Eastside Library update

Back in July I blogged about the Library’s plans to open an eastside location in Borden’s Corner by January 2011. The latest plans (from their newsletter) show the opening to be March instead—not a huge setback, but if you were anxiously awaiting it to open up in a couple of … Continue reading

The Pine Tavern’s 28th anniversary 1982 celebration

While the Pine Tavern restaurant has been open in Bend since 1936, it’s been under the current ownership and management since 1982, and that’s the theme of their 28th anniversary celebration this month, from the 14th (Sunday) through 16th (Tuesday): “Where were you in ’82?” My dad Bert Bender and … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery Garage Sale

Deschutes Brewery’s annual garage sale is taking place this Saturday, the 13th, from 9am until noon up at their Mountain Room. They’ll be selling a bunch of merchandise at reduced prices—“hats, glassware, t-shirts, outerware, and more”—and I can tell you from past experience that the earlier you can get there, … Continue reading

Chili Feed and Holiday Bazaar

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

It’s First Friday tonight

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

Bethlehem Inn Benefit Beer Dinner

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

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

Happy Halloween!

It’s getting near time to be trick-or-treating, so all of you stay safe and have a happy Halloween!

This weekend’s Halloween happenings

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

Bend’s Rally to Restore Sanity

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