9/9 noon: Ride Your Bike to Downtown Bend Bike Parking Dedication

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 9, noon to 3pm, 25 NW Minnesota (in front of thump coffee). Get on your bikes and ride!

Downtown Bend: First Friday Art Walk, December 4 + Bicycle Art Walk, Friday, December 11

Two arts walks in downtown Bend in December! -hoc
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Photos by Amy Castaño on display at
John Paul Designs fort Bicycle Art Walk.

The Downtown Bend Business Association invites bicycle fans to enjoy a special Bicycle Art Walk on Friday, December 11. Downtown business will display bicycle-themed art and other fun bike-related events will take place in conjunction with the 2009 National Cyclocross Championships in Bend, December 10-13. The Bicycle Art Walk event is in addition to the regular First Friday Art Walk downtown on December 4. For Bicycle Art Walk, everyone is encouraged to leave their cars at home and ride a bicycle.

For details about bicycle art exhibits and other activities, check the new Downtown Bend Business Association website.

11/6 Downtown Bend Business Association’s November First Friday Art Walk

Dozens of downtown Bend businesses will glow with the welcoming warmth of Autumn during the Downtown Bend Business Association’s monthly First Friday Walk on November 6. Art exhibits, artist receptions, live music, food and beverage samples and other events are open to the public free of charge throughout the evening.

Below are highlights and locations for several November First Friday Art Walk happenings:

Astro Lounge
147 NW Minnesota Avenue
Derek Anderson light paintings photography.
At the Beach
850 NW Wall
Handmade chocolate truffles, wine and 2010 swim and resort wear lines.
Bella Moda
1001 NW Wall Street #102
Lisa Mason color pencil drawings and acrylic paintings.
Bend Mapping & Blueprint 922 NW Bond Street
“Have you ever been this tired?” photo prints.
Douglas Fine Jewelry
920 NW Bond Street, Suite 106
Steven and Elyse Douglas gem show featuring Oregon Sunstone from Douglas mining claims.
Dudley’s Bookshop Café
135 Minnesota Avenue
Holly Grigg-Spall acrylic paintings. Music by French troubadour Eric John Kaiser. Artistic knitted items.

High Desert Gallery
10 Minnesota Avenue
Sue Favinger Smith “Perception and Imagination” oil paintings. Music by Erin Cole-Baker, acoustic mix of bluegrass, jazz, blues and rock.
Glass Symphony
916 Wall Street
Kate MacLeod new glass works.
Great Outdoor Clothing Company
933 NW Wall Street
Susan Mobley original watercolors and handpainted silk scarves and neckties.
Hot Box Betty
903 NW Wall Street
Karen Wright jewelry, Karen Brock designs, Stephanie Photography travel and nature photos.
Karen Bandy Design
25 Minnesota Avenue
Custom-designed jewelry and original abstract acrylic paintings.
Lowes Group
920 NW Bond Street, Ste 107
Artist TBA from BICA Gallery.

New York City Sub Shop
1043 NW Bond Street
Greta Gretzinger
 humorous paintings.

North Soles Footwear
800 Wall Street
Nikki Hoke Horner abstract interpretations of topographical mapping.

Sage Custom Framing
834 NW Brooks Street
Linda Gillard plein air pastel landscape paintings and figurative wire sculptures.

Thump Coffee
25 NW Minnesota Avenue
Kristin Klus hand-tinted darkroom prints and digital photography.