This Friday, April 4th, is First Friday in Downtown Bend and the Old Mill District: when the art galleries stay open late, from 5 to 9pm, offering receptions, special exhibits, and in some cases, music and refreshments (wine!). But wait! There’s more! This Friday is also the Spring Art Hop—think … Continue reading
Let’s see, a year ago, in April 2007, I blogged about: Wildfire Brewing began officially brewing beer. Fyreflyte came out of retirement for a fundraiser show (at least I think this was after they had "disbanded"). Restaurant fundraisers for Tyler Eklund We found out China Hat Road is a dangerous … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the Badlands Brewery Crawl, an effort by the Oregon Natural Desert Association to raise awareness to get the Badlands east of Bend designated as a Wilderness Area. Now, ONDA is pushing April 1st as a "Day of Action" to further the process: … Continue reading
Picked this up via KTVZ: Blues legend BB King and classic rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd will be playing the Les Schwab Amphitheater this year, on July 6th and 10th, respectively. KTVZ reports that the King concert will cost $39 for general admission, and $59 and $79 for two tiers of reserve … Continue reading
Monday I took the kids over to Bouncing off the Wall (meeting some friends with their kids), and I have to say, while I’m still a little skeptical over the long-term viability of such a place as a business, for parents with kids looking for something to do, this is … Continue reading
The Jackalope Grill and WineStyles present a Women’s Wine Dinner on Monday April 7 at 5:30pm. The evening features a special four-course meal paired with wines. Carol DelMonico, a certified life coach, and writer Linden Gross will speak briefly on how to slow down and take time for yourself. Cost … Continue reading
The title says it all. Though if you’re unfamiliar, "COWPU" stands for Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup. The meeting is indeed on April Fool’s Day. Topic: Make Your Site Go Faster with Web Caching (by Ricardo Newbery) Location: McKay Cottage A presentation by web application developer, Ricardo Newbery, on web … Continue reading
The local economy—the implosion of it, along with the housing market, more specifically—is becoming an issue. This weekend the Bend Economy Blog ran a great post: 5 Things Bendites Should Do Now. What can Bend do now? Well, maybe we should put the question a little differently: what should people … Continue reading
Apologies for the slow week around here; I’ve had some other stuff come up that have, shall we say, taken a certain amount of precedence for my attention elsewhere. But, the week’s over, I have next week off for spring break with the kids, and it’s time to relax. The … Continue reading
This came in as a press release and seems like a cool event, even though it’s the first time I’ve heard of a brewery crawl in a grassroots campaign like this. They’d welcome people from the media, too. (Incidentally, the other two breweries are Deschutes and Bend Brewing.) The Oregon … Continue reading