Each year the FIRST Robotics Club Team 753 (the High Desert Droids) holds a Garage Sale Fundraiser in November to help raise money for the club for the upcoming season, and as part of that they also hold a donations drive. This year’s Garage Sale takes place at Mountain View High … Continue reading
Silver Moon Brewing is teaming up with Revolvr Menswear to host a benefit beer pairing dinner this Thursday, October 27, at Revolvr’s downtown Bend store. “Pairing for a Purpose” benefits the Cascade Youth & Family Center and features a five course dinner by the Scoutpost food cart paired with Silver Moon … Continue reading
The Deschutes Historical Museum‘s annual Halloween “Historical Haunts” heritage walk returns at the end of the month, and if you have an interest in Bend’s history and/or ghost stories, you should definitely check it out! Here’s the press release: The Deschutes Historical Museum invites visitors to take a walk on … Continue reading
This summer seems to have been the tipping point for tourism in Bend—namely, that we are starting to see backlash against the number of tourists and the possibility is being raised that too much tourism is a bad thing for Bend. Not that local negativity against tourism is a new … Continue reading
Sad day today, as confirmation that locals favorite Taco Stand is closed. From the post on Facebook: This is the post I’ve been wanting to put out there for a long time. I want, first to express my sincerest gratitude to all of you who supported us throughout the years. … Continue reading
The Pine Tavern restaurant hosted their inaugural PT80 Beerfest last year, and IPA challenge with many of the local breweries, and this fest returns again for their PT81 taking place next week, Tuesday, September 27! This year the style focus is on Pale Ales, and the event will run from … Continue reading
The annual Bend Oktoberfest returns to downtown Bend this weekend, Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th. You know about Oktoberfest—the German-inspired beer and folk festival offering up beer, German food, oompah music, and all sorts of “absurd” games (their word) and fun. This year everything takes place on Oregon … Continue reading
Bend’s niche-est and possibly coolest beer festival, The Little Woody, returns this Labor Day weekend, taking place Friday the 2nd and Saturday the 3rd. This year promises 26 breweries and cider makers pouring their wood-aged specialties, all taking place at the Deschutes Historical Museum! My latest article for the Bulletin is … Continue reading
The Riverside Market is now known as… the French Market! (Still under renovation.) All part of an ownership change and renovation detailed earlier in the month here: Riverside Market Bistro , formerly known as Riverside Market & Pub , 285 NW Riverside Blvd., Bend, filed an application July 26 with … Continue reading
I was walking around the Old Town part of downtown today during my lunch break, and was struck not for the first time by the number of apple trees there are. This time of year they are all bearing fruit, and on my walk most of them were dropping their … Continue reading