by Mt. Adams Institute | Mar 17, 2025 | SOP Display, WRO
A community-centered, multimedia production features original music and storytelling in the Columbia River Gorge. Hood River, OR – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series will celebrate 15 years with a landmark event: The Watershed Rock Opera, a multimedia...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 19, 2025 | SOP Display
Hood River, OR – March 12, 2025 – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series continues with “Beyond the Scrub: New Attention on Oregon White Oaks and Why They Matter,” featuring Lindsay Cornelius, East Cascades Oak Partnership Manager at the Columbia Land...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 5, 2025 | SOP Display, WRO
Thank you to everyone who has reached out about tickets for The Watershed Rock Opera (WRO). We are excited to announce the dates for our pre-sale and general admission tickets – (and keep reading for more on this unique project…) FEBRUARY...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2025 | SOP Display
Hood River, OR – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series is proud to present “Of Salmon and Basketball: A Conversation with Buck Jones” on Wednesday, February 12, featuring an evening spent in conversation with Buck Jones, an enrolled Cayuse member of...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 11, 2025 | SOP Display
What is this Watershed Rock Opera, anyways?! Read about it in, Channeling the Stories of the Local Watershed, an article in the most recent edition of Oregon Humanities magazine in which producer, Sarah Fox, writes about the project’s origin-story and some Sense of...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 10, 2025 | SOP Display
The most recent edition of The Gorge Magazine featured a look back at 15-years of Sense of Place with their article Finding the Common Thread. Local writer, David Hanson, spoke with SOP’s Sarah Fox, program founder, Amanda Lawrence, and even dipped a toe into our...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 30, 2024 | SOP Display
with Doug Thiesies -Hood River County Forester, Gary Paasch – mountain biker & trail-builder, and Arthur Babitz – County Commissioner and mountain biker Hood River, OR – January 15, 2025 – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series continues with “More Than...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 20, 2024 | SOP Display
What has pears, wastewater wizards, rare carnivores, and music all wrapped up in one place?! The Watershed Rock Opera! Oregon Humanities headed out to the Gorge to talk with Sense of Place host/curator, Sarah Fox, City Manager Abigail Elder, and Lesley Tamura, 4th...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 18, 2024 | SOP Display
Sense of Place turned 15 years old this season. Thank you to The Gorge Magazine and writer, David Hanson for helping us celebrate with such a thoughtful, nuanced article. We so appreciate and believe in local news sources and writers. So go grab a magazine and...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Nov 27, 2024 | SOP Display
with Laura Volksi, PHD Student Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series continues with “The Wolf Next Door: A Community Perspective on the Return of Wolves,” featuring PhD student Lara Volski. The event will be held on Wednesday, December 11. Doors open...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Oct 30, 2024 | SOP Display
Season 15 of Sense of Place continues with a presentation from Dr. Richard “Dick Iverson, Geologist, Scientist Emeritus. Hood River, Ore. (Oct. 30, 2024) — Sense of Place continues its 15th anniversary season with Geology Alive: Understanding Geologic Hazards in...
by Cole Goodwin | Oct 9, 2024 | SOP Display
Presentation by Amy Peterson, a third-generation Japanese American matsutake forager. Sense of Place is excited to kick off its 15th anniversary season with Community, Culture, Food: Matsutake Mushrooms! The event will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at the...
by Cole Goodwin | Oct 9, 2024 | SOP Display
Our popular event series will kick off with a presentation on the cultural and ecological significance of Matsutake Mushrooms. The event will include a short film featuring Homer Yasui on his final Matsutake hunt. Sense of Place is excited to announce the lineup for...
by Cole Goodwin | Aug 23, 2024 | SOP Display
Come play with us at The Bingen Theater! Saturday, September 14th, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM PDT In Person at The Bingen Theater, 210 Oak St, Bingen, WA 98605 Doors open at 6, Show at 7pm. *Please Note: This is a SPECIAL Sense of Place Pop-Up Event. It will take place at...
by Cole Goodwin | Aug 22, 2024 | Field Notes, SOP Display, WRO
A Special Sense of Place Event Happening in April 2025 To celebrate 15 years of the Sense of Place series, we present… THE WATERSHED ROCK OPERA “THE GREATEST ROCK OPERA EVER PRODUCED ABOUT A WATERSHED*” A multimedia performance in 5...
