LISTEN: Building Redmond’s Future with Adam DuQuette 🎧
Redmond, Oregon has a new political action committee aimed at helping quality candidates navigate and fund their efforts in the political process. In this podcast we chat with one of the founders of the Building Redmond’s Future PAC, Adam DuQuette. DuQuette lives in Redmond where he works from home full-time as a software engineer. He…
Watermelon: Sweet Perfection
Oregon watermelons are typically harvested beginning in mid-July, but I’m already seeing melons in stores, imported from other parts of the country of course. These imported melons can still be sweet and delicious, so if you’ve got a hankering, I say go for it and get yourself one for this Memorial Day weekend, also known…
Summer Music Swarm Giveaway
Submit your guesses before Tuesday, May 30 at 10am! The winner will receive tickets to select shows this summer. Name the artist, or the band, or both. BOTH IS BETTER! (And if you guess the bus driver, you are extra special.) Full answers will be revealed in our May 31 issue! LET’S PLAY! Related Stories
LISTEN: Bend’s Restaurant Scene with Donna Britt 🎧
Food writer, food stylist, recipe tester, cookbook editor, podcast producer/host are a few of the creative hats Donna Britt wears. Donna loves to hike, paddle board and spend quality time with family and friends. Oh, and she also collects cookbooks and cast iron cooking vessels. As a revered member of the Source eating team, she…
The Creative Feast Brings Together Food, Music, Poetry
Central Oregon has plenty of places to grab a great meal, or listen to music, or even to hear poetry performed live – but it’s not all that often that people can take part in all three of those activities at the same event. An upcoming evening will bring all those things together under one…
In Other States, Legislators Have Gotten Expelled for a Lot Less than Walking Out
Everyone loves an underdog story – that classic tale of the little guy, by sheer will and determination, overcoming an obstacle that would seem impossible to the average person. And while the legislators who have now exceeded the number of unexcused absences allowed under Oregon’s Constitution might see themselves as the heroes of a story…
A Bendite’s 'Joy Ride' from Alaska to Argentina
Kristen and Ville Jokinen’s 18,215-mile, 580-day biking journey from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Bahía Lapataia, Argentina, started as a casual conversation on the Pacific Crest Trail and quickly turned into a trip of a lifetime. Kristen Jokinen, who’s from Bend, wrote a book about the couple’s epic journey, called “Joy Ride,” that hit stands May…
May the Source Be with You: May Edition
Well, it appears that the Mild Yet Endless Winter™ might be coming to a close as we finally start getting spring-related weather about a month and a half late. The culture shifts for Central Oregon, with the contingent of locals that don’t care about winter sports exiting their hibernation, and those who aren’t big fans…
The Music Guide to Your Restaurant Guide
For the long awaited 2023 Source Weekly Restaurant guide we’re here to talk about music. If you’re like me, the music playing when I’m going out to eat makes or breaks my experience. I’m worse than Roger Ebert when it comes to criticizing the vibe anywhere I may wine or dine. Music is a huge…
El primer autobús eléctrico en Bend
En marzo, el primer autobús escolar eléctrico de las Escuelas de Bend La-Pine (BLPS por sus siglas en inglés) comenzó a circular. El autobús escolar Lion C de 16 toneladas, cero emisiones y de $385,000, puede transportar hasta 71 pasajeros y viaja hasta las 155 millas con una sola carga. El distrito escolar subsidió la…
The Medicine Cabinet Within
Whether you align more with conventional medicine, holistic and alternative medicine or some combination of the two, chances are good a lot of it revolves around what you are consuming by mouth, one to three times daily. We live in a health care culture that is hyper-focused on solutions to health and illness being the…
West Side Versus East Side
When it comes to the real estate market in Bend, there is an intriguing contrast between the east side and west side of town. While both areas offer unique charm and desirable features, it’s important to understand the key differences between the two when considering a property purchase. In this week’s article we will delve…
Hedonistic Baker’s Dozen Festival Returns to Silver Moon
I got the idea for the coffee beer (and coffee itself) and doughnut festival called Baker’s Dozen back in 2015. The annual, migratory Craft Brewers Conference — a gathering for those in the craft beer industry to share ideas (and beers) — landed in Portland that year. Portland enjoys a reputation as a beer mecca, but…
Planting for Pollinators
The City of Bend, Worthy Environmental and Pollinator Pathway Bend are teaming up to give away native plant starts to homeowners to increase awareness about the role these plants play in terms of pollinators, waterwise landscaping, creating habitat and much more. Through a matching grant, over 2,000 starts will be given away to registered homeowners…
State of the Industry in 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic slashed the restaurant workforce in half overnight in April 2020, when indoor dining closed. The leisure and hospitality industry employed over 13,200 people in the Bend-Redmond metro in March 2020, plummeting to just over 6,000 the next month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The industry quickly regained some of…
Farewell Cracker Barrel
In honor of this year’s Restaurant Guide issue, we mourn the loss of Bend’s only Cracker Barrel, a corporate approximation of an old country store serving microwaved approximations of old country dishes. Bend’s Cracker Barrel closed its doors on March 20, along with its locations in Beaverton and Tualatin, its departure devastating the local market…
Dirty Half Turns 22
FootZone started hosting the Dirty Half Marathon in 2001 out at Phil’s Trailhead, and it was an instant hit. When it was created it was the first trail half marathon in the Pacific Northwest, according to Thomas Morgan, buyer at FootZone. After the community showed up in support 22 years ago, FootZone has been making…
Local Ceramics, Local Soup and Local Song
Family Kitchen will host a soup-off fundraiser on Sunday, May 21, and all of Central Oregon is invited. Local chefs will cook up soup with carefully crafted flavors, labor and love. Local potters Justin LeBart and Hunter Tieg will provide handmade ceramic bowls for attendees to pick out, eat soup out of and take home…
Horoscope Week of May 18, 2023
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the coming weeks, you Bulls must brook no bullies or bullying. Likewise, you should tolerate no bullshit from people trying to manipulate or fool you. Be a bulwark of integrity as you refuse to lower your standards. Bulk up the self-protective part of your psyche so you will be invincibly…
Letters to the Editor 05/18/2023
Guest Opinion: Landscape Amnesia This past week I hiked along the Upper Deschutes River. It was a pea-green color, or maybe you might say dirty blonde. Whatever adjective you like, the Upper Deschutes is a severely degraded river due to the irrigation industry. Most people living in Bend probably think the Deschutes is a beautiful…
Senate GOP-led Walkout Gridlock Deepens
The state Senate impasse deepened on Monday with no Republicans showing up and three senators who’ve participated in the GOP-led walkout now banned from serving new terms. With the walkout hitting the 10th day, two Republicans – Sens. Daniel Bonham of The Dalles and Dennis Linthicum of Klamath Falls – and Independent Sen. Brian Boquist…
The First E-Bus in Bend
In March Bend La-Pine Schools’ first electric school bus began running routes. The emission-free, $385,000, 16-ton Lion C school bus can fit up to 71 passengers and travels up to 155 miles on a single charge. The school district subsidized its purchase of the bus with a $157,500 grant from Pacific Power. The district is…
