Boondocks Bar & Grill—formerly Jokers—is hosting the Rock for Barack Inaugural Ball on Tuesday, January 20th. It starts at 7pm and prices range from $20 to $35. Please join us for a celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America!! We’ve … Continue reading
Here’s a nugget pulled from the Deschutes Brewery’s twitter feed: 6 different fresh hop beers will be pouring at the Bend pub this Wed at 5:30 & will include flights, pairings and a special menu. Fresh hop beers are awesome. You should go.
Here’s a weird phone scam… I don’t know what the end goal is, but it’s a warning being issued by the County. Deschutes County has become aware that a man from a company out of Los Angeles has been calling home owners and representing himself as being from the "Internal … Continue reading
The "Deschutes Market Overcrossing" is that overpass on Highway 97 north of Bend where Deschutes Market Road meets Highway 97. There’s going to be road construction starting there on January 12 (Monday), says the email that came through today: The project will consist of extending the first phase of the … Continue reading
I’m on the mailing list for music events promoted by The Grove (formerly the restaurant downtown), and they sent along these upcoming gigs: January 9: Portland’s NICO LUMINOUS … lead singer of the band Luminous Fog … MC … producer … musician … this dude is all things … known … Continue reading
What: Oregon State Extension is proud to sponsor Ignite Bend (a community event) What is Ignite Bend? If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 PowerPoint slides and they rotated automatically every 15 seconds. Around the world people have been putting … Continue reading
Event: That’s So Gay, White Party When: January 10th, 8pm to 2am. Doors at 7:30 Where: The Shilo Inn Banquet Hall: 3105 O.B. Riley Road Bend, OR 97701. phone:(541) 389-9600. Performers: Comedian Jackie Jones. Returning to host the evening once again. Website is www.JackieJonesMakesMeLaugh.com, or www.MySpace.com/JackieJones, and www.YouTube.com/user/1Jsquared. She is … Continue reading
A new year and looking back at the January ’08 retrospective, it just doesn’t seem that long ago somehow (even though it was a full year!). Anyone else feeling the same way? In 2008: "Best of 2007" lists The Source started their Light Meter to run community-submitted photos Three Creeks … Continue reading
Today for lunch we decided to try the new Boston’s Gourmet Pizza on the south end of town. You know, the new restaurant that opened up next to the Factory Outlets, in the new shopping center anchored by Gottschalks. (Which is a different post altogether. Maybe.) I wasn’t sure what … Continue reading
Seriously, I didn’t plan for these last three posts to be about business closures, but that’s what seems to be happening. As reported by the Bulletin yesterday, Westside Video is closed. Westside Video is (was) located over on Newport Avenue on, er, the west side for the past 24 years—a … Continue reading