I was later than I intended on posting this, but Ben Salmon over on his Frequency blog has posted his Central Oregon Summer Music Preview, which is just a stunningly large list of music between now and the end of September, with every venue laid out (Athletic Club of Bend, … Continue reading
Central Oregon Beer Week continues, with more great events lined up for today: Specials Bend Ale Trail special all week long Anyone who completes the Bend Ale Trail during the Week will get a special, limited edition Bend Ale Trail koozie! Specials at Cascade West Cascade West will have 12 of their … Continue reading
This Memorial Day weekend, the 2nd annual Happy Girls Run is taking place with a half marathon, a 5K and a “Happy Little Kids” 1.5K run, with proceeds going to benefit the KIDS Center—and even if you’re not participating directly, you can still help raise donations for the Run to benefit the KIDS … Continue reading
Today is the first day of the first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week! All this week I’ll be posting daily about the events for the day, starting with today’s: Specials Bend Ale Trail special all week long Anyone who completes the Bend Ale Trail during the Week will get a special, … Continue reading
One of the Central Oregon Beer Week events that was just confirmed this week is a very cool beer dinner that Brew Werks Brewing and Old Mill Brew Werks (yes, the two are separate now, though still closely affiliated) are hosting on Wednesday, the 23rd: Chef Rudy has worked out … Continue reading
The roundabout on Mt. Washington in the heart of NorthWest Crossing (the intersection with NW Crossing Drive, in fact) has been closed for a while now while undergoing some much-needed construction. Needless to say this has been a hassle since it breaks one of the main north-south routes on the … Continue reading
Little Pizza Paradise, which used to be located at the intersection of 27th and Butler Market on Bend’s east side, has moved up north to the Cascade Village shopping center this month. They’re in the old Bend Draft House location next door to Sleep Country (just around the corner from … Continue reading
There are a lot of great events listed for next week’s Central Oregon Beer Week, and one that I think is really cool and unique is Wanderlust Tour’s “Pre-release Backstage Brew Bus Tour” that will be visiting both The Ale Apothecary and Crux Fermentation Project—two brand-new breweries that almost nobody … Continue reading
The Les Schwab Amphitheater has added more music to this summer’s concert lineup (from Ben Salmon’s Frequency blog today): Counting Crows, ZZ Top, and Brandi Carlile. Seems to me it’s shaping up to be a pretty good summer for music in Bend this year! Here’s the updated concert list (including … Continue reading
Attention beer geeks: Deschutes Brewery has possibly one of the beer-geekiest beer dinners coming up (and for Deschutes beer events, that’s saying something!) on Friday, May 18, celebrating the release of their first collaboration beer (“Conflux #1”), named Collage, that they brewed and blended together with Hair of the Dog … Continue reading