The third First Friday Art Walk of the year kicks off at 5:00 p.m. tonight in downtown Bend, featuring an evening of art, music, beer and wine tastings, and more. Businesses stay open late with featured art exhibits and other fun extras. Here’s the capsule description from the First Friday … Continue reading
So here’s a really interesting-looking event taking place tomorrow (Saturday the 25th) over in Madras: a Beverages Farm Tour with High Desert EATs (which stands for “Educational Agriculture Tours”). It starts early—8:30am, at Maragas Winery—and among other things will cover beer, wine, and whiskey. How can you go wrong? Here … Continue reading
A few months back I wrote about Walla Walla’s Va Piano Vineyards opening a tasting room in the Old Mill District; they were slated to have their grand opening weekend this upcoming April 22-24. Unfortunately, due to permit delays, they have to put off their grand opening for a month, most … Continue reading
If the beautiful weather we’re having this week hasn’t reminded you of Spring, well there’s the return of the NorthWest Crossing Bend Spring Festival taking place this weekend that should help finish the job. It’s taking place Friday the 8th, from 5 to 11pm, Saturday the 9th 11 to 11, … Continue reading
Have you ever been to Walla Walla, Washington? In the past two decades or so they’ve emerged as a major wine destination, and they currently have well over 100 wineries in the region (a pretty crazy amount, really). Well word came down (via press release) that one of them is … Continue reading
It’s been awhile since I’ve ran any sort of holiday gift guide here, so I figured why not make this the year? We’ve only got 10 more days until Christmas so if you are struggling to find just the right gifts, or have yet to begin your shopping, perhaps these … Continue reading
This Friday is a busy one—not only is the seasonal Bend Fall Festival starting off Friday at 5pm for the weekend, it’s also First Friday Art Walk downtown, and of course other First Friday-esque events help to kick off the rest of the weekend. The Fall Festival of course takes over downtown … Continue reading
Happy July! We’ve got an eventful week ahead of us, with one of my favorite Bend holidays this weekend as well as First Friday and more. Not to mention as of today, the first, recreational marijuana is legal in Oregon, and the new westside zipcode of 97703 goes into effect. … Continue reading
It’s beautiful weather for the First Friday of May kicking off tonight at 5pm downtown—are you going out? You know the routine: Sensational local & national art at dozens of businesses on the first Friday of every month. Shops are matched with artists, musicians, and performers. Many businesses stay open … Continue reading
Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards over in Terrebonne is hosting their third annual Amateur Wine & Beer Makers’ Competition next month, on Sunday, April 19, and have the call out now for beer and wine makers to enter. Here are the details: We are hosting our 3rd Annual Amateur Wine & … Continue reading