In just a scant couple of weeks the first Central Oregon Beer Week kicks off! From Monday, May 21st through Sunday the 27th there are a growing number of beer and beer-related events taking place, and still more are being finalized! And, if you have a beer event you’d like … Continue reading
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo* and since it falls on a Saturday this year, you can bet there are lot of things going on for it! Here’s a rundown, and if I find out more I’ll update this list. Festival de Banderas at the Les Schwab Amphitheater all day from 10am … Continue reading
It occurred to me that it’s already the First Friday of May already, and that means downtown will be swarming with Art Walk folks tonight! Shop, stores and galleries in both Downtown and the Old Mill will be open from 5 to 9 tonight, featuring special art exhibits and many … Continue reading
This is one of those polls that roll around every year… Beer City USA! The usual suspects are on there along with some head-scratchers (Grand Rapids, Michigan?), and of course Bend is on that list. So if you’re reading this blog, odds are you live in Bend, so go vote!
Update: the original name is already taken as a registered name, so instead it’s going to be Central Oregon Beer Week! I’m very pleased to announce something that I’ve been working on with the local breweries for a while now: the first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week, to take place next … Continue reading
That’s not a typo—legendary comedian Bill Cosby is indeed coming to Central Oregon, to perform for one show at the Hooker Creek Arena in the Deschutes County Fairgrounds over in Redmond, on Sunday, July 22nd. The show will be at 1pm, and here are the ticket details from C3 Events’ … Continue reading
TEDxBend, which I blogged about previously, is just over a week away! Taking place next Saturday the 28th at Summit High School, it’s bringing together amazing speakers in true TED tradition with an overall theme of, appropriately, “Bending Rules.” The speakers are: Blake Canterbury Raj Dhingra Myrlie Evers-Williams Charles Jennings … Continue reading
In honor of Earth Day on Sunday, Cascades East Transit is offering free rides all day today for all their routes. CET services Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties and offers both city-to-city service and intra-city routes within all of our main towns. It’s a good service, and free rides today … Continue reading
There’s been some more concerts announced as coming to the Les Schwab Amphitheater this summer, so it’s time to update the list I posted previously and include the free Summer Sundays concerts. The Shins: Friday, May 25, $35 (with The Head and the Heart and Blind Pilot) Tenacious D: Saturday, May … Continue reading
I wish I’d blogged about this sooner, as we’re in the middle of it now! This weekend (from today, the 13th, through Sunday the 15) the Bend Spring Festival is taking place over in Northwest Crossing, the free seasonal festival to usher in the spring that offers “art, food, spirits, … Continue reading