PICK: More ski movies
wednesday 19 Powderhound preview MORE SKI MOVIES—The locally sourced ski movie collection hosted by the local ski shop, Pine Mountain Sports, features your friends and neighbors skiing and soaring and slicing through powder snow. There’s also a raffle for ski equipment that benefits the Central Oregon Trail Alliance and Deschutes County Search and Rescue. 7…
PICK: Warren Miller!
friday 14 No Turning Back SKI MOVIE—The annual installment of Warren Miller has what you’d expect—jaw-dropping descents, sweeping mountain vistas and spectacular face plants. And, though it’s chuck full of “stoked” bros, there is actually a subtle and captivating story structure in what is ultimately an essay and love note to skiing and friendship. 6…
PICK: Jon Stewart’s Rosewater
thursday 13 Rosewater MOVIE—Just a few days after appearing on the “The Daily Show,” BBC journalist Maziar Bahari was imprisoned and tortured in Iran. Jon Stewart has said he felt personally responsible, and in his directorial debut shows a sincere and serious side, and tells Bahari’s touching, scary and, at times, funny story. Live simulcast…
Bend Celebrates Veterans Day with Parade, Events and Freebies
Today is Veteran’s Day, and there is a host of ways to honor the service of military veterans and enjoy some of that appreciation if you are a vet or active military service member yourself. EVENTS Veterans Day Parade Local groups march down Wall Street to honor veterans. 11 am-2 pm. Downtown Bend. Free. Veterans…
Like Live Music? Go to Volcanic Tonight.
Tonight at Volcanic Theatre Pub, six kick-ass songwriters perfrom during the Loud As Folk Songwriter’s Showcase. While none of the guys will have full bands with them, you can enjoy the craft and detail of their songwriting as they play solo. Tonight’s lineup features: Jeshua William Marshall of Larry and His Flask Chis Fox of…
Mirror Pond Proposal Leverages Public-Private Partnership for Downtown Development
The Mirror Pond Ad-Hoc Committee unveiled its Mirror Pond and Downtown Redevelopment Concept Friday afternoon to a packed room in the Bend Park and Rec District office. The proposal goes beyond addressing the failing Newport Dam and the local landmark that is Mirror Pond, and offers a vision for redeveloping the downtown area—both to better…
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas Perform on the Late Show TONIGHT
Tonight on the Late Show with David Letterman, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas—the Detroit-based band that played #inBend and at the Wildwood Music Festival in July and in Portland later in the summer—will make TV its debut! Check out the official video for “Demons” below and read the Source’s interview with Hernandez from earlier this…
TGIF! What To Do This Weekend #inBend
Just think…all you have to do is make it through the final few hours of your work week and then you can enjoy your days off with these awesome weekend events! Here’s what we suggest checking out… friday 7 First Friday ART! ART! ART!—With fresh art gracing the walls of your favorite shops downtown (including…
Council Candidate Ron Boozell Calls for Recusal of Endorsing Councilors from Residency Decision
Bend City Council candidate Ron “Rondo” Boozell is calling for councilors who publicly endorsed or supported candidates in the race to recuse themselves from anything to do with vacating or filling seat 6, currently the subject of a lawsuit alleging councilor-elect Casey Roats is does not meet the qualifications laid out in the City Charter.…
Resident Files Lawsuit Seeking to Prevent Election of Casey Roats to Bend City Council
Bend resident Foster Fell has filed a lawsuit against City Recorder Robyn Christie, the City of Bend, and councilor-elect Casey Roats asking the Deschutes County Circuit Court to declare that Roats is not entitled to receive a certificate of election. The initial complaint, filed yesterday, alleges that Roats does not meet the qualifications set out…
Newspaper on the Radio 11/5
Editor Phil Busse chats with Mike from 92.9 FM about the 11/5/14 issue of the Source Weekly, featuring our winter wellness doctor profiles and election coverage. Related Stories
The Art of Healing
Natural medicine is well known for its emphasis on the mind-body connection, but local naturopath and founder/director of Hawthorn Healing Arts Center Joshua Phillips, ND, incorporates a third element—the creative spirit. “While all of us naturopaths are quite good at helping folks figure out how diet, lifestyle, and other physiological issues are contributing to their…
Letters 10/28-11/4
Editor’s Note: In the October 23 issue, a photograph ran in the Events Calendar along with an announcement about a presentation on the retreat of glaciers in the Three Sisters Wilderness. That photograph ran without appropriate credit. Mary Moynihan is the photographer who took the picture—and, moreover, who made the difficult trek out to the…
Our Interconnected Health
Although there is no known vaccination or cure, corresponding directly with rising national concerns about the Ebola virus, there has been a noticeable uptick in flu vaccinations this October throughout American cities. It is a simple and understandable correlation: Americans are thinking more about their vulnerabilities to infectious diseases, and the role that our interconnected…
Birdie’s Nests
On the far wall of the newest breakfast café on Bend’s west side are perhaps a dozen framed photographs of pugs—and, in case that doesn’t drive home the point well enough, there are large black wooden block letters stating, “PUGS RULE.” These don’t necessarily have anything to do with the food, nor are they are…
IPA Wars: Oregon Versus…Cleveland?
Since the original announcement in April, Portlanders have been salivating with excitement for the new 10 Barrel location coming to the Pearl District, only a few minutes’ walk from Deschutes Brewery’s own Portland mega-pub. They will have to continue salivating. 10 Barrel’s still busily renovating the old Mellow Mushroom pizzeria at NW 14th and Flanders;…
Thousand-Mile Journeys, By Foot
When author Jonathan Stewart completed an extensive career with the National Forest Service, he sought a different view of the woods he’s walked countless times and many, many miles. His latest book, “Walking Away from the Land: Change at the Crest of a Continent” chronicles Stewart’s 3,200-mile trek of the Rocky Mountains, from Canada to…
The Glass Slipper
When I moved here in 1999, the Tower was closed, there was no Les Schwab Amphitheater and the idea of being able to see opera or ballet here seemed impossible. Fifteen years later there are film festivals, a burgeoning theater community putting on challenging and thought-provoking work, live music almost every night of the week…
The Nameless Nurse
I’ll never forget one particular moment in my high school English class. We were reading Romeo and Juliet, a rite of passage for bored, lusty, American teenagers everywhere. When I made the offhand suggestion that perhaps the author might have reconsidered the “love at first sight” premise, and instead offered a bit more relationship development…
Out of Town 11/5-11/13
portland friday 7 Bleachers After the hilarious Lena Dunham directed video for “I Wanna Get Better,” pop group Bleachers—a side project of Fun guitarist Jack Antonoff—reached #2 on the Alt and Rock charts with its debut Strange Desire. The video depicts Antonoff as a recently dumped psychiatrist dealing with loveless couples, over-sexed blondes and disgruntled…
Healthy Systems
The field of medicine tends to attract two kinds of people—science lovers and do-gooders. The best healthcare providers are a little bit of both, and Dr. Divya Sharma has both in spades. “I really enjoyed the science of medicine,” Sharma recalls. “I specifically also really wanted to go into a field where I get to…
Our Picks 11/5-11/13
thursday 6 An Evening of Empowerment SOUL FOOD—Four artists gather to inspire and empower you! Yes you! Brianna Mercado put on one of this year’s most memorable TEDxBend talks, discussing her cancer survival mixed with beautiful and deeply inspired modern dance. Naomi Wachira is a stunning folk musician who came to Seattle via Kenya and…
The Enemy You Know
When he was an 8-year-old kid dreaming of a future in medicine, Richard Bochner may not have had that particular specialty in mind, but his journey towards gastroenterology turned out to be an unexpectedly good fit. “I loved science but I didn’t want to be in a lab,” Dr. Bochner recalls. “I thought it would…
More Than Ski Porn
Although Warren Miller films are best known for their big and bold images, unbelievable jumps, tumbling wipeouts and swooping snowcapped vistas, it is actually the subtle touches that make these films enduring and captivating—the lowkey elegance that pay homage to ski towns around the world and fawning adulation of personalities and, more specifically, in the…
A Question of Semantics
What does it mean to be a resident, and why does it matter? These questions weighed heavily on the campaign for Bend City Council Position 6, with two of the four candidates facing accusations that they were not qualified to run due to inconsistencies in their residency information. What started as a claim that candidate…
Go Here 11/5-11/13
There is nothing that wholly gets you into ski shape, than, well, skiing. But there are ways to prepare for the season, avoid injury, make solid turns with confidence, and lessen the first-day-back muscle soreness. Wearing your ski boots while watching TV is one type of condition ing, but getting off the couch is the…
Election Results
The mood at the downtown lounge Velvet was subdued. The snowboard video had been switched over to PBS and election results from the east coast were scrolling silently across the scene. City council candidate Nathan Boddie stood silently by the TV screen. It was 8:12 pm and the election results were scheduled to post any…
Waiting for the Other Boot to Sparkle
Future-spaceship disco ball music, drenched in sequins and synthesizers—that’s the sound of Las Vegas duo GoldBoot. Flittering strobe guitars, handclapping percussion and shimmering tambourines collide around Logan Lanning and Bobby Lucy who often don matching goofy sunglasses and, you guessed it, gold boots, as plumes of glitter encircle the pair like dust around a glam…
More Than Just Babies
Dr. Mary Jane Davis, MD has been working in obstetrics and gynecology in Bend since 1991, working with some incarnation of the East Cascade Women’s Group for most of those 23 years. Her commitment and belief in providing care with compassion for women through the ups and downs of their reproductive lives has made her…
Introspective Empowerment
Originally from Kijabe, Kenya, Naomi Wachira’s velvety alto and unpredictable vocal lines over her folky wholesome guitar strumming reflect her musical upbringing and African homeland. “My dad was a pastor and when I was 5 I became a member of their singing group where we traveled to different churches in Kenya,” explained Wachira. “My mom…
Hips, Knees, and Joints
Erin Finter has done her tour of duty of the top hospitals in America, starting right here in Bend. Born at St. Charles Hospital, she grew up in Bend—and since has gone on to Georgetown for medical school, residency at University of Chicago and her fellowship in joint replacement at the gold standard, the Mayo…
Source Suggests 11/5-11/13
Heavyweight Dub Champion A stacked lineup of vibrant reggae acts. Heavyweight Dub Champion hales from Colorado with a hip-hop/rock sound in the style of Lincoln Park. Liberation Movement is a world-dub group out of Santa Cruz who specialize in trippy ambiance music. Oregon grown Indubious play pop-based uplifting reggae crossover. Sun., Nov. 9. 8 pm.…
A Family Business
For Jennifer Warton, who goes by JB, pediatrics is a family business in more than just the obvious manner: Her father was a family doctor, and greatly influenced her. “I used to do rounds with him at the hospital on weekends,” she explains. “From a young age, I watched him caring for patients and I…
Open Up and Say Ahhhh!
With winter on its way, we chatted with six local doctors to get their best advice for staying healthy. Read the following profiles for the scoop on winter wellness: • Gastroenterologist • Internal Medicine • Naturopath • Pediatrician • Gynecologist • Orthopedist Related Stories
