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Good morning, Bend! I missed you all on Monday and hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. It was certainly a busy one around town!

In today’s Bend Buzz:

Let’s get to it.

— Derek Carlson

Take your library with you as you hit the road this summer! Your Deschutes Public Library card gives you free access to always-available resources like newspapers, movies, thousands of magazines, and even more eBooks. Download Libby, the library reading (and listening) app; it puts tens of thousands of free eBooks and digital audiobooks at your fingertips, as well as popular magazines—all you need is a library card. Download Libby from your app store, then search for “Deschutes Public Library” and enter your library card number to begin exploring the collection. You can borrow titles and place holds instantly. You can also stream movies and television shows for free via Kanopy, available both as an app and on the web. 

Download Libby and Kanopy to start borrowing today. Need a library card? Visit dpl.pub/getacard to apply online, or visit your nearest library location. 

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Chalk this up to one of those things that caught even me off guard. Turns out that SummerFest is happening this weekend instead of its normal July weekend. So if you’re looking for something to do…you’re in luck! We’ll have plenty more in Friday’s newsletter.

Northwest is this year’s lucky winner for the chairlift modernization efforts at Bachelor. Over the coming months, Mt. Bachelor will be making upgrades to the lift’s power supply and the lift components, which should help improve reliability and operational efficiency during the winter season for years to come.

Last year, the Bend Sustainability Fund awarded $193,000 to install new permanent docks at both Cultus and Paulina Lakes. The day has come where those docks are now in place and ready for use for the summer season. So bring your kayak, SUP, or other watercraft up to the lake and enjoy the new digs.

👖 REVOLVR opens at the Old Mill: Portland Gear wasn’t the only new shop opening up at the Old Mill over the weekend. REVOLVR opened its second Bend location on Friday. You can find them in the old Francesca’s location.

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🌮 Lunch & Learn: Come hang out for some lunch at Taco El Machin while you practice your Spanish. 12 PM Taco El Machin

🥬 Downtown Farmers Market: Come stock up on your weekly fill of locally grown, raised, and made goods. 11 AM Brooks Alley

🚒 Neighborhood Firewise Event: Join your neighbors and learn how to create a firewise space around your home. 5 PM Discovery Corner

🎨 Early Release Art Club: Two Suns Art Studio is offering free art classes all week long to folks navigating foster care. Today’s class is early out art club. 1:15 PM Two Suns Art Studio

🐉 3D Paper Art: Send your high school-age kids to the new Central Library for a class on making their own 3-d paper art. 3 PM Central Library

💃 Line Dance Lessons: Want to learn the Texas two-step or the do-si-do (and do it all for free??)? Swing by The Coyote for their weekly line dance lessons with Alex Reininger. 7:30 PM Coyote

✏ Community Poetry Night: Show off your creativity in a supportive space. In this week’s class, you can share your work and receive thoughtful, supportive critique. 7 PM Open Arts Center

🦅 Bird Survey Site Orientation: Connect with the wild lands around us in a new way by becoming a volunteer bird surveyor. Just make sure you complete the necessary steps before joining the orientation. 1 PM Paulina Creek Preserve

🚵 Beginner Mountain Bike Ride: Meet at the Cascade Lakes Welcome Center for a beginner-friendly, no-drop group ride on Ticket to Ride. 5:30 PM Cascade Lakes Welcome Center

🏔 Advisor Information Meeting: Post 58, a volunteer organization that helps get teens outside, is looking for adult advisors. Interested? They’re hosting an informational meeting for future volunteers. 7 PM UPP Liquids Barrel Room

🚲 Community Send-Off: Join the local bike community in saying farewell to Alex Keller as he sets off on a 5,000-mile bikepacking journey across Europe. 6 PM Embark Coworking Space

🧠 Trivia at Deschutes: Think you’re the brainiest of the bunch? Put your money where your mouth is with a round of trivia at Deschutes. 6:30 PM Deschutes Public House

🎶 Alpenglow Nights: Alpenglow Nights is back for week #2! This week’s musical guests are The Brandon Campbell Trio and Sabroso. 5 PM Alpenglow Park

🍺 EDCO PubTalk: Build your professional network and hear from Central Oregon’s business leaders with another EDCO PubTalk. 4:30 PM Open Space Event Studios

🌱 Planning Your Own Cutting Garden: Learn how to create your own beautiful flower garden with this free class at Whistlestop Farm. 5:30 PM Whistlestop Farm

🧘 EcoNidra: Connect with nature through this gentle and restorative meditation-like practice. 7 PM Namaspa

💧 Feel & Flow: Get your day started right as you move through hot and cold, using breath and gentle sound to leave yourself more regulated, more awake, more at home in your body. 8:30 AM Flux Thermal Lounge

🌞 Kids Summer Camps at Free Spirit: Summer is just around the corner, and Free Spirit still has openings for its summer camps. Their Ninja Camps build strength, agility, and confidence through exciting obstacle courses and active games, and the Yoga Camps combine playful movement, mindfulness, and creativity in a fun,
supportive environment. Led by encouraging instructors, kids build friendships, confidence, and a lasting love of movement while staying active all summer long. Book your spot by Sunday, June 14th and use the code BESTCAMPEVER10 to save $10!^*

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