Sense of Place host/curator, Sarah Fox, honored by Oregon Humanities as 2024 Community Storytelling Fellows. Sarah Fox, creator of the Hear in the Gorge podcast and curator/host of the Sense of Place event series, has been selected as a Community Storytelling Fellow by Oregon...
Grow a Pear!
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 the Arts in Hood River, Oregon...
Salmon at a Crossroads: Sense of Place, January 17th
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 Center for the Arts in Hood River,...
Happy Birthday, Homer.
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 had creative freedom, I also...
Native Plants from Mountaintop to Backyard: Sense of Place December 13th
Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Native Plants in the Columbia River Gorge: A Celebration of Biodiversity and Environmental Stewardship Hood River, Oregon — Sense of Place will feature Mountaintop to Backyard: The Beauty of the Gorge’s Native Plants on December 13th, 2023. This event will be...
Beavers Sold Out, And We Got a Musical Surprise!
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 landscape both in the Pacific...
Beaver Power: Teaming Up With Nature’s Engineers to Restore Our Watersheds
with Margaret Neuman & Jeanette Burkhardt Date & Time: Nov. 15th, 2023 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Foe or friend? Beavers have a long and complicated history in the Pacific Northwest. In Oregon, the Beaver State, they...
Grow a Pear!
with Lesley Tamura & Adam McCarthy Date & Time: Feb. 21st, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Washington and Oregon produce more pears than any other states in the U.S. (#1 & #2). And Hood River County grows...
Mountaintop to Backyard: The Beauty of the Gorge’s Native Plants
with Kristin Currin & Drew Merritt Date & Time: Dec. 13th, 2023 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Native plants give us a sense of place and a heartfelt connection to nature. They characterize the natural...
Salmon at a Crossroads
with Miles Johnson Date & Time: Jan. 17th, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: In 2015, roughly 250,000 sockeye salmon died in the Columbia and Snake rivers because water temperatures were too hot. Sockeye also sought...
Congratulations to Sarah Fox!
Sense of Place host/curator, Sarah Fox, honored by Oregon Humanities as 2024 Community Storytelling Fellows. Sarah Fox, creator of the Hear in the Gorge podcast and curator/host of the Sense of Place event series, has been selected as a Community...
Grow a Pear!
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...
Salmon at a Crossroads: Sense of Place, January 17th
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 Center...
Happy Birthday, Homer.
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...
Native Plants from Mountaintop to Backyard: Sense of Place December 13th
Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Native Plants in the Columbia River Gorge: A Celebration of Biodiversity and Environmental Stewardship Hood River, Oregon — Sense of Place will feature Mountaintop to Backyard: The Beauty of the Gorge’s Native Plants on December...
Beavers Sold Out, And We Got a Musical Surprise!
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...
Beaver Power: Teaming Up With Nature’s Engineers to Restore Our Watersheds
with Margaret Neuman & Jeanette Burkhardt Date & Time: Nov. 15th, 2023 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Foe or friend? Beavers have a long and complicated history in the Pacific Northwest. In...
Grow a Pear!
with Lesley Tamura & Adam McCarthy Date & Time: Feb. 21st, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Washington and Oregon produce more pears than any other states in the U.S. (#1 & #2)....
Mountaintop to Backyard: The Beauty of the Gorge’s Native Plants
with Kristin Currin & Drew Merritt Date & Time: Dec. 13th, 2023 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Native plants give us a sense of place and a heartfelt connection to nature. They...
Salmon at a Crossroads
with Miles Johnson Date & Time: Jan. 17th, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: In 2015, roughly 250,000 sockeye salmon died in the Columbia and Snake rivers because water temperatures were...