Central Oregon New Friends Connection (Newbies) welcomes newcomers, as well as "vintage" Bendites, who are interested in developing new friendships and in exploring the area's vast opportunities for recreation, education, and merrymaking. Our gatherings are as diverse as the group itself.  Please join us on our journey! NEW TO TOWN HAPPY HOURS! plus: BEER/WINE TASTING DINING OUT (locals' favorites) MUSIC VENUES HIKING/NATURE WALKS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES MOVIE NIGHTS GAMES NIGHTS ART WALKS AND anyth …

This groups is for baby boomer aged women who are ready to get off the couch and explore the world around them. It's about really exploring the world around you. Move out of your comfort zone by taking on new experiences and learning about life. Come join us for outdoor experiences, good food, music, theater, volunteering, learning and exploring. Make it your G.O.A.L. to get out and live!

Welcome to Bend West African Drum and Dance Meetup Group!!!! I decided to start this group because I wanted to share my love for playing, teaching and performing West African rhythms. I also wanted to provide a space for people who are interested in playing, studying, performing the djembe, dununs and West African Dance. Whether you have never touched a drum, are an advanced student, or just enjoy the culture and rhythms of West Africa, I hope you find this group a place to get your drum on! Thi …

Central Oregon Senior Singles is a social networking group for seniors over 50. Rather than being a dating club this is a place for those who believe the best way to create friendships with our peers is to share common interests and experiences. Activities include such events as movies, dinners, hiking, biking, music, book clubs, dancing, games, plays, potlucks and happy hours. Within our club are two sub groups, a Bunco group and a Cooking group and more could be created depending on our member …

..the bard | the poet | the storyteller | and the questions themselves... We all have musings... questions about stuff that really matters. There are questions that call us into the presence of things... and we wonder... these are the ones we sit with. We invite the bard, the poet, the artist, the storyteller to give us first entry into the questions... then we sit in circle withour stories, curiosity, peeling the layers off. Pubs and Coffeehouses feel unpretentious, inhabitable, places to be... …

This is a group where democrats, progressives and green party affiliates can get together, have some fun, mingle, laugh, and be creative. This group is open to singles, married, and people with children. OK, so, democrats won this last election, but where are they? Let’s come out of hiding and get to know each other. Too many of us have hidden in the comfort of our safe homes, ducking and diving away from any activity which could put us, or our children, in the midst of a radical right-wing ext …

Do you like the opera? Did you know that The Metropolitan Opera live streams each season of their operas into cinemas around the world. The Regal Old Mill streams the Live in HD productions on various Saturday mornings and an Encore on Wednesday evenings. Personally I prefer the Wednesday evenings, but don't let that stop you from going to the Saturday am if you prefer.

If you were born between 1946 and 1964, you know you're a "Boomer," whether you care for the label or not. As Boomers, this Meetup group will probably not stray far from our cultural image as described by these adjectives: idealistic (or at least we were when we were young); liberal-leaning and likely Democratic or Independent as voters; educated (with a college degree--and for some of you overachievers--graduate degrees); fond of good conversation, music, the arts, the sciences, food, wine/beer …