I’m on the mailing list for music events promoted by The Grove (formerly the restaurant downtown), and they sent along these upcoming gigs: January 9: Portland’s NICO LUMINOUS … lead singer of the band Luminous Fog … MC … producer … musician … this dude is all things … known … Continue reading
What: Oregon State Extension is proud to sponsor Ignite Bend (a community event) What is Ignite Bend? If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 PowerPoint slides and they rotated automatically every 15 seconds. Around the world people have been putting … Continue reading
Event: That’s So Gay, White Party When: January 10th, 8pm to 2am. Doors at 7:30 Where: The Shilo Inn Banquet Hall: 3105 O.B. Riley Road Bend, OR 97701. phone:(541) 389-9600. Performers: Comedian Jackie Jones. Returning to host the evening once again. Website is www.JackieJonesMakesMeLaugh.com, or www.MySpace.com/JackieJones, and www.YouTube.com/user/1Jsquared. She is … Continue reading
A new year and looking back at the January ’08 retrospective, it just doesn’t seem that long ago somehow (even though it was a full year!). Anyone else feeling the same way? In 2008: "Best of 2007" lists The Source started their Light Meter to run community-submitted photos Three Creeks … Continue reading
Today for lunch we decided to try the new Boston’s Gourmet Pizza on the south end of town. You know, the new restaurant that opened up next to the Factory Outlets, in the new shopping center anchored by Gottschalks. (Which is a different post altogether. Maybe.) I wasn’t sure what … Continue reading
Seriously, I didn’t plan for these last three posts to be about business closures, but that’s what seems to be happening. As reported by the Bulletin yesterday, Westside Video is closed. Westside Video is (was) located over on Newport Avenue on, er, the west side for the past 24 years—a … Continue reading
Right on the heels of finding out Deep is closed, it turns out Merenda—Jody Denton’s longer-lasted downtown trendy restaurant—is closing for good, as well. A couple of people noted in the comments here on the blog, and the initial announcement in the Bulletin is here, with a longer, more detailed … Continue reading
The end of the year brings more restaurant-related closures, which aren’t fun for anybody. First is the closure of the Crooked River Dinner Train, according to the Bulletin. Costs and descreased ridership have made it unfeasible for the City of Prineville to continue to operate it. (I didn’t know that … Continue reading
Merry Christmas everyone! Nothing else to report today.
It’s not specific to Bend or Central Oregon, but on Christmas Eve we enjoy NORAD Tracks Santa—the "official" site for finding out where Santa is right now. The dynamic map is updated every few minutes with Santa’s current location, and every so often a video goes "live" showing Santa flying … Continue reading