Central Oregon Weekend Planner – Jan. 27, 2023

Central Oregon Weekend Planner – Jan. 27, 2023.

Here is our Central Oregon weekend planner, created each week to showcase events throughout Central Oregon!

Latest Local News

• 2023.01.25 – Realtor.com names La Pine one of top 10 ‘great affordable ski towns you’ve never heard of’
• 2023.01.26 – Beer-flation: Manufacturing costs up more than 30% for brewers
• 2023.01.26 – Busy NE Bend intersection of Neff Road & Purcell Blvd. set for major improvements — and lengthy detour
• 2023.01.26 – Electrical line work prompts BLM closures in Maston Trail System at Cline Buttes
• 2023.01.26 – Out & About: Squirrels, elk, you name it
• 2023.01.26 – Repair Project Lowers Mirror Pond Water Levels
• 2023.01.26 – Save The Date: Carly has some weekend events for you
• 2023.01.27 – A green comet is back after 50,000 years, could be visible to naked eye
• 2023.01.27 – Big change over the weekend (weather)

Health & Safety Information

• Bend North Corridor Project
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Oregon Health Authority | COVID-19 Updates
• Deschutes County Health Department
• Oregon.gov
• Ongoing local updates from KTVS News 21, Bend Bulletin, & MyCentralOregon.com
• Central Oregon SOS
• Relief programs
• Wildfires
  • Oregon Smoke Information | Map |
  • Air Quality Map
  • Real-time Wildfire Map

Where Are The Events?

I have found it increasingly difficult to reliably create an accurate list of weekly events amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions, cancellations, late additions, etc. all conspire against the limited time I have each week to devote to such an endeavor. So, for the foreseeable future, I’m going to defer to the professionally maintained local event calendars linked below:

The Source Weekly | Hack Bend | My Central Oregon | Visit Central Oregon | Visit Bend

The local chambers of commerce maintain event calendars as well:
Bend | La Pine | Madras | Prineville | Redmond | Sisters | Sunriver

For events elsewhere in Oregon, head to Travel Oregon’s Event Calendar.

Stay-At-Home / Stay Local Links

The list of links below includes websites & videos that can be viewed from home. This will be an ongoing list that hopefully will grow each week. While I’ll definitely give preference to links directly related to Central Oregon, this is not intended to be a “Central Oregon Only” list. If you know of any link(s) that I should include, by all means, please feel free to leave them as a comment via the form at the bottom of this page or email them to me directly at mitchd(at)bhhsnw(dot)com.

In addition to this list, our Portland HQ creates a Weekend Planner each week with an eye towards activities that can be done at home or online, as well as some select activities that embrace social distancing.

• Architecture
  • 10 Buildings That Changed American Architecture.
  • Explore the creative side of architecture with 30×60 Design Workshop.
  • Explore the celebrity side of architecture with Architectural Digest.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years | tour the restored home with its current owner | virtual tours of 12 incredible Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.
  • Learn ‘how to architect‘ with Doug Patt.
  • The Genius Behind Some Of The World’s Most Famous Buildings a TED talk by Renzo Piano.
• Auto
  • Drive tastefully with Petrolicious.
  • Explore Jay Leno’s Garage.
  • Explore Harry’s Garage.
  • Go for a drive with Matt Farrah at The Smoking Tire.
  • Go on The Grand Tour with former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May and follow their ongoing adventures on the spin-off channel, Drivetribe.
  • Review cars with Doug DeMuro and stick around for More Doug DeMuro.
  • Review cars with the Thomas & James at Throttle House.
•  Cinema
  • Adventure Calls with Chad Copeland (A Central Oregon Adventure Film Series).
  • Learn about cinematic history with FilmMakerIQ.
  • Little Did I Know – Oscar Edition:
    • Part 1 – UP THE CREEK
    • Part 2 – WILD and the Pacific Crest Trail
    • Part 4 – ROOSTER COGBURN
    • Part 4 – INDIAN FIGHTER and Fort Benham
•  Music
  • Dissect popular songs with Christian James Hand:
    • His archived radio appearances run about 25 minutes each and are safe for most ears.
    • His twitch sessions generally run an hour or two, are not recorded, and almost always contain profanity.
    • Follow him on Instagram and/or facebook for show announcements.
  • Learn about the guitar with Steve Vai and/or Eric Johnson
  • Learn about the bass guitar with Scott Devine, Guy Pratt, John Taylor, and/or, if you speak Spanish, Vincen García.
  • Check out the short but exhaustive histories of popular guitars at Five Watt World.
  • Learn about music theory & production with Rick Beato.
  • Enjoy stories from a new musical guest each week on Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp & Guy Pratt.
•  Photography
  • Follow the adventures of the Fstoppers crew and even hang out with them live.
  • “Keep shooting” with Bryan Peterson.
  • Learn a little more about photography with Joe McNally.
  • Live like an artist on ‘Tequila Time‘ with photographer Art Wolfe (facebook | youtube) and follow it up on facebook as he chats with one or more of his photographic colleagues on Earth Is Our Witness.
  • The photography training site, KelbyOne offers free access to some of their top-watched classes. Visit their youtube page for more content.
• Various
  • Watch a TED talk
  • Access the Deschutes Library
  • Listen to a podcast with Marc Maron
  • Experience The Great Outdoors at Central Oregon Daily News.
  • Experience all that Oregon has to offer with the ongoing series Destination Oregon at Central Oregon Daily News.
  • Go overlanding in Central Oregon (and beyond) with Jason Darrah @ Primal Outdoors
  • Explore the western U.S. with Wonderhussy and/or Badass Brunette
  • Follow Jodi Ettenberg’s adventures with food around the world via legalnomads.com and marvel at her insatiable curiosity.

Parks & Rec.

Please see the specific links below for park updates and closures. See also Central Oregon Daily’s “Destination Oregon,” “Get Outside” & “The Great Outdoors” featurettes.

• Oregon Ski Areas & Resorts
  • Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort
  • Ferguson Ridge Ski Area (aka Fergi)
  • Hoodoo Ski Area
  • Mt. Ashland Ski Area
  • Mt. Bachelor:
    • Meissner Nordic
    • Mt. Bachelor
  • Mt. Hood:
    • Cooper Spur
    • Mt. Hood Meadows
    • Ski Bowl
    • Summit
    • Timberline
  • Spout Springs Ski Area
  • Warner Canyon Ski Area
  • Willamette Pass
• City & County Parks
  • Bend Park & Recreation District
  • City Of Madras Parks Department
  • Crook County Parks & Recreation District (Prineville area)
  • Culver City Park
  • La Pine Park & Recreation
  • Metolius City Park
  • Redmond Area Park & Recreation District
  • Sisters City Parks
  • Sunriver Parks
• State Parks | updates | map
  • Campgrounds With Day-use Facilities
    • Cottonwood Canyon State Park (Moro)
    • The Cove Palisades State Park (Culver)
    • Deschutes River State Recreation Area (Dallesport)
    • La Pine State Park (La Pine)
    • Prineville Reservoir State Park (Prineville)
    • Prineville Reservoir – Jasper Point (Prineville)
    • Smith Rock State Park (Terrebonne)
    • Tumalo State Park (Tumalo)
  • Day-use Parks
    • Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint (Redmond)
    • Elliott Corbett Memorial State Recreation Site (Santiam Pass)
    • Fort Rock State Natural Area (Fort Rock)
    • Ochoco State Scenic Viewpoint (Prineville)
    • Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint (Bend)
    • Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint (Terrebonne)
    • Warm Springs State Recreation Area (Warm Springs)
    • White River Falls State Park (Tygh Valley)
• National Parks & Monuments  | 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) update
  • John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
    • The Painted Hills Unit
    • Clarno Unit
    • Sheep Rock Unit
    • Thomas Condon Paleontology and Visitor Center
  • Newberry National Volcanic Monument
    • Lava Lands & Lava Butte
    • Lava River Cave Interpretive Site
    • Paulina Visitor Center
    • Paulina Falls Day Use Area
    • Paulina Peak Observation Site
    • Paulina Lake | Paulina Lake Lodge
    • Big Obsidian Flow Trailhead and Interpretive Site
    • East Lake | East Lake Resort
  • Crater Lake National Park | Crater Lake Lodge

Currently Playing Movies

All local movie theaters have now reopened.

• LIMITED ENGAGEMENTS:
  • Friday, January 27
  • HAPPY FEET (2006) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME: SCARLET BOND (2022) [subtitled] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • LEFT BEHIND – RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • SKINAMARINK (2022)@ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • Saturday, January 28
  • 80 FOR BRADY (2023) [sneak preview] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • HAPPY FEET (2006) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • LEFT BEHIND – RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • PINKFONG SING-ALONG MOVIE 2: WONDERSTAR CONCERT (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • Sunday, January 29
  • HAPPY FEET (2006) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • LEFT BEHIND – RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • PINKFONG SING-ALONG MOVIE 2: WONDERSTAR CONCERT (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • Monday, January 30
  • HAPPY FEET (2006) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • Tuesday, January 31
  • 80 FOR BRADY (2023) [BFF Night Out] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • HAPPY FEET (2006) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • Wednesday, February 1
  • BTS: Yet To Come In Cinemas (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • HAPPY FEET (2006) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • Spaghetti-Western Wednesday @ Tin Pan Theater
  • Thursday, February 2
  • HAPPY FEET (2006) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX

• NEW RELEASES:
  • INFINITY POOL (2023)
  • LIVING (2022)
  • MAYBE I DO (2023)

• REGULAR RELEASES:
  • AVATAR – THE WAY OF WATER (2022)
  • THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2022) [Academy Award nominations reissue]
  • BLACK PANTHER – WAKANDA FOREVER (2022)
  • EO (2022)
  • EMPIRE OF LIGHT (2023)
  • THE FABELMANS (2022) [Academy Award nominations reissue]
  • EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022) [Academy Award nominations reissue]
  • HOUSE PARTY (2023)
  • WHITNEY HUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (2022)
  • A MAN CALLED OTTO (2022)
  • M3GAN (2023)
  • MISSING (2023)
  • PLANE (2023)
  • PUSS IN BOOTS – THE LAST WISH (2022)
  • TÅR (2022) [Academy Award nominations reissue]
  • THE SON (2022)
  • THE WHALE (2022)
  • WOMEN TALKING (2022) [Academy Award nominations reissue]

• COMING SOON:
  • Premiering Wednesday, Feb 1
    • 80 FOR BRADY (2023)
    • THE AMAZING MAURICE (2023)
  • Premiering Thursday, Feb 2
    • KNOCK AT THE CABIN (2023)
  • Premiering Thursday, Feb 9
    • MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE (2023)
    • TITANIC 3D (1997) [25th Anniversary]
  • Premiering Thursday, Feb 16:
    • ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA (2023)
  • 2023.02.02-3 – GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) [30th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.03 – BTS: Yet To Come In Cinemas (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.03-9 – HAPPY FEET TWO (2011) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.03-5 – SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE: PROGRESSIVE – SCHERZO OF DEEP NIGHT (2022) [subtititled] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.04 – BTS: Yet To Come In Cinemas (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.06 – FACING THE LAUGHTER: MINNIE PEARL (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.08 – LOURDES (2023) @ [French] Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.09 – LOURDES (2023) @ [French] Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.09 – SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE: PROGRESSIVE – SCHERZO OF DEEP NIGHT (2022) [subtititled] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.15 – WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY (2023) @ Madras 5 and Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.20 – THE CONFESSION MUSICAL (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.02.22 – JESUS REVOLUTION (2023) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.03.05 – CASABLANCA (1942) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.03.06-7 – THE THORN (2015) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.03.08 – CASABLANCA (1942) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.03.10 – HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (2001) [Tickets: FREE, but you must reserve a ticket to attend!] @ Tower Theatre
  • 2023.03.18 – The Met: Live in HD: LOHENGRIN (2022) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.03.22 – The Met: Live in HD: LOHENGRIN (2022) [encore] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.03.26 – THE INDEPENDENTS (2018) [Tickets: FREE, but you must buy a ticket to The Sweet Remains concert first!] @ Tower Theatre
  • 2023.04.15 – The Met: Live in HD: DER ROSENKAVALIER (2022) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.04.16 – THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) [25th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.04.19 – The Met: Live in HD: DER ROSENKAVALIER (2022) [encore] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.04.20 – THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) [25th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.04.29 – The Met: Live in HD: CHAMPION (2022) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.05.03 – The Met: Live in HD: CHAMPION (2022) [encore] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.05.14 – GREASE (1978) [45th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.05.17 – GREASE (1978) [45th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.05.20 – The Met: Live in HD: DON GIOVANNI (2022) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2022.05.24 – The Met: Live in HD: DON GIOVANNI (2022) [encore] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.06.03 – The Met: Live in HD: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE [The Magic Flute] (2022) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.06.07 – The Met: Live in HD: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE [The Magic Flute] (2022) [encore] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.06.11 – HAIRSPRAY (1988) [35th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.06.14 – HAIRSPRAY (1988) [35th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.07.16 – NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION (1983) [40th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.07.19 – NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION (1983) [40th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.08.13 – ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) [50th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.08.13 – ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) [50th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.09.13 – RAIN MAN (1988) [35th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.10.22 – THE BIRDS (1963) [60th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.10.25 – THE BIRDS (1963) [60th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.11.12 – SCARFACE (1983) [40th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.11.15 – SCARFACE (1983) [40th anniversary] @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.12.10 – A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • 2023.12.13 – A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983) @ Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX

Click here for most local theater schedules OR choose from the following:

• Fathom Events
• Seasonal & FREE!
  • Movies In The Park (Stryker Park in Prineville)
  • Twilight Cinema (The North Lawn @ The Village At Sunriver or SHARC in Sunriver)
• BEND
  • McMenamin’s Old St. Francis Theater
  • Regal Old Mill 16, ScreenX, & IMAX
  • Tin Pan Theater
  • Tower Theatre
  • Volcanic Theater Pub
• MADRAS
  • Madras Cinema 5
• REDMOND
  • Odem Theater Pub
  • Redmond Cinema
• PRINEVILLE
  • Pine Theater
• SISTERS
  • Sisters Movie House

Open Houses

Click here to view currently scheduled open houses!

Please stay safe and healthy.