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Conversation Project: Life after War
Conversation Project: Uniquely Oregon
A Place Called Home: Lectures on Filmmaking in Portland (Experimental)
Think & Drink: Future of Food
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: George Estreich
Conversation Project: The Tranquil Dedication of a Lifetime
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: George Estreich, Geri Doran, and Heather Vogel Frederick
Deadline to Apply to Host Summer and Fall 2012 Conversation Projects
An evening with Roger Dorband and Ursula K. Le Guin
Conversation Project: From Print to Pixels
Conversation Project: Uniquely Oregon
Conversation Project/Race Talks: Why Aren't There More Black People in Oregon?
Conversation Project: Slow Learners
Pedalpalooza: Future of News Ride
Think & Drink: Future of Human and Artificial Intelligence
Conversation Project Unplugged
Conversation Project Unplugged
Conversation Project: Break it Down
Conversation Project Unplugged
Think & Drink: Future of Robotic Warfare
Events and important dates from the Oregon Humanities calendar.
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
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
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
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
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
The Tranquil Dedication of a Lifetime: A Practical Exploration of Citizenship by Jeff Golden. Host Organization: Chiloquin Visions in Progress. Contact: Janice Voyles at (541) 891-1569 or via email.
7:00 p.m., Chiloquin Visions in Progress, 140 S. 1st St., Chiloquin
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, 7:00 p.m., North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend
This is the deadline for Oregon nonprofit organizations to apply to host Conversation Projects taking place between July and October 2012.
Josephine Community Libraries present Roger Dorband and Ursula K. Le Guin, who will read from their book Out There and discuss themes relating to Southern Oregon. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at any Josephine Community Library branch and Oregon Books. Space is limited. For more information, please visit the Josephine Community Libraries website. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
Josephine Community Libraries, 5:30 p.m., Rogue Community College, Auditorium, 3345 Redwood Hwy, Grants Pass
From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the Digital Age by Mark Allen Cunningham. Host Organization: Eugene Public Library. Contact: Allison Terry at (541) 682-5450 or via email.
2:00 p.m., Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave., Eugene
Uniquely Oregon: Native American Art of Oregon by Tracy Prince. Host Organization: Canby Public Library. Contact: Hanna Hofer at (503) 266-3394 or via email.
6:30 p.m., Canby Public Library, 292 N Holly St., Canby
Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History by Walidah Imarisha. Host Organization: Uniting to Understand Racism. Contact: Donna Maxey at (503) 933-4953 or via email.
7:00 p.m., McMenamin's Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland
Slow Learners: Two Hundred Years of Unheeded Warnings by Richard Clinton. Host Organization: City Club of Central Oregon. Contact: Liz Goodrich at (541) 312-1032 or via email.
6:00 p.m., Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St., Bend
Join Oregon Humanities and Portland Afoot editor Michael Andersen on a conversational ride that will reveal the social forces continuing to shape our media, from the Portland Evening Journal to KBOO to the Mercury to Food Carts Portland, and ask where media is headed next. Family-friendly, easy ride. Contact: Annie Kaffen at (503) 241-0543 ext. 116 or via email.
6:00 p.m., Japanese American Historical Plaza just southwest of the Steel Bridge
The third Think & Drink of 2012 looks at the future of human and artificial intelligence with Ramez Naam, senior associate of the Foresight Institute and author of More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement, and Mott Greene, John Magee Professor of Science and Values at the University of Puget Sound
6:30 p.m., The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, Portland
“A City’s Center: Rethinking Downtown,” led by Nan Laurence, a senior planner for Eugene, explores how downtowns can represent a community’s ideals and aspirations. This conversation will be held at Milwaukie’s Riverfront Park, where a Metro nature grant is helping launch a major transformation. Cohosted by Oregon Humanities, Metro regional government, and the City of Milwaukie. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy; Metro will bring the pie. For details and directions, visit the Metro website.
Metro regional government, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Riverfront Park, Milwaukie
The Art of the Possible: Jazz and Community-Building, led by scholar and musician Tim DuRoche, will explore the value of risk, collaboration, and individual voice in the highly democratic art form of jazz. Cosponsored by Oregon Humanities and Metro regional government. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy; Metro will bring the pie. For details and directions, visit the Metro website.
Metro regional government, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Cooper Mountain Nature Park, 18892 SW Kemmer Road, Beaverton
Break it Down: Exploring Hip Hop’s Musical and Cultural Odyssey by Walidah Imarisha. Host Organization: Eugene Public Library. Contact: Allison Terry at (541) 682-5450 or via email.
2:00 p.m., Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave., Eugene
Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural Resources, led by sociology professor Veronica Dujon, explores how attachments to places shape our desire to both use and preserve natural resources. There’s much to discuss at Graham Oaks, an important Native American site and historic farm that was once considered for a landfill or women’s prison. Cosponsored by Oregon Humanities and Metro regional government. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy; Metro will bring the pie. For details and directions, visit the Metro website.
Metro regional government, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Graham Oaks Nature Park, 11825 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville
The fourth and final Think & Drink of 2012 looks at the future of robotic warfare with General Merrill “Tony” McPeak, retired 14th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, and Tung Yin, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School specializing in post-9/11 national security law
6:30 p.m., The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, Portland
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