• Holiday Gelatin Salad Show

    Does your family have a weird holiday gelatin salad? Let your freak holiday salad SHINE at the HOLIDAY GELATIN SALAD SHOW Saturday, December 13 at 1 pm. Join the Deschutes Historical Museum in a celebration of weird vintage salad recipes. This Saturday will also complete the last weekend of our Food Drive with KSJJ 102.9 […]

    Free
  • January History Pub: About Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon

    McMenamins Old St Francis School 700 NW Bond St, Bend, Oregon

    With more breweries per capita than any other Oregon city, Bend is a beer Mecca. Prior to Prohibition, the state had a burgeoning brewing industry and plenty of saloons to cater to the needs of the hardy frontiersmen who settled Central Oregon. The teetotaling '20s brought all that to a screeching halt. Fifty years later, […]

    $5
  • February 2026 History Pub: A Big Man from a Small Place: Robert Sawyer, the Bend Bulletin, and the Columbia River

    McMenamins Old St Francis School 700 NW Bond St, Bend, Oregon

    Robert Sawyer, publisher and editor of the Bend Bulletin, played a key role in regional and national politics from 1917 to 1953 as a conservative activist for environmental conservation and irrigated agriculture. With no love for the New Deal, he participated in national policy debates, injecting his central Oregon viewpoint.  One of his most effective campaigns was part of a regional and national contest over control […]

    $5
  • Annual Members’ Luncheon

    Bend Elks Club 63120 Boyd Acres Rd, Bend, OR

    The 2026 Members’ Luncheon will once again take place on February 28, 2026 at the Elks Lodge in Bend. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m., with a welcome at 11:30. Lunch costs $25 per person, and will be a choice of prime rib, salmon, or vegetable lasagna. Members are asked to RSVP by February 14 […]

    $25