
It’s been a while since we’ve seen the talented (and now married) Matt & Kali in Bend Oregon… but that’s all going to change tonight at Silver Moon Tap Room! If you’ve missed past coverage of The Ascetic Junkies, well… you must have been hidden under a rock. From their 2010 album This Cage Has No Bottom, to the new music they are creating (and are sure to sh...
Sunday, June 12 will mark 10 years of the Dirty Half. Will anyone beat Max King this year? Last year King won the trail half marathon in 1 hour, 11.3 seconds, but Carlos Truillo was close, finishing in 1:12.17. Eugene's Sopagna Eap won the women's event in 1:22.22. Both King and Eap set new cou...
Today, Pickathon -- the eclectic rootsy/indie festival that takes place on a farm outside of Portland -- announced additions to its already solid lineup.
All those Phishheads out there saying things along the lines of "Hey, what's up with the band giving the cold shoulder to the West Coast for the past couple of years?" can relax this morning, after the band announced a pair of shows at the Gorge Amphitheater for August 5 and 6.
Sometimes people call newspaper reporters to say, "Hey, nice job on your article!"
The owners of The Brew Shop, aka the homebrew shop on Division, have signed a lease for the iconic Ernesto’s building on Third Street. Owner Tom Gilles said he and his partners signed a lease earlier this week that will allow them to open an expanded brew shop and basement pub in the Ernesto’s building by ea...
As you may already know, this blog is hosting a party tonight and it's gonna be suhweeet.
I just got word from the Old Mill District that the Memorial Day Weekend music schedule got a big boost today with the announcement that The Decemberists are playing the Les Schwab Amphitheater on May 29, along with openers Rodrigo y Gabriella.
Today, The Seattle Times published an editorial stating that Washington state House Bill 1550, a law that would legalize and tax marijuana in the state deserved a hearing in the house Ways and Means Committee.
Skateboards are rad. Local, regional and national artists are rad. Take those things and combine them and you have something so rad, it must been seen to be believed. Or something like that.
Reporter and author Jeremy Evans will sign copies of his book In Search of Powder: The Story of America’s Disappearing Ski Bum tonight at Between the Covers on Bond Street.
We just got word from The Brew Shop that New Belgium Brewing, the Colorado company best known as the author of Fat Tire, will have some folks in town on Friday to give us a taste of their beers.
OK, due to SNOWCLUSTEREFF 2011, I'm a little late on this week's drug bust, but it's a pretty sizable one.
The ever expanding Bend Ale Trail took a cyber leap forward this week when Visit Bend announced that the DIY beer drinking tour map and website is now available as an interactive iPhone app.
I got an e-mail announcing the lineup for the Van's Warped Tour and as I was scrolling through the lineup, I was all like, "Holy crap, our own Larry and His Flask are playing the Warped Tour!"
Yes, this is really happening -- Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes and Jenny and Johnny are all playing on one night here in Bend on May 27 at the Les Schwab Amphitheater.
At long last The Strokes have resurfaced and today is your last chance to download their new single "Under Cover of Darkness" for free. The band's highly anticipated new album, Angles, comes out on March 22 and if this single is any indicator, it's going to be pretty awesome. 
Do you eat corn? Yes? Well, have I got a movie for you. Have fun sleeping after this, corn-lover!
There are a couple options for what to give the object of your affection on Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day is upon us, with just one week left to figure out how to make love explode all over your relationship (or find a way to avoid the whole ordeal altogether if you're not feeling the love). But even if you hate Hallmark holidays, there are a few good things about next Monday.
Willy Wonka is alive and well in Sunriver! For eleven days starting on Feb. 11, Sunriver Resort will be hosting chocolate dinners, tastings, drink specials, spa treatments and even a chocolate-themed 5k road race (this is Central Oregon, after all).
We just got word that BendFilm will be screening two films in the next month at Sisters Movie House.
Check out Common Table tonight for Hand Drawn Wednesdays, a weekly event in collaboration with CADA/CASA. Hand Drawn Wednesdays invite local artists and us common folk who just like to draw things on paper to paint, draw or sketch for the evening. One piece will be chosen to be auctioned off and the proceeds wi...
You may have heard of WWOOFers (Willing Workers on Organic Farms), volunteer farmers on organic farms who trade labor for housing and food. Central Oregon Locavore, an online community and marketplace for local farmers, is creating a similar project, called WWOLFs - substituting "local" for "organic" (although most of the f...
That's right, Bend's own Mosley Wotta is playing at the iconic Sundance Film Festival on Friday night, marking the band's biggest out-of-town gig to date.
Having money disputes? Is your significant other's eye wandering too far for your liking? Does your husband snore really loud? Does your HGH-using boyfriend make out with other girls at clubs in front of you?
The Source Weekly's 2nd Annual Lust List voting is soon coming to a close. Friday will be the last day you can exercise your right to decide who are the hottest hotties to ever step foot in Central Oregon. Have a favorite librarian? A bank teller you've been eyeing every time you bounce a check? A sexy teacher from your child's 3r...
Kayo's Dinner House, the longtime Bend eatery that moved to Third Street last year, has rebranded its lounge, which is now known as The Marilyn Room.
I just got back from the new pho place on 1326 3rd Street, Pho Viet. The Rico's Taco's sign is still up, but that didn't stop Pho Viet and Cafe from opening this Monday. The inside is pretty bare-bones but so far, it's been packed. The owner, Peter Nguyen, said Monday was packed with people...
Judging by the amount of comments we received on our blog on Bend's newest pho restaurant, Pho Viet, it seems that I am not the only pho-obsessed person in Central Oregon. As it turns out, one of our readers, Larry Sullivan, happens to be something of a pho expert and has blogged a bit on the subject. You can check out his blog on pho here.
This past Saturday, I attended the Beer Olympics at the Old Mill Brew Werks. From what I can gather, it was the first of its kind to take place in Bend. I wrote about the event previously here, and even though I usually refrain from boozing until at 3:30 or 4 p.m., the event ...
I blogged a few weeks ago about my obsession with Gold Rush: Alaska, the Discovery Channel reality show about down-on-their-luck Oregonians who head up north in search of riches. Within minutes of posting that piece, I had slated an interview with one of the show's sta...
Sometimes Bend is flush with dining events, making me wish I had buckets of cash to blow on food and wine. Actually, I pretty much always wish I had buckets of cash, but sometimes the desire is especially great.
When the regular old Olympics roll around every two years, I think, You know, I really like these world-unifying games, like the decathalon and curling. But I just feel like there’s something missing.
Are you a Stones fan? Yeah, thought you might be. Well, you're in luck because once again the Tart Bistro lobby will be transformed tonight into a music venue for another edition of "Night Under the Covers," an ongoing local music showcase featuring covers of the work of one particular artist.
This week's issue of the Source features plenty of material on The Big Lebowski, including this essay in which I brazenly denounce anyone who doesn't enjoy that film.
Ignite Bend, the ongoing multi-media event that brings locals up onto the Tower Theatre stage to give five-minute slide show presentations on a variety of topics, has just announced a date for its sixth installation.

Every form of music has an articulate champion. That person who makes the music more accessible and thereby easier for people to understand and enjoy. In the case of jazz, the music’s grand champion, Dr. Billy Taylor, died this past week at age 89.
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, one of my favorite bands to come out of Portland lately, is playing a mid-morning gig at the OSU-Cascades Campus Center this Wednesday. I've seen Sallie and the gang a few times now and it's always super fun. Seriously. While the band might look like your average group of Portland hipsters, Ford's voice is straight out of the 40's and the me...
I just drove by the former Rico’s Tacos space on NE 3rd Street and saw a beautiful beacon of light in the form of a sign announcing a new Vietnamese restaurant opening. I dropped in to talk to the owners, who were in the middle of some pretty heavy construction.
I have to look back pretty far to find more of an odd match up for a bowl game than is taking place tonight down in San Diego where #18 Nebraska is facing the 6-6 Washington Huskies.
Remember last year when the Source asked you to guess when Mt. Bachelor would hit 100 inches in base depth...and then it didn't happen until sometime in February. Or maybe March?

Things are going to get mighty quiet in the next three days on the live music front in Bend. Apparently, there's a big holiday or something.
Continuing our ongoing coverage of Four Loko -- the 23.5-ounce cans of caffeinated malt liquor that have since been banned in Oregon and many other states -- I wanted to pass on this story of a 73-year-old man arrested in Florida for driving with an open can of Four Loko.
As part of the ongoing fashion show which is the Oregon Ducks football team, the squad has once again unveiled a new uniform, this time for the biggest game in the program's history, the National Championship game on January 10.
"You're watching a show hosted by Bob Saget in 2010 and it's not America's Funniest Home Videos and it's actually really funny?" asks my 12-year-old self. That is right before his time-traveling head explodes.
We just received word that a Senior Citizen Holiday Gift Drive is in effect from now until December 23. Donations are being collected at the Century 21 Gold Country Offices in Bend and will be distributed to local senior care facilities. We got a little misty at the idea that someone's grandpa won't have presents this year, so if you can, help the cause and do...