Enjoy the focus of a quiet space with the benefit of others' company.

Bring personal work, read a book, or answer emails. Come when you can, leave when you want.

Free, open network WiFi availabl...

Walk-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.


This is an in‐person program. Masks are optional at all in-person library events.

Connect and get help with housing, ...

Join the anciently familiar practice of singing together! All voices welcome.

- This is a non-performance, non-audition group singing event
- All voices (including yours) are welcome and wanted e...

Join us for a night of poetry with Carol Barrett.

In presenting her new book just released from The Poetry Box, a Portland-based literary press, Carol will begin with a poem for the widows who orig...

Drop-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.

Connect and get help with housing lists, medical access, mental health resources, veterans services, social security application...

Free 30-minute virtual consultations with a local lawyer.

This is an online program. Registration is required.

Lawyers are able to help with Oregon civil-law questions including family law (divo...

Free, limited, drop-in notary services for the public.


This is an in-person program.

A notary public is available at Downtown Bend Library on the first and third Thursdays of the month to pro...

Practice developing characters who resonate.

Registration is required.

Your characters often carry the emotion of a story. Does the reader love, hate, care about the character? And how does ...

Drop-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.

Connect and get help with housing lists, medical access, mental health resources, veterans services, social security applicatio...

Write a poem with nature.

Explore the river, wildlife, open lawn space and write a variety of poems.
Meet at the pedestrian bridge by the outside amphitheater.
Poetry prompts and writing suppl...

Enjoy the focus of a quiet space with the benefit of others' company.

Bring personal work, read a book, or answer emails. Come when you can, leave when you want.

Free, open network WiFi availabl...

Drop-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.

Connect and get help with housing, medical, mental health, veterans services, social security resources, and more. Thrive Centra...

Write a variety of poems with art.

Explore and learn about a new artist and write a variety of poems about your favorite art piece. (Writing supplies provided.) Registration required.

"The galle...

Learn how to write historical fiction that keeps readers hooked.

You can attend this program in person or take part online. To take part online, follow the "Register Here for Online Access" link a...

Drop-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.

Connect and get help with housing lists, medical access, mental health resources, veterans services, social security application...

Learn about the importance of hops in Oregon’s agricultural landscape.

The craft brewing renaissance has brought a renewed interest in hops. These vigorous vines play an important role in beer mak...

Drop-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.

Connect and get help with housing lists, medical access, mental health resources, veterans services, social security applicatio...

After a seven-year hiatus The High Desert Poetry Cell returns to DPL!

The High Desert Poetry Cell is comprised of five Central Oregon poets: Larry Jacobs, Don Kunz, John Kvapil, Peter Lovering and ...

Enjoy the focus of a quiet space with the benefit of others' company.

Bring personal work, read a book, or answer emails. Come when you can, leave when you want.

Free, open network WiFi availabl...

Drop-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.

Connect and get help with housing, medical, mental health, veterans services, social security resources, and more. Thrive Centra...

Explore Monet’s gardens with Jason Lamb, art history professor at COCC.

Perhaps the most important leader of the Impressionist movement, Claude Monet was one of the first artists to create painting...

Discuss Shark Heart with friends and neighbors.

Shark Heart - A Love Story, Deschutes Public Library’s Novel Idea 2024 selection, is a sweeping love story that is at once lyrical ...

Take a photographic journey through Spain with Hilloah Rorh.

Let’s explore Spain! First, we will travel south to Andalucía. Full of the many lovely artistic gifts left by the Moors, this area i...

Develop tools to safely manage online lives for both kids and adults.

Registration is required.

SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices® is a 2-hour training that teaches how technology can be used in a ...

Drop-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.

Connect and get help with housing lists, medical access, mental health resources, veterans services, social security application...