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Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts Annex Program is pleased to announce their new exhibition, 2025 Central Oregon Collegiate Art Exhibition with student work from Central Oregon Community College and Oregon State University-Cascades on view through Saturday February 22nd . Scalehouse is located in Franklin Crossing on the Tin Pan Alley Side. First Friday Reception: February […]

Since opening the doors to Work-Collective in January 2020 much has changed – a global pandemic, an influx of new residents and workers in Bend and dramatic changes to how and where we work. Despite these challenges, Work-Collective Community Coworking continues to thrive and attract new members. Owners Kent and Sara Odendahl attribute much of […]

Housing Works, a premier housing organization dedicated to fostering stability and affordability in Central Oregon, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program waiting list. This essential program, formerly known as the HUD Section 8 program, provides rental assistance to eligible low-income residents of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. […]

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. After initial training and comprehensive background checks, volunteers are matched with a child in Bend, Redmond, Sisters or LaPine that share similar interests and activities […]

The Homeless Leadership Coalition (HLC), Central Oregon’s Continuum of Care (CoC), will be kicking off the annual Point In Time Count in Central Oregon on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025. The count is part of a state and national effort to identify the number of individuals experiencing homelessness. An accurate count greatly impacts the amount of […]

The Environmental Center is thrilled to be kicking off the 2025 Green Drinks series with the screening of Footprints on Katmai. For this event, we will be showing a thought-provoking film that focuses on Ocean plastic and marine debris in Alaska. We will wrap up with a Q&A with Current and former staff and High […]

Make the most of winter’s long days by joining Deschutes Public Library’s Winter Reading Challenge. The Winter Reading Challenge (January 1 – March 20) is your opportunity to explore new genres, read diverse authors, and participate in fun activities for the chance to win great prizes from the library. Beginning January 1, adults (ages 18+) […]

The Central Oregon chapter of OSU Master Gardeners™ present a class: Growing Vegetables in Central Oregon. Learn how to grow your own food. Yes, you CAN have a successful vegetable garden in Central Oregon and OSU Master Gardeners will teach you how. This two-hour free class covers Central Oregon climate, soil amendments, site selection, season […]

Michael “The Train Man” Lavrich started sharing his model trains with delighted children—and adults—roughly 25 years ago at the Downtown Bend Library. In the decades since, his annual display of model trains has become a highly anticipated holiday tradition for countless families in Central Oregon. This year Lavrich is back to share the trains with […]