September 22, 2026

Consider This with Stephanie Land

Join us for a conversation about trust, work, and poverty with Stephanie Land, author of the books Maid and Class. In her two best-selling memoirs, Land writes about cleaning houses and struggling to get by as a single mom in the Northwest. During this time she found herself both trusted and distrusted: Her clients entrusted her with the intimate details of their lives, but she was forced to demonstrate over and over again that she was eligible for the meager public assistance she received.

This event kicks off our 2025–26 Consider This series, What Do We Trust?

Tickets are $15 and are available through the venue website. 

7:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland

September 22, 2026

Consider This with Stephanie Land Watch Party: La Grande

Join Oregon Humanities for a live watch party of our Consider This conversation about trust, work, and poverty with Stephanie Land, author of the books Maid and Class. In her two best-selling memoirs, Land writes about cleaning houses and struggling to get by as a single mom in the Northwest. During this time she found herself both trusted and distrusted: Her clients entrusted her with the intimate details of their lives, but she was forced to demonstrate over and over again that she was eligible for the meager public assistance she received.

This event kicks off our 2026–27 Consider This series, What Do We Trust?

7:00 p.m., HQ, La Grande

February 10, 2027

Consider This: Housing and Homelessness in Rural Communities

Discussions about housing and homelessness tend to focus on a few key cities such as San Francisco, Austin, and Seattle. Can studies from those places explain what we experience in college towns, small cities, and rural areas? With an issue so intimately connected to place, shouldn’t we focus on the nuances of location? Sociologist Leontina Hormel, in conversation with Oregon Humanities’ Adam Davis, will explore the challenges of housing and the experience of homelessness outside urban areas.

7:30 p.m. Pacific, PRAx, Corvallis

April 6, 2027

Consider This with Christian Wiman

Join us for a conversation about trust, faith, and beauty with Christian Wiman. In his poems and essays, Wiman explores religious and secular belief, hope and despair, sickness and memory. In all that he writes and does, Wiman asks what we can count on or believe in as we aim to live lives full of meaning and connection. 

The conversation will take place at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland (3000 SE Alberta St.) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, 2027. The event is part of our 2026–27 Consider This series, What Do We Trust?

7:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland