I got this email from the folks over at Terrebonne Depot and it sounds like a pretty cool dinner. My wife and I visited Balboa Winery up in Walla Walla last year and really liked it, and the menu and pairing they’re putting together for this menu looks really good. … Continue reading
Ignite Bend 6 is taking place next month, February 9th, and if you have a burning desire to be a part of it—to get up on stage for a five-minute presentation on, well anything—you have until tomorrow to submit a proposal with your presentation idea. Ignite Bend 6 is coming! … Continue reading
Each year Deschutes Brewery puts on the Sagebrush Classic golf tournament and fundraiser, featuring a weekend of golf and a special dinner that is geared towards raising money for local nonprofits. The event itself doesn’t take place until July, but the fundraising campaign runs from mid-February through mid-August; and the … Continue reading
Bend WinterFest is coming up next month, February 18th through 20th, taking place down in the Old Mill District. In addition to the live music, ice carving, Rail Jam, food and wine, and so on, they’ve added a new element this year that sounds interesting: “WinterFringe.” The “Fringe” in this … Continue reading
It’s still a month away yet—but it’s never too early to start thinking about Deschutes Brewery’s CrabFest. It’s taking place Friday and Saturday, January 28th and 29th, starting at 6pm at their Mountain Room You won’t have any reason at all to be crabby if you attend this feast – … Continue reading
Coinciding with this week’s Cyclocross Nationals, Paul Arney writes in to tell us about an event taking place this Saturday, the 11th: The Cross-Kultural Carnival: Along with Boneyard Brewery, I am organizing a very eccentric evening of music, performance art/acting, and words that will take place at the Century Center. … Continue reading
It’s cold cold cold this Saturday but that isn’t stopping the Bend Christmas Parade, which starts at noon Downtown. This year’s theme is “Christmas Carols on Parade” and it follows the usual route, starting on the west side of the River on Newport and Harmon, crossing the Newport bridge, then … Continue reading
It’s First Friday in Bend tonight, where the various art galleries downtown (as well as in the Old Mill District and Northwest Crossing) open up their doors late, featuring special exhibits and often live music and refreshments. As usual, the Downtown Bend website has a good post detailing the downtown … Continue reading
Bend is hosting the Cyclocross National Championships next week, and in conjunction with that Visit Bend and Cross Culture are sponsoring the Cross Culture Arts Festival, celebrating bike art and culture, taking place December 9th through 11th. Cross Culture: Bike + Art Love 2010 is an arts celebration created to … Continue reading
The Downtown Bend News arrived in my inbox today and contains two upcoming Christmas events that you might be wondering about. First, the Holiday Tree Lighting is on November 26th, the day after Thanksgiving: taking place on the corner of Greenwood and Wall from 5:45 until 7:15, there will be … Continue reading