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WATCH: Oregon Congressional District 5 Republican primary interview โ–ถ [with video]

The Source Weekly interviews Republican candidates Crumpacker, Oatman for the May primary election

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 […]

Posted inMusic

Summer Music 2021: Our recap of live music in Bend and beyond โ–ถ [with video]

Ah, memories. Catch some snippets of shows we went to in 2021

The summer of 2021 brought lots of live music back to venues in Bend and the rest of Central Oregonโ€”and 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 […]

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Escaping the North Tower โ–ถ [with video]

On September 11, 2001, now-Bendite Chuck Allen had to scramble down more than 80 stories and run from plumes of smoke before the nightmare was over

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 […]

Posted inBest Of Central Oregon

Best Bartender(s) โ–ถ [with video]

Jon Dude of D&D and Todd Steinbach of J-Dub, with a tie!

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 […]

Posted inOutside

Tips for hiking with kids โ–ถ [with video]

How to get your kids on the trail and have fun

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 summerโ€”that 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 […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Worthy Brewing’s Organic Farm โ–ถ [with video]

Add communal farming to the brewery’s list of cool side projects

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 […]

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Rookie Food Cart of the Year โ–ถ [with video]

NorthFresh Sushi has locals in Tumalo and beyond coming back for more

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 varietiesโ€”so much so that the panda head graces the cover of this […]

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Baking the Magic: The making of the Source Weekly’s 2021 Restaurant Guide cover โ–ถ [with video]

The creative force behind our cookie cover shows us how it got done

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 […]

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Care for a Line Dance with Your Chicken?

Cross-Eyed Cricket Watering Hole opens in the former Maverick’s country bar

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 ownerโ€”not the least of whom are the owners of Cross-Eyed Cricket Watering Hole, who […]

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