BendFilm: Fool’s Day
A colorful—speaking both in terms of the cinematic palate and the cleverness—short film, Fool’s Day is great comedy, the clever and bloody sort of film Quentin Tarantino would produce if he directed after-school specials. A favorite at the recent—and esteemed—Tribeca Film Festival, Fool’s Day is a quippy and naughty short story about a prank that…
BendFilm: The Signal Hill Speed Run
The Signal Hill Speed Run is a documentary built mostly on historical footage and interviews of participants in the the worlds first downhill skateboard race which took place on Signal Hill in Long Beach, CA. Q&A with directors Mike Horelick and Jon CarnoyWhy was it important to make a film about Hill Street? The Signal…
BendFilm: Grape
Vineyards are good looking, so naturally they make fabulous settings for movies. Sideways, A Good Year and Parent Trap are just a few of the many films set in vineyards. Add the short film Grape to the list. Writer and director Daniel Stine uses the scenery to create a haunting, sometimes verging on creepy, but…
Steve Martin Issue on Stands Today!
The Source’s tribute issue to the iconic comedian/musician/author/filmmaker/art collector, Steve Martin, hits stands today! Here’s a sneak peak of our AWESOME cover and some of the hilarious videos our readers submitted for our ticket giveaway contest. Congratulations to Ken Norton the win, and we’ll see all you Steve Martin fans at the Les Schwab Amphitheater…
BendFilm: Finding Hillywood
SHOWING Friday, October 11; 12:30 @ Oxford; Saturday, October 12 @ 10:30 am @ Regal 2 FINDING HILLYWOOD (2013) documentary trailer from Inflatable Film on Vimeo. In April 1994, the central African nation of Rwanda was ripped apart in ethnic violence. Over one month, more than one million Rwandans were murdered; many hacked to death…
I Can’t Even Check the Weather! Thanks Government Shutdown!
Wondering if there’s rain in today’s forecast? Don’t expect NOAA, the federal weather agency, to give you any tips. Their website is down (see below), and serves as yet another reminder of the enormous reach of the current government shutdown—the first in 17 years. Dang. Nearly 800,000 government employees are now sitting at home or…
Local Theater is Drawing Big Crowds
Last week, Stage Right Production’s Spamalot set September attendance records bringing nearly 3,000 people to the Tower Theatre. Between September 13-21, Spamalot sold out six performances drawing 2,765 attendees. Meanwhile, Cascade Theatrical Company has sold out four of seven total performances during their run of Dixie Swim Club, (read the Source’s review here) and have…
Win Tickets to Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
On Friday, Oct. 4 Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell will take the stage at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. In honor of the iconic comedian, next week’s Source is a tribute to Martin—reviews of his books, dining and exercise suggestions and a salute to his cultural influence. Post your favorite Steve…
Come to Roots, Score Some Music
The Source Weekly SOUND editor will be roaming Bend Roots with some free CDs.
Bend Roots at Pakit TONIGHT!
Bend’s biggest local music festival is offical! Occupancy permits for Bend Roots are approved and the festival will host its first shows at the renovated rubbish yard tonight. Event organizer Mark Ransom performing at last year’s Church of Neil at Pakit. Here’s what’s happening tonight:BIGS Stage5:30-6:30 Problem Stick7-8 The JZ Band8:30-10 Mark Ransom & The…
Friday Mixtape!
An Autumn inspired mixtape with a bonus video of Wildcat! Wildcat!
BendFilm Kick Off Party!
The BendFilm 10th anniversary kick off party starts at 6pm tonight at Deschutes Brewery (upstairs, 1044 NW Bond St.). The event features live music, IPA tasting, and a chance to check out the new BendFilm lineup for this year. Tickets are $25 at the door.
Cops Want More Money
What do you get when you mix a beer-loving populace with an anemic public transportation system and an underfunded and understaffed police department? A disconcertingly high rate of booze-related traffic deaths. “We have a traffic crash problem in the City of Bend, to put it bluntly,” Police Chief Jeff Sale said at the September 18 City…
Writers Tips
Emily Carr, Director of Oregon State University-Cascade’s Low Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing • Keep it simple • End on a cliffhanger • Make the most of the title • Use details that show • Whenever possible, present tense • Speed it up with short sentences Mary Heather Noble, Programs Director, The…
Fall Fiction Readers’ Competition
NOTE: Three weeks ago, we provided two prompts for micro-short stories. We were thrilled, entertained and puzzled by the entries. We provided two separate one line prompts to jump start your stories, and told you to keep it within 250 words—a challenging order— to write complete stories with dynamic characters and detailed settings in the…
Corporate Good!
Last week, Philip Knight, the CEO at Nike, announced he will donate $500 million to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) for cancer research (pending matching donations). It is his third in a series of donations ($100 million in 2008 and $125 million last year) that have helped bolster OHSU's stand as one of the…
Pants on Fire
Al Pachino said it in Scarface: “I always tell the truth; even when I lie.” For some reason, Nova Scotia hip-hop artist Buck 65—born Richard Terfry—lives that quote out each time he’s asked him where he got his stage name. His responses are so quick and packed with so much detail, he oozes authenticity. In…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 16 It’s official: the 16-month engagement between Liam “Not Chris” Hemsworth and former Disney princess/current twerking enthusiast Miley Cyrus is KAPUTSVILLE. Various media outlets are reporting their various theories for the split including Chris being mortified by Miley’s weird twerking performance at the VMAs, and Miley being mortified by Chris’ penis, which would reportedly…
Before and After
I’m standing in the middle of what once was a graveyard of discarded toilets at Pak-It Liquidators and, surprisingly, the ground is pleasingly sparse; stout plywood stages ready for live music now rest in opposite corners, ready for the return of Bend Roots Revival. At the writing of this article, though—seven days before the festival—there…
From "Gimp" to Glory
On a summer day more than a decade ago, climber Craig DeMartino was working his way across a tricky route (rated 5.11c) in Rocky Mountain National Park, when he had a momentary miscue with his climbing partner. In that moment, DeMartino's life unfurled, and he fell 100 feet to the hard ground below. His injuries…
Out of Town 9/25 – 10/3
portland friday 27 Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Rozzi Crane Rock out with Adam Levine—and those other slightly less attractive guys! Get pumped for the weekend with the pop/alternative-rock champions of the Top 40 charts. Angry, brokenhearted-pump up jams, heart melting ballads (cue swooning), and songs chock full of sexy innuendos. Kelly Clarkson and Rozzi Crane,…
Letters 9/18 – 9/26
OSU-Cascades: Why There? Am I the only one who thinks the location of the new OSU Cascades campus is crazy? Traffic options in the area are limited and already prone to congestion. The environmental concerns may or may not be an issue. (Remember the athletic fields at Summit High School?) To me, it would make…
Just Friends
Human behavior, when placed under a microscope, is interesting, even if the humans under the microscope are an infuriatingly specific and privileged class of people. Yep, you guessed it—we're talking about mumblecore again. Director Joe Swanberg is best known for Hannah Takes the Stairs and Nights and Weekends. His new film, Drinking Buddies, is about…
Girls Gone Wild
Few things are as American as the road trip. Trekking across the country inside a rickety old vehicle with only a vague itinerary serving as guide is a time-honored right of passage, and an expression of freedom. Traditionally, however, such exploratory trips have been an expression of male freedom—somehow women were left at home when…
Lyrics Make the Man
As Americana artist and legend Robert Earl Keen—who actually has been credited at times with inventing the “Americana” genre—describes the tiny one-room limestone songwriting hideaway that he lovingly calls his “scriptorium,” my imagination travels to a state of tranquil lucidity. Almost immediately, I am standing amid a small gathering of tchotchkes gazing out into the…
Chilly on the outside, warm on the inside
Admit it: Summer is over. Done. Finished. Put away the ice cubes and tall tumblers of ice tea. Walk away. But the end of one season means the beginning of another and this week’s brisk days and chilly evenings had our staff in a comfort food mindset, dishes to stoke the inner furnace. Grilled Cheese…
Jubelale Wins Again
The same year Deschutes was established, in 1988, the brewery released its first seasonal beer, Jubelale. The dark, malty strong ale (6.7% ABV, 60 IBUs) has won a laundry list of awards and earned a “world-class” ranking on the beer review site beeradvocate.com. Created each September, the specialty brew is one of the most highly…
Guilty Pleasures
The day that Tawna Fenske’s cat died was the day that she started her career as a romance novelist. It was Fenske’s 32nd birthday, and her publisher called to tell her that her first book’s publication had been canceled. She had already spent her advance on a trip to Australia, her day job was threating…
Our Picks 9/25 – 10/3
thursday 26 Reel Paddling Film Fest FILM—Big water, flat water, open water—it’s all here. These are some of the year’s best paddling films. Expect inspiration at this Teva-sponsored world tour event. 8-10 pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St. $12 in advance at Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, 805 SW Industrial Way, or towertheatre.org; $15…
