One of Bend’s newest breweries, Crux Fermentation Project, has up until now only brewed their beer for distribution at the brewery or in kegs to other venues. Recently that’s changed, as they’ve done special limited bottlings of some of their beers, and tonight at 5:30pm they are kicking off their … Continue reading
It is once again that time of year, St. Patrick’s Day is this Sunday the 17th, and for the past several years I’ve been publishing a pub guide for the holiday—because everyone’s knows St. Paddy’s Day is one of America’s great drinking holidays. As always, this isn’t meant to be … Continue reading
This Saturday the 16th the Deschutes County Sheriff is holding a free shredding, food drive, and prescription drug disposal event at their main office on Highway 20 on the north end of town. It will run from 10am to 1pm, and they will accept up to 4 medium boxes for personal shredding … Continue reading
Last month Jen posted about the Blacksmith Restaurant being under new ownership; and this past weekend, they celebrated their grand re-opening after undergoing renovations and have rolled out an all new menu (apparently; I hadn’t eaten there for a long time so I can’t really say how much newer it … Continue reading
The TEDxBend idea-spreading event is back again for a second year, taking place a Summit High School on Saturday, April 6—just over three weeks away. TEDxBend is an independently organized TED event, bringing together amazing speakers who will be taking the stage in the Summit auditorium beginning at 1pm. Sparked … Continue reading
This Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day which means it’s almost time for my annual “drinking guide” post for the holiday, but before then, Whole Foods is doing a series of beer tastings this week featuring Black & Tans from local breweries: Instead of focusing on the traditional “Black & Tan” … Continue reading
Update: Commenter Charlie M. won the tickets! Thanks to all for participating! As usual, I’ve got 2 tickets to Ignite Bend going on this Thursday night, March 7, that I’m going to give away here on the blog—if you missed your chance to snag a couple tickets a couple weeks … Continue reading
All day today Deschutes Brewery is celebrating the release of their newest year-round beer, Deschutes River Ale: their new 4% alcohol session ale that’s going to be a perfect accompaniment to a hot summer day floating the river. (Not on the river, of course, since that’s against the law.) Grab … Continue reading
Don’t forget—this coming Thursday, March 7, is Ignite Bend 10! If you didn’t get tickets to the free event (they sold out quickly again), don’t fret—I should be running a raffle for 2 tickets again this time around (probably Monday). It should be a good show (though the Speaker list … Continue reading
The first concert announcements for the Les Schwab Amphitheater each year are always eagerly anticipated, and this year is no different. Over the past week or so the first four big concerts have been announced: two for Memorial Day weekend, and two during the summer months. They are: Cake: Saturday, … Continue reading