Events

November 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm You’re invited to join us for the “Bird of Prey”, a part of the Environmental Film & Speaker Series, exploring topics important to our community with Wenatchee Valley Museum. This films is presented at the Wenatchee Valley Museum in the Performance Hall. These family-friendly events feature a no-host bar, free popcorn, and treats. The film follows Rettig’s return to the Philippines 36 years after he and his crew captured the first-ever recorded […]

Outdoor Gear Repair Café with Wenatchee River Institute and Leavenworth’s Waste Loop In the spirit of “Take care of your gear and it will take care of you!” Wenatchee River Institute (WRI) and Waste Loop are offering an Outdoor Gear Repair Café to connect people with broken and worn stuff with experienced, helpful people who like to fix stuff. Thursday, Nov. 14, 6:30-8:30PM at WRI’s Red Barn, 347 Division St. in Leavenworth. Repairing instead of replacing prevents waste and saves […]

Date: Sat, 11/16/2019 Time: 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Sage Hills Trails Join us on Saturday, November 16th for Sage Hills trail maintenance. We will meet at 9:30 am and have you back to your vehicles by 2 pm. This work will likely be light to moderate and involve hiking 2-3 miles and using hand tools such as hoes and McLeods along the way. CDLT will provide trail maintenance instruction, snacks, lunch, water to refill your own bottle, gloves […]

Date: November 16th 7pm Tickets: $15 limited seating. Join at Riverfront Rock Gym for a night of film featuring athletes Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell and Nina Williams. Films include The Nose Speed Record, High Road and United States of Joe's.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 6 PM Wildflour Leavenworth 20700 Club House Dr, Leavenworth, Washington 98826 Tickets: $45 Join us for dinner, drinks and auction fun! We will be raising funds to cover skier's race entry fees and travel costs for the upcoming winter season. Doors open at 5:00pm. Tickets are limited!! For more information click here.

Banff Mountain Film Festival 2019 The Banff Mountain Film Festival, a program of The Banff Centre, is the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world. Hot on the heels of the festival held every fall in Banff, Alberta, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in about 400 communities and 40 countries across the globe, this year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring action, environmental, and adventure […]

Learn more about some of Washington’s dynamic wildlife projects. Every Tuesday in November, Wenatchee River Institute’s Science Speaker Series will focus on Washington wildlife and projects studying their populations and habitats: the Olympic National Park goat relocation project, Cascade Carnivore Project, I-90 wildlife overpass, and Grouse in the Columbia Basin. The series will be held at Cashmere’s Milepost 111 Brewing Co. on Nov. 5, 12, 19 and 26, with doors opening at 6pm and presentations from 6:30pm to 8pm. Enjoy […]

This event is presented by Pybus University Date and Time: Tue, November 19, 2019 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM PST Location: 7 North Worthen Street Wenatchee, WA 98801 This event is free. Ever wondered what you would do if you were lost on a late-fall hike and it started to snow? Want to learn how to explore the winter beauty of North Central Washington safely? From essential gear for a hike to winter camping, this class will inform and educate […]

Guilt Trip: a climate change film with a skiing problem, showing in the Wenatchee River Inst. Red Barn Double feature night in the Wenatchee River Institute’s Red Barn on Wed., Nov. 20th, 7-8:30PM. The evening kicks off with the film Guilt Trip, a climate change film with a skiing problem. Stunning photography, glacial science, and backcountry, high-elevation skiing, all in one film! The Salomon Freeski TV crew and professional skiers Chris Rubens, Kalen Thorien, Simon Thomson, Pierre Muller, traveled to […]

Learn more about some of Washington’s dynamic wildlife projects. Every Tuesday in November, Wenatchee River Institute’s Science Speaker Series will focus on Washington wildlife and projects studying their populations and habitats: the Olympic National Park goat relocation project, Cascade Carnivore Project, I-90 wildlife overpass, and Grouse in the Columbia Basin. The series will be held at Cashmere’s Milepost 111 Brewing Co. on Nov. 5, 12, 19 and 26, with doors opening at 6pm and presentations from 6:30pm to 8pm. Enjoy […]

Wenatchee River Institute Red Barn Event, Cascades Wolverine Project Learn about Cascade Wolverine Project’s (CWP) support of wolverine recovery in the North Cascades on Wed., Dec. 4th, 7pm-8:30 pm in Wenatchee River Institute’s Red Barn, 347 Division St. in Leavenworth. Many biologists seek to answer questions about wolverine ecology in the Cascades, such as this elusive mountain carnivore’s population distribution, abundance, and habitat. However, the intrepid Gulo gulo is notoriously difficult to study due to the remote and rugged terrain […]

Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 10 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Above the Arctic Circle: Exploring Iceland, Greenland and Svalbard Our speaker, Dr. John Buchanan, EWU Emeritus Professor of Geology, has spent three summers high above the Arctic Circle. John’s beautifully illustrated presentation will feature details of the geologic history and the plate tectonic opening of the North Atlantic, including a visit to a […]