Events in Oregon and Bend
Join us for a Documentary Film Screening with COCC Early Childhood Education and Deschutes Public Library. Learning resources will be present in the lobby for conversations and connection. A panel presentation will take place after the film with local learning specialists and advocates. Left Behind is the inspiring story of a group of determined moms …
2026 Season for Nonviolence at COCC. Drawn from his critically acclaimed memoir, When We Rise, Cleve Jones will share his 50-year personal and political journey to becoming a hero for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Beginning with the electrifying atmosphere of 1970s San Francisco, he will take us through the Gay Liberation Movement, his mentorship with legendary …
Yagódy, a seven-member ensemble from Ukraine, opens the new OSU-Cascades and PRAx Presents concert series at Bend’s Tower Theatre. Their rare North American appearance features ancient folk melodies, Balkan rhythms, and dramatic theatrical performance, and launches a new cultural tradition in Central Oregon.
Dress up and enjoy Barbie (2023)! Free tickets at http://www.towertheatre.org/ Free tickets are required. Tickets will be available to the public at the Tower Theatre website around 3 weeks before the program. Join us for a screening of Greta Gerwig's Barbie! In beautiful, pink matriarchal Barbieland, Barbie and her fellow dolls enjoy sunny days, dance parties, and self-governing in …
Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Amy Bowers Cordalis (Yurok)—attorney, author of The Water Remembers, and Executive Director/Co-Founder of Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group—for a talk on the largest dam removal and river restoration project in world history. Amy will share the story of the Klamath River, from its creation teachings and Indigenous stewardship …
The OSU-Cascades and PRAx Presents concert series continues with “BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging,” a Grammy-nominated collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winningcomposer Andy Akiho and the acclaimed and Grammy-winning wind quintet Imani Winds. This genre-defying performance explores mass incarceration through bold percussion and wind arrangements. Presented at Bend’s Tower Theatre, “BeLonging” is a powerful example of how the arts …