Oregon Council for the Humanities
The Oregon Council for the Humanities seeks to improve the quality of life for Oregonians by providing programs that enrich minds and broaden perspectives, foster positive human relationships, encourage civility and good citizenship, and bring together the diverse peoples who make up our statewide culture. OCH is an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is supported by gifts from the Oregon Cultural Trust and individuals and foundations throughout Oregon.
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Deadline for submission: We will be accepting Posts submissions for the spring 2009 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine on the theme of "nostalgia" through Monday, December 1, 2008. Please send them to Oregon Council for the Humanities, Attn: Posts, 813 SW Alder St., Suite 702, Portland, OR 97205, or posts@oregonhum.org. Posts submissions should be no longer than 500 words. Please review the writers' guidelines for more information.
Office closure: The OCH offices will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28 and will reopen on Monday, December 1.
Support OCH: You can now make an online donation to OCH by clicking on the "Donate Now" icon below. This will take you to the Network for Good website where you can make a secure contribution using your credit card. Your generous gift will help ensure that OCH can continue delivering humanities programming-including Oregon Chautauqua, Teacher Institutes, and Oregon Humanities magazine-to every county in the state. And don't forget that when you make a donation to OCH and a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust, you can receive a tax credit. Please visit the Trust website for more information.
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Think & Drink with Jelly Helm
Join OCH for our new Think & Drink series of happy-hour conversations and spark provocative conversations about big ideas. Our 2008-09 series will bring Portlanders together to think and talk about consumer culture.
We're kicking Think & Drink off on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, with Jelly Helm, former executive creative director of Wieden + Kennedy's Portland headquarters and founder of 12, Wieden + Kennedy's experimental in-house advertising school. Helm will discuss advertising's role in creating our desires and shaping our identities.
All Think & Drink events will be held at rontoms, 600 East Burnside in Portland, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The next events will be in February and April 2009. Hope to see you there.
