Violent Femmes + Flogging Molly + Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
If nothing else, the folk-rockers Violent Femmes have ensured that angst-ridden teens over the last four decades have been able to count to 10. Ten being for everything, everything, everything, everything. But that’s hardly all they’ve accomplished and I would know because I have well-worn copies of their 10 studio albums plus all their side…
Listen: Jeff Eager of the Bend Humanity Coalition 🎧
The Bend Don’t Break podcast returns with a chat with Jeff Eager of the Bend Humanity Coalition, a new organization that describes itself as “a group of caring Bend citizens working to make our city safe and humane for the unhoused and housed Bendites.” The organization advocates for more enforcement of laws around accumulating trash…
Source Weekly Update Podcast 10/14/21 🎧
An outcry over the new “Fast Tracks” program at Mt. Bachelor, the closure of a beloved Mediterranean restaurant and a new beginning for the old Sparrow Bakery location, all in this week’s podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update Podcast 10/14/21
Winter Recreation 2021
Winter Recreation 2021 It’s Snow Time! Low-Snow Skiing – What’s the correlation between good snow and winter tourism? Changes at Mt. Bachelor – No parking reservations needed; a “jump the line” program draws the ire of locals Get Hype for Figure Skating – Get Hype for Figure Skating Winter Events 2021 – Get a look…
Overdoses Spike
The Crook County Health Department reported there have been 15 non-fatal overdoses—and one fatal— since Sept. 15 in the tri-county area of Central Oregon including Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. The Central Oregon Overdose Crisis Response Taskforce said the overdoses involved heroin, methamphetamines, counterfeit pills and other substances likely to contain fentanyl, a synthetic opioid…
Zoning In
Sounding Board to House Our Neighbors, a city-manager-appointed committee, recommended that Bend allow shelters in managed camps in all zoning designations except for heavy industrial. In a press release on Monday, the committee laid out four shelter types, all currently zone restricted. They include group shelters where there’s shared sleeping areas, multi-room shelters with individual…
Bend’s Representation in Congress Has Long Been Shunted. Now It’s Gotten Worse.
Ask most Bendites about the identity of their city, and one way they may define it? “Not Portland.” While a good portion of recent transplants have moved here from cities including Portland, Seattle or San Francisco, many chose to make the move precisely because Bend was not, in fact, like the places they come from.…
Winter Events 2021
Saturday 10/23-10-24 72nd Warren Miller Film “Winter Starts Now” Debut Check out the “love letter” to the winter season. Sat., Oct. 23, Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend. Thursday 11/4 Bend Premiere of Mountain Revelations Three snowboarders and their epic 10-day mission to a remote Alaskan mountain range, courtesy of Teton Gravity Research. Thu.,…
Low-Snow Skiing
It’s been five years since Mt. Bachelor reported above-average annual snowfall, according to the website On The Snow. Most climate change models predict that winters will be shorter and more unpredictable in the future, which has the potential to lead to a shorter, more unpredictable tourism season in Central Oregon. Winter tourism is more dependent…
Changes at Mt. Bachelor
Ski and snowboard time is nearly upon us, and preparations for the winter riding season are well underway at Mt. Bachelor. On Monday, the ski area announced its winter operating plan for the 2021-22 season, including its plans for parking, lift operations and more. Some of those plans immediately drew ire from locals—most notably, Mt.…
Get Hype for Figure Skating
As the winter season approaches, The Pavilion on the west side of Bend is preparing its facilities for more cold-weather-orientated activities like figure skating, ice hockey and curling. Since 2015, groups including the Bend Ice Figure Skating Club have been calling the ice rink at The Pavilion home. The figure skating club is open to…
Letters to the Editor 10/14/21
Editor’s note: The first few freezing nights this past week brought the point home: Ski and snowboard season is right around the corner. After a summer of smoke and fires, I’ll go out on a limb and say even the most Scroogy winter-hater is a little less miffed about the cooler weather this year. This…
Noticias en Español
El Departamento de Salud del Condado de Crook reportó que han sucedido 15 sobredosis sin resultados fatales, desde el 15 de septiembre una con resultado mortal, en el tri condado del Centro de Oregon, incluidos los condados de Deschutes, Crook y Jefferson. El Grupo de Trabajo en Respuesta a las Crisis por Sobredosis (COOCRT por…
May the Source Be With You
I have two very important questions for you all: 1) How has this last month been? and 2) Is “Squid Game” the biggest Netflix original series since “Tiger King?” I hope the answer to the first question is “Better every day,” and I’m sure the answer to the second is “Obviously, nerd. People like things with…
Coming Together
Luke and Rachael Price met while attending the Berklee College of Music, waiting in line during orientation. A few months later they would start making music together, after Luke was able to convince Rachael to sing some songs for him. To this day they’re still partners in music, and also in life, as husband and…
All Grown Up
Jimmy Eat World has been together for nearly 30 years, but it wasn’t until 2001 that most people knew who they were. It was their third album and hit song “The Middle” that cemented them into the pop-rock music scene. Twenty years and six albums later, the band is grown up. And a lot has…
A Plant-Forward Evening, and a Night at a Rooftop Bar
Like all of Central Oregon, Redmond is growing fast. These days, its once-sleepy downtown corridor is alive with a host of awesome food and drink spots, including breweries, taco trucks and… more breweries. It’s a bit hard to believe that it was less than 10 years ago, in 2013, that Wild Ride Brewing—now the locals’…
Put the Leaves to Work in Your Yard
Every autumn, in the few months between our short growing season and our long winter, Central Oregonians must contend with another challenge: leaves. So many leaves. Cristy Harvey knows the challenge well. Her small 1920s home sits on an average-sized west-side lot with an outsized backyard. Right now, that yard is layered in leaves and…
Walk and See the Birds
Human beings have always been mesmerized by majestic birds that fly overhead. Hawks, hummingbirds and owls are popular species that bird enthusiasts love getting a glimpse of while exploring nature in Oregon. For a more informed, lucid view of these feathered creatures, sign up for the Bird Walk hosted by local bird expert Tom Lawler…
Too Much or Too Little
Oregon Cannabis and CBD products company Cura has been in the news recently, for allegedly recurring and escalating “truth in labeling” issues. The OLCC has accused Cura of producing products which contained unlisted ingredients, of producing products not containing the listed amount of THC, of producing products containing THC which should not have any, and…
Maintenance for the Changing Season
Autumn has arrived, cooler temperatures are settling in, leaves are changing beautiful colors and the pumpkin spice scent in the air ushers out the warm summer days on the water. This is the time when Central Oregonians should prepare their homes for the changing seasons by performing a few simple maintenance items to help keep…
So Long, Kebaba
One of the Source Weekly’s longtime winners in our Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll is closing its doors for good this Friday. Kebaba’s owners announced on the restaurant’s social media channels Oct. 5 that they would close the space on October 15. They cited the ongoing staffing shortage—which has impacted restaurants across Central Oregon…
A New Café for the Old Sparrow Location
The building in the Old Ironworks complex recently vacated by the original Sparrow Bakery location won’t sit empty for long. The owners of The Workhouse, the artists’ collective and makers’ space located across the courtyard from the old Sparrow location, have announced plans to occupy the space and use it for another café. Café des…
Foresee Sick and Bed Over Backward
Foresee Sick I’m good friends with an ex. She’s a great person, but we just don’t work romantically. For two years, I’ve been seeing a woman I love and want a future with. She initially said she was fine with my friendship with my ex. Two months ago, she said she was uncomfortable with it…
Free Will Astrology—Week of October 14
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond,” declared novelist Marcel Proust. I wouldn’t normally offer that counsel to you Libras. One of your strengths is your skill at maintaining healthy boundaries. You know how to set dynamic limits that are just right: neither too extreme…
