(Bestselling novelist Kim Johnson, a social justice leader and University of Oregon vice provost, will discuss her young adult novel This Is My America in a COCC livestream event on February 21. | Photo courtesy of COCC) In commemoration of Black History Month and its ongoing Season of Nonviolence programming, Central Oregon Community College (COCC)…
(Graphic courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) Seek answers to environmental, legal and human rights questions as we explore facets of justice in February. Hear from the founder of a climate justice collective and stretch your budget with healthy recipe ideas. Learn about the future of water use in Oregon and discover free legal resources available…
After six years of planning and meeting with thousands of community members, the Redmond and Sisters Libraries are about to undergo construction (Redmond) and remodeling (Sisters). Both libraries close as of January 15, but temporary spaces will also open during construction and remodeling. The Redmond Library will be closed as of January 15 to allow…
The High Desert Museum is now accepting submissions for the 2023 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The Prize honors outstanding literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting. Emerging, mid-career and established nonfiction writers are invited to apply. The Museum will award one writer…
(Photo courtesy of Sourcebooks, Inc.) Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her (on sale 1/17/23) by Oregon author and Pulitzer Prize finalist journalist Erika Bolstad is the newest climate change epic, covering the sweeping plains and oil fields of the American Prairie. When Bolstad, a journalist covering climate change,…
A Novel Idea 2023… with a Plot Twist! A Novel Idea has taken readers around the world and throughout time over the last 19 years, and for our 20th year we’re taking you on the biggest adventure yet: four authors and four books with four stories to tell! To mark 20 years of reading together,…
Back in 1980 the original Sisters Library — 630 square feet and built in the 1930s — was lifted off its foundation, loaded on a trailer and moved a few blocks to a new location. It was not long, however, before the community outgrew that building, as well as another 2,600-square-foot space built in 1989….
Turn over a new leaf this January to strike a balance between environment and economy. Local farmers share sustainable practices for agriculture in the High Desert. Learn how the Amish have sustained their traditional lifestyle and nourish yourself with plant-forward cooking. Discover how the wine industry is promoting sustainable practices and consider a cleaner, greener…
(Rick Steber. Veronica Busch Photography) At the end of the Civil War, federal troops were sent to the High Desert of the Far West with orders to kill any and all Native People who refused to give up their homeland and be confined to assigned reservations. The narrator of Out Killing Indians is the son…
(Photo courtesy of Ladies Allride) A fun rhyming book that celebrates the endless joy and life lessons we can get from riding mountain bikes, Mountain Biking Adventures with Izzy, Etiquette Is a Big Word is available now anywhere books are sold online. Written by professional mountain biker and longtime skills coach Lindsey Richter, the book…
