert Museum’s Lynx Dies After a Long Life
The High Desert Museum announced via press release the death of an elderly lynx that had lived at the museum for nearly a decade. According to the museum: Snowshoe, a male hybrid lynx who lived at the High Desert Museum for nine years, died last night. He had been under a veterinarian’s care recently for…
BEERPOCALYPSE
“Disgusting.” “Greed.” “Sellout.” “Californians.” These are the terms disappointed former fans of 10 Barrel Brewing posted on Facebook to describe their reaction to the acquisition of the popular Bend brewery by Anheuser-Busch/InBev, the largest beer company on the planet. “It was exactly like a death; like someone I knew and loved was in excellent health…
Welcome to Winter: The Local Preview
Born from a simple local slideshow production in 2000, when the biggest technical worries were lightbulbs burning out and seating running out, Powderhound Preview has evolved into a true pre-season ski event launching local talent, both in film and photography. Created by Pine Mountain Sports, the event has grown from its roots at the ski…
Letters 11/4-11/11
IN REPLY TO “RESIDENT FILES LAWSUIT SEEKING TO PREVENT ELECTION OF CASEY ROATS TO BEND CITY COUNCIL” Good! Living in Bend is the most basic requirement we should have for a city councilor. If you’ve lived outside of the city for a year, it shouldn’t be much to ask, that you wait until you’ve been…
Film Events 11/13-11/20
Warren Miller’s No Turning Back The 65th installment of the classic “ski porn,” this year travels to big mountains in Alaska and snowboards in Japan, and also has a sweet chapter that showcases some of the old European ski legends. 6 & 8:30 pm. Thurs.-Sat. Nov. 13-15. Old Stone Church. $17. Tracing the Tea and…
Flowing Forward
A year ago, a major leak sprung in the concrete base of the 103-year-old Newport Avenue dam, allowing river water to surge through the hole and essentially drain Mirror Pond. It was hoped that the leak—the third in six years—would finally force a conclusion to the debate over what to do about Mirror Pond. Yet,…
Let the Spirit Move You
In the redwood forest above Santa Cruz, amongst a handful of co-op art deco Airstream trailer-homes painted yellow or paisley with rainbow peace flags displayed proudly in the windows, between hand-hung clothes drying lines that crisscross the walking paths that converge at the communal kitchen with the “free food fridge,” Marty O’Reilly and the Old…
First Tracks
The first internationally-ranked Nordic race of the season, the Frozen Thunder event in late October in Alberta, is held on early-season limited snow terrain. But ironically, this is one of the historically most competitive North American races of the season. And within this year’s group of speedy international skiers, prospective U.S. Ski Team competitor and…
Source Suggests 11/13-11/20
Head for the Hills The foursome covers the spectrum of prairie music with the solid backbone of Adam Kinghorn on guitar and Matt Loewen on upright bass, and the tumbleweed riffs of Michael Chappell on mandolin and Joe Lessard on fiddle. But Head for the Hills isn’t just for the bluegrass crowd. The band’s new…
Wax ‘Em Up
Recent plummeting temps have prompted winter-ready planning, and having our bodies in tune to winter is as important as having our gear in tune. Local ski shops are offering ski tuning and waxing clinics, so delve into the basement and the garage, dig up last winter’s gear and get it into shape. Crow’s Feet Commons…
Five Predictions for the New 10 Million Barrel
“We definitely understand that the first reaction is shock,” 10 Barrel co-founder Chris Cox told the Source last week, the very day the brewery’s sale to Anheuser-Busch InBev was revealed. “But,” he added, “we really believe this partnership is the best thing going forward.” The response from many craftheads across Oregon was, “Yeah, right.” But…
Whatever, Mom
I recently had the opportunity for some Q&A time with Holly M—a local mama of two (now 15 and 16) who definitely seems to love and appreciate the role. And while she had originally wanted three kids, Holly realized one day in a parking lot that three would mean letting go of somebody’s hand, and…
No One Puts BodyVox in a Corner
Witty, theatrical, otherworldly, athletic, humorous and rich are all adjectives not necessarily associated with describing traditional dance performance. But in the case of Portland’s modern dance company, BodyVox, those themes braid together to form a textured and truly unique show. Artistic directors Jamey Hampton and his wife, Ashley Roland, are in their 17th season of…
Out of Town 11/13-11/20
portland thursday 13 – sunday 16 HUMP! It might be a little hard to wrap your brain around at first glance, but believe us when we say that Dan Savage’s HUMP! is good for the world. The Northwest-based, sex positive, amateur-produced porn festival is the only of its kind, inviting five-minute submissions of all types—…
Broadway, Baby!
No matter how well done a recording of a Broadway musical is, it can never really capture the magic or power of seeing it live, with a full bedazzling cast and in the swoon of the excitement. I can sing every word of The Book of Mormon, but without actually seeing it live, I still…
Mozart and Mystery
Bend has an opera company! Which hopefully is not news since OperaBend has been around since 2013, and already has mounted a few handsome productions such as Love: The Bitter and the Sweet and Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief. Executive Director Jason Stein also had a large part not only shaping the vocal…
Hot Seat
Last week, as promised, attorney Charlie Ringo filed a lawsuit on behalf of Bend resident and activist Foster Fell seeking to prevent Councilor-Elect Casey Roats from taking office. In last Tuesday’s election, Roats won the largest share of the popular vote for City Council, Position 6. The Nov. 5 lawsuit, which also names City Recorder…
Our Picks 11/13-11/20
thursday 13 Rosewater MOVIE—Just a few days after appearing on the “The Daily Show,” BBC journalist Maziar Bahari was imprisoned and tortured in Iran. Jon Stewart has said he felt personally responsible, and in his directorial debut shows a sincere and serious side, and tells Bahari’s touching, scary and, at times, funny story. Live simulcast…
The Jail-y Show
Longtime viewers of “The Daily Show” will recognize former Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari as a frequent guest on the program. In 2009, he appeared in a segment that also featured “Daily Show” contributor Jason Jones pretending to be a spy. It was meant as a joke, but it, in part, led to Bahari’s incarceration. “The…
