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...

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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...

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Battle of the Bugs: How Insects Impact the Gorge

with Christopher Adams Date & Time: April 17th, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Tree fruit production is a defining characteristic of life in The Gorge. Pear and cherry production is fraught with challenges from...

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A History of Wildfire in the Gorge

with Chris Donnermeyer Date & Time: March 20th, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Recent catastrophic fires in Oregon and Washington have been a stark reminder of wildlands fire’s place on the landscape, but also the...

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White Sturgeon: North America’s Largest Fish Lives Here

White Sturgeon: North America’s Largest Fish Lives Here

with Donella Miller Lecture Description: White Sturgeon are North America’s largest fish and can live to 100 years old! These prehistoric fish appeared in the fossil record 200 million ago, but unlike most fish, white sturgeon don’t have scales, they have skin like sandpaper. Their body is...

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“A, Q, What?”

“A, Q, What?”

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 on things to do, places to go,...

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Sarah Fox

Sarah Fox

Sense of Place Host & Curator Sarah Fox comes to MAI as the creator/producer of the podcast Hear in the Gorge and as curator/host of the Sense of Place Event Series. Her work has appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and has been recognized by the Oregon Heritage Commission, Hood River...

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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)....

read more

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...

read more

Battle of the Bugs: How Insects Impact the Gorge

with Christopher Adams Date & Time: April 17th, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Tree fruit production is a defining characteristic of life in The Gorge. Pear and cherry production is...

read more

A History of Wildfire in the Gorge

with Chris Donnermeyer Date & Time: March 20th, 2024 at 7 pm Location: Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR Lecture Description: Recent catastrophic fires in Oregon and Washington have been a stark reminder of wildlands fire’s place...

read more
“A, Q, What?”

“A, Q, What?”

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...

read more
Sarah Fox

Sarah Fox

Sense of Place Host & Curator Sarah Fox comes to MAI as the creator/producer of the podcast Hear in the Gorge and as curator/host of the Sense of Place Event Series. Her work has appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and has been recognized by the Oregon...

read more