The Bite of Bend (2011)

This weekend the annual Bite of Bend is taking over Downtown Bend, offering up two days of food, beer, wine, music, and more. It’s taking place Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th, from 11am to 10pm and 11am to 7pm respectively. The Sterling Savings Bank Bite of Bend is … Continue reading

Sisters Wine and Brew Festival

This one snuck up on me: the Sisters Wine and Brew Festival is taking place this weekend—in fact, it started today and continues through tomorrow (Saturday)—and looks to be a pleasant outing if you’re looking for something to do. The Sisters Wine & Brew Festival celebrates wonderful wines and brews … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery Barrel-aged Beer Tasting

This Saturday Deschutes Brewery is hosting their annual Barrel-aged Beer Tasting up at their Mountain Room: specialty beers aged in barrels and paired with a gourmet dinner, served tapas-style. The cost is $40 per person, and it runs from 6 until 10pm. As far as I know, tickets are still … Continue reading

Munch & Music schedule

C3 Events posted this year’s Munch & Music schedule on Facebook: July 7, Tracorum, Bay Area Funksters July 14, Curtis Salgado, PDX Blues July 21, Rootz Underground, Jamaican Reggae/Hip Hop July 28, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Ska-Rock Influenced Swing Aug 4, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Swing Aug 11, Shemekia Copeland, blues … Continue reading

Lunch Bites: Safeway Deli

Lately I’ve been thinking I need to get back to posting more in-person reviews and more “on the street” type stuff (if that makes sense), and one way I figured to do that is by posting short lunch reviews. I recently decided I’d try going out to lunch on Fridays … Continue reading

Free Summer Sunday Concerts start this weekend

This Sunday, June 12th, is the first of the free Summer Sunday Concerts at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District: almost every Sunday through the summer features a free concert starting at 2:30. I’m reprinting the press release—which includes the summer schedule—here: The St. Charles FREE Summer … Continue reading

Commute Options Week (2011)

Central Oregon’s Commute Options Week is starting up this Saturday, the 11th, and running through the following week until the 18th. This is the 21st year of Commute Options Week, and in addition to raising awareness about alternative methods of commuting (to work, school, etc.), the Week is about the … Continue reading

First Friday (June 2011)

Where did May go? Suddenly it’s time for the First Friday tonight, the start of this first weekend in June. (I only wish the weather was warmer! Though the current forecast has it being 66 and getting warmer tomorrow…) Both Downtown Bend and The Old Mill District will be hosting … Continue reading

Saturday Market starts this weekend

Right on the heels of the Farmers Market starting up this week for the summer, the Central Oregon Saturday Market is kicking off again for the season this Saturday, the 4th. (Actually according to their website they actually started last weekend for Memorial Day.) It will be located in its … Continue reading

The Farmers Market starts June 1

The Bend Farmers Market is starting up again this year beginning Wednesday, June 1st, at its usual spot at the top of Drake Park next to the Mirror Pond parking lot. I know the weather doesn’t seem quite right for it, but there’s bound to be something that grew somewhere … Continue reading