North Cascades Institute

Classes offered at the Learning Center: There are currently 24 seminars and retreats at the Learning Center open for registration. Also, don't forget about our Family Getaways, Learning Center Day Trips, and the Sourdough Speaker Series.

  
  
Sourdough Speaker Series #2: Will and Mari Kemper: A Celebration of Microbrewing in the Pacific Northwest (5)
April 24 – 25, 2010 (Sat – Sun)
May Diablo Downtime (6)
May 7 – 9, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Sourdough Speaker Series #3: Kurt Hoelting: The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life (7)
May 15 – 16, 2010 (Sat – Sun)
Kurt Hoelting
Hands to Work: Learning Center Stewardship Weekend (8)
May 21 – 23, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Mike Brondi, Cindy Bjorklund, Institute naturalists
Spring Birding Weekend: Migration and Song (9)
June 4 – 6, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Libby Mills, Jim Alt
Flowers and their Pollinators (10)
June 11 – 13, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Saul Weisberg, Shelley Weisberg
June Diablo Downtime (11)
June 25 – 27, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Glaze, Wash, Brushstroke: Landscape Watercolor in the North Cascades (12)
June 28 – 30, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Molly Hashimoto
Drawn to the Wilderness: Lessons in Drawing in the North Cascades (13)
June 28 – 30, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Jocelyn Curry
July Diablo Downtime (14)
July 5 – 7, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Diablo Creative Arts Retreat: Silk Painting, Illuminated Journals, and Basket-Making (15)
July 8 – 11, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Kristen Gilje, Ruthy Porter, Melinda West
Pocket Camera Wildflower Photography (16)
July 19 – 21, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Mark Turner
Ross Lake by Boat and Boot: People and Places of the Upper Skagit (17)
July 22 – 25, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Gerry Cook, Bob Mierendorf
Wilderness Navigation: Map and Compass Skills (18)
July 30 – August 1, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Institute naturalists
Northwest Naturalists Weekend: Weather, Wildfire and Biodiversity (19)
August 5 – August 8, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Cliff Mass, Susan Prichard, Philip Higuera, Mignonne Bivin, National Parks Service Botanist
August Diablo Downtime (20)
August 20 – August 22, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
The Spirit of Place: Writing About the Outdoors (21)
August 23 – August 25, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Nick O'Connell
Crafting Memory: Making a Paper Cut Story (22)
August 23 – August 25, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Nikki McClure
The Beat Goes On: Lookout Poets and Backcountry Tales on Ross Lake (23)
August 26 – August 29, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Gerry Cook, Saul Weisberg, Hannah Sullivan
Hikes, Camera, Action!: The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival (24)
September 3 – September 5, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Institute naturalists
Wildlife Tracking: Bears, Cougars and Cascadian Mammals (25)
September 10 – September 12, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
David Moskowitz
September Diablo Downtime (26)
September 24 – September 26, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Autumn Beauty: A Watercolor Feast (27)
October 1 – October 3, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Molly Hashimoto
October Diablo Downtime (28)
October 8 – October 10, 2010 (Fri – Sun)

  
  

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