(Photos | Courtesy of NeighborImpact) For the Love of Reading: Fourth Annual Head Start & Early Head Start Book Drive Help NeighborImpact build literacy skills through the love of reading by supporting the Fourth Annual Head Start and Early Head Start Book Drive. This important event runs through July 31, 2022 at Roundabout Books in…
(Dylan Tomine | Photos courtesy of Wild Ridge PR) On Saturday, June 25 at 6pm, Fly & Field of Bend will host Dylan Tomine as he shares stories from his new book Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession, and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman (published by Patagonia, released April 2022). Tomine is a conservationist for wild fish and water and producer of the Patagonia documentary Artifishal….
Explore your world this summer — and beyond — with free passes to local museums and attractions available through Deschutes Public Library. Deschutes County residents can use the Library’s new Discovery Pass online reservation system to check out passes to the: Deschutes Historical Museum High Desert Museum Oregon Observatory at Sunriver Sunriver Nature Center Starting…
((L) Beth Piatote is a writer and scholar of Native American and Indigenous literature and law. Piatote, who is Nez Perce and an enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, is a professor of Native American Studies at University of California, Berkeley. Her research spans Indigenous studies, American studies, literary studies, legal studies and women’s…
(Gregg Levoy) Gregg Levoy’s Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life has been rated among the Top 20 Career Publications by the Workforce Information Group. On May 15, Levoy will speak and offer a workshop at Unity Community of Central Oregon. He will explain that “Callings” are urgings from spirit that tell us what it…
(Graphic | Courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) A Novel Idea: Don’t Miss Diane Wilson and Christine Day May 6 and 7 The 19th annual celebration of A Novel Idea wraps up in early May, but there’s still plenty of thought-provoking programming to come, including two in-person events with authors Diane Wilson and Christine Day. Visit…
(Western poet and storyteller Kathy Moss | Art courtesy of High Desert Museum) Mark your calendar for May 14-15 to celebrate Women in the West! The festivities begin the evening of Saturday, May 14 with award-winning Western poet and storyteller Kathy Moss. She enthralls audiences with her tales of horse training, driving cattle and more….
(Graphic | Courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) Take the feeling of surprise, add a dash of admiration, fold in inexplicable magic and you have created the sentiment of wonder. Get curious this month as Deschutes Public Library investigates “Know Wonder.” Hear from experts on how to rethink plastic waste and develop a game plan for…
(Graphic | Courtesy of High Desert Museum) Writers have less than one month to submit their work for the High Desert Museum’s 2022 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, May 1 at 11:59pm. The Prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy with the desert…
Contest for the Oregon Blue Book Prompts Students to Share their Pandemic Experience Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan recently announced the start of the Oregon Blue Book Student Essay Contest. The theme for the 2023-2024 Oregon Blue Book is, “Oregon Students Share Their Pandemic Experience.” Students are encouraged to submit written or video essays….
