Event Type: Single Event

Historian Patricia Limerick, a renowned scholar, director of the Center of the American West and professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will share her insights on issues surrounding water in our region. She’s written widely on the challenges facing Westerners today and guided discussions that seek open dialogue and problem solving around contentious topics (more…)

Get ready for the Waterston Desert Writing Prize Award Ceremony by participating in one of three creative writing workshops led by poet and author Ellen Waterston, Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford and award-winning fiction writer James Anderson. The workshops are free but space is limited. Please register below. The workshops take place simultaneously. You may (more…)

Full steam ahead! See the 1904 Lazinka Sawmill in action and discover how critical steam-powered sawmills were to homesteading families in the High Desert. FREE with Museum admission. (more…)

June 17 – 23 is National Pollinator Week! Come and celebrate by learning more about the pollinators upon which our local ecosystems and food system depend. FREE with Museum admission! (more…)

Artists from Harmonic Laboratory, the award-winning art collective whose works are included in Desert Reflections: Water Shapes the West, will discuss the value of interdisciplinary exploration and the importance of water in the High Desert. In this multimedia presentation, learn about the inspiration behind their installations, gain insights into their creative processes and explore the (more…)

Charros are the embodiment of a tradition that stretches back more than 500 years and helped unite the country in the years following the Mexican Revolution. You can meet the real deal at the 1904 Miller Family Ranch! Antonio Huerta, a charro, will be performing roping techniques and sharing the rich heritage of Mexican people (more…)

Award presentation and readings by winning author, finalists and “A Desert Conversation” with distinguished writers Dr. Patty Limerick, Bruce Berger and Kim Stafford. This literary award honors writing that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy.     6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, doors at 6:00 pm Hosted wine bar and hors d’oeuvres (more…)

 You played the video game and now see it LIVE! Grab your friends and meet up at the Museum for the obstacle course inspired by the Oregon Trail. Team spots are limited and sold out. If you’d like to be on the waiting list, please complete the form below. There’s still plenty of room (more…)

Poet, hip-hop artist and spoken-word artist MOsley WOtta, who is featured in the exhibition Desert Reflections: Water Shapes the West, performs a newly commissioned work titled “Bad Lands Music,” which explores the role of water as an ever-present voice even in its absence. 6:00 pm — 7:00 pm, doors open at 5:00 pm No-host bar (more…)

Just how different are birds from us? Approaching bird behavior from surprising angles, bird expert Noah Stryker will explore the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, self-image in magpies, particle physics of starling flocks and other mysteries. Noah reveals why birds do what they do and how we can relate. The behaviors (more…)