More Video from the Bend Roots Revival

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More Video from the Bend Roots Revival

The Source Staff

We’re in the process of editing down the hour-plus of footage we collected over the weekend at the Bend Roots Revival, which I’m going to go ahead and say was one of the coolest things I’ve seen during my time in Bend.
Festival founder and creative director Mark Ransom told me that he figured more than 1,000 people were on hand for Saturday, which showcased much of Bend’s most solid acts, including a rockingly explosive set from the Autonomics that brought the festival to its feet.

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Top Chef cast member cooks for you!

Sara Roth

If you watched Top Chef: Miami (season 3), you may remember Bend native Brian Malarkey steaming up the Miami location with his porkpie hats, huge smile and cooking skills, inspired by the Oregon countryside. Although he lost to Vietnamese-American cooking genius Hung, Malarkey has been doing pretty well for himself, having recently opened his own restaurant, Searsucker, in San Diego.

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Bend Roots Revival: Friday in Review, Saturday Preview

The Source Staff

The Bend Roots Revival is in full swing at the Century Center (if you’re still having trouble finding it, just turn off of Century at the new US Bank) and last night was a hell of a coming out party for the fest’s new venue.
By the time Moon Mountain Ramblers hit the BIGS Stage around 8pm, the place was flooded with local music fans (maybe double of any prior Roots fest) who saw what I thought was the best Ramblers set in a very long while.

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Big Easy Eating: Bourbon Street comes to Bend

Sara Roth

First, a disclaimer: I have never been to New Orleans. But this hasn't stopped me from developing a far-away love for the food, culture and history of this unique American city. So I was thrilled when Bourbon Street Bend, the New Orleans-style eatery, opened this summer in the old Staccato location on Minnesota Ave.

I wasn't the only one. Bourbon Street Bend has been packed since day one. The popularity can be attributed not just to Bendites' unbridled love of all new restaurants – good or not – but also to the hearty dishes, which feature seafood and Southern-style cooking, as well as a family-friendly price point.

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Howdy, Neighbors! New owners give Riverside Market a much-needed facelift

Sara Roth

Neighborhoods are defined not just by their residents, but the shops, cafes and markets that hold them together. Neighborhood businesses are a reflection of the hood's personality – they employ neighbors, act as meeting places, organize get-togethers and events.

Such is the case with Riverside Market, the casual café and corner store between NW Congress Street and NW McCann Avenue in the historic mill-era neighborhood south of Drake Park. In the past, it's seen good times and bad times. At its best, it's been a meeting spot for bridge players and floaters stopping in for a beer after a day on the river. At its seediest, it's been a hangout spot for early-morning drunks and transients, with bathrooms used as
makeshift bathhouses. But with its recent purchase by John and Melanie Gaipo, Riverside might have become the friendliest neighborhood market in Bend.

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Bend Roots Kick Off Video: A Whole Lotta Grateful Dead

The Source Staff

The Bend Roots Revival kicked off last night around town and I made it down to the Victorian Cafe where Rising Tide, Bend’s own Grateful Dead tribute band was kicking off the festival, as is becoming tradition.
As longtime Bend Roots fans know, there tends to be plenty of Dead covers (or covers of songs the Grateful Dead also covered) throughout the festival, so it’s fitting that the Revival should kick off with a Jerry-centric party.

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A is for Awesome: 10 Reasons why Easy A is amazing and you should see it immediately

Anne Pick

There are several films I have been looking forward to this fall, chronologically the first being Easy A, starring Emma Stone as Olive Pendgerghast, a Hester Prynne for the digital age. Going in with such high expectations often times can be a downer when the movie doesn't live up to those, but Easy A was exactly what I wanted, by evidence of my wild laughter in the theater. Rather than account what was right and wrong with the film and wax critically about it, I am going to give you a list of the reasons why you should see this hilarious piece of teen comedy.

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