The Des Chutes Historical Museum is once again hosting their annual Summer Shootout Marble Tournament coming up on Saturday, the 22nd: day full of marble tournament and free play, along with lawn games and other activities, and the Museum will be free that day. From the pres release: Marble competition … Continue reading
Looking for something to do on another gorgeous day? Today is the Les Schwab Amphitheater’s Free Summer Sunday Concerts (which started last weekend) and the band taking the stage today is Tremoloco, starting at 2:30: Tremoloco is an eclectic roots band from L.A., some might say purveyors of Gulf Coast Folklorico … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery has a cool event coming up this Tuesday the 11th at the downtown Pub as part of their Co-Op events: Firkin-A, highlighting “Traditional Ales” also known as cask-conditioned or Real Ales. These beers are served from a special cask known as a “firkin” and undergo natural carbonation in … Continue reading
This Friday evening it’s once again the First Friday Art Walk taking place downtown and in the Old Mill District from 5 to 9, with galleries and shops open late and featuring special art exhibits, and often free refreshments (including wine and beer). And many places will have live music, … Continue reading
There have been a number of new restaurants and existing ones going through changes lately, which I need to catch up on now that Central Oregon Beer Week is over. Here’s a short roundup of the ones I know, but please feel free to leave additional updates in the comments. … Continue reading
I know the blog here has been a wasteland all week long, apparently this week-long event planning is way more intensive and involved than I thought! Overall this has been a great (if super busy) Central Oregon Beer Week, trying to get everything fit in between my day job, running … Continue reading
Central Oregon Beer Week is just around the corner, and one of the big Monday events is the opening Kick-Off Celebration (FB event page) being held at Worthy Brewing: it’s a limited, ticketed event that is taking place from 5:30 to 7:30pm and will be featuring a number of cool things … Continue reading
Wubba’s BBQ Shack is a Klamath Falls-based restaurant that has just opened up a new location on Bend’s northside, at the corner of Empire and Layton in the space formerly occupied by Beach Side and La Costa Azul. In fact, today is their first opening day! I don’t know (yet) … Continue reading
This year’s second annual Central Oregon Beer Week is taking place May 20 – 27 (Monday through Monday, Memorial Day) and so far this year is lining up to be great with a lot of fantastic events and sponsors. (Full disclosure: I’m a co-founder and one of the main organizers … Continue reading
I’m pleased to announce that Hack Bend is adding another contributor, Caitlin Richmond! She is fairly new to Bend (just over a year) with a degree in journalism and writes for the Oregon Legal Journal as well as having articles in several local publications. All of which I think will … Continue reading