Around the Bend / MON NOV 30
Family Story Time
Monday, November 30, 2026 · 9:30 a.m. · Central Library, Bend
Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. Hear great stories while also becoming more familiar with letter sounds, rhyming, vocabulary, and print.
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Helen Brown Watercolors
Helen Brown is November's featured artist at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend, showing watercolors painted on rice paper — a style that has won awards with the Watercolor Society of Oregon. Part of the High Desert Art League's fall exhibits.9:00a
Baby Story Time
Babies need to hear stories, right from the beginning. You and your little one will join other families and hear very simple stories, songs and rhymes that will help to build a love of books and words.10:30a
Preschool Story Time
Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. Hear great stories while also becoming more familiar with letter sounds, rhyming, vocabulary, and print.10:30a
Crafternoon
Paint, draw, cut, glue...come try something new! Join an Early Learning Community Librarian for a bit of artistic expression and early literacy skill building!12:00p
Crafternoon
Join an Early Learning Community Librarian for a bit of artistic expression and early literacy skill building! Children will work on developing fine motor skills, shape identification, texture description, and color exploration through the process of completing an interactive craft.1:00p
Centering Prayer
A Centering Prayer group meets at Trinity Episcopal Church for a period of silent, contemplative prayer on Monday afternoon.1:30p
Writing is Fun with Eileen Tannich Gose
A welcoming writing group at the Redmond Senior Center headed by Eileen Tannich Gose — a space to create, laugh and share, no experience needed. Mondays 2–3pm; register at the front desk, $3 per class for members, $5 for nonmembers.2:00p
Hexed
Film screening of Disney's animated magical coming-of-age saga Hexed, in which teen Billie (voice of Hailee Steinfeld) discovers secret magical abilities and journeys to the witch realm Hexe with her mother Alice (voice of Rashida Jones).3:45p
Clases de computación en Español
Plazas limitadas, llame a Brent para inscribirse hoy mismo. Para registrarse llamar Brent al - 541.788.4829.5:00p
Intro to Sewing Clothes: Festive Pajama Shorts
Space is limited and registration is required. This is a three-part workshop and is designed for participants 16+ years of age.5:00p
Bend Zen Meditation 5:30 PM - 8 PM
Monday-evening Zen meditation at Trinity Episcopal Church, running 5:30 to 8 p.m.5:15p
Pottery & Sip: Build A Square Planter or Dish
Hand-build a square ceramic piece to use as a planter or holiday candy dish, with wine. $65 per person includes the class, supplies and first glass of wine, and no experience is needed.5:30p
Changing Patterns: Re-Entry Weeklies
Anyone who has returned home from prison is invited to join a 10-week guided peer support group to help navigate the barriers and obstacles, and celebrate the successes, of re-entry.6:00p