Come to the Adventure! Children's Museum on Friday Feb 9th, 1pm to make crafts with Karen Rainsong of the Singing Creek Educational Center! We will use air-dry clay to make animal track medallions, and make your own fossil by pushing nature items into Sculpey and other kinds of quick-dry clay. Adventure! is inside the Valley […]
Join us for a fun afternoon learning about Oregon history at the SMJ House in Eugene! This hands-on history field trip is best for ages 5 -12. Come learn about the history of the house and pioneers, the Kalapuya people who have lived here since time immemorial, and the fur trappers that lived in the […]
Join us Feb 17th and 18th at the Lane County Fairgrounds at the annual Frontier Heritage Fair!9am to 5pm on Saturday9am to 4pm on Sunday This indoor family-friendly event features booths, exhibits, crafts, artisans and live music! See the the frontier, wild west and Civil War era goods and demonstrations.We will be doing our always […]
Calling all Adventure! Children's Museum members Sign up for a FREE Travel in Time field trip with the Singing Creek Educational Center at the SMJ house in Eugene! Pre-registration only. DATE: Saturday February 24th, 1pm -2:30pmADDRESS: 303 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon 97401Enter Driveway at Third and Pearl Streets541 484-0808 Only 20 lucky children will be registered […]
We are doing a Native cultural presentation with Deitrich Peters at Elkton Community Education Center in Elkton, March 21st at 2pm. Learn about Kalapuya and Grand Ronde culture from Deitz, and explore the hands-on items of Kalapuya material culture with Karen Rainsong. Karen is the E.D. of Singing Creek Educational Center and will be sharing […]
Join us for an evening discussion with Stephanie Craig, a Kalapuya woman, at the Creswell Public Library. We will be hearing from Stephanie and talking about the subject "Fear & Belonging" as part of the speaker series "Consider This." Each year, Oregon Humanities has a different topic for this series. We were lucky enough to […]
Join us at Oakshire Brewing in Eugene to celebrate Singing Creek Educational Center! A portion of the proceeds of beer sales all day goes to support our living history programs for kids. Wednesday, April 10th, 5pm Address: 207 MADISON ST, EUGENE, OROpen 11am to 10pm We will be there with information on a table for […]
Join us for an evening discussion with Deitrich Peters, a Kalapuya elder, at the Creswell Public Library. We will be hearing from Deitz and talking about the subject "Fear & Belonging" as part of the speaker series "Consider This." Each year, Oregon Humanities has a different topic for this series. We were lucky enough to […]
Learn about the Kalapuya Indigenous people, past and present, with instructor Karen Rainsong. This presentation and guided hike is best for adults and teens. Bring some cash as a donation to the Friend's of Hendricks park for this presentation. Hike will include some gentle uphill climbs and is not generally considered wheelchair friendly, although the […]
Join us for a wonderful talk by Mrs. Annabelle Smith of the Oregon Trail, in 1856. Mrs. Smith has just arrived last Fall after a 6 month journey overland with her family on the wagon train, and has stories (kid friendly) to tell about the trip. This is a special event hosted by the Luper […]
