Fall Harvest Roundup
2023-10-28 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

Wenatchee Witch & Warlock Paddle
2023-10-29 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 the water for support. Donuts and hot chocolate provided by the WRPC at Pybus. A WRPC boat trailer will be available at Pybus to help with boat shuttles back to Confluence.
Invite your friends and family!! Costumes are *highly* encouraged! We’ll have a few extra witches hats at Confluence if you need one.
PFDs (of course) still required, so be sure to work that in with your costume design. WRPC club members are welcome to use club boats (included in your membership).
Contact Liz Davidson if you want to volunteer or have any questions.
For more information click here.

Stories from the North Karakoram Ski Expedition
2023-11-02 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 their breathtaking images.
More info: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2023/11/02/red-barn-event-stories-from-the-north-karakorum-ski-expedition/451077

Annual Celebration Dinner for C.D.L.T.
2023-11-03 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

The Art of Maps-Online
2023-11-05 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
“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 Lost Maps
This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute
This class is comprised of two online sessions: November 5 from 10-11:15 am and November 15 from 6-7 pm
Maps are powerful, visual tools that tell stories of exploration. During this two-session online workshop, artist Véronique Robigou invites you to take an interesting tour of beautiful and intriguing maps through time and then to create one of your own.
The first online session on 11/5 at 10 am will start with early explorers of Earth discovering new territories. We will also look at lesser-known maps depicting major historical events and geological or biological processes evolving through time, and even personal experiences reflecting one’s life or some of its milestones.
We will survey the elements that compose maps of various types and discuss the mapper’s creative choices that facilitate the interpretation of maps by specific audiences or that highlight specific points.
Inspired by these examples and guided by instructions, we will then try our hand at producing a map of our own in the week between sessions! Robigou will provide us with specific steps and prompts for our creative map-making journey, including how to select the story that you want to illustrate, making the necessary observations and selecting the best design elements to create your map.
For more information click here.

2023 PVNT Benefit Dinner & Live Auction
2023-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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
2023-11-07 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 we do with food waste – impacts on our carbon footprint. Get localized tips specifically for living and eating sustainably in NCW.
Instructor: Joan Qazi and Jana Fischback are two local climate experts who have lived a vegetarian lifestyle for a combined 20 years. Joan is a Geography Professor and Sustainability Coordinator at Wenatchee Valley College. She is also trained as a Climate Reality Leader and her research has included sustainable agriculture and local food systems. Jana is Executive Director at Sustainable NCW, a local nonprofit that promotes a culture of environmental stewardship and social sustainability.
For more information click here.

Birding by the River
2023-11-08 08:00 - 09:30, 2023-12-13 08:00 - 09:30 (America/Denver)
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

Birds of the North Cascades (Online)
2023-11-08 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, and Saguaro National Park. He is also an alumni of the Institute’s Graduate M.Ed. program and has taught people of all ages in our programs at the Environmental Learning Center, including Mountain School!
Take a journey through the different habitats of the ecosystem, learn how birds have adapted to them and get tips on how you can grab your binoculars and get outside to make the most of birding in the North Cascades.
For more information click here.

Stevens Pass Season Updates
2023-11-09 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 us in person in the Red Barn or livestream virtually.
Ellen Galbraith, a University of Washington alumna, has now been in her role as GM and VP at Stevens Pass for a little over a year. She’ll join us to share her insight on last winter and this summer, and to give a preview of what to expect this upcoming winter. Ellen will also provide an overview of construction on Kehr’s Chair, which is being upgraded to a fixed-grip quad.
Ellen Galbraith has been with Vail Resorts since 2003 and currently serves as the VP and General Manager of Stevens Pass in Washington State. Prior to joining the team at Stevens Pass, Ellen was the Chief of Staff for the President of the Mountain Division and worked in Mountain Operations at Northstar California and Beaver Creek Resort. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Ellen is a graduate of the University of Washington. She was a ski racing coach throughout college, and she also worked on the race crew at Snowbasin for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
For more information click here.

The Doctrine of Recovery
2023-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 feminine, and ensure our species survival.

Three generations of Tribal women – Casey Camp-Horinek, Crystle Lightning, and Juliet Langley Hayes – speak what has gone unspoken, and unapologetically expose the influence of founding patriarchs and white supremacy in places most never thought to look, and in doing so demonstrate the ongoing and devastating formula patterned by the Doctrine of Discovery.
Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members. Registration can be found here.
For more information click here.

Mnt Rescue Beer Release Party & Fundraiser
2023-11-12 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Hosted by Chelan County Mountain Rescue

Join us on November 12th from 5-8 for our beer release event at Icicle Brewing Company in Leavenworth. We’ll be hosting climbing-themed trivia, and Ridge Commercial Capital will generously match the first $1000 worth of donations.
Come join us for a chance to win prizes in our raffle, featuring items from sponsors like American Shoe Shop, Inc., Ballard Ambulance, @alihancockstudio, and more.
The first 100 people will be treated to free brisket sandwiches, thanks to Sweetwood BBQ . Come meet the team, enjoy a beer and sandwich, and support CCMR.

For more information click here.

Beers with Bios
2023-11-14 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Location is Watercore Cider at 19A N Wenatchee, WA 98801.
Come learn about regional turkey biology and population trends from Sarah Garrison from W.D.F.W. This event is hosted by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Watercore Cider.

The Art of Maps
2023-11-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Class Tuition: $50
This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute and is an online class.
During the second session on 11/15 at 6 pm, we will be invited to share our maps and the stories behind them, discussing the goals we set out with and the creative choices we employed.
By the end of our course, perhaps we will better understand what author Nicholas Crane meant when he wrote “Maps codify the miracle of existence.”
Maps are powerful, visual tools that tell stories of exploration. During this two-session online workshop, artist Véronique Robigou invites you to take an interesting tour of beautiful and intriguing maps through time and then to create one of your own.
To register or for more information click here.

Early Season Snowpack Conversation
2023-11-16 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This event is hosted by Colchuck Consignment
Local Speaker: Josh H. a conversational evening on forecasting, snow science, early season snowpack and more!

Thursday, November 16, 2023
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Colchuck Consignment5653 Sunset Highway Cashmere, WA, 98815United States (map)

For more information click here.

Trekking the Himalayas by Aria K.
2023-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This event is hosted by Colchuck Consignment
Local Speaker: Aria K. on trekking the Himalayas

Friday, November 17, 2023
7:00 PM – 8:10 PM

Colchuck Consignment5653 Sunset HighwayCashmere, WA, 98815United States (map)

Wednesday Wenatchee Birding
2023-11-22 07:30 - 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
November 22nd from 7:30-9:30am at Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee
Go birding with knowledgeable Wenatchee River Institute (WRI) staff around Walla Walla Point Park and the Horan Natural Area in Wenatchee! All birding skill levels are welcome. No registration is needed, just meet us there!
More info: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2023/11/22/wednesday-wenatchee-birding/448103

Give NCW Turkey Trot!
2023-11-23 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This event is hosted by the Community Foundation of NCW and presented by the Wenatchee Valley Medical Group
Give NCW Turkey Trot is a great way to start your holiday season with a fun and fit jaunt in Wenatchee. The event features timed 5K and 10K races and an untimed, free 1K run for kids. All are held on the Apple Capital Loop Trail along the Wenatchee riverfront.
This new family friendly event also kicks off the annual Give NCW campaign held by the Community Foundation NCW. The fundraising campaign runs from Thanksgiving Day through Dec. 31 and supports nonprofit organizations in NCW. Race proceeds will be shared equally among the nonprofit organizations that participate in the campaign.
The “Best Dressed Individual” will receive $500 from the Community Foundation to give to a nonprofit of their choice, and the “Best Dressed Group” will receive $1,000 from the Community Foundation to give to a nonprofit of their choice.
To register and for more details click here. The first 750 people who sign up will receive a commemorative winter beanie!

Abstract A Freeski Exhibition by Faction Skis
2023-11-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This event is hosted by Colchuck Consignment
Film: Abstract A Freeski Exhibition by Faction Skis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Colchuck Consignment5653 Sunset HighwayCashmere, WA, 98815United States (map)

More info coming soon!
Doors open at 6:30pm.
$5 suggested donation at the door. Proceeds go to Edge Outdoors. Please bring a camp chair if you have one, as we have limited chairs at the shop!
For more information click here.

The 50 Peaks Project
2023-11-30 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This event is hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute
Red Barn Event- The 50 Peaks Project with Native Plant Society on Thursday, November 30th from 7-8pm: This speaker event covers the process and findings of a 5-year study of vascular plants conducted on 50 Cascade Range Peaks. This event is free and will be livestreamed via zoom. More information can be found here.

A Winter Watercolor Workshop-Online
2023-12-03 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Snowy Trees and Misty Mountains a Winter Watercolor Workshop Online
This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Tuition: $50
Get cozy with a cup of tea and your watercolor paints for a new winter-themed workshop with local adventure artist Claire Giordano.
In this interactive online class, local artist Claire Giordano will share with us her favorite techniques for painting two iconic elements of winter landscapes in the Pacific Northwest: trees draped in snow and mountains wreathed in mist and cloud.
After exploring some of the magical (and unpredictable!) effects of watercolor, we will put our new skills into practice as we paint two winter scenes with step-by-step guidance from Claire. These two paintings could also make lovely gifts or cards for the holidays.
Over the last ten years of creating outdoors Claire learned to work with watercolor in a way that is fun and accessible to artists of all levels, and she is excited to share her favorite painting medium with our Institute audience!
A simple supply list will be included with your class registration. We look forward to seeing you online. Lastly, please note that by registering for this workshop you agree to share your email address with our instructor Claire.
If you can’t make the specific date or time of a class you want to take, you can still register and we will send you a link to view the program on your own time! All registrants will have access to the class recording for a limited time to re-watch too.
For more information and to register click here.

Human Powered Hundred Peaks
2023-12-03 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Location: Riverfront Rock Gym in Wenatchee
Presentation and slideshow
Jeff Hashimoto and Langdon Ernest-Beck
Jeff and Langdon biked 1,880 miles gaining 116,938 feet, and covered 835 miles on foot with an elevation gain of 381,781 feet. Learn about their epic journey by attending this incredible presentation.

What's That Bird?
2023-12-05 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
What’s That Bird? Nature Journaling with W.R.I. at Pybus University

Have you ever been curious about the natural world around you? Are you interested in learning more about birds? In this free class we will have the unique hands-on opportunity to explore a collection of bird specimens on loan from the Wenatchee Valley College Biology Department. We’ll start off the class learning about what it means to be a naturalist, and then discuss the importance and benefits of keeping a nature journal. Next, we’ll take a closer look into the lives of birds, bird science (ornithology), and bird identification. You’ll then create your own nature journal entry while observing a real bird specimen up close! Curiosity and creativity are encouraged. Leave with a new appreciation for the birds, plants, and other animals that live alongside us.

This is event is part of Pybus University, a community education series held at Pybus Public Market in Wenatchee. Visit our website or register through the ticket link to RSVP to this free event today!

For more information click here.

Upcycled Craft Night
2023-12-07 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This event is hosted by Colchuck Consignment
Upcycled Craft Night

Thursday, December 7, 2023
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Colchuck Consignment5653 Sunset Highway Cashmere, WA, 98815United States (map)

More details coming soon!
Two craft options: toilet paper roll ornaments, or recycled climbing rope rugs
Start saving your TP rolls!
For more information click here.

NWAC Avalanche Awareness Class
2023-12-12 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
December 12: Colchuck Consignment // 6:30 PM
Location: Colchuck Consignment 5653 Sunset Highway Cashmere, WA, 98815
Whether you ski, snowshoe, snowboard, or snowmobile, recognition of avalanche danger is an essential and potentially lifesaving skill. This introductory class provides a basic approach to managing risk. NWAC instructors will explain how to access avalanche and mountain weather forecasts and recognize basic signs of avalanche danger.
This class is FREE, but please register in advance HERE.
Please bring a camp chair if you have one as we have a limited number of chairs at the shop!

Spirit Whales & Sloth Tales
2023-12-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute’s next program will be Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00 PM. This is a hybrid program, with the speakers presenting remotely via Zoom from Seattle. For those who are not computer-or Zoom-savvy, you can attend in-person for a screening at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 S. Mission, Wenatchee. Or at home via Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84520197937 Webinar ID: 845 2019 7937
In Washington, you are never far from the past, including evidence of plants and animals that came before. Fossil flowers in Republic. Trilobites near the Idaho border. Primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau. Tracks of giant birds near Bellingham. Curious bear-like creatures on the Olympic Peninsula. With abundant and well-exposed rock layers, Washington has fossils dating from Ice Age mammals from only 12,000 years ago, to marine invertebrates more than 500 million years old.

Join co-authors Dr. Liz Nesbitt and David B. Williams as they discuss this rich array of past life, which is featured in their new book, Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils in Washington State—the first book ever on fossils in the state! Why did they choose the fossils they did? What is the new science that has allowed paleontologists to tease out the 500-million-year long story of life in this region?
Liz Nesbitt is curator emerita of invertebrate and micropaleontology at the Burke Museum. David B. Williams is an author, naturalist, tour guide, and Curatorial Associate at the Burke Museum.Please sign in, or show up, at 7:00 PM, December 12! The program is free and open to the public.

Hiking the Geologic Mysteries of North Cascades N.P.
2023-12-13 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Hiking the Geologic Mysteries of North Cascades N.P. – Online
This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Class Tuition: $10
Why are the river canyons cut so deeply and the spires of mountains so jagged and sharp? What makes the rocks of the North Cascades so distinct and famous around the globe?
Join Gina Roberti on a virtual tour of the diverse geology of North Cascades National Park to learn about the geologic story of this place and how it has been interpreted over time. Develop a new lens for interpreting the rocks around you and a deeper appreciation for the complex geologic history of this landscape.
This class will focus on the geology of several hiking destinations and overlooks in North Cascades National Park.
For more information or to register click here.

The Science of Ski and Snowboard Waxing + Tuning
2023-12-14 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Location: Colchuck Consignment 5653 Sunset HighwayCashmere, WA, 98815
Head back to school and come spend an evening at Colchuck Consignment with Aaron from Downtown Bike as he delves into the mysteries of caring for, waxing, and tuning your skis or boards!
The 2 hour syllabus will include:
Physics – More than just gravity.
Getting slick in Chemistry!
Holding a tune in Geometry class?!
Try not to slice your thumbs in Shop.
And let’s not forget about Health Class!
6:30-8:30 PM
Please bring a camp chair to sit in if you have one!

Santa Paws 5k/2k
2023-12-16 10:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society for the Santa Paws 5k/2k run/walk event!
The event will take place at Wenatchee Valley Brewing Saturday, December 16th!
For more information click here.
