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Good morning, Bend! I just noticed that we have flowers blooming in our backyard. Maybe it’s time to just give up on winter being a thing in town this year.

In today’s Bend Buzz:

Let’s get to it.

— Derek Carlson

Bend, It’s Time to Get That Checked.

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Fresh off the heels of hosting our latest dinner club (thanks to everyone who came out, and if you’re interested in attending the next one, it’ll be on Thursday, March 12th at 6 PM), we’re getting the gears turning on a singles-focused event. But before we put the pen to paper, we need your feedback on what type of event you’d like to attend. So, if you’re single and ready to mingle, let us know below which type of event you’d like to see us host.

The Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge is coming to Mt. Bachelor in just a bit over a month, and they are looking for local sponsors and auction item donations. All sponsorship proceeds benefit Oregon Adaptive Sports and Urban Surf 4 Kids, and all auction proceeds go directly to local legend Michele Schnake, who is currently battling brain cancer. If you’d like to get involved in the event or make a donation, you can reach out to the big wave crew here.

I think this is gonna be my last Hoodoo update of the year as I’m starting to feel a bit like a yo-yo. The rains over the past few days have led to some pretty significant flooding at Hoodoo, and the mountain is once again closed. They hope to open up by the weekend, but the forecast is looking very warm as our very warm winter continues.

🥯 5th St Bagels closing their food cart: Sad news for bagel fans as 5th St Bagels announced that they will be closing their cart at Ballers & Brews. I’m especially sad as they were walking distance from our house, and their bacon, egg, and cheese bagel was darn tasty. Their last day of regular service will be on February 28th, and after that, you’ll still be able to find them at pop-ups and other special offerings.

🎂 Bend Chamber Turns 100: The Bend Chamber of Commerce is celebrating their 100th birthday this year! They’ll be celebrating the milestone with a gala in May at the High Desert Museum. If you’re a business owner or just want to build your professional network, the Chamber puts on a number of events each month that are great for chatting over a cup of coffee or a frosty beverage.

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Reliable Cleaning. Every Time.

You know that feeling when you finally get a spare minute, and your to-do list still has “clean the house”? TurnKey Home Cleaning gets it, and they make it easy. Their trained team shows up on time, every time, with a predictable plan and results you can count on.

Booking is refreshingly simple. Pick the service you want, see the price right away, and lock in a date. No phone tag, no surprise quotes, no walkthroughs.

Whether it’s a one-off deep clean or regular care, Turnkey makes the whole process clear and stress-free.

Book your clean at turnkeyhomecleaning.com and cross one thing off your list today.

As a bonus, you can use code RECUR100 to get a $100 credit for new recurring service or BUZZ25 for $25 off any service.

🧠 Trivia Night: Put on those thinking caps and put your trivia skills to the test at Ballers & Brews weekly trivia. 6 PM Ballers & Brews

🌊 How Water Moves Through Central Oregon: Come learn about all the ways that water moves through Central Oregon and how seasonal conditions affect water availability. 6 PM Worthy Brewing

🏃 Cascade Lakes Pub Run: Put on those running shoes (you can finally leave the headlamps at home) and enjoy a 3-mile group run along the canal and roads. There will be brews and a raffle at the end to reward your hard work. 5:30 PM Cascade Lakes Brewing

🦄 Unicorns & Slime: Make early out Wednesdays your kids’ new favorite day with three hours of art at the Tower Theatre. This week’s theme is unicorns and slime. 1 PM Tower Theatre Encore Room

🎿 Wax Clinic: Come learn from the pros on how to wax your own XC skis. After this event, you’ll be gliding like Johannes Klaebo. 6 PM WebCyclery

📸 Bend Photo Society Meetup: Join the Bend Photo Society for their first meetup of the year. This is a great way to collaborate, commiserate, and network with the local photography industry. 5 PM Funky Fauna Artisan Ales

🎶 Music Bingo: Name that tune! There will be no midweek blues at this funky night of music bingo. 6:30 PM Portello Lounge

📖 Hello! Storytime: Let your little ones spend some time enjoying a morning of stories, movement, and music while you enjoy a nice latte. 10:30 AM Roundabout Books

🤝 Entrepreneur’s Fair & Networking Event: Calling all entrepreneurs and business owners. This event is for you! Swing by to build your network and meet with local professionals who can answer those burning business questions. 5:30 PM Larkspur Community Center

📚 Bend Bookies Meetup: There are only a couple spots left for this month’s Bend Bookies meetup, where they’ll be discussing the book My Husband’s Wife. RSVP now (and finish the book really, really fast) before they’re all gone. 6 PM Stoller Wine Bar (RSVP required)

🌚 Trivia on the Moon: No Thursday is complete without a round of trivia at Silver Moon’s weekly Trivia on the Moon. 7 PM Silver Moon

🍺 Beer & Board Wax: Swing by Boneyard’s Lake Place brewery to get your board to skis waxed, enjoy a beer, and go home knowing that you’ve helped support Oregon Adaptive Sports (they’ll be getting $1 from every beer sold). 4 - 7 PM Boneyard Brewery (Lake Place)

🤝 Central Oregon PubTalk: EDCO is taking this month’s pubtalk on the road to Open Space Event Studios. Network and hear from experts in the business world. 4:30 PM Open Space Event Studios

🕺 Hip-Hop Line Dance Lessons: Break out those cowboy boots and learn to dance to Shaboozey’s latest hit with free hip-hop line dancing lessons from Alex Reininger of Mindful Motion. 7 PM The Coyote

🦦 Backpack Explorers: Bring the little ones to the High Desert Museum for a morning of exploring a very rare find in Bend this year - snow. 10 AM High Desert Museum

⛷ Ladies Ski Film Watch Party: The crew from Cascade Slaydies (a local women’s backcountry ski/splitboard mentorship group) is hosting a showing of the fully women-made ski film Imposters. 5 PM Embark Coworking Community

🏋 New Friends Bend Workout + Drinks: As of right now, there are still a couple of spots left for New Friends Bend’s last meetup of the month. This one includes a free workout at MADabolic followed by refreshments at Monkless. 6:15 PM MADabolic Bend

🖌 Early Release and Spring Break Art Camps: March is just around the corner, and now is the time to start planning those camps and classes for early out Wednesdays and spring break. Freak’n Art is offering a special two-week surrealism class to cover those early out Wednesdays, followed by a printmaking camp (March 18 - 20) and sculpture camp (March 23 - 26) to get you through conferences and spring break. Let your kids get crafty while you get a little work done. They even offer a 10% sibling discount, which is automatically applied during checkout.

Rogue City Renegades | Silver Moon | 7 PM | Tickets
Kevin Dorin | Commonwealth Pub | 7:30 PM
Megan Alder | The Bite | 6 PM
Machetres and Not Your Ex Lover | Old St. Francis School | 7 PM

Pete Kartsounes & Brother Gabe Johnson | Commonwealth Pub | 7:30 PM
Doc Monos | Mountain Burger | 6 PM
Jenna Hansen | The Lot | 6 PM
Brass Jaguar | Volcanic Theatre Pub | 8 PM | Tickets

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