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Downtown Bend: Know Architecture – Building Blocks of Music with Music Together

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Grow your child into a confident music maker! This is an in-person program. Registration is required. This workshop is intended for children ages 0-5, and all children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Music Together-Central Oregon is an early childhood music and movement program for children ages 0-5 and the grownups who love them! The early childhood …

Free

Songs and Stories with Cuban Master Drummer Miguel Bernal

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Listen to songs and stories by drumming master Miguel Bernal. This is an in-person program. In this lecture demonstration, Miguel will play the sacred Bata drum rhythms used by Santeria worshippers to honor and communicate with the divine. He will share songs and stories of the gods and goddesses and entertain questions from the audience …

iCon Clave! Drum Workshop with Master Drummer Miguel Bernal

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Got clave?!? Advanced session. Ages 14+ Registration required. This is an in-person program. Come learn how to play Rumba, Makuta, and other Afro-Cuban conga drum rhythms, all while keeping the beat with "clave", in the uniquely Cuban way. In this workshop, visiting Master Drummer Miguel Bernal will lead an advanced session that builds on the …

iCon Clave! Drum Workshop with Master Drummer Miguel Bernal

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Got clave?!? Beginner session. Ages 14+ Registration required. This is an in-person program. Come learn how to play Rumba, Makuta, and other Afro-Cuban conga drum rhythms, all while keeping the beat with "clave", in the uniquely Cuban way. In this workshop, visiting Master Drummer Miguel Bernal will lead a beginner session. A more advanced workshop …

A Brief History of the Pixel with OLLI-UO

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Investigate the history of the pixel and its use in both art and science to create the visual image. You can attend this program online or in person. To take part online, register by using the "Register Here for Online Access" link above. Although "pixel" is a modern word (1965), the use of pixel points of …

The Origins of the Mid-Century Modern House

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Mid-Century Modern is all the rage. Learn about its origins and first architect, R.M. Schindler. This is an in-person event. Judith Sheine, Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Oregon, discusses the first modern house in the U.S. or Western Europe, R.M. Schindler's Kings Road House (1922), and how it set a …

Downtown Bend: Know Architecture – Fort Building Workshop

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Worldbuilding isn't just for fantasy novels and video games... This is an in-person program. Registration is required. This workshop is intended for children ages 3-10, and all children must be accompanied by a caregiver. With a few simple materials you can create a structure your little one can safely get lost in! This fort building workshop led …

Writers Working – How to Create and Run an Author Event

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Hear from an Events Manager on how to run an author event. You can attend this program in person or take part online. To take part online, follow the "Register Here for Online Access" link above. Learn the ins and outs of author events from the events manager at Roundabout Books. We'll discuss strategies for …

Cookie Decorating Class: Life’s a Beach (beat the heat)

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Come join us for a fun, hands-on cookie decorating class in NE Bend Oregon!Interested in learning more about decorated sugar cookies?! We're here to help! In this 1.5 hour long class, we'll cover the basics to sugar cookies, you'll get a delicious royal icing and cookie recipe, and we'll talk about how to strategize the …

$25.00 - $55.00

Cookie Decorating Class: Just Beachy

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Come join us for a fun, hands-on cookie decorating class in NE Bend Oregon!Interested in learning more about decorated sugar cookies?! We're here to help! In this 1.5 hour long class, we'll cover the basics to sugar cookies, you'll get a delicious royal icing and cookie recipe, and we'll talk about how to strategize the …

$25.00 - $55.00

Resilience and Recovery – The Return of Wolves with OLLI-UO

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Learn more about the charismatic and controversial wolf with OLLI-UO You can attend this program online or in person. To take part online, register here https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/70982 Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial animals. Intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and live in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of square miles. Once exterminated …

Writers Writing – Alchemy of Joy: Creative Writing & Bookmaking

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Learn a unique way to craft a small book. This is an in-person program. Registration is required. The pleasure of writing about joy is doubled when you fill a handmade book with your own text. Learn a unique way to craft a small book; explore ways to integrate text and mixed media. All levels of experience …

Downtown Bend: Family Yoga Zoo Fun

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Movement, silliness, and team-building games at your local library! This is an in-person program. This workshop is intended for toddler & preschool age families, and all children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Moo, Baa, Oink, Woof, Meow! Get your body moving, your creativity flowing, and the giggles going at this fun family workshop run by …

Writers Working – Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Your Story

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Learn how to take your dialogue - and your book - to the next level. You can attend this program in person, or take part online. Dialogue, one of the hardest working components of story writing, wasn't even in her writers' toolbox when Ginger Hanson wrote her first novel. Then an agent critiqued her novel …

Downtown Bend: Bunny Therapy with Parsley

Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR, United States

Join therapy rabbit Parsley for some coloring fun! This is an in-person program. Children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Hop into the library and spend your day coloring and cuddling with a therapy rabbit! Both kids and adults can experience the stress relieving benefits and fun. Parsley is a three-year-old lionhead rabbit. Ever since he …