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A couple road openings (and openings to come) to update you all on. First off, the road to Tumalo Falls is now open for the season. You can, of course, still park at Skyliner and walk to the falls, but if that doesn’t strike your fancy, you’ve now got options.

Second is the road up to the top of Pilot Butte. Due to a staffing issue (the security company that normally handles opening and closing the gate backed out of the contract), the gate won’t open until May 1st. So we’re hoofing it to the top for a few more weeks to get those sweet sunrise and sunset views.

Get your calendars ready as we’re hosting two meetups this month. The first will be another free evening of pickleball at Ballers & Brews in NE Bend on Thursday, April 23rd, from 5 - 7 PM. Like the last ones, we’ll have both courts for two hours, so come play some pickleball, hang out by the fire pits, and enjoy a beverage or two.

Next up will be our next dinner club that will be taking place on April 30th at 6 PM. It’s been a lot of fun seeing friendships start to form between folks who have been to a few of these events so far (we even caught wind of a 30+ person WhatsApp group text that was born out of the dinners). Same details as before - go to this link, fill out a quick survey, pay the matching fee, and you’ll get paired up with 5 other Bendites for dinner. Afterwards, we’ll all meet up at a local watering hole.

We’ve also got a date set (it’ll be happening in early May) for our first dating event…more details to come on that one!

🚫 A pair of local restaurants close: Bend saw two eateries close up shop over the last few days. Blacksteer Steakhouse on the north end of town announced they would not be renewing their lease and closed their doors effective April 4th. Across town, breakfast sandwich spot Good Egg (located in The Grove) shared on IG that they were closing, effective immediately. The folks behind Good Egg (they’re also the owners of Dear Mom Cafe) have been taking Bend by storm with their delicious brioche doughnuts, so we’ll see if they have anything in store for the space….

🍺 UPP Liquids wins big at the Oregon Beer Awards: UPP Liquids (formerly Immersion Brewing) won big at the Oregon Beer Awards over the weekend by taking home the gold for both New Brewery of the Year and Small Brewery of the Year. Along with the brewery-level awards, they also took home medals for five different brews. They weren’t the only Bend breweries represented as Sunriver Brewing, Bend Brewing Company, Van Henion, and Deschutes Brewery also came home with medals.

📚 Want to buy a bookshop?: Who hasn’t dreamed of spending their days sitting behind the counter at a bookshop, reading your favorite novel while sipping a cup of coffee with the shop cat (it can only be named Poe) purring at your feet. Well, that dream can be a reality as the owner of downtown bookstore Underground Books is looking to pass the business on to new hands.

🪅 Goodwill Superstore grand opening: The brand new Goodwill Superstore on the north end of town will officially open its doors tomorrow morning (Thursday) with a grand opening at 8 AM. There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony, giveaways, and some other fun stuff happening.

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🧶 Knit Night: Join Katie from Wool Town for a relaxing evening of knitting and tea at the new Bend Tea + Art Lounge. 6 PM Bend Tea + Art Lounge

🌵 Elsewhere: Join Elsewhere, Bend’s nomadic tea temple, at Desert Rose Cactus Lounge for an evening anchored in community-centered creative expansion through art, live music, and generative conversation. 6 PM Desert Rose Cactus Lounge

🍄 Mushroom Suncatcher Class: Stained glass monstera suncatchers are out, and mushroom suncatchers are in. Learn the basics of making your own stained glass at this beginner-friendly class. 6 PM DIYCave

😆 Open Mic Comedy: Craft Kitchen is supplying the mic, which means you need to bring the jokes for their open mic comedy night. Got stage fright? You can just sit back and enjoy the show. 7:30 PM Craft Kitchen

🪶 Indigenous Speaker Series: Founder and CEO of Indigikitchen, Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet/ Cherokee) will be discussing the history of Indigenous food systems, as well as the relationship between cultural identity, health, and native plants and animals at this week’s Indigenous Speaker Series talk. 6 PM High Desert Museum

🧵 Kids Studio! Hand Sewing: Let your kids explore their creative side with some fabric and thread as they create their own adorable plushies in this early out Wednesday class. 1:30 PM Freak’n Art

🔖 Connection through Creativity: Also at Freak’n Art today, an art workshop for kiddos ages 8 - 12 where they can create a piece honoring someone or something important to you—a family member, pet, friend, et cetera. This program is through the Deschutes Library’s A Novel Idea program (which means it’s free!). 2:30 PM Freak’N Art

🦉 Nature Kids: Spring is back, and so is Nature Kids. Let your little ones get out and explore the world around them at this weekly (and free) 90-minute outdoor exploration program. 2:30 PM Location TBA

🎣 Fly Fishing Social: Head over to Hawkeye & Huckleberry to get the fly fishing season started off right. Tickets get you cold brews of UPP Liquids, sliders from Hawk & Huck, entry into the raffle, and, of course, the chance to talk all things fishing. 5:30 PM Hawkeye & Huckleberry

🏃 Kook Classic Track Meet: Slow runner? Fast runner? Somewhere in between? Everyone is welcome at this unsanctioned, just-for-fun track meet hosted by Bend’s track and trail running crew, the Bend Kooks. 5:30 PM COCC Track

🐦 The Bird/Caterpillar Connection: Did you know that hungry, hungry caterpillars are the most important food source for terrestrial birds? Well, you do now! Learn more about this fun relationship (fun for the birds, at least) with the crew from the East Cascades Bird Alliance at Worthy Brewing. 6 PM Worthy Brewing

🐺 Folktales: Exhausted by loneliness, social anxiety, and all the crushing barrage of pressures felt by their generation, FOLKTALES tells the timely and emotional story of three teenagers who leave the comforts of home to enroll in a traditional “folk high school” in the wilds of northernmost Norway. 6 PM Cascades Academy

🌲 Pine Needle Weaving: Turn all those pine needles in your backyard into something useful with this hands-on class, where you’ll learn to turn them into either a piece of wall art or a basket. 5:15 PM Freak’n Art

🍽 Family Fun in the Kitchen: Want your little ones to be able to cook more than a cup’o’noodles? This class at Hanai will introduce them to seasonal, locally sourced ingredients and teach them how to turn them into tasty meals. 4 PM Hanai

📖 Toddler Story Time: Bring the littles by Mountain Air for a morning of bouncing and stories. 10:30 AM Mountain Air

🧠 Trivia Night: Maybe that caterpillar fact I shared earlier will be useful here! Quizhead Games will be on the mic and supplying the questions for this midweek round of trivia. 6 PM Ponch’s Place

🚐 Homesick Nomad: Hear from NYT best-selling author Brianna Madia as she talks about her book Homesick Nomad. 6:30 PM Unitarian Universalist

✍ Publishing Poems: It’s poetry month, and COCC is hosting a whole bunch of events to help you become a better writer, reader, and storyteller. Today’s workshop is all about how to start publishing your poems. 11:30 AM COCC - Barber Library

🥾 Outdoor Industry Networking: Work in the outdoors industry (or want to work in the outdoor industry?) and are looking to expand your network? Join the Oregon Outdoor Alliance for a low-key evening of beverages and handshakes at Embark. 5:30 PM Embark Cowering

🎶 Circle of Voices: Ukrainian Women’s Folklore Trio: Join Kolovita for an afternoon of song and storytelling on the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl. Artists Inna Kovtun, Nadia Tarnawsky, and Hanna Tishchenko will guide you through the cultural life of Polissya, shaped by 40 years of displacement, and carried forward through its villages, voices, and traditions. There will also be a pre-program reception featuring a curated selection of food and beverages inspired by the traditions of the Polissya region. This is an intimate gathering with limited seating, 3:30 PM on Sunday, April 19th at Hanai.

Black Violin | Tower Theatre | 6:30 PM | Tickets
Lilli Worona & John Shipe | Silver Moon | 7 PM | Tickets
Scott Foxx | Commonwealth Pub | 7:30 PM
Tuesday String Band | McMenamins | 7 PM

Eggy | Tower Theatre | 7 PM | Tickets
Boot Juice | Volcanic Theatre Pub | 8 PM | Tickets
Potter & Quon | River’s Place | 6 PM
Evan Mullins | Mountain Burger | 6 PM

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