Events

Exhibition Closing: In Time’s Hum: The Art and Science of Pollination

The High Desert Museum and other community organizations will be at LatinoFest in Madras! Stop by the event for a fun, interactive kids’ zone with games, arts and crafts, dancing, live music and more as we celebrate the heritages of immigrant families.

This is your last chance to attend a High Desert Chamber Music outdoor concert this summer! Violinist Isabelle Senger and pianist Janet Smith perform a mixture of classical favorites by Kreisler and Paganini, and also popular songs like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Danny Boy”. Join them in the Old Mill District overlooking the Deschutes...

Throughout their lives, ranchers Doc and Connie Hatfield were committed to partnerships and sustainable practices in the High Desert, and this annual lecture celebrates their work. This year features Nikki Silvestri, the founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a consulting firm that works in the agricultural sphere to bring social and environmental entrepreneursmore impact...

Street Dog Hero is hosting its 2nd annual fundraiser event, Heroes on the Run, Sunday, September 12th. This FREE Kid, Family and Dog friendly event will include a 5k Fun Run (leashed dogs welcome) a Kids Mini-Run, Kid Zone activities including an inflatable slide, nail painting, doggie kissing booth and more, Raffle, Dog Zone activities...

When Idaho rancher Jay Wilde returned to his family ranch after 30 years, he found Birch Creek, the once perennial stream that flowed through the ranch, flowing intermittently and dry by mid-summer. He discovered that the absence of beavers in the watershed was contributing to the demise of the stream. Join Wilde as he shares...

Before the Civil War, Western states and territories became a battleground over the westward expansion of slavery and the status of free and enslaved Black people. Professor Stacey Smith, a historian at Oregon State University, will explore the enslavement of Black people in the West and African American resistance to slavery, as well as how...