Don’t forget: Renegade Rollergirls this Saturday

Just a reminder about this Saturday, February 17th’s Renegade Rollergirls event, details I blogged here. Doors open at 6pm at the Indoor Sports Center; tickets are $10 and $15 for VIP. If you didn’t yet have plans for Saturday night, now you do!

Mardi Gras?

Mardi Gras—Fat Tuesday—is coming up on February 20th this year, but after a quick sweep tonight I can only find one thing going on locally that’s related: Make your own Mardi Gras mask on February 10th. Is that all? Really? Seems like there must be something going on somewhere. Odd. … Continue reading

WinterFest

It snuck up on me: Bend WinterFest starts this weekend! It’s from Friday, February 2nd through Sunday the 4th, and is chock full of events. In addition to the ever-popular ice carving exhibitions, fireworks, races at Mt. Bachelor, Mojo Music Eruption in the Festival Center, children’s activities at Snowflake Village, … Continue reading

Renegade Rollergirls: February 17

The Renegade Rollergirls are back for the new year with their first bout of 2007 coming up on February 17th (a Saturday). It’ll be at the Central Oregon Indoor Sports Center (as usual) but heads up: prices have gone up this year. It’s now $10 for general admission and $15 … Continue reading

Beer Festival at Joker’s

Yes, Joker’s Bar & Grill is having their 1st Annual Beer Festival on Thursday, January 11th. That’s according to their ad in The Source, anyway—I don’t see anything on their website about it. It’ll run from 7pm until 11, and is featuring beers from the following breweries: Deschutes Brewery Bend … Continue reading

New Year’s Eve parties

For those of you not already going to a party (or just staying home) on New Year’s Eve, the Bulletin has a pretty good article listing many of the parties and events you can go to. They include details, times, and prices. Some are expensive, some are cheap/reasonable. For instance, … Continue reading

Bend Christmas Parade photos

We were at the Bend Christmas Parade yesterday, and as promised, I snapped a bunch of photos before we were frozen out. We were right on the corner of Wall and Newport, so had a good vantage point for the parade. Click through to see… The backside of the Renegade … Continue reading

Bend Christmas Parade

Saturday, December 9th is the Bend Christmas Parade! Hard to believe it’s that time of year already… The parade starts at noon, and follows a looping course through downtown and around Drake Park and Mirror Pond; check out the parade map here. It’s a fun parade, the kids will love … Continue reading

Family-friendly carnival/skate party

Looking for something to do tonight? The Renegade Rollergirls have a family-friendly carnival/skate party going on at the Indoor Sports Center. Technically, they’re calling it "A Bad Ass Carnival" (see the poster image below), but I have it on good authority (from Shannon herself) that it’ll be good for kids. … Continue reading

November 18th: Roller derby action

Picked up our tickets today for the November 18th (Saturday) Renegade Rollergirls match. Yep, it’s that time again! Located at the Indoor Sports Center, doors open at 7pm and the action starts at 8. I’ll be there for sure this time. The VIP tickets are only $12, but they go … Continue reading