How do monkeys exercise? Where is my unicycle? How high does steel rigging need to be to support aerial yoga? These aren’t questions a business owner typically asks, unless he is Brandon Huston, owner and ringmaster of the Bend Circus Center. The center, which reopened last week behind Pakit Liquidators on Armor Boulevard in Southeast […]
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All Wet!
Legacy of Juniper Utility has residents stewing
Last Friday, a collection of men and women sat in Marion Palmateer’s plush Southeast Bend living room and told a story of frustration, talking over one another and becoming increasingly angry about their understanding of the legacy of Juniper Utility and what it means to them. These folks who gathered on Palmateer’s soft white couch […]
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PPP=MMM (Money, Money, Mooonneeey!)
We did the math: Pole Pedal Paddle brings in mad cash
On Saturday, the annual Pole Pedal Paddle will clock through town—and competitors will measure themselves by speed and time. But what about the economic impact? Neither Visit Bend nor the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation, the event’s promoter, has ever done a PPP economic impact study, but the Source did! Get out your calculators, friends: […]
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Concerts on the Big Screen
A few choice music movies
In an interview with Roger Ebert replayed after his death, the movie reviewer discussed his other passion: music. In his earlier career, Ebert had been as much a music reviewer as a movie critic, and a screenwriter for the cult classic Valley of the Dolls. He even wrote a never-produced film for the Sex Pistols. […]
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Get Sassy!
Making the most of a four-day Sasquatch! weekend
When this article hits newsstands, the Pacific Northwest’s premier camping music festival will be a mere nine days away. That’s a realization that can cause equal parts panic and excitement. However, some of the preparation angst can be settled by putting the below guide to use. Must see Unless you see these bands, you truly […]
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Summer Concert Guide
Here’s the best of the best
In his wonderful book "Blink," Malcolm Gladwell discussed the concept of “thin slicing”—that is, the ability to partition just the smallest bit from a larger whole to tell the complete story. Said differently, any one part of your summer can indicate the entire attitude for the next three months—whether it will be a wild Class […]
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Cradle to Grave
How to compete, whether you’re a pup or an old dog
Nature doesn’t care how old you are. Neither does Alder Butsch, 11, or Don Leet, 62, two Bend athletes from two very different backgrounds—and eras. Leet, an accomplished mountain biker and co-owner of Sunnyside Sports, was already receiving AARP mailings when Butsch, a sponsored snowboarder, was a bump in the belly. The two may have […]
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Crazier Than Jack
The crackpot
theories of Room 237
The Shining might be the most confounding movie Stanley Kubrick ever made. Ostensibly a horror film, the 1980 movie has its share of problems: It’s overlong, unevenly paced, uncomfortably creepy, and dramatically unsatisfying. It contains an over-the-top performance by a showboating Jack Nicholson, and an unbelievably grating one by a sniveling Shelley Duvall. But, as […]
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Under the Knife with Chef Joe Kim
Sometimes life happens while you’re making other dishes
Joe Kim, chef at 5 Fusion, grew up in La Pine. Although he was born in San Francisco, his parents divorced when he was 6 and his mom moved to La Pine to raise Kim and his sisters. His mother never remarried, still lives in La Pine and has devoted her whole life to raising […]
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Good Grief, Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann’s Technicolor Wank Fest—Now in 3D!
I don’t know if other readers of The Great Gatsby will relate to this, but I tend to almost forget that Gatsby is a novel of the roaring ’20s, full of flappers and fast cars and gin-fueled debauchery. When I think about Fitzgerald’s book, I think about that far-off green light at the end of […]
