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No Mickey Mousing Around

A somewhat serious collection for this year’s Academy nominees for animated shorts
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Taken as a whole, the five entries for this year’s Academy Awards for animated shorts and an additional three “highly recommended” films tell a story that is much different than what blockbusters like Frozen would have you believe about the state of animation. No, instead, these films—a collection that’s enchanting, yet dreamy and at times […]

Posted inMusic

A Philosophical Sage

Wordsmith Sage Francis breaks the mold
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

Paul William “Sage” Francis lives up to his knowledgeable nickname with his personally and socially brutal and honest rap. His songs and lyricism are aware of his surroundings, and are cut and dried on issues like abuse, personal insecurity, social injustice and empowerment. Striking a balance of content and composure, the sometimes-heavy content of his […]

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The Difference Between Violin and Fiddle

The Urban Pioneers splice classical with barn dance
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

It was a Pittsburgh cop that named The Urban Pioneers, a pair of string musicians on banjo and fiddle who play chugging, simply constructed Appalachian songs with a technical twist. “The first week we were there we went to the laundry mat and someone stole Liz’s phone,” explained banjo player Jared McGovern. “When the police […]

Posted inNews

Flipping Out

A rundown of Bend’s pinball machines and bar games
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

With reporting (pinball playing) by Kayja Buhmann I am terrible at arcade games. Really, really bad. But the string of curse words that spewed into Reed Pub after one of my in-play balls ricocheted off the Temple of Doom and straight back into the gutter of the Indiana Jones pinball machine last weekend would convince […]

Posted inOutside

Too Bad We Can’t Ski on Tears

Nordic ski season is pretty thin for high school racers again this year
Avatar photo Phil Busse

“I think it’s obvious to all of us who are skiers and have skied in Central Oregon for a while that there is a change in the weather patterns,” says Matt Fox, who helps coach the Mountain View High School Nordic team. Every Wednesday for the junior racers is an “on snow” day, and so […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Quick Bites

Changing plates in Central Oregon
The Source Staff

The restaurant business is notoriously fickle, with venues opening and closing in a New York minute. However, Central Oregon seems to have another “problem.” That is, restaurants are growing, changing and expanding. We grabbed our fork and spoon, and chased down some of the recent—and upcoming—changes in the area’s food scene. Groovy Grindz After the […]

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Southern Gothic

Glass Menagerie opens at CTC
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is not easy theater. The play forces its audience members to step into a family life so intimate and revealing that it can shed light on our own situations we might not be comfortable examining. It is easy to draw comparisons to one’s own familial relationships and either find ourselves […]

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Who Am I In This World?

An interview with U.S. Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco
Christie Hinrichs

Richard Blanco was catapulted into the national spotlight when President Obama selected him as the fifth Inaugural Poet of the United States, following in the footsteps of such great writers as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. Blanco wrote “One Today,” which he read at Obama’s Inauguration in January of 2013. Not only was Blanco the […]

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Walden Reincarnate

Three sisters of Joseph play dreamy rural folk
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

It wasn’t until 2011 that the Closner sisters (Natalie, Allison and Meegan) realized that perhaps, outside of the seasonal Christmas carols and backseat sing-alongs for the pleasure of annoying their brother, that they should be making music in a more professional regard. “I was always the ‘singer’ of the family,” explained Natalie. “And I was […]

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Are You My Mayor?

Jim Clinton plans to revisit the way Bend elects its mayor
Avatar photo Erin Rook

In Bend, the mayor is not the boss of the City. He has no more authority than his fellow city councilors and, in many ways, it is the city manager who steers the ship (and receives pay commensurate with that weighty task). And yet, the mayor serves as a figurehead, a symbol of authority, and […]

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