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  • A Shift in Thinking 

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    Michelle Nijhuis — a High Country News contributing editor, frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and the author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in the Age of Extinction — will walk us through 20 influential books that can help us shift our thinking away from systems of ecological oppression and toward a…

  • October Green Drinks: Latino Heritage Celebration

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    Sep 15 - Oct 15, 2025 is Hispanic Heritage Month, and in honor of the Latino Community in Central Oregon, TEC is using its platform to co-host this community event, focusing on the Latino community, art, food, dance, small businesses, hair and beauty, culture, and music. This event is not a fundraiser for TEC; rather,…

  • Livable Future Forum

    Livable Future Forum

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    How do we meet our community's needs without compromising the environment and all that makes Central Oregon so incredible? Through our Livable Future Forum, we'll explore that question and more as LandWatch program directors chat with knowledgeable local leaders about land use and livability topics. From the fascinating life and times of mule deer to the reality of…

    $10 – $25
  • Learn About Ridwell Bend!

    Learn About Ridwell Bend!

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    The founders of Ridwell, a grassroots organization dedicated to keeping hard-to-recycle and reusable materials from landfills, will be hosting a free event in Bend on November 13th at 9 AM , 11 AM & 1:30 PM at Open Space Event Studios. You’re invited to come see how you can soon recycle different types of thin…

  • Learn About Ridwell Bend!

    Learn About Ridwell Bend!

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    The founders of Ridwell, a grassroots organization dedicated to keeping hard-to-recycle and reusable materials from landfills, will be hosting a free event in Bend on November 13th at 9 AM , 11 AM & 1:30 PM at Open Space Event Studios. You’re invited to come see how you can soon recycle different types of thin…

  • Livable Future Forum

    Livable Future Forum

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    How do we meet our community's needs without compromising the environment and all that makes Central Oregon so incredible? Through our Livable Future Forum, we'll explore that question and more as LandWatch program directors chat with knowledgeable local leaders about land use and livability topics. From the fascinating life and times of mule deer to the reality of…

    $10 – $25
  • Livable Future Forum

    Livable Future Forum

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    How do we meet our community's needs without compromising the environment and all that makes Central Oregon so incredible? Through our Livable Future Forum, we'll explore that question and more as LandWatch program directors chat with knowledgeable local leaders about land use and livability topics. From the fascinating life and times of mule deer to the reality of…

    $10 – $25
  • DREAM BOLDLY: The Grand AdvenChair at Open Space

    Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

    Local Bend adventurer Geoff Babb, a survivor of two strokes, takes years to perfect an all-terrain human-powered wheelchair, culminating in a rigorous 4-day expedition down and back out of the Grand Canyon, with a ripple effect on others from its creation—access to nature previously out of reach. Sometimes one bold dream can change the world for…