Clear Summer Nights concert announcements

The Athletic Club of Bend’s Clear Summer Nights concert series announced the first two concerts for this 2019 season today: Sublime with Rome, June 22 Lord Huron & Shakey Graves, August 8 Tickets for both will be going on sale February 8 at Newport Avenue Market for general admission tickets. … Continue reading

Cracker Barrel opens today

The new Cracker Barrel restaurant opens up today, located on Bend’s north side on Robal Lane. It’s the fifth in the chain to open in Oregon and helps to anchor the new-ish Robal Road Village shopping center there (which includes MOD Pizza, Trailhead Liquor, and more). I honestly don’t know … Continue reading

Shopko will close in April

Our Bend Shopko store is one of the ones caught up in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings the company is going through, and plans to close on April 15. Currently, everything in the store is on sale for 10 to 30% off, though these discounts might get steeper as April … Continue reading

Tetherow’s 6th annual Brewery Smackdown, Feb. 7

For the last few years Tetherow Resort has been hosting its Brewery Smackdown series where breweries team up with the chefs at Tetherow for a food and beer pairing event that lets participants vote on the best beers. It’s a blind tasting, so you only know which breweries are there … Continue reading