Corrected Crossword Puzzle 10/7/15
“It’s HA-MA Time!”—2 legit to solve. Matt Jones Across 1 Fizzling firecracker 4 Aquarium growth 8 Crumbly coffeehouse buy 13 “Cheerleader” singer 14 Fishing line holder 15 James Cameron blockbuster film 16 Another name for #, before it became a “tag” 18 Certain VWs 19 Event for someone who displays a “13.1” bumper sticker 21…
Reflecting on Roseburg
A tragedy all too familiar struck home for Oregonians on Thursday, Oct. 1, after a gunman opened fire in a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, killing nine, and wounding seven. Though the tragedy occurred more than a three hour drive from Bend, it sent shock waves through the local college community. On Friday,…
Art Watch 10/7-10/14
A new exhibit featuring the work of Eugene-based fine artist Lynda Lanker opens at the High Desert Museum on Saturday, Oct. 10. Tough By Nature: Portraits of Cowgirls and Ranch Women of the American West showcases the spirit and tradition of western settlement, ranching lifestyle, and in particular, the women and cowgirls who have played…
Sophomore Swagger
Just as a band’s sophomore album tends to be among its best, so too is the second year of the BendFilm Festival under Director Todd Looby gearing up to be one of the fest’s best. From the quality and quantity of the films—we’re talking about hundreds more submissions than last year, and of exponentially greater…
Southern Fried Hip-Hop
Nappy Roots came into hip-hop at the perfect time. It was the late ’90s and if you were in a Southern hip-hop crew, it was almost impossible to get radio play outside of the South, with mixtapes being the primary outlet most groups had to get their sound out. Then, in the early 2000s, artists…
Take Me Home 10/7-10/14
If you’re preparing to sell your home, chances are you might be tempted to neglect to inform prospective buyers about that slow leak under the guest bathroom sink or the lights that flicker from time to time in the dining room. However, Carey McQuate, principal broker at The Hasson Company has a few words of…
If Walls Could Talk
The City of Bend Arts, Beautification, and Culture Commission is seeking to inspire the community through art with its City Walls at City Hall initiative. The current exhibition opened at City Hall, 710 NW Wall St., on Friday, Oct. 2, and will remain open until March 2016. The display features the works of studio artists…
Picks 10/7-10/14
thursday 8-sunday 11 BendFilm Festival FILM FESTIVAL—Central Oregon’s own premiere film festival has returned. Packed to the brim with some of the finest shorts, docs, and features of the year, BendFilm is coming back stronger than ever. Check this week’s SCREEN section for some of our picks for best of the fest. Multiple locations, all…
Death on the Highway
Back in the early ’60s I began placing U.S. Fish and Wildlife #9 bands on the legs of golden eagle nestlings. I had been climbing into-and-out-of eagle nests in Deschutes, Lake, and Jefferson counties from about 1953, trying to learn more about their diet, territory, mortality, and natural history. I found nestlings and adults shot…
Whychus? Do ‘Em Both
Chush Falls Chush Falls, also known as Lower Whychus Falls, is one of three proximate falls on Whychus Creek. The three have been said by some to rival Yellowstone for scenic value. I can’t stand behind that claim, but ours are something special and a much shorter trip to boot. The official trail ends at…
Standing on the Edge
Matthias Giraud thrives on being the first to conquer an adventure. His first first was boosting off of Mt. Hood’s Mississippi Head. For some, such a feat would be the culmination of a life of daring. For Giraud, it was just the beginning. “The next thing I knew, I was getting calls from CNN and…
Side Notes 10/7-10/14
President Barack Obama will travel to Roseburg on Friday, Oct. 9 to meet privately with the families of the victims who were killed at Umpqua Community College, according to NPR. Obama delivered a speech after the shooting calling for action and stating thoughts and prayers aren’t enough. More details about the President’s visit will be…
Fall into Fun
After the hectic clip of summer, fall brings a slower pace. Parents get a reprieve from constant contact with children, river traffic thins out, and stopping to step in a pile of particularly crunchy leaves seems like a perfectly good reason to take a detour. We finally stop feeling guilty about spending time indoors and…
Cozy Up to Culture
Swinging With the Stars Swinging with the Stars enters its fifth annual production in Central Oregon and everyone involved should have a huge smile on their face. The event has raised over $264,000 for the Central Oregon Sparrow Clubs to date with no sign of slowing down and puts on a performance that audiences and…
Out and About in the Autumn Air
Pumpkin Patches & Corn Mazes Whether you’re 8 or 80, there’s something undeniably magical about spending the day in an autumnal wonderland. And Central Oregon has no shortage of places to experience that other worldly combination of gnarled squash in a rainbow of hues, corn mazes carved in the shape of popular characters, and downhome…
Source Suggests 10/7-10/14
You Knew Me When Outfitted with a variety of musical instruments, this husband and wife duo presents a full band sound that blends progressive indie rock and folk compositions. You Knew Me When is made up of Cie and Karisa Hoover, who left their Nashville home and full-time jobs to tour the country sharing their…
The Boot 10/7-10/14
After news broke that an armed student shot and killed nine people on the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg, people across the state and the nation reacted first with shock, then sadness, and later, took to the internet to share their theories about how to stop the tragedies that have become so common, we’ve…
Film Events 10/7-10/14
BendFilm Festival With one of the finest programs in its history, BendFilm is coming out swinging, not content to be just the premiere festival of Central Oregon, but of the entire Northwest. Some highlights this year include Breaking A Monster (a doc that will have the entire theater cheering), Astraea (a science fiction film that…
The Sky Isn’t Falling
Breaking news: The sky is not falling. Now that we are three months into cannabis legalization and a week into legal sales of cannabis in Oregon, this is a message that the Oregon public needs to hear. Both before and after Oregonians voted on Measure 91, we have heard the same tired arguments from prohibitionists…
Space Damon
The Martian will be compared a lot to 2013’s Gravity. Mostly because both films focus on a single person fighting back against overwhelming odds in an environment that wants to destroy them (the vacuum of space in Gravity and the surface of Mars in The Martian), but the films have one major difference: The Martian…
The Tyranny of Good Taste
If you still haven’t gone to a food tasting, don’t believe the skeptics. Vanity Fair called food tastings “tyrannical,” and the New York Times likened the pre-scripted dining experiences to being “a cog in an invisible machine.” Critic Peter Wells wrote, “The night is exhausting, the food is cold, the interruptions are frequent. The courses…
Letters 10/7-10/14
IN REPLY TO “TALKING BACK” (9/30) I was pleased to see Lowry’s interview in The Source, and I am grateful to have the partnership of Deschutes Public Library in hosting her October 7th talk on Native American perspectives on Curtis. In our mutual desire to have an informed discussion of Curtis, I would like to…
The Other Beer City USA
The northern Colorado town of Fort Collins (population: 155,000) is one of several medium-sized cities around the United States to earn the name Beer City USA from bloggers and travel magazine articles. In the past, that was almost wholly driven by two large outfits: New Belgium, they of Fat Tire and the Lips of Faith…
