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Halloween Monster Making With James DeRosso
Halloween Monsters Workshop at Mud Lake!Join renowned ceramic artist James DeRosso for a wonderfully weird monster-making workshop where you’ll get to grunt, squish, and sculpt your very own little creature of disgust. Let your imagination run wild as you create a delightfully strange monster all your own.All supplies and firings are included, so just bring your enthusiasm and a sense of adventure! This workshop is open to ages 7 to 107.This year, we thought it might be fun to make your mo
The Art of Self Compassion
What would change if you could meet the parts of yourself you judge, criticize, or wish were different with curiosity instead?In this expressive art experience, we’ll explore self-compassion not as positive thinking, but as a different way of seeing ourselves—especially the parts shaped by fear, mistakes, disappointment, and old wounds.Through reflection and creative expression, you’ll create a visual representation of what it feels like to soften judgment and make room for understanding. No art
Fall Forage to Table: Guided Foraging & 4-Course Dinner | Wanderlust Tours
Adventure: As the sun’s warmth and radiance begins to wane, it is time to harvest! For this incredible experience, Wanderlust Tours will be partnering with Luckey’s Woodsman, experts in backcountry cooking techniques, to teach guests about foraging techniques, identification of flora and fauna, and how simple ingredients that can be found all around us in mother nature can be used to make and accentuate stunningly delicious dishes!Naturalist Guided Experience: We will begin our adventure in the
Trivia!
<p>Grab your team and join the fun<br />Free to play & prizes to win!<br />Check out our Mimosa menu</p><p>The post <a href="https://visitbend.com/event/trivia-2/2026-10-25/">Trivia!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://visitbend.com">Visit Bend</a>.</p>
Sisters Farmers Market
Join us for Sisters Farmers Market, a vibrant community gathering in the heart of downtown Sisters. Featuring over 45 local vendors every Sunday, the market offers fresh, local produce, pasture-raised meats, eggs, baked goods, handmade goods, and specialty foods from our community of local farmers, food producers, and artisans. Join Sisters Farmers Market’s Power of Produce (POP) Club open to kids 14 and under for free, weekly educational activities plus $5 to spend on fruits and veggies a
UDWC Hosts Not’Cho Grandma’s Bingo at Silver Moon!
The Upper Deschutes Watershed Council is thrilled to host Not’Cho Grandma’s Bingo at Silver Moon! Join us for an incredibly fun morning of fundraising for our environmental education program, the Upstream Project. Support us in raising funds for field trips, where we teach students about protecting and restoring our rivers and streams in Central Oregon. We are excited to partner with the YOUNI Movement on Sunday, October 25th at Silver Moon Brewing! Doors open at 9:30am. Games from 10am-12pm.The
The Patch with a View
The Patch with a View runs September 26 – November 1 during our normal business hours:Monday–Saturday: 9 AM–5 PMSunday: 10 AM–3 PMBring the whole family out to The Patch with a view and enjoy our incredible view of the Cascades while you hunt for your perfect pumpkin! Enjoy your favorite fall activities with a hay maze and goats to visit! We’ll have carving pumpkins and a nice selection of specialty pumpkins too. Also find our in house made fall planters, mums, ornamental cabbage and kale
Cascades Futurity and Aged Event
Where horse meets cow… and instinct takes over.The Cascades Futurity and Aged Event rides into Redmond September 1st through 13th at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, Redmond, Oregon.Experience one of the West’s premier cutting horse competitions as elite Open, Non-Pro, Amateur, and Youth riders compete for over $680,000 in payouts and prizes. Cutting is one of the most exciting western equine sports, where horse and rider work together to separate a single cow from the herd
UNDERSOUND
The Duality crew is back! And this time with an all new techno forward event series.We return with an artist that needs no introduction.GITANØS has been working with us since day one. A beloved member of the team and an artist whose technical prowess is as intentional as his love for the community.Running his own event series under @4×4, GITANOS is no stranger to the craft. He’s been bringing out new names and silently growing the scene for years.If you’ve been to any events in
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Animals Taught Me Everything, Pam Houston Author Event
Tickets for this event are $5 general admission or book purchase.Join Pam Houston, author of Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High Country and Cowboys Are My Weakness, for a reading and discussion of her new book, Animals Taught Me Everything (availble 10/13/26).What can a wagging tail and soaring wings teach us about a life well lived?From Icelandic mares and Irish wolfhounds to elephants, leopards, hyenas, and a desert-adapted lioness named Charlie, Pam Houston has learned life’s most important
Halloween Monster Making With James DeRosso
Halloween Monsters Workshop at Mud Lake!Join renowned ceramic artist James DeRosso for a wonderfully weird monster-making workshop where you’ll get to grunt, squish, and sculpt your very own little creature of disgust. Let your imagination run wild as you create a delightfully strange monster all your own.All supplies and firings are included, so just bring your enthusiasm and a sense of adventure! This workshop is open to ages 7 to 107.This year, we thought it might be fun to make your mo
Trunks, Treats And Tails
Join the Veterinary Referral Center of Central Oregon (VRCCO) and Vet Cadets for an afternoon of trick-or-treating and Halloween fun! Trunks, Treats And Tails brings families together for a safe, exciting trunk-or-treat event. Kids will trick-or-treat from vehicle to vehicle and explore fun decorated trunks by VRCCO employees and neighboring businesses. Vet Cadets Childcare will be offering glitter tattoos and bag decorating, while School of Rock Bend will provide the festive live music, and Tra
Greenwood Concert Series: Featherlow
<p>Featherlow is a husband-and-wife folk duo from Oregon.</p><p>The Greenwood Concert Series brings Central Oregon musicians to Backporch Coffee Roasters’ Greenwood café every Saturday from 3 to 5 PM. Free, all ages, no tickets needed. Coffee, beer, wine and mimosas available.</p><p>The post <a href="https://visitbend.com/event/greenwood-concert-series-featherlow/">Greenwood Concert Series: Featherlow</a> appeared first on <a href="https://visitbend.com">Visit Bend</a>.</p>
Ancient Fire, Modern Magic: Halloween Torch-Making Workshop
Discover a traditional and hands-on way to transform dried mullein stalks into beautiful, functional torches. In this workshop, participants will work with harvested mullein stalks and carefully dip them into melted wax, building up layers to create their own handmade torches.Learn about the plant, the traditional craft of torch-making, and the simple process of waxing the stalks, in perfect time to light it for Halloween to ward off any ghosts. Each participant will leave with a unique handmade
Central Oregon Symphony Fall Concert with Violin Soloist John Fawcett
The Central Oregon Symphony opens Jonathan Moore’s inaugural season as Music Director with a program featuring Bend native violinist John Fawcett. Recently appointed Concertmaster of the Boise Philharmonic, Fawcett returns home to perform Bruch’s soaring Violin Concerto No. 1. The program also includes Bernstein’s sparkling Overture to Candide and Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”), a musical journey through the countryside, complete with birdsong, a thunderstorm, and a joyful concl
Escape the Museum: The Curse of the Curate’s Collection
The Deschutes Historical Museum is pleased to announce the return of Escape the Museum: The Curse of the Curate’s Collection. This unique escape room experience is based on a real local history mystery; this fan favorite fundraiser runs throughout October on Fridays and Saturdays October 2-October 31.As a team you will explore a story-themed room, uncover clues and solve a series of puzzles leading to the solution and your escape. The catch? You only have 60 minutes to solve the mystery, s
Knit Your Own Hat
<p>In this class you’ll choose a yarn color and learn to knit a hat on the round using a knitting loom and chunky yarn. After class, you’ll have a hand knitted hat for yourself, or you can gift it to someone else. Now you can make hats for all of your friends and family! No experience necessary.</p><p>The post <a href="https://visitbend.com/event/knit-your-own-hat/">Knit Your Own Hat</a> appeared first on <a href="https://visitbend.com">Visit Bend</a>.</p>
Champagne Bubble Bar
<p>Our monthly weekend-long celebration of the finer things in life! Enjoy a curated flight of 3 gorgeous Champagnes along with additional by-the-glass bubbles and a European-style food menu. Come cozy up on our couch, maybe pick out a game to play with friends, and treat yourself to a little luxury!</p><p>The post <a href="https://visitbend.com/event/champagne-bubble-bar/2026-10-24/">Champagne Bubble Bar</a> appeared first on <a href="https://visitbend.com">Visit Bend</a>.</p>
“Cats on Mats” Meditation & Stretching
Stretch, relax, and mingle with adoptable cats at “Cats on Mats” meditation and stretching! Led by Ulla Lundgren, this all-levels class is $30 and includes a 1-hour session. Bring your mat and wear comfy, cat-hair-friendly clothes. Space is limited—reserve your spot today!The post “Cats on Mats” Meditation & Stretching appeared first on Visit Bend.