Update: Details below! This Thursday, January 31, is the first annual Platypus Pub Brewfest, an event featuring beer from at least 14 breweries that will be taking place later in the day I believe. I’m short on details, what I have is this: Based on this flyer the breweries are … Continue reading
The next Armchair live storytelling event is coming up this Thursday, January 31, and taking place once again at the Tin Pan Theater. This “community storytelling” event is similar in concept to Ignite Bend and looks like great fun; here’s the refresher: Similar to other storytelling series around the country … Continue reading
Updated: Beau in the comments mentions Cascade West, and I’ve learned that Cross Creek Cafe in Redmond is a fill station too! Since I last posted about the “boom” in beer growler fill stations (see here and here), there have been a number of new ones opening up or about … Continue reading
This Saturday is the first of several upcoming free days at the High Desert Museum, a really good deal that gets you in to the Museum during their regular (winter) hours of 10 to 4 for, yes, free. The “Free Family Saturday” complimentary admission program supports the educational mission of … Continue reading
So Ben Salmon got to the bottom of the “Kanye West will be in Bend” story from yesterday, and posted the update on Facebook: My colleague Elise at The Bulletin just spoke to Kanye West’s publicist’s office and she said she could confirm that he will NOT be in Bend … Continue reading
Want to hear some good music Saturday night? Friends of Music is putting on its fourth annual “For the Love of Music” benefit. Proceeds go to funds for Summit High School’s music department to help with such needs as uniforms, travel expenses, student scholarships, and instruments. What’s on tap for … Continue reading
That is what Ben Salmon over on the Frequency Blog is reporting today: Rapper, producer, Renaissance man and potential Kardashian Kanye West will be in Bend Saturday night to judge a rap battle at the Domino Room, according to the Power 94 radio station and the owners of two companies … Continue reading
In just a few weeks, Bend’s newest brewery, Worthy Brewing, will be opening up on the east side: February 4 is the “quiet” soft opening, and February 26 is the grand opening (“with a bang”!). From their latest newsletter: Located on the East Side of Bend, Worthy Brewing fancies itself … Continue reading
Did you know that Ignite Bend 10 is just around the corner? The latest iteration of this incredibly fun, free event is taking place Thursday, March 7—less than two months away! I’ve written much about how fun an event this is, both for attendees and speakers (I even got up … Continue reading
This is definitely one of those specialized, somewhat-esoteric types of things to get excited about, but if you’re into it, the Bend City Code has a new and improved online presence. It’s vastly more usable than the old version (which was basically plain text files online), with a relatively easy-to-use … Continue reading