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Aug 5-11, 2010

Vol. 14, No. 31

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Local News

From Bend, With Love: On the other side of the planet, there's an African orphanage powered almost exclusively by Bendites

On the back of Malerie Pratt’s hand, the phrase “cap and gown” is written in big, curvy handwriting as she scrolls through a slideshow on her laptop in early June.

By Mike Bookey
Aug 4, 2010
Local News

McKenzie: A good ride spoiled?

By The Source Staff
Aug 9, 2010
Local News

Lunker Quest: Gorgeous waters yield few fish

By The Source Staff
Aug 10, 2010
Local News

Bend Roots Open Meeting Tonight with Music from the Mostest

Bend Roots is a month and a half away and they want your input.

By The Source Staff
Aug 4, 2010
Local News

Pickathon Preview: Dr. Dog, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Langhorne Slim and more

Everyone at Pickathon is awesome, but make sure you see these four acts.

By The Source Staff
Aug 5, 2010
Local News

Michael Franti Video From Last Night: Because you were probably there

Video from Michael Franti's August 5 show in Bend, Oregon.

By The Source Staff
Aug 6, 2010
Local News

Fall Music Preview: The Thermals, Atmosphere, Blind Pilot, Greg Brown

Summer is almost over, but there's some cool live music this fall.

By The Source Staff
Aug 10, 2010
Local News

The Perils of "Uniqueness"

By The Source Staff
Aug 5, 2010
Local News

Tea Partier Warns Against Commie Bike Conspiracy

By The Source Staff
Aug 6, 2010
Local News

Fears of Unleashing the Demon Rum

By The Source Staff
Aug 8, 2010
Local News

Running for Governor the Hard Way

By The Source Staff
Aug 9, 2010

Editorial

Tougher Than Steel: What's in a death toll? The RNC's power struggle, epic floods and more

The author is smelling smoke yet too dazed to know if it’s from a fire in Sisters or his new piece of art/glass/pipe, watching the greatest political video ever made @ http//www..youtube.com/watch?v=1hvaeHllwtw (thanks Carrot).

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Editorial

McDonald's Super Sized Signage

There are few symbols - save Old Glory and maybe a slice of apple pie - more symbolic of mainstream American culture than McDonald's sweeping yellow arches.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Uncle Phil's Playhouse

Nike founder Phil Knight's generosity to his alma mater has been well documented.

By Source Weekly
Aug 10, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Take the Wheel, Kid

Do you remember when your mom, dad or grandpa put you on his or her lap and let you, just a child, steer the car down some vacant rural road? Yeah, a lot of us have that memory and for the most part, it was probably hardly dangerous.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Bigger Is So Much Better

Remember when about the only people who owned crew cab pickup trucks were railroad and oil field crews? If someone offered to give you one of those it would have been a really bad investment.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Brothels Was A Bust

The brothel (Bend's Brothels, 7-21) article last week was extremely poorly written. It was painful to read - my high school newspaper had much better articles.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Share the lakes

I am a windsurfer who, along with several other friends, enjoys sailing on the lakes around here.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010

Culture Features

Chopping His Way Up: Sisters' lumberjack David Green swings his big axe at the Timbersports Collegiate Series

With a Brazil-nut crunching grip, collegiate timbersports king, David Green, shook my hand, then recoiled suddenly. Sorry, I'm just used to being around lumberjacks, he said.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Picks

Our picks for 8/4 - 8/12: Michael Franti & Spearhead, Flobots, William Fitsimmons, Art and more

Michael Franti & Spearhead, Flobotsthursday 5The show, a big faction of Bend’s live music, that fans have been waiting for is finally here as the benevolent Michael Franti and his band return to the LSA, this time joined by indie hip-hoppers Flobots.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010

Chow

A Quiet Success: Thai Thai takes a lighter approach to its dishes

I follow a quirky rule of thumb not to frequent restaurants with pictures of their food on the menu. So my heart sank a bit when I opened the menu at Thai Thai, the new Thai restaurant in Northwest Crossing last week.

Aug 4, 2010
Chow

Little Bites: Eat Your Veggies Four places to get your five-a-day

Central Oregon has a blink-and-you-missed-it growing season. Luckily, we’re smack dab in the middle of the 90-day window that farms have before the frost returns.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Chow

A Quiet Success; Thai Thai takes a lighter approach to its dishes

I follow a quirky rule of thumb not to frequent restaurants with pictures of their food on the menu. So my heart sank a bit when I opened the menu at Thai Thai, the new Thai restaurant in Northwest Crossing last week.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010

Film

Sorry, Charlie!: Charlie St. Cloud proves Zac Efron shouldn't do emo

When did Zac Efron become such a hottie? It wasn't too long ago that Efron was a kid starring in the Disney Channel's High School Musical series, waiting for his voice to change.

By Anne Pick
Aug 4, 2010
Film Events

Insignificant Espionage: Alpha Protocol has plenty of firepower, but fails as an RPG

The first foe I faced in Alpha Protocol was a soldier who burst through a door. I was unarmed, so I ran to the far side of a table that was in the middle of the room.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010
Film Events

Man or Superman?

Guys! I gotta admit this whole "race of supermen" thing creeps me out. First of all, why do we even need a race of supermen?

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010

Sound Stories & Interviews

Why You (Probably) Like Michael Franti and Spearhead

You can try, but it’s pretty tough to say you don’t like Michael Franti.

By Mike Bookey
Aug 4, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Not trying to be a jerky, judgy-McJudgerton here, but I absolutely hate the name of this band. It sounds like a joke. A not-funny one.

By Source Weekly
Aug 4, 2010

Natural World

The World of Insects: How to identify all the six-leggers in your back yard

Welcome to the world of insects! If you're ever bored or think life is the pits, grab up an old sheet, place it under the nearest bush, tree or flower patch, take a stick and gently beat the plants and see what drops out.

By Jim Anderson
Aug 4, 2010
Outside Features

Big Time Ride: Sandy Ridge is Oregon's new must-do mountain bike area

To say that former pro snowboarder and voiceover artist Kris “Jaymo” Jamieson can be overly enthusiastic is putting it mildly.

By Bob Woodward
Aug 4, 2010