First Friday (May 2012)

It occurred to me that it’s already the First Friday of May already, and that means downtown will be swarming with Art Walk folks tonight! Shop, stores and galleries in both Downtown and the Old Mill will be open from 5 to 9 tonight, featuring special art exhibits and many … Continue reading

Vote for Bend for “Beer City USA”

This is one of those polls that roll around every year… Beer City USA! The usual suspects are on there along with some head-scratchers (Grand Rapids, Michigan?), and of course Bend is on that list. So if you’re reading this blog, odds are you live in Bend, so go vote!

Introducing: Central Oregon Beer Week, for May 21-27 (Updated!)

Update: the original name is already taken as a registered name, so instead it’s going to be Central Oregon Beer Week! I’m very pleased to announce something that I’ve been working on with the local breweries for a while now: the first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week, to take place next … Continue reading

Bill Cosby is coming to town

That’s not a typo—legendary comedian Bill Cosby is indeed coming to Central Oregon, to perform for one show at the Hooker Creek Arena in the Deschutes County Fairgrounds over in Redmond, on Sunday, July 22nd. The show will be at 1pm, and here are the ticket details from C3 Events’ … Continue reading

TEDxBend is a week away

TEDxBend, which I blogged about previously, is just over a week away! Taking place next Saturday the 28th at Summit High School, it’s bringing together amazing speakers in true TED tradition with an overall theme of, appropriately, “Bending Rules.” The speakers are: Blake Canterbury Raj Dhingra Myrlie Evers-Williams Charles Jennings … Continue reading

Cascades East Transit is free today (for Earth Day)

In honor of Earth Day on Sunday, Cascades East Transit is offering free rides all day today for all their routes. CET services Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties and offers both city-to-city service and intra-city routes within all of our main towns. It’s a good service, and free rides today … Continue reading

Updated Les Schwab concert schedule

There’s been some more concerts announced as coming to the Les Schwab Amphitheater this summer, so it’s time to update the list I posted previously and include the free Summer Sundays concerts. The Shins: Friday, May 25, $35 (with The Head and the Heart and Blind Pilot) Tenacious D: Saturday, May … Continue reading

NW Crossing Bend Spring Festival

I wish I’d blogged about this sooner, as we’re in the middle of it now! This weekend (from today, the 13th, through Sunday the 15) the Bend Spring Festival is taking place over in Northwest Crossing, the free seasonal festival to usher in the spring that offers “art, food, spirits, … Continue reading

Happy Girls Half Marathon

On Memorial Day weekend, the Happy Girls Half Marathon is taking place: this second annual event features the eponymous Half Marathon, as well as a 5K run and a “Happy Little Kids” 1.5K run spread out over Saturday and Sunday (the 26th and 27th) and offers up a number of … Continue reading

Trattoria Sbandati moving to Bourbon Street location (nope!)

WhatTheBend posted this first: that Italian restaurant Trattoria Sbandati will be moving from their westside location (at the base of College Way in the old La Rosa space) to the empty Bourbon Street Bend location, downtown (the old Firehall). This is a great move for them, providing plenty of traffic, … Continue reading