What in the World? Today’s News!
I do what I want! Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro, successor to Hugo Chavez, has “been granted wide-ranging special powers to rule by decree for one year…The decree will essentially allow the president to create laws without parliamentary approval,” reports Aljazeera. The move was made in an effort to tackle a tanking economy. A longer…
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Thanksgiving is the best. Food, booze, family, football (in that order). The worst part by far of Thanksgiving is traveling to wherever said eats, drinks and entertainment take place. That’s why Planes Trains & Automobiles is the best Thanksgiving movie of all time. It’s funny because it’s true (sort of). Join the Source for a…
What In The World?
Late season tornados tear apart Illinois. Reporting on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” one man in central Illinois explained that when he looked out his window, he saw leaves flying horizontally and, then, “I seen the tornado.” He hid with his girlfriend in the bathtub, and the winds blew the roof off the apartment building. Six people…
Central Oregon Growing Fast!
According to Portland State University’s newest population estimates, Central Oregon is once again one of the fastest growing regions in the state. Via cityofbend.or.us In the ‘90s, the city of Bend grew from population 32,569 in 1990 to 52,029 in 2000, more than doubling in size during the decade. That average growth rate was more…
Steve Martin’s Potty Mouth
These 60 seconds – in which Steve Martin drops the f-bomb 18 times – bumped up the rating for Planes, Trains and Automobiles to a R-rating. Really, is there a better Thanksgiving movie? One that captures the tenderness and frustration as well? Join us 8 pm on Wednesday, November 20, for a FREE screening.
TONIGHT! Church of Neil
In celebration of Neil Young’s 68th birthday last Tuesday, local musicians will come together and perform covers at the 9th Annual Church of Neil event. The super secret location of this year’s even is…the Backstrom Builders Center, 224 NE Thurston Ave! Join Mark Ransom, Rise Up International and the rest of the crew for a…
No One’s Talking About the YouTube Music Awards, So I Will
What was YouTube thinking?
Friday Mixtape
Perfect for this dreary Friday evening… a playlist of singer/songwriter and folk music.
What in the World? Today’s News
Hey world! It’s Friday! Things are happening! Read on… It’s about to get slightly less terrible to live in China! The Communist Party has announced that they will ease it’s one-child family size restrictions and put an end to labor camps. In the states…the healthcare plot thickens! Obamacare continues to be a disaster as Republicans…
Déjà Vu! A Year Later, Another Injunction Filed Against City of Bend
“It’s simple,” said Moey Newbold, a life-long Bend resident who ran last year’s Stop The Drain campaign. “SWIP was a bad idea a year ago. It is still a bad idea today.” That was what a press release hot-off-the-presses explained, referring to an injunction filed today (not surprisingly) against the City of Bend. Central Oregon…
Rename Caldera Grille
Are you the smartest, funniest and most articulate of your friends? Prove it, by renaming Caldera Grill. The downtown bar is changing its name, but apparently are feeling uninspired so they’re requesting some help form you! Look for this ad in this week’s the Source… Fill in your answer and submit to the bar at…
Out of Town 11/13- 11/21
portland through saturday 16 Northwest Filmmakers Festival For 40 years running, the Northwest Filmmakers Festival has collected independent flicks of all lengths and genres from filmmaking hotbeds like Seattle and Portland. Selections from more than 400 entries from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington make up this year's program covering a range of…
The Appiest Place on Earth
The Future in 140 Characters (or Less) Angie Huber, a lanky 16-year-old sophomore, sheepishly admits that she has texted during school. Huber’s long brown hair is tied in a bun at the back of her neck, and she’s lacing up her tap shoes getting ready for her after school dance class. Other teens in the…
The Greatest Pie in Central Oregon
On Wednesday, the Source concluded its first ever Pie Off. Over the previous three weeks, we gathered recipes from our readers. We narrowed those to five—and asked each to bring a piping-hot pie to our monthly Media Salon at Broken Top Bottle Shop. There, we were pleased to have three esteemed judges—Lisa Glickman, food critic…
Craft Beer and College Football
These days, to make it in Bend as a new brewery, there needs to be a distinguishing characteristic that sets the joint apart. Not a shtick so much as an angle, attraction or emphasis. The simple truth is, brewing middle-of-the-road beers might not be enough anymore. Take Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing, for instance. The environmentally…
A-Buzz with Arts
A top to bottom scan of the Beehive Collective drawing “The Cost of Coal” flows from a raging river of industrialism and ends in a trickle of natural destruction. The top of the drawing is a complex skyline, a tangle of power lines, oil spills and backhoes. Midway down the canvas the cityscape starts to…
Holiday Entertainment, with a Twist
Playwright Ken Ludwig employs just about every trope of the stage to get laughs in his holiday mystery The Game’s Afoot. One of the most successful is a “Who’s on First” style gag in which a gasping and nearly murdered house guest tries to point out to the delusional homeowner William Gillette (played by Justin…
Our Picks 11/13 – 11/21
thursday 14 Author! Author! with Rebecca Skloot READING—Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” tells the disturbing and fascinating story of the living legacy of a sharecropper’s unique cells and, more broadly, exploitation and racism. 7 pm, Bend High Auditorium, 230 NE 6th St. $20 general, $75 preferred seating. thursday 14 Pyro…
Gearing Up
At last Wednesday’s City Council meeting, more than a dozen cyclists crowded into the chambers to say something elected officials may not hear often enough: Thanks. Organized by Bend Bikes, a recently formed group advocating for urban cyclists, the contingent spilled into the hallway outside the council chambers and sent nine people up to the…
Pipe Dreams
When something as unglamorous as a water pipe attracts such attention as Bend’s Surface Water Improvement Project (SWIP) has, it is prudent to ask: Why? Why has the City so doggedly pursued a project that has opposition from both conservative developers and conservation-minded environmentalists? Why have City staff championed a project that has never had…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 4 Kids…who needs ’em? However, it’s come to our attention that some people actually enjoy parenting…even if they’re not very good at it. AT ALL. Case in point: The increasingly tangled trio of Charlie Sheen, and his ex-wives Denise Richards, and Brooke Mueller. Denise shocked the world today by sending a letter to the…
Letters 11/6 – 11/14
Secretary Sally Jewell Outlines a Conservation Agenda to Protect Oregon’s Parks and Public Lands Dear Editor, After a sixteen-day closure of Crater Lake National Park, due to the government shutdown, last week Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who oversees our national parks, monuments and wildlife refuges, made a public commitment to get our parks…
Dreams of Sochi
If all goes according to plan, at least three Bend athletes will make the trip to Sochi, Russia in early February to compete in the 22nd Olympic Winter Games. Dakota Blackhorse-von jess, Nordic skiing Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess is well known for racing in a backward-facing trucker hat, perhaps the better for his competitors to read…
Those Aren’t Pillows!
By the time that John Hughes wrote—and subsequently directed—Planes, Trains and Automobiles in 1987, he had already completed what are arguably the most important contributions to the canon of teenage movies in cinematic history. Starting with the coming-of-age fantasy 16 Candles in 1984, Hughes wrote and directed six silly, but profoundly impactful films in just…
The Golden Ticket
Let’s get something straight: Warren Miller—writer, filmmaker and original ski bum who started producing snow films in 1950—is in no way involved in Warren Miller Entertainment, and hasn’t been since 2004. In the late ’80s, he sold the company to his son, and after a number of sales and re-sales it ended up with the…
Average Joes
While secular music—tunes without a religious undercurrent—has its fair share of artists who exude beauty and sex appeal (Britney Spears, Beyonce, etc.) in its totality, pop stardom does not demand a chiseled jaw line and flawless skin. There’s room for imperfection. Sometimes a lot of it. Consider: Tom Waits. Bob Dylan. Even Lady Gaga. Underneath…
Brass Punch
When New Orleans trombone player Troy Andrews—stage name Trombone Shorty—takes to Twitter, 99 percent of his posts have at least one exclamation point; sometimes three, occasionally four. In many ways, it’s the perfect metaphor for a career punctuated by an explosive rise to new wave jazz greatness in one of America’s most remarkable cities. The…
Baking Tips!
We were so pleased to host a Pie-Off this past Monday. Check out this week’s paper for results. And, we are pleased to present some baking tips from Elise Hurley, the very fine baker at the very fine Fearless Baking. Pecan Pie: At Fearless we like to use a mixture of chopped pecans and whole…
What in the World? Today’s News!
The People to Whitey Bulger: Can you hear me now? Today, relatives of victims killed by Whitey Bulger will face the mob boss in a Boston federal court. Don’t do it! The White House has warned Congress that slapping new sanctions on Iran could ruin any hope of nuclear negotiations and launch the U.S. into…
John Candy and John Hughes . . . Sitting in A Tree
Plane, Trains and Automobiles was the beginning to a beautiful relationship between director John Hughes and comedian John Candy. At this point – in 1987 – Hughes had already completed what is arguably the most important canon of teenage movies in cinematic history. Starting with the coming-of-age fantasy 16 Candles in 1984, Hughes wrote and…
