Saturday Market starts this weekend

Right on the heels of the Farmers Market starting up this week for the summer, the Central Oregon Saturday Market is kicking off again for the season this Saturday, the 4th. (Actually according to their website they actually started last weekend for Memorial Day.) It will be located in its … Continue reading

First Friday (May 2011)

Right on the heels of Cinco de Mayo, Friday night is First Friday in Downtown Bend and the Old Mill District (I don’t know if NorthWest Crossing is doing First Fridays anymore, as I can never find info on their website, and there’s nothing (as of this writing) on their … Continue reading

Spring Art Hop

Tonight (April 1st) is not only First Friday—whereupon art galleries and businesses downtown (as well as in the Old Mill) stay open late with special art exhibits, live music, and refreshments—it’s also the Spring Art Hop: the semi-annual event that’s essentially First Friday on steroids. The Downtown Bend page says … Continue reading

First Friday tonight (Feb. 2011)

It’s First Friday tonight, which means Art Walk downtown (as well as the Old Mill and Northwest Crossing). From 5 until 9pm the galleries, shops, and some restaurants will be open with featured art exhibits and many featuring refreshments and live music. The Downtown Bend site has their usual guide … Continue reading

First Friday (Jan. 2011)

It’s First Friday Art Walk tonight in Downtown Bend, as well as the Old Mill District and Northwest Crossing, where the various galleries and other businesses stay open late featuring art exhibits, live music, and (often) free wine and refreshments. And as usual the Downtown Bend site has a nice … Continue reading

New restaurant downtown: Boken

My wife found this ad on craigslist pointing to a new restaurant downtown (also note if you’re looking for a job): Boken is a new restaurant and bar opening in the Breezeway downtown Bend. We are an Asian inspired “Izakaya” style restaurant. We are hiring for all positions, including: Sous … Continue reading

More downtown restaurant drama

I don’t know if “drama” is the right word but I cribbed it from an earlier Source article so it seems to fit. Remember how Giuseppe’s closed and was going to re-open as “Bond Street Bar and Grill”? Well as it turns out, the Decoy Bar and Grill apparently already … Continue reading

First Friday tonight (and a chilly one, too)

It’s First Friday in Bend tonight, where the various art galleries downtown (as well as in the Old Mill District and Northwest Crossing) open up their doors late, featuring special exhibits and often live music and refreshments. As usual, the Downtown Bend website has a good post detailing the downtown … Continue reading

It’s First Friday tonight

First Friday art walk kicks off tonight, Downtown and in the Old Mill and Northwest Crossing.  The art galleries (and some other places) stay open late and often offer up free wine and refreshments and live music to go along with the art on display. Festivities run from 5 until … Continue reading

Building Dialog in an Age of Demons

If you went to Ignite Bend 5 (or watched the live stream) then you probably saw Robert Killen’s fantastic talk, “Dialog in the Age of Demons”. Cool to see that he’s taking an idea that was originally a five-minute talk and taking it to the next level! We live in … Continue reading