Editor Phil Busse chats with Mike from 92.9 FM about the 8/27/14 issue of The Source Weekly, featuring our Fall Fashion pages and big news about the Mirror Pond Plaza.
Crow’s Feet Commons
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What Would Andy Griffith Do?
For the past year, under a lease with the city, Crow’s Feet Commons has managed Mirror Pond Plaza. But last Wednesday, the City of Bend unexpectedly declined to renew that lease. (See “Clipping the Crow’s Wings“) Were there specific complaints that Crow’s Feet Commons was poorly managing the space? Not really. Yes, a few grumblings, […]
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Clipping the Crow’s Wings
City denies Crow’s Feet Commons’ plaza lease renewal
It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday, and the Mirror Pond Plaza is already bustling with activity. Friends chat at the café tables over coffee and croissants. Children play on the steps between the square and Drake Park. Customers stop inside Crow’s Feet Commons to check out bikes. And tourists pass through en route to the […]
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Nerd Rock
Portland’s Adam Sweeney stays academic in his latest project, The Breaking
Portland’s Adam Sweeney does a bit of everything; just check out this post from late last month referencing Portland soul singer/songwriter Kelsey Mousley: “Gearing up for another session with Kelsey Mousley tomorrow. I love nerding out on new mic and pre configurations. #livetrio #rnb #nerd” For this guy, being creative involves a lot more than […]
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Minnesota Gold
Charlie Parr on the Minnesota music scene, his childhood music, and the Old Testament
I’m convinced that there’s something in the water that makes great Minnesota musicians. Gloom pop group Low are out of Duluth, the riot grrrl punk act Babes in Toyland formed in Minneapolis, alt-punkers Hüsker Dü are from St. Paul. Not to mention Atmosphere, The Replacements, Bob Dylan and Prince; the wellspring of musical talent in […]
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All Work and No Play is Not the Human Way
Foghorn Stringband heats up the first day of summer
Humans are the perfect blend of the ant and the grasshopper. Our summers are filled with hard work during the day, but by late afternoon we swing lazily from hammocks and suck blended drinks through straws. Of course, some of us are more ant than others. Well, toiling ant, get ready to dance to the […]
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Free Beer!
If you didn’t spend your Memorial Day Weekend prepping your palate (and testing your tolerance) for Central Oregon’s Third Annual Beer Week, you may want to start now. The Ale Apothecary gets the beer literally free-flowing tomorrow night at Crow’s Feet Commons with samples of its hand-crafted, open fermentation brews including La Tache, Sahali and […]
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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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Area Bike Shop Directory
BEND Bend Cyclery, 541-385-5256 133 SW Century Dr., Ste. #202 Web: bendcyclery.com Crows Feet Commons, 541-728-0066 875 NW Brooks St. Web: crowsfeetcommons.com Hub Cyclery, 541-647-2614 1001 NW Wall St., Ste. #102 Web: thehubcyclerybend.com Hutch’s Bicycles – Eastside Location, 541-382-6248 820 NE 3rd St. Web: hutchsbicyclestest.com/about/locations/bend-eastside Hutch’s Bicycle’s – Westside, 541-382-9253 725 NW Columbia St. Web: […]
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Let’s Get Serious
Portland rock band Hong Kong Banana is what happens when silly becomes earnest
On the ridiculousness spectrum, a scale of 1-10 measuring absurdity, Portland garage soul band Hong Kong Banana should score an 11. The band name alone is worth seven points. But there’s a lot more to them than a goofy name and silly alter egos. Their lead singer goes by Nigel Bubblesworth, clearly a made up […]