The Little Woody: Guide to the 2013 Festival

This Friday and Saturday the fifth annual Little Woody barrel-aged beer fest is taking place downtown at the Des Chutes Historical Museum, featuring 19 breweries pouring various wood- and barrel-aged specialty beers in the parking lot, a whiskey tasting in the museum, and live music on the green. This is … Continue reading

The Little Woody is looking for volunteers

One of the premiere beer events in Bend, The Little Woody is coming up this weekend (Friday and Saturday), and while I plan to publish a longer guide-type post for the event, right now they are still seeking some volunteers to pour beer. Here’s the call: There are two fabulous … Continue reading

Shakespeare in the Park this weekend

I missed the boat on blogging about this earlier—bad blogger! bad!—but this weekend Lay It Out Events’ Shakespeare in the Park returns for its second year and is featuring the play “Much Ado About Nothing” in Drake Park tonight, and in Sunriver at the SHARC on Sunday. Lay It Out … Continue reading

Ignite Bend 11, looking for volunteers and proposals

The next Ignite Bend is coming up in just over two months, number 11 which is taking place on Wednesday, October 23rd. If you’ve never been to one of these events before (which are totally free, incidentally), mark your calendars and watch this space for more news as it approaches. … Continue reading

Lunch Bites: Taco Tuesdays at Timbers East

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” criteria at this first post. Yes, it’s been a little while since the last “Lunch Bites” post, and this one might have you scratching your head: Timbers East Bar & … Continue reading

Bend beer events this week

In addition to the article about the influx of five(!) new breweries to the area, this week is also a big beer week for Bend, primarily because of the Bend Brewfest that kicks off Thursday. There’s a bunch of other beer events happening this week too, so here’s the rundown: … Continue reading

Our recent spate of new breweries

The Bulletin ran an article yesterday (behind the paywall, alas) detailing the five(!) new breweries coming to Central Oregon this year, as well as expansion plans among existing ones. The news ones coming are: Oblivion Brewing Company North Rim Brewing Bridge 99 Brewery Juniper Brewing Company River Bend Brewing Most … Continue reading