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A quieter time for children and adults who experience physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities to enjoy the High Desert Museum after hours. Explore the Museum’s newest exhibits and revisit your favorites.
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs traditional artists Roberta Kirk, Merle Kirk and Tashina Eastman will lead a three-hour beading workshop. Representing three generations, these culture keepers will talk about and display traditional regalia and work with participants to create a beaded animal charm suitable for a backpack, keyring or purse. For ages 14+. Some experience […]
The Owyhee River flows for 280 miles through Nevada, Idaho and Oregon and is surrounded by a diverse landscape of canyons, hills and wildlife. Listen to three desert explorers, Michael O’Casey of Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Renee Patrick of Oregon Natural Desert Association and photographer Jim Davis, as they talk about sagebrush steppe ecology, recreation […]
Don’t miss the final day of X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out! The Smithsonian’s National Collection of Fishes represents more than 70 percent of the world’s fish specimens and is the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in the world. Although the x-rays featured in the national collection were made for research purposes, the […]
Art and Wine in the High Desert, an exciting fundraising event sponsored by the Sunriver Women’s Club, returns May 9 -14,2022. Tickets for the event are limited and are on sale now. Virtual wine pairing class and wine tastings must be purchased no later than April 28. Tickets for the live all-inclusive wine tasting and […]
Our week long Art and Wine event opens on May 9, 2022, with a virtual class, “Not Your Mamma’s Grilled Cheese with Unexpected Wine Pairings” by Kasia Wilson, Cheese Specialist with Market of Choice. This class will most certainly include some surprises while sharpening your palate and entertaining talents. Monday, May 9 5:30-6:30 p.m. For […]
Please join the Sunriver Women's Club for our annual Art Meets Wine in the Desert virtual wine tasting. Celebrate Oregon Wine Month in your home by yourself or invite friends and family and turn this into a house party! They are a fun way to have a unique experience while socializing and spending time with […]
Please join the Sunriver Women's Club for our annual Art Meets Wine in the Desert virtual wine tasting. Celebrate Oregon Wine Month in your home by yourself or invite friends and family and turn this into a house party! They are a fun way to have a unique experience while socializing and spending time with […]
Join us at Kara's Kitchenware - Chef Rocky will be helping our guests learn to make beautiful and delicious charcuterie boards focusing on springtime ingredients. We will be serving wine from one of our staff favorite Willamette Valley wineries, Dusky Goose. Call the store for more details and to register for the class: 541-617-0312
Please join the Sunriver Women's Club for our annual Art Meets Wine in the Desert virtual wine tasting. Celebrate Oregon Wine Month in your home by yourself or invite friends and family and turn this into a house party! They are a fun way to have a unique experience while socializing and spending time with […]
Please join the Sunriver Women's Club for our annual Art Meets Wine in the Desert virtual wine tasting. Celebrate Oregon Wine Month in your home by yourself or invite friends and family and turn this into a house party! They are a fun way to have a unique experience while socializing and spending time with […]
Please join the Sunriver Women's Club for our annual Art Meets Wine in the Desert virtual wine tasting. Celebrate Oregon Wine Month in your home by yourself or invite friends and family and turn this into a house party! They are a fun way to have a unique experience while socializing and spending time with […]
Online registration with early bird pricing is now open for the country’s top multi-multisport event – the 44th annual SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle. The event, which has been contested each May in Bend since 1976, is scheduled for May 14. Participants can register as individuals, pairs, or teams at PPPBend.com. The SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle […]
Dry Canyon Arts presents their Spring Art Show and Sale. Featuring local artists & artisans!
The CENTRAL OREGON HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO is coming to the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center on May 14, 2022 and we hope you will join us for this new and exciting event. The Free Admission event is a day full of fun, connection, inspiration, education and shopping at Central Oregon’s premier meeting facility. […]
Villains, heroes and heroines! Melodramas were all the rage throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Join our living history traveling theater troupe at the Miller Ranch. Learn the basics of the 1900s melodrama and how to act like a villain and hero along with other famous characters! Each session is 15 minutes of melodrama […]
On May 14, we bring the tasting room from 10 unique wineries to YOU, right here in Sunriver. These wineries represent the different wine regions in Oregon. There will be two separately ticketed sessions: 2:00 – 4:45 p.m. 5:15 – 8:00 p.m. Artists from the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver will be doing live demonstrations during the […]
Visit the Museum on both Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon to meet with two of Eastern Oregon’s women buckaroos. Award-winning Western poet and storyteller Kathy Moss enthralls audiences with her tales of horse training, driving cattle and more. She’ll bring along her books and CDs to sell and to sign. 7:00 pm–8:30 pm, doors open […]
Nghtspot : Bend is a 3 day festival of techno, house, and bass music located underground in Downtown Bend // - Third Seven - N8ture - Codi Carroll - Special Guest -
Nghtspot : Bend is a 3 day festival of techno, house, and bass music located underground in Downtown Bend // - Russ Liquid - Torbjørn- Gold·ish - DJ Action -
The Museum grounds host a diverse population of migrating songbirds. Come before the Museum opens to experience the serene pleasure of strolling for sparrows. Tour independently or join a wildlife specialist or natural history volunteer to help you identify the birds. Coffee, tea and pastries provided. 7:00 am–9:00 am, doors open at 6:30 am $15, […]
Nghtspot : Bend is a 3 day festival of techno, house, and bass music located underground in Downtown Bend // - DJ Wicked - Mark Brody - Glow Vibez - Scipher -
From the hands and hearts of student artists, Kids Curate: The Power of Process brings the voices from the halls of Hugh Hartman Elementary School in Redmond to the walls of the Museum. The Kids Curate program, now in its 10th year, uses an interdisciplinary, art-centered approach to develop social-emotional skills, empathy, perspective and more. […]
Map, Galleries & More details at https://www.sistersartsassociation.org/4th-friday-artwalks @SistersArtsAssociation Who? You and your friends What? 4th Friday Artwalk Where? Downtown Sisters, Oregon When? Every 4th Friday, 10AM-7pm Cost? Complimentary-Free Visit the Art Galleries in Sisters featuring: A great time, beautiful art, good company, demonstrations, plus additional sponsoring restaurants and food venues for during and following the […]
Lair is an immersive exhibition created for the High Desert Museum by artist Stephen Hendee. Hendee’s sculptures explore the spaces in which we live, both physically and virtually. Inspired by natural sciences, architecture, science fiction and digital culture, he uses color, light and space to create simulations of virtual worlds that transport the viewer to […]
Grab your headlamps and join us outside at the High Desert Museum to celebrate sundown, the transition between day and night when crepuscular and nocturnal wildlife stir. Learn how a dark night sky free from light pollution is critical for wildlife. This family-friendly event includes telescope tours, owl visitors, insect discoveries, bat watching, a constellation […]
