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The Dreamers

The people dreaming of a better world in Central Oregon
Annette Benedetti

New businesses pop up year-round in Central Oregon. A special few conceptualize and produce their products locally. Even fewer sell their merchandise with the intention of effecting positive change. The following innovators stand out from the crowd with a vision that goes beyond selling goods. These entrepreneurs are using their inspiration to creating local jobs […]

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The Change Makers

The people innovating in the tech sector in Central Oregon
Annette Benedetti

Local entrepreneurs are doing big things in the tech world, and some of them are even winning cash awards for their efforts. The 2016 Bend Venture Conference handed out over $3,755,000 in funding—a new record for Oregon angel conferences—and some of Central Oregon’s innovators were among the winners. The founders of Cascade Wellness Technology, Investipro […]

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Source Spotlight: Collin Robinson

President of the Oregon PTA
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

“So when we talk about school choice, vouchers, public funds going to religious organizations, or private schools, that’s scary. Because they’re not held to the same standards. That’s the problem.” — Collin Robinson About a decade ago, Collin Robinson was a volunteer youth soccer coach for a team of kids from Bend’s Ensworth Elementary School. […]

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American Prophet

James Baldwin is Not Your Negro
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” —James Baldwin The sometimes-brilliant ABC comedy “Black-ish” focuses on an upper-class mixed race family as they try to hold on to some of their culture while existing in a mostly-white community. A few weeks ago the show did […]

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Local Housing Inventory Declines

Putting Pressure on Housing Prices
Avatar photo Nick Nayne, Principal Broker

The Beacon Report, which is based on real estate statistics from our local Multiple Listing Service, recently came out with February 2017 figures. This allows some interesting comparisons to last year’s Bend single-family residence sales of 1 acre or less. According to the report, closed sales in Bend for the month of February 2017 increased […]

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Death Wish of a Salesman

Iranian master Asghar Farhadi returns with a new film set in Tehran
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

In what is probably the only-on-the-nose metaphor of the entire film, “The Salesman” opens in an apartment building nearing collapse. Due to construction next door the foundations of the building are falling away, evidenced by the deep cracks forming along our protagonists’ bedroom walls. Married couple Emad and Rana rush around their crumbling apartment grabbing […]

Posted inOpinion

Letters 3/8-3/15

Letters to Walden Pour In
The Source Staff

Greg Walden’s Affordable Care Act I don’t normally write Letters to the Editors about specific legislation, but it’s important for people of Congressman Greg Walden’s district to know that the proposed revision of the ACA (Obamacare) will significantly reduce coverage, particularly for poorer people in eastern Oregon. Worse yet, from my perspective, it will give […]

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Escape Artist

Tattoo removal expert can erase your troubled past
Howard Leff

Katie Hester fixes mistakes—the ones that could derail your whole life. It’s one thing to make bad choices. But it’s a whole other matter to wind up in a tattoo parlor etching them permanently onto your skin. Hester, a Bend native who doubles as a licensed massage therapist at Earth Body Massage, works as a […]

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Zine Zenith

Bend’s homemade mag library moves around, but it’s still going strong
Howard Leff

Want some zines with your almond croissant? Hang on, let’s take a step back. Somewhere between the dawn of the printing press and Snapchat came an offbeat new art form made from hard work, determination, paper, staples, creativity and a photocopier. The zine. As in magazine, but not quite. Literary and decidedly lo-tech, zines are […]

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GUNG HO FOR SHOWS

The New Pornographers & Diana Krall
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Book these shows now so you don’t miss out. The New Pornographers April 14 Indie rock makes its way to Midtown with Canadian rock legends The New Pornographers hitting the stage this April. Most popular in the mid 2000s, TNP have a cult-like college following, and are touring in support of their brand-spanking new album […]

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