Northwest Travel Guide 2021: 25 adventures for the year ahead
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
The sun sets behind the Astoria-Megler Bridge during the tail end of summer. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian
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Needless to say, it’s a strange time for travel.
The coronavirus pandemic has upended virtually every aspect of our lives, including where we travel, who we travel with, and what we do when we get there. The pandemic canceled most of our travel plans in 2020, and trying to predict what 2021 will look like is futile.
All the confusion makes local and regional travel that much more appealing.
This year is a perfect opportunity to explore parts of Oregon and Washington you’ve never seen, the places you’ve always meant to go, and the attractions you never knew were there. Take the time to see the more remote reaches of our region or see sights close by that you’ve somehow always missed.
Gallery openings and exhibits in Central Oregon
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Gallery openings and exhibits in Central Oregon
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Pacific Power announces grants to support C. Oregon organizations this winter
Recipients include Abilitree, High Desert Museum, Tower Theatre Foundation
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) As winter settles into communities throughout Central Oregon, ending a year that has brought challenges like no other, it’s the arts and humanities programs that continue to provide needed connection and healing.
Local organizations that deliver performing arts, education and connection to local history and place have had to pivot during 2020 in ways never imagined. Many have moved to virtual programming to connect with families and students at home while also working behind-the-scenes to preserve cherished in-person programs so that they can return in the future.
Young writers who live in the High Desert counties of Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake are invited to submit essays exploring desert landscapes to the Waterston Student Essay Competition.
The free competition is open to public, private or home-schooled students in grades nine through 12, and is part of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, now administered by the High Desert Museum. Students have till May 1 to submit essays of 750 to 1,000 words of nonfiction prose to waterston@highdesertmuseum.org. Essays will be judged on originality, clarity, accuracy, and their contribution to understanding and appreciating desert regions.
âOpening a Waterston Prize to students fosters young writers and helps them grow a new appreciation for this region,â a press release quotes prize founder Ellen Waterston. âWe received some thought-provoking submissions last year, and we canât wait to see what this yearâs young voices will share.â