Bend Magazine

Thorn Hollow String Band
2020-05-09 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | OR
Thorn Hollow String Band
Hear some toe-tapping tunes from our pioneering house band!
11:00 am — 2:00 pm
Free with Museum admission
https://highdesertmuseum.org/events/thorn-hollow-string-band-20/
High Desert Museum
59800 S Hwy 97
Bend, OR

Wildlife Conservation Photography
2020-05-09 08:00 - 14:00 | OR
Join our wildlife curators to learn about and photograph the wildlife in our care. Experienced photographers will be available to walk participants through various camera techniques with portrait-style and action photography opportunities with raptors and mammals. Participants are welcome to explore the fundamentals of their equipment during a preliminary meeting on Friday, May 8 at 6:00 pm.
8:00 am — 2:00 pm (6:00 pm — 8:00 pm on Friday)
$150, Members receive 20% discount
Registration and prepayment required: https://highdesertmuseum.org/events/photography-workshop-may/
High Desert Museum
59800 S Hwy 97
Bend, OR

It’s Only Dirt When It’s on Your Boots
2020-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | OR
It is easy for some people to dismiss dirt. But what is soil, why is it so important, and what different types exist in this region? How do soil properties relate to other aspects of an ecosystem? Dr. Ron Reuter, associate professor of natural resources at OSU-Cascades, will draw from his research in Oregon, as well as Costa Rica and Abu Dhabi, to give you a new perspective on the ground beneath your feet.
Registration opens Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

Shelli Walters offers an artistic visit with nature in her May show, Water Echo at Tumalo Art Co.
2020-05-01 09:00 - 2020-06-01 20:00 | OR
In a time when we may be feeling especially isolated, Shelli Walters’ show, Water Echo is a vibrant visual connection to nature and the world around us. These new mixed media pieces explore the powerful energy and movement of water flowing through rivers, lakes, seas – and our souls.
“While creating these paintings, I thought about how water connects virtually everything. In all its forms — liquid, vapor, ice — water has the magical capacity to change as it flows through waterways, earth, sky, animals, trees and people. Water always finds a way. Perhaps that is why being near it makes us feel hopeful.”
Layers and layers of thoughts, stories, experiences, moods — shifting one over the other — sometimes revealing a hint of what is underneath. This has become Shelli’s signature voice and style. Alternating layers of acrylic paint and collage to create richly textured and colorful pieces that invite you to look closer and discover your own story.
In lieu of our traditional First Friday reception while we are under temporary Covid closure, we invite you to enjoy the show online. Acquire the art you love right here on our online store and enjoy free shipping of any artwork in the Water Echo show. Private viewing is available by appointment. We are happy to assist you by email at art@tumaloartco.com. We look forward to welcoming you back into the gallery soon!
Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District in Bend, Oregon. Open 7 days a week, it is an oasis of calm in a busy world and an artist is always around to talk with about the art. tumaloartco.com, 541-385-9144.

Burning Man Project Lecture
2020-04-30 18:00 - 19:00 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
If you want a peek behind the curtain of the Burning Man phenomenon, join us for a lecture from a representative of the Burning Man Project. We will learn what makes the art and culture of the legendary event so unique and why it can only take place in the Black Rock Desert.
6:00 pm — 7:00 pm, doors at 5:00 pm
No-host bar
Café open 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm

Spring Studio Art Workshop Series: Part 2—Open Studio
2020-04-25 10:00 - 13:00 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Join artist Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) in this second of a three-part studio workshop series based in two-dimensional mixed media art making. Bring in your work in progress and research, and continue to work in open studio. Gain informal one on one feedback. You may join this session even if you missed the first day but please have partially completed work in hand. Basic drawing and watercolor materials provided.

Swainson’s and Squirrels
2020-04-25 07:00 - 14:00 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Explore the great migration of the Swainson’s hawk as they return to Central Oregon from their wintering grounds in South America. Their arrival is timed with the emergence of Belding’s ground squirrels from hibernation. Join a wildlife curator on this trip to Fort Rock for a comprehensive look at this important predator-prey relationship and how humans can cause it to become unbalanced.

Education Foundation's 15th Annual Trivia Night at the Tower
2020-04-17 18:00 - 23:00 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St, Bend, OR, United States
Join the Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools and local Central Oregon businesses at our 15th Annual Trivia Night sponsored by Hayden Homes, OnPoint Community Credit Union and Summit Medical Group! This event benefits the Classroom Grants program that provides funding for innovative STEM, art, music and wellness programs in our 32 public schools. This is a 21 & over event. Need more information? Call our office for more details at (541) 355-5660. Visit our website at https://engagedminds.org/trivia-bee/

15th Annual Trivia Night at the Tower
2020-04-17 18:00 - 22:00 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St, Bend, OR, United States
Join the Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools and local Central Oregon businesses at our 15th Annual Trivia Night sponsored by Hayden Homes, OnPoint Community Credit Union and Summit Medical Group Oregon! This event benefits the Classroom Grants program that provides funding for innovative STEM, art, music and wellness programs in our 32 public schools. This is a 21 & over event. Need more information? Call our office for more details at (541) 355-5660. Visit our website at https://engagedminds.org/trivia-bee/

Easter Brunch Buffet at 10below
2020-04-12 10:00 - 13:30 | 10 Below, Oxford Hotel
Join us for a delightful brunch buffet on Easter Sunday. Our special menu includes breakfast favorites, baked goods, fresh salads, seafood, and much more. View the complete menu: https://www.oxfordhotelbend.com/the-kitchen.htm.
Our brunch buffet will be offered from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm on April 12th, with Georges Bouhey performing jazz piano from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. While dining at 10below, enjoy complimentary valet parking!
Cost: $52 for adults, $19 for ages 6 to 12, free for ages 5 and under. Call 541.382.1010 for reservations today! 🐰

Exhibition Opening: Cosmic Microscapes: Seeing Into Rocks from Oregon & Space
2020-04-11 09:00 - 17:00 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
This exhibition marries art and science to reveal
the inner beauty of rocks from around the solar
system, highlighting the striking resemblance
between cooled lava found in the Oregon
High Desert and magmatic specimens from
other planets. Small pieces of the Moon, Mars
and asteroids were sliced paper-thin and
photographed at staggeringly high resolution
to produce prints of unprecedented scale. Such enormously
detailed images create a deeply immersive visual experience.
Cosmic Microscapes is a collaboration between Seattle photographer Neil H.
Buckland and University of Washington scientist Dr. Tony Irving.

Natural History Pub: Wild Possibilities: The Role of Land Trusts in Conservation
2020-04-06 19:00 - 20:00 | McMenamins, 700 NW Bond St.
Join us to view Wild Possibilities, a short film by the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts that highlights work done by land trusts across Oregon. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the role of land trusts in the stewardship of natural resources and some of the challenges they face today. Representatives from several land trusts including the Deschutes Land Trust, Oregon Desert Land Trust and the Pacific Forest Trust, will participate.
7:00 pm — 8:00 pm, doors at 5:30 pm
Free
At McMenamins Old St. Francis School
700 NW Bond St., Bend

Badass Women of History
2020-04-04 18:00 - 20:00 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Come party with us as we explore the badass women of history! Join us for cocktails, games and a specially crafted tour of the Hall of Exploration and Settlement. This evening, inspired by the known and unknown women of history, will have you laughing, crying and celebrating.
6:00 pm — 8:00 pm
Café open, no-host bar
$10, Members receive 20% discount

Weekend Workshop: Fermented Foods
2020-04-04 10:00 - 12:00 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
The natural process of fermentation gives us some of our most beneficial bacteria and fun flavors. Learn how to make a variety of fermented foods and drinks—kombucha, sauerkraut and more! The workshop includes a complete homebrew kombucha kit.
10:00 am — 12:00 pm
$40, Members receive 20% discount
Registration and prepayment required: highdesertmuseum.org/fermented-foods

Piano Showcase at the Tower Theatre, Bend, Oregon
2020-04-03 19:30 - 2020-04-04 21:30 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St, Bend, OR, United States
Sunriver Music Festival’s Piano Showcase is a unique two-day event celebrating multiple genres of piano music in a weekend of concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and musical conversations, all featuring four fine pianists from the Pacific Northwest. Pianist Michael Allen Harrison (founder of Portland’s popular Ten Grands concert series) crafts a genre-spanning weekend emphasizing the uniqueness and virtuosity of all four performers. Concert I at 7:30 p.m. Friday night; workshops, masterclasses, and more throughout the day Saturday; Concert II at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night (the two evening concerts are two completely different programs – you’ll want to attend both!). $80 for all-inclusive full pass ($40 for ages 21 and under) or $35 for individual concert tickets ($10 for ages 21 and under). www.sunrivermusic.org. Piano Showcase: From Bach to Boogie to Jazz! April 3-4, 2020.

Changing the Way We See Native America
2020-04-02 18:00 - 19:30 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Over 10 years ago, Matika Wilbur began to develop a body of imagery and cultural representations of Native peoples to counteract one-dimensional stereotypes and to create positive Indigenous role models. In this talk, learn from Wilbur about her work, including her exhibition, Natural Wanderment: Stewardship. Sovereignty. Sacredness.
6:00 pm — 7:30 pm, doors at 5:00 pm
No-host bar
Café open 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Free
RSVP: highdesertmuseum.org/ changing-the-way

Summer Hours Begin
2020-04-01 09:00 - 17:00 | High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Summer Hours Begin Museum is open from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm daily.

April Show at Tumalo Art Co.—Tracy Leagjeld & Susan Luckey Higdon
2020-04-01 08:00 - 2020-04-30 17:00 | OR
Our April show at Tumalo Art Co. features Tracy Leagjeld and Susan Luckey Higdon, two artists who are drawn to many of the same subjects and have a simpatico sensibility about color. First admiring each other’s art and then becoming friends, they eventually partnered as owners of Tumalo Art Co. The idea of doing this show together came to them while camping and sketching in the high Cascades last autumn, surrounded by lakes and meandering creeks.
Tumalo Art Co. is not having an opening reception for the April show, but invites you to see the full show online at tumaloartco.com/april. Videos will help you see the art on the walls, which is a work of art as well.
Tracy primarily spends her time doing monotypes on board, but can also be seen painting small plein air studies all over the Northwest, from coast, to gorge to mountains. Many of these small paintings are later made into larger monotypes. Her distinctive style of creating her marks with printmaking rollers keeps her images loose, energetic and colorful.
Susan paints in acrylic on cradled board in an impressionistic style adding paint and wiping it off, building up layers. Using composition to narrow and refine the view, she focuses on pattern and color making many of her images feel semi-abstracted. “This approach to seeing nature has limitless possibilities,” says Susan.
Tumalo Art Co. is currently closed to the public, but we are available to help you with your art and gift needs. Email art@tumaloartco.com to make an appointment to see the show by Face Time or zoom. We look forward to seeing you in person in the near future!

Spring Studio Art Workshop Series: Part 1—Preliminary Sketching
2020-03-28 10:00 - 13:00 | OR
Spring Studio Art Workshop Series: Part 1—Preliminary Sketching
Join artist Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) in a three-part studio workshop series based in two-dimensional mixed media art making. Over the course of this series, create a project based on the topic of your choice and gain informal feedback. You will work in class as well as independently. This series is appropriate for people of any skill level. Basic drawing and watercolor materials provided.
10:00 am — 1:00 pm $25 per workshop or $60 for series
Members receive 20% discount, free to tribal members
Registration and prepayment required: highdesertmuseum.org/art-workshop-march
High Desert Museum
59800 S Hwy 97
Bend, OR 97702

Show Alive!
2020-03-26 19:00 - 21:00 | OR
An Interactive Performance Art Experience! One woman show meets transformational workshop. Every performance is unique and your participation is invited! Improvisational. Honest. Theatrical. Musical. Comedic. Created and performed by Flow Belinsky, Liberation Facilitator and Multi-Modal Artist.

Central Oregon PubTalk
2020-03-26 17:00 - 19:30 | McMenamins, 700 NW Bond St.
EDCO’s Central Oregon PubTalk, held the fourth Thursday of the month, is a happy hour aimed at bringing together different facets of the business community in one place to network, share ideas and further local businesses.

Museum and Me
2020-03-24 17:00 - 20:00 | OR
TUESDAY, MARCH 24
Museum and Me
A quieter time for children and adults with physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities to enjoy the High Desert Museum after hours. Explore the Museum’s newest exhibits and revisit your favorites.
5:00 pm — 8:00 pm
Free for individuals, friends and family
RSVP: highdesertmuseum.org/museum-and-me-march
Made possible by Mark J. and Kathy Kralj

Touring Indie Folk musician Anna p.s.
2020-03-21 20:00 - 22:00 | OR
Velvet Lounge – 805 NW Wall St, Bend, OR 97701
Tired of the humdrum of everyday life, and the lack of time to pursue creativity, she laid down her day job & picked up the guitar to take art on the road.
In concert, Indiana touring artist Anna p.s. plays acoustic guitar, foot percussion, and-perhaps unexpectedly-the flute.
Head over to her website to find her music & stay in touch.
http://www.annapsmusic.com/

Madzi Means Water in Malawi - a World Water Day Event with Chad Copeland
2020-03-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Deschutes Brewery Mountain Room, 901 SW Simpson Ave, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Madzi! That’s the word for water in Malawi, Africa. From Oregon to Malawi, we are connected by water. Join us for this fully-hosted community gathering to hear inspiring stories, mingle with National Geographic contributor Chad Copeland, and enjoy Clean Madzi Lager, a special beer created by Deschutes Brewery just for this occasion.
On this World Water Day, be the change you want to see. With the purchase of your ticket, you will help provide water wells and sanitation projects in Malawi and support Deschutes River projects locally.

Sky Hunters
2020-03-21 11:00 - 2020-03-28 13:30 | OR
Raptors take flight overhead in this intimate demonstration. Experience these powerful predators like never before as our wildlife curators showcase the birds’ agility and grace.
11:00 am and 1:30 pm
$5 (plus admission), Members receive 20% discount
Tickets: highdesertmuseum.org/sky-hunters
Made possible by Fly Redmond

Touring Indie Folk musician Anna p.s.
2020-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | IN, United States
Live music at Spoken Moto – 310 SW Industrial Way, Bend, Oregon 97702
Tired of the humdrum of everyday life, and the lack of time to pursue creativity, she laid down her day job & picked up the guitar to take art on the road. In concert, Indiana touring artist Anna p.s. plays acoustic guitar, foot percussion, and-perhaps unexpectedly-the flute.
Head over to her website to find her music & stay in touch.
http://www.annapsmusic.com/
