Week of Events
Spring Wellness Jump Start
VegNet Bend, A PlantPure Nation member, invites you to jump into wellness and good health with our Spring Wellness Jump Start at the Tower Theatre, Sunday April 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm. There is no charge for admission to this event but there will be a donation box to defer costs. The event will include: Screening of PlantPure…
Bend 2030 Presents Envision OSU-Cascades
Bend 2030 will host four workshops in April offering community members a chance to envision the future of Oregon State University – Cascades’ new campus and to provide input on the university’s long-range development plan. What ideas do you have for the new campus? Come and share them at these interactive and informative workshops. Participants…
Geology of Oregon’s High Desert
Daniele McKay, Ph.D., Geologist and Instructor at OSU-Cascades, will enlighten us on our local environs. The desert landscapes of eastern Oregon have been shaped by subduction zones, continental rifting, and hot spots that originate from deep within the Earth. Together these tectonic forces have created a diverse landscape of rugged mountain ranges, high lava plains, and deep river canyons.…
Spring 2016 Worn Wear Tour
As individual consumers, the single best thing we can do for the planet is to keep our stuff in use longer. This simple act of extending the life of our garments through proper care and repair reduces the need to buy more over time—thereby avoiding the CO2 emissions, waste output and water usage required to…
Bend Open Streets – Sneak Peak at Pints & Politics
Join OLCV and special guest Brian Potwin, Commute Options education coordinator, for a sneak peak of Bend Open Streets. With more than 100 initiatives in North America, Open Streets temporarily close streets to automobile traffic, so that people may use them for walking, bicycling, dancing, playing, and socializing. Bend Open Streets aims to promote active…
CET Free Rides
Cascades East Transit celebrates Earth Day with free rides and a sustainability themed mural on wheels! On Friday, April 22 the public is invited to take free rides on all CET Community Connector shuttles and Bend fixed-routes. Additionally CET is pleased to showcase a sustainability themed mural on the exterior of a CET bus. The…
SOLVE it for Earth Day
As the number of people visiting and moving to our beautiful state continues to grow, it has become more important than ever to keep it clean and healthy! Let's come together to make this Earth Day the largest ever, picking up litter, removing invasive plants, and planting native trees and shrubs across Oregon. Together we…
SE Bend Park Site Cleanup
This property was recently acquired by Bend Park & Recreation District and is the site for a future community park. This is a large, undeveloped property that has seen many years of unofficial use, including illegal dumping and camping. Volunteers will support litter clean up and noxious weed removal at the site to help prepare…
Earth Day Planting & Clean Up
As part of the SOLVE It for Earth Day event, we will be hosting a native planting and garden and street clean up in preparation for our Earth Day Parade & Street Fair on April 23rd.
SOLVE it for Earth Day
Take part in Oregon's largest Earth Day service event! As the number of people visiting and moving to our beautiful state continues to grow, it has become more important than ever to keep it clean and healthy! Let's come together to make this Earth Day the largest ever, picking up litter, removing invasive plants, and planting…
Let’s Pull Together!
The High Desert Museum boast 135 acres of Central Oregon beauty. We welcome the generosity of community members in supporting our ground beautification efforts, We All Pull Together! Please join our team of staff and museum volunteers for invasive plant removal. You will receive a one-day guest pass for your service. Activities include: Invasive Plant…
City of Redmond – Dry Canyon Clean Up
To help celebrate Earth Day, the City of Redmond is hosting a clean up of the City’s most used and valuable environmental asset – The Dry Canyon. The Canyon gets heavily used by recreationists of all kinds including hikers, bikers, dog park users, skate boarders, ball players and more. All the use brings litter, so…
EARTH DAY FAIR & PARADE
After a two-year hiatus from large, in person events, we’re so excited to bring back the annual Earth Day celebration. At this time, we are planning to move forward with a street fair on Kansas Ave and a short parade route in downtown Bend. This family-friendly event features live music and performances, food trucks, kids’…
Earth Day After Party Shakedown Show
Come to the Old Stone Performing Arts Center for the Earth Day After Party Shakedown Show, to get down on the new dance floor with Chiringa and Ubuntu, Saturday April 23rd from 7 - 10 pm. (Door and bar 6:30pm) Latin dance fiesta meets funk rock fusion with Shireen Amini's power house quartet, Chiringa!, while show…
ReStore’s Furniture Flip
This competition is designed to raise funds for Bend Area Habitat for Humanity and to raise awareness of creative reuse by demonstrating the unlimited possibilities of donated ReStore items. Think HGTV’s Flea Market Flip! Over a dozen design teams will compete by redesigning 3 pieces of furniture and home accessories, in a one month time period. The…
Awesome Bend Pitch Night
Awesome Bend Pitch Night
AWESOME BEND: Making Bend more awesome, $1000 at a time. Our mission is to inspire & support ideas that can make Bend an even better place to live, work and play. Think live crowdfunding -- Shark Tank style -- for community good. $1000 awarded on the spot! Join us for a free feel-good evening of…
Wednesday Birders
Wednesday Birders
Meet up with others in our intrepid group for local birding. We meet at Nancy P's Bakery on Newport Avenue just east of Newport Market in Bend. From there we depart on weekly half day or full day trips to venues in our area. Meet-up times are usually 7AM in the Spring and Summer and…
Bend 2030 Presents Envision OSU-Cascades
Bend 2030 Presents Envision OSU-Cascades
Bend 2030 will host four workshops in April offering community members a chance to envision the future of Oregon State University – Cascades’ new campus and to provide input on the university’s long-range development plan. What ideas do you have for the new campus? Come and share them at these interactive and informative workshops. Participants…