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Humanities organization changes name, releases short film and new website

25 September 2009

Oregon Humanities, formerly the Oregon Council for the Humanities, has changed its... More

Think & Drink with Richard Read and Lijia Zhang

01 September 2009

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Read and Wordstock visiting author... More

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Humanities organization changes name, releases short film and new website
Former Wieden + Kennedy creative director Jelly Helm focuses on “power of ideas” to help organization better tell its story.

25 September 2009

Oregon Humanities, formerly the Oregon Council for the Humanities, has changed its name, released the first in a series of short films exploring the power of a new idea, and rolled out a new website in the culmination of a two-year-long strategic planning and branding process. For more information about Oregon Humanities, and to see the first film, visit the organization’s new website.

The first film features commercial fisherman and Seaside High School teacher Jon Broderick, Literary Arts Executive Director Andrew Proctor, Wieden + Kennedy copywriter Julia Oh, former secretary of state Norma Paulus, Portland Monthly editor Randy Gragg, artist and activist CaroleZoom, former Gang of Four musician Dave Allen, Humanity in... More

Think & Drink with Richard Read and Lijia Zhang
The October happy-hour conversation is a Wordstock special event with Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Read and visiting author and journalist Lijia Zhang.

01 September 2009

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Read and Wordstock visiting author and journalist Lijia Zhang for a discussion about life in modern China, journalistic freedom, and writing as social action at the next Think & Drink, a happy-hour series that sparks provocative conversations about big ideas.

Think & Drink with Richard Read and Lijia Zhang will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 6:30 at rontoms, 600 E. Burnside, Portland. The bimonthly series is sponsored by Oregon Humanities (formerly the Oregon Council for the Humanities).

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