Celebrate the people and places that fostered the Bend ski community with a talk and screening.
Step back into Central Oregon’s past with local historian and Lost Oregon Ski Areas author, Steve Stenkamp, as he brings to life the early days of skiing in Bend and the people behind them. Then, settle in for a screening of the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation’s award-winning documentary, Bill Healy: A Man Who Loved a Mountain, a portrait of Mt. Bachelor’s founder and his pioneering vision that shaped the mountain we know today.
Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF) and Mt. Bachelor Ski Area are proud to present a heartfelt film about the life and vision of Mt. Bachelor’s founder, Bill Healy. The film, which was locally produced, and directed by Martin Sundberg, includes the reflections of friends, family and community members and captures Healy’s remarkable character, pioneering vision, and enduring legacy.
The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF) is a leading winter sports organization and nonprofit based in Bend, Oregon since 1986. Skyliners Ski Club, MBSEF’s root organization, originated in Central Oregon in 1927. The vision of MBSEF is to positively impact the life of every athlete it serves, and MBSEF is proud to be the recipient of the 2024 US Ski and Snowboard Development Club of the Year. For more information on MBSEF, its programs, and how to support MBSEF athletes, visit www.mbsef.org
2026 A Novel Idea Book Selection:
Supersonic charts the rise of a boomtown city in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. In the present day, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to rename her daughter’s elementary school after her late grandmother—a beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What begins as a symbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic, multi-generational story of struggle—for and against change, and over who gets to define the future.
Through interwoven lives—an opioid-addicted 19th-century conman, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet that will fly faster than sound, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneur, and a family haunted by the ghosts of progress—Supersonic reveals how each era tries to remake the same ground beneath its feet. At once intimate and panoramic, the story channels the restless energy that propels the West.
About the Author:
Thomas Kohnstamm was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the same house he grew up in—now with his wife and two children. A freelance writer for over twenty years, he’s been a Spanish & Portuguese translator, travel writer, video & animation producer and has covered subjects ranging from rainforest conservation to quantum computing to backcountry skiing. Supersonic is his third book.
Learn more about A Novel Idea
Questions? Contact laurelh@deschuteslibrary.org
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Adult Program |
62950 NE 18th St, Bend, OR 97701
Banquet Room
