Events

Do you have items that need fixing? Join Waste Loop for our first Repair Cafe in Wenatchee! Location: Pinnacles Prep Charter School 504 South Chelan Ave. Wenatchee, WA 98801 Repair Cafes are a community space which brings together skilled volunteer fixers and items that need repair, including textiles, small electronics and appliances, bicycles, and more. These events foster community, reduce waste, and build up the circular economy in NCW. If you want to learn more about our Repair Cafe initiative […]

This event is hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute Science on Tap with Chris Sheridan  -  Thursday, March 14th from 7:00-8:00pm. Join WRI at Ground Control Taproom in Wenatchee for a night of free, approachable scientific learning! For more information click the link below: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2024/03/14/science-on-tap-with-chris-sheridan/466986

This event is hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute Red Barn Event: Alpine Rising - Monday, March 18th from 7:00-8:00pm. Mountaineers Books author Bernadette McDonald will join us in the Red Barn for a presentation on her book "Alpine Rising." She covers the rarely told stories of the often-overlooked local climbers and sherpas summiting the world's tallest peaks. For more information click here:  https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2024/03/18/red-barn-event-alpine-rising/467277

Location: Walla Walla Point Park 1351 Walla Walla Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801 Go birding with knowledgeable WRI staff around Walla Walla Point Park and the Horan Natural Area in Wenatchee! All birding skill levels are welcome. Need binoculars? We have loaner binoculars that you can borrow. This is a great opportunity to learn about eBird, the largest biodiversity-related community science project in the world, and utilize it to record our observations of local wild birds. Total walking distance is approximately 2 miles, […]

Streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/EL4O53nu-uM?feature=share This event is hosted by Wenatchee River Institute and Waste Loop This is a hybrid event from the Red Barn at WRI in Leavenworth and the youtube channel above 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. As a part of their commitment to the community, Waste Loop is excited to announce the […]

Event Title: Our Native Bees (and Other Pollinators) with David Jennings Event Schedule: 5-6:15 pm: Dinner, benefitting the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket 6:30 pm: Finding Our Native Bees presentation, free to the public Location: Community Cultural Center of Tonasket. 411 S Western Ave Tonasket, WA 98855 Event Description: Most of our native bees are so small and fast-moving that we often don’t notice them, or if we do, we don’t recognize them as bees. Estimates are that we have upwards of […]

Register for this one early, because it sells out. All distances are hosted on Saturday. Sunday is 50K / 25K / 10K (no 50M). Experience the Magic of Ancient Lakes! Come experience the magic of the Ancient Lakes in the heart Washington Desert in this unique trail race! These trails are truly spectacular and will allow you to experience the best the desert has to offer, taking you on a journey through canyon-like gorges, along the shores of ancient desert […]

Monday, April 8, 2024 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Wenatchee River Institute, 347 Division St. Leavenworth, WA Join WRI for our Plant Foraging Series. Starting this spring, we will be hosting plant foraging workshops to introduce people to the abundance of local plants and their edible, medicinal, and functional uses. Each workshop will feature a new plant at its unique harvest time. Participants will learn hands-on how to identify, harvest, propagate, and make use of the plant. Our goal is to empower […]