Historic Haunts of Downtown Bend

This week, from the 25th through the 27th (Thursday through Saturday) the Des Chutes Historical Museum is again holding their annual “Historical Haunts of Downtown Bend Heritage Walk” which takes visitors through Bend’s colorful downtown history and historic buildings (though not inside of them) with a Halloween twist. If you … Continue reading

Evil Dead the Musical is back!

Just in time for Halloween! The 2nd Street Theater is again bringing us “Evil Dead: The Musical” for the third time, starting this Friday the 12th and running through the 27th, and not only is there “plenty of blood to go around” (if you’re familiar with the origin movie(s) then … Continue reading

Central Oregon Children’s Costume Swap

Where is my head? I should have posted this a lot sooner but I’ve been super busy — newish baby (she’s 6 months now), 4 year old boy, new job (marketing manager at the Riverhouse Hotel & Convention Center) and I’m volunteering for Bend WebCAM (more on that later), AdFed … Continue reading

Edgar Allan Poe at the Tower Theatre

Just in time for Halloween! Edgar Allan Poe invented the modern short story and authored many suitably creepy and macabre works, so if you’re looking for something Halloween-ish to do the weekend before the holiday, this could be it. The Des Chutes Historical Museum, The Tower Theatre Foundation, and Lenore … Continue reading

Halloween safety

Happy Halloween! Hopefully the day is shaping up to be a good one and tonight (for those of us who have kids) we’ll be enjoying a not-too-cold evening for trick-or-treating. And if you’re doing that please be safe! There’s a certain amount of common sense involved, of course—don’t let you … Continue reading

Halloween Happenings: Historic Haunts and Edgar Allan Poe

The Des Chutes Historical Museum is presenting a couple of great Halloween-themed events that span the next few days (actually one started today, the 27th, and runs through Saturday the 29th, the other, the 29th through Halloween): Historical Haunts of Downtown Bend, sort of a Heritage Walk for buildings with … Continue reading

Halloween Happenings: Power 94 Monster Ball

This Friday the 28th is the 4th annual Monster Ball presented by the Power 94 local radio station: the live music, dance party, costume contest “extravaganza” taking place at the Century Center. There will be performances by Mosley Wotta, Necktie Killer, So Cal’s famous DJ Kay Rich, Performance by the … Continue reading

Halloween Happenings: Rocky Horror Picture Show

It’s that time of year again with Halloween less than a week away, to start tracking the various Halloween events going on. So expect a bunch of these posts the next few days! The Tower Theatre is again showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show this year, on both nights this … Continue reading

Central Oregon Pumpkin Company – Star Wars maze

Each year the Central Oregon Pumpkin Company out in Terrebonne (near Smith Rock) has a themed corn maze during the month of October (along with pumpkins and other harvest- and Halloween-themed activities). This year they’ve put together a fairly impressive and fun-looking Star Wars themed maze: They’re open through the … Continue reading

Central Oregon Children’s Costume Swap

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 … Continue reading