Photos and Video From The Shins Concert on Sept. 26, 2017
With Modest Mouse on Friday night and The Shins on the following Tuesday, it’s been a pretty amazing week for live indie rock in Bend. Check out our photos and video from The Shins concert at the Athletic Club of Bend. Enjoy!
Day Wave Opens for The Shins and Becomes Your New Favorite Indie Band
Ahead of last night’s show at the Athletic Club of Bend, I went to Spotify to listen to The Shins’ opener, Day Wave. I was immediately stoked on the indie dream pop band, the brainchild of Jackson Phillips, who studied at the Berklee School of Music. On his debut album, “The Days We Had,” Phillips…
Show Preview: Rude boys and girls rejoice, The Beat hits Bend Dec. 1
SKA — The English Beat is a band with an energetic mix of musical styles and a sound like no other. The band’s unique sound has allowed it to endure for nearly three decades and appeal to fans, young and old, all over the world. You just can’t stop The English Beat! The English Beat—or…
From Butte Lady to Butte Dude
I t’s the vista from which settlers looked out over the domain that would one day be known as Beer Town, USA. It’s locals’ daily exercise challenge, countless dogs’ dusty stomping grounds, and a site of many a July 4th fire. It’s also the place where Carol Smith got her life back. Regular Source readers…
Picks of the Week: Sept 20-27
Thursday 21 Gov’t Mule with Warren Haynes LIVE MUSIC — Whether you’ve been a fan of Warren Haynes since his early Allman Brothers days, or are just looking for a great show — this is one you won’t want to miss. Legendary jam rock band Gov’t Mule is making a stop in Bend for their…
Hell is Other People
I f I didn’t need to come home and write this review, I would have walked out of “mother!” and purchased another ticket for it instantly. Hell, for the next few weeks I want to buy a ticket to “mother!” before sneaking into whatever else I have to review. I won’t because that’s not cool,…
The Spy Who Shoved Me
T here was a period in my life in which I was going through a bad breakup, so the only books I read had to have at least five sequels or I wouldn’t waste my time. I figured I could dive deep into some fictional character’s world without having to think about my own sad,…
Sisters Folk Festival Offers Partial Refunds
On the heels of its last-minute festival cancellation, organizers at the Sisters Folk Festival are offering people who bought passes several refund options. Festival organizers canceled the entire festival on Sept. 6, following weeks of poor and hazardous air quality conditions in the region due to fire. The festival was set to take place Sept.…
Wild Roots, Berries & Booze
Chris Joseph had a problem. His girlfriend liked to drink fruit-infused vodkas, but they always left her feeling bad the next day. He also had a friend who was selling berries at the farmers market and was constantly trying to figure out what to do with the leftover fruit. Joseph decided to buy some high…
As Fires Subside, Some Closures Lifted
A s of Sept. 19, some local areas that have been closed due to fire are back open. The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District lifted the closures for the South Sister Climber, Moraine Lakes Trail East of the South Sister Climber Trail, Soda Creek and Green Lakes Trails, as the Nash Fire—while still active—shrinks. Areas south of the…
Protocol
B end-based writer (and Mountain View High School grad) Kathleen Valenti spends her days writing advertising copy—but she’s just published her first novel, a mystery titled “Protocol.” I picked the book up recently, and like many mysteries that have held me in their grip until it’s late in the night and my family has abandoned…
City Trims $30,000 in Electricity Costs
I t’s been one year since the Bend City Council adopted its Climate Action Resolution, aimed at improving energy efficiency in the city. Some of the biggest sources of energy usage: electricity and natural gas. An update issued Sept. 19 reported that over the “past few years,” the City of Bend achieved a savings of…
A Burst Bubble, or a “Correction?”
T he closing of one brewery’s taproom in Bend last week perhaps didn’t come as a great surprise for beer fans in the city. The upcoming shuttering of a much more renowned one in Portland, meanwhile, has some industry watchers wondering if the craft beer “correction” is underway. Craft Kitchen & Brewery opened over two…
Pass the Pet Peeves
W hen I’m not writing this weekly “weed comedy” column, I’m working in numerous other aspects of the cannabis industry. It’s a great way to spend long hours making a shocking, depression-inducing (small) amount of money, so I strongly encourage all the children reading this to stay in school. And to stop reading this. While…
A Hand Up
Central Oregon’s employers continually lament a need for a more educated workforce. With the help of Oregon Promise, over 550 area students are getting there. For this biennium, however, the program includes an income cap. Ingrid Sanchez is a second-year student at the Madras campus of Central Oregon Community College, working toward an associate degree…
It’ll Change Your Life
“You gotta hear this one song. It’ll change your life, I swear,” Natalie Portman’s character, Sam, says in the movie, “Garden State.” She’s talking about the song, “New Slang,” by The Shins. B ack in May, I met up with one of my best friends from college at the Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge…
Birds of Lake Abert (and the fun of getting there)
A lot of readers have asked me why I spend so much time in, and talking about, the wilds of interior Oregon. Two very important reasons: 1. Golden Eagles nest and feed in that neck of the woods, and 2. I love it out there. For about nine out out of 10 Oregon residents, Lake…
Local EP Roundup
I get a fair amount of emails from local bands requesting I review their albums and EPs in the paper. Through the summer months, it’s difficult to work in these reviews with all of the shows, but now that it’s nearly fall, here’s a peek into what local musicians are turning out. AM Clouds War…
Letters to the Editor: Sept 11-18
In Response to, “Bend Bypass Needs Major Surgery, Rapid Growth Has $120 million Parkway Clogged.” (10/2005) They were told by very knowledgeable people, people who actually built roads and bridges, that their parkway plan was for “then” not for how Bend traffic was going to be in the future. From the beginning, it was dated,…
Bend Real Estate Statistics for August 2017
T he Beacon Report, which is based on real estate statistics from our local MLS, released its report of the August 2017 figures which allow some interesting comparisons to last month’s and last year’s Bend single family residence sales of 1 acre or less. According to the report, closed sales in Bend for the month…
Inside the Opioid Epidemic
I t claims more lives annually than car accidents or gun violence, tarnishing lives, ruining marriages, emptying bank accounts and wrecking careers. And with the Institute of Medicine reporting that 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, the use of prescription opioids— and the subsequent addiction and fallout it may cause—has quadrupled since 1999. With…
The Ex-Friend Zone and Too Smart For Her Own Good
Loathe Story My boyfriend who dumped me says he wants to be friends (talk to me, see me sometimes), but I’m not ready for that because I’m still in love with him. A female co-worker said that if he can be friends, he was never in love with me to begin with — that if…
Little Bites: Newport Expands to Sisters
Newport Market just got bigger. The employee-owned specialty grocer just bought Melvin’s Fir Street Market, a natural, organic grocery store in Sisters. Patrons of Melvin’s can expect to see the same level of hometown service with a few changes, including new registers and expanded offerings that will include more seafood, gift baskets, Oregon Country beef…
Pauline Lyders: Soft Structure
C reativity can sometimes be elusive for some people, while others can harness it and put it into anything they do. Pauline Lyders is one of those creativity harnessers. With a background in architecture, you’ll now find Lyders applying those concepts to felting. Yes, felting. Not concrete, not wood; just locally sourced wool that Lyders…
Homelessness is not a crime. But good luck ticketing them for it!
O n Sept. 6, the Bend City Council unanimously approved a motion, that at first glance, might seem rather innocuous. The council moved to amend Bend Code 6.15, clearing up the language around the obstruction of public ways. The issue centers largely around the Breezeway, that tunnel-like thoroughfare connecting Mirror Pond Plaza with Wall Street…
Gabriel James Edwards, Filmmaker and Composer Speaks About BendFilm
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STORY Gabriel James Edwards, Filmmaker and Composer, Ghost Village Films “I was a senior in high school when I first encountered James Stewart’s Elwood P. Dowd in the movie “Harvey.” This was a formative film. I was fascinated by Elwood’s complete delight in life and people, a pure and nonchalant embrace…
Little Bites: Foxtail Bakeshop Moving to Box Factory
Have you enjoyed tasty treats at Foxtail Bakeshop but often get bummed because they are only open on Saturdays? Fret no more, they are expanding and opening a larger location at the Box Factory. Their new location will be called Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen and they’ll be serving breakfast, lunch and wait for it… a…
Little Bites: Dine Out to Invest in our Future Workforce
E njoy a sunset dinner at Pronghorn Resort with a farm to fork dinner prepared by two local chefs—Kevin Linde from Pronghorn Resort, and Corey Whalen of One Street Down Café—to invest in the future of our community. The dinner, presented by Aperion Management Group, will benefit Heart of Oregon Corps, a nonprofit that empowers…
