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Beer Week: The Strategy Guide

Can’t decide how to tackle Beer Week? Try this for starters

Not to alarm you, but in addition to everything else taking place over Memorial Day weekend, Central Oregon Beer Week kicks off on Friday and proceeds for the next week-plus. A 10-day beer week? Well, why not? (And, if you actually attempt to hit up all the events taking place across the region’s breweries and […]

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Source Suggests 5/3-5/13

All You All Just cue up the single “Supernatural.” Yeah, insanely talented! And local! “Innocence of Coincidence” has a garage rock sound distinctly its own, yet slightly reminiscent of The Black Keys. Blending psychedelia and garage rock, in a vein similar to The Dead Weather, All You All plays songs that inspire modest head banging […]

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Source Suggests 2/25-3/4

Jive Coulis As part of Broken Top Bottle Shop’s Brews & Band series, which features free live music in the company of many fine brews, Jive Coulis brings its classic rock and roll from southern Oregon to Bend. This is the type of funky, rock and blues jams that sounds pulled from Almost Famous. Guitar […]

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Brewtal Breakdown Festival at BTBS

saturday 23 Brewtal Breakdown Festival FESTIVALโ€”A weekend filled with excessive amounts of beer and music. No location in town will be pouring and picking more than Broken Top Bottle Shop, where Deschutes Brewery takes over the taps and a dozen local bands play in a fundraiser for the Bend Roots Revival. Check out The Cutmen, […]

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What Makes Bend Such a Beer Town?

Well, it takes a whole week to explain that

There are so many aspects and different definitions to what it means for Bend to be a “beer town,” but, entering its third year, the loosely organized Beer Week is coalescing as a summer ritual that seeks to provide dozens of examples of exactly what that means. With nearly every local brewery opening its doors, […]

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Our Picks for 2/6-2/12

friday 7 Mt. Bachelor Apres Ski Bash FIRST FRIDAY—The Mt. Bachelor Apres Ski Bash series continues with two on-the-verge-of-the-big-time Portland bands: The ghostly harmonizations and ethereal, yet rocking beats of the trio Cabin Project, and the peppy goth pop of The Genders. (For a full review of The Genders, see page 18). 6 – 9 […]

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Ski Bum for Life

The Source talks business with local snow fanatics

In cahoots with our Winter Adventure special issue, on Monday, the Source hosted its monthly Media Salon with the intention of chatting with some local professionals who have found a way to make a living and maintain their status as official 21st century ski bums. Phil Busse (our Editor who has skis in his car […]

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Corn, Four Ways

Few foods say summer like corn

Grilled Sweet Corn Corn is one of the cheapest and easiest vegetables to prepare, which is why it makes an appearance at darn near every summer barbecue. The problem is, most backyard chefs botch it by under or overcooking, neglecting to use salt and butter, or grilling after shucking; no, no and NO! The ancient […]

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