McMenamins 8th birthday

This weekend is McMenamins Old St. Francis School‘s eighth birthday, and they are celebrating today and tomorrow with live music, food and drink specials, and more! Tonight the music starts at 7pm and features the Freak Mountain Ramblers as part of McMenamins’ Great Northwest Music Tour; tomorrow music kicks off … Continue reading

Three Creeks Brewing has a busy month

Three Creeks Brewing out in Sisters has a busy month ahead, starting tomorrow: Friday, November 9th: the release party for their annual holiday ale Rudolph’s Imperial Red kicks off at the brewery at 6pm. This is the fifth year the beer has been released, and to celebrate they’ll have it … Continue reading

Bend has a Zine Library!

Gotta love The Source: today they have an article about the Bend Zine Library, something I had no idea existed—indeed, in the back of my mind I had thought with the rise of the web and blogging and easy self-publishing, zines had mostly disappeared. I’m glad to know I’m wrong! … Continue reading

What do Robots and Garage Sales have in common?

WANTED – Garage Sale donations for robotics team fundraiser! Is stuff sitting in your garage, collecting dust? Donate it to the High Desert Droids to sell at their fundraiser on November 10. Donations can be dropped off at Mountain View HS (2755 NE 27th Street) on November 9, 6-9pm, or … Continue reading

Armchair: Live storytelling, this week (11/8)

So there’s this cool little under-the-radar community event called “Armchair” taking place this Thursday evening, November 8th. It’s all about live storytelling, which is to say: Armchair is a live storytelling event told without props, slides, cues or rehearsals. Several featured storytellers will share a personal and true story no longer … Continue reading

The Growler Guys: Growler (beer) fills at the Shell gas station

Perhaps you’ve heard recently about this new beer business over on Bend’s east side: no, not Worthy Brewing (though that’s going to be impressive!), rather the relatively new growler fill station located inside the Shell gas station on the corner of Highway 20 and 27th Street—The Growler Guys. Yes, I … Continue reading

The Nature of Words is coming next week

The eighth annual Nature of Words literary festival is kicking off next week, from November 7th through the 11th and is to Bend’s literary scene what BendFilm is to the independent cinema scene. Each year NOW “brings acclaimed authors to Bend for five days of readings, workshops, lectures, panel discussions, … Continue reading

Having a safe and fun Halloween

With tomorrow night being Halloween, of course there will be lots of kids out trick or treating and having fun and it’s important to remember to stay safe, as well. There are a number of super kid-friendly Halloween events going on Wednesday listed below, but first let’s start with a … Continue reading

Party Weekend!

Two big Halloween-themed parties are taking place Saturday night, and funnily enough both both are related to alcohol in that the folks throwing the parties are Deschutes Brewery and Oregon Spirit Distillers. The Brewery is throwing their annual warehouse party from 8pm until 2am, where you’ll be able to get … Continue reading