The Love of Beer: Screening next weekend at GoodLife Brewing
Like Beer? This is a short film that celebrates the many contributions of women in the Northwest craft brewing industry, with special appearances by Bend’s own Tanya Cornett and Portland’s Sarah Pederson, owner of the awesome bar Saraveza. GoodLife Brewing is showing The Love of Beer Friday (Oct.
Chaos in the Cascades: Win tickets to the roller derby!
If you want to see tough women knock each other around the roller rink while enjoying a beer (or six), head out to the Deschutes County Expo Center in Redmond to cheer on the Lava City Roller Dolls in their home opener roller derby bout. It’s a round robin tournament and the host LCRD are…
Jem and the Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Interview
Here’s a terrific little interview from MTV Geek with Christy Marx, the creator of my fave campy cartoony Jem and the Holograms! A joint collaboration between Marvel and Hasbro (which always means a toy line tie-in), Jem ran from 1985-88, and was an animated soap opera about a band with a holographic lead singer who…
Body Found on Santiam Linked to tri-State Killing Spree
Autopsy results released this afternoon confirmed that a body recovered over the weekend in Linn County is that of an Everett man whose son and girlfriend allegedly went on an interstate killing spree that ended with their arrest in California last week. The State Medical Examiners office announced on Monday afternoon that the body recovered…
Breaking Bad Season Finale Chat-a-thon!
First of all, WOW! Now that is how one does a season finale. If you haven’t watched last night’s season ending edition of Breaking Bad (AKA the best show on television, and if you disagree I’ll kick you in the scrabble bag), don’t worry, I’m not going to spoil it for you… other than to…
BendFilm: A Roundup of Saturday’s Films and the Winners!
I wrapped up my 2011 BendFilm Festival experience yesterday with another three films, which were all really great. The festival continues today with screenings in Sisters, as well as the winners showing in Bend down at the Old Mill. Here’s a round up of the films I saw yesterday, as well as a list of…
Seen at BendFilm: The Clean Bin Project
I just returned from the Old Mill Regal 16 where The Clean Bin Project just screened to a mostly full auditorium for BendFilm. In a word, the film is impacting.
Festival Friday: My day dedicated to BendFilm
There’s something in the air. Can you feel it? You can always feel it around this time of year, it’s inspiration and it comes from being in the presence of talented filmmakers, watching awesome movie you might never have gotten the chance to see otherwise, and attending a variety of panels, parties, and mixers all…
Local Documentary Sells Out at BendFilm
Luckily, today has been a refreshing day to stand outside and wait in line to get into the plethora of films screening at BendFilm. Unfortunately for some, the wait for the 3pm screening , and world debut, of Rage Production’s Boom Varietal: The Rise of Malbec didn’t result in a viewing of the locally produced…
Free BendFilm Block Party Downtown Tonight
Sure, the movies are reason to go to BendFilm. We acknowledge that.
Trail Update: The dirt is magical and Biketoberfest
Intrepid singlespeeder and friend of the Source, Jeff Dengel, took this shot on a ride yesterday. You’re looking at the Metolius Windigo trail by the Broken Top split, which is damn near the highest point on the Metolius Windigo/Flagline loop (~6,900 ft.
Bill Plympton and a BendFilm Night One Recap
BendFilm kicked off last night and I was at the Tower Theatre, festival pass around my neck and eyes anxiously awaiting entertainment on the screen. I wasn’t disappointed by the first two films, and the other 350-plus people in attendance seemed to agree.
BendFilm: Free panel sessions allow you to rub elbows with filmmakers
Learn Something: The Panels One of the underrated aspects of BendFilm has always been the special presentations and filmmakers’ panels. This year, this facet of the festival is even more accessible, given that they are completely free.
Occupy Wall Street Comes to Bend
Today at 4:30 p.m.
Eff Cancer: Tshirts available locally from 541 Threads
Hate cancer? Us too. Express your anti-cancer sentiment by wearing one of these tshirts from 541 Threads, a Bend company that donates four meals to NeighborhoodImpact’s food bank for every shirt they sell.
Eastern Oregon Wolves Get Reprieve
A pair of Eastern Oregon wolves that had been targeted for extermination got a reprieve late today when an Oregon Appeals Court issued an injunction stopping the planned killing until the court has time to review a lawsuit filed by three conservation groups earlier this week that challenges the state’s decision to employ lethal measures…
BendFilm Opens Tonight
The eighth-annual BendFilm festival gets underway tonight with an opening presentation and film screening at the Tower Theatre, followed by a slate of hip-looking parties running late into the night. From what our crack team of movie lovers can tell, this is shaping up to be one of the best years in the festival’s history.
Hank Williams Jr. is Officially Fired by ESPN
In this week’s Left Field column, I wrote about how Hank Williams Jr.’s dreadful opening song to Monday Night Football was pulled this week after the son of the country legend appeared on Fox News and, among other bizarre statements, called the president and vice president of the United States “the enemy.
Mt. Bachelor Gets Snow, Announces Discount
Mt. Bachelor got some snow last night and is likely to get even more this afternoon into tonight.
Forget Cougars, We Have Wolves….
Biologists confirmed this week that a member of the eastern Oregon Imnaha Pack has made it way to Central Oregon. The wolf known Or-3 was one of handful of wolves that dispersed from the Imnaha pack earlier this year after wolf managers killed two members of the pack in response to livestock attacks.
It’s on TV Tonight: American Horror Story
Slip that butcher knife underneath the couch pillow, because tonight marks the debut of the new Ryan “Glee, Nip/Tuck” campy psychosexual spook fest, American Horror Story (FX, 10 pm). Here’s a description from this week’s I Love Television™: The plot: An unhappily married couple (Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott) and their teen daughter (Taissa Farmiga)…
Natural Born Killers Nabbed
A Washington couple who appear to have taken off on a West Coast killing spree were nabbed this afternoon north of Sacramento, according to the Oregonian. This bizarre and chilling case of a real life Mickey and Mallory has been unfolding over the course of the day.
Fresh Hop Beers, Explained: Silver Moon video clip
What are fresh hop beers and why are they so darn good?
The answer is relatively simple: Beers made with fresh hops (duh). The brewing process is similar, but instead of using dried, or preserved hops, wet/raw/fresh hops are utilized to impart a distinct earthy, fresh, vibrant taste.
Dream On: Dream team of A-list actors and director cannot save the misguided path of Dream House
OK, here we go again with another entry into the haunted house genre. You know, the ones with “haunting” and/or “house” in the title that are all but destined to suck. This flick is no exception to the sucking rule, but guess what? It's not a haunted house movie, which now leads me to believe…
Running Free Again: Dams come down for fish and recreation
A stop on almost every whitewater kayaker and rafter's Northwest must-do itinerary is a run on Washington's White Salmon River. It's a river loved by top-end kayakers for its Class V upper sections, by veteran paddlers for its busy Class III-plus, BZ Corner-to-Husum run, and by boaters of all abilities for its no-so-busy, but fun,…
Your Film Festival: BendFilm brings the movies to the people
“It's so much more than just watching a movie and I think people understand that,” says BendFilm Artistic Director Orit Schwartz. Now in its eighth year, the film festival has become well rooted within Bend's cultural landscape while also weathering the financial woes thrust upon nonprofits in this economy. Still, BendFilm has maintained a reputation…
Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century: Common Table’s struggle to maintain its mission prompts restructuring
Nate Bettger bounced and patted his newborn son on his chest as he relayed the story of his involvement with Common Table. The familiar tale of idealism put into action, the hope of building community, took a sudden twist when Bettger and the entire paid staff of the one-year-old social enterprise venture were laid off…
Little Bites: Loving a Meat Eater: What to do when your better half isn’t a vegetarian like you
Zac is my boyfriend. I love him. And he loves meat. And – although I'm a committed vegetarian – I sometimes cook it for him. I know. It makes me feel weird, too. But love makes us do crazy things. For the seven of you who have enjoyed my column up to this point, this…
Are You Ready for Some Hatred?: Crazy Ol’ Hank Williams Jr. loses his Monday Night Football gig
For the past few years, I haven't seen many Monday Night Football kickoffs, mostly because I'm one of those people who lives on the West Coast works on Mondays, but also due to the fact that for the past 20 years, these games have begun with the trite country-rock of Hank Williams Jr. Of course,…
A Pain in the Toe: Catching up with the giant alligator tick
My wonderful and curious neighbor, Chuck Stahn, who has a magnificent greenhouse and garden, delivered a magnificent bug (pictured above) to Sue and I the other day in a cranberry juice jug. Chuck was gassing up his car at a lighted Madras gas station when suddenly a woman in the next bay let out a…
Cowboy Music: Riders in the Sky give us a lesson on the true lessons of the West
I knew who they were coming to town and I knew they'd been here before. They're called the Riders in the Sky and I've heard their music for most of my life. So have you, even if you might not know it, you have. Trust me on this. As someone who doesn't (and doesn't know…
People You Hate
I don't hate “people.” I really don't. In fact, I love “people” – as a general concept. I love them in the same conceptual way I love “hamburger sandwiches.” Now, generally speaking, “hamburger sandwiches” are incredibly delicious and fortifying. That being said, occasionally a specific hamburger sandwich will go awry. For example, when a vegan…
Cancer and Comedy: 50/50 proves the two can coincide, at least on film
As someone in her mid-twenties, I, fortunately, haven't had to deal with one of my best friends being diagnosed with cancer, though I do have a friend who has. It's one of those things you never want to think about, but something we'll all have to deal with eventually. It seems there are few, if…
On Putting Tools Away
It is 7:30 p.m. and my wife comes into the bedroom, crosses to the closet and pulls open the two bi-folding doors. Although I can’t see her face, I know she’s pleased. I built this closet for her. Her wardrobe hangs in front of her, each dress sorted according to style, color and season. The…
Our Picks for 10/5-10/13
SpeakNOW wednesday 5 Are you a youngster with some serious poetic chops? If so, head down to the Poethouse and enter yourself in The Nature of Words first SpeakNow event, a spoken word competition for all high school aged students in the region. If you win, there are cash prizes and recognition to be had.…
State Seeks Feedback on New Health Care Law
Central Oregonians have an opportunity to weigh in on the future of the state's health care safety net this week in Bend. The forum, which is presented by the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Health Policy Board, is one of several community input meetings that are taking place across the state as public health…
Planning Commissioner to Challenge Conger for Bend Seat
Less than a year after wresting Bend's House Seat from Judy Stiegler and the Democratic Party, Rep. Jason Conger has a challenger looking to take the freshman republican legislator’s seat. Late last week, former school board member and longtime Bend planning commission member Nathan Hovekamp announced that he intends to seek the democratic nomination next…
New River Park Plans Up for Review
Skatepark controversy notwithstanding, the Miller's Landing project is moving apace and the Bend Park District wants to hear what you'd like to see at new riverfront park. The district is holding a community meeting to solicit input on park design next Thursday, Oct. 13, 5-7:30 pm at the district offices, 799 Columbia (right across the…
Out of Town: Cash’d Out, Robert Earl Keen
shaniko friday 7 – sunday 9 Ninth Annual Ragtime & Vintage Music Festival Things are going to get old-timey in the rural town of Shaniko. Northeast of Madras on U.S. Hwy 97 lies Shaniko, population: 26. Friday night the festival begins with a silent screening of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, shown at the Shaniko…
Wilco: The Whole Love
After Jeff Tweedy assembled, what he declared, “the best Wilco line-up ever” in 2007, the sextet released the very straightforward, and dare I say boring, Sky Blue Sky. Wilco sounded more interesting with 2009’s Wilco (the Album), but still seemed too top heavy with seasoned musicians to produce something so sing-songy. The Whole Love is…
Occupying Wall St. From Liberty Plaza: Notes from a nascent protest movement in our nation’s financial capital
The police lining Liberty Street appear bored, over 700 arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday, Saturday, after thousands of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters marched across the East River. This Sabbath starts slow on Zuccotti Park, time for reflection. “I wouldn't have gone across the bridge,” offers one protester, adding with a smile, “I'm from New…
Our Fresh Straight Poop Comes With No Monthly Fees
Monday, Sept. 26 This is turning into a routine: Senate approves deal to avert government shutdown Friday; Democrats and Republicans both claim victory … Nyaa, nyaa, can't touch me: Dominique Strauss-Kahn claims former status as chief of International Monetary Fund gives him diplomatic immunity against civil lawsuit by NYC hotel maid who says he raped…
Tony DeBone Has a Dumb Old New Idea
Old beliefs die hard – especially the dumb ones. Despite all the evidence, some Central Oregon public officials still cling to the faith that they can pump life into the moribund local construction industry by giving builders a break on Systems Development Charges. SDCs are fees levied on new construction projects to help cover the…
Don't Ignore the Real News
When will our mainstream media start covering the “Occupy Wall Street” event? It was so interesting to see that American media had no problem covering this type of activity around the world and criticized their governments and media for blacking it out. How are we any different? This matter isn’t going away and is expected…
Mental Health Talk Needs a Reality Check
If Kay Redfield Jameson (upcoming OSU Cascades Program) and the Military/Industrial/Medical/Governmental Complex are suggesting we should think “normally” and quiet the “unquiet” mind, no thanks. Such assumptions would be a direct affront to critical, independent and natural thinking. May citizens reject political definitions of mental health? Quieting the “unquiet” mind (as Big Pill Industry and…
We Get What We Deserve
Sirs, Kudos to the Source for pointing out Bank of America's “humanitarian” plan to increase the return of its wealthy shareholders by cutting 30,000 of its employees from the pay rolls. Another example of the bullshit Bush Bailout gone awry.
Prose Took Flight
Hi, I just read Charles Finn’s column On Flying Out of Redmond. I can’t find a direct email for him, but I just wanted to pass on that I thought it was beautiful and really captured how those early a.
