Screech at Jokers, Nov. 8

It’s not on their website (yet), but Jokers has posted on their sign that "Saved by the Bell’s Screech"—aka Dustin Diamond—will be there on November 8. Presumably for a comedy show. That seems weird.

The Green Gathering

Dave sends me a pointer to The Green Gathering, coming up this next Saturday October 20th: [O]n this one-time and one-stop only tour, organizations and individuals will be coming together to have fun while building community and learning about green energy alternatives. In order to build conscious community in Central … Continue reading

So how many barber shops does Downtown need?

Saw this filter across craigslist tonight: New Salon/Barbershop opening downtown. They’re hiring, and located at 1293 NW Wall a bit north of central Downtown. By my count, that will make five barber shops downtown. (The other four are L & K Barber Shop, Bond Street Barber Shop, Metropolitan Barber Shop, … Continue reading

Deschutes & BBC bring home some medals at the GABF

Big congrats to Deschutes Brewery and Bend Brewing Company on winning medals at the Great American Beer Festival! The GABF wrapped up today, and Deschutes brought home 3 gold medals and the BBC 1 silver. The medals were for: 4K Pils (Deschutes) – International Style Pilsner category (10 entries) Pub … Continue reading

Weekend happenings

Bunches of things going on this weekend. KouseFly is playing at the Reed Pub (1141 SE Centennial) Saturday. The show starts at 8:30pm and there’s a $3 cover. The Second Annual SnowClone music and retail festival is taking place Saturday at Silver Moon Brewing. Doors open at 8am and admission … Continue reading

Flu shots reminder

Just another reminder about flu shots; BMC has their Clinic this Saturday, the 13th, from 8 to 3 at their northeast (main) location. Cost is $25. Also, you can check out the other schedules people posted in the comments to my previous flu shots post. Prices on most others is … Continue reading

KOHD’s new website

Jake points out tonight that KOHD‘s new website has gone live. Much better than it was before. Jake didn’t like the video auto-playing on the front page, but that didn’t happen to me, so I guess they fixed it? Anywho, yet another source of local online news, which is always … Continue reading

Press Release: Silent Auction Fundraiser

This sounds like a really worthwhile event; the 28th at the Domino Room. "Live With Purpose, Party With A Cause" Rarely does a night of live world beat music and fine art in Bend directly improve the lives of several desperately poor children living half a world away. “Live With … Continue reading

Terrebonne Depot

On our way out to the Pumpkin Patch Saturday, we stopped at the Terrebonne Depot for lunch. I remembered that John Anderson had given it a pretty good review in the Bulletin sometime back, and since it’s right on the way to the Pumpkin Patch (and Smith Rock, which will … Continue reading