TODAY! 2013 Nature of Words Festival Begins!
It’s finally here! Today, Bend becomes a literary hub with the kickoff of the Nature of Words annual festival! The upcoming issue of the Source features our full coverage of the event, including previews, interviews and book reviews. Here’s our final sneak peak at the amazing authors that will be coming to town for readings,…
Two Days Until the 2013 Nature of Words Festival!
Tomorrow, Bend becomes a literary hub with the kickoff of the Nature of Words annual festival on Thursday, November 7! The upcoming issue of the Source features our full coverage of the event, including previews, interviews and book reviews. Everyday this week we’ll give you a sneak peak at our coverage of the amazing authors…
Three Days Until Nature of Words 2013!
Just three days until Bend becomes a literary hub with the kickoff of the Nature of Words annual festival on Thursday, November 7! The current issue of the Source features our full coverage of the event, including previews, interviews and book reviews. Everyday this week we’ll give you a sneak peak of our coverage of…
We’re the Best!
The view from Pilot Butte at sunset. Photo by Corbin Gentzler. Seriously, though. According to this quirky little real estate blog MOVOTO, Bend is the best city in Oregon. (Portland comes in at No. 7). Now, this comes as no surprise to Bendites both native and recently transplanted. For all our kvetching about road construction,…
Four Days Until the 2013 Nature of Words Festival!
Just four days until Bend becomes a literary hub with the kickoff of the Nature of Words annual festival on Thursday, November 7! The upcoming issue of the Source features our full coverage of the event, including previews, interviews and book reviews. Everyday this week we’ll give you a sneak peak at our coverage of…
Brooklyn…country music? The Defibulators come to Sisters.
The DefibulatorsGet your boots on and head to Sisters for an evening of high-energy, alt-country rock. The Defibulators, all the way from Brooklyn, define themselves as “country music for people who don’t like country music”. Their twangy sound (including a washboard- awesome!) is sure to get your toe tapping. Check out a sample here. Saturday…
Tonight: Lava City Roller Dolls Bout! Win Tickets Here!
Lava City Roller Dolls Deschutes Public Library Night: Moulin Bruise vs. Nerve AgentsThe Nerve Agents take on Moulin Bruise in an action-packed bout! Moulin’s roster is looking very promising this season, but the Nerve Agents are always a tough team to beat. Who will reign supreme on the track? Saturday, 6pm. Junior Derby at 4:30.…
Friday Mixtape!
A timeless playlist…
Inspectors on Newport Avenue Dam: “It’s Old”
Pacific Power engineers at work. So far, after one full day of inspections, Pacific Power engineers are reporting what we already knew about the leaking, 103-year-old Newport Avenue dam. “It’s inline with our expectations, which is, it’s old,” said Pacific Power spokesperson Bob Gravely while standing on the Newport Avenue Bridge overlooking the dam. Gravely,…
The Endorsement Guide
There are no exciting bare-knuckle battles between candidates, or highly contested moral questions about ganja, gays or guns, but there are four important funding measures on this week’s ballot that will determine the flow of tens of thousands of dollars—and, if the measures pass, help communities in Central Oregon grow. Measure 16-69: Rural fire protection…
Bond, Park Bond
A year ago, Bend voters narrowly approved a $29 million bond measure to fund parks projects across the city. While some of these projects—which include an $11 million ice rink and recreation center, a whitewater park and various improvements to the Deschutes River Trail System—are not due to be completed until 2016, excitement is already…
Meet the Artist
You’ve probably already met KP, who designed this week’s Source cover and is our artist of the month with a curated show at Franklin’s Crossing. He’s blonde and bearded, with shy light eyes almost always tucked under the brim of a baseball hat. The production manager for Random Presents, a local music promotion company, has…
Our Picks 10/30 – 11/7
thursday 31 Haunted House SPOOKS—A century-old church, a graveyard and plenty of dark corners and corridors is the right equation for a scary night. Recommended costume: Dress as a baby so that you have an excuse to wear diapers…to wet. 6-9:30 pm, The Belfry, 302 E. Main St., Sisters. $5. thursday 31 Halloween Party COSTUMES—It’ll…
Build It, and They Will Ride
Nobody asked us, but had they, we would have said: “Put a bond measure or property tax increase or something on the ballot to raise some revenue to fund a quality transit system in Deschutes County, or at least in the City of Bend.” Yes, we need funding for a bus system. And now! A…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 21 The day the world dreaded for months has finally arrived: Kanye West proposed to Kim Kardashian. (Oh dear god noooooooo!) The “Gold Digger” singer officially proposed to the gold-digging monster today during a secret surprise visit to San Francisco’s AT&T Park, where he had the words “PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE!!” flash on the Jumbotron.…
Letters 10/23 – 10/31
In reply to ballot measure 9-94 I have been at The Bend Riverside Inn & Suites (was Motel) for almost forty years, long before we had a TRT. I can tell you guests were shocked that I was charging a tax in Oregon. Guests still comment, “Oregon has a sales tax?” That said I fail…
Cool Runnings
With the end of Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, gone are the evening daylight hours, and the leisurely post-work evening workouts they allow. What to do? Adapt! Below are a number of clever options for bolstering both motivation and fitness levels during the shorter days. Also note that all suggestions here rely on groups; that’s…
Jane Stevens: Wildlife Rehabber
OK, Jane Stevens—licensed wildlife reahabber—get ready to blush…I ask you, dear reader, have you ever given a thought to what it would be like to save a baby bat's life? I mean really tiny babies, eyes still closed and wet with placental fluids. What to feed it—or, how to feed it? Yeah, I’d have thrown…
Lust, Caution
It’s perhaps best to think of the Counselor (Michael Fassbender) not as a lawyer but as an investor. An investor who has made a terrible investment. That isn't to say he's stupid. He's clever enough to know how handsome he is. He's clever enough to have fallen in love with the gorgeous Laura (Penélope Cruz),…
Firing Range
“I’ve created a monster,” says John (Isaiah Washington), looking appreciatively at Lee (Tequan Richmond). John (old, calculating, furious) and Lee (young, quiet, and a terrifyingly good shot) are sitting in their 1990 Chevrolet Caprice; navy blue, it has a hole sawed out of its trunk that's just large enough to fit the barrel of a…
Chilling Tunes
These records—from appropriately named bands—offer the ghoulish ambiance of cobwebs and boiling cauldrons, just the right mood to complement All Hallows' Eve, the darkest of all holidays. Hellbound Fit For An Autopsy Entertainment One Music Decadently evil death metal seems to go with Halloween like peanut butter with chocolate, and New Jersey band Fit For…
Back in the Game
Bend blues band Blackflowers Blacksun doesn't necessarily need the help of modern-day, big-name blues artists conjuring up meaningful relevancy for the genre to pack its shows and win over new fans. But the fact that blues music is reaching new heights in this era of indie music dominance certainly doesn’t hurt things either. That's something…
Platypus Pub Reopens
The attraction to Platypus Pub is the beer, of course. Does anywhere else in town serve Russian River’s Pliny the Elder on tap? (Unfamiliar? It’s an imperial IPA that’s widely considered to be one of the best beers in the country and is one of the few to earn a perfect 100 score from beeradvocate.com.)…
Out of Town 10/30 – 11/7
portland friday 1 Cut Copy Cut Copy is everything that is awesome about psychedelic electronic house music. Acid house is an extremely danceable genre that the Melborne, Australia group has nearly perfected, weaving deftly placed samples seamlessly with live instrumentation and catchy pop hooks. Sounds like New Order mixed with Hot Chip, Duran Duran and…
Double Down
A recent pour of Pliny the Elder (see this week’s CHOW story) reminded me just how impressive a well-made, big IPA can taste. A good India Pale Ale should be crisp, cold and hop-forward. A double IPA, sometimes called an Imperial IPA (a term borrowed from Russian Imperial stouts), is simply a bolder version of…
Open for Business
Two new restaurants are enhancing the smorgasbord of lunch and dinner options in downtown Bend. Wild Rose is a Northern Thai restaurant at 150 NW Oregon Ave., formerly Common Table. Open for lunch and dinner, the menu is a long list of unrecognizable Northern Thai dishes along with curries, soups and chili pastes (no Pad…
