This Friday, May 17, the 2019 Central Oregon Beer Week returns for ten days of celebrating our local beer culture, running through Sunday, May 26. There’s a full slate of events and ancillary happenings lined up for the week, but there’s one in particular I want to highlight because I … Continue reading
Each May, Broken Top Bottle Shop celebrates the world of sour beers with its annual April Showers Bring May Sours event, which runs through a “long” weekend from Wednesday through Sunday. This year is the 7th annual iteration of this event, and is going on now, running through Sunday, May … Continue reading
The Bend Farmers Market returns for another season starting tomorrow, Wednesday, May 1, setting up shop in Brooks Alley between Oregon Avenue and Franklin Avenue (behind the Tower Theatre). This year the Farmers Market is celebrating over two decades bringing local produce and goods to downtown Bend. Here’s the press … Continue reading
Next Friday Thursday, March 28, Crux Fermentation Project is hosting a fun spin on the beer pairing dinner concept with a Pizza & Beer Pairing Dinner: Join us in a pizza pairing celebration as our certified pizza chef takes your taste buds on an off-menu pairing journey to Italy. Pizza … Continue reading
The annual Bend St. Patrick’s Day pub guide returns for 2019! Since St. Patrick’s Day is on a Sunday, that gives you (theoretically) a long weekend to celebrate, so make the most of it! As always, this isn’t meant to be a definitive guide to all the bars, pubs, taverns, … Continue reading
This Saturday, March 16, Dakota’s Brick Shop (LEGO store) is hosting a live LEGO build contest at Mountain View High School from 5:30 to 8pm. The official page is here. Join us for a night full of fun and creativity featuring exciting creations from local LEGO builders! Your votes will … Continue reading
Here are the February notes from the two Bend City Council meetings earlier this month. Bend City Council meeting notes for 2/6/19 (MS Word doc) Bend City Council meeting notes for 2/20/19 (MS Word doc) Pretty standard city business, though a number of folks (in the visitor comments) have Mirror … Continue reading
Are you familiar with KPOV, Bend’s High Desert Community Radio station? If not, now’s a good time to get acquainted as the station launches two new programs: a segment of histories and a movie night in conjunction with the Volcanic Theater Pub. The first movie night takes place tomorrow, Monday, … Continue reading
Oregon’s 11th annual statewide open house, Zwickelmania, takes place today in all parts of the state outside of Portland. (The Portland Metro one was last weekend.) From 11am to 4pm, breweries are opening their doors for behind the scenes tours, beer tastings, meet the brewer events, and more. It’s always … Continue reading
The City of Bend announced some speed limit changes last week, centered on Neff Road on the east side. The limits have been lowered, of course, and take effect at the following stretches of road: NE Penn Avenue / NE Neff Road – between NE Eight street and NE Eastwood … Continue reading