Hard to believe, but McMenamins Old St. Francis School has been a fixture in downtown Bend for six years now—and this weekend they’re hosting their 6th Anniversary Celebration to commemorate it. Friday the 19th and Saturday the 20th they’ll be having live music, food and drink specials, and other things … Continue reading
The Des Chutes Historical Museum (yes, they spell “Deschutes” with two words in this case) is having their annual holiday bazaar and chili feed this weekend: The Des Chutes Historical Museum’s Annual Holiday Bazaar and Chili Feed will be Friday and Saturday, November 12—13, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 … Continue reading
First Friday art walk kicks off tonight, Downtown and in the Old Mill and Northwest Crossing. The art galleries (and some other places) stay open late and often offer up free wine and refreshments and live music to go along with the art on display. Festivities run from 5 until … Continue reading
This Saturday, the 6th, is Deschutes Brewery’s Bethlehem Inn Benefit Beer Dinner, their beer-pairing five-course fundraising dinner that supports the Bethlehem Inn, the largest emergency shelter in Oregon supporting the homeless. Deschutes Brewery Chefs will be joined by local chefs Jeff Hunt from Spork, Brad Wood from Scanlon’s, and Sam … Continue reading
As noted on both The Source and the Bulletin’s sites, this Saturday there will be a Bend version of John Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” march-slash-comedy-show in Washington DC that same day. The Bend Rally takes place at 4pm at the Mirror Pond Plaza downtown. A description forwarded to me … Continue reading
This Halloween (on a Sunday this year), the Riverside Market is holding a free, all-ages Halloween party from 2 until 6pm. It sounds like a lot of fun—here’s the press blurb they sent out: Leaves are crunching underfoot and the nights are frosty, which can only mean one thing, Halloween … Continue reading
This Saturday, the 23rd, Deschutes Brewery is having their annual Fresh Hop Beer Tasting up at the Mountain Room on Simpson. They plan on have five fresh hop beers on tap: Fresh and Sweet with Cascade hops Fresh Hop Lager made with Perle hops Fresh Hop Ale made with Nuggets … Continue reading
Jen posted the other day a short bit about the Trust for Public Land‘s pumpkin hunt, but didn’t have the full details yet. Those details were sent out today, which I received in a press release: The Trust for Public Land will hold “The Great Pumpkin Hunt” on Saturday, October … Continue reading
After reading some of the comments on the pumpkin patch post, it’s no wonder that this caught my eye on the Bend Parks & Rec Facebook page… It’s true, no pumpkin festival from us this year. Trust for Public Land will be having a pumpkin hunt at Miller’s Landing on … Continue reading
If you went to Ignite Bend 5 (or watched the live stream) then you probably saw Robert Killen’s fantastic talk, “Dialog in the Age of Demons”. Cool to see that he’s taking an idea that was originally a five-minute talk and taking it to the next level! We live in … Continue reading