In late September, we hosted an intimate gathering at the Environmental Learning Center to celebrate Saul Weisberg and his retirement after 35 years of serving as the …
Read More of Storytime with Saul at the Learning Center
Change is in the air at North Cascades Institute this year — as the pandemic recedes, the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center reopens and we welcome nearly …
Read More of Goodbye Saul, Hello Bec!
After 35 years of service, the time has come for us to say “So Long, Saul!” It’s hard to believe, but our co-founder and executive director of …
Read More of “So Long, Saul” Online Retirement Celebration
North Cascades Institute and Village Books hosted an online conversation on May 13 — part of the Nature of Writing Speaker Series, as well as our ongoing …
Read More of An Evening with Saul Weisberg and Friends
Poetry from the Porch is back for 2021! This new reading in our ongoing series features the verse of Kyce Bello from her 2020 debut collection “Refugia,” …
Read More of Happy National Poetry Month – enjoy Poetry from the Porch videos
After 35 exciting and fulfilling years as part of this extraordinary community, I’m excited to announce that I plan to retire next year, on June 30, 2021.
Read More of Institute Founder and Executive Director ready for his next adventure
Do you think that a place can have a purpose? What does it look like when a place embodies an intention? Nestled into the Douglas firs and …
Read More of New videos on the History of the Learning Center
In this time of protest and pandemic, I am struck by the loneliness of being a social animal in a world that tells us not to touch.
Read More of Where do we go to grieve? Where do we go to heal?
To help take us away from the troubles of the world, we asked some staff and friends to share videos of them reading poetry during April, National …
Read More of “Poetry in the Rain” readings
Many years ago, sitting in a subalpine meadow below Slate Peak in the North Cascades, Art Kruckeberg told me “a naturalist is an ecologist in short pants.” …
Read More of “Natural History of the Pacific Northwest Mountains” reviewed
