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🍀 Presents: Choose Your Own Adventure This Friday
Pick One: First Fridays, Irish Jam or Permit Pending!
Happy Friday! This newsletter is for the newbies, the lifers, the townies, and the domers.
In today’s digest:
Where should we go next? RESULTS
Murder Mystery Dinner
Niele Ivy is YWCA Woman of the Year
More Events!
This issue is 1,143 words, a 3.5-minute read.
The Digest
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The results are in South Benders!
Starting next week, we will be figuring out who has the best cocktail bar in South Bend! '
These are the metrics we’re judging by:
Affordability
Better for Date Night vs Friend Group Outing
Aesthetic / Vibe
Who has the best French 75? (Writer’s choice for the cocktail judgment!)
And these are the places on the list so far (if you notice one missing, send us a note)!
Spirited
Hideaway
Cafe Navarre
The Cascade
Sidebar
The Whiskey Exchange
Hall Pass
Roselily
WXYZ
Hammer & Quill
Salvation
Special Highlight: Craft-One-Half in Mishawaka
Each week, we’ll give you the full scoop on one of these bars! Then, try it for yourselves and let us know if we got it right!
P.S. If you’re the owner or partner with one of these bars and you’d like to give us a SPECIAL EDITION: OWNER’S REVIEW on your bar, send us a note! We’d love to get your take!
See you around the bend (at a cocktail bar) this weekend!
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The Happenings in the Bend
With so much happening this weekend, we couldn’t narrow your options to just two special events, but had to expand your choice to THREE! All three of the following events are happening TONIGHT in the Bend!
Pick the one that speaks to you!
🎃 “Fall” in Love with First Fridays: October Edition
Downtown South Bend is going all out for Fall this weekend, and there is sure to be something for everyone!
Grab your best costume and head downtown tonight!
🎺 Irish Jam: TIP-OFF BEGINS TONIGHT 🏀
If all things fall isn’t your thing, but Basketball is… head on over to Eddy Street anytime Noon - 8 pm for a slew of activities!
Can’t make it during the day? 6-8 pm will be a special feature of the Women’s and Men’s Basketball teams and a little 3v3 game after presentations!
Finally, for the first time, Notre Dame released at 9 am today South Bend themed gear!
“The Bend” will be available for purchase online and in stores. Grab yours before it’s gone (I know I will!)
♥️ Permit Pending: Baby Bar
Permit Pending helps bring creative concepts to life in under-utilized or empty spaces in the city.
If Basketball and Fall aren’t your cup of tea… but unique and creative uses of under-utilized spaces ARE…
… then Baby Bar is one such concept that will be LIVE FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY — TONIGHT.
Tickets are free, but grab one while you can and check out BABY BAR 🚼 😉
More events in South Bend
A mix of things happening this weekend and into next week!
📖 Ironhand Book Club: If you’re a book lover looking to discover new and interesting reads and meet new and interesting fellow book lovers, join us over at Ironhand next week! Details
🎃 Make South Bend Halloween Stained Glass - 3 SPOTS REMAINING: If you’ve always wanted to try your hand at making cool (and themed) things, grab one of the last spots in this Halloween themed Make South Bend class, happening next week. Details
🏈 Football Fridays: Head over to the Eck Visitors Center at Notre Dame to celebrate and prepare for the home football game today! Details
👹 🏃♀️ Monster Dash: Dash across a spooky finish line in this fun-for-the-whole-family race! Details
🕵️♀️ Dinner with a Side of Murderrrrrr: In need of some edge-of-your-seat-entertainment? Grab tickets to this murder mystery dinner at Chicory Cafe! Tickets
☘️ Pups on the Patio: Soak up the sunshine with your pups on the Lauber Patio! Details
👻 Boo To You @ Indiana University - South Bend: IU South Bend’s ‘Boo To You’ festival (Oct. 11, 4–8 pm, Student Activities Center) is back with carnival games, candy, crafts, and a Monster Mash dance—fun for the whole family! Details
🍻 Oktoberfest: Enjoy German beer, food and more at the Indiana Dinosaur Museums Oktoberfest! Details
🎶 The Life of a Showgirl Listening Party: The Cat Cafe is hosting a listening party for Taylor Swift’s 12th album! Details
🍩 Donut Fest: This 21+ event is back by popular demand at the Round Barn Winery! Enjoy donuts, cocktails, slushies, and more! Details
✨Coming soon✨
🍂 First Fridays: “FALL” IN LOVE next Friday in downtown South Bend at the First Friday of October! Details
🪄 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: For the last few years, Morris Performing Arts and the South Bend Symphony have presented the Harry Potter Movies on the screen at the Morris, accompanied by the Symphony performing the film's music. It’s an incredible event you don’t want to miss. Grab your tickets now before they sell out! Details
🧀 MAKTOBERFEST: Head downtown for a taste of your favorite comfort food in all different forms: Mac and Cheese! Tickets
🦴 BONES & BONFIRES: Head on out to Bendix Woods for a bone-afide (get it?) good time for the whole family (their words, not mine — but I am pumped for the spooky hayride! Details
Rapid Fire Hits
Quick headlines and things to know from all around 🌐
Niele Ivy is Woman of the Year - Receives YWCA Award: Last night Niele Ivy — Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Head Coach — was honored by YWCA as their women of the year. Check it out —> Details
Interested in Becoming a Small-Town Developer? Love your neighborhood and want to see it thriving but not sure how to go about it? Check out what these other small time developers in South Bend have done —> Details
🐶 Dog Groomer Recommendations? Have any good dog groomer recommendations? Help a neighbor out by responding in the Reddit thread! Details
Historic Gift: Joyce and Matthew Walsh recently made headlines for their historic invesment in the Architecture Program at Notre Dame. With this investment of $150M, Notre Dame will be able to expand their footprint and architceture and design programs both here in South Bend and around the world. Check out all the details —> Details
Happy Friday! See you around the Bend!
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