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High Desert Museum Breaks Ground on $40 Million Expansion  

New classrooms, community gathering spaces, a 3,225 square-foot art gallery and a reinstallation of indigenous plateau cultural material are expected
Avatar photoBy Jesse Coronado

The High Desert Museum broke ground Thursday on an expansion project that will bring more classrooms, community gathering spaces and a new art gallery to the museum. Estimated to cost around $40 million, the project is slated for a December 2027 completion date.   “We’ve been working on this for several years, from the initial concept design to the fundraising,” HDM Executive Director Dana Whitelaw told the Source. “I think it’s astonishing that […]

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GO HERE: Carrying Messages

High Desert Museum exhibit spotlights Indigenous runners
by Charlotte Ferguson

In dedication to Native American culture, the High Desert Museum will soon display a new exhibit titled, “Carrying Messages: Native Runners, Ancestral Homelands and Awakening.” The new exhibit “highlights the historical significance of running in Native cultures in the Western United States and the ways that some Native people today are drawing on running as […]

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Winter Raptors

Birds of prey flock to Central Oregon to dine “al Rodentia” in winter
by Damian Fagan

Driving through Central Oregon in winter, past agricultural fields or open sagebrush flats dotted with juniper, one is bound to notice hawks or eagles perched on powerline poles, fence posts, irrigation wheel lines—or perhaps soaring overhead. Birds of prey concentrate in the region due to an abundance of prey, including waterfowl, songbirds, rodents, carrion and […]

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Burning Man in Bend’s High Desert

Exhibition sheds light on unique festival, set in the Nevada desert
Teafly Peterson

For those who’ve wondered what inspires someone to tow trailers and tutus into the Nevada desert for eight days at the end of August every year for Burning Man, now is the chance to understand it. The High Desert Museum brings this unique annual event and the creative forces behind it into perspective with the […]

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Central Oregon and the Space Race

High Desert Museum Opens Moon Country Exhibit
Cari Brown

Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, the Apollo Moon Module Eagle landed on the moon and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong took some big steps for mankind. To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of that event, the High Desert Museum has a new exhibit, titled “Moon Country: Oregon and the Space Race,” which highlights Central […]

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Calendar

The Source Staff

Every Weekday June 24-August 16 Days Of Play PLAY – Days Of Play run all summer long and are a great way for kids to get out and have fun! From crafts, sports, water play and more, every day will bring something new and fun to the table. Check out the Bend Parks and Rec […]

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Desert Perspectives

Artists showcase their take on water at High Desert Museum
Teafly Peterson

It began a year ago, when The High Desert Museum invited four artists, including local creative laureate Mosley Wotta (Jason Graham), Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Dana Reason and Harmonic Lab to take field trips into various places in Oregon alongside curators, geologists, archeologists, ecologists, dam technicians and natural resource managers to look at and explore our relationship […]

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COCC Receives Grant for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

EV Chargers Planned for Redmond & Madras COCC campuses
Avatar photo Keely Damara

Electric vehicle owners in Redmond and Madras can look forward to eight new public charging ports at Central Oregon Community College campuses, through the help of a Pacific Power grant program. Ten projects across the Pacific Northwest recently secured grants from Pacific Power, through a program that launched in late 2018 to help local organizations […]

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Winter PrideFest

LGBTQ-friendly events prove Pride can happen outside the month of June
Avatar photo Keely Damara

June may be Pride Month — but it’s 2019, so why can’t every month be Pride Month? OUT Central Oregon, a local nonprofit that organizes LGBTQ+-friendly events throughout the year, aims for just that. The organization promotes “inclusivity, visibility, and equality for the local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Q+ community” in Central Oregon, putting on […]

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Spring Break Oregon Style

Skip the overhyped theme-park pilgrimage and enjoy a little home-cooked fun!
Amanda Klingman

Not amused by the overpriced flights, tickets, food and souvenirs that seem to be an obligatory part of the theme-park experience? This spring break, you can skip the long lines and hefty price tags while still capturing some of that amusement park magic a little closer to home. Day Trip Start your journey at the […]

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