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Saturday, 05 May
The Deschutes Public Library and Deschutes Public Library Foundation present the 9th Annual “A Novel Idea…Read Together” program, culminating in free presentations by author Amor Towles on Friday, May 4 at the Tower Theatre and Saturday, May 5 at the Sisters High School. Tickets are required for the Tower Theatre event and are available on their website, at (541) 317-0700, or from the Tower Theater box office. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
The Deschutes Public Library and Deschutes Public Library Foundation, 7:00 p.m., Sisters High School, 1700 W McKinney Butte Rd., Sisters
05 May 2012 | Posted in Featured On Home Page Events Grants
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Friday, 25 May
Life after War: Photography and Oral Histories of Coming Home by James Lommasson. Host Organization: Willamalane Adult Activity Center. Contact: Trish Phetteplace at (541) 736-4444 or via email.
1:30 p.m., Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 West C St., Springfield
Saturday, 26 May
Uniquely Oregon: Native American Art of Oregon by Tracy Prince. Host Organization: Tillamook County Pioneer Museum. Contact: Carla Albright at (503) 842-4553 or via email.
1:00 p.m., Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 Second St., Tillamook
Sunday, 27 May
Join the Dill Pickle Club for the third installment of A Place Called Home: Lectures on Filmmaking in Portland, a monthly lecture series focused on the history of movie-making in the city, at the Clinton Street Theater with guests Jim Blashfield, Brooke Jacobson, and Matt McCormick. Tonight’s lecture is about experimental films. For more information about tickets, please visit the Dill Pickle Club website. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
Dill Pickle Club, 1:00 p.m., Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St., Portland
Wednesday, 30 May
The second Think & Drink of 2012 looks at the future of food with Robert Paarlberg, professor of political science at Wellesley College and author of Food Politics: What Everyone Should Know, and Susan Bragdon, advisor to the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, and Rockefeller Foundation on international sustainable development
6:30 p.m., The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, Portland
Wednesday, 30 May
Literary Arts is pleased to sponsor the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour, which will travel around the state this spring. For more information, please visit the Literary Arts website. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
Literary Arts, 3:00 p.m., North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend
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05 April 2012 | Posted in Publications | Comments? (0 so far)
For the summer 2012 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine, we invite readers to send Posts submissions on the theme “Fight.” Writers may wish to explore notions of conflict and disagreement especially as they relate to politics, war, media, rhetoric, and American culture.
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26 December 2011 | Posted in Inside O. Hm. | Comments? (0 so far)
The Oregon Humanities office is closed until Tuesday, January 3, 2012, and the staff hopes to get some reading done during this break. Here’s what’s on our winter reading list; what’s on yours?
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Oregon Humanities is working on a project to usher in the new year, and we want to know what people, places, and ideas you hope to learn and talk more about in 2012. Leave a comment below to let us know what’s on your mind as we say goodbye to 2011 and welcome the year to come.... More
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Help us decide which personal essay from an issue of Oregon Humanities published before 2010 still resonates today and should be included in the upcoming “Encore” issue. Up for consideration are these ten pieces that generated a lot of conversation when they were originally... 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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Adults living on low incomes in the Salem area who want to explore challenging ideas about power, justice, knowledge, and community can now apply for Humanity in Perspective, which... More
Oregon Humanities is proud to announce the twenty Oregon secondary school teachers who have been chosen as Idea Lab Teaching Fellows for the 2012 Idea Lab Summer Institute, a... More
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