Home beer brewers! The annual Spring Fling homebrewing competition put on by the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is coming up on June 4th (a Saturday), and is open to all who want to submit their homebrew. It’s the only officially-sanctioned homebrewing competition (by the Beer Judge Certification Program) in … Continue reading
Remember Marz Bistro, the downtown restaurant that was sold with the space becoming Gatsby’s? Well, it’s back—in the form of a food cart. The Marz Cart will be located at the Skjersaa’s parking lot over on SW Century Drive, and they’re having a grand opening this Thursday from 6 to … Continue reading
A press release showed up in my inbox today promoting next month’s NorthWest Crossing Hullabaloo, their fourth annual summer street festival, with the headlining music coming from Marc Cohn. Cohn is best known for his 20-year-old “Walking in Memphis” (which I like but in fact it’s the only song of … Continue reading
Found this via @timmycrawford on Twitter… Altrec.com, your locally owned supplier of outdoor gear and clothing in Central Oregon, is having its’ annual returned merchandise sale with super deals on slightly used or blemished items: many 50%-80% Off! The sale will be held May 20-22 8am-5pm at the Bend Armory … Continue reading
The Bulletin had an article yesterday about a possible, proposed brewery for the eastside. Unfortunately the article’s behind the paywall so while I can’t link you to it, I can give some highlights: City of Bend officials have been in discussions with part-time Bend resident Roger Worthington about the idea … Continue reading
Last month was the first public game night at the East Bend Public Library and it was considered a surprising success with 40-45 game players showing up to display their game-winning skills. This month’s event will take place this Saturday, May 14th from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. (Following events will … Continue reading
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
Gadabout Serene Adventures, owned by Robin and Danita Parker, is a unique way to see Oregon and other parts of the Northwest. They make all the arrangements, make all necessary reservations and fill up the gas tank – you just show up for the ride and adventure. As the Parkers … Continue reading
Thursday is Cinco de Mayo, and I’ve been checking the internets to find the goings-on in Bend, but like last year information is a bit sparse. So if you know of something going on that I missed here, leave a note in the comments. Amalia’s is having what they’re calling … Continue reading
If you haven’t yet made it to the Kurera Pub Quiz at The Summit, you will want to be there tomorrow night. This month my team is taking a break from our long winning streak and we have written the questions for this go-around. Here’s some info from Kurera’s Facebook … Continue reading