The Bend Fall Festival starts tomorrow (or today, depending on when you read this)—the first Saturday of October. As with the other seasonal events, Downtown Bend will be largely closed off (their PDF map shows you exactly what will be closed) and there will be two music stages, artist booths, the food court and alcohol area, and a large family area (featuring autumn-themed activities like a hay maze, apple bobbing, pumpkin painting, and more). The … Continue reading →
The winner for the ticket drawing for tonight’s Ignite Bend event (randomly selected from the comments) is Annette Leigh. Congratulations to Annette, and to everyone else who participated, thank you and better luck next time. I wish I could give out tickets to everyone but unfortunately I don’t have that kind of pull. However, if you’re still interested in attending, show up tonight anyway; the organizers have stressed on Facebook and elsewhere that even if you … Continue reading →
My friend (and sometime Hack Bend contributor) Shannon is organizing an interesting event: the Central Oregon Children’s Costume Swap. It’s taking place this Saturday, October 1st, and if you have any old (but in good shape) kids’ Halloween costumes that you don’t know what to do with, you should check this out. The mission of the Central Oregon Costume Swap is to recycle your gently used Halloween costumes and select low cost costumes to outfit … Continue reading →
Ignite Bend is this Wednesday, the 28th, and if you were interested in going but missed out on the initial ticket “sales” (they are always free, and earlier this month they sold out in an hour!), then you might be in luck. I have two extra tickets for Ignite and I’ll be doing a drawing to give them away here on the blog. Here’s how it works: leave a comment on this post and make … Continue reading →
Wednesday, October 5th, the Des Chutes Historical Museum is hosting Railroad Day at the Old Depot at the Art Station in the Old Mill District. It runs from 3:30 to 6:30pm, and is a completely free event; the Museum website says: Bring your family and friends and celebrate 100 years of the railroad. Games, arts and crafts, mini train rides, model trains, tours of the historic depot, and a re-enactment of the driving of the … Continue reading →
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