There are two really good-looking beer events going on, one over at Deschutes Brewery (their production brewery) and one at Brother Jon’s Public House. At Deschutes: Central Oregon Kickoff for Oregon Craft Beer Month. Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Time: 4-7pm Cost: Free entry, $5.00 for a taster glass (including 2 taster tickets) … Continue reading
The first Munch and Music of the 2011 season is tonight, down in Drake Park from 5:30 to 9:30. The band featured tonight is Tracorum, which C3 events describes as: a rock band from San Francisco, CA who use rock ‘n’ soul songwriting as a creativespringboard to explore many styles … Continue reading
The Old Mill District is introducing a new free summertime music series to Bend, Alive After Five: SunWest Builders Alive After 5 presented by Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty is Bend’s newest music event series, at the Old Mill District, on the Deschutes River, each Wednesday July 13 – August 3. … Continue reading
This weekend is the Bend Summer Festival, and it kicks off Friday night in downtown Bend with a couple of free(!) concerts that everyone’s been abuzz about: Toad the Wet Sprocket and Night Ranger. (There is of course a ton of other great music going on at the Summerfest, which … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day all! It’s already a beautiful day and with all the things going on it’s definitely one of my favorite Bend holidays. I hope everyone has a safe Fourth this year. And here’s a last-minute list of activities going on in Bend today. The Pancake Breakfast has already … Continue reading
This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. Prompted by a comment on my first Lunch Bites post, I decided to get lunch from Super Burrito today—from their eastside location in the former … Continue reading
Hard to believe but July is already here tomorrow and that hits on First Friday—which should be a great way to kick off the holiday weekend (especially with the great weather we’ve been having). First Friday is, of course, the monthly art-music-wine event Downtown and in the Old Mill with … Continue reading
Today’s Bulletin reported on the closure of downtown’s Pita Pit restaurant; however unlike many closures of late, this one isn’t necessarily due to poor business. Rather, it seems there is a dispute between the business and the landlord. According to the notice, the landlord, Beck Bakery Building LLC, terminated the … Continue reading
I noticed the big sign on Greenwood advertising “City Thrift,” a new thrift store that will be opening sometime soon (the corner of Greenwood and 2nd, in the building with the (former?) dance studio). Looking at the website it turns out to be the retail store for City Care, which … Continue reading
Since today was the first official day of summer, it was time to dust off the annual Free Summer Activity Guide: a summertime guide to all sorts of free or cheap activities to be found in Bend and Central Oregon. As always, the list isn’t complete nor set in stone, … Continue reading