PROGRAMS
LEO delivers a wide range of programs in the arts, sciences and humanities to rural communities across the 15 counties of Eastern Oregon. The theme of A Sense of Place has been developed to tie these many diverse programs together. The broad theme relates to a physical place or a mental place of well-being. Examples of programs follow.
For a current listing, please see our LEO Calendar.
A SENSE OF PLACE SERIES - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Making Sense of Place - how people conceptualize place
American Values Associated With Place - how buildings and geographic features affect culture
Trees as Reflections of Place - how places are perceived by outsiders and inhabitants
America as Garden of Eden - early 1800s perceptions of America
Place and History: In Search of the Pacific Northwest - William G. Robbins
Complex relationships between geography and history in the NW
Lure of the West - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Depictions of people, lifestyles and landscape of the early American West
Chinasaurs - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Comparisons of prehistoric creatures and geology of ancient Oregon and present day China
Ghost Hunters in Eastern Oregon - Northwest Paranormal Investigations Society
Using 21st century technology to explore the world of spirits and haunted places
Kam Wah Chung & Co. - Christina Sweet, curator; Oregon State Parks and Recreation
Understanding life in a late 19th-early 20th century Old West Chinatown apothecary/mercantile
America's Art - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exploring our national collection of art
Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq - Joel Preston Smith
A journalist's view of Iraqis' daily lives rituals and struggle to survive over the past several years
Reading Houses: What Architecture Tells Us - Diana Coogle
How our homes speak to personal, cultural and social values
Snake River Chinese Massacre - R. Gregory Nokes
Portrayal of the 1887 murder of dozens of Chinese gold laborers by a gang of horse thieves
Memory Writing - Constance Whitmore
Writing one's life story as memoir and family heirloom
Celtic Spirituality: Finding Peace in a Harsh Landscape - Terri Neimann
Comparing spirituality in rural British Isles to Eastern Oregon
Basque of Eastern Oregon - Kent McAdoo
History of Basque sheepherders of Eastern Oregon
Sagebrush Story - Jody Foss
Thousands of miles of travel through the American West on mule-back
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire! - Kathleen Almquist, Eastern Oregon Fire Museum
An exploration of the region's historical and present-day use of fire
Trickster of the Crossroads of the World - Curtis A. Yehnert
Trickster as central character in stories and religions around the world
Impressions of Iran - Lyn Craig
Memoir of recent travel to Iran explores that country's fascinating people, places and history
Primitive Bow Making - Kent McAdoo
Hands-on workshop of traditional Native American art
Writing Home - Rob Whitbeck
Creative writing classes for area writers of all levels
DaVinci - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Comparing the resourcefulness of the great inventor to rural Oregon ingenuity
True Stories and Other Fictions in Northwest Oral History - Tom Nash
Elements of folklore in nonfiction stories of frontier Oregon and the West
Obsidian: History Through the Volcanic Glass Window - Dennis Jenkins
Volcanic eruptions and seismic catastrophes in ancient Oregon
Justice in Frontier Oregon - Diane L. Goeres-Gardner
Public executions as social and cultural events in early Oregon
Stitched Patches: Quilts of Celebration - Mary Bywater Cross
Hand-made quilts as metaphor and manifestation for community demographic changes
Meteorites - Dick Pugh
Identifying and searching for meteorites in rural Oregon
Science Festivals - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
OMSI's Discovery Dome planetarium and Science Saturdays at rural communities
Science at the Fair! - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Hands-on exhibits and activities pertaining to area earth sciences at county fairs