It was Tuesday, February 4, 2012 that Broken Top Bottle Shop opened their doors, transforming the previous Abbey Pub space into a new beer bar with a focus on community, good beer, and good, healthy and vegetarian food, and since that day two years ago they have become such an integral … Continue reading
Freezing rain moved in to the area overnight and encased everything in a coat of ice, and as a result all the Bend-Lapine schools are closed today. According to KTVZ: NeighborImpact said its Bend and La Pine HeadStart classes were closed for the day. Redmond’s HeadStart canceled its morning and midday … Continue reading
The Deschutes Public Library‘s Winter Book Sale is taking place today and tomorrow, taking place at the Library Administration Building in the basement down at 507 NW Wall Street. This is a great sale, you’ll find fantastic deals on books, but note that the hours for today (Saturday) are different than … Continue reading
The Papa Murphy’s take-and-bake pizza place on the north end of town (on the corner of 3rd and Revere) is expanding, and will be closed for the first part of next week it sounds like. Word is, they will be closed Monday through Wednesday and then re-open on Thursday with … Continue reading
The High Desert Museum has another one of their Free Family Days coming up this Saturday the 25th, offering free admission all day from 10am until 4pm. The “Free Family Saturday” complimentary admission program supports the educational mission of Mid Oregon Credit Union by providing the community with the opportunity … Continue reading
McMenamins Old St. Francis School is hosting a special mini beerfest Saturday, all day from 1pm until 10pm, which they are dubbing their High Gravity Extravaganza: a host of “big” beers (meaning, higher in alcohol) from a number of guest breweries—both different McMenamins breweries from around the state, and also a … Continue reading
From our friends at The World Muse! The World Muse is hosting a launch party and registration celebration open to the public on Friday, January 17th, at Studio 3 in Bend, Oregon. Participants will learn firsthand about plans for the 2nd annual MUSE Women’s Conference slated for March 7 – 9th … Continue reading
This year Redmond’s Cascade Lakes Brewing is celebrating their 20th anniversary, and they’ve got a number of things lined up this month to mark the occasion—starting with the debut of their new 20th Anniversary IPA, a 6.4% alcohol, 82 IBUs beer brewed special for this year. The beer will be … Continue reading
It’s the first Friday of January (and of 2014) and that means Downtown Bend comes alive from 5 to 9pm with the monthly Art Walk, where business stay open late to showcase special art exhibits, and many will also host live music and offer up complimentary food and wine (and … Continue reading
Today from 10am until 3pm, Rainshadow Organics out in Terrebonne is hosting a Free Potato Day to give away some 18 tons of potatoes to the community: We grew 100 tons of organic potatoes this year in 14 different varieties. You’ve seen them in Whole Foods around the Pacific Northwest. … Continue reading