Central Oregon is known for having its fingers on the pulse of craft beerโbut there’s also a lot of great food, and a multitude of talented chefs. Plus, beer is also quite the utility player: Serve it next to a great dinner, dessert or whatever your vice may be for the night and you’ve got […]
bend Oktoberfest
Festivals Abound
A fter surviving the summer heat, wildfire smoke and the Apoc-Eclipse (seems like so long ago now, doesn’t it?), all of Bend deserves to relax with a beer. The rest of September offers a vast range of opportunity for this, both locally and across the state. Bend Oktoberfest Right this weekend is Bend Oktoberfest, the […]
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Thursday 15 Sara Watkins MUSIC—The members of the Watkins Family are some of the most talented musicians working today. Whether touring with Fiona Apple, her brother Sean or playing solo, Sara Watkins is a dynamic guitar and fiddle player with one of the finest voices in music. Sara Watkins is on her way to being […]
The Elusive Oktoberfest Beer
Oktoberfest, the weeks-long Bavarian beer festival and fun fair that is to Germany what apple pie is to the USA, kicks off in Munich Sept. 17. Bend’s own downtown Oktoberfest, somewhat smaller-sized but no less ribald and fun, takes place on the 16th and 17th. The main difference between the two: Germans will drink Märzen […]

