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Snowrider’s Guide
This winter season the Northwest is in line for an above-average snowfall, at least according to AccuWeather.com’s “Expert Long-Range Forecaster” Paul Pastelok. That’s good news—if you believe in such things. As for us, well, we don’t trust a forecast that’s more than a couple days down the road, but we will take September’s record-breaking snows…
Ugly Turtles Not Welcome?
A clunky and monsterous looking snapping turtle was recently found in Prineville Reservoir – and was quickly killed; sort of like a door man keeping out the dorky and uncools. As reported and circulating on Yahoo News, the turtle not only is fu-ugly, it is an invasive species – and could disrupt the ecosystem. See…
So Incredibly Sad: Yet Another School Shooting
In Nevada this morning, there was another school shooting. What is incredibly numbing is that school shootings have started to become so “routine” that the story was pushed from the lead news position in less than an hour.Two staff members were killed, and several students injured before the teen killed himself.
Low Water Leaves Scores of Fish Dead on Upper Deschutes
Jeff P. This brown trout and smaller rainbow trout are just a few of the victims of our antiquated water management policies. Countless fish now lay dead on the banks of the Upper Deschutes, stranded after the Water Resources Department reverted to extremely low winter flow rates earlier this week. What’s perhaps even more depressing…
Weekend Roundup!
phillymag.com This weekend promises a wide enough range of spectacles and activities to entertain just about everyone. Oh, and beer. Lots and lots of beer. Tonight at Silver Moon Brewing, 36 local homebrewers compete for glory at Battle of the Brews. Music by Nicolas Miranda to follow. We’ve all got that one friend who makes…
Friday Mixtape!
Music to nap to.
Witherspoon Watch: Do you know when Reese is coming to Bend?
Do you have a beard, tattoos and that “North West” counterculture look? Dreadlocks perhaps? Do you own a pair of pre-1995 Keen boots? Do you wear flannel? If so, Reese Witherspoon has a job for you. You can be an extra in her new movie “Wild.” The film—based on Cheryl Strayed’s memoir about her 1000…
Win Music from Of Montreal!
Want an autographed Of Montreal album? Here’s how to get one.
Sarah Max
Sarah Max, 38, is a writer, cyclocross racer and mother of two. She's also won the Pole Pedal Paddle an impressive three times and is arguably Bend's fastest female Nordic skier. Athlete: Sarah Max, Nordic skier How long have you been a Nordic skier? How'd you get started? I started Nordic skiing about 10 years…
Out of Town 10/16- 10/24
seattle saturday 19 Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar Kanye West’s most recent big-headed crazy-pants claim is that he’s the no. 1 rock star on the planet. Perhaps that’s why there are $900 tickets available for the front rows of his upcoming Seattle concert with Kendrick Lamar. The Key Arena show marks the kickoff of West’s first…
John Millslagle
John Millslagle has been a ski patroller longer than snowboarding has been an Olympic sport. Now 50 and starting his 20th season at Mt. Bachelor, he's showing no signs of slowing. Athlete: John Millslagle, Ski Patroller at Mt. Bachelor How long have you been a ski patroller? How'd you get started? I'm about to start…
Brought to You by the Letter “B”
The marketing campaign—as it is—for Blue Pine’s Tuesday night’s special underplays the offering: “Grab a shot of bourbon, a burger AND beer for only $15!,” says the low-key announcement on the restaurant-bar’s website. But when we arrive at the (relatively) newly remodeled Blue Pine—a rough wood and woodsy facelift that has chased away most of…
Troy Walch
Troy Walch, a 42-year-old ski tech at Crow's Feet Commons, is the backcountry equivalent of a James Bond-meets-MacGyver mashup: smooth, prepared, and can fix anything. Athlete: Troy Walch, backcountry skier How long have you been a backcountry skier? How'd you get started? I’ve been hiking to ski lines for about 20 years now. I first moved…
Yes, We Can!
Beer in a can ain’t what it used to be, namely: cheap, tinny-tasting, fizzy and yellow. These days, canned beer is craft beer—and vice versa. A year ago, not a single one of the area’s many breweries was canning. Now, Worthy, GoodLife and, as recently as this summer, 10 Barrel, all offer delicious, easy-to-carry canned…
Ben Ferguson
Ben Ferguson, 18, is on the U.S. Snowboarding Team and an Olympic hopeful. He's also a darn nice guy. Athlete: Ben Ferguson, pro snowboarder How long have you been snowboarding? When did you start competing as a pro? My dad strapped a snowboard on my feet when I was 6 years old. I've been competing…
Snowriding Suggestions
Where to skate and classic ski: Meissner Nordic Community Ski Trails. With 40 kilometers of groomed ski trails, Meissner is a great option for beginners and experts alike. Go on a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday and enjoy gliding over freshly groomed corduroy. Skiing is free but the near daily maintenance is not—make an annual…
A Team for the Whole State
This week we're giving a Glass Slipper to the Portland Timbers. With a 1-0 win over their brutish rivals, the Seattle Sounders, the team climbed into first place in the Major League Soccer's Western Conference—and, with only two games remaining in the regular season, they are poised to clinch a playoff berth for the first…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 7 Let’s start with some news that the Kardashian family hopes we’ll give two shits about: Karkrashian matriarch Kris Jenner and freakish-looking hubby Bruce Jenner are separated! OH NO! How can this possibly be…that we could not care less about this rotting piece of non-news? “We are living separately and we are much happier…
Letters 10/9 – 10/17
In reply to “When the Dam Breaks,” (News, 10/10) Watching The Deschutes rise from its watery grave below Galveston Bridge permits one to consider its future not just in the head, but with the heart. We’ve heard scientific and financial perspectives on the matter: both favor river restoration over dredging. Some also seem to feel…
Playing with Your Food
Matt and Kendra Lisignoli, owners of Smith Rock Ranch, are smack dab in the middle of their busiest season of the year. Set among a blanket of bright orange globes, with the jagged backdrop of Smith Rock State Park, the site is postcard perfect—and Matt and Kendra recently talked with the Source about their corn…
The Art of the Tease
Accidental nipple exposure is an occupational hazard for Gini Noggle, a performer with the Va Va Voom Vixens Burlesque group out of the Humbolt, Calif. “We wear pasties over our nipples, and do not expose any of our lower girly parts to the audience,” explained Noggle, who goes by Jamie Bondage on stage. But she…
Beer Battered Brains
In a 2009 interview, Max Brooks, author of the best selling “The Zombie Survival Guide,” and “WWZ” was asked about the continuing obsession with mindless, gruesome, flesh-hungry zombies. He claimed that zombies are a concrete way to deal with fear of the intangible. “You can’t shoot the financial meltdown in the head—you can do that…
Light My Fire
Ignite events are presentations for the attention inept. A hybrid of TEDx Talks and storytelling events, Ignite invites non-professional speakers to present bite sized stories, five minute in length with 20 PowerPoint slides that rotate automatically every 15 seconds, on the topic of their choice. It’s a simple idea: just share something worth sharing. Bend…
Casting for birds, frogs and other wildlife
No matter how you look at it, finding wild and rare Oregon spotted frogs alongside native nesting Virginia rails in the Old Mill District is something extraordinary. Ask Tom Crabtree, Central Oregon's premier birder: "In all my 32 years of birding in Oregon, this is the only time I ever had the opportunity to watch…
Snow Hiders Guide
Jazz at the Oxford Oct. 25-26, Nov. 22-23, Dec. 27-28, Jan. 17-18, Feb 21-22, March 14-15 World-class jazz in cowboy country: The series kicks off with Javon Jackson Band and the impeccable soul-jazz of pianist Les McCann. All happening comfortably and cozily indoors at the toasty Oxford Hotel. oxfordhotelbend.com/jazz-at-the-oxford Nature of Words Literary Festival Nov.…
Fifth Estate is One-Fifth Stinky
When I arrived at the screening for The Fifth Estate, there was a small knot of wild-eyed people hovering around outside, pushing flyers that to convince me that the film is a propagandistic, anti-Assange, WikiLeaks-bashing hack job. I refrained from asking, “have you actually seen the film?” Because: The Fifth Estate is nothing of the…
Our Picks 10/16 – 10/24
thursday 17 Transition 2: ‘Cross the Pond FILM—The 2005 footage revolves around a band of North American cyclocross racers as they do battle in Belgium against the world’s best. (Bonus! The film features at least two Bend racers.) Crisp waffles and warm frites stand in stark contrast against Belgium’s icy mud and crazy fans. Proceeds…
Magical Thinking
A frequent criticism of mumblecore films is that nothing really happens in them, which has always struck me as a weak line of reasoning. Life doesn’t have a plot (spoiler!) and it’s still pretty interesting most of the time. But Lynn Shelton's new film Touchy Feely tweaks the formula a bit: Nothing really happens, except…
It Doesn’t Have to be This Way
Want to know what Mirror Pond could look like without a dam? Experts say: Think like a child. Or, in other words, use some imagination. Just don’t presume the banks along Mirror Pond will look as raw and muddy as they recently have, two weeks after a significant leak in the 103-year-old Newport Avenue Dam…
Lousy with Sylvianbriar
Lousy with Sylvianbriar Of Montreal Polyvinyl If anyone can blend honky tonk and '70s acid rock, it is Of Montreal front man Kevin Barnes. Listen to “Hegira Émigré” from the band's latest album for proof. The Athens, Ga. band is known for evolving its sound faster than hyenas devouring a wildebeest, and with the same…
No Place Like Home
Liz, a 53-year-old grandmother with greying shoulder-length blonde hair and a matter-of-fact demeanor, recently took a job in Bend to be closer to her daughter and grandchildren in La Pine. But her coworkers don’t know that the new hire, who shows up to work on time and doesn’t believe in taking days off, is homeless…
Spreading Wings
All singer-songwriter JT Nero ever saw of America growing up was the 540-mile stretch of highway between where he lived in Toledo, Ohio and Washington Island, Wis., where his family has a cabin. A far cry from the tens of thousands of miles he’s traveled touring solo or in the band Birds of Chicago with…
The Volcanic is blowing up!
The last time Hopeless Jack & the Handsome Devil played in Bend, they helped close down the Horned Hand, a gritty and fun-spirited venue along the city’s railroad tracks that, in its brief, but bustling two year history, earned a reputation as a musician’s venue, especially since they provided solid audiences and gave 100 percent…
