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10th Annual InventOR Finals
2-5 p.m., Friday, June 26
Celebrate a decade of student innovation and 10 years of bold ideas, breakthrough prototypes, and Oregon’s next generation of innovators.
This event showcases Oregon’s brightest collegiate innovators — including teams from OSU and OSU-Cascades — as they pitch their prototypes and compete for $30,000 in cash prizes. Stewarded by Portland State University's Center for Entrepreneurship.
Free. Registration required.
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OSU-Cascades and PRAx Present
2026-27 Season
Join us as we celebrate creativity, diversity and excellence in the performing arts. Through a concert series made possible with our collaboration with the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Arts, known as PRAx, OSU’s preeminent performing arts center.
Maruja Limón
7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026 | Tower Theatre, Bend
♫ Listen
“A miracle…a sensory feast that blends different styles with astonishing simplicity.” – Muzikalia (Madrid) “Maruja Limón dominated the stage, breathing new life into flamenco.” – Billboard Latin
Formed in Barcelona in 2014, Maruja Limón fuses Catalan, flamenco and Latin rumba with experimental electronic sounds, dembow, salsa and pop – all wrapped in lyrics that move seamlessly from sincerity and simplicity to irony and wit. Having performed for more than a decade at festivals across Europe and North Africa, Maruja Limón first toured the U.S. in 2025, including appearances at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center.
Tickets Coming Soon
Photo credit: Martine Severin
Nani Vazana with the OSU Chamber Choir
7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2027 | Tower Theatre, Bend
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Eurovision winner Nani Vazana breathes life into the endangered Ladino language, a heritage tongue spoken by Sephardic Jews after the Spanish expulsion of 1492. Originally built on a Castilian Spanish vocabulary, Ladino incorporates Hebrew and many other pan-Mediterranean influences of the Sephardic diaspora. Nani Vazana first learned Ladino in secret from her Moroccan grandmother, as her father forbade the language at home. Her original songs fuse Sephardic fairytales with contemporary storytelling, the sounds of the marketplace with Flamenco drama.
Vazana brings a voice with ship’s horn power to a remarkable stage concert that will include – alongside her own ensemble – appearances by the award-winning Oregon State University chamber choir.
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Third Coast Percussion x Jlin
7 p.m., Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2027 | Tower Theatre, Bend
♫ Listen and ♫ Listen
“Frenetic and physical but also heavy with emotion, like chamber music breaking out on the dance floor.” - Stereogum
What happens when a pioneering electronic music, composer, producer, and DJ collaborates with a Grammy-winning contemporary classical percussion ensemble? Find out on this extraordinary evening.
Third Coast Percussion takes their name from their base in Chicago, and a decade of partnership between the wildly innovative percussion quartet and Jlin – a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in music – originated in that city. Jlin will perform the electronic renditions of her compositions directly alongside the acoustic realizations of those pieces performed by the ensemble. And a brand-new work, commissioned by 92NY, will combine the forces of all five musicians, performing live together and conjuring a new sonic universe.
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Campus tours for community groups
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Fourth Fridays
Learn about the history, present and future of OSU’s growing university campus in Bend. After a classroom session, you’ll explore campus buildings and their public art, view the expansion site and learn about the innovative work underway to develop Oregon's newest university campus. Formal and informal groups welcome.
For groups of 12-24.
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Science Pubs
It's a new era for the popular, 14-year-old series that has been held in venues throughout the region until now. Science Pubs have moved to Edward J. Ray Hall on the OSU-Cascades campus.
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Public Art
Public art on campus was commissioned or purchased by OSU-Cascades through the Oregon Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program, or donated to the campus.
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Campus Expansion
A 30-year community vision is taking shape. Over the next decades, OSU-Cascades will expand, creating a 128-acre campus for up to 5,000 students.
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Net-Zero Campus
Net zero would mean the campus consumes only as much energy as it produces, balances water availability and demand, and eliminates waste sent to landfills.