Events in Oregon and Bend
Learn how to promote your writing through video content. You can attend this program in person or take part online. To take part online, follow the "Register Here for Online Access" link above. In today's publishing world, authors are often responsible for their own promotion. During this installment of "How To Build Your Author Platform," …
Get help setting aside your Oregon criminal record. Attorneys will help participants fill out paperwork to have eligible Oregon criminal records set aside or expunged. The clinic will also take …
A youth workshop with No Matter the Distance author Cindy Baldwin! Space is limited. Registration is required. This workshop is intended for children grades 5-8. Children ages 10 and over may attend without a caregiver. In this writing workshop, author Cindy Baldwin will teach students how to use the three parts of a story (beginning, middle, and …
Learn how to safeguard yourself, your home and neighborhood from the threat of wildfire in Central Oregon. The Summit West Neighborhood District is hosting two wildfire preparedness seminars with partner agencies to raise awareness and encourage Central Oregonians to take steps to mitigate wildfire risks this spring. Virtual and in-person. FREE. Open to the Central …
Explore fun new games with Modern Games! This is an in-person program. This family program is intended for school age children (preschool and up), and their favorite game loving adult(s). All children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Come in and learn some new board games with your friends from Modern Games! We will bring a …
People of African descent have walked Oregon's beaches since the arrival of the very first non-Native people. Beginning before the first American settlement in the West, Black labor was crucial to the development of Oregon's coastal communities. For this presentation, Oregon Black Pioneers will shine a light on key individuals and events that characterize the …
Why do so many cultures bury their dead in ships? What kinds of geographical areas are more likely to do this? What kinds of treasures and personal goods are buried with the dead? Some ships are burned, some are buried, and some are sent out to sea. This presentation includes pictures of various ship and …
Join us in exploring the basics of tie-dye patterns. Produce a t-shirt to take home and rinse out that will delight the eye. Experiment with tie-dye kits and rubber bands to create starbursts, spirals, or stripes. The library will provide a t-shirt, the dye, rubber bands, and a container to work in. Registration required. Joan …
Explore fun new games with Modern Games! This is an in-person program. This family program is intended for school age children (preschool and up), and their favorite game loving adult(s). All children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Come in and learn some new board games with your friends from Modern Games! We will bring a …
Explore the interplay between character and world in fiction. You can attend this program in person or take part online. To take part online, follow the "Register Here for Online Access" link on the library's Web Calendar. Character and World-building go hand in hand for Swanson. In this presentation we will explore how to create …
Hear local authors share their works and partake in a potluck. You can attend this program in person or take part online. To take part online, follow the "Register Here for Online Access" link above. Join us for our annual Holiday Member Reading and Potluck. Come in person and bring your favorite holiday snacks to …
Participants will have a chance to read excerpts of Marx, Lenin, and Stalin as we explore the ideal and the real behind the October 1917 Revolution in Russia - the one that created the Soviet Union. Some of the questions we will pursue include; Was the Russian Revolution representative of Marx's idea of revolution? Was …
Come see Pocket Vinyl perform their fantastic piano and live painting show, followed by a reading from their book and discussion on how they did their world record tour. Elizabeth Jancewicz and Eric Stevenson are Pocket Vinyl, a duo consisting of piano slamming (Eric) and live painting (Elizabeth). A new painting is made on stage …
Join The Forge for a celebration of our 2023 graduating cohort of creative writers. Hear our accomplished Smithys read from the projects they've developed and honed over the last ten months, and learn more about The Forge's online writing program. Readings followed by general jubilance, and of course, cake! All are welcome! In her work …
Learn about parenting as a highly sensing (sensitive) person! This is an in-person program. Are you overwhelmed, anxious, feeling like you don't fit in, tired of hearing that you're 'too sensitive', that you need to 'let things go' and 'grow a thicker skin'? Do you react to things, and hold onto them, much more than …
