Two Flavorful Ways To Cook Rice
Mexican rice, sometimes called Spanish rice or red rice, is typically made with long grain white rice, tomato, onion, garlic and seasonings. It’s usually a side dish with chicken, tacos, fish or other meats or soups. It’s simple to prepare and features toasted rice, which is a great technique for preventing rice from being too…
LISTEN: Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council with Tammy Baney 🎧
Tammy Baney is the executive director of Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council. In this edition of Bend Don’t Break, she chats with Publisher Aaron Switzer about COIC, what she wishes people know about the region’s intergovernmental organization, her goals for the future and more. Listen now: Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council…
Thirsty?
The summertime heat and sunshine can certainly make a person thirsty. If you’re feeling especially parched during these dogs days of summer, it might be time to find some shade and take a beverage break. Water is king of course, but every once in a while it’s nice to mix it up. Here’s a nice…
El condado aprueba el código de campamento
El comisionado del Condado de Deschutes aprobo unánimamente un código de campamento para terrenos del condado. El código actual prohíbe acampar a una circunferencia de una 1 milla de cualquier propiedad privada o dentro de 1 milla de los límites del desarrollo urbano, dentro de 1,000 pies de una escuela o parque o en cualquier…
Community-Based Mural Promotes Awareness
If you frequent downtown Bend, you might have seen the new, creative and thought-provoking Scalehouse Gallery mural. Scalehouse Gallery, a contemporary arts center, set out to create a community-based mural centered around prompting a healthy and constructive dialogue around houselessness. The mural was designed and painted by six artists, three of whom are members of…
Neighborhood Spotlight: DRW
The Deschutes River Woods neighborhood of Bend has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a quiet area nestled along the Deschutes River. Steeped in history and natural beauty, this charming neighborhood has undergone significant changes in recent times, evolving into a sought-after community that seamlessly blends modern living with its enchanting surroundings.…
Last Resort
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners banned the creation of new residential destination resorts within 24 miles of Bend, bringing it in line with a state statute that lets counties ban resorts near cities with a population exceeding 100,000. Developers can still build resorts in all the places they’re currently allowed to, but can only…
How We Enslave Ourselves
I don’t want to be a slave, but I am I don’t even know all the ways I’m enslaved Freedom is the answer but what does freedom from slavery actually mean? Let’s start with the history of slavery in our world. Slavery has been around for thousands of years. As long ago as 6800 BCE, as…
Greetings from Central Oregon
Perhaps it’s the giant, flowery “Greetings from Bend, Oregon” mural at the Old Mill that first caught your eye. Or perhaps it’s the stunning, red-and-orange-tinted “Greetings from Madras” mural that sits along the main drag. Or perhaps it’s one of the many other “Greetings From” murals that now are present around the towns of Central…
Haus Party
It’s coming up on Alex Simpson’s/AKA Deb Auchery’s birthday. Bend hasn’t sparkled quite as brightly since she passed away last September from diabetes. Her drag collective, The Cult of Tuck, is putting on a new show on Aug. 5 at Silver Moon for her birthday celebration. “Deb’s Dollhaus” is a variety show benefiting the Transgender…
Franklin Murals Gone, or Graffitied
In 2019, the artist Kaycee Anseth completed a mural on Franklin Avenue under Highway 97. Artists transformed the drab underpass, which was nicknamed the “pee tunnel” by the pedestrians who walked it, into a bright yellow corridor featuring Anseth’s stylized depictions of nature — birds and dandelions on the sides and stars adorning the ceiling.…
Haulin’ Aspen Takes Runners into the Woods
It’s time to ditch the river trails and neighborhood jogs and get out in the forest with the community of runners. Lay it Out Events, sister company to the Source Weekly, is hosting its annual Haulin’ Aspen Race on Aug. 12. This event offers a full marathon, half marathon and a “half as” (6.5 miles),…
New Music Festival Hosts a Pre-Party
The festival community no longer has to wait until September to get its music fix. The Cascade Equinox Festival, a new music experience coming to Central Oregon, is hosting an official pre-party at Volcanic Theatre Pub on Saturday, Aug. 12. The event features three artists, one of which will perform at the festival. According to…
Horoscope Week of August 3, 2023
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1811, Leo scientist Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856) formulated a previously unknown principle about the properties of molecules. Unfortunately, his revolutionary idea wasn’t acknowledged and implemented until 1911, 100 years later. Today his well-proven theory is called Avogadro’s law. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Leo, you will experience your…
Letters to the Editor 08/03/2023
Ignoring The Homeless Will Have Consequences in the Future I attended a county commissioners discussion on homelessness, and one would think that after all this time they would get it. It’s clear that many are oblivious and believe that homelessness is a choice. They feel the homeless don’t deserve help or empathy. It frustrates me…
FERC Off
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission delayed a decision on TC Energy’s Gas Transmission Northwest Xpress pipeline expansion after Oregon’s two senators and 26 environmental organizations asked FERC to deny or delay its decision. The Canadian energy company asked FERC for permission to pump an additional 150 million cubic feet per day through the pipeline, which…
Don’t Like Pumping Your Own Gas? You Still Don’t Have To
This week, Oregonians from the Pacific to the Owyhee have been breathlessly awaiting the news: Will they be able to determine their own fates, and to choose whether they pump their own gas, or not? In what one might have thought was a pretty straightforward bill that a governor might otherwise not think twice about…
Keeping Lions in Our Midst
Found from the Canadian Yukon to the Andes, mountain lions have the greatest of range of any living mammal in the Americas and are the most wide-ranging cat species in the world. No surprise then that mountain lions inhabit Central Oregon. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, mountain lion populations experienced a significant decline…
May the Source Be With You: August Edition
Cool, so what you’re telling me is that summer is half over, the SAG/AFTRA/WGA strike is still (rightly) going strong and that most of the movies set to release across the rest of this year are getting moved to next year, so pretty soon theaters might not have any new movies to show? Wow. I…
County Passes Camping Code
Deschutes County Commissioners unanimously approved a camping code for county-owned property. The updated code is much more narrow than what the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Proposed, which would have banned camping within 1 mile of any private property or within 1 mile of the urban growth boundary, within 1,000 feet of a school or park…
Eight Years of Cannabis Legalization in Oregon
Last month marked a milestone: Oregonians legalized our recreational (aka Adult Use) cannabis program via ballot initiative in November 2014, which went into effect on July 1, 2015. Since then, with some restrictions, it’s been legal to grow, buy, use and transport cannabis. Yet Oregon’s relationship with Le Jazz Tobacco hardly started eight years ago.…
Experimental Jazz Guitarist Mike Gamble returns to Bend
Back in March at Mike Gamble’s last performance in Bend, you may have been one of the cool cats in the intimate crowd at Bend’s new natural wine bar — the very quaint and Euro-esque — Bar Fiori. Although Bend’s jazz “scene” doesn’t really exist (yet), experimental and ambient focused jazz guitarist Gamble isn’t unfamiliar…
