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10 Barrel’s Winter Adaptation: Outdoor “Huts”

Outdoor “warming huts” are taking up residence in the brew pub’s outdoor patio area
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10 Barrel Brewing’s westside Bend location is taking its pandemic-era adaptations to the next level. A handful of outdoor “warming huts” are taking up residence in the brew pub’s outdoor patio area, with space enough inside to seat eight to 10 people. “Rather than just throwing up a tent or additional heaters for outdoor areas, 10 Barrel […]

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Riff Teams Up with Stoller Family Estate for Wine Pop-Up

90-minute tastings as well as wines by the glass or bottles
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Stoller Family Estate, a winery in the Dundee Hills of Yamhill County, Oregon, has set up shop inside Riff Cold Brew Café & Taproom, in The Box Factory, for a holiday pop-up. The pop-up tasting room offers 90-minute tastings as well as wines by the glass or bottles Wednesday through Saturday from 11 am to […]

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Veteran’s Day Brewery Pop Up

With each sale, Braveheart gives back to veteran and military support groups
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A local brewery and catering company unite for one tasty and refreshing pop up event. Braveheart Brewing is veteran owned, and its mission is to craft beer that “tastes and does good.” With each sale, Braveheart gives back to veteran and military support groups. They’ve partnered with Bowtie Catering to bring a special beer and food […]

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Winter Events!

Here are the events we know are happening and updates on ones that are still up in the air
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Disclaimer: As we all know by now… these are unprecedented times. Many classic winter events are postponed or canceled as we head into the snowy season. Here are the events we know are happening and updates on ones that are still up in the air. I Like Pie Thanksgiving Run/Walk Mon., Nov. 23- Sun., Nov. […]

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BOO! Halloween Shows Are Everywhere

A spooky week of fun as Central Oregon lines up concerts all over the region
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The scariest possible thing I can think of is no live music— and for the most part Central Oregon has defeated that idea this year, and will continue to do so over this Halloween weekend. The best part of it is that there are shows all over the region! Whether you’re in Bend or Prineville, […]

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Party on with the Next Take-Home Brewfest

The curated multi-pack is a Covid-era trend
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Sure, you could head over to one of Central Oregon’s fine beer-cooler establishments and put together your own 24 pack of brews from sites around the state—but in the era of near-endless opportunities to get exactly what you want, whenever you want it, there’s something retro-cool about having someone else choose the selection. Silver Moon‘s […]

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Ghost Town

A few creative ideas that may just save your neighborhood Halloween
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Halloween is an ideal holiday for creative escapists. Becoming someone else by way of an amalgam of makeup, costume wizardry and ideally, some well-devised back story and character development? Clutch. But then, enter COVID and Halloween; images of a gang of tiny hands inside the same candy bowl seeming, if not totally off-limits, then certainly […]

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Race on Your Own and Against Other Runners and Riders with 10 Barrel’s Race Series

Each week there’s a new course to tackle
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We know—you wish racing wasn’t so siloed and solo this year… but alas. For those looking to add a healthy dose of competition to their running or mountain biking routines, the 10 Barrel “Riding Solo” and “Running Solo” stage race series continue through the first week of November. Each week there’s a new course to […]

Posted inCulture

Feed Your Mind at Bend Design, Online

Promoting design thinking continues amid the pandemic, with an online series of presentations, panels, films and more
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The times we find ourselves in, elicit, basically, one of two things in people: The urge to retreat and wait out the storm, or the ability to see opportunity in chaos and to act upon that to forge a new path. Bend Design, long a draw for those looking for inspiration and new ideas, aims […]

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