Bend Magazine

Theater in the Park
2018-08-24 - 2018-08-25 | Drake Park, 777 NW Riverside Blvd, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The long-running Shakespeare in the Park event has now broadened its playbill. This is the inaugural year of Theater in the Park, with “Jesus Christ Superstar” as the main act. Watch the performances outside at Drake Park overlooking Mirror Pond.
Friday, August 24 – Doors, 6:00pm. Performance, 7:00pm.
Saturday, August 25 – Doors, 6:00pm. Performance, 7:00pm.

The Airshow of the Cascades
2018-08-24 - 2018-08-25 | Madras, 2028 NW Berg Drive, Madras, OR, 97741, United States
More than just vintage and modern plans will be on display at Airshow of the Cascades. The event has a car and motorcycle show, live music, local vendors and activities for kids and families.
Friday, August 24th: 2:00pm-11:00pm
Saturday, August 25th: 9:00am-5:00pm

Art in the High Desert
2018-08-24 - 2018-08-26 | Old Mill District, 730 SW Columbia Street, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Central Oregon’s premier fine arts event draws thousands of artists and art connoisseurs to the Old Mill District for a three-day outdoor event. Find a variety of contemporary art for sale from international as well as local artists.
Friday – Saturday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Honey Don't
2018-08-25 | Elk Lake Resort, 60000 Century Drive, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Fans of American and folk music will want to head to Elk Lake for the Honey Don’t concert in late August.

Brandi Carlile
2018-08-25 06:30 UTC
From Brandi Carlile about her new album, By The Way I Forgive You:
By The Way, I Forgive You is not an album about forgiveness in the easy sense — where someone has hurt you and then suddenly there’s a great reconciliation and a remorse-filled scene with two people running across the golden wheat field towards an embrace that somehow undoes a lifetime of pain and damage, as if the past has no meaning. It’s about radical acceptance (not to be confused with complacency) and unconditional love.
Whoever is reading this, your parents will die. You may have been hurt or loved by them, probably both. But can you forgive them for leaving in the end?
We are a powerful generation witnessing war and division like never before, yet somehow this is the safest time to be alive in human history. Can we love one another as ourselves? More importantly, can we love ourselves at all?
The songs alone aren’t universal messages, they are personal stories of our parents and childhood, our divorces, oppressive religion, the fact that marriage is hard and having children is fucking terrifying, even the sting of death. It is the story of forgiveness, that despite all this keeps us innocently climbing out of bed every morning open to love—big terrible trembling love.
I don’t love you because you’ve done what I think you should do with your life. I love you whatever you do, but I’ve got a life to live too.
And, by the way, I forgive you.
Please note that there are new safety policies and regulations for concerts in 2018, including the use of blankets. Low profile chairs are allowed. Check bendconcerts.com for more information.

Dave Matthews Band
2018-08-28 | Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
The rock band that you couldn’t get out of your head in the late-nineties and early-aughts will be at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in August. Dave Matthews Band recently released its ninth studio album. Update: Tickets have sold out.

Portugal. The Man
2018-08-31 18:30
Portugal. The Man is headed to Bend for their first Les Schwab Amphitheater show on the heel’s of their incredibly well-received 2017 album,Woodstock.
PTM’s previous album came out over four years ago — a long gap for a band who’ve dropped roughly an album a year since 2006. And in true, prolific band fashion, they’ve spent almost every minute since 2013 working on an album called Gloomin + Doomin. They created a ton of individual songs, but as a whole, none of them hung together in a way that felt right. Then John Gourley,PTM’s lead singer, made a trip home to Wasilla, Alaska, (Home of Portugal. The Man’s biggest fan, Sarah Palin) and two things happened that completely changed the album’s trajectory.
First, John got some parental tough love from his old man, who called John on the proverbial carpet or dogsled or whatever you put people on when you want to yell at them in Alaska. “What’s taking so long to finish the album?” John’s dad said. “Isn’t that what bands do? Write songs and then put them out?” Like fathers and unlicensed therapists tend to do, John’s dad cut him deep. The whole thing started John thinking about why the band seemed to be stuck on a musical elliptical machine from hell and, more importantly, about how to get off of it.
Second, fate stuck again when John found his dad’s ticket stub from the original 1969 Woodstock music festival. It seems like a small thing, but talking to his dad about Woodstock ’69 knocked something loose in John’s head. He realized that, in the same tradition of bands from that era, Portugal. The Man needed to speak out about the world crumbling around them. With these two ideas converging, the band made a seemingly bat-shit-crazy decision: they took all of the work they had done for the three years prior and they threw it out.
It wasn’t easy and there was the constant threat that the band’s record label might have them killed, but the totally insane decision paid off. With new, full-on, musical boners, the band went back to the studio—working with John Hill (In The Mountain In The Cloud), Danger Mouse (Evil Friends), Mike D (Everything Cool), and longtime collaborator Casey Bates (The one consistent producer since the first record). In this new-found creative territory, the album that became Woodstock rolled out naturally from there
Please note that there are new safety policies and regulations for concerts in 2018, including the use of blankets. Low profile chairs are allowed. Check bendconcerts.com for more information.

Melanie Rose Dyer and Daniel Cooper
2018-09-01 | Elk Lake Resort, 60000 Century Drive, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Soak up the last days of summer at Elk Lake with a performance from Melanie Rose Dyer and Daniel Cooper in style they call “American roots music with R&B influences.”

Sisters Folk Festival
2018-09-07 - 2018-09-09 | Village Green City Park, Sisters, OR, 97759, United States
After last year’s wildfire season left the town of Sisters too smoky to host the Sisters Folk Festival, the festival returns this year with high hopes. The festival always brings some of the best acts in folk, Americana and bluegrass music to the Western-themed town for a weekend with music around every corner.

Mark Ransom
2018-09-08 | Elk Lake Resort, 60000 Century Drive, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Mark Ransom, who also founded Bend Roots Revival will close out the summer concert series at Elk Lake Resort. Don’t miss this outdoor concert from the popular folk duo.

Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools
2018-09-14 16:30 - 20:00
The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools is celebrating 30 years of service to the K-12 educational community this September. A public celebration will be held at The Box Factory hosted by Avid Cider and Immersion Brewing on Friday, September 14, 2018 from 4:30 PM – 8:00 PM.

Live Music by: Groovasaur
Special Guest: MOsley WOtta

Photo by Erica Swantek Photography

Proceeds to benefit Classroom Grants Program for Teachers, which supports innovative STEM, art & music in our public schools.

Oktoberfest
2018-09-21 - 2018-09-22 | Downtown Bend
Join the stein-hoisting competitions, enter your dachshund in the wiener dog races, get your fill of Bavarian-style dishes and more at Bend Oktoberfest. The event is free and open to all ages.

4th Friday Art Stroll in Sisters
2018-09-28 16:00 - 19:00 | Sisters, Cascade Ave, Sisters, OR, 97759, United States
Visit some 20 Art Galleries in Sisters Featuring: Have a great time, beautiful art, good company, refreshments, music, demonstrations, hors d’œuvres, plus additional sponsoring restaurants and food venues for during and following the stroll. Visit with actual artists and their work including: Fine art and contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass artistry, jewelry, and many more types of artistry.
BONUS: Enter to win at each gallery for the “Quick Draw” with a $100 gift certificate prize to a local entity.
(Followed by Artist Studio Tour annual event the next day on 9/28)
The Sisters Arts Association was formed in 2015 by a group of artists and supporters that believe the arts are an important part of a healthy community and an essential component of the enrichment of culture. The association exists to provide its members with a unified voice for the nurturing and enriching of the arts and to create a spirit of togetherness among artists, community and all who visit Sisters, Oregon.

Fresh Hop Festival
2018-09-29 | Three Creeks Brewery Tasting Room, 265 E Barclay Drive, Sisters, OR, 97759, United States
The Fresh Hop Festival has been around for almost a decade and brings out the best fresh hop beer produced by twenty-five Oregon breweries. Taste your way through the beers while listening to the live music.

The New Chinese Acrobats
2018-10-02 - 2018-10-03 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Don’t miss the heart-stopping performances of The New Chinese Acrobats. Blending traditional Chinese folk art and modern acrobatic skill, the performance will leave you breathless.

Boldly Went: Live Outdoor Adventure Storytelling Show and Podcast
2018-10-02 19:00 - 21:15
Come for an evening of sharing your outdoor adventure stories and meet like-minded people. Settle in to listen or get prepared to share your adventure stories from 7-9:15 p.m.
You can’t shred gnar, bomb down trail, climb volcanoes, and run whitewater all the time. But at Boldly Went we know that when you’re not, you want to talk about your adventures with other people who get it – probably over beer. And every thru-hiker, trail runner, mountain biker, climber, paddler, sailor, scuba diver, flyer, and Indiana Jones wannabe has at least one story that will inspire, inform, or at least entertain the rest of us, so we’re pulling together crowds of you and randomly selecting you to go on stage to give us your best.
Check out our webpage for more details about what to expect at the event and tips for preparing your 10 minute story if you think you have one to share.

Herb Alpert & Lani Hall
2018-10-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Herb Alpert will be at the Tower Theatre on October 4th, 2018.
His latest release, ‘Music Volume 3: Herb Alpert Reimagines The Tijuana Brass,’ is out October 19th via Herb Alpert Presents. Listen to his new take on “A Taste Of Honey.”

Fall Festival
2018-10-05 - 2018-10-07 | Downtown Bend, Bend, OR, United States
Bend’s annual Fall Festival takes over downtown Bend for three days in October. Stroll the harvest market and artisan fair, carve pumpkins, eat local food, sip craft libations and listen to live music each night. This event is free and has activities for all ages.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival
2018-10-05 15:00 - 22:00 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is the confluence of independent film and environmental advocacy to support the Oregon Natural Desert Association.

DRT 11
2018-10-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Bend, Bend, United States
Enjoy the beautiful Deschutes River Trail in Bend, Oregon with this eleven-mile trail race from Benham Falls to LOGE Entrada.
Run along the Deschutes River while enjoying views of Benham Falls, Dillion Falls, Big Eddy, Aspen Meadows, Meadow Picnic Area, Cascade Mountains, and more. The trail is mostly single track with an overall net downhill in elevation. It’s fast and fun!
Join the after party and bring the whole gang for the post-race celebration.

Botanical Drawing Workshop
2018-10-06 10:00 | High Desert Museum
Learn how to draw plants in their infinite variety with renowned artist and illustrator Rebecca Brown-Thompson. Thompson is an award-winning member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and splits her time between Central Oregon and New Zealand. This workshop, which is designed for artists with beginning and intermediate skill levels, will teach participants the basics of careful observation and field sketching. Materials required include an 8.5” x 11” spiral-bound sketchbook, a small 6” ruler and drawing dividers. All other art supplies will be provided. For ages 16 and older.
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
$25, Members receive 20% discount

Swivel Marketing Conference
2018-10-08 08:00 - 2018-10-09 17:30 | Old Mill District, Powerhouse Drive, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Connect with digital and creative insiders at Swivel, a two-day conference that covers all aspects of the marketing industry.

Natural History Pub: Cascadia: The Next Big Earthquake and Tsunami
2018-10-09 19:00 - 22:00
A major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone will have far-reaching impacts throughout the Pacific Northwest, including here in Central Oregon. Are we prepared for an event like this? In this presentation, Daniele McKay, adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon, will explore the geologic history of earthquakes in Oregon and how a large Cascadia earthquake could affect Central Oregon.
7:00 pm (Doors open at 5:30 pm)
Food and beverage sales in Father Luke’s Room help support this popular lecture series.
Seating is limited and RSVP is required.
Free

Pumpkin n' Spice Fall Centerpiece Workshop
2018-10-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Bend, Bend, United States
Create your very own pumpkin or winter squash tablescape (centerpiece) with landscape designer, Shannon Lester of Blooming Desert Design + Build. You will use a small pumpkin or squash, High Desert Hardy succulents and naturally dried materials from Shannon’s 1/4 acre flower, hop and vegetable farm. These long lasting decorative pieces can be enjoyed through Thanksgiving. Once the pumpkin or squash is no longer desired, the succulents can be removed and planted into a pot or your garden! Add some spice to the workshop with a warm beverage from J-DUBs full bar! If the weather is good, we will be out on the patio. It’s a great way to celebrate the fall season with friends! Space is limited and reservations are required.

Giving In Style
2018-10-12
Giving in Style is an annual, community-focused fashion show for charity debuting in the Fall of 2018, and presented by Merit Wealth Management, LLC.
Come enjoy a fun, fashionable evening with local “models” walking the runway for a great cause!
In The Pavilion overlooking the fairways of Tetherow, guests will be treated to a sit-down dinner while local notables strut the runway in couture ranging from contemporary apparel to fitness fashion—Bend style.
The show will be followed by sweet treats and dancing with live music by local favorite, Precious Byrd.
Proceeds to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Bend (BGCB).

Interpreting Climate Change for All Audiences Workshop
2018-10-12 09:30
Calling all educators, scientists and communications staff—join High Desert Museum and OMSI staff to learn evidence-based strategies for writing and talking about climate change in a productive and hopeful way. In this free one-day introduction to the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, you’ll learn the basics for framing productive conversations, practice your new skills and think about how you can use them in your own work.
Space is limited and registration is required.
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Free
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
1945 SE Water Ave., Portland
Registration required: omsimuseum.wufoo.com/forms/z1thu5v303nt4uz/

Giving In Style
2018-10-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Tetherow Pavilion
Giving in Style is an annual, community-focused fashion show for charity debuting in the Fall of 2018.
Come enjoy a fun, fashionable evening with models walking the runway for a great cause!
In The Pavilion overlooking the grand fairways of Tetherow, you’ll be treated to a hosted cocktail reception, raffle, silent auction, and delicious sit-down dinner while local notables strut the runway in couture ranging from contemporary apparel to fitness fashion—Bend style.
The show will be followed by sweet treats and dancing with live music by local favorite, Precious Byrd.
Proceeds to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Bend (BGCB).

Sisters Harvest Faire
2018-10-13 - 2018-10-14 | Downtown Sisters, Sisters, OR, United States
A Sisters tradition for over 35 years, the Harvest Faire welcomes over 180 artisan vendors to help celebrate the changing of the seasons. Enjoy local food and free music at this annual event.

Sisters Harvest Faire
2018-10-13 - 2018-10-14 | Downtown Sisters, Sisters, OR, United States
A Sisters tradition for more than thirty-five years, the Harvest Faire welcomes over 180 artisan vendors to help celebrate the changing of the seasons. Enjoy local food and free music at this annual event.

Soweto Gospel Choir
2018-10-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Don’t miss this performance that the New York Times called, “Meticulous and unstoppable… spirited and spectacular.” The Soweto Gospel Choir will be at the Tower Theatre to perform their inspirational Gospel choir music.
