Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute

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347 Division Street
Leavenworth, WA 98826 United States Get Directions
Phone (509) 548-0181
Website https://www.wenatcheeriverinstitute.org

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  • Fire Reverie

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Join the Wenatchee River Institute and the Cascadia Prescribed Burn Association in a celebration of fire.

    This will be an evening to celebrate fire where we will bring warmth and light to the night. We will have firepits set up to gather around fire, fire dancers, a mobile sauna to enjoy after a cold plunge, food, stories, music, a drum circle and your community’s company.

    Please bring a chair to relax and listen to the poetry and music. We also encourage you to bring quick easy food to cook over the fire.

    This event is open and welcome for all to join, no registration is required.

  • Community Seed Swap @ Wenatchee River Institute

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Free Community Seed Swap!
    Join WRI on National Seed Swap Day. Come to swap seeds or just pick up some seeds for your garden this year. All are welcome!

     

  • Red Barn Event: Habitat Gardening

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Native plants are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems. Invertebrates, especially insects, take the wonderful products of photosynthesis that plants create and make them available to most of the animals that are part of the ecological web. All birds and many mammals would go extinct without native plants and their associated insects. We will explore this critical yet often hidden service and discuss how individual people and their communities can link their landscape to the local ecosystem and help sustain the intricate web of life around them by the selection and planting of particular native plants.

    About the presenter:
    Ted Alway is a long-time Peshastin resident, orchardist and founder of Derby Canyon Natives nursery. He went to college to study Ornamental Horticulture and left with a degree in Entomology; this presentation includes two of his greatest loves, bugs and native plants!

  • SheJumps x Wenatchee River Institute | Girl Winter Film Tour | WA

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Join SheJumps at the Wenatchee River Institute for an inspiring evening celebrating women in winter sports at the Girl Winter Film Screening. The six films highlight stories of perseverance, creativity, and connection to the mountains—told by and about women redefining what it means to thrive in winter.

    Enjoy six short films with a total runtime of 71 minutes:
    -Mimic featuring Pipe Kunst, directed by Hadley Michaels and Piper Kunst
    -Trails Still Blazing featuring Megan McJames, directed by Iz La Motte
    -Queen of the Catskills featuring Julie McGuire, directed by Jamie Kennard
    -Dear Superhero featuring Janina Kuzma, directed by Corinna Marie Haloran and Jase Hancox
    -Let My People Go Skiing featuring Ellen Bradley, directed by Ellen Bradley
    -That One Friend featuring Sierra Schlag and Waverly Chin, directed by Sara Beam Robbins and Grant Robbins

  • **POSTPONED** Red Barn Event- Enchantments: What Comes Next?

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    POSTPONED- we will release more information when we can

     

    No registration required, but RSVP to receive email reminders and updates about this event!

    Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

    After a summer of overcrowding and understaffing in The Enchantments, the issue of day use management has reached an inflection point. Will this offseason present an opportunity to make changes along the Icicle Creek corridor, and if so, what will they entail? Hear from Seattle Times outdoors reporter Gregory Scruggs, who covered the issue closely this summer and traveled to Colorado to learn how another mountain town grappled with a similar challenge, along with Mat Lyons, Executive Director of TREAD, who has been working with Chelan County stakeholders on a proposal for alternative transportation options to Enchantments trailheads, and Sarah Shaffer, Executive Director of Wenatchee Outdoors, who will share insights on the on-the-ground work with over 40 volunteers in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, packing out pounds of trash from the Enchantments Wilderness area.

    Streaming is available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmaKfMFofyc&list=PLjATQxBXvvgXSiC_qr24e5jmPS-LyJ5T9&index=34

     

  • Holiday Wreath Making Party

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Join Wenatchee River Institute this winter season to create your own holiday wreath to take home. Come prepared to experiment with a variety of foraged materials such as lichens, evergreen branches, dried flower stems, pinecones, berries, dried leaves, and citrus slices. All the materials we will use have been gathered around WRI’s campus and surrounding areas by the Land Steward, with all of the wreath bases being handmade from ponderosa pine and/or the weeping willow at the entrance to WRI! You can expect a fun gathering learning from WRI’s Land Steward to make an artistic, nature inspired, compostable wreath.

    Your beautiful creations will be fully compostable and can be dropped off at WRI for disposal. If you would like to bring some non-compostable garnishments from home to add to your wreath, just make sure to remove them before composting.

    This event will take place inside a heated building with seating available for those who need it. Bathrooms are onsite. Our building and bathrooms are both ADA accessible.

  • Paint and Sip: Red Barn Style!

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Join Wenatchee River Institute and local artist and instructor Teara Dillon of Artisus for a Red Barn Paint and Sip. Art supplies, instruction, and one beverage are included in registration, and you will take home your masterpiece at the end of the night!

    Our painting will be inspired by the Red Barn Event “Stories from Lake Chelan”. Hear ecologist Nate Hough-Snee speak Thursday night, November 13th, about environmental and human stories from Washington State’s largest natural lake.

    Additional wine, beer, and sparkling water will be available for purchase.

    Instruction starts at 6:30! Plan to arrive 10 minutes early to choose a seat, collect your beverage, and get settled.

    Ages 16 and up.
    Registration for this event is required. Limit 25 participants.

  • Red Barn Event: Stories from Lake Chelan

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Join the Lake Chelan Research Institute to hear geological, environmental, and human stories from the Lake Chelan Watershed, while learning about potential threats to the lake’s ecology and opportunities to restore and steward the lake into the future.

    With aerial and underwater photography from Cashmere’s Steven Gnam (National Geographic, Crown of the Continent), and contributions from the Lake Chelan Research Institute’s Anna Galipeau and Phil Long, this presentation is sure to provide new perspectives on the ever-changing ecological treasure that is Lake Chelan.

  • Red Barn Event: Chimpanzees in Cle Elum?!

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is part retirement home, part rescue, part educational facility. Learn how this unique organization cares for chimpanzees who have been used in the pet, entertainment, and biomedical industries and how the sanctuary has grown over the last seventeen years.

    Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

    No registration required, but RSVP to receive email reminders and updates about this event!

     

     

  • Red Barn Event: Friends of Mission Ridge

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    This event features new film “Ridge to River” created by Cashmere resident and Emmy-award winning videographer Steven Gnam. After the film, Friends of Mission Ridge (FOMR), a Wenatchee-based, grassroots non-profit, will host a Q&A session with the audience.

    A developer proposes a 7,812-bed luxury resort near the top of Mission Ridge, adjacent to the Mission Ridge Ski Area. Orchardists, skiers, hunters, birders, and Tribes are concerned about the impacts that this development would have on the ecology and culture of the region.

  • Red Barn Event: The Trees are Speaking

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    This is a partnered event with a Book for all Seasons and the Wenatchee River Institute.

    Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

    Join author and journalist Lynda V. Mapes for a discussion about changing our relationship with forests. Long regarded as commodities primarily for growing wood products, today we know forests are essential to community wellbeing, climate stability, wildlife, and clean water and air. We need to shift our relationship with forests to emphasize caretaking, respect, and reciprocity. Lynda will share examples of sustainable forestry practices underway in our region and beyond that take care of people, forests, and wildlife, drawing from her new book, The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests.

     

  • Bird Fest Happy Hour

    Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

    After a great day of birding, come socialize with us at Bird Fest Happy Hour! This event is held on the wonderful campus of Wenatchee River Institute. Stop in anytime to meet fellow birders and friends, old and new. All are welcome!

    Highlights include:

    Wingspan and other bird games – sit and play or watch and see what all the buzz is about. Audubon volunteers will staff game tables at WRI from 3:00-6:00.
    Bird Trivia – drop in from 4:00-5:30 to play with your own team or join one there!
    Beer, wine, and sparkling water will be available for purchase. Thanks to our sponsor Icicle Brewing Company for providing the beer!

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