You Could Be 1/7 Boss of the City
This could be you. Three seats on City Council will be coming vacant at the end of this year—Jodie Barram, Mark Capell and Scott Ramsay are currently keeping them warm—and you could be just the guy/gal to fill them. Do you make bold, colorful fashion statements?Do you know you want to be the mayor?Do you…
Hump: The Porn Fest
I’ll admit. My mom and my grandmothers deeply instilled morals into my Norwegian heart and soul – and those did not include watching porn. It has taken years to get past those ideas, and realize, oohhh, this isn’t smutty (well, okay, sometimes it is) and it is not sinful. I’m no prude, but porn had…
See More Seymour: Mission Impossible III
If you’re not planning to attend this week’s no doubt thrilling City Council meeting (budget approvals! rate structures! construction contracts!), then we’ll expect to see you at the next best thing: our See More Seymour screening of “Mission Impossible III.” If you’re feeling torn, fear not—we’ll have someone at the Council meeting and you can…
Hate Your Job? You’re Not Alone
Once upon a time in my ’20s, when I was complaining to my mother about a soul-less retail job, she offered this completely depressing reminder: “Everyone hates their job.” While that may no longer be true for me, I get that I’m one of the lucky ones. So, if you woke up on this Monday…
A Sneak Peek at the Upcoming Issue
Wonder what’s in store for next issue’s feature? Well, here’s a hint for you. (Also: Check out our #FollowFriday on Twitter for more content clues.) (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Post by Michael Aller-Shondel.
Why #YesAllWomen is One of the Best #Hashtag Movements Yet
#Hashtag movements have come and gone in Twitter’s history exciting social media activists everywhere. But #YesAllWomen, sparked by the violent sexism of Elliot Rodger the UCSB shooter, brings something new to the Twitter sphere that campaigns like #Kony2012 and #BringBackOurGirls couldn’t quite capture. #YesAllWomen gives the victims and activists of the movement a voice and…
Friday Mixtape!
Inspired by White Sea’s album In Cold Blood, a Friday Mixtape of songs from great break up albums.
SASQUATCH Interview: White Sea
Q&A with White Sea’s Morgan Kibby.
Replacing Politics with Policies
Last week, Jodie Barram waltzed through the primary as the Democratic nominee for Deschutes County Commissioner Position One with 98 percent of the vote, while her Republican counterpart, Tony DeBone, raked in 81 percent of the vote for his party’s nomination—numbers usually reserved for the Prime Minister of North Korea or Vladimir Putin. Which isn’t…
Still Flying the Flag
Every story that could be written about Black Flag’s rocky 2013 reformation has already been written. Here’s what we know: Founding guitarist, primary songwriter and only consistent member of the seminal punk group, Greg Ginn, announced in January that he was reuniting with former vocalist Ron Reyes to release a new album. It was one…
Letters 5/21-5/27
IN REPLY TO “THE MANY PROBLEMS CAUSED BY FREE ROAMING AND FERAL CATS” (4/3) [Oh my] goodness all these statistics….for real? Come on…. humans started all the hub bub when we socialized and tamed creatures now we want to kill them cuz we screwed up…and now there are so many…blah blah blah… I live in…
Film Events 5/28-6/5
See More Seymour: Mission Impossible III Phillip Seymour Hoffman played plenty of borderline characters, hanging on to the outer limits of decency, but when he battles against Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible III, he is delectably evil, no apologies. Wednesday, June 4, 7 pm. Old Stone, 157 NW Franklin. Free! Alan Howarth: benefit concert This…
NOW Closed
It’s a sad day for literary arts in Central Oregon. After nearly 10 years of offering creative writing programs, bringing renowned authors to its annual literary festival and working tirelessly to strengthen local literary arts and humanities, Nature of Words has announced it will shut down at the end of this programing cycle with no…
The Darkest Timeline
Traditionally, X-Men stories need at least two things: Way too many characters, and a plot that doesn’t make much sense. In those regards, X-Men: Days of Future Past is a rousing success! By cramming in at least 4,000 mutants and a story that spans continents and decades, there’s a whole lot of gibberish going on,…
Bend’s Grassy Gem
In 2001, Bend gained perhaps the most important cultural resource the town has ever seen—an 8,000-person capacity outdoor music venue on the river. Since then, concerts at the Les Schwab Amphitheater have come to mark the official start of summer, and during its tenure, the venue has drawn icons like Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson,…
Dodge This
When Michael Tessier started planning the inaugural Mountain Man Dodgeball Classic, he envisioned an accessible, lighthearted tournament that would attract casual sports enthusiasts and spectators from across the region to spend their time—and money—in Sisters. “The idea was that we wanted to tap into this idea of sports tourism, drawing people from other areas of…
Meet the New Boss…
Last Tuesday, voters in Deschutes County overwhelmingly elected a new district attorney, John Hummel. The race against incumbent Patrick Flaherty had been the most heated race in the May elections. Each candidate approached the position with a very different personality and diametrically opposed philosophical ideas about the role of the DA, with Hummel believing that…
Summer Music Calendar
June 1 Burnin’ Moonlight Broken Top Bottle Shop 4 Vandella McMenamins Father Luke’s Room Tango Alpha Tango Volcanic Theatre Pub 5 Kathryn Claire’s Birthday Tour McMenamins Father Luke’s Room HUMP Tour with Hopeless Jack and The Handsome Devil Volcanic Theatre Pub Greg Botsford Feast From the Fire Brasada Ranch 6 Carribean Moon Country Catering Party…
Beer-lesque
“A night of sensory overload,” states Naughty Pierre, the emcee for Beer Week’s Beerlesque. Pierre continues, “A lively blend of brand new craft beers, old-fashioned burlesque dancing, and off-the-wall comedy.” Beer-lesque will showcase five Deschutes Brewery beers, each with an accompanying performance created to thematically match that beer. To whet your whistle for the show,…
Out of Town 5/28-6/5
portland thursday 29 “V is for Victory” Concert with The Decemberists Local darlings The Decemberists play their first headline show in three years to raise funds for the Victory Academy School for Children with Autism. The benefit performance takes a walk down memory lane, with the band playing the entirety of their 2002 debut album,…
The Sopranos
Passion for opera never seems to wane too far from the cultural zeitgeist. Art forms like written and spoken word poetry and certain styles of theater seem to come and go, but opera never fully disappears. But since the Obsidian Opera closed down five years ago, Bend’s opera scene has been in a holding pattern;…
A Foodie Week
It is officially summer when the Farmer’s Market returns to Bend. And yes, that is this week! Farmers’ Market Opens There are no more excuses to not cook at home now, and not buy locally—with everything from carrots and peppers from Fields Farms to the pig CSA from Jungle Farm, and artisan breads. Wednesdays, 3…
For Better or Worse
In some ways, it was like any other Monday. I woke up before my fiancé, took the dog out, started coffee and oatmeal. And while I rarely missed work, on this day, I called in. ”I have a personal commitment that I cannot reschedule,” I told the supervisor who answered. It was true, if somewhat vague.…
Go West, Young Man!
The charge to “go west” may seem a bit hackney when we already live in the, well, west, but there are several concerts well worth heading the extra few miles: Over the hills and into the (Willamette) Valley is an easy drive during the summer, and one that opens up a world of Americana festivals…
Musicology to the North
Part of the fun in heading out to a summer festival is getting there: hitting the road, rolling down the windows and blasting the radio. The trip north (to the Portland area) is as adventurous as the music offering: The swooping charm of the cliffs and bluffs, and the awe-inspiring vistas of satin-draped Mt. Hood…
Musicology to the North
Part of the fun in heading out to a summer festival is getting there: hitting the road, rolling down the windows and blasting the radio. The trip north (to the Portland area) is as adventurous as the music offering: The swooping charm of the cliffs and bluffs, and the awe-inspiring vistas of satin-draped Mt. Hood…
Understanding the Sex Appeal of Tubby Jugs
No longer reserved solely for jug bands and moonshine, growlers are all the rage. But why? Sixty-four ounces of beer jug doesn’t sound chic—or really all that slimming or easy to transport; yet it is. In fact, bulk-section beer popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, leaving cider and kombucha rushing to open their own taps.…
Dusty Doings to the East
Heading inland, the options for summer entertainment don’t dry up. It’s all wide-open spaces, and the options for summer music entertainment are just as vast as the landscape. From cow town rodeo festivities to the angriest and most disturbing strains of metal imaginable, a few tanks of gas can take concertgoers just about anywhere they’d…
Oh, the Places You Will Go!
This year’s Summer Concert Guide is the Source’s compass for the upcoming months of music in the Pacific Northwest. We take you north, east, west and south for festivals, one-off shows and summer-long series that showcase nationally touring acts, underground favorites, and weekends so stuffed with pure musical summer joy that you’ll contemplate trading your…
Southern Oregon Rock!
Fittingly, traveling south from Bend drops into a more bluesy and gritty music scene, as well as a healthy cowboy offering. There are festivals nearly every weekend throughout the summer, most falling into that unique overlap between cowboy and hippie (is that laidback, tie-dyed desperado?) Equal parts reggae, C&W and heavy metal, the Southern Oregon…
Our Picks 5/28-6/5
Thursday 29 Black Flag ROCK—In 2013, Black Flag reformed in two incarnations, released an album, found itself at the middle of a lawsuit and fired its lead. But that’s all in the past. The new year brings a new tour for Greg Ginn’s version of the seminal punk group with new singer and former professional…
The Source Suggests 5/28-6/5
The Source Suggests Sam Cooper & Co. Sat., May 31 9 pm Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. $5. Portland songwriter Sam Cooper (formerly a multi-instrumentalist of indie rock act Horse Feathers) wrote and recorded his first solo album, Long Lost Love, with a quilt work of re-crafting songs he had tossed out years…
