Black Joy: A Strategy for Freedom, Healing, and Reckoning

As the author of the 2023 NAACP Image Award-winning book, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts will present a blueprint for making space for Black joy in the world, workplace, the classroom, and our neighborhoods. She will highlight how this is a form of wellness and liberation work that can…

The Real Dirt on Soil!

Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United States

It’s ALL about soil! Soil is a critical part of the natural world that is perhaps the least understood. That’s why the Deschutes Land Trust and Oregon State University professor James Cassidy are teaming up to share the real dirt on soil! Join to gain a better understanding of soil and its fundamental importance to…

*RESCHEDULED* Film Screening-Blend: On Being Black in Bend

COCC 2600 NW Collge Way, Bend, OR, United States

"Blend" is a documentary filmed and edited in Central Oregon that asks 10 Black Central Oregonians about their experiences living, working, and playing on the High Desert. Film creator Kenny Adams uses the film to explore and share uncensored lived experiences. COCC Bend Campus Hitchcock Auditorium-Pioneer 201

Mountainfilm on Tour: Bend – An Annual Fundraiser for The Environmental Center

Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United States

Join us at the historic Tower Theatre in downtown Bend for our annual fundraiser - Mountainfilm on Tour! Featuring unique films each night and a wide variety of raffle prizes, you are sure to leave with a renewed appreciation for the outdoors and incredible filmmaking. Visit our Mountainfilm on Tour webpage for film synopses and…

$22

Raise the Deschutes – A River Runs Through It

Meadow Lakes Golf Course & Restaurant 300 Southwest Meadow Lakes Drive, Prineville, OR, United States

Collaborative Strategies for the Future of the Crooked River Join us for a discussion focused on balancing water conservation, agricultural needs, and sustainable management of the Crooked River. This seminar unites experts and community members to explore joint efforts in securing a resilient water future for Crook County — for fish, farms, and families alike.…

Free

Power Hour: Fumes in Focus with Beyond Toxics

The Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR

Please not the change of venues to The Environmental Center (formerly COCC). Attendees can now also attend virtually. Please use the same link to register and you will receive an email with the Zoom link. What’s in the air we breathe inside of our own homes? The Fumes in Focus film helps us visualize the…

Free

Bend Bikeway Project Open House and Survey

Bend Municipal Court Building 555 NE 15th Street,, Bend, OR, United States

Project Goal The City is designing a variety of safer and more accessible bike and pedestrian (routes/projects/intersections, etc.) throughout the community, including the Bend Bikeway Project that will make the most of the existing system to build one connected and protected North-South and one East-West key route. The North-South and East-West routes are being implemented…

Free

Upgrading your Water Heater for efficiency, savings and pollution reduction

Online Event

Upgrading your Water Heater for efficiency, savings and pollution reduction Join us for an exciting online event where local experts will share their knowledge on options for upgrading your home water heater for maximum efficiency, cost savings, and pollution reduction. Learn about the latest ultra-efficient heat pump water heater technology, the performance and benefits, and…

Free