Join us for our first preowned book sale! We have been collecting donations of gently loved books from the community, and now we are ready to share these treasures with you! We have tons of preowned books for all ages at yard sale prices. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Furry Freight Shelter Transport and their mission of #SavingShelterPetsOneRoadTripAtATime Learn more about FFST at https://furryfreight.org!
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This is the very first WOKEUPDEAD FEST, featuring some of the finest hip hop artists in Bend Oregon! I created this event to give local artists a platform to showcase their art in front of a live audience and get paid at the same time. It’s going to be a ton of fun and I hope to see everyone there!!
This event features Spitt the Kid, HenHouse, GREY WZRD, SWC, IGE and AP250.
EDCO will again host the annual two-day Bend Venture Conference on Thursday, October 17 – Friday, October 18, 2019, at the iconic Tower Theatre in downtown Bend. Tickets to the 16th Annual BVC are available here.
Last year, 600 attendees, 50 prominent investors, and over 70 companies joined us for a celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation. Over the past five years, investments, awards and prizes upwards of $10 million were awarded to 38 companies as a result of the conference.
Companies in the Impact Competition have historically competed for investments ranging from $50,000-$100,000. This year’s Early Stage Competition has received a commitment from Portland Seed Fund to invest at least $25,000 into the winning company. Growth Stage Competition finalists could collect an investment of $250,000 or more. The 2019 BVC will feature impressive speakers from across the country representing angel investors, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
For more information please visit our website.
Tal Wilkenfeld headlines the 7th Annual Newberry Event Charity Music Festival!
Central Oregon’s 7th Annual Newberry Event Music and Arts Festival to Defeat MS is a three-day outdoor summer multi-genre music festival well-known as a good time for a good cause. July 26, 27, 28, 2019. Main acts Friday are Portland’s Indubious reggae, opening for Pigs on the Wing Pink Floyd tribute band in the beautiful outdoor intimate venue. For over a decade, Indubious brothers Evton and Skip Burton, have shared their instrumental skills, powerful harmonies, and electrifying performances, “raising the positive vibrations of our planet, to help others express the true loving nature within us all.” Pigs on the Wing’s intense live performances are an expansive audio-visual experience.
Saturday night headlines Tal Wilkenfeld, a 32 year old Australian born bass and guitar phenom who has performed alongside artists including Jeff Beck, Prince, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock and Mick Jagger. Hosted on rural residential acreage, DiamondStone Guest Lodge is 25 miles south of Bend, between Sunriver and La Pine. With over 20 bands on 2 rotating stages, the lawns, shady aspens & pines of So. Deschutes County create a beautiful outdoor concert setting.
Enjoy awesome music and dancing in the grass 10am-10pm. Tent camping is free and RV sites available. Kids under age 13 are free. With many vendors – great food (breakfast too), Sunriver Brewing Co. beers, Kombucha, ciders and distillery vendors, you’ll find everything you need for the day or weekend. You’ll also enjoy dancers, homemade arts & crafts, and a silent auction plus raffles of incredible fine art and merchandise. See good reviews on Facebook and Google. Don’t miss it!
The festival just received the state’s “Hidden Gem Festival Award” at the annual meeting of the Oregon Festivals and Events Association.The 501c3 charity benefits the Oregon National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Other performers: Dead Horses – Milwaukee, WI, Dodgy Mountain Men – Missoula, MT, Pat Simmons Jr.- Maui, HI , Indubious – Portland, Lounge on Fire – Boise, ID, Petty Thievery, a Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Tribute Band, Pigs On The Wing tribute to Pink Floyd – Portland, OR, The Rad Trads – Brooklyn, N.Y., Pete Kartsounes – La Pine! Eric Leadbetter – Bend, Idle Poets – Scappoose, Sol Seed – Eugene, J Brothers – Jacksonville, Mission Blues – Bend, Natty Red – Bend, Newberry Family Band, Broken Down Guitars – La Pine, The Tortilla Chips – Bend, Vokab Kompany – San Diego, and local belly dancers, the South County Hipsters.
Join us for another FABULOUS workshop at J-Dub Restaurant in downtown Bend! We will be planting up succulents with Shannon Lester, landscape designer from Blooming Desert Design + Build AND making the best smelling candles with the help from the lovely girls at Twisted Wix Candle Co.. Each attendee will leave with TWO candles and TWO succulent planters in a cute carrying case that can be decorated for a more festive look. Give them away as Mother’s Day gifts or keep them for yourself! Celebrate Spring with us! Pre-registration required and limited spots available. $59/pp
The authors of the popular book, The Dirtbag’s Guide to Life: Eternal Truths for Hiker Trash, Ski Bums, and Vagabonds” are bringing their traveling show to XXX to collect your adventure stories and share them in their popular Boldly Went podcast. 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 in 10 minutes or less from 7-9 PM.
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 the 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.
OnPoint Community Credit Union presents the 14th annual Trivia Night fundraising event which supports innovative classroom grants from educators in Bend-La Pine and Sunriver public schools. This event brings together businesses, educators and the community for a spirited competition for bragging rights as the masters of minutiae and the coveted Trivia trophy. With mind-boggling questions and festive costumes, fun will surely be had by all! This is a 21 and over event.
The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools is an independent non-profit which supports educators and students in our public schools. The Classroom Grants program provides resources for teachers for innovative STEM, art & music and wellness programs. Visit our website at www.engagedminds.org
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Move over gin, fall is here and it’s time for the smooth, spicy warmth of whiskey. Cocktails are serious business at The Dogwood Cocktail Cabin in downtown Bend where you can choose from a large menu of handcrafted drinks. The vibe at Dogwood is woodsy hip, the bartenders are cool yet friendly, and the small plates complement the farm-to-shaker ethos. As crisp fall nights begin to creep in, try the Kumquat Whiskey Smash—Dogwood’s take on the Rainbow Room citrus and mint classic. Kumquats are muddled whole in place of lemon wedges, giving the bourbon-based drink a light bitterness for added depth of flavor.
KUMQUAT WHISKEY SMASH
3-4 kumquats
4 mint leaves
.75 ounces simple syrup
2+ ounces Elijah Craig bourbon
Dry muddle whole kumquats in shaker. Add remaining ingredients and ice, shake, and double strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with mint sprig and serve with big ice cube.
Though locals and visitors alike once knew October as a quiet month in Bend, Tenth Month changed that this year. The once loosely associated roster of gatherings that constitute Tenth Month have emerged as a cohesive, must-see lineup of film, design, marketing and business events.
Almost every day of the month, Bend was filled with entrepreneurs, filmmakers and creatives. Conferences and festivals like BendFilm, Swivel Digital Marketing and Bend Design and Bend Venture Conference anchored the month, while events like the unConference, Venture Out and TedxBendWomen rounded it out. All independently organized, the conferences, events and festivals were brought together by the Tenth Month team to celebrate the people who are making a difference in Bend and beyond.
Tenth Month by the Numbers
3,755,000: Number of dollars awarded to companies at the Bend Venture Conference between October 12-14, hosted by the Economic Development of Central Oregon. The funding set a record for angel conferences in the state.
6: Number of women who pitched (out of 15 presenters) at the Bend Venture Conference.
3: Number of people who moved to Bend within the last 6 months specifically for the chance to compete for funding at the unConference, an event created by Startup Bend and Tech Alliance of Central Oregon for startups founders to pitch their ideas in three minutes or less and compete for funding.
25: Percent of Bend Design Conference attendees who live outside of Central Oregon
7,600: Number of seats filled during BendFilm
8: Number of short films shown at BendFilm made by Oregon filmmakers.
5 FUSION & SUSHI BAR, Asian Fusion
Since opening, 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar has held a reputation as the best sushi place in Bend, but the menu doesn’t stop there. Their renowned chef creates gourmet twists on Asian and American fare.
821 NW Wall St., Bend | 541.323.2328
G5’s Co-Founder and CEO discusses his company’s recent success
and the importance of maintaining local connectedness
Interview by Kelly Kearsley
When it comes to starting and growing technology companies in Bend, you could say Dan Hobin was an early adopter. Hobin moved here in 2002, after working with tech companies in the Bay Area for more than a decade. Betting on the value and lifestyle benefits offered by his new hometown, Hobin founded G5 three years later. The company, which provides a digital marketing platform for the property management sector across multiple industries, has since grown to employ nearly 200 people. We caught up with Hobin to learn about recent changes at the company, the challenges he has faced and what the future holds for our growing technology industry.
Last year, your company announced a $76 million investment led by Pennsylvania-based Peak Equity Partners, which took a majority stake in G5. How has that investment had an impact on the company?
We chose Peak because they have a ton of operating experience. I believe that most people on our team, at least our executive team, would agree that we are all learning how to be a better company. We have been looking at everything from lead generation to sale to developing scientific models for how to scale more efficiently. We are a good company, but we all know we can be a lot better. The capital from that investment is helping us to do so.
What challenges did you encounter as your business grew here, and do you believe those issues are at play now?
Hiring software developers was a challenge early on and it is still an issue, though it’s not a problem unique to Bend. We are lucky in that we tend to attract a different type of engineer, typically one who loves the outdoors and wants to be in Bend for quality of life. We have some amazing talent and it seems like our options keep growing.
What do you consider to be the most important factor in supporting Bend’s technology industry and growth?
I think we can do a better job of networking and promoting the companies that are here. Many people who move here have networks from where they came from that they continue to use. Better networking will help us be more efficient in hiring or recruiting new people.
G5 prioritizes community involvement through charitable giving and volunteer work. Why do you think that is important?
I believe that like many cities, Bend is changing from a local GDP to an imported GDP, meaning more of our companies have customers outside of the region. As this happens, we have to make sure we maintain the community connectedness that has made Bend such a great place to live. Many of the people who contributed to making Bend so great had local businesses and did business with each other. As more traded sector companies move here, we have to continue to drive this local connectedness, even though we may not do business with each other.
What do the next few years hold for G5?
We plan to continue to grow G5 in Bend. We have amazing people who appreciate the opportunity to be in the game and live in this beautiful playground. A company is only as good as its culture and the level of engagement of its people. We seem to be very lucky on both fronts. We have close to 200 incredible people today. I don’t see why that can’t double in the next five years.
The Education Foundation encourages innovative curriculum and increases educational and extra-curricular opportunities in Bend, Sunriver and La Pine.
It’s been three decades since Oregon leveled the playing field for school dollars by shifting the burden of funding K-12 education from local communities to Salem. That move helped standardize funding for all Oregon schools, eliminating the haves and have-nots of the past. It also created a whole new set of questions about how to fund non-core activities like sports and extracurriculars and even the arts.
It’s a vacuum that has been filled by bake sales and car wash fundraisers in many places. Here in Deschutes County, a dedicated group has taken a more deliberate approach that has raised more than $1.5 million in private donations to fund athletic scholarships and classroom teaching grants that have enhanced the experience of thousands of students.
Now celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, the Bend-based Education Foundation awarded almost $90,000 in classroom grants this school year that will help bolster arts, language and science curriculums.
“It would be great if all the resources were available and there wasn’t a need for the Education Foundation, but there is a need,” said Executive Director Michelle Johnson.
The Education Foundation’s oldest program is the activity fee scholarship, financial aid that goes toward participation fees associated with after-school sports. With Mt. Bachelor’s donations from its annual Ski4Schools event and the support of former recipient and Olympic athlete Ashton Eaton, this program has aided nearly 4,000 middle and high school students.
The Foundation also provides classroom grants to innovative STEM programs, art and music, life skills and wellness programs. Although there is a focus on high-need schools, grants are awarded throughout the entire Bend-La Pine district.
“These are teachers that are going outside the box,” said Johnson. “We might have a teacher in the language arts area who will have MOsley WOtta come and show students how the spoken word of poetry can relate into a career. We just funded a grant for an elective course in zoology.”
For the 2018-2019 school year, the Foundation awarded $89,000 in fifty-three classroom grants, which is $30,000 more than its previous record in honor of its thirtieth anniversary.
Most recently, the Education Foundation has adopted two new programs: perseverance awards and Latino scholarships, both awarded to graduating seniors. Thanks to the continued support from grant partners, individual and corporate donors and the Bend community, the Education Foundation is able to help meet the demands of the growing Central Oregon population.
