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JobFest at COCC, escape room coming to the history museum, and a new spot to work out in NWX
Derek Carlson
October 01, 2025
TOGETHER WITH
Good morning, Bend! Welcome to October! The mountains were certainly ready with a fresh coat of snow yesterday morning!
In today’s Bend Buzz:
🗝️ Escape room coming to the museum
💼 JobFest at COCC
🤸♀️ Bar Method opening in NWX
Let’s get to it.
— Emily Randolph & Derek Carlson
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🗝️ Escape Room at the Deschutes Historical Museum
Spooky season is here, and what better way to celebrate than getting locked in a room at the Deschutes Historical Museum with six of your closest friends. Here you’ll have sixty minutes to locate the museum’s missing collection and escape, or you may end up trapped forever (that might be an overexaggeration…or is it??).
The escape room experience runs October 10 - 25, and tickets go on sale today!
💼 Fall Jobfest at COCC
Dust off those resumes and head over to COCC for their fall Jobfest. This is your chance for a face-to-face with 40+ employers who are hiring now! Not a student or alumnus of COCC? No worries, as this event is open to the community as well! And if you want to get a peek at other folks currently hiring in Bend, make sure to scroll down to our job postings at the bottom of this newsletter! Thursday 10 AM - 1 PM COCC - Coats Center
BUSINESS HAPPENINGS
🤸♀️ Bar Method opening on Wednesday: Bend’s newest spot to work up a sweat opens today as Bar Method officially opens the doors to its location in NWX. Want to try it out? Their workouts today are FREE for everyone, so grab a spot before they’re all gone!
🥟 Dump City Dumplings moves into Ponch’s Place: The shuffling of food carts in NE Bend continues as Dump City Dumplings has moved into the Ponch’s Place food cart pod. We can never complain about having more tasty food options in our neighborhood!
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LOCAL LOWDOWN
Wednesday 10.1
☕ Coffee with a Cop: Start your morning with a casual cup of coffee and conversation with local officers at Backporch Coffee Roasters. No agenda—just a chance to connect with the folks who serve our community. 9 AM Backporch Coffee Roasters
🍻 Habitat Happy Hour: Sip a beer, mingle with fellow community members, and support Habitat for Humanity during this laid-back happy hour. 5 PM Bend Restore
🌱 Fall Social & Seed Swap: Join the folks from Pollinator Pathways Bend for a fun evening of mingling, swapping seeds from native plants, and sharing garden stories. Whether you're a seasoned native plant gardener or just starting out, this event is perfect for connecting with fellow native plant enthusiasts. 5:30 PM Worthy Brewing
📚 Current Fiction Book Club: Roundabout Books’ monthly book club dives into contemporary fiction picks that spark lively discussion. Bring your thoughts and dive right in to “Wild Dark Shores”. 6 PM Roundabout Books
🎥 Ritual Mountain Bike Film Tour: Grab your riding buddies and head to Sisters Movie House for a high-energy mountain bike film guaranteed to stoke your next ride. 6:45 PM Sisters Movie House
🥔 Downtown Bend Farmers Market: There are only two weeks left at the downtown Bend farmers market! The weather has been great so far this fall, so there are still plenty of veggies to go around! 11 AM - 3 PM Brooks Alley
🥏 Fall Goaltimate: The evenings are getting darker, but the fall goaltimate league is still happening under the lights at Skyline Park. This is a great way to get in a midweek workout and flex those ultimate frisbee skills. 6:30 PM Skyline Park
🚵♂️ Thrilla Cyclocross Series: Get ready for a slightly sloppier race this week as the fall rains are starting to arrive. But isn’t that half the fun? Same as last week, bring a bike and prepare for an evening of cyclocross fun. 4 - 7 PM Athletic Club of Bend
✍️ Writing Wednesday at OAC: Want to polish up those writing skills in a low-key group environment? Join the Open Arts Center on Wednesday evenings for their writing nights. This week’s focus is generative poetry. 7 PM Open Arts Center
Thursday 10.2
🎨 Community Art Roulette: Roll the dice on creativity at East Bend Library’s all-ages art activity. Supplies are provided—just bring your imagination. 4 PM East Bend Library
🐦 Bingo with Think Wild: Every bingo card supports wildlife rescue and conservation when you join Think Wild at Cascade Lakes Brewing. Play for prizes while backing a good cause. 5 PM Cascade Lakes Brewing
✍️ Write your own obituary in four easy steps: A thoughtful (and surprisingly fun) guided workshop to reflect on your story and how you’d like to be remembered. 5:30 PM Downtown Bend Library
🌿 Herbal medicine making: Learn to craft your own herbal salves in this hands-on workshop with Dr. Ashley at The People's Apothecary. You’ll go home with remedies and skills for the season. 5:30 PM The People's Apothecary
📸 The life of a wildlife photographer: Award-winning photographer Suzi Eszterhas takes the Tower stage to share stories and images from her global adventures capturing wildlife in action. 7 PM Tower Theatre
🤸♀️ Movement Artist Workshop: Join this two-day workshop where you’ll learn basic boxing, judo, and taekwondo techniques, and then blend them into artistic movement expression. Day two focuses on turning this movement into a career in the performance industry. Thursday 4 - 6 PM & Friday 3:30 - 5 PM The Space
💃 Noche Latina: Heat up your Thursday night at The Capitol with salsa, bachata, and reggaeton on the dance floor. Lessons kick things off before the party runs late. 8:30 PM The Capitol
UPCOMING EVENTS
🍷 Cheese, Wine, & Art: Want to escape the crowds at First Friday while enjoying some cheese, wine, and locally made art? Hop over to Brooks Alley, where Wild Petals Provisions will be pouring handpicked wines, sampling artisanal cheeses, and featuring the art of painter Levi Zadoff. If you’re lucky, you might even get to try on the charcuterie board costume. Friday until 6 PM Brooks Alley
LIVE MUSIC
Wednesday 10.1
Ben Johnson | Crosscut | 6 PM
Julianne Hansen | The Commonwealth Pub | 7:30 PM
Vana Liya + The Rusty Frets | Silver Moon | 7:30 PM | Tickets
Thursday 10.2
Doc Monos | The Lot | 6 PM
Fluffalove | Bar Rio | 6 PM
The Low Hums & Rose Gerber | Silver Moon | 7 PM | Tickets
Kurt Silva & Cynthia West | The Commonwealth Pub | 7:30 PM
WHO’S HIRING IN BEND
Looking for your next job? Here are some local listings that have popped up over the last week.
Development Manager at Habitat for Humanity
Retail Sales Associate at Patagonia
Behavioral Health Consultant at Mosaic Community Health
Director of Finance & Administration at Tower Theatre
Assistant Director of Finance at Sunriver Resort
Ski & Ride School Operations Supervisor at Mt Bachelor
Searching for a new job? Browse the full job board
Looking for local candidates for your open position? Post your job
THANKS!
Stay cool, and thank you again for reading!
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