It’s kind of puzzling how there’s news of three new breweries starting up in the next few months, and then the Bulletin reports today that WineStyles is closing as of October 15th. The owners of Bend’s WineStyles, which offered wine tastings and sold bottled wines, are closing the store Oct. … Continue reading
After reading some of the comments on the pumpkin patch post, it’s no wonder that this caught my eye on the Bend Parks & Rec Facebook page… It’s true, no pumpkin festival from us this year. Trust for Public Land will be having a pumpkin hunt at Miller’s Landing on … Continue reading
If you went to Ignite Bend 5 (or watched the live stream) then you probably saw Robert Killen’s fantastic talk, “Dialog in the Age of Demons”. Cool to see that he’s taking an idea that was originally a five-minute talk and taking it to the next level! We live in … Continue reading
The annual BendFilm starts tomorrow, the 7th incarnation of the independent film festival that takes over much of downtown and local theaters for four days (it runs from the 7th through Sunday the 10th). We are proud to bring the 7th annual BestFilm Festival to beautiful Central Oregon. We have … Continue reading
One of the best things about living in Bend is all the wonderful opportunities to act like a kid again. World Hoop Day, this Sunday, is one of the “funnest”… SUNDAY 2-4 at Harmon Park is WORLD HOOP DAY! A non-profit event to help underprivelidged children around the world. This … Continue reading
Rather than re-invent the wheel, Bendite Stephanie Hicks wrote an awesome blog post about Central Oregon pumpkin patches which are now open for business! She talks about the activities at the DD Ranch in Terrebone, Central Oregon Pumpkin Company and Rasmussen Farms in Hood River. Interesting note about the Rasmussen Farm Pumpkin … Continue reading
This Saturday, October 2nd is the Friends of the Bend Library Fall book sale: from 10am until 4pm at the Library Administration building at 507 NW Wall Street (downtown), the Library will be selling books of all subjects at great low prices (and children’s books are sold by the inch, … Continue reading
On the first of the month, art galleries (and other businesses) in Downtown Bend (as well as the Old Mill and Northwest Crossing) stay open late with receptions and special presentations, as well as live music and (often) wine tastings—the First Friday art walk. This month’s First Friday is also … Continue reading