Sponsor Ignite Bend 3

Ignite Bend 3 is coming up rapidly—it’s on October 14th, just over two weeks away—and they are in serious need of sponsorship help to be able to even have the event. From their blog: We are looking for sponsors for Ignite Bend 3! Ignite Bend is a free community event … Continue reading

Evil Dead: The Musical

All during the month of October, the 2nd Street Theater is presenting one of the more (most?) unusual shows to grace Central Oregon’s stages: Evil Dead: The Musical. Based on Sam Raimi’s 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin … Continue reading

Working Wonders is closing, Oct. 4

As many have probably heard, Working Wonders Children’s Museum in the Old Mill District is closing, effective October 4th (Saturday, October 3rd will be their last day). They weren’t able to meet their fundraising goals (some $200,000, I heard on the news), and the overall model apparently isn’t financially viable. … Continue reading

Great American Beer Festival winners

The latter half of this week the Great American Beer Festival has been going on in Denver, Colorado, and today was the awards ceremony for all the beers across the country that was sent to compete. There was some 3300 beers in 78 different categories, and I’m happy to report … Continue reading

Weekend happenings

The first weekend of Fall is here, made apparent by the fact that it’s the last Friday Farmer’s Market and the Bend Oktoberfest is going on. Check out what’s going on this weekend, but there’s also the Free Fall Guide to check if you run out of ideas (shameless plug!). … Continue reading

Fall music, upcoming

Ben Salmon over on his Frequency blog has posted (the first of?) a "fall music guide", lists of upcoming shows for Bend. Ben is pretty much the music authority these days for what’s happening locally, so if you’re into the music scene, this is where you need to start.

Working on a Fall Activity Guide…

In the next day or so I will have a Free Activity Guide online for the Fall, to replace the Summertime one I ran the last few months. It was brought about by a suggestion and it seemed like one of those no-brainer things to do that of course I … Continue reading

Bend Roots Revival

Now in its fourth year, the Bend Roots Revival is possibly the biggest free music festival / celebration / revival / clambake in Central Oregon; spanning four days this coming weekend (the 24th through the 27th), the Revival will take over the westside at 14th and Galveston—both Parrilla Grill and … Continue reading

Cabaret!

The musical Cabaret has been brought to the Tower Theatre for six showings by a brand-new local theater company, Cat Call Productions. You’ve probably seen the ads or heard the spots on the radio, it’s been pretty well publicized. It’s a high-profile musical, too, and The Source mentioned it "might … Continue reading

Bend Oktoberfest 2009

In what has become an annual tradition, the Bend Oktoberfest is back again this month, on September 25th and 26th (Friday night and all day Saturday). A portion of Downtown Bend will be closed off for the autumn festival. Friday night starts at 6pm and is for 21 and over … Continue reading