Today is the first day of the first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week! All this week I’ll be posting daily about the events for the day, starting with today’s: Specials Bend Ale Trail special all week long Anyone who completes the Bend Ale Trail during the Week will get a special, … Continue reading
There are a lot of great events listed for next week’s Central Oregon Beer Week, and one that I think is really cool and unique is Wanderlust Tour’s “Pre-release Backstage Brew Bus Tour” that will be visiting both The Ale Apothecary and Crux Fermentation Project—two brand-new breweries that almost nobody … Continue reading
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
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, 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
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
Perhaps you’ve heard about TED, the annual conferences that “bring together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less).” It’s a nonprofit with the mission to spread ideas—and to that end they give the best of … Continue reading
Tonight is the night for Ignite Bend 8, taking place at 7 o’clock at the Tower Theatre! There is an incredible speaker lineup and based on how fast tickets went online (sold out in 16 minutes) I think this is going to be the most popular Ignite Bend yet. And … Continue reading
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, you’re in luck: this year’s WinterFest starts tomorrow, and spans four days of activities down in the Old Mill District (from the 16th through the 19th)—and frankly there’s so much going on I’m not even sure where to start. So instead … Continue reading
The speakers for Ignite Bend 8 were announced yesterday, and online ticket sales are going on “sale” today at noon! Here are the details (from the press release): Justin Iverson – What is Ignite? Lisa Flynn – Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Do These Big Girl Panties Make My Butt … Continue reading