Around the Bend / WED NOV 18
Card Camp
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 · Bend Tea + Art Lounge
Gathering to make homemade cards for birthdays, holidays and thank-yous alongside other crafters. Open to seasoned crafters and beginners.
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Kids: Advanced Art
Advanced art class for young artists ages 9 through teens. Each week introduces new techniques and tools across painting, drawing, sculpture and mixed media.Metal Clay Rings – 2 Day Workshop
Two-day workshop at DIY Cave in Bend on making rings in metal clay. DIY Cave is a community makerspace offering hands-on classes and tools for jewelry making and metalsmithing.Senior Day
Senior Day at the High Desert Museum on Nov. 18, 10am to 4pm. Visitors 65 and older are invited to enjoy the Museum for free; the Museum is also open to the general public.Todd Day Wait
Nashville-based troubadour Todd Day Wait plays Silver Moon — old-time country, folk and blues in the Jimmie Rodgers and Willie Nelson tradition.Trestles
Santa Cruz surf-psych band Trestles plays Silver Moon, with Grolixes opening — a sound rooted in 1960s West Coast garage rock. 7 p.m., $14.92.Bend Senior Support Office Hours
Bend Senior Support office hours at Trinity Episcopal Church.10:00a
Pastoral Care Team
The Pastoral Care Team meets at Trinity Episcopal Church.11:00a
High Desert Chamber Music's "Starry Starry Night" Online Auction
High Desert Chamber Music's annual Gala online auction closes Nov. 18 at 9pm. Anyone can bid from home, with proceeds supporting HDCM's Concert Series and free Educational Outreach programs.12:00p
Youth Wheel and Handbuilding
A pottery class for young students covering both wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques in clay.3:00p
Sacred Ground Book club
Sacred Ground book club at Trinity Episcopal Church — the Episcopal dialogue series on race, faith and American history, built on films and readings.4:30p
Bend ET Social @ Waypoint Hotel
Bend Emerging Talent's networking social at Waypoint Hotel — appetizers, drinks and an evening of meeting fellow local professionals. $15 for Chamber members, $25 for non-members.5:00p
Transgressors Exhibit Opening Reception
Opening reception for Transgressors, an exhibit about Indigiqueer ancestors, at the Deschutes Historical Museum.5:00p
Historical cutlass fencing at the Bend1595 Club
The Bend chapter of The 1595 Club practices historical fencing in the 16th-century cut-and-thrust style, based on Vincentio Saviolo's 1595 treatise, with the cutlass as its primary weapon.5:15p
Inner Alchemy: An Autumn Seasonal Immersion
Name of Event: Inner Alchemy: An Autumn Seasonal Immersion Facilitator: Carolyn Candela Hanai Location: Earth Room Time of Event: 5:30 - 7:30pm Event Description: Honor the energies of autumn with an evening of gentle movement, journaling, seasonal attunement, and a guided intuitive meditation…5:30p
Fall Into OBOB Series: A Game of Fox & Squirrels, Jenn Reese
Oregon Battle of the Books author event with Jenn Reese, on her Oregon Book Award-winning middle-grade novel A Game of Fox & Squirrels, at Roundabout Books.6:00p
Mystery Book Club
Monthly mystery book club at Roundabout Books; this month discussing 'Five' by Ilona Bannister. Meets at 6pm.6:00p
Rediscovered Reads Book Club
Book club for great books you missed when they were new; this month: 'My Sister, the Serial Killer' by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Meets at 6pm.6:00p
Trivia Night
Weekly trivia night hosted by Sean Solo Trivia, with a $25 gift card for the first-place team.6:00p
NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet
Talmi Entertainment's touring NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet at the Tower Theatre, partnering with local dance studios, with marionettes and the Doves of Peace acro-ballet adagio.7:00p
The California Honeydrops - Sweet Like That Tour 2026
Oakland retro-soul band The California Honeydrops bring their Sweet Like That Tour to Midtown Ballroom — soul, R&B, funk and blues, presented by Parallel 44 Presents.7:00p
The Cactus Blossoms w/ Devin Champlin
The Cactus Blossoms — harmony-singing brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum — play Americana and indie folk, with Bellingham songwriter Devin Champlin opening. Doors at 7, $25 in advance, $35 at the door.8:00p