Ignite Bend 9 is just around the corner—less than 3 weeks!—and this weekend is the final couple of days to vote for the speakers you’d really want to see on stage! Go here to vote for your top three choices, and do it soon because the voting closes on Monday! … Continue reading
Starting today the Broken Top Bottle Shop is holding a weekend-long fundraiser for next year’s Rise Up’s Bend Roots Revival music festival (in light of the troubles they ended up having this year): their “Brewtal Breakdown Festival” which has things going on all three days. “Free shows, raffle prizes & … Continue reading
The 2012 COMGA Bulb Sale ended September 7th. However, if you missed the sale, you still have a chance to purchase some of these beautiful bulbs. We will have a limited supply of bulbs to sell on October 6, 2012, in Bend and in Redmond. You can buy bulbs at … Continue reading
Boy, you’d think I’d have been on top of this one but frankly, it hasn’t been well advertised anywhere that I’ve seen: this year’s Bend Fall Festival includes a homebrew competition by Deschutes Brewery—with a twist: it’s a competition for fresh hop (or “harvest”) beers only! This is the first … Continue reading
The annual Sisters Fresh Hop Festival is taking place this Saturday the 29th, highlighting one of the things that make Oregon’s beer culture stand out from the rest of the country: Fresh hop beers. Fresh hop beers are beers brewed with hops that are literally right off the vine—they are … Continue reading
Tonight is the free Ignite Bend Battledecks event and voting party, taking place at the Broken Top Bottle Shop starting at 7pm. This is a great, fun event that is a bit of a precursor to the Ignite Bend experience: there will be a slide projector set up with completely … Continue reading
Busy weekend coming up here in Bend. A few events have already been covered in previous posts but thought I’d post a summary … TGIF! Bend Parks & Rec’s 3rd annual Day of Play will be held at Riverbend Park on Saturday, 11am-3pm. Join in a game, climb on a big … Continue reading
I moved to Bend 20 years ago and one of the things I lamented most about leaving a big city was the lack of culture here. As in very few opportunities for music and zero in the way of art and theater. In recent years, however, we have had an … Continue reading
The Leadman Triathlon is this Saturday (as mentioned here) but the night before the Old Mill District is hosting a free Kids’ Festival to kickoff the Leadman weekend. Here’s the blurb: Saturday’s Leadman Epic Triathlon in Bend might be for big boys and girls, but a free Kids’ Festival and … Continue reading
Little ol’ Bend has a pretty great theater scene, in my opinion. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Cat Call Productions’ latest show, The Producers (a musical adaptation of the Mel Brooks film) there’s still time. The musical comedy runs through September 22 so don’t wait too … Continue reading