This Veteran’s Day, Monday the 12th (the Federal holiday, I know the actual day was yesterday), the Les Schwab Amphitheater will be hosting a celebration for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree which is coming to town: For just the second time in more than 50 years, Oregon has been selected … Continue reading
The annual fundraising garage sale held by the High Desert Droids, Central Oregon’s oldest high school robotics team, returns this Saturday, November 10 to Mountain View High School. The garage sale runs from 9am to 2:30pm, and all proceeds from the sale go to the team. Details are here: Local … Continue reading
On November 3, Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is hosting an American Homebrewers Association® (AHA) Learn to Homebrew Day event. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Monkless Belgian Ales. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Learn to Homebrew Day and the … Continue reading
Among the supposedly haunted locations in Bend, you don’t often hear about the Platypus Pub, but it does have an entry on the Haunted Places website: This converted church now houses a tavern, but has played host to a variety of restaurants since the 1970’s. The building is supposedly haunted, … Continue reading
Here are the meeting notes from October’s two Bend City Council meetings; the Council did finally censure Nathan Boddie at last week’s meeting, who (had to?) abstained from the voice vote on approval of the motion statement. Which of course was the main thing that happened that night. Bend City … Continue reading
Everyone who can vote should have their ballots and the Voter’s Pamphlet by now. If you’ve already voted, no problem, but if you haven’t, and are unsure about the details on each ballot measure, check out Ballotpedia as a starting point. It lists and details each measure, and includes a … Continue reading
Ice skating season is once again open at The Pavilion on the corner of Colorado and Simpson Avenues, as the facility posted on Facebook today. Ta da! The 2018-19 ice season has officially begun! Check schedules regularly as there may be modifications during this week’s warm spells. We’re excited see … Continue reading
It’s pumpkin beer time of year, and once again the Platypus Pub will be pouring eight pumpkin beers tonight when the Elysian Brewing Great Pumpkin Roadshow comes to town! The fun takes place from 6 to 8pm: Once more, The Elysian Brewing Great Pumpkin Roadshow returns to The Platy Pub … Continue reading
The Deschutes Historical Museum‘s annual Historical Haunts of Downtown Bend returns this year, but it will only take place on two nights: October 12 and 13. This always seems like a cool Halloween-adjacent event, conducting a walking tour around downtown to hear the haunted history behind the buildings. Too bad … Continue reading
Here are the meeting notes from the Bend City Council meetings this month; some visitor discussion during the meeting at the first of the month mentioned a possible roundabout on Galveston, but I’m not familiar with whatever those plans might be. Otherwise looks like pretty business-as-usual items for city management. … Continue reading