Open Space Event Studios

We are excited to announce a showing of the documentary, Daughter of a Lost Bird, at Open Space Event Studios in collaboration with the Deschutes Public Library on Saturday, April 9th.

Synopsis courtesy of Women Make Movies: The documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird follows Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, as she reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity. Her singular story echoes many affected by the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Indian Adoption Project.

The documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird explores ethics surrounding Native American adoption via a singular story as an entry point into a more complicated national issue. In many ways, Kendra Potter is a perfect example of cultural assimilation, a modern representation of the painful phrase, "kill the Indian, save the man." She is a thriving woman who grew up in a loving, upper middle-class white family, and feels no significant loss with the absence of Native American culture or family in her life. And yet, as a Blackfeet/Salish woman, director Brooke Swaney could not imagine that Kendra could be content or complete without understanding her heritage. So together they embark on a 7 year journey.

Doors Open @ 2:30PM | No Entry After 3:10PM
This is a free event. Click here for more info: https://www.openspace.studio/event-details/documentary-showing-of-daughter-of-a-lost-bird

We are BACK AT IT with our neighbours at Manzanita Grill to bring you another latin dance night! Three local DJS will be bumping tunes with a wide open dance floor just waiting for you to show us your moves. Both beer and tacos will be available for purchase.

Doors at 8 PM | $15 at the door
This is a 21+ event.

Spring has sprung, and our April line up is nothing to joke about! TONIGHT we have Bend Royal Drag debuting with The Fool Me Once Variety Show! Tomorrow night, Comedy & A Cause will be hosting Jeff Dye featuring Amanda Arnold.

For tickets and more info on all of our events, check out our events page here: https://www.openspace.studio/events

Our summer calendar is filling up fast, but there is still time to get your event on the books! Send an email to [email protected] to schedule a tour of the venue.

Tickets are going fast! Join Open Space and Comedy & A Cause for a comedy show you won't want to miss! Jeff Dye stars in NBC’s new eclectic comedy adventure series “Better Late Than Never.” This exciting project will follow the travel of Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw and George Foreman as Jeff gives the adventure of a lifetime. Jeff is coming off of NBC’s alternative comedy-variety series hit called “I Can Do That”. Which he is extremely proud of and taught him…. Dye is a nationally touring comedian, actor, host, prankster and Bigfoot enthusiast.

Raised in Seattle, this class clown started doing comedy at Giggles Comedy Club right out of high school and was first nationally recognized on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” where he finished third after only three years into his comedy career. Since then he has had two of his own shows on MTV (“Money From Strangers,” “Numbnuts”), his own “Comedy Central Presents” special and stared on numerous other TV projects, including “Girl Code” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Dye’s passion is bringing love and positivity through laughter to everyone he encounters.

Amanda Arnold, who headlined our February Comedy & A Cause Comedy Competition, will be opening up the night. Hit the link in our bio for ticket info. This show WILL sell out, so get your tickets early! This event is also raising money for SAW (Save a Warrior) to benefit veterans 😎

Doors @ 7PM | Show @ 8PM
GA $25 | VIP Seating $30
Ticket link: https://www.bendticket.com/events/120189067/comedy-a-cause-presents-jeff-dye

Who's ready to welcome Bend's NEWEST drag troupe, Bend Royal Drag?! Get ready for a night of Campy Drag Kings, Queens, and Entertainers, as they take stage this April Fool's Day! With a theme like "Fool Me Once," these entertainers will have you laughing with them, if not at them!

Doors at 8 PM | Show at 8:30 PM
$25 | Ticket link: https://www.bendticket.com/events/120952006/the-fool-me-once-variety-show

What: Individual visual art practice in a community setting
When: 10 AM-12 PM on Saturday April 9th, 16th, and 23rd.
Why: To personally create visual art in community from a place of freedom and play.
All supplies are provided (including tea). Just bring yourself and your “play” clothes!

Ann Boyd worked for decades as a professional theatre artist and full-time faculty at Columbia College Chicago. She paints, writes and draws as a practice and took her first Open Studio workshop in Evanston, IL six years ago. In the spring of 2021, Ann completed their facilitator training course and is so happy to be able to share this cathartic, insightful, individual, and community creative and healing experience.

One Session | $30
Two Sessions | $55
Three Sessions | $75
Ticket link: https://www.bendticket.com/events/119894010/creative-freedom-personal-expression-through-visual-art-making-practiced-in-community

We’re still trying to find the right words to describe MOWO’s show last night. Inspiring. Impactful. Raw. None of them quite seem to do this project justice.

If you missed it, you’re in luck because we’ve got another show tonight! Tickets are available on bendticket.com and will also be available at the door. $10. Seriously, Bend. You don’t want to miss this.

Jeff Dye Live in BEND OREGON! *Ticket warning* Sat April 2nd Open Space Event Studios Click link for Tix https://bit.ly/JeffDyeOS

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Curious about how the 2022 legislative session ended — what legislation passed and what failed?

Join the Bend Chamber for a post-session wrap-up with Central Oregon legislators, Senator Tim Knopp and Representative Jason Kropf. Both will share highlights of the 35-day short session and take questions.

The event will be hosted in-person at Open Space Event Studios.

This is the perfect opportunity to stay up to date on policy changes, connect with Central Oregon leaders and make your voice heard in our community.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3qB4pMO

Mark your calendar! The next Bend Production Society Happy Hour Meet Up is on Thursday, March 31st, from 5-8:30 PM. We had such an awesome turnout for our last meeting in December and cannot wait to see you all again. There will be tons of time to talk about projects we’re working on and how we can support each other in the industry. Everyone in the photo/film production industry is invited! Please spread the word, and we’ll see you there!

Join us for a theater workshop that explores movement, presence and connection with practitioners Ann Boyd and Kurt Brocker. Ann and Kurt worked in the Chicago dance and theatre communities for twenty-five years. Kurt trained at DePaul University’s Theatre School and worked as an actor throughout the city. Ann worked as a choreographer and director and full-time faculty coordinating the Movement for Actors and Theatre Devising at Columbia College Chicago.

Kurt and Ann share a love of constraint-based ensemble practices including Movement to Music and the Viewpoints. Movement to Music is not “dancing” but rather invites us to freely and with abandon respond to our impulses. The Viewpoints is a compositional vocabulary that gives us a structure that liberates us to express authentic movement as well as experience presence and connection. We will also share theatrical warmups, freewriting, and an overall emphasis on building our curiosity and awareness.

Cost: $100 | $75 for students*
*if cost is a barrier contact us and we’ll work it out!
Click the link in our bio for more information about this event.

Join us, Central Oregon Locavore, and Dump City Dumplings for this mouth watering dumpling class on Sunday, 3/27! Locavore's Food School is taught by chefs, nutritionists, and food enthusiasts who want you to learn how to make delicious, in season, and local food pop! Learn the secrets of the culinary mind at these exciting classes geared toward the home food enthusiast.

In this class, Dan from Dump City Dumplings will teach us how to incorporate seasonal veggies into tasty steamed dumplings. Dan will show us how to cook and season fillings, as well as prepare a dough. He will also share how to form and steam delicious buns. For years, Dump City Dumplings has been serving up tasty Chinese style steamed bun dumplings inspired by cultures all over the world. They can be found at their restaurant in the Old Mill or at their food cart. They were recently featured on the Food Network's hit show Diner's, Drive-ins, & Dives. Find out more about Dump City at their website.

Members $7 | Non-Members $10
1-2:30 PM | Ticket link in bio