Summer Music Guide

Ben Salmon over on his Frequency Blog has posted a fantastic guide to this summer’s music, organized by venue/event and date. I count at least 48 shows without even considering the events, which almost always have multiple artists playing; and there will be more. Ben writes: I know there are … Continue reading

Cascade Winds concerts June 4th & 5th

The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band has concerts coming up Saturday and Sunday, June 4th and 5th; Jake sent along the details: Saturday, June 4, 3:00 p.m. FREE Wandering Winds at the Bend Downtown Library, Brooks Room Wandering Winds, ensembles from the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band, present an hour of informal … Continue reading

Boneyard Birthday Bash

Boneyard Beer is celebrating their first anniversary with a Birthday Bash tomorrow, Saturday the 21st, at the Old Stone Church: Boneyard Birthday Bash! Boneyard is celebrating year #1! Come get your chug on while enjoying great food from Island Wild and groovin tunes from Truth Hero! Charge is $2.00 entry, … Continue reading

Bend film from 1967

This has been making the rounds online today (my wife sent it to me, and I’ve seen it posted elsewhere on Twitter and Facebook): a video clip of an 8mm movie of driving through Bend in 1967. From the description: The movie begins at the north “Y” and goes south … Continue reading

Central Oregon Homebrewers Spring Fling competition

Home beer brewers! The annual Spring Fling homebrewing competition put on by the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is coming up on June 4th (a Saturday), and is open to all who want to submit their homebrew. It’s the only officially-sanctioned homebrewing competition (by the Beer Judge Certification Program) in … Continue reading

Marz – the Food Cart

Remember Marz Bistro, the downtown restaurant that was sold with the space becoming Gatsby’s? Well, it’s back—in the form of a food cart. The Marz Cart will be located at the Skjersaa’s parking lot over on SW Century Drive, and they’re having a grand opening this Thursday from 6 to … Continue reading

NW Crossing Hullabaloo with Marc Cohn

A press release showed up in my inbox today promoting next month’s NorthWest Crossing Hullabaloo, their fourth annual summer street festival, with the headlining music coming from Marc Cohn. Cohn is best known for his 20-year-old “Walking in Memphis” (which I like but in fact it’s the only song of … Continue reading

A possible eastside brewery

The Bulletin had an article yesterday about a possible, proposed brewery for the eastside. Unfortunately the article’s behind the paywall so while I can’t link you to it, I can give some highlights: City of Bend officials have been in discussions with part-time Bend resident Roger Worthington about the idea … Continue reading

First Friday (May 2011)

Right on the heels of Cinco de Mayo, Friday night is First Friday in Downtown Bend and the Old Mill District (I don’t know if NorthWest Crossing is doing First Fridays anymore, as I can never find info on their website, and there’s nothing (as of this writing) on their … Continue reading

Cinco de Mayo happenings

Thursday is Cinco de Mayo, and I’ve been checking the internets to find the goings-on in Bend, but like last year information is a bit sparse. So if you know of something going on that I missed here, leave a note in the comments. Amalia’s is having what they’re calling … Continue reading