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

NorthWest Crossing Bend Spring Festival

The Bend Spring Festival is back this weekend, and it’s taking place over in NorthWest Crossing again this year: this weekend from Friday the 15th through Sunday the 17th, “NorthWest Crossing Drive, off Mt. Washington Drive, between Skyliners and Shevlin Park Roads, will come alive, as we utilize art, food, … Continue reading

Free tire collection event

This Saturday, the 19th, Knott Landfill is having their semi-annual free tire recycling event. From the County: Residents are encouraged to dispose of unwanted tires free at a collection event scheduled on  Saturday, March 19 at Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill Recycling & Transfer Facility.  The semi-annual event benefits the community … Continue reading

NCAA Tournament Pick ’em

Every year Jake over at UtterlyBoring.com runs a college basketball “Tournament Pick ’em” contest with lots of great prizes, that’s free to join. He’s doing it again this year, and it’s bigger than ever: Selection Sunday is coming up on March 13 and then it’s time for offices all over … Continue reading

Free Cascade Winds Concert this Sunday

This Sunday, March 6th, the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band is having their second free concert of their season at Summit High School. Jake has the details (he plays in the band): The pieces we’ll be playing this time around (it’s going to be a good one): Grand Serenade for an … Continue reading

Free cappuccinos at Lone Pine Coffee

Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 1st) Lone Pine Coffee Roasters is celebrating their second anniversary with a customer appreciation day where they’ll be giving out free cappuccinos. Can’t go wrong with that! Lone Pine is located in Tin Pan Alley—the alley just sound of the parking garage and Thump Coffee downtown—at 845 … Continue reading

Near/Far 2010

The fourth annual Near/Far music compilation is available online from the Bulletin—specifically from Ben Salmon’s Frequency blog—and, like the previous three years it’s chock full of free music and other goodies. Here, we’ve collected three dozen of the finest songs of the past 12 months from both local and national … Continue reading

Free Cascade Winds Symphonic Band concert

Next Sunday, December 5th, the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band is holding their first concert of the season, and it’s free (as usual): The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band, Central Oregon’s premier concert band, will present the first concert of their 2010-2011 season under the baton of music director Dan Judd, December … Continue reading

Building Dialog in an Age of Demons

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

World Hoop Day

One of the best things about living in Bend is all the wonderful opportunities to act like a kid again. World Hoop Day, this Sunday, is one of the “funnest”… SUNDAY 2-4 at Harmon Park is WORLD HOOP DAY! A non-profit event to help underprivelidged children around the world.  This … Continue reading