Fishtrap Lecture Series
Wallowa County in Transition: New Stories from the Old West
Alternative Economies: Reaching a Broader Community
A panel discussion moderated by Nancy Knoble
Thursday, November 17 - 7:00 PM
Hurricane Creek Grange Hall
This panel discussion will focus on unique ways in which valley residents have created business around tourism or by creating unique items here that can be sold elsewhere. A primary tenant of Spencer Beebe's ideology is the concept of differentiation: that we diversify to find livelihoods suited to the place in which we live. We want to create a discussion with artists, innkeepers, outdoor adventure business owners, and other constituents, identifying what they have done to adapt to changing economic and social realities.
Other lectures in this series:
Thursday, February 16 - 7:00 PM Hurricane Creek Grange Hall
Creative Markets for Traditional Products - panel discussion
Wednesday, March 14 - 7:00 PM Hurricane Creek Grange Hall
Keeping Traditions Alive: The Next Generation on Working Land - panel discussion
Thursday, April 19 - 7:00 PM Hurricane Creek Grange Hall
Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness - a lecture by Lisa Hamilton
This lecture series is co-sponsored with the Wallowa Land Trust and Wallowa Resources.
Tickets are $5 per lecture,
Students $3, Full series $20.
Children 10 and younger get in free.
Tickets available at: Bookloft, Grain Growers, Sheep Shed, Blonde Strawberry and Lostine Tavern
A portion of the proceeds go to support the Hurricane Creek Grange.
Past Lectures:
Spencer Beebe - Cache: Creating Natural Economies
Monday, Oct. 17, 7:00 PM
Spencer Beebe will come to Wallowa County to kick-off the Fishtrap 2011-2012 lecture series and discuss the connections that exist between natural resources and the economies that support our communities. His recently published book Cache: Creating Natural Economies delves into what it might take to augment economies to make resource-based livings an economically viable reality. Tickets are $5 available at the door, with a discounted student rate of $3. Cost is $20 for the entire 5-part series. This event will be held at the Hurricane Creek Grange, and is co-sponsored with the Wallowa Land Trust and Wallowa Resources. A large portion of the profits go to support the Hurricane Creek Grange. For more information please email ben@fishtrap.org. We hope to see you there!