Top Tips for a Safe Thanksgiving Meal
In preparation for Thanksgiving the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a statement on its Top Five Tips for having a food safe Thanksgiving meal. There’s nothing worse than getting sick during holiday’s, especially during a time when family is often visiting, so play it safe and follow these rules. Five Tips for a Food Safe…
Trout Steak Revival Comes to the Old Stone
So much modern bluegrass is made up of twists on the genre. With bands like Larry and His Flask adding punk to the mix or Trampled By Turtles throwing in a healthy dose of folk, Trout Steak Revival almost seems like a throwback. They play songs that feel like they could have been written 50…
New Cloudchaser Run Names Revealed
Mt. Bachelor’s new lift has caused quite a bit of stir over the past couple years, as locals predict when it will open, off trail over to where they think it will be and point up from the road at potential lines for new trails. Well the wait is over, as Mt. Bachelor reveals a…
Love Trumps Hate Rally Draws a Crowd from Both Sides
A look inside Saturday’s rally both against—and for—the new President-Elect.
The Glorious Dive Bars of Astoria
What makes for a good dive bar? A pool table helps, as well as a lack of light. The more graffiti in the bathroom stall the better. And the floor also has to be sticky and grimy, but not too sticky or grimy, or else it’ll ruin the buzz generated by the “Tuesday night shot…
A Story of Hope
In late October, the staff of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Summer Lake Wildlife Management Area found a severely wounded adult Trumpeter swan and transported it to Broken Top Veterinarian Clinic between Bend and Sisters. The staff of Broken Top contacted Elise Wolf of Native Bird Care, a Sisters wildlife rehab center. From…
A Glimpse Into Oregon’s Immigrant Past
They came to find employment in order to help support their families back in China. Some were farm laborers. Some constructed the railroads. Others worked in the mines and forests. Some became cooks; others opened laundries. Portland, Corvallis, Eugene, Jacksonville, John Day, Pendleton, La Grande and Baker City all had substantial populations of Chinese laborers…
Hate Rash
On Monday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued a statement calling for an end to hate in the wake of the election. “Hate has no place in the Oregon we love,” said Gov. Brown. “I refuse to let hate and discrimination divide our state and our people. We must work together as Oregonians and as Americans…
Septic-to-Sewer Tansition Shouldn’t Bankrupt Some of Our Most Vulnerable Bend Residents
When we heard about outrageous costs associated with state-required sewer connections in southeast Bend’s Old Farm District, we were skeptical. A $50,000 bill to trench a 91-foot line to connect a SE Tapadera Street home to the city’s sewer seemed outrageous. We initially thought it simply couldn’t be accurate. It is. Bend City Engineer Ryan…
Get It While You Can
For James Williams and Laura Winberry, right now is the best time to be biking. “Trails are prime right now. They’re as good as they get,” said Williams, an avid cyclist. “There’s fewer people, good dirt, pretty colors in the woods as we get deeper into fall.” “Usually this time of year’s a lot colder…
Picks 10/16-10/23
Thursday 17 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble FAMILY AFFAIR—These seven brothers started playing music with their musician father Kelan Phil Cohran (of Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan and Sun Ra fame) before they even started kindergarten, so you can expect some masterful musicians who really know how to put on a show. Expect a fun brass…
Closed Encounters
The perfect distillation of the movie “Arrival,” as well as that of the last year in politics, happened when I watched the film and the closing credits rolled. Just as the film ended, someone several rows behind me started cheering and applauding while another person sitting in close proximity to them began booing. Then everyone…
Brief Glimpses
Viewers who aren’t trained in the art of arthouse (or the films of writer-director-editor Kelly Reichardt) might complain that “nothing happens” throughout the running time of “Certain Women.” Indeed, most of the incidents in these three cinematic poems are mostly internal. The moments of drama aren’t sweeping, but instead barely registered moments of pain, heartbreak…
Book Talk: A Children’s Guide to the Death of a Pet
“A Cat Named Clyde” is a locally written and illustrated children’s book that does for grieving kids what “Inside Out” did for those with trouble expressing emotions. Honestly, a few pages into it, I got a bit misty myself, as Ellen Shelton’s rhyming couplets tell the whole story of Clyde as he decomposes and becomes…
Let’s Sit Down with Our Partisan Relatives!
Thanksgiving is a tricky holiday. Anytime I’m celebrating a holiday that has some negative historical connotations (I’m looking at you, Columbus Day), I know there’s also a segment of the Native American population that is mourning. Growing up, if I saw a kid crying at the birthday party I couldn’t enjoy the cake. This holiday…
Election Results: A Big Win for Cannabis
It seems like an understatement to say that last week’s national election results were shocking, though perhaps not in Deschutes County, where more voters cast their ballots for Trump versus Clinton. One result that was not shocking, however, was the continued spread of legal cannabis across the nation. Recent national polls show that approximately 60…
Basement Days
Quietly but steadily, The Capitol has become one of the most varied spots in downtown Bend. Depending on the day of the week or your particular mood, the venue can be used as a sweaty dance club, an intimate dinner spot for two, or a chill bar for a quick drink before heading deeper into…
The Impossible Kid
As a rapper who’s now 40, Aesop Rock doesn’t have much company in pursuing his goal to stay relevant, grow his audience and continue to progress musically. “I have very few role models in rap that are still not only going, but really trying to push what they’ve done somewhere new,” Aesop (real name Ian…
Election Got You Down? Holiday Stress Settling In?
With election season freshly behind us and the holiday madness in front of us, it’s safe to say that stress levels are high. Left unchecked, excessive anxiety can take a toll on your health, happiness and the general “adulting” you’re supposed to be doing in earnest right about now. Studies show that meditation lowers tension…
What Does The Election Mean For The Housing Market?
The housing market was pretty much ignored by both major party campaigns. Still, our local and national housing affordability crisis personally affects a large number of voters, and we are all affected in one way or another by home and rental prices. Because the candidates (at least on the national scale) did not address affordable…
Gobble, Gobble, Run!
I Like Pie Run/Walk FootZone’s annual Thanksgiving-themed run/walk is untimed and all about getting some fun exercise before reveling in the holiday. There’s a family-friendly 2k circuit through Drake Park as well as a 5k and 10k option for experienced trotters. The entrance fee is a donation of $5 and 5 lbs. of food for…
Letters 11/16-11/23
In Response to, “Fish Rescue,” (10/12) While the click-bait headlines and sky-is-falling tone in The Source Weekly recent cover story on fish relocation efforts on the Deschutes River certainly attract more readers, the whole story is broader and far more complex. Central Oregon’s irrigation districts are currently working with more than 20 stakeholders to complete…
Little Bites: Conversation Starters
Not sure how to handle this year’s family gatherings in a divided nation? Here’s what to talk about, besides the elephant—and the donkey—in the room. Getting the extended family together often has bumps in the road. Make one offhand comment about the hue of someone’s orange self-tanning lotion and you may just find your head…
