Jimmy Crumpacker and Madison Oatman, candidates running in the Republican primary for Oregon’s Congressional District 5, chat with the Source Weekly about their platforms ahead of the May 2022 primary election. Three other candidates in this race either declined or did not respond to our requests for an interview. See our endorsements in the May […]
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Summer Music 2021: Our recap of live music in Bend and beyond โถ [with video]
The summer of 2021 brought lots of live music back to venues in Bend and the rest of Central Oregonโand the Source Weekly team was happy to be part of it. In this video, we assemble all the snippets and great moments of music our team caught throughout the summer and fall, including lots of […]
Escaping the North Tower โถ [with video]
Graphic warning: This story contains some graphic details of the carnage of the September 11 attacks. When Chuck Allen arrived for work on September 11, 2001, he made the arduous trip to his office in the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. It usually took about 10 minutes to get to his […]
Best Medical Group โถ [With Video]
To say that that last year and a half has been trying for medical professionals is something of an understatement. From shutting down outpatient clinics at the start of the pandemic, to managing a global shortage of PPE, to pivoting to telemedicine and working with the local hospital to help patientsโwith COVID or with other […]
Best Bartender(s) โถ [with video]
This year’s Best Bartender was a solid tie between two solid downtown Bend bartenders. Jon Dude was the first bartender I met when I moved to Bend. My friend, the late musician Melodi Johnson, and I were exploring my new midtown neighborhood for my nearest “blizzard bar.” We happened upon the Platypus Pub, where Dude […]
Tips for hiking with kids โถ [with video]
School’s out for summer! (I hope you sang that in your best Alice Cooper rock voice!) For those of you with kids, this week heralds the arrival of summerโthat precious window of time chock full of summer camps, playing outside and swimming in our lakes and rivers. Like many Central Oregon parents, one of my […]
Worthy Brewing’s Organic Farm โถ [with video]
Visitors to Worthy Brewing can’t help but notice the hopyard is looking a bit barren. It’s not that the land proved infertile. Quite the contrary; it’s being repurposed into a new organic farm, the latest venture for the Worthy Garden Club, the brewery’s nonprofit highlighting sustainable practices. The new farm “came on suddenly,” says Lisa […]
Rookie Food Cart of the Year โถ [with video]
Jeff Berneski has a giant panda head stashed at his food cart in Tumalo, and when we visit, he’s insistent we let him snap a photo or two of him wearing it. Good thing the Source Weekly loves goofiness of that and other varietiesโso much so that the panda head graces the cover of this […]
Baking the Magic: The making of the Source Weekly’s 2021 Restaurant Guide cover โถ [with video]
The Source Weekly’s 2021 Restaurant Guide is graced with a super-cool cover made from real-life cookies crafted by Just Around the Bend Cookies, a Bend-based small business. In this video, Kathie Reid-Bevington talks about how she made the magic happen. Thanks to Just Around the Bend Cookies for this fun and creative collaboration! WATCH: The […]
Care for a Line Dance with Your Chicken?
Back in the before-times, most would have thought nothing of sidling up to a crowded bar or squeezing in next to a total stranger for a Saturday-night dance party. These days, those are #goals to return to for almost any bar ownerโnot the least of whom are the owners of Cross-Eyed Cricket Watering Hole, who […]

