What the Pros Are Pouring This Thanksgiving
If you’re planning on serving wine with your Thanksgiving meal or want to take a bottle to your Friendsgiving feast, you’ve come to the right place. Just in time for the holiday meal planning, Chef Dave Bodi, sommelier and owner of FERM & fare wine shop and Kelsey Daniels, sommelier and owner of Flights Wine…
Jury Reaches Verdict in Cranston Trial: Guilty on All Counts—Except 2nd-Degree Murder
This story will be updated. A Deschutes County jury has reached a verdict in the trial against Ian Cranston, the man who shot and killed Barry Washington during a fight outside a bar in downtown Bend in September 2021. “I’m pleased to have some sort of justice for my son, it’s been very hard and…
Poetry Contest 2022
It’s a joy to get to review the wonderful and creative works from Oregon-based poets and then to see them read in person during the reading that follows. To select our winners, we ask the budding writing professionals from the OSU-Cascades MFA program to judge in the first round, followed by a final round of…
Brown Issues Executive Order on Respiratory Illness
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order deploying volunteer healthcare professionals, designating emergency health care centers and freeing up state employees to respond to a surge of respiratory viral infections, namely the respiratory syncytial virus. Since the start of RSV season in late October the pediatric hospitalization rate in the state has more than…
Cranston Takes the Stand
Ian Cranston took the stand this week in a trial in which he’s accused of murdering Barry Washington. Cranston was the defense’s first witness in what amounted to his first public comments about the shooting. During cross-examination Cranston’s defense attorney Kevin Sali highlighted the injuries Cranston sustained, Cranston’s supposed inability to defend himself against Washington…
Bend’s Growing Partner Dance Scene
The Bend social partner dance scene is growing. With so many new dance lesson events coming through the Source Weekly calendar, we thought it would be nice to do a little roundup of options out there. “There’s a lot of technique and connection that goes into social dances, because it’s about lead and follow. You…
Horoscope Week of November 10, 2022
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio author Sylvia Plath had a disturbing, melodramatic relationship with romance. In one of her short stories, for example, she has a woman character say, “His love is the twenty-story leap, the rope at the throat, the knife at the heart.” I urge you to avoid contact with people who think…
Letters to the Editor 11/10/2022
Saul or Abimelech There is a famous moment in time in the Bible when the people of Moses decided to turn away from democracy to embrace kingship. The so-called Hebrew republic became a monarchy and still existed for a few hundred years after the people chose Saul as their first king. However, prophets popped up…
Cranston On Trial
An earlier version of this story appeared Nov. 4 at bendsource.com. The trial of Ian Cranston began Nov. 2 with attorneys selecting a 12-person jury that would decide whether Cranston was justified in the shooting of Barry Washington on Sept. 19, 2021, in downtown Bend. The shooting reached national news and sparked outrage over the…
Doing the Fall Cart Shuffle
Fans of some of Bend’s favorite carts may find themselves doing the “cart shuffle” to find those good eats this fall. Several popular food carts have moved (or closed) in recent months, so here’s a little update. The Podski has seen lots of changes in recent weeks, with The Tin Pig, beloved for its Nashville…
Home Prices Drop
Median home prices dropped in Bend by $45,000 in October, falling to the lowest level since the beginning of 2022, according to the Beacon Report. Median sales have been raising with some dips and plateaus since November 2019, when the median home price was $431,000 — in October it was $680,000. Real estate in Bend…
Stock Up for Winter at Fill Your Pantry
It’s the time of year we like to call soup season—and at one event coming up this weekend, locals can stock up on all the things that they’ll use for soup… like, all winter. The Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry event is now in its seventh year, allowing people to stock up bulk quantities of…
Charges Filed Against Former Timbers Director
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel filed third-degree criminal mischief charges against three former administrators of the Bend FC Timbers soccer club this month as a violation, which are punishably by a fine, but are not punishable by a term of imprisonment. The former executive director has been tied up in lawsuits since November 2021,…
First Time on the Slopes: What to Expect
Is skiing hard to learn? As a long-time Bendite and avid skier, I get this question a lot. Like anything else, it takes practice; but with optimism, patience and a good teacher, you’ll be getting off the chairlift, conquering the hills and not falling on your face every five minutes – which is a win.…
Understanding Intimacy: Bad in Bed
Dear Dr. Jane, I’m a man who’s been married to a wonderful woman for over 10 years. We have a healthy sex life, but I’ve noticed that my wife isn’t very passionate when we make love. It seems like she wants me to hurry up and finish. This makes me think that she doesn’t really…
Champagne Problems
Hollywood has been making films about the gulf between the haves and the have-lesses since long before I was born, and it’s probably getting more difficult for filmmakers to mine anything new from the subject. Considering that the gulf has only gotten larger as time goes on and that the tech boom has only exacerbated…
Forbidden Sweet Potato Bowl
We’re getting so close to that time of year when it’s easy to let our guard down and just go for it—meaning eating and drinking whatever we want whenever we want. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, but for some of us, overindulging means we end up with unwanted extra weight and overall malaise.…
Adam Calhoun’s Bend Show Canceled
I first learned about Adam Calhoun’s show in Bend, originally scheduled for Nov. 16 at the Midtown Ballroom before its cancellation, from a local artist. The artist, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated they were worried about the potential for hate speech and an aggressive crowd entering the Bend community. For those who aren’t familiar, Adam…
Larger Than Life
The upcoming gathering on Nov. 13 won’t be the first time The Belfry in Sisters has staged a rockin’, Joe-inspired “Party for Leonardi.” Since the ’70s, countless music venues throughout the region, as well as Joe Leonardi’s own geodesic dome home, have taken turns showcasing his impressive talent as songwriter, vocalist (think Van Morrison), bass…
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Building Community, Literally ▶ [with video]
As the snow starts to fly and the wind picks up into its November-level bluster, lots is still going on at the construction site near 8th Street and Bennington Lane in Bend. Roofs and windows are already installed. Siding is nearly complete. Inside, some units are already covered with wallboard—a sure sign that the project…
Shepherd’s House After The Lighthouse
Shepherd’s House opened the Lighthouse Navigation Center in July, just four months after the City of Bend approved plans to convert its overnight shelter into a full-fledged 24-hour service center. The renovated shelter has more sleeping space, a lounge area for meals and meetings and a computer lab. About 100 people can stay during the…
Should You List Your Home During the Holidays?
Even though the weather can be challenging this time of year, the holiday season is a terrific time to list your home. With an average of 20,000 visitors per day and all the snow enthusiasts that descend upon Bend once winter arrives, you have a captive audience. Buyers that are shopping in winter are serious…
WSCAT is Making Strides
In 2001, Warm Springs leaders created a community development organization called the Warm Springs Community Action Team. The project was officially established as a nonprofit in 2008 and has been serving the Warm Springs community ever since. WSCAT is putting successful, supported programs into action and empowering individuals living on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.…
Go Here: Get Stoked with Hoodoo’s Wintervention
Hoodoo Ski Area knows how to get Central Oregon stoked for a powder-packed ski and snowboard season. Over the course of the next three months, Hoodoo Wintervention is dumping over $50,000 in lift tickets, overnight lodging, gear, skis, boards and more. The giveaway series starts at Three Creeks Brewing from 6-8pm on Tuesday, Nov. 15.…
Cannabis, North of the Border
Last month, I found myself in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for 46 hours to help my Canadian friends The Sadies and Kacy and Clayton kick off a tour. Although I’ve visited B.C. frequently, I hadn’t been back since the country passed national cannabis legalization in 2018. My Canadian cannabis experiences began in 2003 when I…
Cranston en Juicio
El juicio de Ian Cranston comenzó el 2 de noviembre al seleccionar los abogados un jurado de 12 personas que decidirán si Cranston fue justificado por disparar a Barry Washington el 19 de septiembre de 2021 en el centro de Bend. El tiroteo llegó a las noticias nacionales y desató indignación por los cargos de…
