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Conversation Project: Marking Our Territory
Conversation Project: Uniquely Oregon
A Place Called Home: Lectures on Filmmaking in Portland (Experimental)
Conversation Project: Uniquely Oregon
Conversation Project Unplugged
Conversation Project Unplugged
Events and important dates from the Oregon Humanities calendar.
Marking Our Territory: How to Read Local Landscapes by Reiko Hillyer. Host Organization: Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce. Contact: José Solano at (503) 965-2244 or via email.
2:00 p.m., Inn at Cape Kiwanda, 33105 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City
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
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
“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
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