Diversifying appears to be a trend that the Bay Area bluegrass scene has embraced. Take for example the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. Founded in 2001 by the late Warren Hellman, a banjo-loving billionaire, the free festival has expanded beyond strictly picking and, in recent years, grown to include distinctly non-bluegrass bands […]
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Baby Steps, and Shooting!
How to start a new sport
From the first snap of the football when the game was invented in 1892, it took seven decades before the first Super Bowl was played. Basketball was slightly quicker to mature; invented in 1891, seven years later there was a national championship when the six existing teams battled for the title (won by the Trenton […]
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From a Mouse to a Rat
Casey Neill’s perpetually maturing music
Casey Neill isn’t that old. He will tell you so himself. “Still a pup,” he joked in a recent email exchange with the Source. But at 43, Neill has become a recognizable and well respected, collaborative musician in the Portland music scene. Solo, and under the guise of the Norway Rats, he has worked with […]
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Meet the Artist
Bettina McEntyre’s personified—wait, what is that?
Portland artist Bettina McEntyre makes use of a cocktail of imagination and pattern to create eye-catching creatures in her drawing and painting. Never quite human but always expressive, and never fully recognizable as a non-blob species of animal, her characters are all at once uncomfortable and hilarious, a vision of a world that exists only […]
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Meet in the Middle
City proposes compromise with Crow’s Feet Commons
When the Source first reported last week that the City of Bend would not renew Crow’s Feet Commons’ lease on the 500 square feet of Mirror Pond Plaza adjacent to the historic building it also leases from the City, the public outcry caught owner David Marchi by surprise. “Public reaction has been quite impressive. I thought […]
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Fire it Up
How can you go wrong with pizza? You can’t.
To demonstrate our infinite love for our favorite food, we would like to start this restaurant review with a haiku: Cheese, sauce, bread, toppings The combination can’t fail Pizza forever According to the National Association of Pizza Operators there are 3 billion pizzas sold in the United States each year; with good reason. Pizza is […]
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Roll Out the Barrels
The Little Woody offers a crash course in barrel-aged goodness
Tiring of the same old flavors in your beer? The sight of 10 different IPAs on tap at the local growler joint filling you with ennui? Well, the world of barrel aging has your back—and if you’re unfamiliar with it, prepare for a rather intense crash course if you attend The Little Woody beer festival […]
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Two Heads Are Better Than One
Aimee Mann and Ted Leo are greater than the sum of their parts
“We walked over the bridge in Milwaukee/Past the statues of Fonz and the duck. With the wind kicking in/and the sparrows all running amok,” sings Aimee Mann in her signature hazy alto-drone at the opening of “Milwaukie,” the second track on The Both‘s self-titled debut. Then, BAM!, punk singer Ted Leo’s steady, punchy voice joins […]
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Calm in a Storm of Adrenaline
Local rider is an up-and-comer in the up-and-coming sport of slopestyle
Propping elbows with day-old scabs on the table, 21-year-old professional mountain biker Carson Storch from Bend calmly explains, “I like being in the air.” “Oh, these,” he says when asked about the scabs that look as if a tiger has clawed both of his arms. “These are actually from Mt. Bachelor,” he explains. “I just […]
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name
The Makers District aims to revamp central Bend
There’s a new addition to the chain-link fence at the corner of Olney and First Street. A large sign reads “Farm to Street Food Cart” with an oversized green arrow pointing south into what looks like a partially abandoned industrial neighborhood running parallel to Third Street. It’s not a street that looks likely to be […]
