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Friday, 17 May
Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History by Walidah Imarisha. Host Organization:YWCA Salem. Contact: Rhiannon Henry at (503) 581-9922 or via email.
10:00 a.m., YWCA Salem, 1255 Broadway St. NE Suite #110, Salem
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Tuesday, 21 May
Beyond Bars: Reenvisioning the Prison System by Walidah Imarisha. Host Organization: Estacada Area Arts Commission. Contact: Jane Reid at (503) 630-4013 or via email.
7:00 p.m., Estacada Public Library, 825 NW Wade St., Estacada
Thursday, 23 May
Settling In examines the experience and acculturation of immigrants to Oregon through the lens of Jewish experience. This evening, OJM presents a film screening and discussion about 400 Miles to Freedom. For more information, please visit the museum’s website. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
7:00 p.m., Oregon Jewish Museum, 1953 NW Kearney St., Portland
Friday, 24 May
Please join Caldera for a public showcase featuring youth-created work and community conversations that focus on the interaction between personal identity and a sense of place, especially in the context of changing demographics throughout Oregon. This event is part of The Geography of We project. For more information, please contact Turiya Autry via email. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
5:30 p.m., Edwin Brown Education Center, 850 SW Antler Ave., Redmond
Saturday, 25 May
Slow Learners: Two Hundred Years of Unheeded Warnings by Richard Clinton. Host Organization: Alpine Community Center. Contact: Jenny Gray at (541) 874-6028 or via email.
2:00 p.m., Alpine Community Center, 25184 Webster Ave., Monroe
Saturday, 25 May
Join Portland Playhouse and scholars of science fiction, feminist literature, and history to discuss Ursula LeGuin’s The Left Hand of Darkness. This afternoon’s panel includes Tony Wolk from Portland State University’s English Department, Ann Mussey from Portland State University’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, Brian Weaver from Portland Playhouse, and moderator Ruth Wikkler-Luker from BoomArts. For more information, click here. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
4:00 p.m., Portland Playhouse, 602 NE Prescott St., Portland
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19 April 2013 | Posted in Inside O. Hm. | Comments? (0 so far)
The board of directors of Oregon Humanities has named a new executive director of the organization: Adam Davis, who comes to OH from Chicago, where he is the director of the Center for Civic Reflection. He will officially assume his duties August 5.
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For the summer 2013 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine, we invite readers to send Posts submissions on the theme “Skin.” We are looking for short essays exploring concepts such as the body, race, and wellness—anything that focuses on the physical side of being human—using... More
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On January 16, 2013, Cara Ungar, who has served as executive director of Oregon Humanities since 2007, announced her decision to leave the organization to pursue other opportunities.
The board of directors, led by Chair John Frohnmayer, will immediately begin a search for the... More
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Oregon Humanities gratefully acknowledges the supporters who made gifts in 2011. Their generosity allows Oregon Humanities to connect Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities. To view our annual report, please use the embedded reader or download a PDF at the... More
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Still unclear about how the Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit works? Watch this entertaining video that explains it all. The basics are: 1) Donate to any of 1,300 cultural nonprofits in Oregon. 2) Match that gift by donating an equal amount to the Oregon Cultural Trust. 3) 100... More
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The 2013 Think & Drink series, How to Love America, explores our relationship to the nation we call home. The second conversation of four looks at immigration and national identity... More
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This summer, the Oregon Jewish Museum explores the experiences of immigrants in Oregon in the early twentieth century and today. Settling In, a new exhibit produced in partnership... More
Columbia Gorge Community College’s Spring Humanities Series celebrates its tenth year in 2013 with a retrospective. Popular speakers from previous series will return to talk about... More
Twenty nonprofit organizations throughout the state will receive $87,870 in grants from Oregon Humanities for public programs in 2013–14 that create conversation about some of... More
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Wendy Willis, author of Blood Sisters of the Republic, has an ambitious winter reading list: “On my nightstand are the beautiful books of two friends—Kim Stafford’s 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: A Memoir and Jim Heynen’s The Fall of Alice K.. Plus, I am nibbling my way through... More
Jewel Lansing, coauthor with Fred Leeson of Multnomah: The Tumultuous Story of Oregon’s Most Populous County, says, “My favorite place to read is an overstuffed chair overlooking green lawn and trees where squirrels and birds frolic during daylight hours. A small table on my right... More
James Bernard Frost, author of A Very Minor Prophet, confesses: “My current man crush is on Dan DeWeese, whose short story collection Disorder recently hit bookstores. No one writes about males and conflict avoidance better. Hints of Cheever and Hemingway’s Hills Like White... More
Lois Leveen, author of TThe Secrets of Mary Bowser, says this of her winter reading plans:
“During dark December I’ll be curling up with Alice Munro’s new book, Dear Life: Stories. I don’t write like her. I never will. Which means flipping open those pages is pure pleasure and not... More
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After participating in Oregon Humanities’ Idea Lab Summer Institute, high school senior Lauren Babcock wondered how people in her community would measure their own happiness.
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