Summit High School – Tuesday, April 10, 2018 THE CREST 2855 NW Clearwater Dr, Bend, OR 97703 Table Of Contents Cover: Photo by Morgan Tien 2) Table of Contents 3) Food Review: The Best Bowls Of bend 4) Artist spotlight: Grace Cooper 5) Literature spotlight: Devon Trepess 6-7) Album Roundup 8) Indie Films take center stage 9) Movie Review: The Florida Project 10) Brockhampton Spotlight 11) Fashion in Bend Backpage: Scholastic art Winners Art By Eva Merrill Food-3 BOWLS OF BEND Eva Merrill Crest Editor Global Fusion Located on the west side of Bend by Newport Market, Global Fusion is the place to go for tasty, gourmet bowls ranging from $13 to $17, depending on your choice of protein. The bowls are inspired by cuisine from all over the world, hence the name, so you can have a completely unique dining experience every time you go out to eat. Specialties include the Thai Coconut Curry Noodle Bowl, which can be served with salmon, chicken, pulled pork, or tofu, and can be vegan. Photo by H. Rogers Dakine Cafe Dakine Cafe, the sequel to the wildly popular shaved ice stand Dakine Grinds, is only a few months old and has already distinguished itself as a local restaurant staple. Located on Galveston in a beachy wood building, Dakine is the perfect place to go for smoothie bowls, avocado toast, or one of their signature espressos. The main drawback is the price, as most bowls cost around $11, but if you are willing to spend some extra cash, Dakine Cafe will give you a tropical treat you wont regret. Photo by H. Rogers Pho Viet If interior aesthetic is what you look for in a restaurant, than Pho Viet is not for you. If you can get past the first impressions however, Pho Viet will give you the most authentic and delicious Vietnamese dining experience in Bend. Located on third street, Pho Viet offers a huge menu full of their different variations of pho. For about $10, you can get a full meal of the delicious noodles and broth. While the whole menu is exceptional, the Pho Ga, a traditional broth with chicken, is a classic meal that will please all. Photo by H. Rogers 4-Artist spotlight Grace Cooper Artist Spotlight Sydney Adair Cooper’s band swept the Staff Writer most prestigious awards at the performance. The band At only two years old, Grace enjoyed their performance and Cooper already had a passion each other to the point of being for singing. “My parents are both the only band that continued to play musicians, so I’d say my interest in together following their competition. music was innate,” Cooper said. Her talent Cooper has gone on to be a part of is showcased through her performances with Wayward Soul for the past three years. The her band and her new Instagram account where band has produced an original album that is she posts solo videos of her singing. available on multiple avenues including Spotify Cooper began to take her singing a step further and iTunes. The band is planning to release a new in middle school, as her passion transitioned into a self-produced EP in the upcoming months as well. hobby that she took more seriously. “It didn’t take much Wayward Soul has traveled around Oregon to perform for me to get quickly involved,” Cooper said. She started in various locations, including a street pub in Portland playing the piano at eight years old and then learned the where they played in front of over 10,000 people. The band acoustic guitar when she was ten. also performs locally at locations such as the Volcanic Cooper’s passion became further distinguished in 2015, Theatre and Silver Moon Brewing. when her band was formed. “My band was formed through Cooper plans to attend college and will continue to produce a program called Make-A-Band,” Cooper said. The program music and perform until she leaves. is similar to the ‘The Voice,’ in terms of auditions. Based in Although Cooper does not plan to pursue music as a career, Eugene, Make-A-Band allows you to audition as a solo artist in she hopes to be involved in a school choir throughout front of seven producers. If one of the producers likes you, they college. “I’ll try to seek out like-minded musicians that I can select you and handful of others and put you together to “Make jam with in my free time,” Cooper said. “No matter what, I a Band.” Cooper was one of the people selected and was placed will continue to play and hopefully find other people to play with her current band, “Wayward Soul.” in shows with.” Cooper believes music will continue to be a Following the audition, the bands are given one month to prevalent part of her life as she closes out high school with her compose a 20-minute set list to perform at the Tower Theatre. beloved band, Wayward Soul. Photos courtesy of Grace Cooper poetry-5 Poem Spotlight: Devon Trepess Pillars I am a pillar Buckled in on myself To support you I am strong And I allow you to lean on me And pull from my strength Until I can barely stand. I am imperfect Yet when I allow myself To crumble at your feet You don’t piece me back together So lovingly Like I do to you. I am human And you stare at my injuries With disgust in your eyes For how could I be so weak? I am flawed But I’m supposed to be so strong, aren’t I? A symbol of perfection Made for you alone. I am trying Even though my human side disgusts you And you would much prefer me A goddess. I am not simply created for beauty and support Here only to solve your problems And lessen the blows of your life. I am refusing To let the world tell me That I cannot be real. Art by Maddie Reitz 6-MUSIC REVIEWS Image Courtesy of The New York Times Image courtesy of Ents24 Image courtesy of thePlayground.uk Rina Sawayama - Kendrick Lamar - Rina EP DAMN Rina Sawayama creates a contemporary pop masterpiece on her self titled EP. She It’s no question that Kendrick Lamar is one displays how adept she is at manipulating her of the greatest contemporary rappers, and style even as a newcomer. The instrumentals, “DAMN” is his victory lap. Instead of staying done by producer Clarence Clarity, throw with his trend of creating a story through the listener through an amalgamation of his albums, “DAMN” focuses on enjoyable genres. From RnB (Tunnel Vision) , to pop listening and complex bars. The best example Album Roundup Sampha - Process (Take Me As I Am), to rock (Alterlife), each of this is the beat switch in DNA, which was Crest song breaks new pop ground while evoking Playboi Carti - entirely freestyled, and iconic producer “Mike every nostalgic sound from the best parts of WiLL Made-It” crafter the instrumental solely for Kendrick, and they compliment each Iglooghost - Sampha is best known for his features early 2000’s pop. Sawayama doesn’t simply SoundCloud rap on UK electronic records, providing his just copy from this era, she improves on it others styles perfectly, leading to one of the cool and soulful voice over stripped with grooving and tight production tied most energetic and fiery verses on the album. Neo Wax Bloom I can’t talk about music in 2017 without It’s a great album for Kendrick veterans and back, rhythmic beats. “Process” proves with addictive lyrics discussing technology mentioning the incredible rise trap and that Sampha doesn’t need a producer and relationships in the modern era. newcomers alike. Kendrickcrafted a great Countdown ‘SoundCloud rap’ had this year, with artists that synopsis of his style and persona. Iglooghost has always made insanely Brooks Rupar to sound good. He uses cold, but jazzy are normally restricted to the south and niche intricate and exhilarating electronic music, Staff Writer instrumentation and beats to highlight communities making it onto the billboard top but before Neo Wax Bloom, listeners only the struggles of his life. He tells stories 100. While many artists are stylistically similar could experience this in loosies and hard with his lyrics that cover a variety of to Playboi Carti, no one has as consistently to find mixes. With Neo Wax Bloom, hot button issues such as racism, police good of a sound. This album doesn’t reinvent Iglooghost finds his step. The first song brutality, and his upbringing all with the lyrical or instrumental style of trap, but is instantly throws you into his mind with a an insane range and vocal prowess one of the most consistent albums dropped crescendo of chirps and saws. Then after dragging the audience into his world. from the scene. Carti’s ad-libs and lyrics that, the album attacks you with driving Sampha worked incredibly hard on ooze confidence, and he crafts some of the rhythms and enthralling melodies. The this album and it was exactly what he most addicting hooks of the year. From the albums offers a new sound at every corner needed to establish himself and please unexpected hit “Magnolia” to the ASAP Rocky and rewards with repeated listens and fans in the singer-songwriter and assisted “New Choppa” Carti commands the is a century in front of most electronic electronic community. album and even if his lyrics don’t amaze you, released this year. the ethos he displays surely will.