Downtown Bend Library to host free classes helping users master today’s tech trends and platforms January 14, 2019 (Bend, Oregon) — Technology can help people connect with family and friends, explore learning interests, and even open up personal and professional opportunities. But the fast-moving nature of technology can also create barriers. That’s where Deschutes Public Library comes in: its robust offering of computer classes will have even the most hesitant computer user up and running in no time. Starting in…
Find out more »December 13, 2018 (Bend, Oregon) — Revolutions and nesting dolls, vodka and iconography—we’re going to Russia in January at Deschutes Public Library. Examine the country’s history of leaders and power, hear classic Russian fairytales, learn about Russian culture and more. All programs are free and open to the public; registration required for programs marked with an asterisk(*). Exploring Russian Cuisine* From the dough for khinkali to stroganoff, this class is sure to entice! Russian cuisine is distinctive and unique. It…
Find out more »(Jan. 2, 2019) — The American Red Cross encourages people to help meet the urgent need for blood and platelets by resolving to give blood this January – National Blood Donor Month. Donating blood or platelets is a way to make a lifesaving impact in the new year for patients like Judy Janssen, who was diagnosed with end-stage autoimmune liver disease in 2016. Janssen received frequent blood transfusions – sometimes multiple times a week – until she underwent a…
Find out more »Four Class Series Jan 9th, 16th, 23rd, & 30th Improve your financial well-being with this workshop brought to you by NeighborImpact HomeSource. Through this 4-week series, you will learn the techniques to control debt, budget money, save for future expenses, improve your credit and protect against identity theft. Pre-register by completing a required intake form and signing up through our online scheduler – homesource.as.me. $100 for series of four financial fitness classes, Scholarships available
Find out more »How do you keep calm when you’ve received a cancer diagnosis? Cancer with Compassion, a local faith-based cancer support, is partnering with Holy Communion Church of Bend to offer free classes for cancer patients and survivors. “Keeping Calm with Cancer” classes are designed to assist the newly diagnosed, those in treatment and survivors to adapt to life after a cancer diagnosis. The first class will be held Thursday, January 10 at both 10 am and 6:30 pm to accommodate attendee…
Find out more »Stage Right Productions presents a revival of Grounded by George Brant, starring Kit Foreman. Directed by Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman, Grounded was performed recently at Cascades Theatrical as part of their Black Box Series. From the award-winning playwright of Elephant’s Graveyard, George Brant, comes the story of an ace fighter pilot who’s career in the sky is ended early due to an unexpected pregnancy. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas, she hunts terrorists by day…
Find out more »Three Class Series Jan 14, 28th and Feb 4th If you are thinking about buying a home, start with NeighborImpact’s Homebuyer workshop. Join us for three Mondays to learn about what the homebuying process entails including how to improve your credit, how to find safe mortgage loans, fair housing and consumer rights. To pre-register, you can fill out an intake form as well as register and pay online. Limited scholarships available (based on income). Pre-register by completing a required Intake…
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With the holidays fast approaching, here is a great gift idea… Tickets to the Riverhouse Gala Benefitting Bend Area Habitat for Humanity! January 21, 2019 Give a gift that will literally help change lives! Tickets on sale now for $125 each Join us at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes for an evening of featured wines from local wineries, a 5-course gourmet dinner, entertainment, and a host of amazing silent and live auction packages accesible through mobile bidding! 100% of the…
Find out more »Forest Service and volunteer rangers lead educational snowshoeing and ski tours BEND– Discover Your Forest, in collaboration with the Deschutes National Forest and Mt. Bachelor Ski Area are starting their annual interpretive programs. The programs allow visitors to the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area to snowshoe or ski or snowboard with a ranger. All interpretive programs focus on the ecology, geology and wildlife of the Cascades. Snowshoe programs will start Saturday December 22, 2018 and run through March 31, 2019. Interested participants…
Find out more »Cascades East Transit (CET) is developing a Regional Transit Master Plan to identify future transit service expansion and we need your input. Stop by one of our upcoming community open houses!Can’t make it in person? Share your feedback via our online survey at www.CETTransitPlan.com. To request information in an alternative format or language, please call Rachel Zakem at 541-504-3310 or send an email torzakem@coic.org five days prior to meeting date
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