Sacrificing a big name label DOES NOT mean sacrificing quality; in fact, in the case of hyper-local artisan breweries, it can mean just the opposite. In the spirit of Small Business Saturday (Nov. 30), the Source recommends a few decadent beer-flavored gifts that are truly handmade—brews that are sure to make the holidays bubbly and […]
The black box ceiling of 2nd Street Theater is still splattered with blood from the first production of Evil Dead the Musical in 2008. On four occasions, the theater has transformed into the ominous isolated cabin in the woods where five college buddies vacation and accidently discover a force of unspeakable evil in the form […]
Did you know that so-called craft brew sales only account for six percent of total beer sales in the United States? That is a mere drop in the ocean of Budweiser, Coors and PBR! The idea that only one out of every 16 beer drinkers picks up a 10 Barrel or a Deschutes brew is […]
As recently as five years ago, during the beginning of, oh, say Obama’s presidency, nordic skiing at Virginia Meissner Sno-Park—home to Bend’s community ski trails—was hit or miss. Let’s be honest: Mostly, it was the grooming that was a miss. To tame the 40-plus kilometers of ski trails, the local ski club (formerly known as […]
Disappointingly competent, 2012’s The Hunger Games…well, at least it got the basics right. It was a fine adaptation—totally, forgettably, blandly fine. So it’s a pretty excellent surprise that its sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is an order of magnitude better: Catching Fire will please whatever it is that Hunger Games fans call themselves (Hangries? […]
Requiring little more than something personal to say, good enough acoustic guitar skills and a coffee shop to sing in, the singer-songwriter is as commonplace in America as the aspiring actor. In 2005, California musician Brett Dennen was one of many—Amos Lee, Brandi Carlile, James Blunt to name a few—who released debut albums hoping to […]
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Forest Service issued a permit for the City of Bend to lay new pipe. The decision was, in golfing terms, a “mulligan.” A re-do, as a year earlier the City of Bend had applied for a similar permit to replace two decades-old pipes with a single, larger, 20 inch diameter, […]
Click here to give! No, being a nonprofit doesn’t mean that the organization can’t “make” money. And it certainly doesn’t mean that they don’t need money. In fact, these organizations—from the Alzheimer’s Association to Warm Springs Community Action Team—probably need your money more than any for-profit company because what they are “selling” and what they […]
Q: How do you know someone is a vegan? A: It's all they talk about! Ha! Right? Okay, I’ll admit: I can be wary of vegans, insecure that they are judging me—and my pro-cow diet. But Salud!, a new addition to downtown lunches—a vegan and raw food café—has won me and the Source staff over […]
On Sunday, Shanan Kelley spent the afternoon standing knee deep in the Deschutes River's spongy mud banks with a glass of water in one hand and a bottle of Deschutes Brewery beer in the other. She was trying to refill Mirror Pond with a mixture of water and Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Kelley is not […]
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