April 20
SPRINGTACULAR! BENEFITING THE NEWBERRY EVENT MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
4:30pm
Broken Top Bottle Shop
1740 NW Pence Ln #1
Bend, OR 97701
Join Nevado Mountain Adventures & Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits for a gear party & funraising benefiting the Newberry Event Music & Arts Festival to defeat Multiple Sclerosis!
April 21
SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS: “THE GRAPES OF WRATH”
7:30 pm
Summit High School Auditorium
2855 NW Clearwater Dr
Bend, OR 97701
Summit High School Theatre Department and the High Desert Museum collaborate on finding unexpected inspiration in the economic hardships of the 1930’s. Summit High School Theatre Department will perform a play based on John Steinbeck’s classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, during the launch of the High Desert Museum exhibit “Art for a Nation: Inspiration from the Great Depression.”
April 22
SECOND ANNUAL HIGH DESERT HORSE EXPO
All day
Bank of the Cascades Arena Deschutes County Expo Center
3800 SE Airport Way
Redmond, OR 97756
Oregon Horse Country is excited to bring the High Desert Horse Expo back to the Deschutes County Expo again this year. This 2nd annual event will be considerably larger with more vendors, the addition of clinicians, equine demonstrations, and more! We also added another day to the event so you have more time to shop and learn! Plan to join us!
April 23
HDCM SPOTLIGHT SERIES: ORLOFF/WALZ DUO
7:30pm
First United Methodist Church
680 NW Bond St
Bend, OR 97701
Find the perfect fit with premier LA denim fit expert Kaitlin Moor from Dear John.
This Saturday, April 16th from 11am-7pm, Desperado is having denim fit expert Kaitlin Moor back to help women find the perfect fitting jeans. Kaitlin is from LA and is a denim fit expert with Dear John. It’s a super fun afternoon with lots of women trying on lots of great jeans! Jeans run between $79-$99 so they’re not super spendy and there will be lots of choose from on Saturday. Of course, we’ll have libations and for a special treat – Jennifer Anderson of Allora jewelry will be at the store with her new Spring Line of incredible jewelry.
If you want to learn more about Kaitlin check out our latest blog: https://desperadoboutique.com/blog/
April 24
COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA OF CENTRAL OREGON SPRING CONCERT
2:00 pm
Cascade Middle School
19619 Mountaineer Way
Bend, OR 97702
We’d like to share information about our upcoming Spring Concert this April 24th at 2pm. Location is Cascade Middle School 19619 SW Mountaineer Way [off Mt. WashingtonDr.] Come have fun with COCO, the Community Orchestra of Central Oregon. Led by conductor Sam Taylor , there will be music for a variety of tastes: from Ellington, Mozart, Friedrich Witt, Leroy Anderson and The Sound of Music. Plenty of parking and no charge for attending.
April 25
“PICTURE PERFECT” PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
all day
Juniper Brewing Company of Redmond
1950 SW Badger Ave #103
Redmond, OR 97756
Juniper Brewing Company of Redmond is pleased to present “Picture Perfect” a two-person exhibition of photography by Gary Wing and Linda Ziegenhagen from April 9 – May 13, 2016 in their taproom.
April 26
HIGH DESERT SPEAKER SERIES: GENA GOODMAN-CAMPBELL – CENTRAL OREGON DESERT TREASURES
7:00 pm
Old Stone Church
157 NW Franklin Rd.
In the fourth and final presentation of ONDA’s High Desert Speaker Series in Bend, ONDA teams up with the Great Old Broads for Wilderness to present Central Oregon conservation expert Gena Goodman-Campbell. She will reveal some of the most spectacular desert places you may never have heard of — right here in Bend’s backyard!
April 27
THE FORUM AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
6:00pm
St. Charles Medical Ctr., Rooms A & B
2500 NE Neff Rd
Bend, OR 97701
On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Soroptimist International of Bend and C.O.’s Oregonians Against Trafficking Humans (OATH) will host a free, public forum on the topic of human trafficking at St Charles meeting rooms A & B, from 6-8 PM. All are welcome to attend and learn more about what is being done and needs to be done to stop this invisible crime against humanity – human trafficking. “The Forum Against Human Trafficking” features two speakers:
Tom Perez, Founder of the EPIK Project (Everyman Protecting Innocent Kids) www.epikproject.org and
Nita Belles, Managing Director of In My Backyard and CO Regional Director of OATH (Oregonians Against Trafficking Humans