In today's edition:

📅 Featured Events: Bend Summer Festival, Hawthorne bridge open house, music, markets, comedy, plant sale!

⛰️ Info for locals: Best spots to cool off in Bend, new asian market, fire awareness, ebike opinions, road updates

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📅 Featured Events:

Monday: 7/8 🌉 Hawthorne Bridge Open House: 4:30-6:30pm | Help select the bridge design! @ Campfire Hotel, Outpost Meeting Room info​ ​ Tuesday: 7/9 🎤 Open Mic Night 6pm @ Commons Cafe info​ 🚵 Bend COTA chapter meeting + dinner @ 6pm info​ ​ Wednesday: 7/10 🧒 Bend Park Playdate 10am, DM for location 🌽 Bend Farmer's Market @ Brooks Alley 11am - 3pm info​ 🏛️ Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) Meeting 7/10 from 3-5pm. Public comments accepted. info​ 🍷 Wine & Music 4-6pm @ Bledsoe Family Winery in the Box Factory. Free! 🎭 Comedian Clayton Smith 7:30pm @ Open Space Events $15 tickets ​ Thursday: 7/11 🎵 Munch & Music 5:30-9pm @ Drake Park | Free! 🪴 Plant Garage Sale @ Somewhere That's Green info​ ​ Friday: 7/12 🎵 Thump Summer Music Series 6-9pm @ York ave Thump | Free! ☀️ Bend Summer Festival @ Downtown Bend, Fri-Sun 💃 Summer Latin Dance Party @ The Barrel Room @ Immersion Brewing | 8-11:30pm, $10, 21+, info​ ​ Saturday: 7/13 ☀️ Bend Summer Festival @ Downtown Bend, Fri-Sun 🏃 Kid Summer Sprint @ Troy Field, 12pm, $10 info​ 🎵 House Show by Invisible Thread Events @ 6pm, $10+, info​ 🎭 Rev + Random Variety Show @ Craft Kitchen + Brewery, 7pm, tickets​ 🎲 Board Game Night 6pm | Meet new people, play games, and have fun! @ Market of Choice rsvp​ 🧵 Sisters Quilt Show 9am-4pm | info​ ​ SUnday: 7/14 ☀️ Bend Summer Festival @ Downtown Bend, Fri-Sun 🧠 Trivia @ Commons Cafe, 6pm info​

✅ We do: Feature interesting local events you might miss and we share stuff you might not find on a community calendar ❌ We don't: Regurgitate every event already shared on other platforms and calendars, but we do link to them below to make it easy for you!

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⛰️ Info for Locals:

🧊 Best spots to cool off in Bend:

• ​Cave Tours​
• ​Alpenglow park splash pad
• ​Juniper Swim + Fitness Center pool
• ​Larkspur Community Center pool
• ​Farewell Bend Park beach
• ​Bend Whitewater Park
• Go tubing on the Deschutes River. Put ins at Old Mill, Sunriver, and Tumalo. Rent or bring your own. info​
• ​Tumalo State Park​
• ​SHARC in Sunriver
• ​The Cove Aquatic Center in Sunriver
• ​Elk Lake, Sparks Lake, Suttle Lake | more lake info​
• Houseless cooling shelters are available in Bend and Redmond. Locals encouraged to donate water bottles. info​

🆕 New openings: Bend officially has an Asian Market! Tomi Mart is soft opening this week! Normal hours start July 16th.

🚲 eBike opinions: The Forest Service has opened a public comment period on their proposal to open some trails in Phils, Wanoga, Sun River, and Peterson Ridge to class-1 eMTB’s. info + comment link​

🔥 Be Fire Aware: McCaffrey fire currently affecting Powell Butte residents. | Check out the Watch Duty app to stay informed about local fire updates and evacuation info. Text COFIRE to 888-777 for local fire text alerts.

🚧 Roads:

• Shevlin and Mt Washington roundabout is open now
• Summer festival road closures (7/12-14): Oregon Avenue and Minnesota Avenue between Wall Street and Lava Road, and Bond Street between Franklin Avenue and Greenwood Avenue
• McKenzie pass + scenic bikeway is now open, but the east side is being repaved until August. Expect delays! info​

Your Governmental Representatives: US Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer [R]: Website | (202) 225-5711​ US Representative Representative Cliff Bentz [R] Website | (202) 225-6730​ US Senator Ron Wyden [D]: Website | 202-224-5244​ US Senator Jeff Merkley [D]: Website | 202-224-3753​ Governor Tink Kotek [D]: Website | (503) 378-4582​ Mayor Melanie Kebler: Website | 971-266-0923​ Find all your elected officials here​

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🫂 Connect Locally:

• Bend Meetup.com groups: filter by your interest category!
• Popular local Facebook groups: Bend Orgon MTB, I need a roommate central Oregon,Bend apartments, roommates, rentals, subleases (OSU), Bend, OR climbing community, OUT Central Oregon​
• ​Bend Rotary Club​
• ​Modern Games Bend​
• ​AA groups, NA groups, Alanon/Alateen groups
• ​Girl Get After It: Bend Chapter (paid)
• ​Raising Littles Bend (paid)

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📋 Local Event Calendars:

General Activities:

• ​Visit Bend event calendar​
• ​Bend Source event calendar​
• ​Bend Chamber calendar​
• ​Bend Parks & Recreation​
• ​High Desert Museum calendar​
• ​Environmental Center community calendar​
• ​Open Space Event Studio​
• ​Deschutes County Expo Center Calendar​
• ​Bend Elks baseball club​
• ​Invisible Thread Events​
• ​Riverhouse​
• ​Bend, OR subreddit ​
• Dance: Bend Zouk, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, Line Dancing, Pole + Dance fitness​
• News: Central Oregon Daily, KTVZ, Bend Source, Bend Bulletin​

Outdoors:

• ​Deschutes Land Trust Events​
• ​East Cascades Bird Alliance​
• ​Pine Mountain Sports group rides​
• ​Between Evergreens group rides​
• ​Trinity Bikes (Redmond) group rides​
• ​Friends and Neighbors (FANs) of the Deschutes Canyon Area​

Farmers MArkets/local:

• ​Bend Farmers Markets (Wednesdays)​
• ​Northwest Crossing Farmers Market (Saturdays)​
• ​The Vegetable Man produce (M-Sat 11-5)​
• ​Central Oregon Locavore​

Music/performance:

• ​Bend Source music events​
• ​Bunk + Brew​
• ​Hayden Homes Amphitheater​
• ​Faith Hope & Charity Vineyards​
• ​Volcanic Theatre Pub​
• ​Midtown Ballroom​/Domino Room​
• ​Tower Theater​
• ​McMenamins - Old St. Francis​
• ​The Capitol​
• ​Cascades Theatrical Co​
• ​Jazz at the Oxford​
• ​Astro Lounge​
• ​Central Oregon Symphony​
• ​Invisible Thread house shows​
• ​Commons Cafe + Taphouse​

Classes & Workshops:

• ​COCC community Education​
• ​DIY Cave​
• ​Sagebrushers art workshops for adults​
• ​Workhouse Bend figure drawing​
• ​Mudlake Studios ceramics/pottery classes​
• ​Invisible Thread Events​
• ​REI Workshops​
• ​Deschutes County Library Calendar​

Kids + Family:

• ​Mom What's Next Bend​
• ​Bend Source Family events​
• ​Bend Parks & Recreation​
• ​Raising Littles (mom group)​
• ​High Desert Museum (camps)​
• ​Deschutes Library events​
• ​Peanut App (mom friends/playdates)​

Art Galleries & Shows:

• ​Entangle: artist applications open​
• ​Mockingbird Gallery​
• ​Peterson Contemporary Art​
• ​Sagebrushers Gallery​
• ​Red Chair Gallery​
• ​Scalehouse​
• ​The Stacks Studios & Gallery​
• ​Lubbesmeyer Art​
• ​Tumalo Art Co
• ​Commons Cafe + Taphouse​

volunteer opportunities:

• ​Family Access Network (FAN)​
• ​Central Oregon Trail Aliance (COTA)​
• ​Deschutes Land Trust​
• ​Friends and Neighbors (FANs) of the Deschutes Canyon Area​
• ​Second Chance Bird Rescue​
• ​Mustangs to the Rescue​
• ​Ember's Wildflower Bunny Rescue​
• ​Host a French or Spanish exchange student​
• ​Family Kitchen (Remond)​
• ​Humane Society Thrift Store​
• ​Salvation Army​
• ​Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA)​
• ​VegNet Bend​
• ​SCORE​
• ​Upper Deschutes Watershed Council​

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