Events

Monster Dash 5k & Little Goblin 1 mile. This event is hosted by the YMCA of Wenatchee. Ready to get your run on? Join us for this spooktacular event! Run/walk the full 5k or opt for the shorter 1 mile. Come dressed in your best costume and bring your furry friends! There will be trick or treating, activity booths and fun for all ages! Registration open NOW! https://www.wenymca.org/monster-dash

Hosted by the Chelan PUD You won’t need a lasso, but if you’re looking to circle in on an afternoon of FREE fun, set your sights on Rocky Reach Park. No matter your age, you’ll find something amusing. Choose from hayrides, a visit with L-Bow the Clown, games, trick-or-treating, and food to purchase from the Rocky Reach Cafe.

This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club Join us for the 3rd Annual Wenatchee Witch & Warlock paddle. Bring a costume, your boat, and some Halloween spirit!! SUPs, kayaks, canoes and rowing shells are all welcome! Meet at the swim/boat launch area of Confluence State Park at 2:00pm. We will start down river at 2:17pm (intentionally specific so we launch together) and paddle as a group down to Pybus Market. WRPC's safety boat will be on […]

Thursday, November 2nd from 7-8pm in Wenatchee River Institute (WRI’s) Red Barn OR via Zoom The Karakoram mountain range rises to over 20,000 feet. Passage through this mountain fortress involves intricately linking high mountains passes with crevasse ridden glaciers. During the winter of 1994, members of the North Karakoram ski expedition made the first ever daring traverse of the Karakoram Mountains in Northern Pakistan. Join local expedition members, Bill Gaines and Susan Thomas, as they retell their stories and share […]

2023 Annual Celebration Dinner This event is hosted by the Chelan Douglas Land Trust Date: Friday, 11/3/2023 Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Location: Leavenworth Festhalle Description: Don't miss the event of the year for land conservation supporters! Join us to learn about the Land Trust projects accomplished with your support. Invite friends and neighbors interested in finding out more about the Land Trust and help grow our conservation community. For more information and to register click here.

“A map ... is many-tongued, a chorus reciting centuries of accumulated knowledge in echoed chants. A map provides no answers. It only suggests where to look: Discover this, reexamine that, put one thing in relation to another, orient yourself, begin here... Sometimes a map speaks in terms of physical geography, but just as often it muses on the jagged terrain of the heart, the distant vistas of memory, or the fantastic landscapes of dreams.” ― Miles Harvey, The Island of […]

Dinner Location: Wildflour Time: Doors open at 5:30. Dinner from 6-8pm. Cost $65 Plain Valley Nordic Team is hosting a benefit dinner and live auction. The price per ticket includes your Dinner & Wine Pairing at Wildflour Restaurant, as well as your PVNT Live Auction Paddle for Live Auction bidding. Our PVNT Silent Auction will open online Oct. 29th, 10AM - Nov. 5th at 6PM. For more information and to register click here.

Diet for a Warming Planet: How the Food You Eat Affects the Climate Crisis Hosted by Pybus University Located at Pybus Public Market It can be overwhelming as just one person to try to have a positive impact on our environment. A great place to start is with what we eat. How do our choices while shopping for food and while in the kitchen affect the planet? Join us to learn how eating local, organic or plant-based - and what […]

Birding by the River Hosted by Wenatchee River Institute Second Wednesday of every month from 8-9:30am @ WRI (Dates: 6/14, 7/12, 8/9, 9/13, 10/11, 11/8, 12/13) Go birding with knowledgeable WRI staff around the WRI campus the second Wednesday of each month! All birding skill levels are welcome. This is a FREE program and no registration is required. More info: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/education-programs/community-programs/seasonal-nature-walks.html

This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute This is an online event Tuition: $10 Take flight with Chris Williams and explore the world of birds of the North Cascades. Learn about one of the most biodiverse national parks and the birds that call it home. Who lives here? Who migrates through? Where are some of the best places to look for these feathered friends? Chris is an Interpretive Ranger with the National Park Service and has worked at North […]

Red Barn Event-Stevens Pass Season Updates This event is hosted by Wenatchee River Institute Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm HYBRID EVENT: WRI's Red Barn 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA 98826 or livestream Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83918082738 This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door. Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm. Red Barn Events are now hybrid; you may join […]

This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center On Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, attendees will have the chance to view this widely acclaimed film, which won the 2023 Dreamspeakers Feature Documentary award. Since 1493, the so-called Doctrine of Discovery has justified the dispossession and decimation of the Indigenous inhabitants of North America and brought us to our present environmental breaking point. The Doctrine of Recovery is an Indigenous antidote to rebalance Earth systems, restore the sacred […]