Events in Oregon and Bend
Explore the night sky and solar system in a planetarium! This is an in-person program. Registration is required. This program is recommended for children ages 7 and up, and all children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Join the Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory for an interpreter-led tour of the solar system in their inflatable planetarium! Together …
Join Pollinator Pathway Bend (PPB) in building a garden of native nighttime pollinator friendly plants! This effort is part of the Got Stars project funded by Visit Central Oregon. As part of this grant, PPB is also distributing amber light bulbs, which will be available at the October 12 planting event. PPB is one of …
Join local naturalist and artist Christine Elder for a fun, family-oriented afternoon of nature journaling. This is a wonderful practice that develops mindfulness, fosters creativity, and deepens critical thinking skills in folks of all ages and abilities. We’ll stroll around the grounds of the Sunriver Nature Center looking for interesting plants and critters to observe …
A Presentation for the Sunriver Nature Center Join naturalist and artist Christine Elder for a presentation on nature journaling. You'll learn about its history, its benefits, and the equipment journalers use in the field to help them observe and document the wonders of nature. Christine will also share a variety of journal examples of different …
Art and live music in Benefit for the Sunriver Nature Center. Artist John Vale will be showing his mixed media pieces of local wildlife, accompanied by smooth Jazz Tunes by the “Obsidean” in the Pozzi building at the Sunriver Nature Center.
The first annual Fungi Fest & Mushroom Show took place in 2017 at the end of Central Oregon’s fall mushroom season, under a foot of snow. Each year since then, the event has grown in scale and has been moved up to early October to coincide with the peak of our area’s mushroom season. The …
Join us for our first ever Astrophotography Workshop with local photographer Christian Murillo. This event will take advantage of the new moon to photograph the iconic dark skies of Central Oregon. After a short classroom session, we will check out the largest publicly accessible observatory in the nation. Here, we will learn about what we …
Search the night sky for nebulae, galaxies, star clusters, and planets at the A Novel Idea star party. This is an in-person program. Registration is required. Masks are recommended at all in-person library events. The Oregon Observatory at Sunriver has the largest collection of telescopes for public viewing in the United States. Sunriver's elevation, pitch-dark surroundings and …