Events & Opportunities
October 22, 2025
Facilitation Training for Libraries
Oregon Humanities will present three trainings in 2025 for staff, board members, volunteers, and program partners of Oregon libraries of all types (public, academic, school, and tribal). These trainings will help people involved with libraries strengthen their skills in leading conversations about vital issues and ideas across differences, beliefs, and backgrounds. With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as a jumping off point, participants will learn about facilitation and reflective conversation, practice new skills and techniques, and learn to design and facilitate conversations that allow people and groups to learn more about themselves and each other.
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Corvallis
October 24, 2025
The Magic Barrel: A Reading to Fight Hunger
Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston headlines a lively mix of writers, including award-winning poets John Daniel and Bobby Elliott; fiction writers Virginia Black, Madeline McDonnell, and Charlie J. Stephens; OSU faculty playwright Cleavon Smith; and nonfiction authors Zoë Bossiere and Oregon Book Award winner Jaclyn Moyer. Kate Carroll de Gutes will emcee.
7:00 p.m., Majestic Theatre, Corvallis