Bend Elks calendar

Here’s a neat resource for you baseball fans: an enterprising reader has pulled the entire 2009 Bend Elks game schedule into an online calendar here. Carl says, I’m planning on buying season tickets to the Bend Elks this season, and I thought I’d share with you an iCalendar file I … Continue reading

Upcoming music at Silver Moon

Silver Moon Brewing is the venue to be for live and local music these days. Tomorrow, April 15th, it’s "Bend’s newest eclectic jam-rock group Broken Down Guitars" will be playing starting at 7pm. Here’s a blurb: With powerhouse lead singer/ rhythm guitar player Stacie Johnson, A.J. Blum on lead electric … Continue reading

Upcoming Yoga Workshop at Bend Yoga

Submitted details for a workshop at Bend Yoga in a couple of weeks: What : Yoga for Peak Performance Workshop Athletic performance enhanced by yoga and meditation Cost: $20 When: Saturday, April 25 1:00 – 3:00PM Where: Bend Yoga 155 NW Century Drive Suite 113 Contact: 541-322-9642 (YOGA) info@bend-yoga.com Description: … Continue reading

Westward Oregon! Celebrates Oregon’s 150th Birthday

This came in as a press release but it sounds pretty cool. Sesquicentennial fun! Westward Oregon! Celebrates Oregon’s 150th Birthday In May with 1859 Stagecoach Rides, Encampment and Dinner In partnership with the Des Chutes Historical Museum and Bend Parks & Recreation, Deschutes County is proud to sponsor Oregon’s largest … Continue reading

Dueling Rollergirls

I haven’t paid enough attention in the past to see if this has happened before, but this Saturday (the 11th) are two different roller derby bouts—basically both leagues in town have a bout on the same night (different places). Which one to go see? First up is the Lava City … Continue reading

Tax Day Tea Party

This is one of the more unusual events I’ve heard of, but it’s definitely worth blogging about. If you’re unhappy with the way the government has been handling the economy lately (among other things), this might be for you. You’ve no doubt heard of the many Tea Party Rallies being … Continue reading

Old Mill Martini Bar is closed, by the way

Just in case you missed it, the article ran in Saturday’s Bulletin. The Old Mill Martini Bar is closed for the time being, until they can get a new OLCC license. Apparently a "change of ownership" is the cause of the snafu, pending OLCC investigation. No word on when they’ll … Continue reading

Larkspur Lollipop Kid’s Run

FootZone is organizing the first-ever "Larkspur Lollipop" Kid’s Run and 10K coming up April 25th, which sounds like a neat event for a good cause: proceeds from the race are going to Family Access Network (FAN). April 25th is a Saturday, and the 1.2-mile Kid’s Fun Run will start at … Continue reading

Olive Garden

It’s official: the Bulletin reports that Olive Garden has filed for their building permit for Bend. They plan to be located next to Staples and Michaels on the north side of town, in the big empty lot just southeast of them. Of course, this only means they’re still probably two … Continue reading