Head East: Why Bend could be Oregon’s next college town

• Written by: Eric Flowers
• Wednesday, 16 May 2012

It turns out that the second time was the charm for Becky Johnson and OSU-Cascades. The charismatic dean who likes to ski, hike, fly fish and play golf spent two decades at OSU as a professor and a top administrator in Corvallis before she threw her hat in the ring to lead Oregon State University’s ...

Naive Melodies

• Written by: Brianna Brey
• Wednesday, 16 May 2012

One of the most critically acclaimed and popular New Wave bands of all time, the Talking Heads is one of the few groups I can think of that deserve a cover band in their image. Lifelong musician Matt Engel agrees, and says that The Talking Heads was a major influence on his original music and vocal ... Read more...

Bend Summer Concerts

• Written by: The Source Staff
• Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Huey Lewis and The News

tuesday, sept 11

6:30pm, $39-78 ADV

There’s really no song from the ‘80s to bring out the white man’s overbite quite like “The Power of Love,” Huey Lewis and the News’ excellent power ballad and the theme song from Back to the Future . That is, unless you consider “If This is It,”...

2030 Redeux: A vision quest is calling your name

• Written by: Erin Foote Marlowe
• Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Summer 2006. It seems like a lifetime ago now. The real estate market was hopping, people were moving here in droves, and it felt like we were the hottest little city in America.

It was the perfect time for people to dream big about what this town could look like, the perfect time for a project like ... Read more...

War of the Scholars: Footnote gives new meaning to ‘like father like son’

• Written by: Morgan P Salvo
• Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Director Joseph Cedar offers a dazzlingly fresh take on filmmaking with Footnote , a whirlwind of dynamics surrounding mind games, intellectual suffering and guilt.

This flick is a mind-bending chess game between two rival scholars who just happen to be father (Shlomo Bar-Abba) and son (Lior Ashkenazi)... Read more...

Goat Curious: How an unfamiliar protein will make your next dinner party tops

• Written by: Lisa Glickman
• Wednesday, 16 May 2012

I’ve always considered myself an adventurous eater. I’m intrigued by any food that may be outside my usual comfort zone, particularly when it’s considered a delicacy by other cultures. When faced with something I consider “challenging” I always try at least a bite or two unless it’s something like l...

All in a Day's Work: Extreme skiing hero blows through Bend on Ring of Fire quest

• Written by: Tim Neville
• Wednesday, 16 May 2012

If you were looking for a free hotdog and beer last week, you could have done far worse than swing by the Great Outdoors parking lot off Century Drive, where professional skier Chris Davenport had splayed his 44-foot-long RV across six parking spots and fired up the grill. Inside the jet-black beast—a...