Oregon Humanities

Enemy Aliens

May 11 2011

On Thursday, the Oregon Nikkei Endowment will host a reading by Priscilla Wegars, author of Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia... More

The Story You Didn't Want to Tell

May 09 2011

About twenty-five people gathered in the lobby of the Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland during the lunch hour on Friday for the fourth and last Shop Talk, a special program... More

Good Ideas on a Sunny Day

May 03 2011

TEDxPortland—an independent spin-off of big TED, “Ideas Worth Spreading” TED—happened on one of the first dry, sunny days of spring, so it would have been natural to see more... More

Things That Made Us Say, "O. Hm."

December 08 2010

As an end of year gift to all of you, here are a few O. Hm. moments from a few of the people who brought you the “O. Hm. Moment.”

When I was working at the Oregon Humanities... More

Turning an Apple into an Orange

September 21 2010
Jennifer Allen

I’m a word nerd—always have been. I’ve been known to forward ‘word of the day’ emails with a touch too much glee. Come to think of it, I could be happy stuck on a deserted... More

War and the Notion of Home

August 26 2010
Annie Dubinsky

I was sitting in my office last week reading a final report that one of our recent Responsive Program Grant recipients submitted when I realized how much I don’t know about war,... More

Our Shared Stories

August 13 2010
Raina Hassan

Last night, my husband, Amos, and I were cruising around on Netflix when we settled on an instant-play movie called Boys Don’t Cry. When it came out in 1999, I meant to go see it... More

New People

August 05 2010
Brian Doyle

Hmm. The moments that most changed the way I think about the world, o dear sweet jesus yes I can tell you those moments, with glee and gaping, still. There were three of them,... More

Long for this World

July 02 2010
Dave Weich

If developments in science could extend your life by five or more healthy, vital years, would you opt in? Probably, right?

Ten weeks ago, my company took on a project for a New... More

What Rises Up to Meet Us

June 23 2010
Carole Shellhart

After bicycling to Oregon Humanities to lead a weekly staff yoga session, our fearless yoga leader Maggie admitted that she was wearing borrowed pants. Not from her sister or her... More