Good news for Eastside Library patrons: the Library announced on Facebook this week their plans to open up a location on East Highway 20. The Deschutes Public Library is pleased to announce the site of an East Bend Library that will open in January 2011. The future site is 8,000 … Continue reading
I wrote last week about some of the new(er) stores I found out about downtown(ish), and promised more. Here are a few more: Looney Bean Coffee: A (chain?) coffee shop that took over the old Balay Coffee location at 961 Brooks Street, offset just behind the Pine Tavern. I have … Continue reading
This coming weekend is the annual Sunriver Sunfest Wine Festival (Saturday and Sunday the 24th and 25th), and this year there are some notable changes from past years. First and foremost, Sunfest is taking place at Sunriver Resort rather than in the Village promenade area—specifically on the Meadows Driving Range … Continue reading
Two big concerts out at the Les Schwab in the Old Mill this weekend: the Steve Miller Band and the Barenaked Ladies. Friday The Farmers Market is taking up its usual place at the St. Charles Hospital parking lot; they are open from 2 until 6pm. The Steve Miller Band … Continue reading
Sad news of an online sort: BendNights.com is closing its virtual doors. From the official announcement: I officially announce the end of BendNights.com. After five years, I will be shutting down Bend’s original online entertainment website at 12:01am, Monday, July 19, forever. This was a tough decision to make, but … Continue reading
I spent quite a bit of time down at SummerFest this past weekend, helping out a friend who had a booth in the Souk section, and wandered around downtown a bit, seeing some of the new shops and businesses I didn’t know about. I used to work downtown, but haven’t … Continue reading
The Bend Summer Festival is this weekend, hot on the heels of the holiday last weekend; SummerFest is one of my favorite (if not the favorite) Bend festivals, and this year they’re celebrating 20 years(!) of “Central Oregon’s signature artist event of the summer.” The Bend Summer Festival draws artists … Continue reading
This almost slipped by me, but Munch and Music starts tonight: the free music in Drake Park every Thursday evening that runs through August 12th. (The “Munch” part isn’t free, of course, but the music is.) Enjoying its 20th anniversary, the Drake Park Munch & Music free concert series continues … Continue reading
The Source’s Best of Bend poll is online again (and in their paper last week)—you’ll have to register for an account with them if you want to vote—and while Hack Bend won Best Blog last year, I have to agree with Jake and encourage everyone to vote for someone else … Continue reading
Apparently in addition to the other 4th of July activities and the Freedom Ride on Sunday, there was also a “zombie walk” through the Park; KTVZ has several photos in a slideshow, but did anyone else catch any video or anything?