by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | Mar 5, 2024 | Field Notes, Sense Of Place, SOP 14, SOP Display
Sense of Place will feature A History of Wildfire in the Gorge on March 20, 2024. This event will be offered in-person at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon and via livestream. The recent catastrophic wildfires in the Pacific Northwest serve as a...
by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | Feb 21, 2024 | Field Notes, Sense Of Place, SOP 14, SOP Display
Now in its 14th season, the popular Sense of Place series has announced the launch of Sense of Place Pop-Ups. These events will bring the unique Sense of Place programs to locations throughout the Gorge, beginning with a Pop-Up at The...
by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | Feb 16, 2024 | Sense Of Place, SOP 14, SOP Display
Unique Event Goes Behind-the-Scenes of the World-Renowned Pear Orchards of the Gorge and the Local Growers Committed to Sustaining Them. Sense of Place, will feature Grow a Pear on February 21st, 2024. This event will be offered in-person at the Columbia Center for...
by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | Jan 3, 2024 | Field Notes, Sense Of Place, SOP 14, SOP Display
Unprecedented Momentum: Miles Johnson, Columbia Riverkeeper, to Speak on the Path Forward for Salmon Recovery Hood River, Oregon – Sense of Place, will feature Salmon at a Crossroads on January 17th, 2024. This event will be offered in-person at the Columbia...
by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | Dec 28, 2023 | Field Notes, Sense Of Place, SOP Display
The first time I met Homer Yasui was in Seattle. It was the fall of 2016, and like so many momentous things in life, I never saw it coming. I’d been hired to create something called a podcast. Unlike today, podcasts had yet to explode into the mainstream, so while I...
by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | Nov 21, 2023 | Field Notes, Sense Of Place, SOP 14, SOP Display
SOLD OUT! Last week’s Sense of Place, Beaver Power: Teaming Up With Nature’s Engineers to Restore Our Watersheds, packed the house (and the livestream)! Speakers, Jeanette Burkhardt and Margaret Neuman, took us back in time to uncover how beavers have shaped the...
by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | Aug 25, 2023 | Sense Of Place, SOP Display
A longtime friend and his family were visiting us this week. I had been looking forward to this for years. The trip was originally foiled by Covid, but finally got back on the books for this summer. As August rolled around and the date approached, I started scheming...
by Sarah Fox, Sense of Place Host & Curator | May 11, 2023 | Sense Of Place, SOP Display
Jocelyn Akins knows her audience. “Wanna bust your balls all day in the field with me tomorrow slinging frozen beaver?” This is the text I receive. Entirely out of the blue. Entirely unsurprising, given who it’s coming from. Jocelyn Akins (Dr. Akins if we want to get...
