A Great Way to Spend a Saturday Morning
7 AM, September 25, 2021, Green Lakes Trailhead: It’s the day after the (grumble, grumble) wilderness permits were required, and I want to beat the crowds up to the basin. I’m clad in my usual Cascade rockaneering attire: well-worn trail shoes, argyle socks, cutoff dockers, long-under-short-sleeved wicking shirts, cheap sunglasses and a Wendy’s visor. Before…
May the Source Be With You: Cowboys, Catfishing and Champagne
As this very mellow winter slowly comes to an end, I want to give a shout out to all my specific temperature peoples that don’t do well in freezing weather or sweltering hot weather. Either; instead only ever truly comfortable right around 67 degrees in the sun with a mild breeze. Don’t let anyone mock…
Independent Venues & Touring Bands Still Need Each Other
Following the release of its sixth album, “Something Beautiful,” in 2020, Hot Buttered Rum planned to hold a release show at the Volcanic Theatre Pub—but long story short, as we know, concerts were canceled everywhere, including the one from HBR. That makes the anticipation for this weekend’s show very real, because the band hasn’t been…
A Q&A with Zach Alder
Funk, rock and blues are the essential three ingredients to a Diggin’ Dirt song. The Humboldt County seven-piece can be both playful and serious, but in the end it all boils down to the music feeling good. The Source Weekly chatted with lead singer Zach Alder over the phone while the guys enjoyed the day…
Noticias en Español
Entre febrero y julio de 2021, investigadores llevaron a cabo 48 entrevistas con trabajadores agrícolas en zonas agricultoras de todo el estado, concluyendo que los trabajadores agrícolas padecieron vivencias peligrosas e inhumanas durante la pandemia. A menudo, los trabajadores agrícolas carecen de la protección otorgada a la mayoría de las profesiones. Pueden correrlos debido a…
Our Backyard
Five deer strolled through our backyard yesterday morning—nothing new, but always a joy to see them nibbling away, watching their ears flicker as they are hyper-ready to bolt should they hear or see anything out of place. Total relaxation never happens as their radar system is always on high alert—just like the rest of the…
The Possible Return to a Normal Market
The elephant in the room in real estate right now is and has been for a few weeks: interest rates! Yes, the rates have gone up recently, so what is going on in the market? Lots of things are changing and evolving, but right now demand is still high and inventory is low, so most…
Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Choose the least important day in your life,” wrote Aries author Thornton Wilder. “It will be important enough.” I recommend that you make those your words to live by in the next two weeks. Why? Because I suspect there will be no tremendously exciting experiences coming your way. The daily rhythm…
Bend’s Best Tacos y Cervezas
Cinco de Mayo, to many Gringo-Americans, is simply an excuse to drink more-than-usual amounts of margaritas. Just like you don’t need St. Paddy’s Day to drink Guinness, you don’t need Cinco to drink copious quantities of Corona. To that end, no one needs an excuse to eat tacos. But we know you’re gonna anyway, so…
Bend Brewfest Gets a Refresh
The world is spinning again and that means beer festivals can return. While beers pair extremely well with tacos (see this week’s Chow story for more on that), they also pair perfectly with friends, strangers and (what should be) a warm, sunny day. Bend Brewfest returns May 13 and 14, but not to the amphitheater.…
Sunriver Music Fest Has a New Face for 2022
The Sunriver Music Festival, an annual series of chamber orchestra concerts, welcomes a new artistic director this season, as well as the addition of a brand-new venue. Seattle native Brett Mitchell has a vibrant program lined up for events at Bend’s new Caldera High School as well as Sunriver’s Great Hall, kicking off with a…
Laughter: Not a Finite Resource
Between the exploding number of shows at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater this summer and the wealth of national talent showing up at smaller spaces like Volcanic Theatre Pub and the Midtown Ballroom, Central Oregon’s robust music scene is already well recognized—but another type of nightly entertainment is steadily gaining speed in the region, thanks in…
Outdoor Film Festivals
Outdoor Film Festivals Film aficionados and outdoor enthusiasts rejoice! Two outdoor film festivals rock ‘n’ roll into the Tower Theatre on back to back nights. Bend Endurance Academy and Mountain Supply will present Reel Rock 16 May 4, while Cog Wild, Oregon Adaptive Sports and Dirty Freehub sponsor the Bicycle Film Festival’s first appearance in…
Letters to the Editor 05/05/2022
RE: UFOregon Feature, 4/28 An interesting and relatively objective historical article. We now know that the unofficial media policy of ridiculing UFO/UAP interactions was backed with money by agencies like the CIA, who thought (probably rightly, given the panic over Orson Welles’ 1938 broadcast of “War of the Worlds”) UFO hysteria induced by the Soviets…
The Fishing Sparrow
Last year, my wife Sue and I completed a 10-year survey of the Golden Eagle populations in a huge area of Central and Eastern Oregon. Throughout the survey Sue told me again and again, “Let’s wait a little longer,” when we came to a nest site with apparently nothing going on. Sure enough, sometimes it…
Surfer Drowns at Bend’s Whitewater Park
Ben Murphy, a 17-year-old from Bend, passed away on May 1 after being trapped underwater for over six minutes at the Bend Whitewater Park the day before. Murphy was surfing the standing wave at the Whitewater Park when he fell and got stuck in a gate that operates the waves shortly after noon. Other surfers…
Oregon Governor, Democratic Endorsement: Tina Kotek
In the Democratic primary for Oregon governor, Tina Kotek is the clear frontrunner, endorsed by the Democratic establishment locally and even nationally. During her time as Speaker of the Oregon House, much of that time enjoying a Democratic supermajority, she gained a reputation as being tough and dogged in getting things done. That’s a good…
