Weekend happenings (late edition)

This weekend is busy! I’m too late on the Friday stuff, but there’s a bunch more to cover if you’re looking for something to do Saturday and Sunday. Saturday Deschutes Brewery’s Annual Garage Sale starts at 10am and ends at 1. As always, it takes place up at their Mountain … Continue reading

Calendar updates

I’ve gone through and added a bunch of stuff to the Calendar, so if you haven’t checked it out in awhile, do so now. I’ll probably be posting some of those items to the blog in a bit, too.

2nd Street Theater is closing

More sucky local economy news: The Source breaks the news today that the 2nd Street Theater is closing. I just got word that, after nine years as a main player in Central Oregon’s theatrical world, 2nd Street Theater will be closing for good following the upcoming run of Harvey. “It … Continue reading

New area code

This Qwest notice about the new area code coming up is sitting here on the desk staring at me, so I’m relaying the news for anyone who hasn’t heard it yet: come January 10, 2010, all of Oregon outside the Northwest 503/971 area codes will have a new area code … Continue reading

Restaurant news… and Olive Garden!

The Bulletin had two new restaurant bits on Saturday: NorthWest Crossing gets new restaurant The new NWX Bar & Grill, at 745 N.W. Mt. Washington Drive, replaces Aloha Cafe, which closed Oct. 23. Aloha’s other two restaurants in east Bend and Sunriver remain open. Stoddard said the restaurant is a … Continue reading

Renegade Rollergirls are back, Nov. 21

I was wondering when roller derby started back up: for the Renegade Rollergirls, it’s Saturday, November 21st. It’s their season opener. Oregon Renegade Roller Derby; Bend’s only non-profit Roller Derby League, will hold their first bout of their 4th season at Midtown Music Hall, located on Greenwood Ave. The Renegades … Continue reading

Former Deep space to get new restaurant

I just realized my headline there could be read a different way, which amuses me. Anyway. The Bulletin reports that a new restaurant is finally taking over the space of the former Deep, Jody Denton’s expensive sushi bar that closed suddenly in January when Denton left town in a hurry. … Continue reading

Press Release: Time to Volunteer

Been awhile since I ran a press release… this one is for a good cause but since they’re looking for volunteers aged 55 and older, I started to wonder what’s the age demographic of Hack Bend blog readers? Central Oregon Council on Aging RSVP needs volunteers. If you are 55+ … Continue reading

Weekend happenings

Here’s our weekly look at the goings-on around Bend for the weekend, culled from the calendar. It’s also First Friday tonight, so there are a number of things going on across downtown, the Old Mill District, and Northwest Crossing that aren’t listed—just lumped together under the heading "First Friday." The … Continue reading

Mondays at Typhoon

I suspect I’m behind the curve on this one, but Monday nights at Typhoon in downtown Bend are half-price wine nights. Basically, all wine under $100 is half price… that’s per glass and per bottle. No kidding, half off a bottle. Our waitress told us that there are people who … Continue reading