Sunriver Music Festival’s Piano Showcase is a unique two-day event celebrating multiple genres of piano music in a weekend of concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and musical conversations, all featuring four fine pianists from the Pacific Northwest. Pianist Michael Allen Harrison (founder of Portland’s popular Ten Grands concert series) crafts a genre-spanning weekend emphasizing the uniqueness and […]

The natural process of fermentation gives us some of our most beneficial bacteria and fun flavors. Learn how to make a variety of fermented foods and drinks—kombucha, sauerkraut and more! The workshop includes a complete homebrew kombucha kit. 10:00 am — 12:00 pm $40, Members receive 20% discount Registration and prepayment required: highdesertmuseum.org/fermented-foods

Come party with us as we explore the badass women of history! Join us for cocktails, games and a specially crafted tour of the Hall of Exploration and Settlement. This evening, inspired by the known and unknown women of history, will have you laughing, crying and celebrating. 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm Café open, no-host […]

This exhibition marries art and science to reveal the inner beauty of rocks from around the solar system, highlighting the striking resemblance between cooled lava found in the Oregon High Desert and magmatic specimens from other planets. Small pieces of the Moon, Mars and asteroids were sliced paper-thin and photographed at staggeringly high resolution to […]

Join the Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools and local Central Oregon businesses at our 15th Annual Trivia Night sponsored by Hayden Homes, OnPoint Community Credit Union and Summit Medical Group Oregon! This event benefits the Classroom Grants program that provides funding for innovative STEM, art, music and wellness programs in our 32 public schools. […]

Explore the great migration of the Swainson’s hawk as they return to Central Oregon from their wintering grounds in South America. Their arrival is timed with the emergence of Belding’s ground squirrels from hibernation. Join a wildlife curator on this trip to Fort Rock for a comprehensive look at this important predator-prey relationship and how […]