Surely by now you all know who the Dancing Little Caesars Lady is, right? Right? (If you need a refresher, she’s the woman who works for Little Caesars who you see on the corner of 3rd Street and Reed Market, dancing and rocking with the Little Caesars promo signage.) If … Continue reading
This Saturday, June 27, two of Bend’s breweries (the oldest, and one of the newest) are celebrating anniversaries! Deschutes Brewery is celebrating their 27th anniversary (their “golden birthday”) at their Bend Pub downtown starting at 4:30pm and running through the evening. Among the festivities they’ve posted: Tunes from B-side Brass … Continue reading
The annual Bite of Bend, “Central Oregon’s Largest Food Festival,” kicks off this Friday, June 19 to run through Sunday the 21st. It’s once again taking over Downtown Bend, and as always is completely free to attend (though the individual food and drink aren’t entirely free of course). Their recent … Continue reading
Coming up Thursday, June 18, the 4th annual Fermentation Celebration returns to the Old Mill District, taking place from 4 to 10pm. This is a great event, a “beer walk” throughout the Old Mill, with nearly every Central Oregon brewery (and more!) represented and pouring beer at stations throughout. This … Continue reading
You may have noticed that I switched out the calendar and events plugin I used here on the site with a newer one today, that will ideally be better (and easier to use) in the long run. Of course, what that means is the calendar page only shows events that … Continue reading
The fourth annual Central Oregon Beer Week is kicking off this Friday, May 22, with 10 days of events highlighting once again just how great our local beer scene is. From Friday through Sunday the 31st, there will be something going on every day (usually multiple somethings) for a jam-packed schedule of beer across … Continue reading
Central Oregon Community College was established in 1949 and spent its first years located in the basement of Bend High School, before establishing their Bend Campus on “the hill” (Awbrey Butte) in 1965. Accordingly, this year marks the Bend Campus’ 50th anniversary, and COCC today is celebrating that golden anniversary … Continue reading
First things first: They go on sale this morning at 10am, and you will be able to get them here. TEDxBend returns for 2015 and is taking place a month from now, on Saturday, April 18. This year it’s taking place at Bend High School, starting at 1pm. They don’t … Continue reading
If you’d like to get a start on your St. Patrick’s Day festivities, head over to Redmond this weekend: their St. Patrick’s Day Festival starts today (Friday) at 5pm, and runs all day Saturday (10am to 9pm) and Sunday (11am to 5pm). Welcome to the Third Annual St. Patrick’s Day … Continue reading
Bend’s second-oldest brewery, Bend Brewing Company, is enjoying two decades in business this year, and this Friday the 20th they are celebrating 20 years in style, with a block party, live music, 20 taps of beer, and more! The theme will be “20 beers for 20 years” and yes, there will be … Continue reading