The Little Woody is taking place this weekend, Friday and Saturday, September 2nd and 3rd—Bend’s other beer festival, and the one that the beer geeks really love. The focus is on complex, barrel- and wood-aged beers, and all but three of Central Oregon’s breweries are going to be there (the … Continue reading
Ignite Bend 7 is a month away, and this is the final week for proposals to be submitted! Submitting a proposal for a presentation doesn’t automatically get you on stage, as there is also a voting process that lets everyone select from their favorite proposals, but it’s the first step … Continue reading
Tomorrow, Saturday the 27th, the Albertson’s store on the south end of town will be making the “world’s largest brownie.” I’m not entirely sure what qualifies as “world’s largest” but it’s an all-day event starting at 10am and will raise money for local charities. The associates of Albertson’s #588 and … Continue reading
Just this past weekend Bourbon Street introduced “All You Can Eat Sunday Suppers” which on the one hand is a great downtown dining deal yet on the other hand seems counter-intuitive for the upscale southern-style restaurant. Either way, the menu looks pretty good: All entrees come with dinner salad, and … Continue reading
Tonight is the first night of Munch and Movies, the free community movie showing (akin to Munch and Music) taking place over in NorthWest Crossing in Compass Park. Tonight’s movie is Gnomeo and Juliet. It’s free (but the food is not), and there’s entertainment beforehand: local musicians who will also … Continue reading
Starting today (the 17th), the downtown Bend Farmers Market will be moving… from the top of Drake Park to the Mirror Pond Parking lot right next door. It was apparently an ADA issue: The move was initiated by advocates who raised concerns to City Council about the accessibility of the … Continue reading
This year’s Bend Brewfest is looking to be the best yet. Taking place at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District, this year’s Fest is taking place over three days (this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 18th through 20th) and is featuring (by my count) over 90 beers … Continue reading
You know there has to be an inevitable beer post from time to time, right? This week Deschutes Brewery is releasing their much-talked-about collaboration beer with Portland’s Hair of the Dog, which they’re calling The Stoic: a “Belgian Quad” style of beer that is 11% alcohol by volume, brewed with … Continue reading
For the third year in a row, readers of The Source Weekly have voted Hack Bend as the best local blog in their annual survey! (I know I’m behind a bit on this, but I was out of town with the family since Wednesday.) Wow, what can I say but … Continue reading
Coming up on August 26th and 27th is one of the coolest events of the summer (in my opinion): Shakespeare in the Park. The Northwest Classical Theater Company is offering up three performances in Drake Park of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which seems like a perfectly appropriate choice. … Continue reading