This Thursday, June 19th is the Old Mill District‘s annual Fermentation Celebration, taking place from 4 to 10pm. This 3rd annual event features a “beer walk” around the shopping district where nearly all of Central Oregon’s breweries (plus a few others!) will be pouring beer across ten different stations. Here are … Continue reading
School is out and summer is just around the corner so it’s time to dust off the free summer activity guide once again! I’ve gone through and updated it for the 2014 summer season, so if you’re looking for free or cheap things to do this summer, make sure to … Continue reading
This Saturday the 14th is the annual Summer Shootout Marble Tournament for kids taking place at the Des Chutes Historical Museum from 10 to 2. The tourney is split into two categories: kids ages 7 to 12, and “Young at Heart” ages 13 and older. Here’s the press release: Kick … Continue reading
Silver Moon Brewing today announced the release of a new beer whose sale proceeds will help support the firefighters that have been battling the Two Bulls fire: Bull Fighter IPA. To the brave men and women who have risked their safety to ensure ours from the #TwoBullsFire, this one’s for … Continue reading
Update 2: The reward jumped to $26,500 not long after I posted the last update! Update: The reward is now $14,500. Some of the latest information coming out about the Two Bulls fire west of Bend is that the initial two fires were human caused. Here’s the update that has … Continue reading
One of the first cideries of the recent hard cider explosion to hit Bend, Atlas Cider, is celebrating their one-year anniversary on Thursday the 5th, from 5 to 9pm (“First Thursday”). It’s free to attend, and the Moon Mountain Ramblers will be putting on a (free) live show. In addition, … Continue reading
Tonight is McMenamins Old St. Francis School’s monthly Friends & Family Night, where from 5pm to closing 50% of all the night’s sales are donated to a selected beneficiary. The selected beneficiary for this month is River Song School, which is a “non-profit providing a nurturing, individually tailored educational experience … Continue reading
Surprising news came last week that The Nature of Words was suddenly closing its doors and “transition its creative writing outreach programs to the Deschutes Public Library at the end of the academic year.” I first saw the news on the Cascade Business News website, and then emails went out (one … Continue reading
If you’re interesting in technology and programming and wanted to learn more about Arduino development—or even just want to know what Arduino is—check out this press release from the Deschutes Public Library on their free Arduino technology workshops that are coming up: What exactly is Arduino? According to the official … Continue reading
Everybody loves free, right? Today Bellatazza Coffee in downtown Bend is offering up free espresso granitas as they kick off “Granita Season”: Tuesday, 5/20/14 kicks off the Granita Season. Every year we start it up with FREE 12 OUNCE ESPRESSO GRANITAS – All day, while supplies last. Local Eberhard’s Dairy … Continue reading