Events
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Brilliant Beavers: Cultivating Climate Resilience
Join us at Oregon Natural Desert Association’s first online event of the 2026 High Desert Speaker Series with an evening all about beavers. Come learn about the important role of beavers in…
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Nature Nights: Central Oregon’s Stealthy Sierra Nevada Red Fox
Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United StatesThe Sierra Nevada red fox may be one of the rarest mammals in North America—but don’t tell it that. This elusive, mountain-loving carnivore has a knack for showing up only…
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Energize Bend Public Comment Workshop
805 SW Industrial Way 5, Bend, ORIn a time when our government has hardly been more dysfunctional, kick off February with a healthy dose of civic engagement 🙂↔️ We are working to pass a Climate Pollution…
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Mountainfilm on Tour – Bend: Night One
Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United StatesJoin us for Mountainfilm on Tour - Bend—an annual fundraiser for The Environmental Center. Each year, The Environmental Center brings Mountainfilm on Tour to Bend to showcase incredible documentary films, thoughtfully curated for our Central Oregon audience. This film event features stories of adventure, climate change, culture, and resilience from around the world. Doors open…
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BLACK HISTORY EMPOWERMENT RETREAT
COCC Redmond 2324 NE College Lp, Redmond, OR, United StatesA student-led retreat — with breakfast and lunch provided — that explores creativity and resilience, wellness, and personal branding/business acumen. Includes a powerful conversation with OSU-Cascades’ Human Development professor Shandell Landon. *Priority registration for students
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Moutainfilm on Tour-Bend: Night Two
Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United StatesJoin us for Mountainfilm on Tour - Bend—an annual fundraiser for The Environmental Center. Each year, The Environmental Center brings Mountainfilm on Tour to Bend to showcase incredible documentary films,…
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FILM SCREENING: TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, Central Oregon Community College, Bend 2600 Northwest College Way, Bend, OR, United StatesAn intimate portrait of Toni Morrison, Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, editor and cultural force, from her upbringing in Lorain, Ohio, to the front lines of activism. Stay for a…
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Forged in Fire: The Volcanic Activity that Shaped Oregon’s High Desert
Oregon Natural Desert Association’s High Desert Speaker Series continues as we uncover the dynamic geologic forces that created eastern Oregon’s stunning landscapes. Dr. Ellen Bishop, author, photographer and geologist, will discuss a…
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Nature Nights: Caring for Our Rivers and Streams
Streams and their surrounding lands are critical to Central Oregon’s plants and animals, from trees and flowers to elk and the tiniest bugs. This is just one reason the Deschutes…
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Everyday Revolution: Building a World of Respect, Ijeoma headshotDignity and Liberation
Join acclaimed author and speaker Ijeoma Oluo for a powerful keynote conversation on transforming the world through everyday action. Drawing from her latest book, Be a Revolution, Oluo will challenge us to reimagine activism—not as a distant ideal, but as a daily commitment to respect, dignity and liberation. This event will celebrate the transformative power of…