Local Brewer Introduces New Beer Style to Bend
It’s more sour than IPA, which is a good thing. We have a lot of really top-notch beers in this town. We also have a lot of very similar types of beers here in Bend.Dean Wise, brewer and owner of Below Grade Brewing, is doing his part to create something different. And lucky for us,…
Einstein Would Be Proud Of This Urine-Inspired Invention
After Hurricane Sandy ripped the East Coast to shreds, thousands of people were left stranded without power, shelter and in some cases, hope. These unlucky individuals could have used a recent idea created by four african teenage girls. Fourteen-year-olds Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin, and 15-year-old Bello Eniola showcased their unique invention, a urine-powered…
Sasquatch Dreamin’
Read all about it! Sasquatch is closer than you think!
Mark Capell Makes Bid for Mayor
City of Bend Mark Capell has served on the Bend City Council since 2006. Councilor Mark Capell, who was elected to the Bend City Council in 2006, announced Monday night that he believes he is the best candidate for mayor of Bend. The council will select a new mayor in January. At that time, councilors…
Earth, Wind and Fire…Mostly Wind.
Have you been outside today? We’re watching the wind gusts from the floor to ceiling windows in the front of The Source building, and frankly, it’s concerning. We just watched a giant piece of loose plastic and a tumble weed as big as a car crawl their way into traffic on Wall St., the huge…
Life, liberty and Ron Paul’s America
Retiring Libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul delivered a farewell speech last wednesday that stacks up to the political diction revered by America’s forefathers. Paul, who spent over 23 years in office, said since 1976, he has kept the same goal of “promoting peace and prosperity by a strict adherence to the principles of individual liberty.”…
Bend Climber Claims First Ascent in the Himalaya
Chris Wright on a climb last winter This past Friday Bend’s Chris Wright, a local climbing guide, and partner Geoff Unger topped on what they suspect is a first ascent on the Lunag Massif in the Khumbu Himal region of Southeast Asia.The pair were climbing fast and light in alpine style on the 5,777 meter…
Twink-tastrophe!
They can survive a nuclear holocaust, but not a union strike. Go figure.
Sleepwalk With Me at the Tower
Mike Birbiglia has a true story for you. CHRISTOPHER BEYER FOR EW Birbiglia is a regular contributor to This American Life, and is the comedian who wrote, directed, and stars in Sleepwalk With Me, a film based on his own life. Slated as “A comedy for anyone who has ever had a dream. And then…
The Onion Makes X-mas Shopping Easy
Stop stressing out about Christmas shopping. The Onion has you covered. The one-stop shop is their new encyclopedia, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge. The book is an encyclopedic masterpiece covering everything from Christianity to Joe Biden, pumped full of The Onion’s epic humor. Here’s what they had to say about their masterpiece: “Just in…
Bend Broadcast Managers Jump Ship
This is what people used to do. The Horizon Broadcasting Group, which owns four Bend radio stations, just beefed-up its managerial team. And it did so with its competitors men. Kenn Brown and Mike Cheney, both former Combined Communications employees, were recently hired by HBG—aquisitions that make owner Keith Shipman giddy.“I’ve wanted to work with…
Snow Lovers Rejoice!
Check out the forecast at Bachelor for the next few days. Snow! The prayers are working! Keep ’em coming!
The Incredible Hulk of Turkeys
Within your life span, you’ve had your fair share of tasty turkeys on thanksgiving. Some bigger than others, some crispier than others but there is a new turkey invention that will blow your mind and well, if you’re an animal lover, your might not want to look. The hosts of an australian radio show called…
Rad ski film tomorrow at Tower
Go see “Superheroes of Stoke” at the Tower!
Five Things I Learned at Last Night’s Red Hot Chili Peppers Show
The (still) hard-touring Red Hot Chili Peppers played a show in Portland last night and I went to see them. I’ve been a casual fan of the Chili Peppers ever since my fifth-grade ears heard Blood Sugar Sex Magik for the first time. The L.A. band has been doing their thing since 1983, which is…
Recycling is for cool kids!
Today is America Recycles Day! Thousands of people around our country host events to bring awareness to the importance of recycling. It was created in 1997 by Keep America Beautiful, the largest non-profit organization of its kind. Their focus is waste reduction and recycling, beautification and community greening and litter prevention according to the organization’s…
New Roundabouts Open Next Week
After four months of work two new roundabouts will open next week! Brookswood Boulevard and Powers Road will open at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16. Empire Avenue and 18th Avenue will open at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Roundabout art will be determined by Art in Public Places. Stay tuned.
The Art of the Possible
“Compromise … or you risk it all,” the President of the United States warns an ideologically rigid member of his own party—and no, you haven’t just walked into a Campaign 2012 reality show. The setting is January 1865 in Steven Spielberg’s grandly intimate Lincoln, and it’s Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) trying to shore up support…
The Brassman Cometh
If there’s a heartstring that can be pulled by the sound of smooth toe-tapping jazz, Jeremy Pelt’s passionate trumpet playing will find a way to tug at it. After all, he’s been honing his craft since he was five years old. Pelt plays the Oxford Hotel Nov. 23 and 24 and, at those shows, Bendites…
Out of Town
seattle saturday 17 Benjamin Gibbard Death Cab for Cutie front man Ben Gibbard recently released his long awaited second solo album titled Former Lives. Although the album sounds like it may be an homage to Gibbard’s ex-wife, Zooey Deschanel, he claims that Former Lives spans three relationships. Deschannel herself sings backup on the track "Something's…
Live Music PSA Part Two
In September we told you about why the Doug Fir and Silvermoon were great places to see live music. In this second installment of our new “best places to see live music” series we’ve got another one over the mountains and one here at home. Both owe their heritage to old-timey religion. In Town McMenamins…
Cruel and Unusual
I’m no stranger to cruelty. I firmly believe in the adage, “humor trumps cruelty,” and if it’s a choice between making someone cry or delivering an insanely hilarious joke—well, that’s why they invented Puff’s lubricated tissues. Example! When I was younger, I was fond of terrifying people. Not just scaring them—but actually pushing them to…
Across The Great Divide
Shenandoah (1965) A saga depicting the impact on families divided by the nation’s split. Touching and propelled by Jimmie Stewart’s great performance as a Virginia farmer during the war. He doesn’t believe in the fight or care to have anything to do with it. Problem is, the Shenandoah Valley, where his farm lies, is in…
Listen Local
Sure, each week one or two great regional or national acts come through town, but it’s the other five or six nights of the week where the real business of building the Bend music scene happens. And that work is being done by talented local artists. If you’ve only been seeing out-of-town bands when they…
No Dishes, No Drama
Although coordinating a feast for family can be a real reward, for most of us this means spending hours darting in and out of the kitchen while friends and family await your company. And by the time you finally do sit boastfully by your bounty, you’re exhausted—long before the turkey-induced coma has had a chance…
Can It!
Cracking a post-recreation celebration beer makes a lot of sense. It makes even more sense when that beer is in a convenient, tasty package—such as a can. Until recent years, though, macro-breweries were the only businesses offering canned beer—if you wanted a micro brew it was glass bottle or nothing. But, 10 years ago, Colorado’s…
Our Picks For 11/15-11/22
Doc and Connie Hatfield Sustainable Resource Series by Ed Marston thursday 15 Basically, Dr. Ed Marston is the guy to look to for recent history of environmental issues in the West. He’s run his own environmental newspaper, High Country News, for two decades. For years, we ran his columns in the Source. We told you…
Shake it Up
If you are a current city councilor or work for the city of Bend, election night probably gave you a sinking, queasy feeling you’re still trying to shake. That’s because the four recently elected members of the Bend City Council believe they’ve been given a mandate to change the way the city does business. They…
Bike Lane Makeover
An exciting new trend in bike-commuting recently emerged in Bend. The bike lane at the intersection of US Highway 20/97 and Mt. Washington Drive has been colored with bright green strips. The colored strips, which were put in on Oct. 30, are meant to make drivers more aware of cyclists, according to officials at the…
Fighting the Pirates of the Senate
The word “filibuster” derives from the Spanish noun filibustero, which means, basically, a pirate. The origin is appropriate, because for the past six years the Republican minority in the Senate has been using the filibuster to hijack the legislative process. Victims of this piracy have included, among many others, a military appropriations bill, the “Dream…
La Pine students learn about amphibians
A few weeks back, Jay Bowerman of the Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory took one the center’s interns, an Oregon Spotted frog, and a few other frogs, toads and salamanders on the road. He and intern Raven McLahlan, 11, introduced third and fifth graders at La Pine Elementary to the world of Central Oregon's amphibians.…
Recreation Endeavors Make Cents
Since the Bend Park and Recreation District bond measure passed last week (barely, 51.7% to 48.3%), the Bend Paddle Trail Alliance has been hard at work. “This is the start of our capital campaign to fund the surf component of the park,” said BPTA board member Jayson Bowerman, of one of the most highly publicized…
Take A Journey: One of the best music videos this year.
Perhaps the best music video of 2012. Thanks to my friend at LYED for alerting me to this one!
Ask Brandi Carlile A Question!
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Aint Nothin’ But A G-Thang In Bend: Snoop headed our way
Snoop-a-loop rocks it old school in Bend this December 18.
