The Bend Farmers Market is starting up again this year beginning Wednesday, June 1st, at its usual spot at the top of Drake Park next to the Mirror Pond parking lot. I know the weather doesn’t seem quite right for it, but there’s bound to be something that grew somewhere … Continue reading
Ben Salmon over on his Frequency Blog has posted a fantastic guide to this summer’s music, organized by venue/event and date. I count at least 48 shows without even considering the events, which almost always have multiple artists playing; and there will be more. Ben writes: I know there are … Continue reading
The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band has concerts coming up Saturday and Sunday, June 4th and 5th; Jake sent along the details: Saturday, June 4, 3:00 p.m. FREE Wandering Winds at the Bend Downtown Library, Brooks Room Wandering Winds, ensembles from the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band, present an hour of informal … Continue reading
Boneyard Beer is celebrating their first anniversary with a Birthday Bash tomorrow, Saturday the 21st, at the Old Stone Church: Boneyard Birthday Bash! Boneyard is celebrating year #1! Come get your chug on while enjoying great food from Island Wild and groovin tunes from Truth Hero! Charge is $2.00 entry, … Continue reading
This has been making the rounds online today (my wife sent it to me, and I’ve seen it posted elsewhere on Twitter and Facebook): a video clip of an 8mm movie of driving through Bend in 1967. From the description: The movie begins at the north “Y” and goes south … Continue reading
Home beer brewers! The annual Spring Fling homebrewing competition put on by the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is coming up on June 4th (a Saturday), and is open to all who want to submit their homebrew. It’s the only officially-sanctioned homebrewing competition (by the Beer Judge Certification Program) in … Continue reading
Remember Marz Bistro, the downtown restaurant that was sold with the space becoming Gatsby’s? Well, it’s back—in the form of a food cart. The Marz Cart will be located at the Skjersaa’s parking lot over on SW Century Drive, and they’re having a grand opening this Thursday from 6 to … Continue reading
A press release showed up in my inbox today promoting next month’s NorthWest Crossing Hullabaloo, their fourth annual summer street festival, with the headlining music coming from Marc Cohn. Cohn is best known for his 20-year-old “Walking in Memphis” (which I like but in fact it’s the only song of … Continue reading
Found this via @timmycrawford on Twitter… Altrec.com, your locally owned supplier of outdoor gear and clothing in Central Oregon, is having its’ annual returned merchandise sale with super deals on slightly used or blemished items: many 50%-80% Off! The sale will be held May 20-22 8am-5pm at the Bend Armory … Continue reading
The Bulletin had an article yesterday about a possible, proposed brewery for the eastside. Unfortunately the article’s behind the paywall so while I can’t link you to it, I can give some highlights: City of Bend officials have been in discussions with part-time Bend resident Roger Worthington about the idea … Continue reading