Listen: Hearts Unknown Education with Nicola Carpinelli. 🎧
Nicola Carpinelli is the founder of Hearts Unknown Education, a spinoff of the nonprofit, “Dead Poets Foundation.” In this podcast, Carpinelli talks about the genesis of Dead Poets from an art exhibit on suicide awareness to a full nonprofit, and details the art therapy work he’s now doing with kids in Bend. On International Youth…
Is “Cannabis Sober” Truly Sober?
Recently, while running a backstage budtending cold brew coffee and iced tea bar at a concert, one of the artists playing asked if I could infuse the cold brew coffee with some CBD-only tincture. I was happy to oblige, even more so when she explained she had recently completed a stint in rehab, and this…
Get to Know Something Dirty
Since starting a band around 18 months ago, Something Dirty has been on an awesome streak of song releases. With Gregg Swanson and Jesse Fish on guitar/vocals, Dan Scroggin on drums and Chad Crowell on bass, Something Dirty brings back a taste of ’80s and ’90s rock that walks a space somewhere between R.E.M and…
The Joy of Pandemic Songwriting
Ever since Mt. Joy made a big splash in the music world with “Silver Lining,” the single from the band’s 2018 self-titled debut album that became a No. 1 hit at adult alternative radio, the band has been widely labeled as a folk-rock act and frequently compared to The Lumineers. Mt. Joy singer/guitarist Matt Quinn…
Sisters Art Works
For those who haven’t heard yet, there’s been something brewing in Sisters this summer. Throughout the season, Sisters Art Works has acted as a communal backyard for those lucky enough to see a show there, put on by the folks at Sisters Folk Festival. The small stage behind the SFF headquarters looks out onto a…
El incendio de Cedar Creek abarca más de 3,000 hectáreas
El incendio de Cedar Creek comenzó el 1 de agosto después de que un relámpago tocará terreno a unas 3 millas hacia el oeste de Waldo Lake que se encuentra en el bosque nacional de Willamette, a unas 40 millas al suroeste de Bend. El fuego quemó rápidamente la madera pesada y al 8 de…
Real Estate Mailbag
I thought we would switch up the style a little bit this week and answer some questions that have been submitted to us over the last few weeks. Q: I am curious as to what percentage of residential real estate sales in Deschutes County are cash buyers (no financing/mortgage needed)? Also, has this percentage changed over…
Understanding Intimacy: Frustrated in Redmond
We’ve been married for over 10 years and we’re best friends. But these days, I can’t get my partner to give me any touch at all. Dear Dr. Jane, My relationship has been hanging by a thread for quite a while now, but these days I’m almost ready to call it quits. We’ve been married for…
Caprese Frittata, a la Cafe Lena
When I lived in Portland in the late 1990s, there was a breakfast spot on Hawthorne Boulevard called Cafe Lena, where I used to go for a dish called “BBG Scrambled Eggs.” BBG stands for Basil, Brie and Garlic. In today’s world of hybrid recipes and fusion cuisine, most menu readers are too jaded to…
Over a Pint: Spider City’s Brady Schaner
Brady Schaner is one of the newest Certified Beer Judge certification program’s beer judges and is on track to become Bend’s newest certified cicerone. When he passes the arduous exam, he’ll be our town’s ninth. Most of them work at 10 Barrel Brewing, but Schaner, for the past year, has brewed at Spider City Brewing.…
The Endangered Monarch
Headlines in conservation magazines, and even in newspapers have been crying: “Monarch butterflies on the verge of extinction!” And they are, all the way from Maine to California. Their populations have dropped over 90% in the West and up to 84% in the East. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which recently…
This Island Earth
The premise is simple: a few friends hear about an island in a remote and snowy area with some amazing cold-water surfing, they go to the mysterious island and make “Island X,” a beautiful documentary about their experience along the way. Where is this island, you may ask? Nobody ever speaks the name or exact…
Controversial Former Principal Joins School Board
On July 27 the Redmond School Board appointed Alice DeWittie to serve the remainder of Jill Cumming’s terms after she resigned, citing personal reasons. DeWittie and four other finalists had been whittled down from a list of 24 applicants. DeWittie is a former principal of Summit High School, departing in 2017 after six years in…
Desert Oasis
At the recent Deschutes County Fair, one building was unlike the others. Tucked between a pool with a high dive and the livestock complex, a small “village style” shelter was brought in along with information on the various efforts to start what’s been called managed camps, village-style shelters and tiny home villages. Oasis Village, Central…
Cedar Creek Fire Engulfs Over 3,000 Acres
The Cedar Creek Fire ignited on Aug. 1 after a lightning storm touched down about 3 miles west of Waldo Lake on the Willamette National Forest, about 40 miles southwest of Bend. The fire quickly burned up the heavy timber and as of Aug. 8 it’s 3,234 acres. On Aug. 4 the Willamette National Forest…
2022 Haulin’ Aspen
Running on the blacktop got you down? Then switch it up and get to Haulin’ Aspen—a full-on trail race that follows Central Oregon’s epic single track and dirt roads, with no pavement around. Featured by Trail Running Mag, the race exemplifies the reason so many move to Central Oregon: brushing your elbows with elite endurance…
Not-So-Great Resignation
An Oregon Values and Beliefs Center survey found that 62% of the state’s workforce had been influenced by COVID, including moving to remote work (20%), receiving unemployment insurance (18%) and becoming self-employed (12%). The survey, collected between July 8-16, found the move toward remote work is most prevalent among high-earners, with 34% of six-figure workers…
Astrology Week August 11, 2022
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I’ve swung from ancient vines in the caves of Jamaica,” exults Hoodoo priestess Luisah Teish. “I’ve danced with delight around totem poles and pressed foreheads with Maori warriors. I’ve joked with the pale fox in the crossroads, then wrestled with the jaguar and won. I have embraced great trees between my…
Effective Politicians Do It for the Results, Not the Re-Election
As we put out this Best of Central Oregon issue this week, we like to stop and smell the roses, so to speak. It’s easy to get lost in the entrenched pessimism that is the mood of the day, while all around us there are ideas and solutions that simply need time to play out.…
Letters to the Editor 08/11/2022
RE: My Time with Tom Feature, July 28 Dan Mooney’s piece was so enjoyable to read, that I’m keeping it for many re-reads. Please encourage him to write more of his recollections from his interesting life for publication! —Donna C. McLean Editor’s note: Reader Steve Eberhard read “My Time with Tom” and then went back…
Bridging the Gap
Not long ago, Central Oregonians were introduced to Think Wild, a new wildlife hospital and conservation center located along Erickson Road in Bend. On any given day, the center may be occupied by orphaned baby birds, mammals hit by cars or any number of wild creatures reported to Think Wild’s wildlife hotline. Filmmaker Elif Koyuturk,…
25 And Counting
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Source Weekly, I have decided to take on the incredibly losing proposition of looking at each year the paper has been open and choosing what the best movie of that specific year was. Not my favorite one, mind you, but the one I think is the actual…
