Lunch Bites: Taco Stand

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. I can’t imagine any long-time residents of Bend that are either unaware of Taco Stand or haven’t ever been—and yet every now and again I’m … Continue reading

Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s visiting Bend today

Something fun down at Ben & Jerry’s in the Old Mill District is going on today: Jerry himself will be visiting the ice cream store. Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is coming to Bend on July 28th! Jerry Greenfield (the Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s) will be visiting our … Continue reading

Deschutes collaboration beer release party

Down at the Deschutes Pub tomorrow night, the Brewery is featuring the release party for the second in its collaboration series of beers (“Conflux” series), their “White IPA” that they brewed with Boulevard Brewing out of Kansas City, Missouri. This is a pretty big deal because it will be the … Continue reading

Ignite Bend 7

Ignite Bend 7 is coming up in a couple of months, on September 28th to be exact, and in case you’ve missed any of the previous ones, this one would be a great place to start. And it’s free too! If you had five minutes on stage what would you … Continue reading

Summer Ballet

Central Oregon School of Ballet presents its summer performance next weekend, July 23rd and 24th in the auditorium at Bend High School. This year they are performing Giselle, described as follows: “The ballet ‘Giselle’ is a full-length ballet in two acts, first presented in Paris, France in 1841. Its wonderful … Continue reading

Lunch Bites: TuckMo

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. Last Friday I decided to hit up TuckMo on the eastside to see what they had to offer. We had eaten there once before but … Continue reading

Two beer events

There are two really good-looking beer events going on, one over at Deschutes Brewery (their production brewery) and one at Brother Jon’s Public House. At Deschutes: Central Oregon Kickoff for Oregon Craft Beer Month. Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Time: 4-7pm Cost: Free entry, $5.00 for a taster glass (including 2 taster tickets) … Continue reading

First Munch and Music tonight

The first Munch and Music of the 2011 season is tonight, down in Drake Park from 5:30 to 9:30. The band featured tonight is Tracorum, which C3 events describes as: a rock band from San Francisco, CA who use rock ‘n’ soul songwriting as a creativespringboard to explore many styles … Continue reading

Alive After Five

The Old Mill District is introducing a new free summertime music series to Bend, Alive After Five: SunWest Builders Alive After 5 presented by Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty is Bend’s newest music event series, at the Old Mill District, on the Deschutes River, each Wednesday July 13 – August 3. … Continue reading

Friday free music: Toad the Wet Sprocket, Night Ranger

This weekend is the Bend Summer Festival, and it kicks off Friday night in downtown Bend with a couple of free(!) concerts that everyone’s been abuzz about: Toad the Wet Sprocket and Night Ranger. (There is of course a ton of other great music going on at the Summerfest, which … Continue reading