Spokane-based author, naturalist and teacher Jack Nisbet is fascinated with the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest. He is one the most gifted interpreters of …
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This Saturday, September 29, North Cascades Institute is either hosting or involved with not one, not two, but three special events in Seattle, the Skagit Valley and …
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We’ve posted three readings recently in our new “Nature of Writing” video series on YouTube — video and audio recordings of past writers we have presented events …
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Guest post by Terry Tempest Williams, who will be reading in Bellingham on June 21 as part of our “Nature of Writing” series with Village Books. More …
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Robert Sund is our bard of the Skagit River, a singer of songs celebrating skunk cabbage, frogs, muddy water, ducks, and the rising tide. In the summer …
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By Hank Leftner — Join us at the Learning Center on October 22-23, 2011 for a Sourdough Speaker Series presentation by Hank as he introduces us to …
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Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Institute writing instructor Ana Maria Spagna’s new collection of essays Potluck: Community on the Edge of Wilderness. Join us …
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Note: Kathleen Dean Moore will present her new book Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril at Village Books in Bellingham on Wed, February 9, …
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Kurt Hoelting, seen here at our Sedro-Woolley office in 2008 in the midst of his “yearlong experiment in car-free local living”, will be at the North Cascades …
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John Miles will read from his book Koma Kulshan at Village Books on Sat, May 1, at 7 pm. Photo by Brett Baunton. Mount Baker was officially …
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