The Des Chutes Historical Museum (yes, they spell “Deschutes” with two words in this case) is having their annual holiday bazaar and chili feed this weekend: The Des Chutes Historical Museum’s Annual Holiday Bazaar and Chili Feed will be Friday and Saturday, November 12—13, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 … Continue reading
First Friday art walk kicks off tonight, Downtown and in the Old Mill and Northwest Crossing. The art galleries (and some other places) stay open late and often offer up free wine and refreshments and live music to go along with the art on display. Festivities run from 5 until … Continue reading
This Saturday, the 6th, is Deschutes Brewery’s Bethlehem Inn Benefit Beer Dinner, their beer-pairing five-course fundraising dinner that supports the Bethlehem Inn, the largest emergency shelter in Oregon supporting the homeless. Deschutes Brewery Chefs will be joined by local chefs Jeff Hunt from Spork, Brad Wood from Scanlon’s, and Sam … Continue reading
Election results are in (or nearly so), and two good sites to keep track of what’s what are the Deschutes County results page (containing the local breakdown) and KTVZ’s statewide results. Everything is marked “unofficial” yet, and it’s always interesting to watch the numbers fluctuate as updates come in, particularly … Continue reading
It’s getting near time to be trick-or-treating, so all of you stay safe and have a happy Halloween!
Halloween is on Sunday this year, which translates to a weekend full of Halloween events leading up to the day itself. There’s no shortage of things to do, and if you know of more things going on, leave a comment or let me know and I’ll update this post. Amalia’s … Continue reading
As noted on both The Source and the Bulletin’s sites, this Saturday there will be a Bend version of John Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” march-slash-comedy-show in Washington DC that same day. The Bend Rally takes place at 4pm at the Mirror Pond Plaza downtown. A description forwarded to me … Continue reading
It’s time for another “Best Of” list, this time from Central Oregon Magazine. They have their survey online for the Best of 2010 reader’s choice awards, and promise to run the results in their Winter (January) issue. They have lots of eclectic categories (“Most Popular Plastic Surgeon”, “Best Local Rumor”, … Continue reading
Since folks are starting to work on their fall yard clean-up, figured this was good info in case you are interested in saving a few bucks when it’s time to get rid of the debris! November 1st through November 13th, (closed Sunday Nov. 7th) residents can recycle their yard debris … Continue reading
This Halloween (on a Sunday this year), the Riverside Market is holding a free, all-ages Halloween party from 2 until 6pm. It sounds like a lot of fun—here’s the press blurb they sent out: Leaves are crunching underfoot and the nights are frosty, which can only mean one thing, Halloween … Continue reading