Punch Brothers and a Surprise!
Check out photos of Punch Brothers at the Tower Theatre as well as a performance from opening act Milk Carton Kids.
Kim Jong-Un’s Best Week Ever
With the new year just over a month away, Time magazine has announced its 40 nominees for the annual Person of the Year Award. The list includes some very serious candidates like Barack Obama and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, along with some not so serious ones, like E.L. James, author of 50 Shades of Grey,…
Noah’s Ark: 2012 Version
There are many religions in the world and many ways to spread the word of god but one man has taken his view on faith to an entirely new level.Johan Huibers, a rich Dutch businessman has built a full-size replica of Noah’s Ark because of a dream he had about his country flooding. That must’ve…
New Women’s Pro Soccer Team in Portland
The Timbers will soon get a sister team.On Nov. 21, U.S. Soccer announced that Portland would be home to one of the eight new teams that constitute the new women’s pro soccer league. The former pro women’s league folded in January. Portland Timbers owner and president Merritt Paulso is an investor in the new league…
Places you’ve forgotten for lunch: Sintra
A buddy asked me to lunch last week and ’cause lunching is pretty much the best thing ever, I said yes. He recommended Sintra. Wha? That place downtown that is European feeling and cool, but I always forget about? Sure! It was sweet. I had a cup of their dark, strong coffee, but you can…
Let’s get Political
After the last billion months of campaigning, bickering, and political drama, we’re sure the last thing you want to hear about is MORE political BS. But, here is some anyway. The 2012 election showed that the majority of young voters, ages 18-29, supported President Barack Obama over his competitor. About 60% of this youth demographic…
USFS Approves Mountain Bike Park at Timberline
Good news for mountain bikers—the U.S. Forest Service recently gave Timberline Ski Area the green light to move forward with its proposed mountain bike park and trail system.Timberline is going big and has already contracted with Gravity Logic, the B.C.-based consulting firm that designed the now famous Whistler Mountain Bike Park. We could be riding…
Punch Brothers Tonight!
Get ready for Punch Brothers tonight by listening to their new EP.
Small Business Saturday in Bend: How To
Small Business Saturday (SBS) is the counterpoint to Black Friday. It’s simple: Rather than patronize gargantuan, faceless online retailers and big box stores, SBS encourages shoppers to buy local this holiday season. Ironically, SBS was started in 2010 by American Express (not exactly small and local) but the idea was sound—promote local business and keep…
Black Friday with a Clean Conscience
Today’s that day that everyone freaks out about. Black Friday. NJ Star-Ledger Madness. By now surely all of us are aware of its alternative, National Buy Nothing Day, a protest against the consumer-driven day of holiday sales. We’re also hip to its off-shoots, like why it should be called Jdimytai Damour Day. Click the link…
Mt. Bachelor Opens in Good Style
Yesterday was opening day at Mt. Bachelor and, thanks to recent storms, real snow was piled high. Chris Rhoads, skier Rachel Greenwald Shredding in November! Although hectic in the morning, our forces on the hill are reporting that the crowds thinned by 11:30am. We reckon it’ll be more of the same today, though with the…
Friday Office Party!
Launch an end-of-the-work-week frenzy with our Friday Office Party!
Today Was the Biggest “I Like Pie” Run Ever
Eager to get on with it. Pie awaits! A record-breaking number of pie/fitness enthusiasts registered for today’s “I Like Pie” fun run and walk staged in downtown Bend.According to FootZone owner Teague Hatfield, event sponsor, nearly 1,100 participants were in attendance for the annual Thanksgiving Day waddle, which included a 2k, 5k, 10k and 10-mile…
Our Picks for 11/22-11/29
Sleepwalk with Me wednesday 21 A regular contributor to NPR’s This American Life, comedian Mike Birbiglia writes, directs and stars in Sleepwalk with Me, the story of a stand-up comic whose relationship anxiety leads to a series of increasingly dangerous sleepwalking incidents. $9. 7 p.m. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St. Planes, Trains and Automobiles…
Teen Shelter Needs Community Support
The LOFT is a crucial piece of the puzzle for Central Oregon's homeless youth.
Addicted to Food
With the holidays in full swing, most of our family gatherings focus on one thing, food.
The Secession Maniacs
Since President Obama won re-election, people all over the country have been submitting petitions to a White House website asking the federal government to let their states secede from the Union. Most of them would make an English teacher weep.
Shootin’ back
This is the time of year that sport shooters take to the sagebrush and irrigated fields to sharpen their skills by killing things.
Work Off Holiday Calories
Ready to sweat? Ready to burn off those impeding calories from holiday feasting? Then Microsoft’s 360 Xbox team and Nike may have just the thing for you.
I Love Television
Here’s an idea: How about we rename Thanksgiving? Maybe something like, “Passive-Aggressive Relative Day.” THINK ABOUT IT. When a relative asks you at Thanksgiving to name something you’re thankful for, it’s unacceptable to tell the truth and say, “A sweet taste of BOO-TAAAAAY, BAY-BAY! BOOM-BOOM, SHACKALACKA, BOOM-BOOM
I am Thankful for These Five Albums
Before I got up the guts to start sneaking my parents vinyl records into my room—a big no-no in my house—I was pressing 'play' on a cassette tape of The Beatles.
Re-inventing Bluegrass
ot only is Brooklyn-based Punch Brothers, who are playing the Tower on Nov. 26, another great example of a bluegrass-bending group visiting Bend, it just so happens that the band has turned out to be a sort of vortex bringing all three of our recent bluegrass stories together.
Out of Town 11/22-11/29
The Lumineers play folk-pop at the Crystal Ballroom on 12/2. portland saturday 1 Pinball Tournament Portland’s pinball masters go head to head in a battle of quick fingers v. stiff drinks. A benefit for David Hassenpflug, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, the tournament has a $20 entry fee. The battle royale will take place on…
Web Comments 11/22
In reply to: Shake It Up: New council has a mandate (News 11/15) It would be nice if the Source were to beef up its council coverage and the Bulletin to cover it at all the way a daily paper should. What's up with that paper anyway? I am a newcomer to these parts and…
Week in Review
WEEK IN REVIEW WRONG IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE I, too, have stopped reading The Week In Review feature because I don't care about celebrity "news." I did, however, glance over the most recent feature for election results. Someone may have already pointed this out, but same-sex marriage passed in three states (Maine, Maryland and…
You’re Never Too Good to Suck
When I was first introduced to the climbing world I was given some advice. I was told that climbers begin their journey with two bags, one is full of luck, the other is empty, but as you go forward you empty the bag of luck and fill the empty one with experience.
Week in Review
MONDAY 12 Ugh! “Young love,” right? All those (ew) “hormones” and “lack of life experience” and “hopefulness for the future”… BLECH! We’re just so glad we’re not that little 20-year-old pop starlet/Disney actress Selena Gomez who’s having a dickens of a time breaking up with that little boy with the hair… oh, what’s his name?…
Scratch Soups
Right up at the top on the list of universally favorite things, along with warm woolen mittens and snowflakes, is… soup.
Zeroing In
Fusing a 16th century kung fu style and innovative video game techniques together, the eye-popping film known as Tai Chi Zero, is blowing away audiences everywhere.
Movember Madness
It has been called aggressive, intimidating and utterly disgusting, but the moustache I cultivated in honor of Movember has changed my view of the cookie duster. For the better.
Twilight Star Bright
Thank God it’s over. No more taking off of shirts. No more glittering. No more teen fans swooning over vampires.
There’s No I in Team, But There is ME
In the world of sports, there are records that shouldn’t be broken. Well, last night in the small town of Grinnell, Iowa, Jack Taylor broke a seemingly impossible one. The sophomore guard scored a mind-boggling 138 points during the Division III Grinnell College basketball game against Faith Baptist Bible to break the all-NCAA point scoring…
