Michael Franti Announced at LSA
Michael Franti will return to the Les Schwab Amphitheater, Saturday June 28 joined by Soja, Brett Dennen and Trevor Hall. Tickets are $42 and are on sale now at bendconcerts.com.
Johnny Cash: Covered Featuring Brandon Flowers, Father John Misty and Local Natives
This week, I reviewed the previously unreleased tracks of “Out Among the Stars,” a posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. I stand by my suggestion that everyone should listen to the album, although it may not be the best of the best in the esteemed Cash collection. Today, one of my favorite live music video makers,…
2014 Bend Brewfest Lineup
Bend Brewfest has announced the lineup for the 2014 beerstravaganza! Via Bend Brewfest website. See the full listing of over 60 visiting and local breweries here. The festival will take place at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District August 14-16.
Natural World: Pygmy Owl Nesting Box
As referenced in this week’s Natural World, plans for a Northern Pygmy Owl nesting box.
Friday Mixtape!
Festival season is creeping up…
Tonight’s Music: Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra
Santa Cruz trio Marty O’Rilly and the Old Soul Orchestra will play TONIGHT, Thursday at Volcanic Theatre Pub with local band Blue Light Special. 9 pm.
Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has its First Trailer
As if Michael Bay hasn’t ruined enough awesome stuff from your childhood, his newest project, an adaptation of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” has its first highly anticipated trailer, complete with a look at the new, darker, CGI turtles… Video Still I do not remember Michelangelo begin this terrifying, but perhaps that’s just me. And since…
Look! On the Golf Course. It’s a Surfboard? It’s a Golf Cart?
It sounds like a riddle perhaps overheard at the X-Games: What does international surf star Laird Hamilton have in common with golf? At first consideration, these two sports seem as far apart as Waikiki and Whispering Pines; one celebrating the endless summer of youth and a certain awe for the thundering wildness, while the other…
Northern Pygmy Owls
The photographs give you some idea of why Northern Pygmy Owls (NOPO) are common and never miss anything throughout their range; that is, they are always looking at you! Another reason is pygmy owls can kill anything the size of a pigeon, and eat it — right then and there. When a pygmy owl shows…
Tantric Depression
Nymphomaniac is a marathon. Released theatrically in two volumes (with a couple weeks’ recovery time in between, what with all the chaffing), Lars von Trier’s five-hour-long meditation on f***ing, fly-fishing, and the futility of love takes a kind of smug satisfaction in the severity of its indulgences—it revels in explicitness, violence, and anguish to an…
Shoots and Ladders
If you’re unfamiliar with Veronica Roth’s wildly successful “Divergent” trilogy, I’m sorry: I can’t explain the plot or premise to you in any detail, because there’s a very good chance that in the attempt, I would fall asleep, throw up, choke on my throwup, and die. And then who would take care of my cat?…
The Wind Rises
From acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (the man behind the vivid anime films Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, and Spirited Away) comes another dreamlike animation. A satisfying and soaring adventure for children’s imaginative minds and adults’ sense of whimsy alike. Miyazaki is known for his unique illustration; using simple, pen and paper techniques, the result is entrancing.…
Getting (Down)Loaded
The Hold Steady Teeth Dreams With the distinct flavor of a heavy guitar wheedling, post apocalyptic REM, The Hold Steady returns with its first LP since 2010’s Heaven Is Whenever. The band’s songs often hinge on characters having something to prove, a refrain that rings true with the group’s post-hiatus release following several critically acclaimed…
Blues Muse
Once inspired by the likes of Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles and B.B. King, then an inspiration himself, 58-year-old, Bay Area singer/guitarist Tommy Castro has come full circle and is now energized by the new crop of younger blues artists. And that influence sprawls all over his latest album The Devil You Know. According to Castro—who…
Tempeh it Forward
When Karli Foster walks into Townshend’s Tea House for her interview with the Source, she is dressed in the uniform of one of the front counter employees of Cafe Yumm. Since she is the co-owner of the Bend Yumm, one would think she would be in civilian clothes, but Foster doesn’t work that way. “I…
Out of Town 2/36-4/3
portland friday 28 Emancipator This Portland-based electronic producer has seen a steady climb from his Rose City roots—the first single from his most recent album Dusk to Dawn premiered on MTV’s Hive—and Emancipator will take it to the next level for this all-ages hometown show. The trip-hop musician is touring the western states with a…
Rye’t for the Wrong Reasons
Typically, rye beers are known to be sharp and spicy. “Stonefly Rye Ale” is both…sort of. It could use some time at the gym as all the edges are soft and round. But soft is alright, right? Despite its shortcomings, it is still sharper and spicier than its wheat beer roots. The aromas run the…
Women’s Issue 2014
Considering qualities like impact and inspiration, the Source asks our advisory committee what it means to be the Woman of the Year—in this particular year, and in this particular place. The 2014 advisory committee was: Jodie Barram City of Bend Councilor Cassondra Schindler Communication Strategist Becky Johnson Vice-President, OSU-Cascade Amanda Stuermer Founder at World MUSE…
Not Your Stereotypical Gun-toting Grannie
The first three plays written by Cricket Daniel evoke a feeling more than they inspire emotion. The feeling of watching an 8-10 pm sitcom block with family, sprawled out on the couch, after a giant dinner. Her characters are archetypical with flashes of heart, but mostly serve as joke delivery machines and to accentuate the…
Moving on Up
When the old Plaza Motel on the corner of Wall Street and Portland, at the edge of downtown, went into foreclosure, the formerly bustling motel had yellow tape around it most the weekends, explained owner Wendy Kelley. “It was non-rentable and in shambles,” said Kelley, who with her husband Pat and partner couple Vern and…
Our Picks 3/26-4/3
thursday 27 Deana Carter COUNTRY MUSIC—Shave your legs, grab a jug of strawberry wine and lower your inhibitions for an acoustic set from Nashville singer/songwriter Deana Carter. Both of Carter’s Grammy wins (that’s right, TWO Grammys!) have come on the tails of booze-filled anthems, “You and Tequila” and “Strawberry Wine” so grab a glass and…
Adrift in a Sea of Speculation
Early Thursday morning, a crane appeared at the contested dam. It was the latest indicator that, in case anyone was questioning, the dam is broken. Large steel plates were placed, like giant bandaids, by Pacific Power over the leaks, in what increasingly seems like an uphill (downstream?) battle to patch up the aging dam, and…
Let the Smoke Clear
Without advocating for or against pot, our message to the city and county lawmakers in the state is: You-all need to chill the flip out! (This is best said in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.) Seriously. Watching the state legislature thinking about and trying to manage marijuana has been a lot like watching a…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 17 Remember how we reported that Chris Brown’s stay in rehab made him a changed man? Ummm…we may have spoken a weeee bit too soon. Brown is currently sitting in jail after being kicked out of rehab on Friday for violation of facility rules. The judge had previously ordered Brown to stay in rehab—but…
3/18-3/25
OSU-Cascades Site Selection Dear Source, Today I am ashamed to call myself a Central Oregonian and to say I live in Bend. Last night I witnessed a large group of extremely passionate people come together for a cause—to raise money and awareness and speak up against what they considered injustice with one unified voice. Under…
A Peek Into Our Thought Process
On the very same morning in early March that four prominent local women—a college vice-president, a city councilmember, a community organizer, and a youth advocate—gathered in the offices at the Source, President Barack Obama convened a roundtable with elected women representatives—senators and congressional representatives from California to Florida. Our meeting was an advisory committee; the…
Generations of Joy
When Carolyn Brant moved to Bend in 1974, it was a sleepy town half the size it is today. There was no Arts and Culture Alliance, no Deschutes Brewery, and Mt. Bachelor didn’t even have a summit chairlift. ”You couldn’t find a dance event to go to,” Brandt recalls. “It just didn’t exist.” To that working…
Creating Change
For Moey Newbold, activism is a family tradition. The 24-year-old Outreach & Communications Coordinator for Central Oregon LandWatch says she learned from a young age the importance of basic fairness as she watched her family members engage in the political process, and heard them talk about the work being done by her now-boss Paul Dewey,…
Keep on Rolling
Like most college students, Colleen Dougherty did not think much about the ability to put one foot in front of the other, or the basic mobility that youth provides to jump and hop around; that is, until a car accident resulted in severe nerve damage and mobility limitations. After having her life physically altered, Dougherty,…
Forward Progress
It’s hard to imagine a man or woman having a larger impact on Central Oregon in 2014 than the Vice President of OSU-Cascades, and the face of the University’s four-year expansion, Becky Johnson. Since her arrival at the OSU Cascades campus in December of 2008, Johnson has led the charge for growth in higher education…
Band of Brothers
When opportunity knocks, sometimes it’s a chance to help someone out. That is literally always the case when label mates of San Diego’s La Escalera Records show up at each other’s doorsteps looking for a place to crash while on tour. “The label’s motto is: without each other, we have nothing,” explained Will Castro, label…
