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Thursday, June 17, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
In a Landscape
Woodlands and Watersheds
Festival is a ‘to-go’ affair in 2021
Go! staff report
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Hunter Noack plays piano in outdoor settings around the region.
‘Classical music in
the wild’ comes to
Wallowa Lake
Go! staff report
WALLOWA LAKE — With the
Eagle Cap Wilderness as a back-
drop, classical pianist Hunter No-
ack will entertain nature lovers at
Wallowa Lake State Park marina
at 6 p.m. June 23 and June 24.
“In a Landscape: Classical Music
in the Wild” blends live perfor-
mance with the beauty and artistry
of the natural world. Founded in
2016, Noack brings his outdoor
concert series to some of America’s
most stunning landscapes, like the
base of the Eagle Cap range of the
Wallowa Mountains.
Hauling a 9-foot Steinway on
a fl atbed trailer, Noack brings
classical music to urban greens-
paces, working ranches, farms, and
historical sites, connecting listeners
with each landscape.
To meet the acoustical challeng-
es of performing in the wild, music
is transmitted to concert-goers via
wireless headphones. Without the
confi nes of a theater seat, attend-
ees can stroll through the park, up
one of the trails, or along the beach
under giant cottonwoods where
eagles train their young to fl y.
Tickets are $30, but there are
a limited number of free tickets
available for Wallowa County resi-
dents, Electronic Benefi ts Transfer
card holders and people 25 and
under.
Ticket holders can either reserve
a head-set to pick up at check-in or
they can bring their own and scan
a QR code at check-in to listen via
audio app download on an iPhone
or Android personal device.
For concert attendees who choose
to sit they will need to bring their
own, low back chairs. See ticket
information for details at
For further information, email:
tickets@inalandscape.org.
ENTERPRISE — A popular
early summer Wallowa County
event has survived the pandemic
— the Woodlands and Watershed
Festival will be hosted in a “to-go”
format, with free, educational and
fun-fi lled bags kids can pick up in
three locations.
The bags have activities such
as Be a Bug Detective to get kids
to do their own version of citizen
science. It includes a magnifying
glass, insect bingo and instruc-
tions to build a bug hotel. Also
included is a straw boat engineer-
ing challenge, coloring pages and
word searches.
Families can enter a raffl e
when picking up the “to-go” bags
for a chance to win prizes such
as a Wallowa Lake staycation
package, a summertime fun pack-
age that includes a glass bottom
kayak rental for four, fl oaties, and
a kite, as well as a kids’ naturalist
pack.
Woodlands and Watershed
Festival “to-go” bags can be
picked up Friday, June 25, from
noon to 5 p.m. at the Maxville
Heritage Interpretive Center,
103 North Main Street in Joseph,
Contributed photo
Jessica Tomasini of Wallowa Resources shows the to-go kits of-
fered to kids at this year’s Woodlands & Watersheds Festival.
the Wallowa County Courthouse
gazebo, 101 South River Street in
Enterprise, and at the Wallowa
Wallowa Public Library, 201 E 1st
Street in Wallowa.
In recognition of the communi-
ty’s valuable natural and cultural
resources, the Woodlands and
Watersheds Festival celebrates 17
years of showcasing what makes
Wallowa County a wonderful
place to live — salmon and trout
in the rivers, deer, elk and live-
stock on the range, high, snowy
peaks where mountain goats
live and deep canyons where one
encounters rattlesnakes, eagles
and mountain sheep.
This is the fi fth summer
that Wallowa Resources and
Maxville Heritage Interpretive
Center combined the Watersheds
Festival and Maxville Gathering
for one big family-friendly event
featuring educational opportuni-
ties that deepen understanding of
natural resource systems and the
lifestyles derived from forestry
and logging, fi sh and wildlife,
mountains and prairies.
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