TGIF Cartoon: Virus Problem
About the Artist: W.R. (Bill) Friday has been cartooning for almost 50 years. What started as cartooning with his two brothers for a kid-produced paper called the “Snooper Review,” lead to a lifetime of comics. His cartoons have since appeared in publications and exhibits worldwide, from Portland, Oregon to Saint Petersburg, Russia, winning state, regional…
TGIF Cartoon: Post Modernist
About the Artist: W.R. (Bill) Friday has been cartooning for almost 50 years. What started as cartooning with his two brothers for a kid-produced paper called the “Snooper Review,” lead to a lifetime of comics. His cartoons have since appeared in publications and exhibits worldwide, from Portland, Oregon to Saint Petersburg, Russia, winning state, regional…
TGIF Cartoon: Those Aren’t Rabbit Tracks
About the Artist: W.R. (Bill) Friday has been cartooning for almost 50 years. What started as cartooning with his two brothers for a kid-produced paper called the “Snooper Review,” lead to a lifetime of comics. His cartoons have since appeared in publications and exhibits worldwide, from Portland, Oregon to Saint Petersburg, Russia, winning state, regional…
Redmond Teen Stabbed at Playground
Three young men wearing bandanas and equipped with box cutters and brass knuckles allegedly attacked a group of young juveniles playing tag at Hope Playground in Redmond on Saturday. In what Redmond Police say was an unprovoked attack, a 15-year old boy suffered non-life threatening stab wounds after being wounded by a box-cutter reported to…
House District 53 up for grabs
For the past 15-plus years, Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, has represented District 53 in the Oregon House of Representatives. Today though, the longtime representative announced he’s not running for another term. “I look forward to completing my term and being active in the interim and 2018 session,” Whisnant stated in a Nov. 4 press release.…
TGIF Cartoon: Artists On Strike
Happy First Friday! Local cartoonist Bill Friday sent us a treasure trove of his cartoons from over the years. He’s kindly let us share them with you—which we will be doing every Friday on the Bent blog. Enjoy! – Source Staff About the Artist: W.R. (Bill) Friday has been cartooning for almost 50 years. What…
Cannabis Love: Oregonians talk the industry
Happy weekend! Unless you’ve been hiding away in your mama’s basement with no access to the innermets for the past two-three years, chances are you’ve heard about this lil ol’ thing called legal cannabis in Oregon. The industry, legal since 2015 in Oregon, brought in a few pennies in 2017… $70 million in tax dollars,…
Source Suggests: Swords and Stars
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson This week a customer bounded across the store, clutched a book to her chest, and with a yelp of glee exclaimed, “Oh my god, how did I not know this was out???” Such is the excitement when a new book in Brandon Sanderson’s “The Stormlight Archive” series hits shelves. Book Three,…
Finding that Authentic Sound
While Stubborn Son may draw from some of modern rock and roll’s biggest names, catching inspiration from what’s played on Seattle’s KEXP, their sound is taking on a more mature, refined sound as the years roll on. Stubborn Son has a Tame Impala-meets-The Black Keys psychedelic rock sound, with hints of Brick + Mortar. The…
Picks of the Week: Nov 29-Dec 1
Thursday-Saturday 11/30 – 12/2 “The Night Before The Night Before Christmas” FESTIVE — Be whisked away to the golden age of live radio plays—complete with commercials, radio jingles, and Foley artist—in this reader’s theater written by Cricket Daniel of Bend. The Sunriver Thespians As Readers present. Thurs. & Fri. 7pm, Sat. 2pm & 7pm. The…
Universally Shared
Odds are you’ve probably heard of Cloverdayle. Maybe you went to Bend High School with singer Rachel Hamar. Or maybe you saw them open for country superstar Jason Aldean at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in 2009. Me, I caught them performing at a Christmas party, of all things. The country music duo, which consists of…
Tierney O’Dea Booker
To create informed discourse, O’Dea Booker knows journalists need non-politicized sources that can help factually dissect complicated information. Tierney O’Dea Booker is someone who talks casually about her experiences with VH1, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NBC Nightly News and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as if everyone has them. She doesn’t boast about…
Could You Downsize to a Tiny Home or Small Cottage?
With the recent proposal for a cottage home community in Bend, I am curious again about tiny homes. Tiny homes have been a hot topic for a few years, offering an affordable home ownership opportunity—but with that come hindrances including building codes and zoning laws, not to mention financing. In regard to the proposed community…
Letters to the Editor: Readers Weigh in on Restricted Winter Parking and… Mirror Pond Dredging
Never Forget We must never forget certain anniversaries. With the recent escalation of gun violence in this country, it is even more important this December to commemorate the fifth anniversary of both the Newtown and Clackamas Town Center shootings. And we must remember the thousands who have died at the hands of violent men with…
What the What? Water Kefir: Questions Answered
Have you seen water kefir on store shelves close to the kombucha and thought, what the heck is that? Well, it’s in that spot for a reason; water kefir offers similar benefits to aid in your digestion. It’s made with water kefir grains, a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, also known as a scoby.…
Coffee Injection: Riff Cold Brew Coffee Launches
Coffee culture continues to grow in Bend. Riff Cold Brew Coffee is building a full-scale production facility in the city to produce cold brew coffee in bottles and boxes for consumers and nitrogen kegs for restaurants and bars. Cold brew coffee, at its simplest, is coffee steeped in cold water overnight and strained. Riff wants…
Old Ale is New Again
In recent days, craft beer-bar patrons across the Northwest have been surprised and bemused by a “new” British stout on tap that not only isn’t new at all, but in fact predates the birth of the United States. Samuel Smith Brewery was founded in 1758 under the name “The Old Brewery” in the town of…
Natural World: The Tiger Beetle
One of fastest and most aggressive beetles crawling, running and chasing other invertebrates on the surface of our planet can be found on the Oregon Coast: the tiger beetle. While tigers have hunting methods similar to tiger beetles, they’re not normally found on the Oregon coast, or North America for that matter — thankfully, I…
Staying in the Top Seat
On Nov. 17, President Trump officially nominated Billy J. Williams as the U.S. Attorney for Oregon—the state’s top federal law position, answering to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions is known for his hard stance on both drugs and illegal immigration—threatening to even pull federal funding from “sanctuary cities” such as Portland—leading some experts to…
Elevating Women in Politics
Women make up 19.4 percent of the U.S. Congress and 24.8 percent of state legislatures. The numbers are even more disproportionate at the local level, where women make up just 18.8 percent of mayors in cities with a population over 30,000. This, according to the Emerge America website, is where the Emerge candidate training for…
BLM pick is wrong direction for agency
If you were one of the many who reacted in dismay when Ammon Bundy and some of the other occupiers were acquitted after their takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, you’ll probably be interested in the latest developments in the selection process for the head of the BLM. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Pursuing a better future for the Deschutes River
Although the debates surrounding Mirror Pond have dragged on for years, there are now two actionable proposals on the table: the Bend Park and Recreation District is updating portions of Drake Park while a group of local citizens is preparing a dredging project. Together, these may represent more than $10 million worth of activity that…
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Mary Finn, an editor with Democracy in Crisis, often makes extensive notes on my columns—in this case, we decided they were far more interesting than the column itself. So we left them, in dialogue with a half-formed column. I have been trying to figure out a way, as a white man, to write about the…
Is Beer Fatigue a Thing?
I remember the first time I saw a group of people pedaling like crazy on a Cycle Pub tour, waving at us and sipping beer from the mobile bar. When I first arrived in Bend, every other weekend seemed to include some sort of brew festival. The most popular restaurants were brew pubs, and chef…
Coco = The Little Death
You can be around 35 minutes late to see “Coco” if you want. No need to rush through the concessions line or have the grandparents hurry up and get out of the car, because there’s a secret waiting for you once you get into the theater: Every Pixar movie has a short animated film that…
Loved Our Cover Art? Here’s the Renaissance Man Behind the “cat-fish.”
It all started when Dennis McGregor painted a small turtle hanging out on a barbed wire fence. Next to it, he painted a dove, and then he realized “Ah, turtle dove!” It took off from there. He began thinking of all the animal combinations he could: spider monkey, tiger shrimp, catfish and so on. The…
Family Matters
It’s easy to be nostalgic about the rotten moments in the past, since it’s clear we made it out alive. But regardless of how positive the present might be, there are still those smells and textures that put us back in a different place or time, one in which everything seemed infinite and the future…
Inside A Christmas Carol
Kelley Ryan has acted, managed and costumed dozens of plays in her long career as an actress, but the Cascades Theatrical Company’s “A Christmas Carol,” will mark Ryan’s directorial debut. We talked with Ryan about the iconic tale, and how CTC’s production will set itself apart. Source Weekly: How do you feel about taking on…
Gene Sequencing for Cannabis
Helping you consume the right strain of OG Kush, or whatever other strain you desire. Prior to cannabis legalization, you rolled the dice with every purchase from an “Agricultural Products Broker,” AKA, your weed dealer. Many a transaction had me asking if there was “any more of that lime green stuff from last week” or…
