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🎿 Powder to the people

🎿 Powder to the people

MBSEF ski swap takes place, Mt. Bachelor community kick off party, and the Bend film festival keeps on rolling

Derek Carlson
October 11, 2024

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Bend! Here’s a fresh roundup of weekend news and events to go with your morning coffee.

In today’s Bend Buzz:

🎿 MBSEF Ski Swap is here
🏔️ Mt. Bachelor Community kick-off party
📽️ Bend Film Fest keeps on rolling

Let’s get to it.

— Derek Carlson

SNAPSHOTS

🎿 MBSEF Ski Swap

Ski swap weekend is here! Trade in that old pair of boots, bindings, and skis for a slightly less old pair of boots, bindings, and skis at the MBSEF ski swap. You’ll also find snowboards, winter clothes, helmets, and everything else snowsport-related. This event always draws huge crowds, so you better get there early for the best deals. The swap runs from 8 AM - 5 PM on Saturday, with extra discounts taken after 3 PM.

🧟‍Historical haunts of Bend

For 15 years, the Deschutes Historical Museum has been hosting the Historical Haunts Walking tour of Bend. Along the way, they’ve shared the stories of paranormal activity with thousands of visitors and locals alike. After this year, they are calling it quits (the tour, not the museum), so if you want to hear some of the spookiest tales from Bend’s past, you have only two chances remaining.

Tickets are still available for Friday and Saturday’s tours, and after that, you’ll be left to discover what goes bump in the city on your own….if you dare.

📽️ Bend Film Fest continues

The Bend Film Fest keeps the reels rolling through the weekend, so whether you just hit up one film or turn the weekend into a marathon watching session, thanks for showing your support to the filmmakers who push the limits to produce these incredible works of art.

BUSINESS HAPPENINGS

⛷️ Mt Bachelor Community Kickoff

The group behind the community effort to purchase Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort is holding a kick-off celebration on Saturday in Drake Park. Come and join what promises to be one of the biggest community events of the year and hear from the leaders to learn more about their vision for the future of our local mountain.

🌮 Manzanita Grill Moving

With Humm Kombucha preparing to close the doors to their Eastside taproom (don’t worry, they’re just moving downtown), Manzanita Grill has packed up shop and is moving to Bend’s northeast side, where they will be stationed outside of Van Henion Brewing. They officially reopen on Tuesday, October 15th, and will be open Monday through Saturday, 11 AM - 7 PM.

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LOCAL LOWDOWN

Friday

📚️ Nonfiction book club: Join your fellow bibliophiles at Roundabout Books for their monthly nonfiction book club. This month’s book of choice is The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth. If reading an entire book in the next (checks watch) 2 ½ hours is asking too much, then you can always start preparing for next month’s meeting instead. 9 - 10 AM 900 NW Mt. Washington Dr

🏃 Get those squiggles out: Need some afterschool fun for the little ones on a Friday afternoon? Head to the downtown Bend library for a movement workshop that will focus on hand/eye coordination, participation skills, and good old-fashioned fun. 3:30 - 4:45 PM Downtown Bend Library

🦇 Build a home for our spooky friends in the sky: Did you know that some bats can catch up to 1,000 insects in a single hour? Well, the internet said so, so it must be true! If you want to help keep insects down in your backyard and keep bats out of your eaves, then head to Big Sky Park for a bat box-building workshop with Think Wild. 1 - 3 PM Big Sky Park

🪶 Wildbird Market at The Commons: Wildbird Market is hosting the October edition of their makers market at The Commons in downtown Bend. This is the second to last market of the season, so be sure to swing by before they shut their doors until next spring. 11 AM - 4 PM The Commons Cafe

🧗 Climbing is better with friends: On This Rock climbing festival descends upon Smith Rock State Park to bring together all things climbing. Here, you can make all kinds of new friends who will take you to amazing heights. The climbing fest kicks off today and continues on through the weekend.

Saturday

🍄 Sunriver Fungi Fest: Those who know me know that I am a huge fan of mushroom foraging, so the Sunriver Fungi Fest is right up my alley. Now in its 8th year, this celebration of all things fungi will feature cooking demonstrations, a mushroom table, a marketplace, a children’s activity zone, and a mushroom identification station. 10 AM - 3 PM Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory

🧌 Kids Monster Masquerade Party: Bring the little ones down to the library where they can make their own spoooooky monster mask and follow that up with a real live monster mash and dance party. 11 AM - 12 PM Downtown Bend Library

🎸 Battle of the Bands: Get ready for a night of music, fun, and family-friendly vibes at our Battle of the Bands! Come and join as local bands rock the stage, and help support the Ronald McDonald House in Bend, OR. Enjoy great tunes, vote for your favorite band, and make a difference in our community! 3 - 6 PM Craft Kitchen & Brewery

🐶 Pumpkins & Pup-corn spooky movie night: It is week two for the month-long series of spooky Saturday night movies at Ponch’s Place. This week’s ghoulish offering is the Nightmare Before Christmas. 6 - 8 PM 62889 NE Oxford Ct

📚️ Elevate your reading: Elevate Reading Center is hosting a fall festival and book giveaway event. Kids can meet Alice in Wonderland, decorate their own mini pumpkins or tote bags, and, of course, go home with some new books to elevate their joy of reading. 10 AM - 3 PM 365 NE Kearney Ave

Sunday

🏊️ Support water polo with cornhole: Help support the Summit water polo team at their cornhole tournament fundraiser at Silver Moon Brewing. Food and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided to keep the athletes in peak condition during this grueling tourney. 3 PM Silver Moon Brewing

🚶 Walk to end Alzheimer’s: The Alzheimer’s Association’s biggest event of the year is here, and they need your help reaching their fundraising goal. Come and support their mission by registering to walk or donating to the cause. 11 AM Riverbend Park

🧛‍♂️ Scary Movies - Sunday edition: If you’re looking for an even more frightening spooky movie experience, then head over to Bunk + Brew, where they’ll have the outdoor screen set up and plenty of food on hand for a showing of the Halloween classic Friday the 13th. 6:30 PM 42 NW Hawthorne Ave

🍖 BBQ popup with Flosa’s: Flosa’s BBQ is hosting another popup event at Neighborroti (the old Kebaba location off of Newport). Come and get your fill of smoked meats, and you might even get to hear the inside scoop on their new smokers that will be ready to serve up a whole lot more BBQ in the future 👀 4 PM 1004 NW Newport Ave

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🎨 CALLING ALL LOCAL ARTISTS AND MAKERS

One of the reasons I started the Bend Buzz was to give a voice to locals doing cool stuff. And no one fits that description better than the artists who fill Bend’s shops, galleries, and online storefronts with amazing work.

Later this fall, we will publish a shop local guide filled with amazing work from artists across the high desert.

If you fit that description (or know someone who does), click the button below to send us your work to include in the guide. These can be one-off creations or items that you have multiples of, like prints, calendars, puzzles, etc.

THANKS!

Stay cool, and thank you again for reading!

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