If Bend loves anything as much as beer, it must be dogs. Any time we can combine those two favorites, we’re in dog heaven. Here at the Source, we did some digging around and sniffed out the best dog-friendly happy hours in Bend. No need to thank us; it wasn’t too “ruff” to put together. […]
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Small Outdoor Concerts in Big Demand
Bend is known to be heavily into the music scene. International, national and local groups alike unpack and set up on varying stages around town. This summer all over Central Oregon there will be concerts both large and small in venues across the desert. Although the seemingly famous groups can draw an enormity of screaming […]
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Best Change of Heart
Crow’s Feet Commons
Last year, the Source’s most-read story was our coverage of the City’s decision not to renew Crow’s Feet Commons’ lease on the Mirror Pond Plaza, that City-owned courtyard between the ski/beer/coffee shop and Drake Park. Fans of the popular shop were outraged. Owner David Marchi was upset and confused. But it was about more than […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Beer Week: The Strategy Guide
Can’t decide how to tackle Beer Week?
Try this for starters
Not to alarm you, but in addition to everything else taking place over Memorial Day weekend, Central Oregon Beer Week kicks off on Friday and proceeds for the next week-plus. A 10-day beer week? Well, why not? (And, if you actually attempt to hit up all the events taking place across the region’s breweries and […]
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Three is The Magic Number
Redmond hip-hop trio defies expectations
We are sitting outside at Crow’s Feet Commons, and I’m talking with Tyler Martin and Lion Lovechild, two members from NRG Tribe, an up-and-coming hip-hop trio from Redmond. They are telling me about auras, and about how the third member of their group was drawn to them because of one of their indigo auras. No, […]
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Source Suggests 4/29-5/6
First Friday Party Featuring Bobby Lindstrom and Mean Ed Sharlet “The blues,” Steve Martin once explained, “just get me so blue.” But this First Friday, Bobby Lindstrom brings upbeat, bluesy rock to the Crow’s Feet Commons courtyard. With raspy vocals, high energy, and passion, Lindstrom plays a set of his favorite blues covers mixed in […]
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Exploding from the Wilderness
Corner Gospel Explosion makes their own splash
Bradley David Parsons is finally ready to invite you into his world. A drummer since the age of 10 and the percussive backbone of Bend’s popular folk-rock quartet Wilderness, Parsons has been writing songs of his own for years—quietly honing his voice as a songwriter and vocalist. Though more than happy playing drums in Wilderness […]
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Picks 3/18-3/25
thursday 19 George Clinton & Parliament FUNK—The undisputed grandfather of funk, prolific and versatile musician George Clinton (seriously though, he’s won awards for gospel and had his music heavily sampled by hip-hop artists), is bringing his epic soul train to Bend. The influential, 73-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is a must-see. If, by […]
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Crow’s Feet Launches Monthly Beer Tastings
The shop by the river goes stout-mad on St. Patrick’s Day
For more than two years, Crow’s Feet Commons has been a go-to spot for skis, snowboards, bicycles, coffee, beer, breakfast sandwiches, and anything else one would possibly need living in Bend, save maybe for toilet paper and cold medicine. The bottle and tap collection has been particularly stellar from the get-go, offering everything from enormous […]
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Moving Quickly to a Spontaneous New Sound
The Helio Sequence jumps in with lively new material
After releasing its fifth full-length album, Negotiations, in 2012, The Helio Sequence was ready to try something new. The Portland alternative pop/rock duo had been kicking around the idea of recording another band in the full professional studio they’d built for themselves, so they jumped at the chance to record and produce a new album […]