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June 5th. Free admission. The Central Oregon Dutch Oven Society will be baking and cooking dozens of recipes using rhubarb, 6 samples for $5.00. Music throughout the day and vendors set up throughout the nursery. For more information go to www.LSGardens.com.
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May 26th-June 7th. Central Oregon golf courses are taking a swing at the recession by donating a limited number of HALF PRICE rounds of golf to help raise money for regional public schools. To tee up at your favorite participating course for 50% OFF the regular rate, simply buy your rounds here and use them between May 26 and June 7. Thanks to the generosity of our golf community, local education foundations will receive ALL the proceeds. www.golfforschools.org.
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June 4-6th. Balloons launch early each morning Friday-Sunday from approximately 6-6:30am with over 20 balloons. Night Glow on Saturday evening, June 5 from approximately 8:30-10pm. During the day on Saturday-Sunday, enjoy live music, a children’s festival area, food and craft vendors (from 11-8pm on Saturday and Sunday from 11-6pm) and a Street Painting Festival on the footbridge. www.balloonsoverbend.com.
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Presented by Rever
June 3-6. In October 1998 a twenty one year old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moises Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and thier own experiences. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion which we are capable. www.2ndstreettheatre.com.
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Darkness to Light “Stewards of Children” community trainings for adults take place the first Saturday of each month at KIDS Center. $15 materials fee. RSVP to Vale Muggia at vmuggia@kidscenter.org.
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At Sahalee Park in Madras – come and enjoy free entertainment and homemade wares from around Central Oregon. 9-2pm every Saturday in June, July and Aug.
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Eco-Hikes in Central Oregon
June 5, 12, 19 & 26th, 9am-Noon. Join a naturalist for an informative hike at one of several Central Oregon destinations. We’ll explore wildlife, geology, wildflowers, and whatever comes our way. Bring water, a snack, meet at the Nature Center and we’ll carpool to the trailhead. Group size will be 5 to 12 people. $12 Adults, $8 Children and $10 SNCO members. Pre-registration & pre-payment are required.
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Larkspur Park/ Bend Senior Center, 1700 SE Reed Market Road, Bend, OR 97702, 541-388-1133. This family centered event will feature activities and games for children, live entertainment, craft and vendor sales and the OSU Master Gardener Plant Sale. www.visitbend.com.
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Reg. at 8:30am and run begins at 10am. At Cascade Middle School Track. A day of family fun and healthy living! Fun Run presented by Fred Meyer is a time to bring the whole family and celebrate your health! Strollers, wheelchairs and dogs on leashes are encouraged to attend! Runners will have a 30-minute heat to accomplish as many laps as possible. 10 laps around the track (2.5 miles) during an assigned heat earns all kids a Camp Fire prize. There will be games, snacks, face painting and more! Dogs will earn a prize too! Bring the whole family and Get Outside! $12/individual, $35/family of 4 (each additional child $5), Fido is Free! For more information contact 382-4682. www.campfireusaco.org.
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10am-4pm. Look for the canopies and come enjoy the arts, crafts, food and music. Indulge yourself and buy gifts for friends and family. There is something for everyone at the Central Oregon Saturday Market. The COSM has been active since 1974 and getting larger and more diverse each year. Our show season runs from Memorial Day weekend (a two day affair) through mid-September.
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At the Les Schwab Amphitheater. National beard and mustache championships and related activities. Tickets are $10. Live music by El Loco at 8:30pm. Beer from Boneyard Brewing and food from several local vendors. Categories include: Best moustache (Beards are allowed in this category but the contestants will be judged on their moustaches only) Best partial beard (Includes goatees, van dykes, sideburns, musketeers, etc.) Best full beard. (Styling aids are permitted.) Freestyle. (Anything goes. Anything. Be creative.)
www.theoldmill.com.
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June 4th, 7pm and 5th, 2pm. 5th grade-High School Spring Musical Production The June 5th performance is at 2pm. Tickets are $10 and include dessert at intermission. Tickets may not be available at the door, please call to confirm that seats are available at the door. www.bendchamber.org.
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On the Rosie Bareis Campus
1010 NW 14th St. (on Bends Westside)
Enjoy an open discussion with awesome Video featuring Abraham and Jerry & Esther Hicks. Donations are welcome, half of which is given back to
the Children—the Animals—and the Land.
Questions ~ Call Richard & Debbie @ 389-4523 or visit www.GoldenBridgeSeminars.com
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June 4-20th. Wed-Sat., 7:30pm and Sun, 2pm. It’s September 1934, and Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world famous tenor Tito Morelli, to appear for one night only as Otello. The star arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquilizers, passes out, and is presumed dead. In a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades his assistant to go on instead. A sensation on Broadway and in London’s West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter. www.cascadestheatrical.org.